Sports Wrapups: Jan. 3

Franklin boys swim

Josh Lefeber easily won the 200-yard individual medley to lead the Sabers to a 13th-place finish in the 16 school Metro Swim Officials Invite at Homestead on Dec. 29.

Lefeber turned in a time of 2 minutes, 4 seconds in earning his win by more than five seconds. He was also fourth in the 400 individual medley in 4:23.78. The Metro meet features non-traditional high school events including the 200 breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly; the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 400 IM.

His efforts led the Sabers to a 47-point effort as Arrowhead dominated with 547.

Other top 16 places for Franklin included August Beck, 15th in the 100 free (53.87) and 11th in the 100 butterfly (1:04.94); Sam Karolewicz, 15th in the 500 free (5:58.26); and the 200 free relay team of Lefeber, Beck, Charles Phil and Karolewicz, taking 16th (1:40.49).

The Sabers will be at the South Milwaukee Invitational at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 7.

Franklin wrestling

The Sabers went 3-4 in duals to take 15th in the 24-school Northern Exposure Invite at Merrill last week.

Franklin lost to Medford (45-32), defeated the Bluejays (50-24), lost to Edger (42-25), beat New London (42-27) and Appleton East (73-6), and lost to Menomonie (38-25) and eventual champion Merrill (70-4).

Roman Stiff had the best effort in the two-day event, going 6-1 at both 138 and 145 pounds. Earning 5-2 marks for the Sabers were Kyle Smith at 170 and 182, Xianou Xiong at 106 and 113, Marcus Grimm at 170 and 182 and Gavin Devine at 195.

The Sabers will visit Southeast rival Muskego at 7 p.m. Jan. 5.

Oak Creek girls basketball

The Knights bounced back from a discouraging 50-46 defeat at the hands of the host school in the semifinals, to rout Homestead, 64-39, in the consolation game of the Sheboygan South Redwing Invitational last week.

Oak Creek (1-2 in Southeast and 6-3 overall) visited Kenosha Bradford (0-7) on Tuesday and will host Kenosha Tremper (3-5) at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 as the Knights resume Southeast Conference play.

In the third-place game at South against Homestead, the Knights took a 19-3 first-quarter lead and never looked back. The advantage was 39-16 at the half. A total of 11 players scored for Oak Creek as Rebecca Running had 16 points while Steph Kostowicz had 11 and Tamya Sims eight.

In the semifinal against South, the Knights had a 37-27 lead after three quarters but got outscored 23-9 in the final stanza as the Redwings pulled off the upset. Kostowicz had 12 points and Sims 11 for Oak Creek.

Franklin boys basketball

It was a frustrating two days for the Sabers in the New Berlin Holiday Classic last week as they competed well but had nothing to show for their efforts as they lost to both Manitowoc (57-49) and New Berlin Eisenhower (55-52).

The Sabers (3-0 in Southeast play and 4-5 overall) took on Muskego (0-3, 1-8) on Tuesday and now will host Racine Park (3-0, 8-1) in a first-place showdown at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6.

Franklin will look to finish games unlike what happened at New Berlin. Against Eisenhower, the Sabers were ahead 21-20 at the break but were behind 42-38 heading into the fourth quarter.

Chad Kanugh had 16 points for Franklin while Danny Kingstad had 11 and Evan Kruczynski contributed seven. Eisenhower hit 12 of 17 free throws while Franklin was only three of five. The Sabers played that game without leading scorer Brett Ksobiech.

The Sabers had a 31-25 halftime lead on Manitowoc in their first game but the Ships rallied to take a 39-38 advantage into the final stanza and then slowly pulled away. Kanugh and Ksobiech had 10 points apiece while Danny Kingstad contributed eight.

Greendale girls basketball

The Panthers were handed two losses in the Niki Doedens Tournament at Cedarburg on Dec. 28-29.

They fell to host Cedarburg, 49-34, in the first contest and 42-33 to West Bend East in the consolation game.

Taylor DeLong scored 15 points and Olivia Surita six against Cedarburg, which broke open the game with an 18-3 third quarter. Surita put in 13 points and DeLong nine in the West Bend East contest.

Greendale, which slipped to 3-6 overall, met Whitnall in a Woodland Conference game on Tuesday and welcomes unbeaten New Berlin Eisenhower at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 10.

- Compiled by John Rech