2010 Fox Valley Association Boys All Conference

The link. The list.

FIRST TEAM

• Alex Judkins, Kaukauna, 2012 (Player of the Year)
• Shane Heyrman, Green Bay Preble/East, 2011
• Ross Johnson, Appleton East, 2011
• Jon Leveille, Appleton West, 2011
• Sam Moua, Appleton North, 2012
• Elliott Van Dyke, Kimberly, 2012

SECOND TEAM

• Tanner Engmann, Kimberly, 2011
• Tyler McArthur, Fond du Lac, 2011
• Aidan Sauberlich, Green Bay West/Southwest, 2011
• Jeff Schuurmans, Green Bay West/Southwest, 2011
• Tony Smit, Fond du Lac, 2011
• Mason Stumpf, Kaukauna, 2011

HONORABLE MENTION

• Ryan Albers, Appleton North, 2013
• Connor Gross, Appleton North, 2013
• Jason Steers, Appleton North, 2011
• Jordan Nelson, Neenah, 2011
• Ben Erickson, Neenah, 2011
• Carlton Dedering, Neenah, 2012
• Beau Rath, Kaukauna, 2011
• Chris Patterson, Kaukauna, 2012
• Evan Rietveld, Kimberly, 2011
• Logan Baerenwald, Kimberly, 2013
• Parker Baerenwald, Kimberly, 2013
• Nelson Milbach, Appleton West, 2012
• Ray Leopold, Appleton West, 2011
• Jordan Gutzman, Green Bay Preble/East, 2011

2010 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All Area Boys

The link. The list.

Coach of the Year: Mike Hanneman, Catholic Memorial

FIRST TEAM

• Trevor Novotny, Catholic Memorial, 2012 (Player of the Year)
• Dan Casper, Catholic Memoiral, 2011
• Peter Hutz, Milwaukee Marquette, 2012
• John Jablonowski, Franklin, 2011
• Matt Klingspohn, Nicolet, 2011
• Michael Schneck, Milwaukee Marquette, 2012

SECOND TEAM

• Greg Duma, Kettle Moraine, 2011
• Dayton Erickson, Westosha Central, 2011
• Mitch Lahmann, Wauwatosa West, 2011
• Aaron Uden, Wauwatosa East, 2011
• Nick Yannett, Shorewood, 2011
• Kyle Rohde, Brookfield East, 2012

All Area News We'll Spell Out Later Today

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Boys All Area
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Player and Coach of the Year
• Green Bay Press Gazette Player of the Year and Girls All Area

2010 Southeast Boys All Conference

FIRST TEAM

• John Jablonowski, Franklin, 2011
• Dayton Erickson, Westosha Central, 2011
• Riley Stone, Franklin, 2011
• Nick Manning, Westosha Central, 2011
• Jake Ahnert, Burlington, 2011
• Mike Michleau, Westosha Central, 2012
• Nick Romanowski, Franklin, 2011
• Adam Landgraf, Kenosha Tremper, 2012

SECOND TEAM

• Sam Benson, Muskego, 2011
• Blake John, Burlington, 2011
• Tayler Nordstrom, Muskego, 2011
• Mitch Greiner, Racine Horlick, 2012
• Caleb Mobile, Westosha Central, 2013
• Zach Gesteland, Burlington, 2013
• Matt Curtis, Franklin, 2012
• Andrew Fricke, Kenosha Tremper, 2012

HONORABLE MENTION

• Nick Rauenbuhler, Racine Case, 2011
• Logan Johnson, Racine Case, 2011
• Larry Tostrud, Kenosha Bradford, 2011
• Dustin Day, Kenosha Bradford, 2011
• Zach Dawiec, Kenosha Tremper, 2011
• Issac Quinn, Kenosha Tremper, 2012
• Alex Sadowski, Racine Park, 2012
• Derik Avery, Racine Park, 2011
• David Mlachnik, Muskego, , 2012
• Tony Fugarino, Muskego, 2012
• Ben Greiner, Racine Horlick, 2011
• Ben Schultz, Racine Horlick, 2012
• Joey Gesteland, Burlington, 2012
• Jake Hinds, Burlington, 2012
• Brooks Gahart, Westosha Central, 2014
• Andrew Thoss, Westosha Central, , 2011
• Steven Fons, Franklin, 2012
• Danny Kingstad, Franklin, 2012

Recipient of This Week's WisSports.Net's "Splash of the Week": Catholic Memorial's Trevor Novotny

Congrats. Here's the link.

Congratulations, Catholic Memorial, Your 2010 Boys State Champions

They defeat Milwaukee Marquette in three. Congratulations.

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Milwaukee Marquette v. Catholic Memorial Streaming Right Now

Here's the stream. UPDATE: Catholic Memorial up 2-0.

Super Saturday in Tosa Follows a Fantastic Friday

Four teams will start Saturday with a chance to win the 2010 boys volleyball championship. One will finish it with the gold volleyball.

• Milwaukee Marquette v. Wauwatosa East at noon
• Catholic Memorial v. Westosha Central at noon
• Winners play for the title at 5:30 p.m.
• Streams here

Here's a quick rundown of stories we've found, along with key quotes from within them:

• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Westosha proves to be the spoiler"
• WisSports.Net: "Behind a huge night by Westosha Central junior outside Mike Michelau's 29 kills and 11 digs..."
• We'll add more as we find more

Watching Klingsporn While Listening to Klingspohn

Only in Wisconsin.

Marquette -- and setter Nikki Klingsporn -- are playing Louisville at the Al. UPDATE: MARQUETTE WINS IN FIVE 16-14 AFTER BEING DOWN TWO SETS!!! FOURTEEN STRAIGHT!!! You really should consider going to the Cincinnati match on Sunday if you can. This team is on a roll. Playing for Big East regular season championship.

Nicolet -- and outside Matt Klingspohn -- are playing Westosha Central in the boys quarterfinals. Update: Westosha Central wins a five-set thriller to advance to today's semifinal.

Tomorrow's boys semifinals are set:

• Milwaukee Marquette v. Wauwatosa East at noon
• Catholic Memorial v. Westosha Central at noon
• Winners play for the state championship at 5:30 p.m.

Tosa Stream (And We're Not Talking About the Menomonee River)

First serves at 5 p.m. Live stream here.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Take on the Ticket to Tosa

Nice article on the Greendale team. And a nice preview of what's to come on the morrow.

2010 Boys All State

Here's a link. And here's the list.

FIRST TEAM

• Trevor Novotny, Catholic Memorial, 2012 (Player of the Year)
• Dan Casper, Catholic Memorial, 2011
• Peter Hutz, Milwaukee Marquette, 2012
• John Jablonowski, Franklin, 2012
• Alex Judkins, Kaukauna, 2012
• Matt Klingspohn, Nicolet, 2011
• Michael Schneck, Milwaukee Marquette, 2011
  

SECOND TEAM

• Greg Duma, Kettle Moraine, 2011
• Dayton Erickson, Westosha Central, 2011
• Mitch Lahmann, Wauwatosa West, 2011
• Aaron Uden, Wauwatosa East, 2011
• Nick Yannett, Shorewood, 2011
• Caleb Zimmick, Middleton, 2011

HONORABLE MENTION

• Jake Ahner, Burlington, 2011
• Michael Beeler, New Berlin United, 2011
• Sam Benson, Muskego, 2011
• Patrick Bieser, Nicolet, 2011
• Alex Conway, Wauwatosa East, 2011
• Christian Griggs-Williams, Nicolet, 2011
• Shane Heyrman, Green Bay Preble/East, 2011
• Jon Leveille, Appleton West, 2011
• Max Kilpin, Wauwatosa East, 2012
• Alec Redlich, Wauwatosa West, 2011
• Kyle Rhode, Brookfield East, 2012
• Riley Stone, Franklin, 2011
• Mason Stumpf, Kaukauna, 2011
• Zak Sylvester, Wauwatosa East, 2012
• Jake Tenaglia, Pius XI, 2013
• Elliott Van Dyke, Kimberly, 2012
• Brandon Wagner, Mukwonago, 2011

Gary Sorensen Coach of the Year: Mike Hanneman, Catholic Memorial

Congrats all.

What We're Going to Do on a Craaaaazy Thursday and Friday and Probably Saturday, Too

Add positive comments to this post and share links. Everything positive you share will get its own bullet point in one of the following categories.

BOYS SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS

• Congrats to the teams that punched their Ticket to Tosa tonight: Milwaukee Marquette, Franklin, Wauwatosa East, Westosha Central, Nicolet, Catholic Memorial, Greendale and Kaukauna
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wauwatosa East focus)
• (more positive observations and links to come)

GIRLS DIVISION 1 QUARTERFINALS & SEMIFINALS

• Congrats to Kaukauna (didn't we just say that?), Muskego, Menomonee Falls and Fond du Lac who advanced to tomorrow's semifinals
• Comment from "onpackerland": Jay over at wissports has his quarterfinal recaps of the Kaukauna and Fond du Lac matches up on the website, look for the recaps for the late matches still tonight of tomorrow morning.
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Menomonee Falls focus)
• Racine Journal Times (Burlington focus)
• Green Bay Press Gazette
• Fond du Lac Reporter
• MUSKEGO OVER MENOMONEE FALLS IN FOUR
• KAUKAUNA OVER FOND DU LAC IN A FIVE-SET THRILLER 15-13
• Can you say rematch?
• (more positive observations and links to come)

GIRLS DIVISION 2 SEMIFINALS

• Tomahawk v. Madison Edgewood at 4 p.m. Friday MADISON EDGEWOOD IN THREE
• Waupun v. Catholic Memorial at 4 p.m. Friday CATHOLIC MEMORIAL IN THREE
• The finals will be the Crusaders v. the Crusaders.
• (more positive observations and links to come)

GIRLS DIVISION 3 SEMIFINALS

• Grantsburg v. Wisconsin Heights at 1 p.m. Friday GRANTSBURG WINS IN THREE
  
• Auburndale v. Racine St. Catherine's at 1 p.m. Friday RACINE ST. CATHERINE'S IN FOUR
  
• MarshfieldAreaSports.com (Auburndale focus)
• We believe Saturday's final will be between two unbeaten teams. Something's gotta give. Can you say five-set thriller?
  
• Marshfield Area Sports.com (Auburndale focus after match)
• From "onpackerland": "D3 Recap - I think Wisconsin Heights actually passed better than Grantsburg, but the Pirates were still able to be more aggressive on offense. Tomorrow will be a battle of top players, with Morrin for Grantsburg and the Jeffcoat sisters for Racine St. Catherine's. Based on today I thought Grantsburg's secondary players were more consistent, and the Angel's will need a bigger performance from Kathleen Omelina if they are to win. Racine St. Catherine's good and tall front row may give Morrin problems, but Grantsburg has experience against tall teams, having beaten Washburn (four players taller than 6') three times this season."
• (more positive observations and links to come)

GIRLS DIVISION 4 SEMIFINALS

• McDonell Central v. Highland at 10 a.m. HIGHLAND ADVANCES TO FINALS
  
• Valley Christian v. Burlington Catholic Central at 10 a.m. BURLINGTON CATHOLIC CENTRAL ADVANCES TO FINALS
  
• If Valley Christian had beaten Burlington Catholic Central in the semis, the combined enrollment of the finals match would have been 148!!!
• Comment from "onpackerland": "Highland = WOW. What a difference a year and everybody returning makes. Kendall Wienkes played as advertised, but unlike last year, when she rotated to the backrow her teammates really stepped up. Bomkamp, Greene, ands Rose all played exceptional on offense, there really was no let down when Wienkes rotated back. Not only on offense, but Highland won the match because they out defended McDonell Central. Carlee Yanna played outstanding at the libero spot with 24 digs, and I think Morgan Bomkamp really surprised McDonell Central in the middle with her 3 solo blocks. I think Karley Wiensch was the better setter in this match (accuracy wise), but Rachel Aide was not far behind as she is very deceptive in the way she back sets just about as much as she front sets, or so it seemed. In the other match, Lizzy Potratz was going to have to play outstanding for Valley Christian to win, and Catholic Central did a great job of keeping Valley Christian off balance, especially serve recieve. Potratz's teammates (Schultz and Rachel Potratz) did a good job when they couldn't get the ball to Potratz, but in the end Catholic Central passed better and used its balanced offense to its advantage. Tomorrow, if Highland plays as well as they did today, I just cannot see them losing, they should be able to meet Catholic Central's balance with Wienkes being the difference maker. However, Catholic Central's senior outside hitter Danielle Stoppenbach did not play to form at all today on offense. If she can play as she is capable, Catholic Central has five hitters capable of each collecting 10 kills any given match."
  
• Another comment from "onpackerland": "D4 semifinal recaps by Jay Messar, including a great paragraph about the play and sportsmanship of Valley Christian's Lizzy Potratz."
• (more to come)
  

So what are your thoughts? Where are your links? We'll do what we can.

Boys Sectional Finals Are Set

Here are your brackets. Greenfield (#4), Greendale (#3), Kettle Moraine (#3) and Wauwatosa West (#3) are the only sectional seeds lower than #2 to advance. We'll add thoughts later today or this evening. Congrats and good luck on Thursday.

Playoffs Should Be Interesting

On the boys side this weekend, Wauwatosa East won the Whitefish Bay Invite over some of the top teams in the state.

On the girls side this weekend, Divine Savior Holy Angels beat Burlington which beat Catholic Memorial which beat Divine Savior Holy Angels.

Yow.

45 Kills + 9 Aces + 25 Digs = MJS Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Trevor Novotny (Catholic Memorial '12), your Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Athlete of the Week.

Shorewood Boys Invite in the MJS and Middleton Boys Invite at Madison.com

There's a nice story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today about Nicolet's victory in the Shorewood Boys Invitational yesterday.

The upcoming Whitefish Bay Invitational will provide an even bigger test for the Knights since both No. 1-ranked Milwaukee Marquette and No. 2-ranked Catholic Memorial are in the mix.

And speaking of those two teams, you can find a nice writeup of the Middleton Invite at madison.com. At the aforementioned tournament, Catholic Memorial defeated Milwaukee Marquette in the semis then beat Franklin for the championship.

Should be interesting this coming weekend. And the weekend after that. And the weekend after that.

Joe Humpal v. Joe Humpal Tonight at Arrowhead

As was mentioned in an August post, there are two Joe Humpals playing volleyball in the state. And tonight, they play against each other as Pius XI takes on Arrowhead. Good luck to both and their respective teams.

"Who's the New Guy on the Team?"

Er, that would be the new head varsity boys coach at Waukesha West. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has a nice story on the very young (19!) Mr. Dan Rogutich.

Entirely Random Odds & Ends & We'll Add More Throughout the Weekend

The only connection between the following happenings is that they all relate, in one way or another, to volleyball in Wisconsin. Here goes:

• Allison Wack (Westosha Central '07) was named MVP of the InnTowner Classic
• According to comments on Volleyball Magazine's Wisconsin boys high school thread, the final finish at the Kettle Moraine Invite appears to be Catholic Memorial over Franklin in the finals with Milwaukee Marquette and Homestead finishing tied for third -- Marquette had beaten Catholic Memorial in a classic five-setter earlier in the week (translation: it's already an incredibly exciting boys season and we'd better start covering it better over here)
  
• Nice story about four key seniors on the Kaukauna girls team: Maria Van Abel, McKenzie Freimuth, Sara Prellwitz and Kayle Biese (a fifth, Abbey DeBruin, is out with a knee injury)
• Story about Marquette's valiant four-setter against No. 3-ranked Stanford -- Nikki Klingsporn and Rabbeckah Gonyo were named to the all-tournament team
• The Golden Eagles complete their California road trip with a match against St. Mary's at 5 p.m. CST today
  
• It's not too soon to mark Friday and Saturday on your calendars for a pair of great non-conference, in-state matchups: UW-Milwaukee Panthers v. Badgers on Friday at 7:30 and UW-Milwaukee Panthers v. Marquette Golden Eagles on Saturday at 7:30
• Central Michigan's Jocelyn VerVelde (Sheboygan Christian '08) returns to the state this weekend as part of the UW-Milwaukee Invitational
• Green Bay volleyball pulls out a five-set thriller over South Dakota State.

OK, that's all for now, but we'll try to put up a few more random links later today and tomorrow.