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Oak Creek wrestling

The Knights closed out the dual portion of their schedule with a pair of lopsided Southeast Conference wins that improved their league record to 4-3.

In a makeup dual with visiting Racine Horlick on Jan. 26, the Knights won 11 of 14 matches en route to a 53-14 victory.

Kyle Wey (189), Jesse Claudio (103) and Seth LaBodda (112) registered pins for the victors.

Two nights later the Knights won the final five matches to turn a narrow 26-19 lead into a 52-19 blowout at Racine Park.

Mike Heard (285), Joey Swick (103) and LaBodda contributed with pins during the dual-clinching stretch.

Whitnall wrestling

Six consecutive wins in the lower weight classes, five of which were pins, led the Falcons to a 48-24 home win over South Milwaukee on Jan. 27.

Whitnall finished the Woodland season 4-4 with the victory.

On senior night, senior co-captain Zach Noel won via forfeit, his 134th high school victory, fourth best in school history. Fellow senior Alex Guzman beat Steve Gibula, 21-5, at 160 pounds.

Also victorious for the Falcons were juniors Matt Price, Kameron Bourgeois, Nathan Barnhart and Josh Langenohl, and sophomores Demetrius Wall, Ruben Garcia and Mason Howard.

The Falcons also picked up a 54-21 road win over Cudahy/St. Francis two nights earlier behind pins from Bourgeois (103), Wall (112), Garcia (119), Mason Howard (130), Matt Price (140), Zach Menden (145) and Sam Howard (160).

Oak Creek boys basketball

Nick Stout's game-high 26 points almost snapped the Knights' 11-game losing streak at Racine Case, but it was not enough in a 55-53 loss Friday.

The Knights led by one with 45 seconds remaining, but missed a key layup. Case then followed with a 3-pointer to go ahead by two with 20 seconds left. With two seconds left, the Knights missed the first of two free throws and after intentionally missing the second, the Knights were unable to secure the rebound and put up one last shot.

Prior to the late misses, the Knights were 14 of 15 from the free-throw line.

"Our biggest problem this year has been turnovers and consistency, and we just can't finish," Oak Creek coach Bernie Lindner said. "I still think we have a big win in us against a really good team; I just hope it comes soon. We will get somebody who is looking past us."

Oak Creek (2-13, 0-8) had four players reach double digits in points, but it still lost, 60-53, to visiting South Milwaukee on Jan. 26.

Stout led with 15, followed by Tyler Zemla's 13 and 12 each from Tyler Magyar and Danny Rajchel.

Franklin boys basketball

Despite Nick Romanowski's fifth 30-point effort of the season, the Sabers could not fend off host Muskego and lost, 73-58, Friday.

Muskego outscored Franklin, 45-32, in the second half to avenge a 54-38 loss to the Sabers earlier this season.

Romanowski finished with 30 points but none of his teammates managed more than nine as Franklin fell to 7-8 overall, 5-4 conference.

Muskego's Jake Pope (22 points), Danny Frawley (14) and Max Miskowiec (13) all scored in double-figures.

Whitnall boys basketball

Whitnall opened the game with a 19-7 first quarter and never looked back in a 60-31 rout of visiting Greendale on Friday.

Falcons leading scorer William Pelkofer dropped in a game-high 21 points, including three 3-point baskets. Jake Lehmann chipped in 14 and Stephen Pelkofer added 11.

"We had a good first half offensively and a solid defensive second half, holding Greendale to seven points," Whitnall coach Kent Kroupa said. "We continue to improve, especially on the defensive end."

Whitnall improved to 10-4 overall, 8-4 conference.

The Pelkofers and Lehmann combined for 49 points in the Falcons' 64-41 nonconference win at Big Foot on Jan. 25. William Pelkofer had a game-high 24.

Whitnall girls basketball

Amy Ford's 3-pointer rattled in and out at the buzzer as Whitnall lost, 45-43, at Greendale on Friday.

Greendale's Mary Merg, who scored a game-high 20 points, made her last of three 3s with 25 seconds left to put her team ahead by two. Whitnall took possession, ran the clock down to 12 seconds and called timeout before running a set play. Ford, who had team-best 16 points, got a good look but could not get it to fall as Whitnall dipped to 5-9 overall, 5-7 conference.

Since then, the Falcons' have lost five of six, thanks in large part to a string of injuries. Rachel Serio and Kalina Al-Mohareb remain out and could miss the rest of the season. Lisa Donaldson, who scored eight points Friday, continues to be bothered by a leg injury that kept her out of action earlier this season.

"We're still dealing with injuries," Whitnall's Keith Larson said. "Missing three starters makes it tough, but it also gives others opportunities."

Franklin girls basketball

Despite 22 turnovers and a rough shooting night, Muskego pulled out a 38-27 win over host Franklin on Friday.

It was Muskego's fifth straight win over Franklin.

The Sabers (8-8, 4-4) took a 22-20 lead with 6:55 left in the third quarter on Taylor Atkinson's drive. But Muskego went on an 11-0 run that put the Sabers away. Franklin committed eight turnovers and missed all three of its shots throughout the remainder of the third and endured a scoring drought of 7:44 in the second half.

"I was really disappointed with our effort and execution of the plays," Franklin coach Ron Kluth said. "It's very disheartening because the way we practice is not what we did out there (Friday)."

Muskego's strong third quarter helped erase a terrible second period in which the Warriors made just one of 12 shots, eight of which were 3-point attempts.

Muskego made just nine of 26 shots (two of 11 3-pointers) but was aided by 12-of-14 shooting from the free-throw line.

Nikki Dailey had eight points for Franklin, which made just four of 16 3-point attempts and one of seven free throws.

Franklin's Mariah Hill scored 11 points in her team's 48-41 loss to visiting Greendale three days earlier.

Greendale boys basketball

The Panthers scored only seven points in the second half in a 60-31 loss at Whitnall on Friday.

David Jordan and Jacob Merk each scored 10 points for the Panthers (5-11, 3-9), who trailed, 19-7 after one quarter.

Greendale/St. Thomas More wrestling

Tim Davis was the only wrestler of the co-op to pull out a win in the Panthers' Woodland Conference dual meet finale at Greenfield on Jan. 27.

Davis defeated Dominic Kroll, 6-0, at 140 pounds in the Panthers' 76-3 loss.

The co-op finished the league season 0-8.

Greendale hockey

Justin Yutes goal late in the third period pulled Kettle Moraine into a 3-3 tie with the Greendale co-op at The Ponds in Brookfield on Jan. 26.

The Ice Force (8-10-1) got a hat trick by Kyle Hoffmann. His third goal gave Greendale a 3-2 lead late in the second period, but Kettle Moraine battled back.

Cory Chapp, Mike Yablong and Kahler Cox tallied assists for the Ice Force.

 

- David Cotey and Dan Deutschendorf