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By Tony Mooren Freeman Correspondent BROOKFIELD — Crystal Sicard wasn't feeling too spiffy. But Katie Dobrzynski sure was. And that was enough to get Sicard back to a good mental place and an eventu- al 11-7 Greater Metro Con- ference softball victory for Brookfield Central over crosstown rival Brookfield East last month. The game was tied 5-5 entering the bottom of the sixth inning when Dobrzyn- ski, who had already collect- ed an RBI, delivered a bases- loaded, base-clearing dou- ble. "When I go up to bat and there's a runner on base, I try to hit the ball out of the infield so the runner can score," Dobrzynski said. "I was confident. I faced (East pitcher Abbie Gerzak) before, and it was my third at-bat against her so I was confident. I thought it was a good hit — and a good time to get it." It was a plenty good time for the sophomore center- fielder to deliver as far as Sicard was concerned. "Katie's hit calmed me down so much," the junior said. "I was frustrated and stressed before that but after that I was, 'OK, now I can breathe.'" There was the matter of getting through the final inning and East shortstop Sydney Yahnke did belt a two-out, two-run single, but Sicard had more than enough breathing room. She finished with a seven-hitter in which she struck out 11 batters and walked only two — both of the free passes in the final inning and an intentional one to leadoff hitter Emma Megal, who had an inside-the-park home run and double in her previous at-bats. Central first-year head coach Jeff Cain was in no way surprised by Sicard, Dobrzynski, the team and the outcome. "Katie contributed — again," he said. "When I looked at the bases filled and who we had coming up, I relaxed a little because here's a girl who's done it before and I was confident she would do it again. "And I'm not surprised we won late. We did it last week in our first game when we were down by five runs and came back to win. I never doubt these kids." Designated hitter Aly Smyzik doubled home catcher Courtney Cain, who had walked, in the first inning, two errors fueled a three-run uprising in the second inning and then Dobrzynski got a run home with a ground out in the fourth inning for a 5-2 lead for Central. But an error and three hits got the Spartans three runs and into a fifth-inning tie in their season opener. And Gerzak allowed only one hit in her previous four innings of relief until the sixth. "I think she got a little frustrated," East coach Ash- ley Webber-Ortlieb said. "She expects herself to be perfect, and I told her that's hard to do, to pitch a perfect game. "We've had only one prac- tice outdoors. We have new kids and some returning kids shifted to different spots. I thought it was a good game — encouraging. The last few times we've faced Central we've fallen apart in multiple innings, and this was just one bad inning." Sophomore delivers big hit for Lancers Dobrzynski helps Central top East PREP SOFTBALL: Brookfield Central 11, Brookfield East 7 By Tony Mooren Freeman Correspondent BROOKFIELD — A new corner kick play paid huge dividends for the Brookfield Central High School girls soccer team. Rather than a direct serve to the goal mouth, sophomore forward Caro- line Busch served a short pass to freshman Jenny Cape, who in turn fed the ball back to Busch for a shot from the left side that found the upper right cor- ner of the goal. The goal, 39 minutes and 30 seconds into the chilly game that saw the tempera- ture in the low 40s, was the lone score as the Lancers beat crosstown rival Brook- field East 1-0 in a Greater Metro Conference game. "We just set that up two days ago, so it was kind of new," Busch said of the short corner pass and return feed. "But since it was from the right side I got the ball to Jenny and she got it back top my right foot and I shot it. The wind was behind me, so that helped a little." It was Busch's first "it feels really good" goal of the season for the Lancers. "Part of it was being in the right place and understand- ing what she has to do as a forward," Central coach Dan Makal said of Busch. "It was a great shot on frame. No one was going to stop that one." East's best chance of tying the game came midway through the second half when sophomore Sari Banks had a shot tipped away by Central sophomore goal- keeper Sarah Pasternak. East senior goalie Rachel Novak had much more action, including a diving tip-away effort midway through the first half and a race to a ball 72 minutes into the game which she won to prevent a one-on-one con- frontation with Central senior Lulu Zuba. "I don't know the shot total, but we certainly didn't generate enough of them," East coach Matt Schroeder said. "That's one of the biggest things for us right now: generating shots. They hit a bomb early in the game and we keep getting better, but our offense isn't click- ing. "We're just missing that final pass, that final touch and it's tough playing this (crosstown rivalry) game this early in the season — but we try to look at it as just another conference game." Schroeder said Novak played well and "continues to improve, which is huge for us." He also said the team played better in the second half when "we showed much more will- ingness to defend and we closed down on balls," but the one goal could not be countered. "The challenge was there for us: Who's going to work harder?" Makal said before adding that he mixed up his lineup a little with Zuba coming off the bench and "doing exactly what we asked of her, which was to stretch their back line. We asked her to be a game- changer, and she was able to get pace and stretch their back line." Makal said midfield the play of sophomore Claire Haynes, seniors Morgan Swan, Naomi Dawood and Emma Brauer and freshman Sarah Knopp was the ulti- mate difference. "The whole midfield solid- ified the game for us," he said, "and our back line was solid." Busch scores lone goal for Central New play does the trick PREP GIRLS SOCCER: Brookfield Central 1, Brookfield East 0 Mary Catanese/Special to The Freeman Brookfield East's Aubrey Prey and Brookfield Central's Rachel Kolb vie for the ball during a Greater Metro Conference game last month. Robert F. Borkowski/Special to The Freeman Brookfield Central's Crystal Sicard delivers a pitch against Brookfield East.

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