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October 26, 2014 · 8:46 am

Rockets Season Ends With Loss To Waterford

For the second straight season, the South Milwaukee football team’s season ended with a postseason loss to Waterford.

The sixth-seeded Wolverines, down 14-0 at halftime, dominated the second half en route to a 21-14 victory over the third-seeded Rockets in the first round of the WIAA playoffs Friday night at Spaltholz Field. Here is a game summary.

While the end was disappointing, the Rockets had another strong season. South Milwaukee began the season 8-0 and took home its third straight Woodland Conference East title. The team scored some big wins — including a homecoming shutout of Cudahy and a Woodland crossover win at Pewaukee — and some terrific individual seasons, with quarterback Justin Oliden, running back Ian Pribyl and receiver Mitchell Dess putting up big numbers.

I already can’t wait for 2015!

Here is Racine Journal Times coverage of the game. TMJ4 also had a few highlights. 

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October 24, 2014 · 10:31 pm

Scarecrows Invade Downtown!

1798531_10205427848114710_2396169180249992554_nYou may have noticed some new faces downtown — more than a dozen scarecrows made by young local artists, to celebrate Rocketoberand this Saturday’s downtown trick-or-treating scavenger hunt.

A big thanks to all of the kids from Ms. Ramirez’s art classes at Lakeview and E.W. Luther Elementary Schools and the kids at Mary Linsmeier School for creating these works of art!

Stop by and see them this weekend as you take part in Saturday’s Rocketober downtown trick-or-treating scavenger hunt.

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October 22, 2014 · 5:43 pm

Rocket Sports Update: New School Diving Record

From the South Milwaukee School District …

ROCKET GIRLS’ SWIM & DIVE

On Saturday another school record was broken, this time it was the diving record for 11 dives by Allison Osell (10)! Andrea Andreska held the previous record for 11 dives at 346.2 and Ally broke it with a 347.15. Congratulations Ally!!!

Wednesday is Culver’s Day for the Rocket Swim and Dive Team so if you can, please stop in at Culver’s and help support the Rockets!

Friday and Saturday the Girls Swim & Dive team competed in South Side Sprints in West Allis, The team took 4th out of 8 teams.

On Friday night Allison Osell took 5th out of 16 divers with a score of 320.45.

Saturday Results

  • 200yd Medley Relay team of Bocek, Z. Bellis, N. Swanson, T. Halama took 5th.
  • 50yd Freestyle Zoe Bellis took 3rd with a time of 27.07.
  • 25 Freestyle Alexis Holliday took 4th and Natalie Swanson took 5th.
  • 200yd Freestyle Relay team of Swanson, T. Halama, A. Holliday, Z. Bellis took 4th.
  • 50yd Backstroke Mackenzie Thayer took 3rd with a time of 33.51 and Haille Bocek took 5th with a time of 33.75.
  • 50yd Breaststroke Zoe Bellis took 5th with a time of 35.84.
  • 100yd Freestyle Relay team of Thayer, H. Bocek, K. Mildebrandt, A. Holliday took 3rd.

ROCKET FOOTBALL

The Rockets fell last Friday to Greendale 42-7 to go to 8-1 on the season. The Rockets showed they were right there with the Panthers through the first half of the game, but a couple of plays made the difference in the second half against the #1 ranked team in the state as the Panthers broke it open. With that loss the Rockets ended up earning the #3 seed in their D2 bracket and a home game this Friday at 7:00pm at Spaltholz Field against the #6 seed Waterford (6-3 regular season record). Please come out and support the Rockets in their first playoff game. There isn’t a team in Division 2 that they cannot beat! Let’s hear that support loud and strong on Friday!

Friday, October 24

7:00pm Kickoff

#6 Waterford @ #3 South Milwaukee

Tickets are $4 for all spectators over the age of 6. Tickets are $1 for those under 6. NO PASSES are accepted for playoff games.

ROCKET CROSS COUNTRY

The Rockets competed in the Woodland Conference meet last weekend, and we are still not sure what place the boys took in the race. Pewaukee won with 61 pts, followed by Shorewood with 64 and SM with 65, but due to a scoring discrepancy, we are hoping that they will be in 2nd place by only 1 pt perhaps!!! The Rocket Girls’ CC team took 4th overall out of 12 teams.

  • Josh Janusiak took 2nd overall in the boys’ race and Maddie Wood took 3rd overall in the girls’ race!
  • Jordan Janusiak took 5th
  • Justin Weber took 8th
  • Chris Sobczak took 9th
  • Becca Heller took 8th
  • Sam Meszaros took 14th

FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

  • Josh Janusiak (12)
  • Jordan Janusiak (9)
  • Justin Weber (11)
  • Maddie Wood (10)
  • Becca Heller (11)

SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE

  • Chris Sobczak (10)
  • Sam Meszaros (12)

Congratulations to all of the Rocket runners! Next up is the Rocket JV CC meet at Grant Park on Thursday starting at 4:00pm in picnic areas 5 & 6. We are expecting over 720 runners to compete!

On Saturday, the Rockets will be running in the WIAA Sectionals at Mitchell Park in Brookfield.

Saturday, October 25

WIAA Sectional CC Races

  • 11:00am Boys’ Sectional Race
  • 11:45am Girls’ Sectional Race

Directions

  • Location: Mitchell Park in Brookfield
  • Mitchell Park is located one block east of Barker Road, just south of Capital Drive.
  • From Highway 45 or from the north, take Capital Drive to Mitchell Park Blvd. Turn
  • south on Mitchell Park Blvd.
  • From Highway 94 take Barker Road north to River Road. Turn east on River Road to Mitchell Park Blvd. Turn left.

ROCKET MARCHING BAND

On Saturday the Rocket Marching Band finished in 8th place in their division at WSMA State Competition. While the judges might not have scored them as high as they had hoped, the crowd certainly approved of their performance and reacted with great cheering for the Rockets.

ROCKET GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

The Rockets travel to West Allis Hale HS tomorrow to take on the Huskies in the WIAA Regional opener. Tickets are $4 for all spectators.

Thursday, October 23

WIAA Regional Girls’ VB

South Milwaukee @ West Allis Hale

7:00pm start

ROCKET BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

The Rockets travel to Pius XI High School today to play in the Woodland Conference Boys’ Volleyball Tournament starting at 5:00pm. Tickets are $4 for adults and $2 for seniors and students 5 and older.

Best of luck Rockets!

ROCKET BOYS SOCCER

The Rockets season finished last Tuesday at Whitefish Bay in the WIAA Regional opener against a very good Blue Dukes team. Last week the Rockets had perhaps their most exciting match in recent memory. With a spirited crowd, the Rockets fought back from a 5-2 deficit against Brown Deer to win 6-5. Issey Valadez (11) had a goal, Adam Klosiewski (12) had 2 goals and Armend Kamberi (12) had 3 goals including the gamewinning penalty kick. Ryan Graber (11) had some tremendous saves in goal for the Rockets as well.

FALL SPORTS AWARDS

The Fall Sports Awards Program will be held on Monday, November 10th in the PAC. Letters were just mailed out to parents with the information.

 

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October 18, 2014 · 2:25 pm

Road To State: South Milwaukee Gets #3 Seed, Home Game In Playoffs

It’s #3 South Milwaukee vs. #6 Waterford in the first round of the WIAA playoffs this Friday night.

Pairings were announced Saturday. Check them out here. Here is a bracket.

Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Spaltholz Field.

A potential second-round game with #2 seed Waukesha West would be next, with top-seeded Greendale looming. Greendale beat South Milwaukee, 42-7, Friday night. Here is Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage.

Learn more about Waterford, which is 6-3 after four straight wins and a shutout victory over Delavan-Darien this week, here.

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October 15, 2014 · 7:26 pm

Ready For Some Football? I Am

From South Milwaukee Athletic Director Ante Udovicic, who rightfully calls Thursday night’s game against Greendale “one of the biggest games in school history” …

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE

On Thursday, the 8-0 Rockets will be hosting the 8-0 Greendale Panthers in the Woodland Conference Championship game. The game will be broadcast on Time Warner Cable 32 (1332 in HD) with a 7:05pm kickoff, so for those within a 50 mile radius, set your DVR’s to record it and make sure to come on out to the game! You do not want to miss out on the event that this game will be. It is with no exaggeration when I say that this is one of the biggest games in school history!! We need everyone who can possibly come out and cheer the Rockets on! Let’s show the state how great our home field advantage is, how much spirit we have and how much support we have for our kids!

Unlike last year’s game when as visitors many of you were surprised to see higher ticket prices, we are not raising tickets prices!

So once again, come on out to Spalholtz Field and hopefully join the rest of the City of South Milwaukee in cheering on your Rockets to the Woodland Conference Championship.

OCTOBER 10 RECAP

The Rocket Football team traveled to Pewaukee on Friday night with a 7-0 record on the year. After lighting up the scoreboard, the Rockets left Pewaukee with an 8-0 record and a 56-41 victory!

While Pewaukee put up a lot of points, the defense stood strong when it needed to and if it weren’t for a couple of trick/fluke plays, I could argue that we could have won by 35 points. Joey Nelson (11) led the way with 14 tackles (and a 56 yard TD reception as well!). Mitchell Dess (12) had 6 passes defended and an interception. Chuks Ozodi (11) had 8 tackles and Calvin Shilling (12) and Robbie Fields (12) had 7 tackles each. 

Justin Oliden (12) was on fire and was 15-21 for 397 yards (a school record) and 5 TD’s passing. He also had 15 carries for 50 yards and a TD rushing. 397 yards is almost certainly one of the top 5 biggest passing days in Woodland history as well. Justin now has 1521 yds passing, good enough for 20th best in the state. His 21 TD’s passing is good enough to tie for 9th in the state!

Ian Pribyl (12) had another monster game as well finishing with 30 carries for 175 yards and 2 TD’s raising his rushing total to 1214 yards on the season, good enough for 19th best in the state. His 19 TD’s rushing is good enough to tie for 11th best in the state as well.

Mitchell Dess (12) had one of the best receiving nights in STATE history. Mitchell had 10 receptions for 317 yards and 4 TD’s including a remarkable catch while essentially being hit and spun into a backflip in the back of the end zone. The 317 yards is good enough to rank 3rd all-time in WIAA Football history!!! Mitchell’s 928 yards receiving is 2nd best in the state! His 14 TD’s receiving is tied for the most in the state!!!

VOTE OLIDEN!

Rocket Senior Quarterback Justin Oliden has been nominated for the AIR NATIONAL GUARD Wisconsin High School Football Player of the Week.

Click the Link Below to vote!

 http://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/435595?referrer_id=532452

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October 11, 2014 · 5:37 pm

Eight Is Great: Rockets Roll To 8-0 With Offensive Explosion At Pewaukee

What a show.

South Milwaukee racked up 606 yards of offense — including some huge individual performances — on their way to a 56-41 victory over Pewaukee on Friday night.

The win moved the Rockets to 8-0, with a Woodland Conference showdown against undefeated Greendale looming Thursday night in South Milwaukee.

From the Lake Country Now story …

Check out some of these fantasy football numbers.

By halftime, South Milwaukee senior quarterback Justin Oliden had 311 yards passing, including three touchdowns and one on the ground. He finished with five touchdowns and no interceptions, with the longest covering 88 yards to senior Mitchell Dess late in the second quarter. Dess was also off the charts with 10 receptions for 305 yards and four scores. One of his touchdown catches was remarkable, pulling in an 11-yard score from Oliden with defenders all over him in the middle of the end zone. Dess also had an interception on a fake punt by Pewaukee on their own 1-yard line in the fourth quarter.

The Rockets also sported a healthy running attack. Senior Ian Pribyl had 28 carries for 171 yards and two touchdowns.

“They’re strong, they’re good, but this one hurts a little bit right now,” said Justin Fritzke, Pewaukee’s head football coach. “Tonight, we just couldn’t get our defense off the field. We got behind a little bit and couldn’t afford to against a team of that caliber.”

Oliden finished with 386 yards passing and five touchdowns, giving him this stat line for the season: 83-of-123 passing for 1,521 yards, 21 touchdowns and just six interceptions.

Dess has 45 catches for 916 yards on the season and 14 touchdowns. Pribyl has 177 carries for 1,214 yards and 19 scores.

Pretty amazing numbers. And, from the looks of it, this team is just getting started.

Thursday’s kickoff is 7 p.m. at Spaltholz Field, before the team opens WIAA playoff play.  To get things started right for Thursday’s game, the school’s Future Career and Community Leaders of America chapter is planning a Color Run starting at 5 p.m. in the student parking lot. Check out the flyer here. See you there!

Note: WISN also has highlights of Friday’s game.

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October 10, 2014 · 5:35 pm

South Milwaukee Athlete Alumni Update: Big Finish For Susedik, Honor For Stueck

From the South Milwaukee School District …

COURTNEY SUSEDIK (Class of 2004)

Congratulations to yet another one of a long list of outstanding Rocket distance runners Courtney Susedik who recently ran in the 2014 Lakefront Marathon. She finished in 9th place out of 1025 women that participated and ran the marathon in 3 hours, 4 min & 58 seconds. Way to go Courtney!!!

AUSTIN STUECK (Class of 2012)

Austin Stueck is only a few points away from 1,000 in his career and he was just named a DIII News pre-season All-American team and Sporting News has him as a pre-season 2nd team All-American as well! Good luck this year Austin!

http://go-raiders.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20141009i15393

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October 8, 2014 · 4:55 pm

Taking A Cardboard Boat Ride … Across The Middle School Pool

A cool event (and program) from the school district … this sounds like fun.

Students from South Milwaukee High School’s new Technology & Engineering Academy will be conducting their first annual cardboard boat regatta on Monday, October 13.

While learning about engineering concepts, teams of three students are designing full-sized boats for two of them to actually row across the middle school pool and back.  The boats are built out of only cardboard, clear packing tape, and a little hot glue.  Their engineering success or failure will be evident when they enter the water for the first time.

 Come cheer the students on beginning at 4:00 (doors open at 3:30).  We hope to see you there, and please bring family and friends!

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October 4, 2014 · 6:45 pm

Big Homecoming Win — And Another Conference Title — For South Milwaukee

Lucky 7-0 … and a third straight Woodland East Conference championship.

Not a bad Homecoming for the South Milwaukee football team, which rolled to a 42-0 victory over Cudahy on Friday at Spaltholz Field.

The offense continued to dominate, racking up 273 yards on the ground. Ian Pribyl ran 16 times for 152 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Justin Oliden had 11 carries for 124 yards and two scores, including a 72-yard second-quarter TD run. The Rocket defense held the Packers to 188 yards of total offense.

Now come two huge challenges for the Rockets — two Woodland West “crossover” games against powers Pewaukee and Greendale. First, it’s at Pewaukee this Friday at 7 p.m., and then South Milwaukee hosts Greendale on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m.

Then it’s WIAA playoff time. Bring it on!

Let’s keep the perfect season going.

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October 2, 2014 · 10:29 pm

Happy Homecoming!

FireParadeCheerleadersCaptainsThe return of the Homecoming Parade after a decades-long absence. A pep rally. Then the bonfire. What a special night and what a great community-building event.

Thanks to South Milwaukee High School Principal Beth Kaminski, Athletics Director Ante Udovicic and everyone else from the school district who helped make Thursday night’s events happen.

And a special shoutout to all the city workers who stepped up to help make Homecoming happen, too. Police, Fire, Street, Wastewater — all of these departments played a role in delivering these terrific events.

Next up: the actual Homecoming game between the 6-0 Rockets and Cudahy on Friday. Kickoff is 7 p.m.

Go Rockets!

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October 2, 2014 · 9:47 pm

South Milwaukee Sports Update: School Record Set In Freestyle

Alexis School Record 10-1-14-1From the South Milwaukee School District …

ROCKET GIRLS’ SWIM & DIVE

The Rockets beat Brown Deer/University School in a Woodland Conference Dual Meet last night in both the Varsity & JV. The score …

  • Varsity: SM 88 vs BDUSM 81
  • JV: SM 81 vs BDUSM 39

Here are the varsity results:

  • The 200yd Freestyle Relay Team of M. Thayer, Z. Bellis, N. Swanson, T. Halama took 2nd with a time of 2:10.77
  • In the 200yd Freestyle Alexis Holliday took first with a time of 2:09.50 and Natalie Swanson took 3rd with a time of 2:25.50.
  • In the 200yd I.M. Eryka Uehling took 2nd with a time of 2:35.29.
  • In the 50yd Freestyle Zoe Bellis took first with a time of 27.04 and Taylor Halama took 3rd with a time of 29.60.
  • In the 100yd Butterfly Eryka Uehling took 2nd with a time of 1:16.49 and Emma Hernandez took 3rd with a time of 1:35.72
  • In the 100yd Freestyle Natalie Swanson took 2nd with a time of 1:04.80 and Mackenzie Thayer took 3rd with a time of 1:04.99

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In the 500yd Freestyle Alexis Holliday (10) took 1st with a time of 5:27.85. She also broke Cheryl Mueller’s school record at 5:29.84 set in 1979. Way to go Alexis!!!

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  • Kelly Mildebrandt took 3rd in the 500yd Free with a time of 6:18.58
  • The 200yd Freestyle Relay team of E. Uehling, T. Halama, A. Holliday, Z. Bellis took 1st with a time of 1:52.87
  • In the 100yd Backstroke Mackenzie Thayer took 2nd with a time of 1:12.30 and Morgan Conner took 3rd with a time of 1:18.31
  • In the 100yd Breaststroke Zoe Bellis took 2nd with a time of 1:18.34
  • The 400yd Freestyle Relay team of E. Uehling, M. Thayer, N. Swanson, A. Holliday took 1st with a time of 4:13.84

It came down to the last relay, who ever took 1st would win the meet and the Rockets won!!!

ROCKET GIRLS’ TENNIS

Nice job Coach Jen Wesley Coach Trude Pletcher and the Rockets on taking 8th in the Woodland Conference as a team and on some individuals who had really nice tournaments!

  • #1 Singles – Mackenzie Meyers took 4th place
  • #1 Doubles – Chidimma Ozodi & Amber Bizub took 4th place
  • #3 Singles – Maryna Pajewski took 6th place

 Good luck to all of the girls on Monday at Subsectionals!

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September 30, 2014 · 9:34 pm

South Milwaukee Marching Band Update

From the South Milwaukee Marching Band … congratulations!

The Rocket Marching Band Entertains This Season

The Rocket Marching Band has been continuing its tradition of entertaining and surprising the crowds they perform for. They have been busy traveling to a variety of venues and competitions to share their music and their story. This seasons show titled, “Tales from Emerald City” features selections from, “The Wiz,” “Wicked,” and “The Wizard of Oz.” The band is directed by Pete Thompson, Dave Miles, Music Instructor, Gail Kablau, Drill Design/Instruction & Color Guard Instructor, Scott Vargas, Percussion Instructor & Kim Forsythe, Woodwind Instructor. Student leaders include: Cece Geshrick, Drum Major, Sheila Franklin, Color Guard Captain, Chidimma Ozodi, Rifle Leader, and Rachel Henry, Jesse Herzog, Aaron Larson, Emily Senn and Lorraine Woiak, Field Leaders.

The band and color guard have competed in two high school level competitions – one in Grayslake, IL, receiving a caption award and the other in Waukesha, receiving third place honors. Recently the drum line performed at the South Milwaukee Farmers Market on Thursday, September 25, 2014 and entertained as local residents shopped.

This Wednesday, October 1, the drum line will be appearing on the Bob and Brian show, 102.9 at 8:30 a.m. Please make sure you tune in and listen the students play a variety of cadences and help to kick off some Homecoming Spirit Rocket style.

In addition to all of the Rocket home games, the band competes against other area high schools at Wisconsin School Music Association competitions. Please come out and cheer on the marching arts at these local competitions: Cudahy – October 11 Fort Atkinson – October 12 University of Wisconsin Whitewater – October 18 For up to date information regarding the competitions, please check the band’s website at the following address: http://www.sdsm.k12.wi.us/schools/high/marching-band.cfm

 

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September 26, 2014 · 5:32 pm

South Milwaukee Sports Roundup: Four Football Players Up For Awards

When you’re 5-0, people take notice.

Three South Milwaukee football seniors have been named semifinalists for three Wisconsin Sports Network awards. They are:

  • Ian Pribyl: top running back
  • Justin Oliden: top quarterback
  • Mitchell Dess: top receiver
  • Calvin Shilling: top defensive back

Check out the full list here. Finalists chosen after the Level 1 playoffs. Winners are announced the week of the state finals. A panel of WSN staff along with several veteran prep sports journalists throughout the state will review the finalists and select a winner for each award, with an announcement made the week of the state football finals.

South Milwaukee — now rated No. 4 in Division 2 — play at 7 p.m. at Shorewood/Messmer tonight. Then it’s Homecoming week!

Other sports updates from the school district … h/t Ante Udovicic.

ROCKET GIRLS TENNIS

The Rockets beat Racine Horlick 4-3 last Saturday in their only completed match of the Racine Case tournament. Yesterday, the Rockets lost to Pius 6-1 in the final Woodland Conference match of the regular season. Mackenzie Meyers (11) won a hard fought straight set victory for the lone Rocket win.

On Tuesday and Wednesday of next week the Rockets will take on the rest of the Woodland Conference in the conference tournament being held in the Greendale and Greenfield area. The JV Tennis team will compete in the Woodland JV Tournament on Saturday in Greendale and Greenfield…good luck!

ROCKET BOYS VOLLEYBALL

The boys defeated West Allis Central 25-23 & 25-19 in their first match of the varsity tournament hosted by Central last Saturday. The Rockets lost earlier this week to a very tough Greendale team. On Monday the boys travel to Kenosha Tremper for a triangular and on Wednesday they travel to Wauwatosa West HS for a Woodland match.

ROCKET GIRLS SWIM

Wednesday September 24th, 2014 CONFERENCE RELAYS at Greenfield HS…

The team took 6th out of 13 schools

  • The 200yd Freestyle Relay team of Hernandez, M. Conner, K. Mildebrandt, N. Swanson took 5th with a time of 2:00.02
  • The 300yd Butterfly Relay team of Swanson, A. Holliday, E. Hernandez, E. Uehling took 5th with a time of 3:38.44
  • The 500yd Freestyle Relay team of Mildebrandt, T. Halama, N. Swanson, A. Holliday took 4th with a time of 5:25.61
  • The 400yd Freestyle Relay team of Halama, V. Hernandez, N. Swanson, A. Holliday took 6th with a time of 4:23.84
  • The 300yd Breaststroke Relay team of Hernandez, H. Bocek, M. Conner, Z. Bellis took 6th with a time of 4:11.14
  • The 100yd Freestyle Relay team of Mildebrandt, E. Hernandez, M. Zabler, T. Halama took 6th with a time of 59.86

Good luck to the team tomorrow at Kenosha Bradford!

ROCKET CROSS COUNTRY

Josh Janusiak (12) continued his superb running with yet another victory at UW-Parkside Chris Sobczak (10) and Jordan Janusiak (9) took 6th & 7th place respectively and the boys overall took 2nd as a team!

On the girls side Maddie Wood (10) was solid once again and took 3rd place. The girls’ team took 8th out of 28 teams overall.

Good luck to all of the Rocket Harriers as they take on the Janesville CC Meet for the first time in decades. This is a huge meet with over 75 teams running.

 

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September 20, 2014 · 10:13 am

Dominating: South Milwaukee Football Team Moves To 5-0 With Big Win Over Greenfield

Update: NOW has a feature on the 5-0 Rockets.

In a battle for the top of the Woodland Conference, it wasn’t much of a contest.

South Milwaukee rolled past Greenfield, 42-7, Friday night at Spaltholz Field to move to 5-0.

The stats are impressive …

Ian Pribyl had 220 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and Justin Oliden completed 15 of 19 passes for 185 yards, three touchdowns — two to Mitchell Dess — and no interceptions.

Check out some highlights from WISN here, and follow the team on its website.

Just three more regular-season games remain before the Rockets roll into the WIAA playoffs.

Next up: at Shorewood this Friday night.

Then it’s Homecoming on Friday, Oct. 3, against Cudahy — the official kickoff to Rocketober!

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September 17, 2014 · 10:40 pm

Report Cards Out: South Milwaukee Schools Meet Expectations

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instructions is out with its 2013-14 school and school district report cards.

The verdict for South Milwaukee? The district as a whole solidly “meets expectations” with a score of 68.9.

As for individual schools …

  • Blakewood exceeds expectations, with a score of 74.5.
  • E.W. Luther meets expectations, with a score of 70.1
  • Rawson meets expectations, with a score of 68.1.
  • Lakeview meets expectations, with a score of 63.7.
  • South Milwaukee Middle School meets expectations, with a score of 67.9.
  • South Milwaukee High School meets expectations, with a score of 69.2.

You can search for report cards by district here. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Wisconsin State Journal offer some context.

Of course, the best context is what you see with your own eyes. And, as the parent of a Rawson first- and fourth-grader, I see a school (and school district) committed to first-class education.

We should all be proud of our South Milwaukee schools.

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