Volume XVII, Number 17 | Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
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The BA boys basketball team secured a big conference win this past Saturday against Heritage Christian. It was a battle between two undefeated teams and BA came away victorious 74-61. BA now holds the solo lead of the Midwest Classic Conference with just over a month to go. Anthony Przybilla led the Blue Knights in scoring with 21 points, followed by Nolan Demski with 15 points, and Davis Arvold with 13 points. Jon Sabani brought in 13 rebounds to lead BA, and Anthony Przybilla brought in 11 boards to secure his double-double.
Up next for the Blue Knights is an away game at University School of Milwaukee on Thursday, January 19, before returning home on Friday to take on Destiny at 6:30 pm.
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BA's girls varsity basketball team defeated Messmer last Thursday night by a score of 73-31. Luci Jensen scored 22 points, leading the Blue Knights. Madison York added 14 points, and Amelia Rigel 13 points in the win.
On Saturday, January 14, Lake Country Lutheran got the better of BA, winning 63-35. Amelia Rigel and Luci Jensen each scored seven to lead BA.
The girls bounced back nicely on Monday to defeat Catholic Central by a score of 65-34.
Up next for the Blue Knights is a game at Living Word Lutheran tonight. The team's next home game is Tuesday, January 24, at 7:15 pm against Lake Country Lutheran.
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Brookfield Academy’s fencing team has resumed competitions this year, and its first meet was at Glenbrook South. In this tournament, each weapon group fenced against the team from Maine West.
On the women’s foil team, Eleanor Plamann and Madison Kob won two bouts against Maine West. The men’s foil team, Aryan Kapur and Kai Suh, won three.
The men’s epee team won a total of five bouts against Maine West. In this meet, Gus Jurgens competed in his first tournament as an epeeist, joining Isaac Jansen and Camden Pifel.
The men’s sabre team, including Connor Artley, Andre Pasquini, and Logan Pifel won one.
Against Glenbrook South, each epee fencer won at least one bout, and against Deerfield-Highland Park, Isaac, Gus, and Hongyi Yang won a total of three bouts.
The men’s sabre team won three bouts against Glenbrook South as well.
-Junior Madison Kob
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Last Thursday the co-op ski team was at Heuliger Heugel for its first slalom race of the season against Marquette, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Oconomowoc, and Homestead.
In tough skiing conditions, the boys varsity team took third place and girls varsity placed fourth.
For the boys, senior William Morgan unfortunately straddled a gate on the first run and junior Kamron Kaiser fell, so they were only able to place 12th and 22nd respectively. The girls fared better with senior Brynn Jeide placing sixth, senior Cosette Holley 13th, and freshman Marilee Nygro 20th.
On the JV side, the girls team placed third and the boys team fourth. Freshman Meghan Jeide did well on
her first ever slalom race finishing fifth. Sophomore Johanna Zaleski finished 15th.
For the boys JV team, juniors
Vibhu Guda and Peyton Zeiler finished ninth and 10th respectively, and senior Max Hong placed 12th .
Snow is in the forecast (hurrah!) for the team’s next race on Thursday at Alpine Valley which will be a giant
slalom race again.
-Beverley Morgan
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The Brookfield Academy Climb Team participated in a Wisconsin High School Climb League competition on Friday, January 13.
Individually, five BA climbers advanced to finals: Naomi Grande and Santino Raab Rabida in the D1 section (5.8 - 5.9), Isaac Jansen in the D2 section (5.9 - 5.10) , Ben Reiner in the D3 section (5.10 - 5.12), and Danny Reiner in the D4 section (5.11 - 5.13).
Two other climbers, Hugh Campbell (D2) and Aidan Canga (D4), also performed very well, each finishing just one place shy of making finals.
-Coach Dave Reiner
| Freshman Santino Raab Rabida making his way up the wall | | |
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Level 8
The Brookfield Academy Level 8 girls took on St. Dominic on Saturday. The game was a defensive struggle with both teams playing stingy defense. The girls from St. Dominic pulled ahead 13-12 with under one minute remaining. That's when Laila Eriksen hit the game winner for BA with seconds remaining on the game clock! The girls then played suffocating defense in the final seconds to seal the victory.
-Coach Chris Mason
| Aroushi Bhakhri shoots a jump shot | |
Level 7
The Level 7 girls basketball team fell to Waukesha Catholic on January 7 in Waukesha. The team was led in scoring by Claire Spaeth.
On January 14, the girls won their first league game of the season at St. Jude by a score of 22-18. All girls played a part in the win. Amen Abel and Mali Williams led the girls in scoring.
-Coach Greg Weithaus
Level 6
The Level 6 girls basketball team lost a hard-fought game vs St. Sebastian on Saturday, January 14, by a score of 26-17. Rachel York led the team with six points and two steals, while Monica Zaleski added four points and two steals of her own.
Addison Albers, Loveday Schwertfeger, and Molly Zimmermann each added baskets to a full team effort.
The team looks to bounce back in league play when they take on St. Dominic on Saturday, January 21.
-Coach Geo Peterson
Level 5
The team took on St. Jude on Saturday. There was scoring by Ellie Zimmermann, Harper Spaeth, and Eleni Gebreyesus. There was tough defense by Navy Kehoe, including steals. The team lost 28-4.
The team also fell to a 41-9 loss on Monday against Brookfield Christian. The team exhibited great shooting efforts and made its way to the free throw line numerous times.
-Coach Cayley McKowen
|  | Harper Spaeth dribbling the ball up the court | | |
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Level 8
Things are starting to click for the BA Level 8 Gold team. The team has won three of its last four games. It became noticeable that things were turning for the good during the team's 30-point loss to St. Boniface. Although defeated, the team fought hard for the full 24 minutes, and started to play fast-paced basketball.
The team carried that momentum over to a league game against St. John Vianney. After getting out to a 11-0 lead, the team played stifling defense and scored in bunches in transition, defeating SJV 46-26. Sutton Demski led the way in scoring with 13 points. Eight players scored for BA. Nick Roth gathered in five rebounds, leading the team.
Monday saw the boys take on a good Brookfield Christian team. The Blue Knights fell behind by two early in the second half, before playing phenomenal basketball the rest of the way. The team went on to win 46-32.
| The bench bringing the energy! | |
It was a total team effort, with everyone engaged whether on the court or on the bench. Seven players scored for BA, highlighted by Ethan Potthast with 17 points, and Sutton Demski with 14 points. Eli Wintheiser took the team's first charge of the season which got the team energized!
-Coach Michael Rajchel
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Level 6
In a rematch of a game played one week earlier, the BA Level 6 Blue team took on St. Mary Menomonee Falls. Unfortunately, however, the results were different this time around. The team from St. Mary used great defense and hot shooting to win the rematch. The final score was 30-13.
-Coach Chris Mason
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