Quote of the Week: Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation and perspiration. - Evan Esar

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1 PORT PRIDE PORT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL THAD GABRIELSE, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR February 4, 2014 Quote of the Week: Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation and perspiration. - Evan Esar PWHS CHARACTER COUNTS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HANNA STROHM This week we are proud to announce Hanna Strohm, a member of the Port Washington High School Girls Basketball Team, as the Character Counts Athlete of the Week! Hanna is a true leader on and off the court. She has a tremendous work ethic and is always willing to help out a teammate in need. As a junior, Hanna maintains high academic standards, she is a two sport varsity letter winner, she is a member of the band, and she is active in her faith and community. Congratulations Hanna on being this week s Character Counts Athlete of the Week.

2 PWHS CHARACTER COUNTS CLASS of the MONTH The winning class for January month of is Dennis Gephart s 8 th period Vocal Jazz Ensemble! When speaking of his class Dennis said, These students are the absolute definition of responsibility (Character Counts theme of the month). These students have taken on the roles of Sound production, choreography, publicity and many other tasks that make their ensemble a success. Without their help on all of these issues during class we would not be where we are. These students hold each other accountable in order to achieve the group effort needed. Best of all, when one student is struggling, the rest of the group is always there to support them. Congratulations to our Vocal Jazz Ensenble Brian Arvai Margaret Goodwin Olivia Oftedahl Triston Williams Kasey Berger Sean Haley Will Pfrang Aiden Wojciehowski Danielle Dawson Sarah Litke Emily Poull Daniel Gardner Dallas Erickson Victoria Micketti Carly Pruzina Randall Niffenegger Joel VanPietersom

3 Pirate Athletics Week in Review BOYS BASKETBALL PIRATES: 53 NICOLET: 44 The Pirates faced the Knights of Nicolet at home on Friday night. Defense was the key for the night and shutting down Nicolet's ability to offensive rebound. The Pirates held an early advantage after one quarter and the second quarter was even better for Port as they held the opponent to 5 for the quarter. The Pirates behind strong play of Sam Weiland and Darius Will took a lead into halftime. Nicolet wouldn't go away easy as they were able to close the gap in the third quarter to heading into the final frame. The Pirates would dig in on the defensive end and continue to rebound the ball extremely well in the fourth quarter. Nic Schueller, Sam, and Tay Jackson led the charge in the rebounding department. Some timely free throws by Sam Weiland helped secure the 9 point victory for the Pirates and equaled a season best three game winning streak. Port was led in scoring by Sam Weiland with 18. Tay Jackson and Patrick McDonald each had 10 points. Brennan Cassidy had a nice game chipping in with 7, Darius Will and Matt Kirmse each had 4 points to round out the scoring. The Pirates boys teams will be at Cedarburg on Tuesday night, we hope to see everyone there! GIRLS BASKETBALL PIRATES: 40 NICOLET: 44 The Lady Pirates gave host Nicolet all they could handle Friday night, before falling in a North Shore conference showdown. After trailing at halftime, the Lady Pirates clawed back to take a lead with two minutes to play. However, turnovers and miscues down the stretch left the Lady Pirates on the short end. Next up, a tough matchup against Cedarburg Tuesday night. GYMNASTICS PIRATES: BROOKFIELD: Led by Dani O'Donnell, the Varsity girls posted their highest team score of the season. On the way to team points, O'Donnell posted career bests on beam (8.525), bars (8.2), and all-around (32.85).She finished 2nd on bars, tied for 3rd on beam, and was 3rd all-around.

4 As a unit, the girls posted their best vault and bars scores of the season. The vault score of 32.1 came from Kaylyn Garant (8.45), O'Donnell (8.15), Hailey Brakke (7.9), and Kristen Smith (7.6). Garant finished 3rd on vault. The bars score of came from O'Donnell, Brakke (7.275), Garant (7.1), and Morgan Lopez (6.075). Additional personal bests came from Brakke on vault and bars, and season highs from Lopez on bars and floor (6.925) and Smith on floor (8.325). In a race that was much closer than the final score indicates because of two 0's on bars, the JV lost to Brookfield Kristen Smith was 1st on beam with a 7.1. Kylee Paradowski tied for 2nd with a 6.5. On floor, Cierra Neitzel was first with a 7.2 and Carolyn Henkle was 3rd with a 7.0. Henkle also tied for 3rd on vault (7.4). Fallon Kennedy was 3rd on bars with a 3.5. WRESTLING PIRATES: 58 GERMANTOWN: 12 The Pirates saved their best performance of the season for Senior and Parents night on Thursday! In the final home dual of the year, the Pirates rolled to a victory over Germantown. Pirate pins were turned in by: Brandon Willms (220), Noah Rosado (120), Manny Rosado (132), Brandon Moeller (138), Quentin Lueck (152), and Alec Masters (170). It was a great honoring our Seniors in their final home dual! Thanks for all the hard work and great memories Noah Rosado, Brandon Moeller, Brannon Bauer, Quentin Lueck, Jordan Clark, Brandon Willms, and Andy Fidler! PULASKI INVITE The Pirates finished in 7th place out of 16 teams at the Pulaski Invite. This is the toughest "Wisconsin-only" tournament in the state! Noah Rosado won the championship at 113lbs for his 2nd career Pulaski Invite title! Noah proved he will be a major contender for a WIAA State Championship at the end of the month! Zach Smith (120) and Quentin Lueck (145) also made the finals, but came up a little short. Andy Fidler also turned in a 4th place finish. It was a very good tune up for the NSC tourney and the WIAA Tournament Series coming up. The Pirates look continue their NSC title streak this Saturday at Milwaukee Lutheran, wrestling begins at 10am. Pulaski Invitational Results for Port Washington Noah Rosado (27-4) placed 1st and scored team points. Champ. Round 1 - Noah Rosado (Port Washington) 27-4 received a bye () (Bye) Quarterfinal - Noah Rosado (Port Washington) 27-4 won by major decision over Henry Prange (Bay Port) (MD 10-2) Semifinal - Noah Rosado (Port Washington) 27-4 won by decision over Ian Gioacchini (Kaukauna) 30-8 (Dec 4-1) 1st Place Match - Noah Rosado (Port Washington) 27-4 won by decision over Jordan Blanchard (Coleman) 28-5 (Dec 4-0) Zach Smith (25-6) placed 2nd and scored team points. Champ. Round 1 - Zach Smith (Port Washington) 25-6 won by fall over Brandon Champagne (Coleman) 3-8 (Fall 3:01) Quarterfinal - Zach Smith (Port Washington) 25-6 won by fall over Carson Thern (Hortonville) 17-8 (Fall 2:17) Semifinal - Zach Smith (Port Washington) 25-6 won by fall over Walker Christensen (Seymour) 30-3 (Fall 2:45) 1st Place Match - Tres Leon (Kaukauna) 32-4 won by fall over Zach Smith (Port Washington) 25-6 (Fall 5:47) Manny Rosado (13-8) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Manny Rosado (Port Washington) 13-8 won by decision over Brian Van Rite (Denmark) 13-5 (Dec 5-2) Quarterfinal - Eric Peters (Luxemburg-Casco) won by fall over Manny Rosado (Port Washington) 13-8 (Fall 3:02) Cons. Round 2 - Nathaniel Trepanier (Oconto Falls) 25-9 won by fall over Manny Rosado (Port Washington) 13-8 (Fall 2:56)

5 145 - Brannon Bauer (13-14) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Evan Hietpas (Kaukauna) 27-7 won by decision over Brannon Bauer (Port Washington) (Dec 8-4) Cons. Round 1 - Brannon Bauer (Port Washington) won by decision over Nathan Lichtfuss (Hortonville) (Dec 4-1) Cons. Round 3 - Sequoya Rasmussen (Pulaski) won by decision over Brannon Bauer (Port Washington) (Dec 5-4) Quentin Lueck (18-7) placed 2nd and scored team points. Champ. Round 1 - Quentin Lueck (Port Washington) 18-7 won by fall over Steven Strojny (Peshtigo) 9-7 (Fall 4:55) Quarterfinal - Quentin Lueck (Port Washington) 18-7 won by decision over Michael Phillips (Wausau West) (Dec 6-3) Semifinal - Quentin Lueck (Port Washington) 18-7 won by decision over Trevor Wittmus (Valders) 26-8 (Dec 10-8) 1st Place Match - Trevor Seewald (Coleman) 32-1 won by major decision over Quentin Lueck (Port Washington) 18-7 (MD 13-5) Jordan Clark (14-15) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Vogel (Denmark) 24-8 won by major decision over Jordan Clark (Port Washington) (MD 13-2) Cons. Round 1 - Matt May (Pulaski) 7-6 won by decision over Jordan Clark (Port Washington) (Dec 5-2) Alec Masters (13-8) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Alex Stodola (Coleman) won by fall over Alec Masters (Port Washington) 13-8 (Fall 4:00) Cons. Round 1 - Alec Masters (Port Washington) 13-8 won by decision over John Cihlar (Wausau West) 7-7 (Dec 4-1) Cons. Round 3 - Devon Hallet (Luxemburg-Casco) won by fall over Alec Masters (Port Washington) 13-8 (Fall 1:21) Cullen Bauer-Trottier (5-6) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Levi Van Lanen (Pulaski) 26-7 won by fall over Cullen Bauer-Trottier (Port Washington) 5-6 (Fall 1:40) Cons. Round 1 - Cullen Bauer-Trottier (Port Washington) 5-6 won by major decision over Landon Tillmann (Luxemburg-Casco) (MD 14-5) Cons. Round 3 - Cullen Bauer-Trottier (Port Washington) 5-6 won by decision over Michael Hills (Hortonville) 6-11 (Dec 4-3) Consolation 1st - Brian Lenz (Wausau West) won by fall over Cullen Bauer-Trottier (Port Washington) 5-6 (Fall 2:21) Andy Fidler (17-12) placed 4th and scored team points. Champ. Round 1 - Andy Fidler (Port Washington) won by fall over Jake Vandenplas (Luxemburg-Casco) 5-5 (Fall 0:29) Quarterfinal - Hunter Micolichek (Pulaski) 33-4 won by decision over Andy Fidler (Port Washington) (Dec 6-3) Cons. Round 2 - Andy Fidler (Port Washington) won by fall over Matt Evers (Freedom) (Fall 0:43) Cons. Round 3 - Andy Fidler (Port Washington) won by fall over Andrew Johnston (Peshtigo) 34-3 (Fall 2:08) 3rd Place Match - Will Russum (Kaukauna) 31-4 won in double overtime over Andy Fidler (Port Washington) (2-OT 4-2) BOYS SWIMMING PIRATES: 100 KIEL: 70 What an awesome meet and confidence booster our dual meet against Kiel was heading into the end of our season! We are able to add a W to the wins column and that feels pretty great! J The evening began with a first place win by the A 200 Medley Relay team: Nosko, Toal, Anderson and Benning with their PR time 1:53.70 followed by a third place finish by the B team: Noll, Patterson, Gardner, and Tyree with their awesome finish time 2:07.15! C. Toal (2:08.70), W. Schanen (2:25.63-a 6 second PR!) M. Noll (2:25.79-an 11 second PR!) finished second, third, and fourth in the 200 Freestyle. D. Anderson (2:26.48-a 6 second PR!) had an awesome first place finish in the 200 IM followed by C. DeMerit (2:39.21-a 2 second PR drop!) finishing third place. N. Benning (24.86) finished second place in the 50 Freestyle followed by I. Tyree (28.25) finishing fourth and J. Walch (28.59-a PR for Walch) finishing fifth place. D. Anderson (1:02.83) swam an awesome first place finish in the 100 Butterfly followed right behind, with a second place finish, D. Gardner (1:07.04-a PR time!) and a fourth place finish by C. DeMerit

6 (1:15.46-a 4 second PR!). N. Benning (54.97-PR time) finished second in the 100 Freestyle followed right behind for third place was J. Walch (1:03.72-a 1 second PR!). J.B. Nosko (5:34.52) finished first place in the 500 Freestyle followed by I. Tyree (6:10.84-a 3 second PR!) finishing third place! The A 200 Freestyle Relay team: DeMerit, Noll, Walch and Tyree finished first place with their time 1:50.05 followed by a third place finish by the B team: Schanen, Hayes, Patterson and Gardner with their time 2: Nosko (1:06.91) finished second place and M. Noll (1:13.86-a 1 second PR) finished third place in the 100 Backstroke. It was a finish for C. Toal (1:14.16), D. Gardner (1:16.84) and S. Patterson (1:23.65) in the 100 Breaststroke! The final event of the evening was the 400 Freestyle Relay. The A team: Nosko, Anderson, Benning and Toal finished a solid first place win with their time 3:48.75 followed by the B team: DeMerit, Walch, Hayes, and Schanen finishing third place with their time 4: It without a doubt was an awesome match up of teams and talent. I am thrilled we persevered and earned a W for the wins column! Vs. Plymouth We made it to our final invite of the season and we truly had a great meet and some personal bests! The 200 Medley Relay team of Nosko, Toal, Gardner and Benning finished 12 th place out of 18 teams with their time 1: C. Toal (2:07.44) earned a PR time on his 200 Freestyle swim finishing 18 th place out of 36 swimmers! N. Benning also had a great swim in the 50 Freestyle finishing 18 th out of 48 swimmers with his time N. Benning also had a great swim in the 100 Freestyle, finishing 11 th place out of 44 swimmers with his time, 54.85! C.Toal had a PR time and 14 th place finish out of a total of 30 swimmers in the 100 Breaststroke with his time 1: Overall a successful meet for the guys to celebrate Personal Bests and great swims! DANCE On Saturday, February 1st, the PWHS Varsity Dance team had the opportunity to compete at the WACPC State Championship Competition. They earned their way to this competition by qualifying at the Southern Regional Competition the weekend before. They placed 14th in the State with their Division 2 Pom Routine. What a great accomplishment for the girls! This is their first year competing in Division 2 and they have worked so hard over the past few months to perfect this routine. We appreciate all of the support our fans have given us this year and are looking forward to next year s competition season already! HOCKEY Ice Hawks *Information not available

7 LET S CHEER ON OUR PIRATES CHECK OUT THIS WEEK S ACTION Tuesday, Feb 4, :45pm Basketball:Boys JV Game Cedarburg High School 5:45pm Basketball:Boys Freshmen Game Cedarburg High School 5:45pm Basketball:Girls JV Game vs. Port Washington High School 6:00pm Swimming:Boys Varsity Meet Whitefish Whitefish Bay High School - HS Fieldhouse Pool 6:00pm Swimming:Boys JV Meet Whitefish Whitefish Bay High School - HS Fieldhouse Pool 7:30pm Basketball:Boys Varsity Game Cedarburg High School 7:30pm Basketball:Girls Varsity Game vs. Port Washington High School

8 Wednesday, Feb 5, :30pm Gymnastics:Girls Varsity Meet vs. Germantown/Menomonee Port Washington High School 6:30pm Gymnastics:Girls JV Meet vs. Germantown/Menomonee Port Washington High School 6:30pm Wrestling: Varsity Meet Whitefish Whitefish Bay High School - HS Fieldhouse 6:30pm Wrestling: JV Meet Whitefish Whitefish Bay High School - HS Fieldhouse Thursday, Feb 6, :00pm Swimming:Boys Varsity Conference Diving Grafton, Homestead, Milwaukee Lutheran, Nicolet, Whitefish Bay vs. Cedarburg High School 5:45pm Basketball:Girls JV Game Milwaukee Milwaukee Lutheran High School 7:30pm Basketball:Girls Varsity Game Milwaukee Milwaukee Lutheran High School Friday, Feb 7, :45pm Basketball:Boys JV Game vs. Milwaukee Port Washington High School 5:45pm 6:00pm 7:30pm Basketball:Boys Freshmen Game vs. Milwaukee Thomas Jefferson Middle School Swimming:Boys JV Conference vs. Grafton, Homestead, Milwaukee Lutheran, Nicolet, Meet Whitefish Thomas Jefferson Middle School Basketball:Boys Varsity Game vs. Milwaukee Port Washington High School Saturday, Feb 8, :00am 2:00pm Wrestling: Varsity Conference Tournament Swimming:Boys Varsity Conference Meet Cedarburg, Germantown, Grafton, Homestead, Nicolet, Whitefish Bay vs. Milwaukee Milwaukee Lutheran High School Grafton, Homestead, Milwaukee Lutheran, Nicolet, Whitefish Bay vs. Cedarburg High School 7:00pm Hockey:Boys Varsity Game Greendale vs. Ice Ozaukee Ice Center 9:00pm Hockey:Boys JV Game Greendale vs. Ice Ozaukee Ice Center It s a Great Day to be a Pirate!

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