Another week, another shutout for the South Milwaukee football team.
The Rockets rolled past rival Cudahy, 27-0, Friday night in Cudahy. It was another big night for running back Ian Pribyl and the defense, which also held Westosha Central scoreless last week.
South Milwaukee is now 3-0 — and has outscored its opponents 81-7 to start the season. Not bad.
Check out Fox 6 coverage of Friday’s game here.
Next up: South Milwaukee hosts Brown Deer at 7 p.m. Friday. Go Rockets!
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The South Milwaukee football team is off to a 2-0 start after shutting out Westosha Central on Friday.
Check out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s team page here, including details on the 26-0 win last week, as Ian Pribyl ran for three second-half touchdowns.
And mark for your calendars for Friday. That’s when South Milwaukee travels to Cudahy for the annual rivalry game. Cudahy is 1-1 and coming off a 52-6 win over Bay View.
Go Rockets!
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is out with its Woodland Conference football preview, and the newspaper has pegged South Milwaukee as slight favorites in the Woodland Conference East Division.
Here is the preview. And here is the outlook for the team …
The Rockets are slight favorites to win the division ahead of Whitnall. Defense will be the team’s strength with first-team all-division pick Honerlaw anchoring the line. Another positive is the return of Oliden, who passed for 991 yards and ran for 549 last season as a first-year starter. Top concerns? Developing the offensive line and receiving corps.
South Milwaukee (5-4 overall and 5-3 in the league last year) opens its season Friday at Shorewood/Messmer. The Rockets’ home opener is Friday, August 30, against Westosha Central. See the full schedule here.
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Brookfield Central rolled to a 33-8 victory over South Milwaukee Friday night in the first round of the WIAA playoffs, ending the season for the Rockets.
Here is a game story. And here are stats.
After losing their first two games of the season, South Milwaukee finished 5-4 — and landed a share of the Woodland Conference East title, their first conference title since 1980.
Congratulations on a good season!
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Check out the latest edition of Rocket Update, the South Milwaukee School District’s sports news source.
The latest edition, published Tuesday, includes updates on all the fall sports, including information on the WIAA playoff-bound football team — which was named a Preps Plus Team of the Week this week.
The update also has this item on the boys’ volleyball coach from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and this item on the cross-country team …
The Rockets hosted the Woodland Conference Cross Country Championships last Friday on a fantastic fall day. Sophomore Josh Janusiak finished in 6th place in the boys meet, earning first-team all-conference status with a time of 16:37 (a pace of 5:21 per mile in the 5K race). In the girls’ race, senior Abbie Fakler earned 3rd team All-Woodland by taking 18th place in a time of 16:05 (1 pace of 6:29 per mile in the 4K race) and freshman Rebecca Heller earned 2nd team All-Woodland with a time of 15:57 (a pace of 6:25 per mile in the 4K race).
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Note: A previous version of this post had South Milwaukee playing Brookfield East. That’s my error. There’s too many directional schools in Waukesha County. 🙂
South Milwaukee, seeded sixth, travels to third-seeded Brookfield Central for its first-round WIAA playoff game at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Check out the full list of pairings, released Saturday, here.
Brookfield Central (5-3, including a fourth-place 4-3 in the Greater Metro Conference) is coming off a 14-0 loss Menomonee Falls on Friday. Here are some stats on the team.
Go Rockets!
Congratulations to the South Milwaukee football team!
The Rockets are headed to the WIAA playoffs after earning their first conference title in 32 years with a 21-16 win at New Berlin Eisenhower on Friday.
The victory gave South Milwaukee (5-3) a share of the Woodland Conference East crown with Brown Deer and Whitnall. Not bad for a team that started the season with two losses.
Check out the standings and stats. Here is the game story. From it:
Before the team boarded the bus, the school’s athletic director let everyone know that the division’s other co-leader lost as well.
As a result, South Milwaukee claimed a share of the division title with Whitnall and Brown Deer. The crown is the Rockets’ first since 1980, according to coach John Galewski.
“It’s big to me,” he said of the title. “We knew we had a young team coming into the season and they came on during the last five or six weeks.”
We should know South Milwaukee’s playoff matchup this weekend. I’ll keep you posted.
Here is a recap from MaxPreps.
The South Milwaukee football team took a big step toward the WIAA playoffs with a 37-6 win over St. Francis Friday night.
The win made the Rockets eligible for the postseason, and a victory over New Berlin Eisenhower on Friday means South Milwaukee will clinch a spot. See Friday’s stats here.
Check out the playoff qualification update here. From it:
Teams that have a conference winning percentage better than .500 are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Teams that finish with a conference of exactly .500 are playoff eligible, but not guaranteed a spot. However, in most years only a few teams that finish .500 do not make the playoffs.
So, at 4-3 in the Woodland Conference with one game left, it’s win and you’re in for South Milwaukee … and lose and you’re probably in.
Go Rockets!
Update: New Kid’s Blog has an item on Homecoming toilet papering.
The WIAA playoffs are still within reach after South Milwaukee scored a 14-7 Homecoming victory over Greenfield Friday night.
The win improved South Milwaukee to 3-3 overall — and into a first-place tie in the Woodland Conference — with two regular-season games remaining: at St. Francis Friday and at New Berlin Eisenhower on Oct. 12. Both games are at 7 p.m.
Check out the stats here.
And congratulations to the South Milwaukee Homecoming court, especially king Ben Schilz and queen Elora Hennessy.
The South Milwaukee football team jumped to a big lead early but couldn’t hold on, as Whitnall came from behind to beat the Rockets, 37-30, at Spaltholz Field.
Check out the NOW story here. Here are stats.
The loss dropped South Milwaukee to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the Woodland Conference — and into a three-way tie for second place in the league behind Whitnall.
Next up: Greenfield (also 2-1 in the Woodland) at 7 p.m. Friday in South Milwaukee. Go Rockets!
Update: Here is a NOW story on the game.
Make it two in a row for the Rockets.
The South Milwaukee football team used a fourth-quarter field goal to beat Brown Deer, 28-27, in a Woodland Conference matchup Friday night.
Check out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story here. Here are the stats, which show another standout game for Evan Marlowe (two touchdowns), as well as kicker Joe Saskowski (three field goals).
Next up for the Rockets: Whitnall on Friday night in South Milwaukee.
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The South Milwaukee football team’s losing streak came to big end Thursday night — and against a top rival.
The Rockets rolled up 341 yards of total offense to just 24 for the Packers en route to a 56-7 win in South Milwaukee. Quarterback Justin Oliden ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more — both to Evan Marlowe — in the win.
(That must be why I heard so many cannon blasts last night :))
Check out the stats here.
Next week’s game is Friday night at Brown Deer. Game time is 7 p.m.
Go Rockets!
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The South Milwaukee football team lost its second straight to open the 2012 season on Friday, falling 48-22 to Pius XI.
Here is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story, and here are the stats.
Next up for South Milwaukee: the big rivalry game against Cudahy at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Spaltholz Field. Go Rockets!
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Update: Here is a Patch story.
It wasn’t the greatest of starts for the South Milwaukee football team.
The Rockets fell behind 35-0 in the third quarter before falling 38-12 to Greendale in a Woodland Conference game on Friday night.
See the stats here.
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The New Kid’s View blog has a nice tribute to Bill Spaltholz, the Hall of Fame football coach whose visitation is Tuesday and funeral is Wednesday.
Check it out here.
And check out these other headlines from around the South Shore:
Also, state Sen. Chris Larson has published a new Larson Report. Its headline: “Consequences of a Rushed Budget.”
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