Congratulations to Kamorea "KK" Arnold on receiving a Naismith All-American jersey!
State Solo and Ensemble Festival: Congratulations to the band and choir students who participated in the WSMA State Solo and Ensemble Festival on Saturday at Cardinal Stritch University. Germantown had 42 entries with 31 of them earning a Superior rating. At the festival, Allie Brookens, Angela Zheng, Lydia Morency, Bree Paprocki, Joel Nelson, Bianca Nichols and Jane Tretheway earned a perfect score on their ballot. Megan Deml earned a perfect score for her soprano and musical theater solo. Crystal Schelonka and Owen Addison earned Exemplary Musician Recognition. They were selected as the best performance their judge heard throughout the entire day.
UWAY is a select honor wind ensemble at UW-Milwaukee. Members are selected through an audition process in the fall, rehearse weekly during the school year, and perform three concerts during the year. Germantown was very well represented in this group. Seniors Dani Martinez and Vali Martinez were four year members of UWAY.
The Wall of Sound has started preparing for their fall marching season with their first practice this week. Next year’s freshmen band members are already learning their way around the high school. The current juniors are more than ready to take on the senior leadership roles. We all look forward to seeing and hearing you perform next fall!
The Germantown Forensics Team earned the WISDAA's Distinction in Speech Award, for ranking among the top 6-10% of medal-earning teams (based on strongest medal earning) at the 2023 WISDAA State Speech Festival. This represents hours of time and talent in developing performance skills from Germantown students. Congratulations to all!
The varsity baseball team won 3 conference games and lost one this week. Despite allowing only 2 unearned runs and just 3 hits, the Warhawks' baseball team lost 2-1 to Brookfield East as senior Carter Szohr pitched an outstanding game. On Wednesday, sophomore Evan Lauer pitched a 2 hit shutout and senior Cole Baier hit a clutch insurance home run in a 2-0 victory over Brookfield Central. On Thursday the Warhawks won both games of a doubleheader against Tosa West as sophomore Logan Zaverl picked up the victory in the first game and seniors Jack Kolinski and Brady Vincent combined to shut down Tosa West in the 2nd game. To complete a full week of baseball, the varsity takes on Muskego today and Menomonee Falls Saturday morning at 10:00, both at home. Good luck!
Good luck to all levels of boys' golf as they head into their conference meets next week- all hosted by Germantown!
Congratulations to girls' soccer on defeating Nicolet 2-1 last Friday night! Thank you and well done to all seniors as they were honored this past Tuesday at Senior Night!
The softball team went 3-1 last week. They are 14-4 overall and currently tied for 1st in the GMC at 13-2.
On May 5, Germantown dropped a non-conference game to Kenosha Bradford 5-1. The Warhawks only had 4 hits in the game - one each by Emmy Coulter (1-3), Kayla Preiss (1-3, R, SB), Leah Heinz (1-2), and Skylar Bryl (1-2, 2B). Josie Smith drove in the only run for Germantown on a sacrifice fly in the 7th.
Hailey Williams was the starting pitcher and went 5 innings, giving up 5 runs (4 earned) on 10 hits, 4 strikeouts and no walks. Sarah Nasif pitched the final 2 innings of scoreless relief.
Germantown beat Brookfield Central 12-2 in 5 innings on May 9. The Warhawks jumped on the Lancers right away - scoring 5 in the 1st - and never looked back. GTown rapped out 15 hits, with Maddy Balsiger (4-4, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB), Emmy Coulter (2-3, 2B, 2 R, SB), Kayla Preiss (2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 3 SB), Leah Heinz (2-2, R, RBI, SB) and Taylor Wilson (2-3, R) all notching multi-hit games.
Kylie Otto (2 2/3 IP, H, 3 BB, K) got the start in the circle with Kendal Thomas (2 1/3 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, BB, HBP, 4 K) taking over in relief to earn the win.
On May 10, Germantown defeated Wauwatosa East 10-0 in 5 innings, raising their record to 12-2 in the GMC and 13-4 overall. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the 1st, the Warhawks expanded their lead to 5-0 in the 3rd on the strength of a lead-off homer by Maddy Balsiger (3-3, 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 3 RBI) and a 2-run homer by Leah Heinz (2-3, 2B, HR, R, 3 RBI), her 4th of the season. In the 4th, GTown put the game out of reach by scoring 4 runs. Balsiger started the scoring with a 2-run homer - her 2nd of the game and 6th of the season - and was followed by a Madison Werner (2-4, 3B, RBI) triple and RBI doubles by Kayla Preiss (2-3, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI) and Heinz.
Hailey Williams (6-2) went the distance in the circle for the complete game shutout win, scattering 3 hits, walking none, and striking out 6.
Germantown beat West Allis Hale 7-2 on May 11, keeping pace with Menomonee Falls at the top of the GMC with a 13-2 conference record. After scoring 1 in the 2nd, Madison Werner (3-4, 2 2B, HR, R, 3 RBI) lined and inside-the-park home run – her 6th homer of the season – down the right field line to give the Warhawks a 2-0 lead in the 3rd. Werner added RBI doubles in the 5th and 7th and Emmy Coulter (2-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI, SB) launched an RBI triple off the wall in right center in the 7th. Skylar Bryl (2-3, R) also had a multi-hit game for Germantown.
Sarah Nasif carried a shutout into the 7th inning before surrendering 2 runs (1 earned). In total she gave up 8 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3. The complete game win raised her record to 3-1 on the season.
On May 12, Germantown hosts Menomonee Falls in their last conference game of the season. Good luck!
Good luck to the tennis team today and tomorrow as they compete at the Sheboygan North Invitational and next week as they compete in the conference championship!
Good luck to the JV teams as they compete in their conference championship this weekend and to the Varsity teams as they compete in their conference championship next week Tuesday at Menomonee Falls!
