Posted: Feb. 1, 2010

Hale boys basketball

West Allis Hale nearly grabbed its first win of the season but lost, 53-50, at crosstown rival Central on Jan. 26.

A 3-point basket by Central with 40 seconds remaining lifted the Bulldogs.

With 15 seconds left, Hale was whistled for a charge call, and the Huskies' potential game-tying 3-pointer with 3 seconds left was off the mark.

Hale's Taylor Chladek and Ryan Kaminski scored 10 points each.

Three nights later, Menomonee Falls scored a season-high 95 points in a 95-58 win at Hale.

Chladek and Steven Kopet both scored 18 points for the Huskies, but five Indians reached double digits, led by Jalen Ramey's career-high 20 and J.P. Tokoto's 18.

Central girls basketball

The Bulldogs recovered from consecutive Greater Metro Conference losses quickly.

West Allis Central, which lost to Brookfield Central and Divine Savior Holy Angels on Jan. 15 and 22, rebounded with a 59-29 victory over West Allis Hale on Jan. 26 and a 42-32 win over visiting Hamilton on Friday, both at home.

The Bulldogs received 39 combined points from Mehryn Kraker (14), Janie Myles (13) and Lauren Hibbard (12) to knock off Hamilton. Three days earlier, the same trio combined for 45 points, led by Myles' 18.

The two wins lifted the Bulldogs into second place in the conference at 7-2, 10-4 overall.

Central boys basketball

The Bulldogs snapped a seven-game losing streak and picked up their first win since Dec. 22 with a 53-50 home victory over Hale on Jan. 26.

Central's Jarvis Garrett scored all of his 15 points from behind the 3-point arc as the Bulldogs hit eight 3s total. Anthony Harris scored a game-high 16 points for Central.

Hamilton outscored visiting Central in each quarter to defeat the Bulldogs, 56-47, Friday.

Central's Najeal McMillan scored 15 points and Harris chipped in 14 for the Bulldogs (8-9, 3-5), but it was not enough to overcome a 21-point effort from Brett Meinecke and Kleman Hamadi's 17 points.

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 3s. 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."

Greenfield wrestling

The Greenfield wrestling team closed out the dual portion of its schedule with wins over Brown Deer and Greendale/St. Thomas More on Jan. 27.

The Hawks picked up seven pins - one each by Taylor Wirtz (130), Andrew Krueger (145), Tyler Flink (152), Jake McClanahan (171), Carmelo Caputa (189), Patrick Bruyette (215) and William Sura (285) - in a 76-3 win over the Greendale co-op.

McClanahan, Caputa and Bruyette repeated the trick in a 66-13 win over Brown Deer as Greenfield finished 6-2 in league duals.

The Hawks also went 4-1 at the Sheboygan South Duals on Saturday, taking second behind unbeaten Kenosha Tremper.

Greenfield's Steve Fisher (125), Caputa and Bruyette went undefeated.

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).

West Allis Hale wrestling

The Huskies' four dual-match Greater Metro Conference winning streak was halted, 45-24, at Brookfield East on Jan. 27.

Hale (4-2 conference) fell behind, 18-0, after four matches and never recovered. Tyler Bauer's forfeit at 145 pounds was the Huskies' only win in the first eight matches.

Trevor Kruzick pinned Brookfield East's Dan Kerlin in 51 seconds at 103; Hale's other two victories came via forfeit as well.

Greenfield/Greendale swimming

With only three weeks remaining in the season, the PantherHawks are looking strong.

Greenfield/Greendale was third of eight teams at the Bob White Invite on Saturday at Wauwatosa West and boasted two double winners.

Jack Lennertz won both the 100-yard backstroke and the 100 butterfly, and teammate Mike Lucchessi captured top honors in both the 50 and 100 freestyles.

Matt Jungers got touched out by .01 seconds in the 200 individual medley and finished third in the 500 free.

Greenfield will host the Woodland Conference Championships on Saturday.

West Allis gymnastics

Emily Fuchs' win in the vault highlighted West Allis' day at the Kenosha Invitational on Saturday.

Fuchs won the event with a score of 9.1.

West Allis finished sixth of seven teams.

Fuchs also won the all-around (35.625) and three other events - beam (8.725), bars (9.0) and vault (9.05) - in her team's 133.225-119.125 victory over visiting Shorewood on Jan. 27.

West Allis' Brenna Tomczak won the floor exercise with an 8.925.

Greenfield girls basketball

Greenfield's losing streak reached 12 games with a 38-33 home loss to St. Thomas More on Friday.

The Cavaliers' 12-6 third quarter was the difference.

The Hawks' Jessica Manzuk scored a team-high 10 points. St. Thomas More's Mychalanne Page had a game-high 13.

 

- David Cotey