The Wall of Sound has started work on their 2024 season. They have had three open practices to start the season. Next year’s freshmen (current 8th graders) are starting their high school careers with the band. If the first few practices are any indication, it will be a good season.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame had a great weekend run of shows. The pit orchestra enjoyed their contribution to the show. Thank you to the UW-Milwaukee students who contributed the violin and viola parts. With the great performances on stage, the Wall of Sound group was proud of their contribution. 
Boys’ Track and Field: Friday night, under the lights, was the Hale Distance Night. Only qualifying athletes are able to run in this prestigious meet.
The following runners qualified and ran:
Max Gahr- Freshman 1600m (5:02.30), Jack Flynn- Freshman 1600m (5:05.85), Jack Wanezek- 5th place in the 800m Run (1:57.61), Bennett Krause- 7th place in the 800m Run (1:58.03), Troy VerStrate- 3200m Run (10:00.26)
Tuesday, 4/29 JV was at Slinger.
In this meet top performers were: Nathan Pokorny- 3rd place and PR in the 3200 (11:14.60), Zack Gasper- 3rd place in the Pole Vault (9-0), Arlo Gaskill, Nick Carey, Nick Leupi, Grant Walsh- 2nd place in the 4x400m relay (3:50.80)
The Track and Field Team hosted a Pickleball Fundraiser on 4/27. Thank you to all who participated and donated and a special thank you to Arlo Gaskill and Vance Burnham for setting this up. Congratulations to Arjun Chopra and Sam Schilder for winning the tournament.
On Wednesday, 5/1, the Varsity boys competed in the GMC Conference Relay Meet at Menomonee Falls.
Medaling Performances included: Aiden Nikolay, Vance Burnham, Darrius Peete, Michael Lenius- 3rd place in the 4x200m Relay (1:31.74), AJ Willard, Niko Ciardo, Vance Burnham, Bennett Krause- 2nd place in the 4x400m Relay (3:26.56), Josh Brunner, Zack Gasper, Rave Sickler- 3rd place in the Pole Vault “Relay”, Jack Wanezek, Will Cascio, Jack Flynn, Eric Olson- 3rd in the 6400m “Relay”
Girls Track and Field: On Friday, 4/26, girls meeting the qualifying standards raced under the lights at Hale Distance Night.
The following runners qualified and ran: Gracie Ballesteros - 4th place (5:33.58) in the Freshman 1600m Run and Samyiah Fox - 3200m Run (12:11.83)
On Monday, 4/29 the JV girls competed in the Slinger Owl JV Invite. The girls compiled 99 points to place 2nd out of 11 teams. Awesome job ladies!
Medaling performances included: Esther Otchere - 1st (1:06.69) in the 400m Dash, Uma Goradia - 2nd (55.89) in the 300m Hurdles, Ellie Ankerson - 3rd (2:49.50) in the 800m Run, Elyse Steuerwald - 2nd (14:43.39) in the 3200m Run, Claire Reedy - 1st (7-6) in the Pole Vault and Rachel Kohls - 2nd (75-4) in the Discus Throw
On Wednesday, 5/1, the Varsity girls competed in the GMC Conference Relay Meet hosted by Menomonee Falls. The girls scored 65 points to place 4th as a team. Nice work ladies!
Medaling performances included: Macie Daniel, Kaliyah Terrell, Rylie Olson, and Addison Braidigan - 2nd (50.52) in the 4x100m Relay, Samyiah Fox, Lizzy Liker, Sophie Lee, and Anne Drinan - 3rd in the 6400m Relay , Kaliyah Terrell, Sophia Zastrow, Morgan Johnson, and Addison Braidigan - 2nd (1:45.91) in the 4x200m Relay, Madeline Jakusz, Piper Eby, and Rachel Kohls - 1st in the Shot Put, Piper Eby, Kierta Siegert, and Madeline Jakusz - 1st in the Discus Throw
The Varsity girls will compete next in the Myrhum Invite at Arrowhead on Saturday and then at the Richmond/Erickson Invite hosted by Wauwatosa East on Wednesday, 5/8. The JV girls finish their season next Saturday, 5/11 at JV Outdoor Conference hosted by Wauwatosa West.
The Germantown Girls' Varsity Soccer team traveled to the De Pere Invite over the last weekend and played Oshkosh West and Kimberly.
In the first game against Oshkosh West, the team battled and controlled the game with over 72% possession and outshot them 18-3 and were just challenged to put the ball in the back of the net.
In their second game against Kimberly, currently ranked #4 in Division I 1 and #6 overall in Wisconsin, the team was able to put one in the net early and led at halftime with a goal from Mary Leininger and assisted by Gabbie Hetzel. Unfortunately, 30 mph plus winds challenged the team in the second half and they were unable to withstand a very strong Kimberly team and loss 3-1.
Tuesday night, the girls were able to celebrate Senior night and come away with a victory over West Allis Hale 11-0. The team was so glad they could get a win for their seniors: Jolie Angers, Lexi Flath, Maddy Moranski, and Ella Rogowski.
The team had 6 goals scored by Mary Leininger. Megan Grater got into the action with 2 goals, Ellery Frieburger with 1 goal, and then finally 2 of the team’s seniors got involved and Ella Rogowski and Maddy Moranski finished off the scoring for the night.
Thursday night, the team travelled to New Berlin Eisenhower to face a strong team currently ranked #2 in Division 3. The girls battled and again won the possession game with over 62% and outshot them 18-13, but they were able to sneak away with a 2-1 victory over Germantown.
The goal was scored by Mary Leininger to take her season total to 17 goals and she currently leads the Greater Metro Conference in goals!! Congratulations to Mary!
JV was able to come out with a hard fought 14-0 win against West Allis Hale. They then traveled to Arrowhead to play their Varsity Reserve team and played a heck of game. Despite giving up the tying goal in the 79th minute, they fought back and got the game winning goal by Taylor Petska! It was exciting to watch and this brings their season record to 8-0. Keep it going girls!!
JV2 played one game week and this group is sure having lots of fun together as a team. They took on Oshkosh West on Thursday and dominated the game. They kept the ball on the opponents half almost the entire game. Unfortunately, like the game of soccer goes, they walked away with a 0-0 tie. They get another chance to play Friday night at home against Hartford High School. Great work girls!!
Varsity will continue next week away against Wauwatosa West on Tuesday and then away at Nicolet on Thursday.
Let’s Go Warhawks!!
Last week the boys’ golf team traveled to Wanacki Golf Club for the Brookfield Central invitational. The team shot a 312 and finished 5th out of 22 teams. Cody Schmidt lead the Warhawks with a 75, followed by Trevor Newkirk 77, Charlie Larson 78, Reid Newkirk 82 and Brendan Fredrickson 87.
The team began this week with the third conference meet of the season held at Westmoor Country Club. The team fired a 154 and tied Marquette for first place! Trevor Newkirk fired an even par 36 and was the individual medalist. Right behind Trevor was Reid Newkirk with a solid round of 38 followed by Cody Schmidt and Charlie Larson 40 and Robbie Gaertner 41.
On Thursday the team played in the Cedarburg Bulldog invite held at Hidden Glen. The Warhawks placed 3rd with a 317. Cody Schmidt’s 74 was the team low and 3rd place overall. Trevor Newkirk and Robbie Gaertner each fired an 80 and Reid Newkirk and Charlie Larson rounded out the team scoring with 83.
The Warhawks will play Saturday in the MACC FUND INVITATIONAL held at Lac La Belle Country Club. The team raised $1,000 to play in this event, all the money raised will go towards fighting childhood cancer!
The softball team went 3-2 last week, winning all 3 conference games and
losing 2 non-conference games to state ranked teams. They are currently
12-4 overall and 10-1 and in 1st place in the GMC.
Saturday, April 27: Kaukauna 5, Germantown 0: Junior pitcher Kylie Otto pitched well in the loss, throwing 6 innings, giving up 5 runs (2 earned) on 10 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3.
Monday, April 29: Watertown 6, Germantown 2: Germantown scored their two runs in the bottom of the 4th after falling behind 6-0. Junior SS Kayla Preiss (1-3, 2B, R) led off with a double and was plated on a single by junior 3B Julia Sina (1-2, BB, RBI, R). After a walk and a flyout, senior 1B Kenzie Thomas (1-3, RBI) knocked home Sina.
Senior CF Maddy Balsiger (1-3, 2B) doubled in the 6th for the only other hit
of the game. Junior pitcher Kylie Otto got the start for Germantown, pitching 4 innings and giving up 6 runs, 3 earned on 6 hits, no walks and 1 strikeout. Senior
pitcher Kendal Thomas pitched 3 shutout innings in relief, allowing 2 hits
and 1 walk while striking out 2.
Tuesday, April 30: Germantown 13, Wauwatosa East 3: Senior CF Maddy Balsiger (4-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB) had 4 hits to lead a 19-hit attack, as the Warhawks scored in every inning. Also notching multi-hit games were junior SS Kayla Preiss (3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 SB), junior 3B Julia Sina (3-4, 3 RBI, 3 R), freshmen catcher Kennedy Bennett (3-4, RBI), senior pitcher Kendal Thomas (2-4, 3 RBI), and sophomore 2B
Alaina Williams (2-3, BB, 3 R). Thomas got the start in the circle, pitching 4 strong innings (4 hits, 1 ER, 6 K) to earn her 5th win of the season.
Wednesday, May 1: Germantown 10, DSHA 9; Germantown 12, DSHA 1: The offensive leaders for Germantown on the day were: Junior OF Emmy Coulter - 5-8, 4 R, Freshmen C Kennedy Bennett - 4-7 with 3 2B and 2 RBI, Junior 3B Julia Sina - 3-7, 2B, 4 RBI, 4 R, Junior SS Kayla Preiss - 3-8, 2B, HR (grand slam), 7 RBI, Sophomore RF Ally Pentek - 3-8, 4 R, 4 SB, Sophomore 2B Alaina Williams - 2-5, 2 RBI, Senior CF Maddy Balsiger - 2-6, 3 BB, 4 R, Sophomore OF/P Addy Johnson - 2-6, 2B. Williams got the win in game 1, coming in relief and pitching the last 3 2/3
innings. Johnson pitched a 7-inning complete game in her first varsity appearance in
the circle, allowing only 1 hit and 3 walks with 11 strikeouts.
The boys’ varsity tennis team competed in the Washington County invite over the weekend and took first place as a team! All the doubles teams won their flights: Cole Neinas/Will Wagner, Adam Emerson/James Goetter, Brett Haensgen/Cooper Meinecke. In singles, Sam Schilder took second, Shay Nelson took sixth, Taylor Retlick took fifth, and Arjun Chopra took fifth. The JV team competed in the Maquette JV invite over the weekend also. It was great to see the Germantown players competing with other teams in a similar format to varsity tournaments. This is important in their overall development and also a fun team experience!
Good luck to the baseball team as they take on Hamilton tonight in an away conference match-up! Tomorrow the team hosts Pius at noon. Good luck in the second half of the season!