Warhawks win their way into rare air

It was the third game of the week for the Germantown girls basketball team, but the formula remained the same at border rival Menomonee Falls on Saturday night.
Build a big lead through a sound combination of balanced offense and dominating pressure defense and then take the foot off the gas and let everyone have a chance to play.
The result was a lead that reached 28 cheap nfl jerseys at one point as the undefeated Warhawks coasted to their eighth victory in a row with a 52-39 win.
"We're really excited about this," said senior guard Melissa Klemm, who led all scorers with 16. "We're just building confidence everyday … We definitely knew that we'd be pretty good, but we weren't sure if it would play out quite like this."
Germantown coach Matt Stuve was hoping to reach the end of the 2009 portion of the season with an unblemished record. It is believed that no Warhawk girls team has ever had a start like this.
"We're keeping it one day at a time," he said, "and we're keeping to the idea of trying to get better everyday. But this (8-0 in December) was clearly a goal. We have some big games now in January and now we have a chance to work out a few things."
The Indians fell to 2-4 this season.
"We made a solid attempt to attack the basket, which is what we wanted to do," Indian coach Craig Amundson said. "They're just so much more experienced than we are. It was still fun to play them. We haven't built up the rivalry with them like the boys have, but I talked to Matt (Stuve) afterwards and I told him that we'd like to continue this game on a regular basis."
A free throw by Falls sophomore forward Alex Poole (14 points) gave the Indians an initial 1-0 lead, but that was the high-water mark for them as the Warhawks scored seven unanswered points, including five by center Eliza Wortman (15 points) to take the lead for good.
Falls hung close at the quarter, trailing only 16-11, but then Germantown took firm control at the start of the second session. The Warhawks went on a 12-2 run to chase the lead up to 28-13 with 4:51 remaining in the half. Klemm had two 3-pointers in the run while Wortman scored the remaining six points.
The lead never dropped below 10 points after that, as a 16-0 burst between the second and third quarters built the advantage to 48-20. The Warhawks never wavered despite foul trouble to starters Rachel Hoft and Wortman. Rachel Defnet added nine for Falls, which was hampered by 12 of nfl jersey shop 30 free-throw shooting.
"It really was no different for us than usual," Stuve said. "We tried to set the tone early and be aggressive though we were a little sluggish in the first quarter. In the second quarter we were really able to pick it up."
Which Klemm hopes the team continues to do throughout the remainder of the season.
"We're ready for some serious winning now," she said.
UP NEXT
SCHEDULES VARY FOR LOCALS: Falls was to take on Beaver Dam on Tuesday and now will be off until the Waukesha South Holiday Tournament on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 28 and 29. The Indians will take on host South at 7 p.m. on Monday with Milwaukee Washington and Delavan-Darien in the other semifinal. Games are at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Dec. 29. With its historic start under its belt, Germantown will now be off until Tuesday, Jan. 5, when it visits North Shore rival Cedarburg. The game will be the first of a brutal three-game league stretch that will go far to define the Warhawks season. It will include hosting defending co-NSC champ Nicolet on Jan. 8 and visiting defending state D2 champ Grafton on Jan. 15.
HISTORY LESSON: At that Beaver Dam game, Amundson engaged everyone in a bit of "Remember when?" He had his current players contact members of the 1998-99 GMC champion Falls squad and put together a little "Where are they authentic nfl jersey now?" pamphlet to hand out to fans on the way in. That team included current Indian assistant Katie Rechlicz and former volleyball All-American Angie Wildish.