Sunday, August 2, 2009

Will the Knights Again Have Their Day at State? A Preview of Boys Sectional Two

Arrowhead, Fond du Lac, Germantown, Homestead, Neenah, Nicolet

2008 RECAP
Nicolet defeated Homestead in four on their way to a runner-up finish at state. Arrowhead and Fond du Lac were the other sectional semifinalists.

2009 RANDOM NOTES
  • Arrowhead The Warhawks lost two Classic Eight all-conference performers in Joe Kurkiewicz and Tony Mancuso, so new coach Will Hall will turn to a group that includes juniors Daniel Umhoefer and Joe Humpal, as well as senior Nick Korom.
  • Fond du Lac The Cardinals finished 4-5 in the Fox Valley Conference last season. We're still looking for more information on this program.
  • Germantown Another program for which we're lacking information. Please let us know what you know so we can share it with the world (or at least that tiny sliver of the world that reads this blog).
  • Homestead New coach Todd Lyon will likely turn to honorable mention Greater Metro all-conference senior Brian Hoffman, as well as seniors Will Ault, Erik Grothman, Patrick Jones and Matthew Savage
  • Neenah The Rockets didn't graduate a single player last season. And with experienced senior leadership this year from Alex Malesa, Ryan Robillard and Jon Zerrien, as well as a large crop of young future prospects, the Rockets hope to make some serious noise in this sectional this season. You can follow coach Brian Zimmerman throughout the season on Twitter or at his blog.
  • Nicolet The Knights will return senior setter Anatoli Berezovsky (875 assists and 59 aces in 2008) and junior outside Matt Klingspohn (227 kills in 2008), both of whom were honorable mention all-state in 2008. They'll also turn to first-team Greater Metro all-conference senior middle Rob Mayer (203 kills and 62 aces in 2008). Other key contributors could include junior DS Patrick Bieser (137 digs in 2008) and senior DS Aaron Westling (four aces in 2008 state semifinal victory).
OUR PREDICTION
Nicolet over Homestead in three

Tomorrow: Boys Sectional Three

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Results from Summer tournament number 3

1. Marquette
2. Waukesha West
3. New Berlin
3. Middleton
5. Catholic Memorial
5. Kaukauna
5. Kimberly
5. Tosa east
9. Franklin
10. Burlington
11. Whitefish bay
11. Central
13. Nicolet
13. Brookfield Central
13. Mukwonago

VBuberalles said...

Thanks for this.

Anonymous said...

sorry burlington actually was 9th and franklin 10th. everything else is right. my bad on the original post.