Today is Friday, September 27, 2024
Thirteen-year-old Reese Brantmeier was selected as one of three girls to represent the US at the World Junior Tennis Finals, the world’s premier 14-and under team competition in Prostejov, Czech Republic, August 6-11. The team, along with the US boys team, secured their spots by going undefeated in the qualifier earlier this spring in Mexico City, Mexico.
The girls team was comprised of Katrina Scott (14, Woodland Hills, California; personal coach Marc Lucero), Robin Montgomery (13, Washington DC; personal coach: Ali Agnaba) and Reese Brantmeier (13, Whitewater, Wisconsin; personal coach: John Reed) with USTA National Coach Jean Desdunes as captain.
The boys team was comprised Bruno Kuzuhara (14, Coconut Creek, Florida; personal; coach Michael Bennett), Victor Lilov (14, Raleigh, N.C.; personal coach: Paul Goode) and Evan Wen (14, Morristown, New Jersey; personal coach: Rich Reyes) with USTA National Coach Jon Glover as captain.
In all, 16 teams competed, first in round robin matches, then in knock out brackets. The girls remained undefeated in the round robin matches with wins against Venezuela, Thailand, and Turkey. In the knock out bracket the girls won their matchup with the Ukraine with their only loss being to Russia in the semifinals. The US girls finished 3rd place overall.
The boys team won all their matchups to take 1st place in this prestigious event.
By John J. Schimming
This past weekend the Quad County League had their 12U softball tournament in East Troy. The Whitewater Toppers team closed out the season in fashion taking second place in the silver bracket. The girls won their first two games of the tournament 16-8 and 12-7 on Saturday. The team came back on Sunday morning to take on East Troy for the championship game, however, had to settle for second place.
The coaching staff was very happy with the girls’ performance, especially during the second half of the season. The girls started the season 0-7 however the staff continued to see improvement and just told the girls they were getting better and the wins will come. This came true as the team finished the season 7-2 to close out the season with an overall record of 7-9. The girls learned great fundamental softball throughout the year to help them prepare for upcoming years.
Coach Schimming would like to thank the girls and parents for a great year. It was a very enjoyable time working with the girls. Thank you also to Jim Gosh and Josh Kubicz with their coaching expertise this year. It was great working with these two gentlemen as well.
Article by Ron Sdano
Alyssa Schumacher recently was named to the WFSCA All-State Second Team for softball. The sophomore catcher hit .551 this spring which places her third on the Whitewater softball all-time list for batting average. Schumacher passed Michelle Haines .549 (1984) to move into third place. Anna Lisa Lawton .558 (1991) holds the record with Missy Fojtik .554 (1983) in second.
Alyssa was also named to the All-District First Team as well as being placed on the Janesville Gazette’s All-Area Team.
Alyssa is the daughter of Mike and Shannon Schumacher
WHS Graduate (2016) Julian Sonn completed his freshman season on MSOE’s (Milwaukee School of Engineering) baseball team – an injury red-shirted him his academic freshman year. Playing in the NACC conference, Julian was First Team selection playing first base.
Sonn’s statistics for the 2018 season:
Batting Average- .339, Runs – 26, Hits – 57, Doubles – 11, Triple – 1, Home Runs – 3, and led the conference with 42 rbi’s.
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