Sports Wrapups: Feb. 20

Marlins boys swimming

Senior Jasen Johnson ended his high school career by taking third place in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.65), breaking his own school record in the process Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 State Boys Swimming meet.

The Marlins, with only five swimmers on board, placed 17th out of the 51 school WIAA Division 1 State Championship.

Johnson also took fourth in the 100 butterfly (51.35), while junior Matthew Olenchek placed 17th in the 100 backstroke (55.47) and 21st in the 100 freestyle (49.12).

Sophomore Taylor Petrauski placed 23rd in the 100 back (57.27), sophomore Zach Solie placed 22nd in the 100 free (49.22) and 24th in the 50 free (22.80).

The 400 free relay team of Jackson Wannamaker, Solie, Olenchek and Johnson placed 14th (3:18.69).

West boys basketball

Senior Jordan McKeon stepped up to spark New Berlin West to a season-high in points scored on Feb. 14, rolling past Shorewood, 75-42, at home.

West coach Jeff Lewiston continues to look for scoring help for senior Dan Sidesky, who finished with a game-high 23 points, and McKeon, a 5-foot-10-inch guard averaging 6.8 points per game, could be another answer.

"I just let it go and it was going in," McKeon said afterward. "I have some nights where I'm hitting everything and some nights where I couldn't hit anything. Tonight was one of those good nights."

Lewiston was happy with McKeon's performance.

"We've been telling Jordan he needs to take more shots," he said. "He's been getting some good looks, but he has been passing up some good looks too. Someone has to score more points; we can't rely on Danny to score all the points.

"Jordan did a lot of nice things tonight. He shot the ball well and when he made the shots his confidence kept growing."

The Vikings went on a 16-1 run in the third quarter to blow the game open and take a 44-24 lead and McKeon had eight points on two 3-pointers and a steal, which led to a fastbreak basket. He finished with 11 of his team's 24 points in the third period.

Sidesky and Darin Sowinski (10 points) picked up the pace in the fourth quarter, each scoring six points to keep the pressure on.

Matt Rink, Kevin Marx and sophomore Andrew Knoll each had six points and played a big part in the win.

West girls basketball

The Vikings beat Shorewood, 56-20, on Feb. 14 at Shorewood in their only action last week, as they had their Woodland Conference bye on Friday.

The defense held the Greyhounds to six points or less in every quarter, leading 17-4 after one period and 27-10 at intermission. Beth Ver Haagh led nine players with 13 points, followed by Shannon Burke and Lexi Porter with nine apiece and Rachel Gasper and Aubrey Giammarco had seven each.

The win improved the Vikings' record to 13-3, 14-5 overall, a game in the loss column behind Pewaukee (13-2, 15-4).

West, who played a non-conference game at Catholic Memorial (8-11) on Feb. 21, travel to Brown Deer (6-10, 9-11) on Feb. 24 and then close out the regular season on Feb. 29 at home against St. Thomas More (2-14, 2-17).

Eisenhower girls basketball

And the beat goes on.

The Lions improved their record to 15-0 in the Woodland Conference and 18-0 overall Friday night by whipping Whitnall, 56-28, at home, as Nicole Bauman and Katie Lang led a balanced attack with 12 points each and Jenny Weiland added 11.

Ike led 28-14 at half and 43-23 after three periods. Whitnall is now 7-8, 10-9 and the Falcons were led by Elena Busalacci with 10.

Coach Gary Schmidt's Lions have now won 37 conference games in a row and 24 of their last 25 games.

Eisenhower, who played a non-conference game at Mukwonago (10-7) on Feb. 21, plays league games the final two times out. The Lions travel to Wauwatosa West (8-7, 10-9) on Feb. 24 before closing out the regular season on Feb. 29 against Greendale (7-8, 7-14) at home.

Muskego boys basketball

David Mlachnik continued his recent scoring tear with 23 points to spark the Warriors to a 60-50 triumph over Kettle Moraine on Feb. 14.

Mlachnik netted a trio of 3-point field goals and 10 of 11 at the free-throw line for Muskego, which also received 12 points from Jeff Glisch.

The game was tied at 39-39 after three quarters but the Warriors outscored the Lasers 21-11 in the fourth.

Muskego then fell to Kenosha Bradford, 63-48, on Friday to slip to 4-9 in the Southeast Conference and 6-15 overall.

The Warriors welcome Oak Creek (3-10, 7-12) at 7:15 p.m. Feb. 23, then open WIAA Division 1 regional action at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Janesville Craig.

New Berlin wrestling

Both New Berlin wrestlers who advanced to the WIAA Waukesha West Sectional on Saturday lost in the first round.

TJ Stewart at 195 (35-9 record) dropped a 12-4 major decision to John LeClaire (Brookfield East, 28-11).

Isaac Surprenant at 220 (12-14) lost a 10-3 decision to Dallas Wanta (West Allis Nathan Hale, 38-8).

- Compiled by Tom "Sky" Skibosh and John Rech