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PREP BOYS ICE HOCKEY

KMMO tops
USM, makes
sectional final
Lasers to face KM (14-7-1), seeded third in
the sectional bracket, will
Brookfield Stars take on the first-seeded
Brookfield Stars (18-5-1) at 7
on Friday night p.m. Friday at Eble Park Ice
Arena in Muskego to vie for
By Mark Hutchinson the sectional championship.
mhutchinson@conleynet.com The sectional champ will
262-513-2693 advance to the WIAA state
tournament, which will run
RIVER HILLS — A 1-0 Feb. 29 through March 2 at
WIAA sectional semifinal Bob Suter’s Capitol Ice
victory over University Arena in Middleton.
School on Tuesday catapult-
ed the Kettle Moraine/Muk- Lasers oust Beloit
wonago/Oconomowoc Co-op
boys ice hockey team within DELAFIELD — KMMO
a game of a state tourna- defeated the Beloit Memori-
al Co-op 8-5 in a WIAA Divi- Submitted by Stoneberg Sports Photos
ment berth.
The Lasers scored a 1-0 tri- sion 1 regional final Friday KMMO juniors Eli Schwartz, left, and Logan Chavez contend for control of the puck during a recent game. The Lasers downed
umph over the host Wild- at the Naga-Waukee Ice University School-Milwaukee in a WIAA sectional semifinal Tuesday and will battle the Brookfield Stars for a sectional title at 7
cats. Arena. p.m. Friday at Eble Park Ice Arena in Muskego.

Fourscore Next Tip-Offs

Who: Mukwonago vs. Oconomowoc
From Page 1B What: WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal girls basketball game
When: 7 p.m. Friday
point totals put up by 31 Where: Gale Douglas Field House, Oconomowoc
teams around the state that Review: Oconomowoc won both of the teams’ Classic 8 Con-
night. ference outings, scoring a 61-54 home triumph Dec. 12 before
Several of the players who escaping Mukwonago with a 54-51 win Jan. 23. The Raccoons
unleashed the scoring bar- got 23 points from Eve Gricius and 19 from Noelle Anthon in the
rage were asked if they had former game and 15 from freshman Amelia van der Kooy and 14
any inkling it was coming from Gricius in the second. Senior Julianna McGillivray totaled 22
when they entered North’s in the first meeting, while sophomore teammate Rachael Chilicki
netted 19 in the second.The Raccoons opened last season’s
dingy gymnasium.
WIAA playoffs with a 76-43 road victory over Madison LaFollette
“North’s gym is just before their season concluded with a 63-43 regional final loss at
eerie,” junior Maya Fisher Arrowhead. Mukwonago, meanwhile, dropped its 2023 playoff
said. “It’s not my favorite opener 63-56 to Janesville Craig.
gym to play in at all, and the Preview: Oconomowoc, the seventh seed in the sectional
crowd wasn’t very big. Of bracket, is 11-13 overall, having lost five of its final seven regular-
course, our parents love us, season games. Gricius, who reached 1,000 career points last
and we had a lot of family month, averages a team-leading 17.5 points per game, while
members there. But it really Anthon contributes 10.6.
started with just us. We had Mukwonago (11-12), the 10th seed, dropped five of its last six
that 9-0 run and got our regular-season decisions. The Indians get 14.3 points per outing
from Chilicki and 12.1 from McGillivray.
energy going.
“Honestly, that always Who: Mukwonago/Oconomowoc winner vs. Waukesha
starts before the game. We North/South/Arrowhead winner
get hyped in the locker What: WIAA Division 1 regional final girls basketball game
room. We get mentally ready. When: TBD Saturday
Then we came out in warm- Where: Home of top remaining seed
ups and we were hitting our Preview: Waukesha North/South (5-18), seeded 15th, defeated
shots. We were just feeling it 18th-seeded Janesville Parker 62-52 in a regional quarterfinal
that night.” Tuesday and will visit second-seeded Arrowhead in a regional
Senior Ari Miller liked the semifinal Friday. The survivor will move on to the regional final.
manner in which her team Submitted by Stoneberg Sports Photos Arrowhead is 21-3 and ranked third in the Wissports.net Divi-
responded to the murky set- sion 1 state coaches poll. Sophomore Natalie Kussow averages a
Oconomowoc junior Maya Fisher drives between two defenders during a 2024 Classic 8 Con- team-high 23.6 points per game for the Warhawks, while senior
ting and sensed that some- ference basketball game. Abby Robel adds 9.1. Arrowhead had a seven-game winning
thing special was about to streak snapped in an 80-61 nonconference loss to Pewaukee on
happen. Saturday.
“It’s hard to keep the ener- The winner of Saturday’s regional final will move on to compete
gy up there,” she said. “You and her faith was rewarded from endline to endline and ping it.” in a sectional semifinal Feb. 29, and the sectional final is set for 7
walk in and it’s like, ‘Uhhh. early. scored from a variety of The mission was accom- p.m. March 2 at Waunakee.
...’“But our team is always “I think knowing it was spots. plished by committee.
full of momentum swings. our last conference game “We were hitting our “It just felt like everyone
That’s how we play basket- made a difference,” she said. shots,” Fisher said. “We got was playing with a lot of their eyes on the score- points, Anthon with 15,
ball. We stay positive. We “We were ready for it. Our a lot of points inside, and we confidence,” Miller said. board? Miller with 12, Tewes with
took care of the ball Friday, bench brings so much ener- scored a lot of points off “Everyone was playing real- “Oh, yeah,” Fisher said. 11 and Fisher with 10.
too, and usually that’s one of gy. Even when the starters steals and turnovers. We ly well together and not just “We were like, ‘We’ve gotta Four other Oconomowoc
our big struggles. We kept are on the bench, we keep were in ‘red,’ which is our alone.” hit 80.’ And Coach said we’d players made scoring contri-
our turnovers to a mini- the energy high. That makes press, and that really helped Seven different Raccoons get ice cream if we hit it.” butions, so the wealth was
mum.” such a difference. us.” scored in the opening half The Raccoons hit their spread liberally.
Miller took her optimism “I think our energy really The Raccoons continued as Ocon accumulated a 46-11 mark with some time to “We don’t play just for our-
one step further. showed in the first 5 minutes to build momentum, and the advantage. spare. selves,” Fisher said. “When
“I knew we were going to of the game. We were getting Northstars were unable to Oconomowoc’s second half “Joscelyn (Tewes) hit a ‘3’ you have a team that sup-
get 80 points,” she said. “I after it. The score was 9-0 impede it. wasn’t quite as prolific as to give us 80 with about 2 ports one another, it’s really
was telling the girls, ‘We’re right away. We had a pretty “Oh, my goodness,” the first, yet the Raccoons minutes left in the game,” fun to play basketball.”
scoring 80 points tonight.’ I big run in the first half, and Anthon said. “It was just outscored North/South 34-25 Anthon said.
just had a feeling.” it was just a really good like pushing a giant snow- during that span. They The winners’ aforemen- (Enterprise sports editor Mark
Anthon was confident that game.” ball down a hill. Once we got weren’t trying to run up the tioned five players in double Hutchinson may be reached at
her team would be ready, Oconomowoc excelled it going, there was no stop- score, but did they keep digits were Gricius with 21 mhutchinson@conleynet.com.)

PHS girls set eyes on prize

been able to defeat the tion. top three all season, but
Pirates this season. This team is tough. It nothing is going to come
And what makes those 23 plays hard-nosed defense easily for the Warhawks.
wins more impressive is and can score points in a They are playing in
that Pewaukee arguably hurry. arguably the toughest sec-
CHUCK has played the most difficult The Pirates have plenty of tional in the state.
DELSMAN schedule in the state.
Here’s how the season
depth.
Coach Jim Reuter has
Last week, AHS was
ranked third. Ahead of
started for these talented done a wonderful job of them were first-ranked

Pirates and well-coached Pirates.

After losing to Notre
Dame the last two years in
putting this entire package
together.
Junior guard Amy Terri-
Verona and second-ranked
Oregon.
In all my years on the job,

pursuing the championship game by

scores of 68-54 and 64-49,
Pewaukee opened this sea-
an stirs the Pewaukee
drink, and right behind her
are sophomore Giselle
I don’t recall the top three
teams in the state being in
the same sectional.
Russ Pulvermacher/Special to the Enterprise
Lake Country Lutheran’s Jack Poellet maneuvers his way to
first title son by stopping Notre Dame
60-52.
That’s an impressive win.
Janowski and Amy’s twin
sister, Anna.
Terrian is clearly one of
Muskego has had a very
good season, and the War-
riors earned a No. 1 seed.
the basket during a recent game. The Lightning will host Mar-
tin Luther at 7 p.m. today.
Since the first games of But it got even better in the top players in the state. Brookfield East captured
the season back in mid- the next two games, both Others at the top of the another Greater Metro Con-
November, Pewaukee’s No. 1 nonconference starts. rotation are sophomore ference championship and PREP CALENDAR
-ranked girls basketball In their second game, they Kylie Pieper, junior Kenn- also has a top seed.
team has been on a mission toppled Hortonville (ranked edy Retherford, junior Ella But the Spartans, like
— a serious one at that. fourth in D-1) by a decisive Opie, sophomore Maddie Arrowhead, are in a diffi- BOYS BASKETBALL al Tournament begins at Kohl
And after finishing sec- 73-56 score. Chabot and sophomore cult sectional. To make it Today Center, Madison
ond to Division 2 state pow- Then they went 3-0 by Aubree Spitzner. back to state, East will pos- 7:15 p.m.: Martin Luther at Friday
erhouse Green Bay Notre stopping No. 6-ranked Can Pewaukee, one of the sibly have to get past the Lake Country Lutheran (Senior 10 a.m.: WIAA State Individ-
Dame the last two years, Brookfield East (the D-1 winningest programs in the likes of Homestead, Ger- Night) ual Tournament continues at
that mission is an obvious state runner-up last season) state in a long, long time, mantown, Kimberly and Kohl Center, Madison
one. 71-64. finally break through and Hartford (No. 7 in D-1). GIRLS BASKETBALL Saturday
In a couple of weeks, the Before the regular season bring home its first gold ball Catholic Memorial’s girls Friday 10 a.m.: WIAA State Individ-
Pirates, who have been ended Saturday with an 80- in three weeks? team has been a “feel good” 7 p.m.: Mukwonago in WIAA ual Tournament continues at
arguably the best team in 61 victory over Lake Coun- Of course there are going story this year. Division 1 regional semifinal at Kohl Center, Madison
the state no matter what try neighbor Arrowhead, to be challenges, but the The Crusaders finished Oconomowoc; Mayville/Colum-
division all season, want to they also downed two more Pirates have answered every 21-3 in the regular season, bus winner in WIAA Division 3 GYMNASTICS
capture their first WIAA strong D-1 teams in Home- bell all season. believed to be the second- regional semifinal at Lake
Saturday
state girls basketball cham- stead (67-53) and Kimberly It’s going to take a really best record in school histo- Country Lutheran
10 a.m.: Oconomowoc in
pionship. (71-53). good team playing a really ry. Saturday
WIAA sectional at Hartford
Going into this week’s All of those teams are good game to stop them. CMH earned a prestigious 7 p.m.: Mukwonago/Ocon-
first D-2 playoff game, state-ranked this week. Waukesha County has No. 1 seed in Division 3. omowoc winner in WIAA Divi-
Pewaukee is an impressive Pewaukee put 49 second- other contenders. Playing in the Classic 8 sion 1 regional final at Arrow- BOYS ICE HOCKEY
23-1. half points on Arrowhead While Pewaukee has Conference has surely head; Mayville/Columbus/Lake Friday
Yes, you heard it right, 23- (ranked No.3 in D-1) and proven to be the best team toughened them up for the Country Lutheran winner in 7 p.m.: KMMO Co-op vs.
1. prevailed over Kimberly in Waukesha County this tourney run. WIAA Division 3 regional final Brookfield Stars in WIAA sec-
And that only loss came to when it was ranked fifth season, there are several It should be interesting to vs. Luther Prep/Ripon/Lake tional final at Eble Park Ice
an Illinois powerhouse and Homestead when it was other teams that have drawn see how things play out over Mills winner at home of top Arena, Muskego
when the Pirates were rated ninth. high seeds that could make the next three weeks. remaining seed
edged on the road by That’s quite the ledger a lot of noise this week and The county is loaded once GIRLS ICE HOCKEY
Nazareth Academy, 44-43. sheet — not a single hiccup for the weeks to follow. again with top teams and WRESTLING Friday
What that means is that in the 23 games played In Division 1, Arrowhead top players. Today 8 p.m.: WIAA sectional final
no team from Wisconsin has against Wisconsin competi- (21-3) has been ranked in the Good luck to all! 3 p.m.: WIAA State Individu- at The Ponds of Brookfield