Sports Wrapups: Oct. 27

Oak Creek girls cross country

The Knights finished their season with a seventh-place finish in the WIAA Racine Horlick sectional Saturday.

Oak Creek scored 193 points in the 12-team field as Kenosha Tremper (38) and Waterford (97) earned the state team berths.

Shannon Dugan was 17th to lead the Knights in 16:26, while Megan Gray was right behind 18th (16:27). Other runners for the Knights included Katy Wick in 48th (17:14), Callie Miller 51st (17:26), Nicole Koepp 58th (17:43) and Alyssa Bober 64th (18:09).

Oak Creek boys cross country

The Knights finished eighth in the WIAA sectional hosted by Racine Horlick Saturday to close out their season.

Oak Creek scored 170 points for its spot in the 12-team field as Kenosha Tremper (86) and Westosha Central (89) earned the state team berths.

Austin Zajkowski led the Knights with a 14th-place showing on the 5,000-meter course (16:57), while Jake Schmidt was 17th (17:01) and Sean LaBodda 18th (17:03).

Also running for Oak Creek were Seth LaBodda 56th (18:40), Jerry Ryan 65th (19:05) and Joey Dzierzewski 70th (19:41).

Franklin girls volleyball

The Sabers finished their season on an upnote, defeating Racine Horlick in a rousing WIAA regional semifinal match on Oct. 20 before falling to defending state runner-up Muskego in a regional final match on Saturday.

"What a match for the girls," said Sabers coach Ken Huber of the Horlick win. "They played very well. We only had two bad streaks which Horlick jumped upon and took us in the two games. Our defense really stepped up. We had a lot of touches on defense and a ton of digs. Horlick had beaten us twice over the season so it was refreshing to see the girls play with confidence against an opponent whom we were not successful against earlier in the season."

The Sabers won that match, 25-17, 19-25, 25-14, 22-25, 15-13, as Caitlin Koska had 15 kills, two blocks and 19 digs, while Sarah Losiniecki had four aces and 15 digs. Katie Babula contributed 32 assists and Mel Roemer 15 digs.

But in the regional final, the Sabers (13-15 match record) were overwhelmed by the Southeast champion Warriors, 25-13, 25-11, 25-18. Elissa Herman had four kills, Babula six assists and Roemer and Babula 10 digs each.

"The scores tell the story," said Huber. "They are clearly the best team we played all year. They are quick, big and talented. They dictated the pace against us and we could not catch up to them."

Greendale girls volleyball

The Panthers advanced to a WIAA Division 1 regional championship match on Saturday before falling to third-seeded West Allis Hale, 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-17.

Olivia Surita collected 30 digs, Shawn Hotson 18 kills, Anna Klar 39 assists and Taylor DeLong three blocks.

Greendale advanced by downing South Milwaukee, 25-20, 25-13, 25-13, in the semifinals. Surita made 20 digs, Hotson 15 kills, Klar 35 assists and Alyssa Docter four blocks.

Oak Creek girls volleyball

The Knights ended their season on a competitive note, falling to second-seeded Union Grove in a WIAA regional final Saturday by a 25-20, 34-32, 18-25, 25-17 count.

Oak Creek (12-21) advanced to that match with a 13-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-16 win over Racine Case.

Greendale boys volleyball

The Panthers came in fifth in the prestigious Homestead Invitational on Saturday.

Greendale split its pool opener against Shorewood, then topped West Allis Hale, two games to none, and lost to state-ranked Appleton North, two games to none. The Panthers met Shorewood again in a single game to determine the second seed out of the pool and won, 15-13.

The Panthers met state-ranked Marquette in the next round and lost, two games to none, going on to place fifth.

They also dropped two of three Woodland Conference matches in the past week.

They fell to Wauwatosa West, 25-15, 25-11, 24-26, 25-21, on Monday of this week despite 35 assists from Jake Kurczewski, 12 kills from Matt Grieshop, eight blocks by Matt Rehberg and 15 digs from Justin Povlick. The loss left the Panthers at 4-6 in the conference.

Greendale lost to Shorewood, 25-22, 25-16, 17-25, 28-26, on Oct. 19 and topped South Milwaukee, 25-23, 25-19, 25-14, on Oct. 17. Povlick totaled 13 kills, Brandon Guendel 20 digs, Rehberg five blocks and Kurczewski 29 assists.

The Panthers earned the second seed in their WIAA sectional and will meet either Racine St. Catherine's or Racine Park at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at home.

Franklin girls swimming

The Sabers finished eighth in the Racine Invitational Saturday.

They will now look forward to the Southeast Conference meet on Saturday in Kenosha.

The divers led the way in Racine for Franklin as Melanie Pearson was second and freshman Katrina Voge earned a spot on the conference meet team by taking fourth.

Coach Sara Petric said Emily Nienhaus, who has set five school records this fall, "looks great in the water" and "has become a true team leader."

Oak Creek girls swimming

The Knights got first place finishes from Kaitlin McIntosh in the 50-yard freestyle (30.02) and Angela Fleischman in the 100 free (1:01.79) as they closed out their dual meet season with a 137-49 dual meet loss to Muskego last week.

Oak Creek, which now takes part in the Southeast Conference meet on Saturday in Kenosha, also got good times from Kaitlin Hartmann, Sydney Krimmer and Amanda Marciniak.

Franklin boys volleyball

The Sabers finished in a tie for second in the final Southeast Conference standings and went 1-2 in the Southeast Conference Tournament on Saturday.

Franklin (6-2 in league duals, 25-13 overall) earned the second seed in its sectional and picked up a first-round bye. They will host the winner of Muskego-South Milwaukee in a sectional semifinal at 7 p.m. Nov. 1.

The sectional final is Nov. 3. Kenosha Tremper is the sectional's top seed.

In the Southeast tournament, the Sabers lost to Burlington and Muskego but beat Racine Horlick.

Whitnall girls swimming

The Falcons lost a 96-90 decision to New Berlin West in a Woodland Conference crossover meet on Oct. 19.

Lauren Zurowski won the 50 freestyle in 27.01 seconds, while Danika Johnson claimed the 100 freestyle (1:00.34) and Sarah Arteaga the 100 breaststroke (1:17.75). The 200 medley relay team also won (2:06.34).

Whitnall will compete in the Woodland Conference Meet on Saturday at Greenfield.

Whitnall girls volleyball

The Falcons saw their season come to an end with a 25-15, 25-16, 25-13 loss to East Troy in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal match on Oct. 18.

Whitnall went 4-4 in Woodland Conference dual meets this season and lost in pool play in the conference tournament.

- Compiled by John Rech and Steven L. Tietz