Volume XVI, Number 2 | Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
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The Brookfield Academy varsity volleyball team had a busy week last week, playing four matches in four days.
The team started the week in a Triangular with The Prairie School and Kenosha Christian Life, barely losing against both teams. The defense was led by Holly Kludt and Tori Gierach. Sahej Grewal was able to control the ball with 17 digs and 10 kills. Great serving by Hannah Ding and Mahek Grewal made the games close.
Tuesday, the girls battled hard against Heritage Christian. Collectively, the Blue Knights had a solid offensive performance with Megan Grasse and Mahek Grewal serving four aces each.
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Junior Olivia Smith prepares to serve vs LCL |
On Thursday, the varsity team traveled to Lake Country Lutheran. The girls struggled to find their footing against a strong, solid LCL team. The team lost three games to zero (25-6, 25-8, 25-10). Despite the lopsided scores, the girls played with a ton of heart of perseverance.
-Coach Singer
Reported by Kristi Thompson
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Seniors pose for a group photo after Senior Night. From left to right: JJ Krohn, Natalie Cartwright, Carly Zeiler, Eve Janavitz, Cece Evanich, Katya Shalyaev, Anna Marshall |
Varsity
Since last Tuesday, the girls varsity tennis team had just one match against New Berlin Eisenhower. It wasn't just any match, however, as the team celebrated Senior Night. It was a picture perfect night as the team won all matches winning 7-0. Parents and players then smiled, laughed, and cried as the seniors were recognized for their hard work over the past four years.
The team travels to The Prairie School this evening for a match, before ending the regular season with a Triangular on Saturday, playing defending Division II team State champion, Appleton Xavier, followed by Brookfield East. Then, the Blue Knights participate in subsectionals Monday, October 4.
-Senior Captain Eve Janavitz
JV
Last week was busy for the BA JV girls tennis team. They played at Brookfield East on Tuesday, losing 6-1 to their "A" team. Despite the loss, most of the matches were highly competitive.
On Wednesday, they traveled to Brookfield Central, losing 5-2. Again, the girls played well and were in contention in all seven matches.
The week ended on a high note, at home, with a 5-2 win over Brookfield Central. Coaches Wolf and Friedman are very pleased with the overall level of play and quiet competitive spirit exhibited by all the JV players. Equally important, they are having fun and building lasting memories!
The JV team plays its last match of the season this afternoon at home against Reagan.
-Coach Kipp Friedman
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JV1
The Blue Knights traveled to Heritage Christian on Tuesday. BA battled all evening and came back after losing the first game to win two games to one: 16-25, 25-15, 15-10. The impressive win was led by Ella Lombardi (six aces) and Aureilia Rushing (six kills). With aggressive blocks (two) by Zanna Hughes, the Blue Knights were able to seal a victory against the Patriots.
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Later in the week, the girls were on the road at Lake Country Lutheran, and despite an encouraging team showing, they lost all three games. The team was led in scoring with three aces by Harbani Kaur and three kills from Ella Lombardi. |
Following an intense week, the BA JV1 volleyball team competed at the Wauwatosa West Invitational on Saturday. The Blue Knights led the Bronze bracket, winning two out of four matches, taking 7th place overall. Aureilia Rushing dominated the floor, tallying 20 kills. Meanwhile, Alexandra Prange added 10 points with her impossible-to-return serves! Rachel Frailing was unstoppable with a big block to help with the win.
JV2
The JV2 volleyball team fought hard at Lake Country Lutheran this week. The girls came up short falling 3-0: 8-25, 23-25, 13-15. Overall, it was a great team effort. Ella Lombardi had four aces in the game, while Solyana Tatek had two big kills to lead the team offensively.
-Coach Singer
Reported by Kristi Thompson
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Brookfield Academy was featured on Wisconsin Sports Stream during Thursday's 46-0 home victory over Dominican. BA dominated on both sides of the ball from the opening kickoff. BA's defense held Dominican to less than 100 yards of total offense. Freshman Rolando Rodriguez and senior Ethan Bayerlein each had an interception.
Offensively, BA dominated on the ground and in the air. Senior Jonah Jensen had 132 yards rushing on only seven attempts. Jensen also threw four touchdown passes. Junior Maliq Crawford led the Blue Knights with 52 yards receiving and two touchdown receptions. Junior Colton Green and Ethan Bayerlein also added touchdown receptions.
BA improved to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Midwest Classic Conference. On Friday, October 1, BA travels to play undefeated and state ranked Kenosha St. Joseph at Kenosha Bradford High School at 7 pm.
-Coach Jon Kahle
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Varsity
The boys varsity soccer team fell to highly ranked USM last Monday night, 5-3. The Blue Knights played one of their best games of the season.
Goalkeeper Jacob Schneck came up with several big saves, along with outstanding defense by the back line.
The offense, led by senior forward Cazzy Major, continued to put pressure on the USM goal. In the first half, sophomore midfielder, Kamron Kaiser, scored off a corner kick assisted by Major. In the second half, Major scored off of a 20 yard free kick and later converted on a penalty kick.
The Blue Knights play in a Quad at top ranked Oostberg this weekend.
-Coach Lee Rogers
JV
The JV boys soccer team picked up three wins this past week to run its record for the season to 7-2 and extend its current win streak to six games.
The JV team beat St. John's Northwestern Military Academy twice (7-5 at home and 3-2 on the road) and picked up a 5-1 win against Dominican's varsity reserve (with some help from a few varsity players).
-Coach Christian Arvold
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Our Blue Knights cross country team ran another impressive set of races on Saturday at the Pete Nielsen Invite! Personal bests by Rose Erlinder, 21:17, and Avery Denman, 23:57, were two of the highlights from the girls races.
The boys races were highlighted by Kamron Kaiser, who ran a time of 18:31, and Nathaniel Osborne, who finished second with a time of 16:33.
Our young and rookie runners also had great performances. Davis Arvold and Luci Jensen ran times of 20:34 and 23:01, respectively. Arvold and Jensen demonstrated toughness and talent in their first ever 5k event. Aaron Tatek also ran a nice rookie race, finishing with a time of 23:09.
The team races next at the Wisco Invite at McCarty Park on October 7.
-Coach John Herod
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MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY |
The MS CC team competed in the Blue Knight Invitational on September 21. The 5th-7th grade girls team had another impressive performance taking first place overall.
Five BA ladies finished in the top six: Mila Libbey (1), Ellie Decker (3), Elena Petrova (4), Elisabeth Wilson (5), and Stella Koenings (6).
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Pictured are Elisabeth Wilson and Elena Petrova |
On the boys side, Evan Van Beek, Alex Wilhelm, Danny Weiner, and Ben Reiner each placed in the top third of their division. |
Erich Boelter running at the Blue Knight Invitational |
BA has meets at Wisconsin Hills and Pewaukee next week.
-Coach Dave Reiner
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Level 6 student Kailey Klemm ready to deliver a monster serve during the 5/6 volleyball game! |
5/6
On Saturday, the 5/6 volleyball team played a double header against Milwaukee Montessori and St. Dominic. They won the match against Milwaukee Montessori and lost the match against St. Dominic by a two point margin for both of the first two games.
-Coach Tracy Albers
7/8
The 7th/8th grade volleyball team had a doubleheader at home this week. Although they did not come away with wins, they continue to prove they can take new skills learned in practice and put them into use in games. Defense and setting have been major focuses, but the team will now work more on hitting and blocking. It’s been amazing to see their progress from week to week.
-Coach Jacqueline Frohwirth
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Level 6 student Jack Smith controls the ball during the soccer game! |
Gold
The Middle School Gold soccer team had an amazing week! Two wins in a row brings their season record to 4-2! The hard work given by the players during practices is helping the team hit their stride toward the end of the season. Great job boys!
-Coach John Franco
Blue
The Blue team came out on top against a tough Heritage Christian team on Tuesday thanks to a hat trick by Tyler Grande and a converted penalty kick by Luke Rogutich.
The boys competed well and fought hard against an older and bigger Shoreland Lutheran team on Friday night under the lights (while battling rain and wind) in Kenosha, but ultimately fell 6-3. Goals came from Tyler Grande and Isaaq Qureshi. The team also had a strong goalkeeping performance from Lucas Babovic.
-Coach Larry Rogutich
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
FIELD HOCKEY
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The Middle School field hockey team won this past Tuesday, September 21, at home versus LIFT.
Sofia Babovic scored the lone goal for BA in a tight contest!
The team is now 1-1-1 on the season with three games and a tournament remaining.
-Nicholas Rechlitz
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Level 5 student Rachel York showing focus during the field hockey game! |
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The varsity team welcomes the JR Knights at last Thursday's game |
5/6
The JR Knights had a very exciting week! The boys were introduced at halftime of the varsity game Thursday night. The JR Knights finished off the week with a game against Kettle Moraine Lutheran on Saturday. It was a hard fought matchup. The Junior Chargers started out strong offensively with three touchdowns in the first half. The offensive line, including Nolan Fletcher, did an impressive job blocking. The quarterback had three great touchdown runs.
In the 2nd half of the game, the team rallied to a close score of 20-19. Kirtan Pansheriya had a couple of great defensive tackles for loss and a quarterback sack. Unfortunately, BA had trouble stopping the KML offense and lost 26-19. Up next for the JR Knights is a home game on Saturday vs. Nicolet.
7/8
The 7/8th grade JR Knights were thrilled to be introduced at halftime of the varsity game Thursday night. Saturday marked the team's third game of the season and its first loss. The JR Knights played Kettle Moraine Lutheran at home. BA stayed ahead most of the first half by controlling the clock and keeping the ball out of KML's hands. A completed pass from quarterback Ethan Potthast to Garrett Priebe started the JR Knights off with a touchdown.
The game was an offensive battle with KML scoring to take the lead just before the end of the first half. The JR Knights jumped on the scoreboard early in the second half with two big touchdown runs around the outside by Mason Dorn. A pass to Tyler Fletcher was good for the one point conversion. Action went back and forth with both teams pressuring their opponents, and the game came down to the extra point kick by the KML Junior Chargers. It was a heartbreaking loss as some of these JR Knights haven’t lost a game in multiple years. The final score was KML 28 JR Knights 26.
-Coach Schmidt
Reported by Kristi Thompson
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