Congratulations to Bennett Krause for signing his commitment letter to run Track and Field at UW-Stevens Point next fall!
The softball team defeated Homestead to win a Regional championship and move to 19-6 on the season! They will host Menomonee Falls in a section semifinal on Tuesday. GOOD LUCK!
The top 4 hitters - junior RF Emmy Coulter (2-3, HBP, RBI, 3 R, 2 SB), senior CF Maddy Balsiger (3-3, 2 2B, SF, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 SB), junior SS Kayla Preiss (2-4, R, 4 RBI, 2 SB) and junior 3B Julia Sina (2-3, HR, BB, 3 RBI, R, SB) - did the majority of the damage for Germantown and junior pitcher Kylie Otto raised her record to 9-4 on the season, pitching 5 innings giving up 2 unearned runs on 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4.
The boys’ tennis team finished their season at Sub Sectionals on Tuesday. The boys had some very competitive matches in what is considered one of the strongest Sectionals in the state. It was a fun season and the boys improved a great deal! Congratulations to seniors Cole Neinas, Brett Haensgen, Sam Schilder, Shay Nelson, Braeden Sinden, and Arjun Chopra. Thank you for all your contributions to the Germantown tennis program!
The JV2 team closed out their season with their fourth consecutive win, topping Brookfield East 2-1. They finished with a record 7-3-2 on the year. It was great to watch this team come together and finish the season strong. Thank you to all the parents for supporting these girls rain or shine! Congratulations on a great season!
The JV team had an incredible season and finished it off with a 2-0 victory over DSHA. They finished their season with a 12-1 record. Congratulations to all the girls. The coaches truly look forward to what the future looks like for this amazing group of girls.
Varsity finished off their season with a 2-1 victory over 8th ranked DSHA. Goals were score by Megan Grater and Leah Brock. This helped the team to close out the season with a 5-2-1 record in the Greater Metro Conference which put them in 3rd place! Their season record was 8-6-1 which doesn’t represent the overall success of this team. The team played very challenging schedule and the majority of their losses were against all teams ranked in the top 10 in the state.
The girls start Regional play next week Tuesday at 7:00pm at Germantown as they take on Neenah. Come on out and support the team!
Pasta Party before Regionals!
On Thursday night, members of the varsity team that qualified from WIAA Regionals on Monday at Nicolet, competed at WIAA Sectionals hosted by West Bend East. The girls team compiled 56 points to finish 5th out of 15 teams, meanwhile the boys compiled 57 points to finish 6th out of 15 teams. Top 3 finishers in each event punched their ticket to participate in the State Meet at UW-Lacrosse next weekend!
The 2024 State Qualifiers include:
The girls 4x800m Relay team of Gracie Ballesteros, Lizzy Liker, Kierta Siegert, Kate Ittner, Samyiah Fox, and Audra Newkirk - 3rd place (10:05.30)
The girls 4x200m Relay team of Kaliyah Terrell, Sophia Zastrow, Rylie Olson, Addison Braidigan, Morgan Johnson, and Macie Daniel - 1st place (1:42.52)
Piper Eby - 1st place (134-0) in the Discus Throw
The boys 4x200m Relay team of Vance Burnham, Michael Lenius, AJ Willard II, Aiden Nikolay, Louis Williams, and Nick Humphriss - 2nd place (1:29.14)
The boys 4x400m Relay team of Vance Burnham, AJ Willard II, Michael Lenius, Bennett Krause, Jack Wanezek, and Niko Ciardo - 3rd place (3:23.82)
Bennett Krause - 2nd place (1:59.48) in the 800m Run
Josh Brunner - 1st place (14-1) in the Pole Vault
Aiden Dykstra - 1st place (6-8) in the High Jump (Special congratulations to Aiden for setting the new school record with this jump!)
Best of luck to everyone at State!
KMS TRACK AND FIELD:
A special shout out goes out to the student-athletes that represented Kennedy Middle School on Tuesday as they competed in the Braveland Conference Track and Field Championships. All students did an AMAZING job and the scoresheets showed that the Girls' team earned a second place finish out of twelve teams and the Boys took home the traveling trophy by taking FIRST place!
Special recognitions go to the athletes that earned individual conference championships in their events...Congratulations Vonna Shill who continued her dominant season and earned a first place at discus, Tage Siegert completed the discus sweep for KMS by taking the boys championship, Brock Hansen earned the conference championship in Shot Put, and last but not least special congratulations to Sawyer Price in 7th grade for being crowned conference champion in the 200m dash AND the 400m dash (which also was a new school record in the 400m dash)!
Again, congratulations to all the athletes on the KMS track teams on a great conference showing!
Good luck to all levels of the baseball team as they play their final regular season games tomorrow/Saturday. Varsity will host a Regional Final match-up next Thursday, May 30 against Homestead at 5pm. GOOD LUCK!
Congratulations to the boys' golf team on winning Regionals and advancing to Sectionals next week Wednesday! Good luck to Cody Schmidt, Charlie Larson, Trevor Newkirk, Reid Newkirk, Robbie Gaertner and Ryan Pampuch!
Congratulations Leah Culli and Olivia Scharfenberger! As award winners they are invited to participate in the Jerry Awards Ceremony and Performance in Madison at the Overture Center on June 9th.
This is Germantown's third year participating in the Jerry Awards. This regional program involves many high schools from the Wisconsin area. Participating schools are reviewed and rated by a panel of judges, and certain students and areas of production are recognized if they achieve high standards of excellence.
Leah Culli received the Jerry Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in her role as Clopin in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Leah Culli is a Junior and has participated in two other Dramatic Impact productions. Her portrayal of Clopin was noted for her high energy playfulness she instilled at all times, and her strong singing even through times of physical agility.
Olivia Scharfenberger is recognized as this year's GHS Spirit Award Winner. This award is granted by the Director to one student who has contributed distinctly to the program. Olivia is a Senior at GHS and has participated in many Dramatic Impact productions throughout her high school career. She is also heavily involved in choir and many other student activities.