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February 5, 2015 · 5:34 pm

College Bound: Pribyl, Dess, Polak Make Their Choices

Wednesday was National Signing Day for college football programs, and at least three Rockets are headed to the next level (and probably more).

Two of them are headed to programs who played in national championship games last season.

From South Milwaukee football coach Derek Hoff …

6’2” 225lb South Milwaukee linebacker/running back Ian Pribyl has signed his letter of intent to play college football at the University of Minnesota State-Mankato. After being highly recruited all over the Midwest by Division I & II schools Ian decided to take the scholarship offer from the Mavericks! He will join fellow Rocket alum Bryan Honerlaw on the Mankato football team. This opportunity for Ian was made possible by his own individual hard work, the success of his team, and effort by his teammates!

Other teammates making commitments on National Signing Day we’re All-State WR Mitchell Dess, who will be playing at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and all-conference performer Jacob Polak to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Still pondering their decision of where to play are all-conference performers Calvin Shilling, Justin Oliden and Dom Parello.

For more news on Rocket Football follow @CoachHoff1 on Twitter or visit www.southmilwaukeefootball.org.

Congratulations to all of these boys. The City of South Milwaukee is behind them!

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January 20, 2015 · 8:49 pm

Play Ball! South Milwaukee Little League Registration Open

10418195_10204511463845676_6342669489377707398_nAfter Sunday’s Packers loss, it’s time to put football behind us … and think baseball!

Early registration for the 2015 South Milwaukee season is open now through Sunday, January 25. You can do so here …

https://active.leagueone.com/Olr/Pages/Welcome.aspx?ClubId=13780%20

If you are paying by check you would still need to register online.

Questions? Email them to southmilwaukeelittleleague@gmail.com

I am a big fan of our Little League program and encourage you to consider it for your children.

My 10-year-old son is entering his fifth season in the program, and it has taught him so much, not just about baseball, but life. And it’s the group of hard-working volunteers, from coaches to concession workers, who make it happen.

This program is something all of South Milwaukee should be proud of.

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November 25, 2014 · 9:29 am

Rocket Sports Update: Boys’ Basketball Season Opens, Food Drive Planned, Alumni Update

From the South Milwaukee School District …

The Rocket boys’ basketball teams open up their season tonight at Oak Creek.

  • 4:00pm – SM @ OC – freshman Boys’ BB
  • 5:30pm – SM @ OC – JV Boys’ BB
  • 7:15pm – SM @ OC – Varsity Boys’ BB

Please see the this poster from the OC National Honor Society for the food drive they are doing. Their goal is to collect at least 100 boxes of cereal, so if you are going to the games, please try to bring a box of cereal. Any non-perishable food will be accepted, however, every box of cereal you bring will earn a raffle ticket for a halftime drawing (during Varsity) for gift cards.

TREVOR STAUNER (Class of 2012)

Trevor Stauner was a standout 3-year varsity linebacker (Honorable Mention All-State as a senior) and All-Woodland running back for the Rockets as they started their playoff streak in 2009. Trevor has continued to stand out as a collegiate football player and was named 2nd Team All-IIAC,  He is #1 in the IIAC for total tackles and he is also ranked #9 for total tackles in the NCAA for all Division III Football.

CHAD SADOWSKI (Class of 2012)

Chad was also a standout All-Woodland Safety for the Rockets as they began their football playoff streak. Chad was also a starting LB this year for Dubuque and he recorded 13 tackles in the first 2 games of the season before sustaining an injury. Here is a link to the team page:

http://www.dbq.edu/athletics/mens/football/

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November 20, 2014 · 10:54 pm

After The Packer Game: Two Legendary Local High School Coaches Speak On Sports, Life

Here is something cool to do after Sunday’s Vikings-Packers game …

Check out two legendary local high school coaches — John Galewski and Stan Druckrey — at a forum at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2507 5th Ave. in South Milwaukee. The event starts at 4 p.m., followed by a free pizza dinner.

Tell your friends, and bring them to this free event!

Coaches Roundtable flyer

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November 8, 2014 · 10:28 pm

Rocket Sports Update: Cross-Country Runners Shine At State And More

From the South Milwaukee School District …

ROCKET CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to the Rocket Boys’ Cross Country team and in particular Josh Janusiak. The Rockets took 15th in the WIAA State Cross Country Championships last Saturday and Josh took 9th place as an individual overall! Jordan Janusiak took 54th place overall and had the 2nd best time out of all of the freshmen in the race!

http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/2014/d1bteamresults.pdf

Congratulations to Maddie Wood (10) for taking 40th place in the WIAA State Girls’ Cross Country Championship! Out of all freshmen and sophomores Maddie had the 14th best time in the race!

Here are the results for each SM runner with 1 Mile Split & Place, 2 Mile Split & Place & Finish Time

Boys’ Results

  • 9th – Joshua Janusiak (12) 15th 4:58 11th 5:20 10:17 5:53 16:08.06
  • 54th – Jordan Janusiak (9) 101st 5:19 72nd 5:33 10:52 6:05 16:54.10
  • 114th – Chris Sobczak (10) 156th 5:28 137th 5:45 11:12 6:18 17:28.34
  • 125th – Justin Weber (11) 107th 5:20 117th 5:47 11:07 6:29 17:33.82
  • 184th – Sage Leahy (9) 179th 5:35 179th 6:04 11:39 6:54 18:30.40
  • 185th – Wyatt Schlager (9) 187th 5:38 185th 6:10 11:47 6:49 18:34.53
  • 186th – Damon Dettman (12) 180th 5:35 186th 6:14 11:49 6:53 18:39.52

Girls’ Results

  • 40th – Maddie Wood (10) 15th 5:51 25th 6:25 12:16 7:21 19:34.76
  • 152nd – Rebecca Heller (11) 143rd 6:24 152nd 6:56 13:19 7:43 20:59.80

Great job Rockets!!

ROCKET GIRLS’ SWIM & DIVE

Another meet…another couple of school records broken! Congratulations to Allison Osell and Alexis Holliday on breaking their own school records again!

The Girls Swim & Dive team competed in the Woodland Conference Meet last weekend.  The team took 6th out of 12 teams.

  • Allison Osell (10) took 4th Place in diving with a score of 362.70 (breaking her previous school record)
  • Alexis Holliday (10) took 4th in the 200yd Freestyle with a time of 2:01.26 also took 4th in the 500yd Freestyle with a time of 5:23.87 (breaking her previous school record by 4 seconds).
  • Zoe Bellis (10) took 8th in the 50yd Freestyle with a time of 27.07, also took 7th in the 100yd Breaststroke with a time of 1:18.75
  • Eryka Uehling (10)  took 8th in the 100yd Fly with a time of 1:11.57
  • 200yd Freestyle Relay team of Uehling, Taylor Halama (12), Holliday, Bellis took 6th with a time of 1:50.99
  • Haille Bocek (11) took 11th in the 100yd Backstroke with a time of 1:10.69

Good luck to Allison tonight at the WIAA Sectional Diving Competition and to all of the Varsity Swimmers at the WIAA Sectional Swim Meet on Saturday.

ROCKET FOOTBALL

Mitchell Dess Al Toon Award Finalist!

The Al Toon Award is given annually to the state’s top senior wide receiver or tight end as part of the WSN Senior Football Awards. The award is named after former University of Wisconsin athlete Al Toon, who went on to play in the NFL for several very successful seasons before multiple concussions ended his career early. Toon is an active member of the community in the Madison area both in the business world and in various charitable endeavors.
 
The pre-season watch list was trimmed down to 15 semi-finalists, and five finalists for the award have now been selected. Winners are announced the week of the state finals.
 
Al Toon Award Finalists:

Mitchell Dess, South Milwaukee – Dess was a contributor for the Rockets last season but really came into his own as a senior. The 5-11, 170-pound wideout hauled in 65 passes for 1092 yards and 14 touchdowns in 10 games for head coach Derek Hoff. “He gets the little technique things that most kind can’t even comprehend,” said Hoff. “Stemming and alignment on his routes, setting up defenders after the catch, catching the ball at its peak and not bringing it to your body right away, rather turning away before you do so.” Dess has the most productive yardage day in the state this year, hauling in 10 catches for 317 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 56-41 win over Pewaukee in Week 8.

Mitchell is one of only 5 Finalists STATE-WIDE!

http://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/441722?referrer_id=

ROCKET ALUMNI

Boo Gottwald (Class of 2010)

Gottwald Named Academic All-District by CoSIDA

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater senior John Gottwald has been selected to the 2014 Capital One Academic All-District 6 NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer first team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday, Oct. 30.

http://uww.meritpages.com/achievements/Gottwald-Named-Academic-All-District-by-CoSIDA/31947 

Defrim Ramushevski (Class of 2011)

Dewey is finishing up his senior season on the UWGB Men’s Soccer team. I have attached the senior photo for you to see Dewey now!

Dani Schwanke (Class of 2014), Katie Bartlett (Class of 2013) & Alicia Kontowski (Class of 2008)

Dani & Katie are both on this year’s Alverno women’s basketball team! Alicia is a Graduate Assistant Coach on both the Women’s Basketball Team and the Women’s Golf Team at Alverno College. Check out the link below for the team photo and roster.

http://athletics.alverno.edu/sports/wbkb/2014-15/roster

Zach Simuncak (Class of 2014) 

See the link below for Zach’s info as a member of the North Central football team!

http://northcentralcardinals.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6920

Lauren Kleppin (Class of 2007)

Lauren just competed in the frigid NYC Marathon last Sunday and had the 5th fastest time for any American woman and took 15th overall in the Elite running field. Great job Lauren!!

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November 3, 2014 · 5:12 pm

Reaching Out: Trinity Lutheran To Host South Milwaukee Coaches’ Forum, Blood Drive

A couple of events coming up at Trinity Lutheran Church in South Milwaukee (my church) …

The community is more than welcome at both — in fact, encouraged to attend.

First, we’re proud to announce our next Speaker Series event, which features two South Milwaukee coaching legends: John Galewski and Stan Druckrey.

The pair have combined to lead young student-athletes for more than 60 years — Galewski a state Hall of Fame baseball coach who also led the South Milwaukee football team until this year; Druckrey (a Trinity member) the high school’s longtime girls’ track and co-ed cross-country coach – touching hundreds of lives along the way.

Come hear from both on Sunday, November 23, as they share stories from their decades in coaching and life lessons for athletes and non-athletes alike. There will also be plenty of time for Q&A. The event starts at 4 p.m., after the Packers’ game, and all attendees are invited to a free simple supper afterwards. Tell your family and friends , and bring a guest or three for what should be a memorable night. Go Rockets!

Also, the Trinity Caring Ministry Team is hosting a blood drive on Saturday, Nov. 22. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and folks can sign up by visiting www.bcw.edu/trinitysouthmilwaukee. Here is an event flyer.

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October 31, 2014 · 4:08 pm

Rocket Sports Update: More On The State-Bound Cross-Country Runners

From the South Milwaukee School District …

ROCKET CROSS COUNTRY – STATE!

Congratulations to the Rocket Boys’ CC team on taking 2nd at last Saturday’s WIAA Sectional In Brookfield and for qualifying as a team for the WIAA State Meet in Wisconsin Rapids. This is the 4th appearance in a row by Josh Janusiak!!

The Rockets had 60 points (Marquette was first with 25 pts) and outdistanced 3rd place by 34 pts! The Rockets last qualified a team for state in 2007 (the Boys were Sectional runners-up in 2005, 2006 & 2007 as well).

WIAA STATE CC MEET INFO

Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids

12:50pm – D1 Boys’ Race

2:50pm – D1 Grls’ Race

FACEBOOK & TEXT UPDATES FOR RUNNERS AT STATE

If you would like to receive facebook or text updates for Rocket Runners (or any other runners), go to the following link and sign up! It only takes a few seconds. Bib numbers you need are down below. Make sure to click on which type of update you want (Facebook or Text). Make sure to keep the numbers on hand so you can remember which runner has which bib number!

http://www.pttiming.com/page/show/244818-2014-wiaa-xc-state-meet-facebook-registration-page

BIB NUMBERS PER RUNNER

  • 580 – Josh Janusiak
  • 581 – Jordan Janusiak
  • 582 – Chris Sobczak
  • 583 – Justin Weber
  • 584 – Damon Dettmann
  • 585 – Sage Leahy
  • 586 – Wyatt Schlager
  • 223 – Maddie Wood
  • 224 – Becca Heller

ROCKET BOYS’ QUALIFIERS & SECTIONAL TIMES

  • 12 Joshua Janusiak 16:17.00
  • 9 Jordan Janusiak 16:40.00
  • 10 Chris Sobczak 16:40.00
  • 11 Justin Weber 16:57.00
  • 12 Damon Dettman 18:26.00
  • 9 Sage Leahy 18:32.00
  • 9 Wyatt Schlager 19:34.00

ROCKET GIRLS’ QUALIFIERS & SECTIONAL TIMES

  • 10 Maddie Wood 19:47.00
  • 11 Rebecca Heller 20:51.00

ROCKET GIRLS’ SWIMMING & DIVING

Congratulations to Allison Osell on breaking the SMHS 11-dive diving record for the 2nd time this season at last night’s Woodland Conference Meet!! She took 4th place in the conference with a score of 362.70 (old record was 346.2, which Ally broke with a 347.15!), Good luck to all of the swimmers at tomorrow’s Woodland Conference Swimming Meet at Greenfield HS at 1:30pm.

ROCKET BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL

Good luck to the Rocket Boys’ Volleyball team at tonight’s WIAA Regional opener at Racine Horlick HS at 7:00pm. Tickets for all spectators will be $4.

Also, the Boy’s Volleyball team is having a fund raiser from Oct 30th through November 8th by offering Massages through the Chiropractic and Wellness Group in West Allis – on the intersection of Greenfield and 894 All you have to do is go to the web page and you can buy the $35.00 one hour massage and $10.00 will go to the Boy’s Volleyball team.

Web site: cwgfundraising.oolagives.com

The massage therapists are very good and once you buy the coupon, you have 6 months to use it.

The two massage therapists are available:

  • Mon / Weds/ Thurs / Friday 8 am-6 pm (5 pm is last appt.)
  • Tuesday 2 pm – 6 pm and
  • Sat 8 am – 1 pm.

This can also be shared through social media – email, Facebook, etc. And if you would like a gift certificate call the Chiropractic and Wellness office directly and talk to Chris or Mel. (414) 292-3499

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact Sharon Stellwagen. 766-5960

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October 28, 2014 · 10:27 pm

On To State For Rocket Boys’, Girls’ Cross-Country Runners

The Rockets are running to state.

The South Milwaukee boys’ cross-country team and two individual girl runners are headed to the state meet following strong finishes in the WIAA sectional meet on Saturday.

  • The boys took second in the sectional, advancing as a team to the state meet. Josh Janusiak won the meet, and Jordan, his brother, took fourth.
  • The girls took fourth, with Maddie Wood of the Rockets finishing fourth. She and Becca Heller advance to state.

Here is coverage from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and here is a preview.

Congratulations, and good luck to the Rockets Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids!

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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 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 · 5:36 pm

Rocket Sports Update: State Qualifier In Tennis, Getting To Tonight’s Big Football Game & More

From the South Milwaukee School District …

ROCKET GIRLS’ TENNIS

The Rockets competed in a tough WIAA Subsectional last Monday and advanced their #1 Singles – Mackenzie Meyers (11) & #1 Doubles – Chidimma Ozodi (12) & Amber Bizub (12) to WIAA Sectional Play. Chidimma & Amber drew one of the best teams in the state from Nicolet but played them tough before dropping the match 2-6, 0-6. Mackenzie Myers played a scrappy player from Milwaukee King who came into the Sectionals with an 18-3 record, but Mackenzie played a tremendous match in 25mph winds and Mackenzie Meyers won 6-2, 7-5 and advanced to the WIAA State Tournament!!!

Best of luck next Thursday to Mackenzie!!

ROCKET FOOTBALL

The Rockets improved to 7-0 and maintained their #3 ranking in the wissports.net State D2 poll.

http://www.wissports.net/page/show/532631-rankings

The Rockets defeated Cudahy at the Homecoming game 42-0. The Rockets were led by Ian Pribyl’s (12) 16 carries for 151 yds and 2 TD’s and Justin Oliden’s (12) 10 carries for 124 yard and 2 TD’s.

The Rockets take on Pewaukee tonight in a huge matchup at 7:00pm. We would love to have more fans at the game than Pewaukee does to help cheer on the Rockets so enjoy the nice fall night and get to the game!

It’s a beautiful night for football Kickoff temp is 48 degrees and only a 4mph wind with 0% chance of rain.

Pewaukee HS, 510 Lake Street

 DIRECTIONS FROM SMHS (Take Pirate Pass when you see it say go to School Street)

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/801+15th+Ave,+South+Milwaukee,+WI+53172/Pewaukee+High+School,+510+Lake+St,+Village+of+Pewaukee,+WI+53072/@42.9992356,-88.2255351,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x8805160a6cacc13b:0xa9f23b2a7c220a21!2m2!1d-87.8709448!2d42.9226872!1m5!1m1!1s0x8805aea326e4f63f:0xc0b8ff9e6add41c8!2m2!1d-88.262038!2d43.074176

Check out the FANTASTIC story Tom Pipines did last week on Rocket Football and Michael Christensen and his family. If you want to know why participating in athletics and activities and being involved in something bigger than yourself like a team is important, watch this story linked down below. If you want to see character education and the SM WAY (Respect, Responsibility, Honesty, Perseverance, and Kindness in action, just watch this story!

http://fox6now.com/2014/10/05/i-have-hundreds-of-brothers-by-my-side-south-milwaukee-football-team-supports-student-fighting-cancer/

ROCKET YOUTH FOOTBALL

The Rockets are at home each of the next 2 Saturdays. Come on out and check out the 6th, 7th & 8th grade Rockets at Hickory Park (1700-1800 Hickory Ave) in South Milwaukee. Concessions are available and it is a lot of fun to watch how Rocket Football starts out!

  • 10:30am – 8th grade game
  • Noon – 7th grade game
  • 1:30pm – 6th grade game

ROCKET BOYS’ SOCCER

The Rockets won a thriller on Wednesday night as Armend Kamberi (12) sealed the come-from-behind 6-5 win on a penalty kick in the last 5 minutes of the game. It was his 3rd goal of the game. Adam Klosiewski (12) had 2 goals and Issey Valadez (11) had the 6th goal. Ryan Graber (11) had 3 spectacular saves as well in goal for the Rockets. The Rockets begin postseason play on Tuesday at Whitefish Bay at 7:00pm in their WIAA Regional opener.

ROCKET CROSS COUNTRY

The Rocket Boys’ CC team took 1st last Saturday as a team in the Cudahy Purgolder Meet. Josh Janusiak (12) won the race while Jordan Janusiak (9) took 3rd, Justin Weber (11) took 4th, and Chris Sobczak (10) took 7th for the Rockets. On the girls side, Maddie Wood (10) took 2nd and Becca Heller (11) took 5th overall. Great job Rockets!

Preps plus filmed their broadcast at SMHS this week and it will feature our very own Josh Janusiak on Sunday night at 11:07pm on TMJ4 (Channel 1004 and Channel 83 on TWC)! Set your DVR’s for a little bit longer than the show runs due to the likelihood that it will run late from the Sunday Night Football game. Here is the link to the website which will show the broadcast next week. Keep in mind this link shows previous shows, not shows that are yet to air. This will be updated on Monday to include Josh and the Rockets.

http://www.jsonline.com/marketing/prepsplus/prepsplus.html

ROCKET GIRLS’ SWIM

The Rockets continued their stellar season with a win over Greenfield on Wednesday.

  • Varsity SM 92 vs Greenfield 85
  • JV SM 74 vs Greenfield 70

–200yd Medley Relay Team of Haille Bocek (11), Eryka Uehling (10), Natalie Swanson (12), Taylor Halama (12) took 1st with a time of 2:13.50.

–200yd Freestyle Zoe Bellis (10) took 1st with a time of 2:20.07 and Kelly Mildebrandt (12) took 3rd with a time of 2:24.98.

–200yd I.M. Eryka Uehling (10) took 1st with a time of 2:37.52 and Melanie Zabler (11) took 3rd with a time of 3:04.44.

–50yd Freestyle Natalie Swanson (12) took 2nd and Taylor Halama (12) took 3rd.

—Allison Osell (10) took 1st in Diving with a score of 193.80.

–500yd Freestyle Zoe Bellis(10) took 1st place with a time of 6:15.17.

–200yd Freestyle relay team of Mackenzie Thayer (9), Taylor Halama (12), Kelly Mildebrandt (12), Zoe Bellis (10) took 2nd with a time of 1:58.32.

–100yd Backstroke Haille Bocek (11) took 1st with a time of 1:12.61 and Eryka Uehling (10) took 2nd with a time of 1:14.32.

–400yd Freestyle Relay of Natalie Swanson (12), Kelly Mildebrandt (12), Haille Bocek (11), Eryka Uehling (10) took 1st with a time of 4:17.53 and Kailyn VanScyoc (10), Melanie Zabler (11), Emma Hernandez (12), Morgan Conner (9) took 2nd with a time of 4:46.96

It was a close meet but the girls had fun changing up the line up a bit!

Allison Osell will be competing in the Nicolet Diving Meet tonight and the team competes in West Allis Central on Saturday!

 Good luck to all of the Rockets this weekend!!!

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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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