Pius XI Athletics

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JV 2 has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 14th @ Pewaukee.  Game time is 5:45pm

Congratulations to captain Jack Lustig who lead his team PG2 to victory in the Woodland Conference Swim Meet. Jack won the 200IM, was 2nd in the 500 free. He was part of both the 200 Free Relay and the 400 Free Relay and both relays won and set Conference and Pool Records. Also congratulations to Matt Koronka, Max Luksich, Gus Jiardini, Rylan Nowak, Alex Reger, Tommy Theurich, Fernando Torres, Josh Bajorek, and Jose De Le Pena for scoring points in the Varsity and/or JV Conference Swim Meet Victory!

Jack Lustig won the 200 IM and 500 free and part of the 200 medley relay and 400 free relays that won, to help the swim team win the Bob White Invite. Matthew Koronka also scores points for the team.

Girls:

Oak Creek 56 vs. Tosa East 54

Arrowhead 30 vs. Beaver Dam 56

Pius XI Catholic 51 vs. Brookfield Central 44

Boys:

Brookfield Academy 68 vs. Waukesha North 58

Elkhorn 51 vs. Racine St. Catherines 49

Pius XI Catholic 42 vs. Tosa East 57

This tournament was started after the merger of the WISAA and the WIAA.  Milwaukee Lutheran invites all of the former WISAA schools.  This year there were 17 teams competing.  Pius placed second to Wisconsin Lutheran.  It was a great showing for our young team (only two seniors).

Place winners were:

113#  Tierel Hood (10th)      2nd

120#  Ravi Frederick (11th)   2nd

126#  Jacob Griffin  (10th)   4th

132#  Ariel Ramos (12th)      3rd

138#  Shamond Rogers (11th)   2nd

145#  Nate Kane (12th)        2nd

152#  Jonathan Crump (10th)   4th

182#  Julien Hernandez (11th) 4th

Highlights:

1)  Eight out of our eleven wrestlers made the semis

2)  Four made it to the finals

3)  Jonathan Crump upset the #4 seed and then the #5 seed to make the semis

4)  Pius had 19 wins in their 22 matches

The Pius XI Varsity wrestling team took 11 wrestlers to the 11 team St. John’s Military Academy Wrestling Invite. We finished with 6-1st place finishers, 3-2nds and a 4th place finish because of an injury. The team took 1st place with 203 team points and 2nd place only having 173.

Freshman Henry Bresser 2nd
Sophomore Tierel Hood 1st
Junior Carmen Reynoso-Perez 1st 2x champ
Sophomore Jacob Griffin 2nd
Junior Ravi Frederick 1st
Senior Ariel Ramos 1st 3x champ
Junior Shamond Rogers 1st
Senior Nate Kane 1st 2x champ
Senior David Chrisbaum 4th
Junior Julien Hernandez 2nd

Also Senior Nate Kane was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament!!

PIUS XI Lady Popes take on The Papermakers from Kimberly at 2:30pm Saturday, November 17th. W7 productions will stream it Live. Our very own Dan Carey will be on the microphone as a commentator 

Ivan Cuellar is part of the Journal Sentinel athlete of the week vote. The winner will be invited to the Journal Sentinel's high school sports award show in May, so please spread the word. No subscription is required to vote and individuals can vote once per hour per device.

GIRLS BASKETBALL - MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH

BOYS BASKETBALL - MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH

WRESTLING - MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH

BOYS SWIM & DIVE - MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH

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Ivan Cuellar is a nominee for the PlayInTheDells.com Athlete of the Week on WisSports.net; vote here: https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/965722

Voting is open until Thursday at 4pm. 

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Greenfield/PiusXi Co-op Girls swim team wins their sectional. Lily Lustig was part of the winning 200 free relay that won their race and received the automatic state qualifying spot at next weekends state meet in Madison. Lily has qualified for the WIAA Division 1 state swim meet three years in a row. Lily Lustig, Zena Jiardini and Emma Knowlton were scoring members of the team that won the Sectional meet.

On Sale in the Lobby on Thursday Morning or come to the Athletic Offices in the Field house

Pius XI Girls Volleyball Team in a Regional Semi-Final Match Tonight at St. Thomas More. Good Luck Lady Popes!!!! Game time is at 7:00 PM

Pius XI Soccer will play Milwaukee School of Languages Tonight (October 18th) at Wisconsin Lutheran College.  Game time is 7:00 PM

DJ Singleton lead our Popes with 4 goals in a 9 to 4 rain filled game at South Milwaukee.  Rey Sprewer also added 3 goals, and Mason Waas closed out the scoring late in the game. The Popes soccer team is now 14-2-1 overall. Wednesday will be our next game at home against Whitnall.

Pius XI Football has a NEW Head Coach at the helm this season! Pius XI Alumni John Rasmussen takes over the Popes and is excited to build the program this coming season. 

Read more about it is this article by Mark Stewart: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/high-schools/2018/08/18/rasmussen-answers-call-revive-pius-xi-football/989123002/

The Varsity Poms attended Badgerette Camp at Carroll University.  Here are the results.  Thank you in advance for recognizing the girls' hard work!

1st place Overall Small Varsity

1st place Small Varsity Open Routine

1st place Duet-Kennedy Maduscha and Kaila Medina 

3rd place Short Routine

2nd place Senior Kickline

Badgerette Book Winners

Top Showmanship Award

Camp All-Stars: Arabella Loera, Gianna Melton, and Mattey Voboril 

Congratulations to the 2018 Pius XI Baseball Team on a 30-4 Record, State Runner-Up, Sectional Champions, Regional Champions, Woodland Conference Tournament Champions, & Woodland Conference Champions!

Raabe Stadium - Wisconsin Lutheran College Athletic Complex

1401 N. Swan Blvd

Wauwatosa, WI 53226

From Wisconsin Lutheran College: Travel west on Bluemound Road (Wisconsin Avenue is closed at I-41). Turn right onto Hwy. 100. Turn right onto Watertown Plank Road. Turn left onto Swan Boulevard (first stoplight). Turn left to travel through the roundabout. Take the first right in the roundabout to enter the complex driveway.

From the North: Take I-41 south to Exit 40B toward Watertown Plank Road west. Stay to the right when the ramp splits. Continue right onto westbound Watertown Plank Road. Turn right onto Swan Boulevard (first stoplight). Turn left to travel through the roundabout. Take the first right in the roundabout to enter the complex driveway.

From the South or East: Take I-894 north or I-94 west to I-41 north. Take Exit 40B toward Watertown Plank Road west. Stay to the left when the ramp splits. Continue onto westbound Watertown Plank Road. Turn right onto Swan Boulevard (first stoplight). Turn left to travel through the roundabout. Take the first right in the roundabout to enter the complex driveway.

From the West: Take I-94 east to Exit 304B - Hwy. 100. Turn left onto Hwy. 100. Turn right onto Watertown Plank Road. Turn left onto Swan Boulevard (first stoplight). Turn left to travel through the roundabout. Take the first right in the roundabout to enter the complex driveway. Allow extra time as this route is also a major detour for the Zoo Interchange road construction project.

Girls Tennis: The Lady Pope Tennis Team will be volunteering at the open-door cafe at the Cathedral of St. John Evangelist on Sunday, October 1st. 

Boys Soccer: Boys Soccer worked a four week camp for unprivileged kids in the Waukesha area.

Football: The football team raked leaves for home owners around Pius XI.

Girls Cross Country: The girls’ cross country team will be planting blubs all along the new fence in the main parking lot.

Girls Volleyball: On Sunday, October 1, our team brought, prepared, and served a Sunday brunch to residents staying at the Ronald McDonald House. Each of my players donated $5.   I used this money to purchase eggs, ham, rolls, hash browns and cookies. Each player also brought an additional food or drink.   We cooked, cleaned, washed dishes, and swept the floor.

Boys Cross Country: The boys’ cross-country team runs the water stations for the indoor half-marathon and marathon at the Pettit Center the second weekend in February. The proceeds benefit the Pettit and its programs.

Boys Volleyball: The boys’ volleyball team did go help a former Pius teacher who is very sick.  We  get their home and yard ready for the winter.    The guys were happy to step up last Friday and help him.  We hope the simple act of support from the community will lighten his load and allows him to recover to full strength.

Boys Basketball: The Boys Basketball Team participated in an after school meal program.  All varsity team members made and donated food items for the program. 

Girls Basketball: The Girls Basketball Team hosted the TLS Christmas Party on December 20th in the student union at Pius XI.

Wrestling: The Wrestling Program helped St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Milwaukee with preparing 192 bag lunches.  The bag lunches were distributed to the guests of The Gathering of Southeast Wisconsin the next day.