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Baseball begins summer season with young squad
After losing several strong seniors last year, the Red Raider baseball team has been working to make good use of a young team this season.
“The new players have lots of potential, but they need lots of practice,” junior Mike Gouvion said.
In an attempt to integrate the young players with older ones, the coaches have been emphasizing group activities in practice.
“Our chemistry has really been improving,” Gouvion said. “Last year we had star players, this year we need to [continue to] work as a team.”
Helping to lead the
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Girls’ varsity soccer finished the regular season with an overall record of 12-4-2 and a conference record of 4-3. Three of the team’s four losses came to conference foes Dive Savior Holy Angels, Brookfield East and Brookfield Central, the top three teams in the state.
“I believe that the team proved to be one of the top teams in the state,” head coach Robert Prange said. “[They] seemed to encounter some bad luck against the state’s top ranked teams during the regular [season], but they beat most other teams rather easily. Fortunately, the girls will
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In its fourth year, Wauwatosa East’s Ultimate Frisbee League ended its playoff season on June 1. The intramural competition is completely student-run this year by seniors Spencer Legan, Michael Bohorfoush and Alec Knutsen.
For the last two years, English teacher Eric Dale, in response to the request by his students, coordinated the league. However, this year, the seniors wanted more control over the league. Dale played this season with Legan’s team, the Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.
“We probably didn’t do the best job of organizing it this
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Finishing with an honorable mention in the state rankings, the boys’ tennis team completed the regular season with an 8-4 dual match record.
Top individuals for the season were seniors Bryant Gottwein and Charlie Williams and freshman Peter Conis, each with 15 wins. Williams, along with seniors Charlie Race and Mike Zwaska all qualified for sectionals.
“Our seniors have done an excellent job all year and really had made a difference in our team’s play,” head coach Glen Slonac said. Seniors Tim
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Being a student can be challenging by itself with the amount of homework responsibilities teachers expect. Then add the commitment of playing multiple varsity sports, such as playing tennis, basketball and soccer throughout the school year.
But for senior Kelsey Burke, taking on the challenges is an “opportunity.” Burke played two sports in the same season, both track and softball.
“I’ve always been a competitive person,” Burke said. “I figured if I didn’t do it this year, I’d never really get the opportunity again.”
Burke has
more>>Summer bowling league seeks additional members, fun
Ezra Olson, assistant editor
As the school year winds down, many students begin looking for activities to occupy them during the summer. One such activity is the Wauwatosa East Bowling League.
“I probably won’t be doing too much this summer, so I’ll spend some time bowling,” senior Colleen Nell said.
The league, which began its summer season in May, is very relaxed. Players can form their own teams of four or five members and anyone who wants can join partway through the season.
The league meets once a week
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