Sky's the Limit

10 Things to share...

• Congrats to Brookfield East's Taylor Conway for breaking the school record in the 3,200 meter run in the Lady Spartan/House of Speed Invite on April 22.
  
• How would you like to be Brookfield East hurdler Dan Osgood, the third-best hurdler in the Greater Metro Conference?  Matt Widule, who had perhaps the state's best time in the highs on Friday, and Justin Hodges, who spent the indoor chasing Widule, are all Danny has to beat.
  
• Phil Bartel of Brookfield Central and Mike Herrmann of Brookfield East shared medalist honors at the second Greater Metro Conference mini-meet on April 27. Each shot a 35.
  
• Weird ending to the Spartan Tennis Invitational last Saturday. The tourney lost three hours as it was moved inside because of poor weather conditions. Brookfield Central, like some other schools, had prom scheduled for Saturday night, so the title match with Marquette was postponed. Marquette was willing to play and Brook East tournament director Linda Lied was also ready to play because the courts were paid for. Top-ranked MUHS nipped Central, 4-3, three days earlier.
  
• Congrats to Brookfield East freshman Amanda Kalupa, who tossed her first prep no-hitter against DSHA last week. Catcher Katie Benz gets as assist for the game she called and SS Lexi Sotiros and RF Kennedy Curtis made two nice plays early in the game.
  
• Sometimes you have to take little steps first. The Tosa East softball team has struggled the past few years. Last week they lost to West Allis Central and played a complete game for the first time in two years. In high school there is a 10-run rule, where the game ends after 5 innings (4 ½ if the home team is winning) when a 10-run advantage is reached.
  
• Too bad the stormy weather rained out the Tosa Tennis Invitational last Saturday. It will not be rescheduled.
  
• Stats are fun and sometimes they tell the truth. The Trojans' girls soccer team allowed 13 goals and were 0-4. In three matches where their defense came through, they didn't allow a goal and went 2-0-1.
  
• Last week's story on Tosa West senior Allison Gonzales touched a lot of people. People who have suffered similar problems have contacted me, including one doctor, looking to share their stories with the Gonzales family and help out. The day it came our on the NOW web sites we had 2,500 hits, by far more than any other story on the NOW sites.
  
• I hate spring in Wisconsin. Mom Nature is a big tease.

 Brookfield East girls track coach Jeff Ferguson mentioned it the other day - "There seems to be a renaissance going on in track in Brookfield."

Ya think?

The Brookfield Central girls are the defending state champ and they won the GMC Indoor Championships by 70.5 points, beating out Brookfield East, who finished second over Menomonee Falls by 45 points.

The boys weren't left out either, as Brookfield East won the boys indoor and Brookfield Central, led by their talented throwers, finished fourth.

The week before in Wauwatosa, The Trojan girls won their 13th straight Woodland Conference title and the boys won their first title in four years. This past week Tosa East's girls finished fourth behind Hannah Weinberg-Kinsey's great performance, scoring 30 of her team's 74 points.

Give Kathy and Dave Weinberg-Kinsey some credit for their daughter Hannah's big day in the Greater Metro Conference Indoor Championships on April 8. After finishing her field events - she set a GMC and school record by winning the high jump (5 feet, 5 inches) and taking third in the long jump (15-9 1/2) - Hannah saw that her shoe was ripped and she had two races to run.

So mom and dad came to the rescue and raced to the local shoe store and returned in time to finish second in the 400-meter dash and third in the 200.

Enjoy spring break.

Be a hit and have a ball!