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By getting it straight, the Kettle Moraine High School boys basketball team averted a Classic 8 Conference loss with a 54-48 victory over Wauke- sha West earlier this month. The Lasers outscored the Wolverines 17-10 in the fourth quarter — including 7-of-8 shooting from the free-throw line in the final 40 seconds. KM senior guard George Schwartz played a key role in the second half, and his three late free throws helped nail down the victo- ry. "We got focused in the nick of time," KM coach Brad Bestor said. "We executed down the stretch and made our free throws. I give Waukesha West a ton of credit. The played extremely hard and out- competed us at times. We just weren't as focused as we needed to be." West seemed to be focused in the first half, opening up a 29-22 lead with just more than a minute remaining in the first half. A 3-pointer by junior Travon Love at the 2:25 mark started a 7-0 West run that featured a fast-break layup by junior Greg Cobus and a runner by junior Najee Baham. West led 29-25 at halftime. Schwartz rallied the Lasers late in the third quarter with a pair of 3- pointers and an assist to sophomore Nick Dahmen. "We struggled in the first half because our energy level wasn't where it should be," Schwartz said. "We just weren't active. We came out and lowered our turnovers in the second half. We need energy every single time and not care who we're up against." KM took a 44-40 lead with 3:13 left after junior Nick Fuller drained a 3- pointer in the corner. After West junior Sam Heckel scored in the lane, Schwartz upped the lead to 45-42 with 2:36 to go with a free throw. Baham got the rebound on a KM miss and went coast-to-coast with an acro- batic layup that cut the lead to 45-44 with 1:18 to play. On KM's next possession, Schwartz rifled a pass to Dahmen underneath for a 47-44 lead. But Baham came right back with a layup to slice the lead to 47- 46. A free throw from Schwartz gave KM a 48-46 lead before West turned the ball over coming down court with 34.5 seconds left. Schwartz was fouled and made both free throws with 31.8 seconds left for a 50-46 lead. "Over the years of play- ing basketball, you have to lear n how to make your shots when it counts," Schwartz said. "George made some big plays for us, and that's good to see," Bestor said. "His free throws at the end were absolutely huge. The story of the game is us making free throws." Baham answered with a short jumper with 23.2 left but KM senior Mitch Pfeifer put the game away with four free throws in the final 20 sec- onds. West dropped to 0-5 in conference play and 0-9 overall. "We had some opportuni- ties and a couple of key possessions that we didn't convert," West coach Dave Schultz said. "We were in position and played toe-to- toe. We did a lot of nice things and it would have been a nice road win. We can take some positives from it but we can't take a W from it." Baham led all scorers with 16 points, 11 coming in the second half, and Heckel finished with 10 points. Junior Sean Miller and Pfeifer led KM with 10 points while Fuller and Schwartz each added nine points. • • • WAUKESHA — Kettle Moraine's efficient scoring led to a 70-44 Classic 8 Con- ference victory over Waukesha North earlier this month. North pressed in the sec- ond half, which led to either easy layups or tran- sistion 3-pointers for KM as the Lasers had a 39-25 halftime lead. North came out of the press for the third quarter, but KM just widened the game. The Lasers outscored the Northstars 16-5 in the third. Miller led Kettle Moraine with 21 points, while Pfeifer and Schwartz each scored 15 points. Senior Troy Viegut had a team-high 14 points for the Northstars. PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Kettle Moraine 54,Waukesha West 48 Schwartz plays big role down the stretch PREP GYMNASTICS Kildow steps up for 'Hawks Senior's late free throws help secure victory Charles Auer/Freeman Staff Above, Kettle Moraine's Sean Miller comes down with a rebound in front of Waukesha West's Nick Daniels. Right, KM's George Schwartz drives against West's Dawson Hill. By Jeff Hagenau Freeman Correspondent MUKWONAGO — Marissa Kildow seized her opportuni- ty to shine. Kildow, a junior, tied for second in all-around compe- tition with 34.8 points as the Arrowhead High School girls gymnastics team won a Clas- sic 8/Southeast Conference triangular last month. It was the third consecu- tive early-season victory for Arrowhead, which scored 137.7 points to outdistance second-place Kenosha's 136.325. Kildow won the vault with a 9.2, finished second on the balance beam (8.85), took sixth in the floor exercise (8.8) and tied for seventh on the uneven bars (7.95). "It was a great feeling being able to step up and con- tribute to the team's suc- cess," said Kildow, one of four juniors on Arrowhead's battle-tested roster this sea- son. "My vault stood out as a highlight and set the tone for the rest of the night. It was just a fun experience." Kildow was quick to point out that its been a difficult challenge attempting to fill the shoes of sidelined junior Taryn Sherman, who fin- ished seventh in the all- around at the last year's WIAA Division 1 state indi- vidual meet. "It's been hard having to compete without her but everyone has been trying to work through the pressure," Kildow said. "That said, the entire team pitched in tonight and helped to make it happen." Senior Jorin Fredman won floor exercise (9.55), took sec- ond on the bars (8.8) and placed fifth on the balance beam (8.7) for the Warhawks, who won two events and placed second in three oth- ers. "We performed pretty well but still need to keep work- ing hard and improving on our routines in the weeks to come," said Fredman, who claimed the WIAA Division 1 state all-around title last year. "It's been nice to start the season with a string of victories, and it should serve as a good motivator as the season progresses. "Being the defending state all-around champion, there's a little pressure to go there and prove myself once again. At this point, I'm just trying to work hard each day and have some fun." Arrowhead coach Bob Pulkowski was encouraged by the victory but empha- sized that his team has the potential to perform even better. "It definitely wasn't our best meet, so there's work to be done," said Pulkowski, who guided the Warhawks to third at the state team com- petition last year. "Although we came away with a victory, we'll be able to use tonight's experience as a good base line and attempt to build off of it the rest of the way."

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