Greyhound Roundup: Swim Team Off to Strong Start

Here's a roundup of the week in Shorewood High School sports, courtesy of Athletic Director Bill Haury. Find Shorewood High School athletic schedules on the Woodland Conference website:

Football – The team was on the road for the second week, traveling to Hartland to play Lake Country Lutheran.  After falling behind 13-0 in the first quarter, Xavier Johnson scored on a 20-yard run to cut the lead to 13-8.   The "Messwood" defense played tough in the second quarter, but long pass plays of 35 and 55 yards put Lake Country Lutheran up 27-8 at halftime.  Messwood came out in the second half and scored on a long, sustained drive that was capped by Alec Grimmer’s 1-yard run to bring the score to 27-14.  A successful onside kick gave the ball back to Messwood and good ball control and tough defense kept the LCL offense from scoring any second-half points.  In the fourth quarter, Messwood had another long drive that was kept alive with two nice passes from quarterback Taylor Dennis to Nate Wickstrom.  Taylor finished the drive with a 3-yard run to bring the score to 27-20, and that’s the way it ended. The team is now 1-1 in Midwest Classic conference play.

Boys Soccer – Thursday the varsity team played Brookfield Central, ranked fourth in the area.  The Lancers struck early with three goals in the first 30 minutes of the game.  Shorewood settled down after that and played the next 50 minutes very evenly, getting a few chances to score while giving up one second half goal in a 4-0 non-conference loss.

On Saturday, the team traveled to DePere for another non-conference match.  It was a spirited game with solid defense led by Kosta Ebben and Sam Tharpgeorge.  Goalkeeper Alex McMurtry made 5 tough saves, but one misplayed ball got past him which led to the 1-0 victory for DePere.  The Greyhounds are 2-3 heading into the first Woodland Conference game, today at South Milwaukee.

Girls Swimming – The girls opened their home season with a convincing victory over Grafton, 102-74.  It was an impressive start to the season with a large percentage of the times being personal best swims or faster than the starting point a year ago.  The highlight was sophomore Kristin Malone’s pool record, 24.20 in the 50 freestyle.   Malone also won the 100 backstroke and was on the winning 200 medley relay team with Rachel Munson, Ellen Stello and Melissa Clausen.  Freshman Rachel Munson won the 100 breastroke and 100 freestyle, and was on the winning 200 freestyle relay with Melissa Clausen, Diana Yakshimamedova and Genevieve Hayes. Ellen Stello won the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly.  Genevieve Hayes won both the 200 and 500 freestyle.  Melissa Clausen took second in both the 50 and 100 freestyle and Hannah Miller took second in the 200 freestyle.

On Saturday, the team traveled to Berlin for its second dual meet of the season.  The girl’s dominated the meet, winning each event on their way to a 105-48 victory.  The three victorious relay teams were 200 medley relay of Genevieve Hayes, Ellen Stello, Kristin Malone and Melissa Clausen; 200 freestyle team of Malone, Hayes, Rachel Munson and Diana Yakshimamedova; and the 400 freestyle relay team of Yakshimamedova, Clausen, Munson and Stello. Rachel Munson also won the 200 and 500 freestyle, Genevieve Hayes won the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle, Ellen Stello won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Kristin Malone won the 100 butterfly and 100 breastroke. Second-place finishes were by Melissa Clausen in the 100 butterfly, Lucy Petrick in the 200 freestyle and Diana Yakshimamedova in the 500 freestyle.  The team is now 2-0 in dual meet competition. 

Cross Country – The harriers hosted the Shorewood Early Invite on Thursday at Kern Park.  On a beautiful late summer day, the boys team won the meet by three points over second-place Marquette, 35-38.

Peter Morris led the team with a third-place finish, John Papke was fourth, Charlie Stahl seventh, Tom Treacy ninth and Jacob Goldberg 12th for the team total of 35. 

The girls placed fourth led by Abby Pech’s first-place finish.  Laura Gould was 16th, Lyndsey Morris 24th, Haley Florsheim 28th and Angela Sperry 37th for a team total of 106 points.

Girls Tennis – The varsity team played in the two-day University School tournament where it faced some of the strongest teams in Division 2.  On Friday, the Greyhounds lost 4-3 to Kohler.  The three victories came from No. 1 doubles Mary Matoba and Lizzy Tews, No. 2 doubles Kirstin Repins and Grace Hayes, and No. 3 doubles Ari Schwartz and Ellen Gough.  The next match was against state champion University School and a 7-0 loss.  Victoria Nelsen put up a tough fight at No. 2 singles before losing 6-4, 6-4.  Grace Hayes and Kirstin Repins also lost a close match at No. 2 doubles..  Victoria Nelsen won a huge match at No. 2 singles in the 6-1 loss to Madison Edgewood.  The girls were wearing down as they lost to Wausau Newman Catholic, 7-0, but rallied for a close 4-3 loss to Appleton Xavier to finish the tournament Saturday afternoon. Mary Matoba and Lizzy Tews won at No. 1 doubles,  Elana Lambert and Victoria Nelsen won at No. 2 doubles and Caroline Tweddell & Hannah Mentjes won at No. 3 doubles.