Top Players In 08

mkexlax wrote:

In terms of Milwaukee talent:

-Joe Botecelli, SR, M (Eastside)
-Eastside's LSM (recent move from CA, but name escapes me)
-Sean Gebhard, SO, A (Marquette)
-Garret Fields, SR, LSM (Marquette)

yea i see milwaukee as being a two horse race between Eastside and Marquette, Arrowhead and Kettle Moraine beign the upset favorites.

I dont understand how you call Arrowhead an upset after they won state in 2007?

thedamnedfan wrote:

I dont understand how you call Arrowhead an upset after they won state in 2007?

they lost a hefty portion of their leadership to graduation, they have a few stand out players left, but i think that the new AHS squad will be relying heavily on their underclassmen to step up and make plays this coming spring. Someone back me up or shut me down.

conversely, Marquette lost 3 players to graduation, one of which had any real impact on the game (an attackman). Eastside is also in a similar situation as marquette's in that they have yet to graduate their top players. I'm calling out Kettle moraine as my other upset specialist based upon the growth of their underclassmen over the past year and their coaching.

thedamnedfan wrote:

I dont understand how you call Arrowhead an upset after they won state in 2007?

Its called graduation. The same thing happened to Verona.

Im surprised no one has mentioned Colton Warner.

Hes planning on playing for D3 Carthage and with an injury free season should be a top player.

Jaron wrote:

thedamnedfan wrote:

I dont understand how you call Arrowhead an upset after they won state in 2007?

Its called graduation. The same thing happened to Verona.

Oh, I thought their massive team wouldnt suffer as much to drop them out of the idea.

And yeah, Colton is really skilled. Played alot with him between indoor and tournaments, impressed me the most out of the Verona kids. Plus got along with him with us both being swimmers. I was suprised of his skill level as a sophmore and junior I guess, I thought he had graduated, so now seing him to be playing another season is nice to hear, he should shine for sure.

bigpattyboy36 wrote:

thedamnedfan wrote:

I dont understand how you call Arrowhead an upset after they won state in 2007?

they lost a hefty portion of their leadership to graduation, they have a few stand out players left, but i think that the new AHS squad will be relying heavily on their underclassmen to step up and make plays this coming spring. Someone back me up or shut me down.

Yes and no. We lost all our Defense/Goalie. We only had one non-senior D-pole. Offensive wise we will be fine, our higher scoring players were juniors and sophomores last year. The big thing is though that our team played very well together last year, and since 8-10 players graduated(about half the team) it'll be hard for them to get the chemistry going again. I have no doubts that IF they fill the gaps in defense, it'll be a solid crew.

But if we had pre-season ranking, I don't know if I would put AHS at #1, top 5 for sure though.

I couldnt agree with you more anthony. The fact that we graduated some many senoirs will not have that big of an affect on the team. With so many people trying out we should be able to find 4 decent defensmen.

MALA Who to Look for '08

Verona: Dark Horse, I think they'll turn some heads. Colton can flat out FLY.
Midfield Colton Warner
Attack Sean Nelson
Goalie Nick Urmaglu

Waunakee:Athletic midfield, Large Defense
Kid who goes by "Wook"

Sun Prairie:Play together like a team. Hard to beat them when they are on their game.
Mally
The Goalie is pretty sick
Like 13 other Seniors

Regents:
Neuman
Eli
Giant Defenders

Middleton:They have a ton of talent, as always the issue will be getting them to mesh together.
Nick Hummell #18
Kyle Bonebrake #17
Cody Hurd #69
Casey Kelso #21
Ben Melum #20
Kiel Baitinger #2
Nick Fass - Freshman with a TON of promise

Lafollette:
Anthony Showers - if he can keep his cool, hes a solid player.



Sauk, Stoughton, Oregon, Memorial, Janesville:
Can't honestly think of any players who will be difference makers. The league is extremely top heavy this upcoming season

My Predictions: I think these divisions are correct, correct me if im wrong. State is in Madison again this year. Madison receives 2 state bids.


MALA White
t1. Waunakee
OR
t1. Sun Prairie
t3. Lafollette
t3. Stoughton
5. Janesville


MALA Red
1. Middleton
2. Verona
3. Regents
4. Sauk Prairie
5. Memorial

BayVal
1. Wausau
2. Neenah
3. Appleton
4. Bayport
5. Menasha
6. Notre Dame
7. Southwest
8. DePere
9. Metro

MALL
1. Marquette
t2. Arrowhead
t2. Eastside
t4. Kettle Morraine
t4. Northshore
6. Brookfield
7. USM
8. Kenosha
9. Heritage Christian
10. Oconomowoc


(italics indicate state participants)

State Final Four:

Middleton vs Marquette
Waunakee/Sun Prairie vs Wausau

Jack wrote:

MALA White
1. Waunakee
2. Sun Prairie
t3. Lafollette
t3. Stoughton
5. Janesville
6. Oregon

Oregon has fallen apart... Oregon players now play for Stoughton, including McFarland kids.

Jack one thing you got wrong that i know about, is Anthony Showers, hes ok(no offence anthony) but he's are 5th best attack on the team, if any body from lafollette would b up there it would Matt Puskarich, or Jon Dettwiler

one thing i didnt put in my previous post, am pretty sure Robert Wyss graduated last year, but dont hold me to it.

Byrd did though for sp

I'm a 100% sure that Wyss graduated. That certainly doesn't mean that Waunakee is hurting on talent. They're a very good team.

lol good joke Jack.

Stoughton: Kal Urso A (SR)
Eric Kind #21 A (SR)
Rich Knipfer #69 D (JR)
Tyler Rekowski #6 D (SR)
Zach Transue #25 M (JR)

Nate wrote:

lol good joke Jack.

Stoughton: Kal Urso A (SR)
Eric Kind #21 A (SR)
Rich Knipfer #69 D (JR)
Tyler Rekowski #6 D (SR)
Zach Transue #25 M (JR)

you can name drop all you want. none of those kids change my statement.

I also didn't realize Wyss graduated. That changes my predictions. Check it, its been edited.

Thank you for making this season even more exciting for me and my team.

No one has faith in us

relicdavis wrote:

No one has faith in us

it takes a couple years to develop as a varsity team. you guys will get there.

Nate wrote:

Thank you for making this season even more exciting for me and my team.

I admire your confidence. In efforts to stay unbiased, i'll keep my comments to myself. We'll see come April 20th vs Sun Prairie (and maybe even earlier when they redo the schedules to add Waunakee.)

Jack wrote:

relicdavis wrote:

No one has faith in us

it takes a couple years to develop as a varsity team. you guys will get there.

Nate wrote:

Thank you for making this season even more exciting for me and my team.

I admire your confidence. In efforts to stay unbiased, i'll keep my comments to myself. We'll see come April 20th vs Sun Prairie (and maybe even earlier when they redo the schedules to add Waunakee.)

I guess only Transue and Kind may be known. Only Stoughton kids since I've been playing that have made All-Conference. Other than that, I dont expect you to know of anyone beyond Nate flaunting their names.

Although I do not know much about Stoughton, you Stoughton guys can't argue that it is hard for any of us to pick you as a favorite. Citing past seasons, and the lack of basically any all conference picks, you shouldn't be surprised this is the case.

That being said, you shouldn't let anything said on here get you down, none of us know as much about your guys teams as you guys do and obviously, anything said on here will not affect what actually happens. I wish you guys the best in your season.

good point

Jaron wrote:

Although I do not know much about Stoughton, you Stoughton guys can't argue that it is hard for any of us to pick you as a favorite. Citing past seasons, and the lack of basically any all conference picks, you shouldn't be surprised this is the case.

That being said, you shouldn't let anything said on here get you down, none of us know as much about your guys teams as you guys do and obviously, anything said on here will not affect what actually happens. I wish you guys the best in your season.

That is a great point. I never really hold it against you guys either way. Only way I sometimes get mad is when you look past us saying we'll be the same ol Stoughton team. But whatever.. I can understand it better now that I think of it like that.

You can't really judge anyone till a few games into a season. Unless, they been playing year round.

if anything breaks us i think it will be a lack of dedication, we dont have nearly enough ppl showing up for indoor practices imho