Milwaukee high school softball area top 10, weekly honors

Space rankings

(Data by way of Sunday)

Groups (W-L) final week

1. Burlington (19-3) 1

2. Oak Creek (18-2) 2

3. Arrowhead (20-1) 4

4. Cedarburg (21-4) 3

5. Kenosha Indian Path (18-3) 5

6. Kenosha Bradford (16-8) 7

7. Menomonee Falls (18-5) 6

8. Wisconsin Lutheran (17-3) 8

9. New Berlin West (19-5) 9

10. Slinger (15-6) 10

Participant of the week

Sydney Kalonihea, Nicolet: The senior shortstop hit .667 (8 for 12) with 4 residence runs, seven runs batted in and 7 runs scored to guide the Knights to a 2-1 report. Two of her residence runs got here Monday in a 9-0 win over Whitefish Bay. The following day she had one other two-homer efficiency as she drove in 5 runs and scored thrice in a 10-5 victory over West Bend East. Nicolet misplaced the second sport of that doubleheader, however the Evansville recruit went 2 for five with a double in a nine-inning loss. She enters the postseason with a .524 batting common, 9 residence runs and 30 RBI with a 1.690 OPS

Honorable point out

Anna Bracke, Brookfield East: East closed the common season with a four-game profitable streak that included three victories final week. Two of these wins got here in opposition to convention champions Martin Luther (Metro Basic) and Kettle Moraine Lutheran (East Central). Bracke went 8 for 12 (.667) with seven RBI, 4 runs and two doubles

Taylor Cain, Catholic Memorial: The sophomore helped the defending Division 2 state champion enter this week with a five-game profitable streak. 4 of these wins got here final week when Cain picked up 4 victories within the circle and went 8 for 11 (.727) with 10 runs and 10 RBI. In a sweep of Waukesha South on Monday and Tuesday she drove in six runs and scored 5.

Kasey Lois, Burlington: The freshman went 4 for six with three RBI in two wins over Elkhorn that helped the Demons seize the Southern Lakes title outright.

Kiley Slaats, Sussex Hamilton: The junior recorded seven hits in her final 10 at bats in with a double and residential run. She additionally netted three stolen bases and scored 5 runs.

Group of the week

Oak Creek

The Knights wrapped up their sixth straight Southeast Convention title with a doubleheader sweep of Racine Case on Tuesday and a win over Kenosha Tremper on Thursday. Junior Riley Grudzielanek allowed two hits and struck out 16 in 12 innings within the circle to attain wins over Case, 5-0, and Tremper, 10-0. Senior Olivia Joosten hit .583 (7 for 12) with six runs batted in. Junior Madisen Noll additionally delivered a monster single-game performances, falling a triple wanting the cycle and driving in 9 runs in a 23-5 win over Case. The victories raised prolonged the Knights’ convention profitable streak to 35 video games.

Developing

The WIAA match started Thursday, however postseason play for many space groups begins Tuesday with regional semifinals. Assuming the seedings play out, listed here are a number of the high matchups we will sit up for within the regional finals Thursday. Verify wiaawi.org for sport occasions and websites.

Mukwonago at Kettle Moraine: These Basic 8 rivals cut up two video games with Mukwonago scoring a 10-2 victory Thursday.

Wilmot at Oak Creek: Wilmot, which closed the common season by profitable 4 of its final 5 video games, will get a second probability on the Knights.  Oak Creek received the primary assembly, 14-1, Might 4.

Union Grove at Muskego: Union Grove, which tied for second within the Southern Lakes travels to the second-place finisher from the Basic. 8.

Westosha Central at Kenosha Bradford: Bradford, which went 3-1 in opposition to Southern Lakes groups, is on monitor to face a workforce that tied for second in that convention.

South Milwaukee at Kenosha Indian Path: The Woodland East champion takes on the state-ranked Hawks, who completed second within the Southeast Convention.