High school sports roundup: Pavlovich powers offense as Shoreland Lutheran softball doubles up St. Joseph/Christian Life (2024)

Alyssa Pavlovich went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, Erin Borchardt went the distance on the mound, and the Shoreland Lutheran softball team scored eight runs through two innings en route to an 11-5 victory over St. Joseph/Christian Life Friday night at Somers.

Alyssa Pavlovich led off the Pacers attack in the first with a single and was quickly doubled home by Erin Borchardt.

With one out, Jackie Miller singled home Borchardt. The Pacers added another hit, and then Miller scored after a sacrifice and an error.

Miley Brooks knocked in the fourth run with a sacrifice fly.

The second inning saw Shoreland's Aubrey Hart lead off with a single. Following a walk, Borchardt added another RBI single, and Grace Olson knocked a two-RBI single to right.

Olson later came home on a Lancer error, putting the Pacers up 8-0.

The Lancers put two on the board in the top of the third, taking advantage of two Pacers errors. Annabelle Cerny doubled home a run. Cerny would later come home on an RBI fielder's choice.

St. Joseph scored two more in the top of the fourth capped by another RBI single from Cerny.

Borchardt went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, while Olson had two hits, two RBIs and two runs.

Miller added two hits, two runs and an RBI.

Borchardt got the win going all seven, allowing one run on eight hits with six strikeouts.

Cerny led the Lancers with four hits, two runs and two RBIs. Kayla Rutkowski was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Neala Bradley also had two hits, adding two runs and a stolen base.

Shoreland is 7-4 overall (6-2 MCC), while the Lancers are 3-10 (2-7 MCC).

Baseball

WESTOSHA CENTRAL 5, ELKHORN 2: It wasn't easy, but the Falcons stayed perfect in the Southern Lakes Conference Friday night.

Joe Suokko fired another masterpiece on the mound, going seven innings and striking out eight while allowing only two hits and one earned run.

Suokko, a hard-throwing left-hander, needed only 75 pitches to down the Elks, and 55 of them were strikes.

Suokko helped his own cause with two doubles, while Max Nottingham added two hits to lead the Falcon offense.

Mason Mitacek added a clutch two-run double.

Carson Sieler added the Falcons' only other hit.

Central (14-2, 8-0 SLC) will play host to county foe Tremper Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

The Falcons are currently ranked No. 16 in the state in Division 1 according to Wissports.net.

WILMOT 7, BURLINGTON 1: Chance Ruby was at it again Friday night in Burlington.

Wilmot head coach Karl Richter's former team has been a Southern Lakes contender year after year, and the Demons advanced to the WIAA Division 1 state tournament last year.

So Ruby's dominance was even that much more impressive.

He went 5⅔ innings strong, striking out 10, walking only two and giving up only two hits. Ruby also allowed zero earned runs.

The sophom*ore continues to have a huge season for the Panthers (5-8, 2-5 SLC), and he's doing it at the plate, too. The leadoff hitter was 3-for-3 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs.

"The kid is the real deal," Richter said about Ruby. "He started every game last year as a freshman. He worked his butt off in the offseason. He lived in the weight room and hit and worked on his game all offseason."

Ruby plays with the Elkhorn-based club baseball team GTS in the high school offseason.

Wilmot led Friday night 6-0 through two innings, including a five-run second.

Max Haley added two hits and an RBI, and James Walkanoff, Jackson Price and Nolan Sanew each collected one hit.

Price and Haley pitched the final 1⅓ innings, combining to strike out two with no hits and no runs.

BRADFORD 4, RACINE PARK 3: The Red Devils won in dramatic fashion with a walk-off victory Friday night.

The game was tied at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh when Isaiah Barlow singled, scoring one run.

A single by Wyatt Rasch put the Red Devils on the board in the bottom of the first.In the top of the third inning, Racine Park went back into the lead after scoring two runs.

Drew Dammann's fielder's choice helped Bradford tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth, and a walk by Torres gave t hit into a fielder's choice, which helped Kenosha Bradford Varsity Red Devils tie the game at two in the bottom of the sixth.

A walk gave Racine Park the lead,3-2, in the top of the seventh, but Bradford wasn't done.

The Red Devils saw Wyatt Rasch and Isaiah Barlow single in the seventh, and it was Barlow's hit that won the game.

Barlow gave up one hit and one run (zero earned) over two innings, striking out thee and walking two.

Raeden Spencer started on the mound for the Red Devils, surrendering seven hits and two runs over five innings, striking out three and walking two.

The Red Devils tallied 10 hits in the game and Rasch led the way with two RBIs.

The catcher went 2-for-3 on the day.

Carson St. Martin, Rasch and Barlow each collected two hits for Bradford.

"Our young guys really carried us today in a tough battle with Racine Park," Bradford coach Eric Corrao said. "We are building something special here at Bradford, and it was great to see the young guys step up big for us."

TREMPER 13, RACINE CASE 3 (5 innings): Eight different Trojans had a hit Friday night at home, and the Trojans got solid pitching from Chase Maika and London Stanley.

Maika started and went four innings, earning the victory thanks to six strikeouts, one hit and one earned run. Stanley finished off Case with two strikeouts, two earned runs and no hits.

Bradford (7-8, 5-6 SEC) was led offensively by Rory Dutton, who went 2-for-3.

It was a balanced attack for the Red Devils, with Ethan Bauerschmidt, Alex Papka, Matt Renner, Chris McMahon, Charlie Preble, Logan Gontscharow and Vance Gerou each had one hit.

Bauerschmidt also scored three runs and knocked in two runs.

Tremper (8-4, 7-4) travels to Central Saturday.

"Chase and London minimized Case’s offense, and got us out of innings," Tremper head coach John Matera said. "Our offense was very balanced today. We barreled a lot of pitches, and that is great for our team’s confidence as we get into the second half of the season.”

Soccer

ST. JOSEPH/CHRISTIAN LIFE 3, BRADFORD 1: The Lancers came off a big win Wednesday and continued the stellar play Friday night.

The Red Devils (3-9) were under pressure early from numerous attacks by Bradford in the first 10 minutes.

But the game settled down and began to swing more in the Lancers' direction with numerous balls being won and connected through the middle.

The Lancer (6-4) played a driven ball into the box which resulted in a penalty kick being awarded where state goal leader Ava Rizzitano got her first goal of the hat trick.

Down 1-0 at the half, Bradford didn't give up and stayed aggressive, catching the Lancers pressing up the field, Bradford timed a great ball down the middle and rocketed a shot to even up the game.

"Bradford threw everything at us and they had great play though the middle," St. Joseph coach Nick Anderson said. "Lily Landhardt, Ella Bradley and Hannah DeLuca were absolutely fantastic tonight through the middle, winning the trenches and 50/50 balls. The coaching staff had their girls prepared and made us earn every bit of this win."

The Lancers continued the attack in the second half going up 2-1 with freshman Daphne Osman connecting with fellow freshman Ella Sillenzi, who found Ava for her second goal.

Rizzitano was able to complete the hat trick in the 55th minute with Sillenzi again finding Ava up top. Rizzitano split two defenders and finished from 25 yards out.

"We definitely didn't play our best game of the season, but these are the games that you have to find a way to win to continue momentum," Anderson said. "We rely heavily on our 8, Nora Schneider to run our offense, and we just did not find her enough tonight and that made life tough, but we fought hard and made keys plays to win."

The Lancers return to the field on Monday at 4:30 p.m. at Anderson against Lake Country Luthern, the fourth-ranked team in Division 3 in Wisconsin.

Bradford travels to Indian Trail Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m.

WESTOSHA CENTRAL 5, MILTON 0: The visiting Falcons were up 2-0 at the half and cruised to victory in nonconference action Friday night.

Bella Diaz led Central with two goals (14th, 44th minutes), and Mimi Held notched another two scores, in the 76th and 78th minutes.

Talia Debartelo had the Falcons' other goal, a tally in the 37th thanks to an Ellie Boncher assist.

Jade Lowe and Ani Minic also had an assist.

"Even though we opened the scoring early it took us awhile to adjust to the field and Milton's defense," Central coach Vlatko Minic said. "But in the second half we asked the girls to make some adjustments, and they performed in spades. Bella Diaz put in a really strong performance and was rewarded with some impressive goals. Tonight was a solid non-conference win with a lot to be proud of."

Central (4-3-1) hosts Wilmot Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m.

SHORELAND LUTHERAN 9, RACINE LUTHERAN 0: It was a scoring fest for the Pacers Friday night on the road.

Kalyssa Carter went off for five goals, including four in the first half, and Shoreland was in control early, with a 7-0 lead through the first 20 minutes.

Maren Fitzpatrick added two goals, and Lola McFarland and Amanda Heusterberg each added a score for Shoreland (5-4-2).

Ella Malliet finished with two saves for the Pacers, and it was her four shutout of the year.

"The Pacers finished off their third straight week of three games," Shoreland Lutheran head coach Matthew Grow.

Carter, Heusterberg and Fitzpatrick all totaled two assists, and Malliet and Sophia Van De Water each added an assist.

The Pacers host Kettle Moraine Lutheran Monday night.