Sports Wrapups: Jan. 3

Brown Deer boys basketball

The Falcons stayed sharp with a 65-48 win over the Milwaukee Academy of Science on Dec. 27.

In earning the win, Brown Deer had to rally from a 16-14 first quarter deficit.

By halftime, the Falcons had earned a 31-25 advantage and by the end of three quarters, they were up 50-34.

All told, 11 Brown Deer players scored in the game including Desmond Jackson with 13 while Trayvon Palmer and Jamon Jackson-Wilson had 12 apiece and Marcus Bond eight.

The Falcons hurt themselves at the foul line, hitting only 17 of 30 charity tosses as compared to just two of nine for Academy of Science.

Brown Deer (4-2 in Woodland and 7-3 overall), took on Cudahy on Tuesday and hosts South Milwaukee on Friday in a pair of divisional games.

Whitefish Bay girls basketball

The Blue Dukes struggled but worked their way past a resilient Wauwatosa East team, 40-21, on Dec. 29.

With the win, Bay is now 8-0 overall (4-0 in North Shore play). The Blue Dukes face a serious test when they travel to Grafton (3-1, 6-2) for a pivotal North Shore test at 7:30 p.m. Friday. One of Grafton's losses was to unbeaten Nicolet (4-0, 9-0).

Against Tosa East (2-6), the Blue Dukes were caught in a 14-14 tie at the half before taking control with a 12-4 third quarter. Maya Jonas had 15 points to lead Bay while Lyndsey Agnew had eight and Elisabeth Johnston six.

Shorewood boys swim

The Greyhounds got two seconds apiece from Kirill Korolev in the 1,000-yard and 500 freestyles and from Jay Tomasiewicz in the 200 free and 400 individual medley to lead them to an eighth-place finish in the Metro Swim Officials Invite at Homestead on Dec. 29.

Korolev turned in a time of 10 minutes, 15.63 seconds for his second in the 1,000 and was clocked in 5:00.69 in the 500. Tomasiewicz was timed in 1:57.37 for his spot in the 200 fly and 4:22.87 in the 400 IM.

Those efforts helped lead the Greyhounds to a 169-point total as Arrowhead dominated the 16-school field with 362.

Other top 12 finishes for Shorewood included the following: 200 medley relay: Derek Lock, Tomasiewicz, Korolev and Suhith Bayana, 11th (1:49.26); 200 backstroke: Lock, 10th (2:12.46); 100 backstroke: Lock, sixth (59.4); 100 butterfly: Andrew Clokey, seventh (1:00.43); 500 free: Kevin Weisling, ninth (5:41.07); 200 free relay: Lock, Tomasiewicz, Bayana and Korolev, 10th (1:36.58); and 200 individual medley: Devon Brusnahan, fifth (2:17.54); Clokey, 11th (2:22.95).

The Metro Invite featured non-traditional high school swim events.

Shorewood is at the Cedarburg Invitational on Saturday.

Whitefish Bay boys swim

The Blue Dukes showed good balance in taking ninth in the Metro Swim Officials Invite at Homestead on Dec. 29.

Top 12 finishes for the Blue Dukes included the following: 400 individual medley: Henry Smith, sixth (4:32.91); 200 medley relay: Noah Oldson, Smith, James Colton, and Henry Bourgeois, 10th (1:49.1); 200 free: Bourgeois, eighth (1:56.76); 200 backstroke: Oldson, seventh (2:09.96); Colton, eighth (2:11.08); 100 free: Bourgeois, seventh (52.54); 100 backstroke: Colton, fifth (59.38); Oldson, seventh (1:00.32); 200 breaststroke: Smith, sixth (2:25.3); 100 butterfly: Curt Walther, ninth (1:02.0); and 200 free relay: Will Martinez-Ortiz, Smith, Bourgeois, and Colton, 11th (1:37.04).

Bay scored 135 points for its spot in the 16-school event.

The Blue Dukes visit Port Washington in a North Shore dual on Thursday.

Homestead boys swim

Gordon Goetz led the way, as the Highlanders finished 10th in the Metro Swim Officials Invite held at the Highlanders pool on Dec. 29.

Goetz was third in the 100 freestyle in 51.07 and also took sixth in the 50 free (23.36) in leading the way for Homestead. He also helped out the 200 free relay team that included Sylvester Schulties, Caleb Vredenbregt and Drew Miller, to a ninth-place showing of 1:36.56. The 200 medley team of Schulties, Whelan Callahan, Miller and Goetz was 12th (1:49.72).

In the 500 free, Miller was 10th (5:41.46) and John Happ 11th (5:44.17).

The Highlanders are at Cedarburg for a North Shore dual on Thursday.

Nicolet wrestling

Jon McKay's search for a title at the Mid-States Invitational last week came up a little short when the senior 220-pounder took third.

He and coach Gus Kaufmann were looking for Nicolet's first champion at the event since Kaufmann's Nicolet teammate Amos Besaw claimed a title back in the mid-1990s.

"Jon got surprised by the strength of the Elkhorn kid (who pinned him in the semifinals)," Kaufmann said, "but he kept his wits about him and didn't have a letdown. Hopefully, this'll light a fire under him.

Overall, Kaufmann was pleased with the Knights' 23rd-place showing out of 42 schools, which was a 10-spot improvement from last season. Nicolet scored 53 points as Burlington won with 193.5 points.

McKay (18-1 overall) was pinned by Elkhorn's Dakota Johnson in 2:57. He bounced back and defeated Iowa Grant (decision) and New Trier (pin) opponents, to secure his third.

The only other top-eight finish for Nicolet was a seventh from Keondre Walton-Cooper, who was seventh at 182. Walton-Cooper went 5-2 for the tournament, losing to the same Fort Atkinson opponent twice. He defeated Shorewood's Antoine Davis, 3-1, for his final spot.

"This was a great tournament for Keondre," Kaufmann said. "He's always had the talent, now he's got the fire lit within him. He's not losing the close ones anymore."

Whitefish Bay wrestling

It takes stamina to place in the 56-school Oshkosh On The Water Tournament and Blue Dukes 106-pounder Max Carlin had more than enough, going 7-2 over two days to earn third.

"By the end of the second day, everybody's pretty beaten up," Blue Dukes coach Dale Loebel said. "It's a grind. It's a matter of who can handle the pain the best. But Max handled himself well. He beat some good guys out there. He went to another level."

Carlin, who went to 21-3 for the season, claimed all his matches by decision with the exception of the final one, an injury default over a Slinger opponent. Along the way, he beat a fine Chippewa Falls wrestler in double overtime as well as a returning state qualifier from Peshtigo.

Other good efforts included Ben Lehrmann at 132, who was 10th (5-3 in the tournament, 19-5 overall); Rashadeem Gray was 11th at 152 (5-3, 18-6); and Nick Levings, was 12th at 182 (3-4, 11-5).

Joey Davey at 120 (3-2, 11-5) and Andrew Reidy at 160 (2-2, 12-5) were also praised for their efforts.

Bay finished 34th in the tourney with 98 points as Coleman won with 391.5.

- Steven L. Tietz