Shorewood Track Teams Excel at Regionals

Here is a roundup of Shorewood High School sports courtesy of Athletic Director Bill Haury.

Girl’s Soccer – The girls finished the regular season schedule with two victories against South Milwaukee on Thursday night.  The JV team won 5-0 to finish 8-5-1 for the season.  The varsity won 8-0 for their third straight win and outscored the opponents 28-0 in these three games.   

Sunni Kessenich opened the scoring in the 2nd minute of the game as she put a rebound past the goalie to give Shorewood a 1-0 lead.  Fifteen minutes later Ava Miller sent a long kick over the goalie’s head to increase the lead to 2-0.  In the 33rd minute, Sunnie Kessenich scored her 2nd goal on a beautiful assist from Marlee Lane to make the score 3-0.  Less than a minute later, Sunni gave Sara Waters a nice pass in front of the goal and Sara scored to make it 4-0 going into halftime.  Two minutes into the 2nd half, Serah Washington took a pass from Sara Waters and scored to make it 5-0.  In the 60th minute, Tricia Nelsen received a pass from Megan McMahon and put it in the goal to extened the Greyhounds lead to 6-0.  Ava Miller scored her 2nd goal in the 69th minute to make it 7-0.  Victoria Nelsen finished the scoring in the 77th minute to make the final score 8-0.   The varsity team finished the regular season 7-3-1 in Woodland Conference play and 9-4-1 overall.  

Boy’s Tennis – The varsity boys won the Woodland Conference Dual-Match championship by defeating Greendale, 4-3. 

Shorewood was down 2-3 when freshman Sasha Velikanov, @ #4 Singles, came back from losing the 1st set to win a long, close match in the 3rd set.  Sasha’s won made it 3-3 and Sean Kelly was the final competitor at #2 Singles.   Sean had struggled early in the set and lost 1-6 and was down 2-5 in the 2nd set before he began his comeback.  He won the 2nd set 7-5 and went on to win a close 3rd set 6-4.  The win gave the team the dual-match title and earned Sean a #2 seed for the conference tournament.  

In the Conference Tournament, Shorewood finished 3rd behind 2nd place Pius XI, and conference champs Greendale.   At #1 Singles, Tim Perry made it to the finals where he lost, 6-7, 4-6, and earning 6 points for the team.  At #2 Singles, Sean Kelly made it to the 3rd place match where he won in three sets, 1-6, 6-2,  6-0 earning 5 team points.  At #3 Singles, Allen Kang also made it to the 3rd place match, but lost 2-6, 4-6 earning 4 team points.  At #4 Singles, Sasha Velikanov made it to the finals where he lost in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 4-6 earning 6 team points.  At #1 Doubles, Ethan Halloran & Ben Wassermann won the consolation final, 6-1, 6-1 earning 4 team points.  At #2 Doubles, Ben Kuhlmann & James Keane made it to the final match losing in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 earning 6 team points.  At #3 Doubles, Grant Kleaveland-Kupczak & Seung-Hyun Jinlost in the consolation final, 0-6, 2-6 earning two points for a team total of 38 and a 3rd place team finish.     

Track & Field– On Monday the teams competed in the Regional meet at Wisconsin Lutheran College. 

Both teams performed extremely well with the girls placing 2nd and the boys brought home their 2nd straight Regional championship.  The girls advanced athletes to Sectionals in 10 of the 18 events, while the boys advanced in 15 of 18 events.   

The girls went 1-2-3 in the pole vault with Olivia Loomis winning with a vault of 6’ 6”.  She was followed by Adela Raicu at 6’ 0” and Carolyn Mahn at 5’ 6”.  The 4 x 800 relay team of Izzi Snyder, Paula Dale, Olivia Wycklendt, & Abby Hollman ran to a 1st place in a time of 11:58.  Lauren Thomas advanced to the Sectional meet with a 4th place in the 100 meters in a time of 12.96.  Alexis Farrington advanced in the 400 meters in a time of 58.70 good for 3rd place and in the 200 meters with a 2nd place in 25.59.  The 4 x 100 relay team of Chiarra Sanders, Olivia Alvarez, Lily Blind, & Brianna Webb also advanced with a 3rd place finish in a time of 51.57.  The girls also went 1-2-3 in the 3200 meters as Morgan Florhseim won the race in a time of 11:38.  She was followed by Haley Holan in 2nd with a time of 11:54.  Haley Woyak was 3rd in 12:52.  Morgan & Haley also went 1-2 in the 1600 meters, Morgan in 5:25 and Haley in 5:36.  Haley came back in the 800 to place 2nd in a time of 2:26.  The 4 x 400 relay team of Lily Blind, Ashley Farrington, Chairra Sanders, & Olivia Alvarez advanced with their 1st place finish in a time of 4:08.37.   

The boys scored 156 to outscore 2nd place Kettle Moraine Lutheran by 18 points to win the regional championship.  Taylor Dennis won the triple jump with a jump of 44’ 4.25”  Robert Washington took 3rd in the long jump with a jump of 20’ 7.25”.  In the high jump, Max Geitzen advanced to the Sectional meet with a 3rd place finish by clearing 5’ 8”.  The 4 x 800 relay team of John Traudt, Jack Mauer, Charles Stahl, & Jacob Goldberg ran up front from start to finish to win in a time of 8:25.92.  Charles Stahl & Alex Mackowski both advanced to Sectionals with Charles running 4:40 to win the event and Alex taking 3rd in 4:44.  Rashard Packer advanced with a 3rd place finish in the 400 meters in a time of 52.2.  DeAnthony Manna also advanced in the 400 meters with a 4th place finish and a time of 53.68.  The 4 x 100 relay team of Robert Washington, Taylor Dennis, Alec Grimmer, & Justin Rabon broke their own school record to finish 1st in a time of 43.16.  In the 200 meters, Justin Rabon placed 2nd in 21.97 and Alec Grimmer was 4th in 22.40.  Charles Stahl won the 3200 meters in 10:08, while both Sam Kuhlmann & Tom Treacy advanced to Sectionals with Sam in 3rd place with a 10:13 and Tom in 4th with a 10:19.  Jacob Goldberg placed 2nd in the 800 meters in 1:58.  The 4 x 400 relay team of Alec Grimmer, Taylor Dennis, Jacob Goldberg, & Justin Rabon lowered their school record to 3:20.89 and took 1st place.

Here's a list of this week's sporting events:

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Tuesday – Varsity Baseball vs Saint Francis , 5 p.m.

Wednesday – North Shore Conference Championship, 4 p.m.

Thursday – SIS Tennis “A” Team vs Lumen Christi, 4 p.m.

Thursday – SIS Softball vs Brown Deer, 4 p.m.

Thursday – Girls Soccer – 1st Round Regional vs Kenosha Indian Trails, 6:30 pm  

Friday – JV Baseball vs Wauwatosa West, 5 p.m.

Saturday – Varsity Baseball vs Whitefish Bay, 7 p.m.

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Tuesday – Boy’s Golf sectionals @ New Holstein, All day

Wednesday – Varsity Baseball @ Saint Francis, 5 pm

Friday – Track & Field WIAA State Championships @ UW-La Crosse, All Day

Friday – Varsity Baseball @ Wauwatosa West, 7 p.m.

Saturday – Track & Field WIAA State Championships @ UW-La Crosse, All Day

Saturday – Girl’s Soccer 2nd Round Regional, Time TBD