Posted: Dec. 15, 2009

Oak Creek wrestling

On the strength of their heaviest weights, the Knights improved to 2-0 in the Southeast Conference with a 38-21 win at Kenosha Bradford on Dec. 9.

Oak Creek won all five matches from 160 pounds on up, including the first five matches of the dual from 171 to 285 that gave the Knights a 22-0 lead they would never relinquish.

Mitch Dolan (171 pounds) and Kyle Wey (189) got things going with consecutive technical falls and Bryce Agg (215) and Mike Heard (285) followed with a pair of pins.

Seth LaBodda (112), Matt Blower (125), Matt Hampson (130), Jeremiah Butler (135) and Josh Regazzi (160) also picked up wins for the Knights.

At the Martlett Scramble at Menomonee Falls on Saturday, Blower, Butler and Wey earned individual titles.

Franklin gymnastics

The Franklin Combined gymnastics team, which includes athletes from Oak Creek, Franklin, Muskego and Whitnall, won the seven-team Emerald Classic in Waterford on Saturday.

Last year's WIAA Division 1 runner-up tallied a score of 139.775, well ahead of Burlington Combined's 135.775.

Franklin's Erin Honerlaw won the bars with a 9.0 and was fourth on beam with an 8.9. Sammie Olson was runner-up on bars (8.95).

Melanie Pearson was second on beam (9.0), third on floor (9.2) and second all-around (34.8); Becky Schultz was third on beam (8.925); Shannon Hein placed second on the floor (9.225); and Lauren Zurowski was fourth on the floor (9.1).

The co-op opened the season with a win at Waterford on Dec. 10. Olson won bars with a 9.025.

Whitnall boys basketball

A split of Woodland Conference games proved to the Falcons once again that balance supporting William Pelkofer's scoring exploits is the key to piling up victories.

Pelkofer scored a season-high 29 points, including 15 on five 3-pointers, in Whitnall's 68-57 win at Shorewood on Friday. Jake Lehmann (16 points) and Stephen Pelkofer (14) helped pick up the slack with a combined 30 points.

Three days earlier, however, Pelkofer scored a game-high 25 points, but no other Falcon had more than seven and Whitnall lost, 52-37, to visiting New Berlin West.

Chad Mathwig had 21 points and Jesse Riehle added 13 for the Vikings, considered among the favorites in the Woodland Conference Blue Division.

Whitnall began this week 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the Woodland.

Franklin girls basketball

The Sabers were unkind to a former Southeast Conference rival on Dec. 8. Three days later, current SEC favorite Muskego turned the tables.

Franklin's Nikki Dailey had 17 points and Jenna Coenen and Katie Nord added 10 each as the Sabers beat host South Milwaukee, 63-44.

Franklin jumped out to a 22-6 first-quarter lead over the Rockets, who left the SEC this fall for a spot in the Woodland Conference.

At Muskego on Friday, the Sabers trailed, 50-23, after three quarters and lost, 60-44.

Muskego had three players with 14 points or more, led by Katie Ellerson's 18. No Franklin player reached double digits.

Greendale girls basketball

The Panthers began this week on a win one-lose one pace. Greendale improved to 2-0 on Tuesdays with a 42-39 comeback win at Cudahy on Dec. 8.

Mary Merg had 16 points and Kelsey Pohlmann added eight for the Panthers, who trailed, 34-27, after three quarters.

Greendale survived a 21-point effort from Taylor Gradinjan, which included five 3-pointers.

The Panthers (2-2 overall, 2-2 conference), however, were unable to maintain their momentum in a 54-40 loss to visiting New Berlin Eisenhower on Friday despite Merg's 14 points.

 

- David Cotey