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Congratulations to Lisa Schmidman namer extraordinaire of the Highlander Snack Shack. Such pith and brilliance for the recognition of the more traditional limited menu indoors while simultaneously playing off the alliteration found in its sister venue, Highlander Hut.

Congratulations to Roberta Sutliffe, documentarian of manifested brilliance in The Hangry Highlander. Featuring a broader menu for those hunger-stricken Highlanders to feast! (insert hearty laugh like Jabba).

Nicknames will be entirely up to the will of the people (but we like the Snack Shack and Hangrys). Maybe we make t-shirts.

For the agenda, times and locations, go to: https://www.homesteadboosters.com/meetings

Questions? Boosters@HomesteadBoosters.com

The Varsity Dance Team performed at half time on Friday night at the Highlander home football game. The following HHS Seniors choreographed the hip hop performance & were recognized at halftime during Senior Night.  

In order from left to right:

Claudia Sullivan

Kendall Coburn

Zoë David

Abigail Moertl

Rachel Starsky 

Lots to celebrate for the Golf team as they wrapped up their season with a fourth place showing in Sectionals last week. Shout out to JV who ended their season a bit earlier as Northshore Conference Champs! 

Special awards to Eleanor Potter for the well deserved Highlander Award and to Elaina Debord for winning Most Improved! 

Great job ladies! We will miss our seniors so much- Eleanor, Elaina and Lexi! 

Huge thank you to Coach Recht and Coach Lindsey for all they do for these student athletes! 

 

Last Tuesday, the JV and Varsity teams took on Hartford at home. The JV Team won 102 to 70 and the Varsity team won 115 to 67.  

200 Medley Relay – Gretchen Heintz, Bella Magee, Rebecca Yang, Mariah Reynolds

Mariah Reynolds – 200 IM

Michelle Martin – 50 Free

Maggie Pokorny – Diving

200 Free Relay – Mariah Reynolds, Michelle Martin, Payton Rater, Bella Magee

Gretchen Heintz – 100 Backstroke

400 Free Relay – Michelle Martin, Payton Rater, Gretchen Heintz, Mariah Reynolds

200 Medley Relay – Helena Zhao, Kyra Hansen, McKenna Donovon, Bridgette Thomas

Payton Rater – 200 Free

Rebecca Yang – 200 IM

Lauren VanVooren – Diving

Rebecca Yang – 100 Butterfly

Bella Magee – 100 Free and 100 Breaststroke

Kyra Hansen – 500 Free

Hannah Martyn – 200 Free

Grace Martyn – 200 IM

Mia Wang – Diving

Michelle Martin – 100 Butterfly

Sasha McKinney – 500 Free and 100 Backstroke

200 Free Relay – Rebecca Yang, Tessa Kunschke, Hannah Martyn, Helena Zhao

Allie Parades – 100 Breaststroke

400 Free Relay – Tessa Kunschke, Kyra Hansen, Helena Zhao, Hannah Martyn

Gretchen Heintz – 50 Free

Hannah Martyn – 100 Butterfly

McKenna Donovon – 100 Breaststroke

Jozy Clark – 50 Free

Helena Zhao – 100 Free

Bridgette Thomas – 100 Backstroke

200 Medley Relay – Madeline Frank, Ailee Bergeron, Leah Rayhk, Caroline Garsha

Emma Rader – 200 Free

Ailee Bergeron – 50 Free

Emmy Sehnert – Diving

Libby Gilbertson – 500 Free and 100 Breaststroke

Caroline Garsha – 50 Free and 100 Free

Aurora Davies – 500 Free

Ailee Bergeron – 100 Breaststroke

Allison Kellner – Diving

Emma Spitz – 100 Butterfly

400 Free Relay: Madeline Frank, Emma Rader, Sam Estiban, Eva Kumar

200 Medley Relay – Aurora Davies, Sophie Rater, Sam Estiban, Libby Gilbertson

Sam Estiban – 200 IM and 500 Free

Sophie Rater – 100 Free

200 Free Relay – Emma Beaulieu, Aurora Davies, Sophie Rater, Eva Kumar

Aurora Davies – 100 Backstroke

Sophie Rater – 200 Free

Emma Rader – 100 Free

Eva Kumar – 50 Free

Madeline Frank – 100 Backstroke

🎾 WAY TO GO, LADY HIGHLANDER TENNIS TEAM! 🎾  

Not only did you conquer a VERY delayed, rainy start to the day last week Monday for Sub Sectionals, but you outlasted a 13 HOUR DAY in Beaver Dam!!! The team tied for FIRST PLACE with Slinger in an all-out dual with our very own, Elsa Heinrich taking the first place win to seal our overall win. Way to hang in there Elsa, after having to find a park with head lights to finish her very long match.  

"*A wee bit dark at 8:30pm in the park!"

Photos by Jen Karegeannes

MORE TENNIS… 🎾🎾🎾

Making it to Sectionals played at the Fox River Racquet Club in Appleton this past week Thursday were:

Ellie Sprinkmann (#1 Singles) taking 2nd place, Calista Sims & Anna Strunets (#1 Doubles) taking 6th place (but State Bound!), Elsa Heinrich (#2 Singles) taking first place, Anastasia Raykova & Abigail Horwitz (#2 Doubles) taking fourth place and Ava Karegeannes (#3 Singles) finishing in 3rd place. The team placed 3rd, missing second place by 1 point. But….  Our Seniors Ellie, Calista and Anna AND our freshman Elsa will continue on for some more amazing tennis @ STATE in Madison on October 22-23rd.

BEST OF LUCK LADIES on finishing up an amazing season of Tennis! You’ve made Homestead so proud… 💖🎾

Photos by Jen Karegeannes

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The Girls Varsity Volleyball team had a hard-fought match against the Grafton Blackhawks on Tuesday. The girls came out strong winning the 1st set 25-20 before dropping the next 3 sets, 25-27, 21-25, 16-25. The team was lead by Sr. OH Gabby Magee (15 kills, 4 aces), Sr. RS Whitney Krueger (6 kills, 1 block), So. OH Chase LaLonde (14 kills, 3 digs), Sr. MB Savannah Wright (6 kills), Sr. L Nora Raasch (36 digs, 5 assists), and Jr. S Maddie Dudan (17 assists, 8 digs).

On Thursday the team celebrated Senior Night before taking on the Bulldogs of Cedarburg. Although the match didn’t end with a W for the Highlanders (9-25, 18-25, 17-25), there was plenty to cheer for at their last home match of the season. The Senior class has demonstrated incredible resilience, leadership, pride and teamwork throughout this season. Every one of the Senior girls has left a positive mark on the volleyball program and we thank them for all of their hard work and effort. Congratulations to our outstanding Seniors!

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The JV1 Women's Volleyball team went 0-2 last week against Grafton and Cedarburg High Schools. Tuesday's match at Grafton was a battle. The Highlanders dropped the first set 16-25 but they settled in during the second set taking a strong lead but tough serving and attacking from the Blackhawks put the Highlanders on their heels and they couldn't finish the set on top, losing 23-25. The third set went back and forth but Grafton had the final word and the set went to the Blackhawks 17-25. Sadie Ferguson led the Highlander attack with 10 kills thanks to 6 assists from Lily Oberneder and 5 assists from Lily Timm. Melina Angeli led the defense with 7 digs while Ferguson added 6.

On Thursday, the visiting Cedarburg Bulldogs were unstoppable and took all three sets from the Highlanders (11-25, 18-25, 12-25). The Bulldogs consistently found gaps in the Highlanders serve receive and defensive set ups but the Homestead passers and defenders went for every ball and refused to let any point be earned easily. Timm and Ava Russell held up the Highlander defense. Timm notched 6 digs and Russell put down 2 blocks. Angeli led the servers with 3 aces and Ferguson again led the attack with 3 kills.

JV2-

The JV2 Women's Volleyball team lost both matches last week to Grafton and Cedarburg. Stephanie Ohde put up 6 assists against Grafton on Tuesday. She also had 5 serves while Ava Nelson pitched in 5 serves as well. On Thursday Charlotte Lueck had 7 digs against Cedarburg and Maria Inman added 4.

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Varsity boys soccer clinched an important victory last week against Cedarburg, bringing them up to the first place spot in conference as they head into the final week of league play. The team landed an impressive 4 seed for the playoffs and have a current record of 12-3-2! On Thursday, Homestead took an early lead on Cedarburg when Jack Gruen drilled a long ball from goalie Drew Seyfer to the net. Yaseen Khaled delivered on a PK to bring the team up 2-0, followed by AJ Wild placing a free kick past a not quite organized Cedarburg defense for a final 3-0 victory. Drew Seyfer played an outstanding game in the goal. Impressive tenacity and command of the midfield by Jacob Bakalinsky and excellent defense work by Jake Schmidman and Bryce Schnider solidified the shutout for Homestead. Led by Jack Gruen and Sam Walton, the boys defeated Wauwatosa East 2-1 on Friday night. Saturday, plagued by fatigue, injuries and a questionable offside call the team fell to Eau Claire Memorial 1-0.  

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JV1 soccer banked three more victories last week, bringing their overall record up to 13-0-1 for the season with just 2 games left. The JV1 highlanders have scored an astonishing 92 goals this season! Monday's away game at Grafton started fairly even but the boys ran away with it. Cal Gilbertson knocked in a nice volley and later a header helping fuel the momentum for an 11-1 finish. Additional goals were scored by Moises Casanova, Praise Ogwu, Pierre Bruisard, George Zhu, Allan Wild, Adam Smith, Divyen Rustagi, Ethan Faber and Truman Nolte. 

On Thursday the team returned to home field to face Cedarburg. Down 0-1 at halftime after Cedarburg scored on a free kick, the boys found themselves in their first deficit of the season but quickly found their stride. Praise Ogwu turned on the heat and brought in several goals for the highlanders. Moises Casanova found the net yet again, Charlie Fargo made an incredible defensive save and the team rallied to a 4-1 victory. Friday night vs Milwaukee Reagan the boys again prevailed in not just a beautifully executed game but also with great display of sportsmanship from both sides of the field. Goals were brought in by Praise Ogwu, Truman Nolte, Tommy Corbett, George Zhu, Cody Buttermore, Alex Faber and Moises Casanova. Moises finished the game with an exciting hat trick toward the end. Again strong on the defensive side, Bradley Benson, Carter Klug, Charlie Fargo, Shaan Mehta, Campbell Packard and keeper Jack Lockman sealed the shutout for the Highlanders. 

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Last week, the JV2 team continued their winning streak with decisive wins over Nicolet, Cedarburg and Milwaukee Regan.  

In the game against Nicolet, they won 5 - 1 with Lucas Mersky making the first goal, Jacob Armstrong scored the next 3 (as a birthday present for his mother) and Reid Gruen had the final goal. Reid also had 2 assists in this match.   

In the rainiest game of the season against Cedarburg, they continued to dominate with teamwork and communication on the pitch. The first goal came off the foot of Reid Gruen with Andres Mehta assisting. Mersky had the next goal with Armstrong assisting. Rob Whittaker had the next two goals--the first came with an assist from Armstrong and the next he chipped over the goalie's head. Andres had the next goal and I missed who got the assist. Armstrong scored the final goal of the game for the Highlanders. In the last minute, Cedarburg scored. The final score was 6-1.

In the Friday night game against Milwaukee Regan, the Highlanders won 9-0. The goals came from all positions, with 6 players scoring. Abtine Shooshtarizadeh scored off of a corner kick in the first minute. Jack Brennancamp scored with Mersky assisting. Jacob scored the next two goals with the second on a fast break. Mersky followed up with a breakaway goal. Scoring the sixth goal was Cole Stoecker. Reid hit the next goal from the top of the box, and the next goal off of the defenders head with Mersky assisting on that. The final goal, and biggest celebration from the bench, was from Leo Gonzalez, a dynamic defender, who scored his first goal of the season.  

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Homestead JV Football started out the last game of their season with a strong start, stopping Cedarburg on multiple possessions. Big plays from Sam Nemke, Will VanLaanen, Dominic Bruno, Kentrel Evans and more resulted in four Homestead Touchdowns. Homestead’s defense stayed strong throughout the game with an interception by Brayden Miller before half. The final score ended with a Homestead win 28 to 7! The Homestead JV Football team ended the season with a big win. Thanks to all the coaches, family and friends that supported us this season.  

Talk to your coach and volunteer to be your sport team liaison. Then send story and pictures to hhsboosterblast@gmail.com. Submissions sent in by 9 PM on Monday nights will run in the Tuesday morning Blast.