Friday, December 11, 2009

Arrowhead beats W. South/Cath. Memorial in early-season tilt

In a big early season match-up between two of the better Milwaukee-area D1 squads, Hartland Arrowhead beat Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial 104-79 Thursday night.

Arrowhead utilized its superior depth to capture the win between two squads expected to be among the top D1 teams come state meet time in February. Arrowhead took two of the three relays and went 1-2 in the diving to help capture the win.

It was a terrific meet with some very close races. In the 200 free, state meet veterans Ryan Finke of WS/CM and Jake Prodoehl of HA hooked up in the 200 free, with Finke just edging Prodoehl by a mere two-hundreths of a second (1:47.89 to 1:47.91). WS/CM's Collin Neitzel, a double-threat this year at the state meet in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke, just beat out HA's Cody Roller in the 200 IM (2:03.58 to 2:03.95). Prodoehl came back in the 100 free to top WS/CM's Eric Oberst in the 100 free, 49.28 to 49.55. Brent Schreibel of HA pulled off a mild upset in the 100 breaststroke, topping Neitzel 1:03.16 to 1:03.53.

These two teams will cross paths again this season, including the Waukesha South sectional. Both showed Thursday they have a lot of swimmers likely to be making appearances at the UW Natatorium come February. (Thanks to Danni Caldwell for meet results.)

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