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By James R. Hoffman Freeman Correspondent NEW BERLIN — The Pirates eliminated some doubt in their playoff hopes. Needing a victory to ensure a winning league record, the Pewaukee High School foot- ball team scored an emphatic 35-0 Woodland Conference victory at New Berlin Eisen- hower earlier this month. Senior running back Jor- dan Jones led the charge for the Pirates, rushing for two touchdowns and 150 yards on 16 carries. He also scored on Pewaukee's first offensive play, an 85-yard punt return. Jones caught the punt at his own 15-yard line and broke two initial tackles. He burst up the left sideline, tip- toeing his way into the end zone. Eisenhower coach Matt Kern said that was one of the biggest plays of the game. "I think back on the mis- takes we made," Kern said. "Any time you're playing a team of this quality, you want to score first and give your offense an opportunity to get some momentum and make your defense not feel like they're playing with their backs against the wall." Jones broke the game open in the second quarter with a 62-yard run from his own 15- yard line. He initially scored on the play, but a personal foul was called on a Pewau- kee blocker, brining the ball back to Eisenhower's 37-yard line. Pewaukee handed it to Jones six times in a row, with Jones finishing with a 2-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead. "(Jones) just broke off an 85-yard touchdown run that got called back, and he deserved to get into the end zone," Pewaukee coach Justin Friske said. "Our guys rally behind that idea. They want to get the kid in the end zone, and our linemen relish the opportunity to plow ahead and punch it in." With regular fullback Alec Wandler out with a thigh injury, Jones received the majority of Pewaukee's car- ries. Pirates senior quarter- back Conner O'Malley was impressed with how Jones responded. "He stepped up to the plate and he took off," O'Malley said. "Overall, Jones had a great game. He ran hard, he stayed on his feet, he pushed our offense forward and boosted our confidence a lot." After the teams exchanged punts, Pewaukee junior defensive back Jasper Fritz stepped in front of a pass to pick it off at Eisenhower's 30-yard line. Five plays later, O'Mal- ley took a keeper into the end zone to put Pewaukee up 21-0 at halftime. Eisenhower earned a number of first downs, but the Lions couldn't find their finishing power in Pewau- kee's half of the field. "I can't put my finger on just one thing, but that's been a theme for us offen- sively all year," Kern said. "We're starting to see some good things, but we're not just getting the results yet. For us to score, we've got to put together long drives. We've been able to start some drives, but we haven't been able to finish them." Eisenhower turned the ball over four times, while Pewaukee did not. Among the turnovers was a high snap that Pewaukee recov- ered at Eisenhower's 3-yard line. Senior running back Peter Henderson punched it in from there. Jones' last touchdown, this one from 4 yards out, was set up by a throw from O'Malley to senior wide receiver Nick Knoke, who made a good adjustment on an underthrown ball. Knoke was dragged down for a 54-yard gain. O'Malley finished 3 for 5 for 68 yards. Pewaukee senior defen- sive lineman Giovanni Guarnero finished with two tackles for a loss and was part of a defensive line that harassed Eisenhower's quarterbacks all night. FREEMAN & ENTERPRISE LAKE COUNTRY • Page 7A OCTOBER 2014 www.dineinbrookfi eld.com Dine in Brookfi eld. It's much more than just OK. Shop, Dine, Unwind November 2nd - 7th Enjoy fabulous three course menus at participating Brookfi eld area restaurants. 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The Kettle Moraine High School boys volleyball team gained its first victory over a quality opponent — a real quality opponent in fifth- ranked Catholic Memorial — and dealt the Crusaders their first Classic 8 Confer- ence loss 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 last month. "We hadn't beaten a great team all year," Kettle Moraine coach Tom Gulak said. "The teams we lost to, like Marquette and Brook- field East, are pretty quality teams, but until you start beating them — this is a quality win." "We've always had it in us," senior Eric Martell said. "In every loss we could see our errors and if we had cut down on them, we could have won." Twice Memorial failed to finish and once it failed to catch the Lasers. "If we can ball control, we have a pretty balanced team — 14 who can play. If we pass the ball close enough to our setter, we have guys who can finish it," Gulak said. There wasn't a whole lot in the finishing department as junior Nick Malak led the team with seven kills while Martell had three kills and six points — the same as junior teammate Alex Nel- son. The key was perhaps the first game when the Lasers trailed 21-16 with Memorial serving. But the Crusaders went one-and-done on their next four serves and committed four straight errors. Still leading 23-22, three more errors handed Kettle Moraine the victory. "Team chemistry really helped us," Malak said. "Every point we brought it into the middle, which we normally don't do." Memorial earned only 23 points on 41 serves in the three games. "They had some hitting and serving errors and were a different team from the one we saw in our tourna- ment," Gulak said. "I told our team during a timeout there that neither team was really playing well and if no one is playing well, let us be the team to win. Then I think they tightened up in the second game." The second game was close — the Lasers leading 17-15 — when Malak scored four of the final eight points. Memorial also led 21-19 and 23-22 in the third game. A service error and points by senior Logan Engelking and Malak finally gave the Lasers the upset. Engelking also had the final point in the second game. "Our serving was where it's been all year — inconsistent," Memorial co-coach Dan Chip- man said. "I'm not surprised they won because they're a tough team, but I am sur- prised we lost 3-0. We let the first game get away. I thought Kettle Moraine played very well the second game." "We passed the ball pretty well but the rest didn't come," Memorial co-coach Brad Mikulice added. Mikulice said Memorial has typically had to come from behind this season and that hurt the Crusaders. "Since we always seem to be playing from behind we think that we can always come back but that isn't always the case," he said. Senior Danny Brozynski led Memorial with 10 kills and 14 digs while sophomore Ryan Brown had nine kills and senior setter Nick Potrzebowski led the team with 19 assists. But only three times in the three games was Memorial able to score as many as three points on its serve. Ten first serves were either long, wide or netted. Lasers score quality victory over CMH Lasers hold off Crusaders PREP BOYS VOLLEYBALL: Kettle Moraine 3, Catholic Memorial 0 PREP FOOTBALL: Pewaukee 35, New Berlin Eisenhower 0 Pirates erase playoff doubts by beating Eisenhower Robert F. Borkowski/Special to The Freeman Kettle Moraine senior Ryan Prouty, No. 6, battles at the net with Catholic Memorial senior Danny Brozynski, left, and and Grant Dakovich during a Classic 8 Conference match. By Dave Boehler Freeman Correspondent WAUKESHA — Perfection continued for the Arrow- head High School girls ten- nis team, as the Warhawks dominated the Classic 8 Con- ference Dick Arnold Cham- pionships. But what else is new? "It's been an incredible feeling," Arrowhead's Tara Tanriverdi said. Arrowhead won all seven flights at the Woyahn Tennis Complex to finish with 42 points, the most a team could gain at the meet. The Warhawks won for the fourth year in a row but became the first team in Classic 8 history to have its girls go a combined 49-0 in dual meet matches. Arrowhead lost just one set all season in the Classic 8. "It was really cool to win every match," Arrowhead's Teagan Hipp said. "I think our hard work paid off. We have an older team, so we've been together for a long time, so that helps, too." Added Arrowhead coach Gina Resch: "It made my job pretty easy. There were only a few matches I was con- cerned about where we had to talk about strategy and that kind of stuff. But the other matches, I was just making sure the girls were keeping their focus, had their game plan and were going to stick to it. Some matches were more difficult than others, but in terms of coaching it was a pretty sim- ple task for me — which is nice. I wasn't too concerned about many of the matches and our chance of losing." Arrowhead won every title in straight sets, beginning with Emily Kolbow at No. 1 singles. She claimed her fourth Classic 8 champi- onship by beating Kettle Moraine's Emily Behling, 6- 4, 6-2 in the title match. Hipp beat KM's Brenna Mertes 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 sin- gles to win her fourth league title. "I was being very aggres- sive," Hipp said. "I was being smart with my shots. I was waiting for the right time to hit the winner. " Rachel Ross won a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Catholic Memo- rial's Bridget Fredericks in the No. 3 singles title match, and Paige Schultz beat Ket- tle Moraine's Mina Mohse- nian 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4. The closest champi- onship flight was at No. 1 doubles, as Kali Flesch and Sara Geschke defeated Waukesha West's Lynnie Lindblom and Ashley Sol- berg 6-1, 7-5. Tanriverdi and Courtney Shipshock got past Kettle Moraine's Sarah Lombardi and Emily Schowalter at No. 2 doubles, 6-0, 6-2. Maddie Sorenson and Abbey Lauter- bach defeated Arianna Stasi- noulias and Maddie Leahy of Kettle Moraine 6-0, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles. Warhawks cap 49-0 dual mark with tourney title Arrowhead perfect in Classic 8

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