Knights Roundup: Volleyball Team Battles the State's Best

Here is a roundup of sports events for the last week at Nicolet High School, courtesy of Athletic Director Kirk Krychowiak:

The Nicolet boys and girls cross country teams had a good meet at
Arrowhead last Thursday.  The boys varsity team was led by Josh Greenberg, Randy Grzybowski, Chris Welker, Aaron Zetley, Alan Bahn and Greg Pigg. The JV team had strong showings by Jake Sevenich, Henry Nelson and Andrew Lipscomb.  On the girls side, the varsity was led by a strong run from Lauren Cunningham who finished 11th. Hilary Miller, Kristen Maling, Grace Dykstra and Tiffany Pigg rounded out the scoring for the Knights.  On the JV side, Christie Crossman, Allison Maling and Jordy Borneman led the scoring.  The Knights' next meet will be at Kletzsch Park on Thursday.

The Nicolet girls tennis team finished third in its Sweet 16 Invitational
behind Homestead and DSHA.  The No. 1 doubles crown was also won by Homestead, as Carly Peck and Sophia Lococo defeated Nicolet's Erin Miller and Sarah Miller, 6-2, 6-2, in the final.  Nicolet's Josie Docalavich was the No. 4 champion.  This week, the girls will take on Cedarburg at home Tuesday and Germantown at home Thursday.

The Nicolet girls volleyball team beat Milwaukee Lutheran last week 25-21,25-20, 23-25, 25-9 to run their record to 2-0 in conference play.  The leaders were Dana Kenney with 41 assists, Melissa Morello with 22 kills, Rebecca Olin and Krystalyn Goode with three block kills each and Alex Lautmann with 18 digs.  At the Brookfield Central Invite, the with seven of the top 10 teams in the state competing.  They beat two teams
in the top 10: West Bend West and Muskego.  Their home opener is Tuesday vs. Port Washington; they travel to Westosha Central on Thursday.  The JV team will go to Whitnall High School for a tournament on Saturday.

The Nicolet girls swim team defeated Milwaukee Lutheran 121-44 and 92-32 in varsity and junior varsity action last week.  Winning varsity events were Annie Schoenfeldt, Sophie Cohen, Liz Meister, Emily Zuelzke, Lexi Nomikos, Hannah Sprung, Sophia Carlton and Allison Mitchell.  Conference relays take place Tuesday at Port Washington High School.

The to drop their record to an even 2-2 leading up to their
homecoming game on Friday against the Pirates of Port Washington. Again, the leaders for the Knights last week were QB Brandon Kappel, Hunter Crass, Tyler Crass and Bryce Bowen.  The frosh team won their first game defeating Milwaukee Lutheran last Thursday 42-8.  This week, the JV team is at home on Thursday while the frosh travel to Port.  Kickoff for the varsity Homecoming game on Friday is 7 p.m.

The Nicolet boys soccer team won 7-0 against Port Washington last week. Brady Behling had a hat trick scoring three goals.  Alex Friedland and Mike Yarmulnik also scored goals in the shutout win. The JV1 team tied 1-1.

On Friday night, the .  Friedland scored a spectacular goal from 35 yards out and birthday boy Yarmulnik connected from junior Nick Sullivan.  The team is now 5-4-2 overall.  This week sees the the JV2 team host WFB tonight and the JV/V travel to Grafton tomorrow.  On Wednesday, the JV/V teams will head to Menomonee Falls then South Milwaukee on Saturday.

The 's frosh and JV teams will host Marquette on Wednesday, take on Whitefish Bay's frosh/JV and varsity teams on Thursday and head to Tosa East for a varsity invite on Saturday.

The Nicolet girls golf team in full swing.  Last Tuesday, the team placed one stroke out of third place in the NSC meet at the Northshore Country Club.  Leading the team again was Emily Murphy who carded a 44. Currently, Emily is in fourth place as an invididual medalist behind three members of Homestead's No. 1 state-ranked team. Other major contributors are Rachel Rabenn and Jaclyn Clark.  The team will play at Brown Deer Golf Course Tuesday and Winagamie on Saturday.

The Nicolet Booster Club will sell Spirit Wear before the football game on Friday and at halftime.  Please bring cash or checks.

The Nicolet Athletic Hall of Fame is inducting 10 new members on Saturday, Oct. 1.  Breakfast tickets for pancake and omelet stations are $15 for adults and $5 for kids under 14.