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SPORTS HIGH SCHOOLS USHL DRAFT C2 WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE GREENBAYPRESSGAZETTE.COM Four Tritons make mark in Phase II Meissner, Phantoms hand Denmark first Bay loss Bluett each had two hits and a RBI for Algoma. Katie Miller had two hits in the loss for Southern Door. Crandon 13-8, LaonaWabeno 1-5 LAONA Katie Schal-lock hit a grand slam, and Cassidy Neilitz picked up the win for Crandon (2-2, 2-0) in Game 1. Shallock went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs in Game 2. GoodmanPembine 1- 7, White Lake 4-1 PEMBINE Rachel Stankevich took the loss for the Patriots (5-1, 4-1) in Game 1.

Jenna Decker got the win for the Patriots in Game 2, allowing one hit with five strikeouts. Shiocton 3, Oconto 1 SHIOCTON The Blue Devils allowed three runs in the third inning of the nonconference loss. Man. Roncalli 7, Kewaunee 5 MANITOWOC Michelle Kielpikowski went 2- for-4 with two RBIs for the Storm, which had nine hits. The Gamblers traded their first-round pick to the Muskegon Lumberjacks in December when they acquired forward Connor Hurley.

The Gamblers chose University of Vermont recruit Brian Bowen No. 22 overall with their first pick. Bowen, a 6-foot-l, 210-pound forward from Littleton, had 50 points (27 goals, 23 assists) in 47 games with the Boston Jr. Bruins last season. Forward Joseph Weg-werth was the Gamblers' second pick.

The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder from Brewster, N.Y., played for the Team USA Under-18 last season, racking up a team-high 99 penalty minutes. "I'm excited to get the two forwards at the top of the draft to fill some immediate holes," Gamblers associate head coach and player personnel chief Pat Mikesch said. "They're players we really liked and overall I think we did a great ob of building for our future." Forward Trenton Bliss was the only Wisconsin native the Gamblers chose. The 6-foot, 160-pound forward led Apple-ton United with 45 points (25 goals, 20 assists) in 25 games last season. Area players selected No.

3: Tri-City Storm Mason Appleton, G.B. Notre Dame (1996 birth year) No. 99: Fargo Force Luke Davison, G.B. Notre Dame ('96) No. 107: Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Brett Gruber, G.B.

Notre Dame ('96) No.152: Fargo Force-Collin Appleton, G.B. Notre Dame ('97). Green Bay Gamblers selections No. 22 Brian Bowen, Littleton, Mass. (1995 birth year): No.

28 Joseph Wegwerth, Brewster, N.Y ('96): No. 47 Conner Wynne, Pomona, N.Y. ('95); No. 52 Jack Poehling, Lakeville, Minn. ('96); No.

65 Nick Poehling, Lakeville, Minn. ('96); No. S3- Brandon Crawley, Glen Rock, N.J. ('97); No. 98 Derek Barach, Glenmont, N.Y.

('95); No. 114 Ryan Finnegan, Tecumseh, Kan. ('97); No. 130 Andrew Madej, New Lenox, III. ('95); No.

145 Milan Kolena, Martin, Slovakia ('94); No. 161 Jacob Kauppila, Gurnee, III. ('95); No. 177 Miles Gendron, Shrewsbury, Mass. ('96); No.

193 Trenton Bliss, Appleton, Wis. ('98); No. 209 Jack MacNab, Indianapolis, Ind. ('98); No. 225 Demico Hannoun, Delta, B.C.

('95); No. 241 Adam Huska, Slovakia ('97); No. 257 Paul De-Naples, Moscow, Pa. ('98); No. 273 Dennis Cesana, North Providence, R.I.

('98); No. 289 Joachim Weberg, Oslo, Norway ('96). two-run double during a five-run fifth inning for the Hornets. Mike Nitti allowed three hits and three with eight strikeouts in 4 innings of relief to earn the win. Davis Elm took the loss for Notre Dame, which got a two-run single from Sean Green in the fourth.

Connor Yakel also went 2-for-2 with an RBI for the Tritons (6-4, 5-4 FRCC). Chilton 12, Wrightstown 7 CHILTON Wrightstown was outhit 15-10 and committed four errors. Hunter Kussow went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Tigers (4-6, 2-3). Bonduel 3-5, St. Point Pacelli 1-6 BONDUEL Connor Rosin scattered seven hits with eight strikeouts over seven innings and Hunter VanDerLinden went 2-for-3 with a solo home run to lead Bonduel in Game 1.

White Lake 9, Good.Pembine 7 GOODMAN Zach Ma-try had three hits and picked up the win for White Lake. Trent Heath led Good-manPembine with a double and three RBIs. Florence 9, Elcho 8 ELCHO Marshall Kelly picked up the win for Florence. Man. Roncalli 11, Kewaunee 4 KEWAUNEE Sam Kohnle, Preston Olszewski and Austin Pekarek each had two hits for the Storm (2-7) in the noncon-ference game.

Shiocton 4, Oconto 3 SHIOCTON Tanner Pillsbury took the noncon-ference loss for the Blue Devils, who were outhit 8-6. Press-Gazette Media DE PERE Brendan Meissner allowed one earned run in throwing a three-hitter as the West De Pere baseball team topped Denmark 7-3 on Tuesday to hand the Vikings their first Bay Conference loss. The Phantoms (10-4, 6-2) scored two runs in the first inning and plated two in the third to build a 4-0 lead. Matt Bald went 2-for-3, while Cal Her-lache was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for West De Pere. Jack Collins went four innings in taking the loss for the Vikings (14-2, 7-1).

Luxemburg-Casco 9, Marinette 1 LUXEMBURG Kyle Routhieaux went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Aaron Thiry went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to lead the Spartans (6-6, 4-5). Caleb Willems gave up four hits over five innings to pick up the win. Hortonville 8, Seymour 2 HORTONVILLE Sean Palubicki went 2-for-3 and Casey Jefson took the loss for Seymour. G.B. Southwest 12, G.B.

EastWest 2 Jake Schoenholz allowed four hits and three walks in five innings to pick up the complete-game win for visiting G.B. Southwest (6-6, 6-5). The Trojans broke it open with seven runs in the fifth inning, including a pair of two-run doubles from Chad Leaman and Michael Geirczak. Bay Port 4, Ashwaubenon 1 SUAMICO Dakota Klein threw 10 strikeouts and didn't allow an earned run in the complete-game win. Bay Port (7-2, 7-2) scored two runs in the third inning and two in the sixth, which saw Dalton Kropp plate a run with a squeeze bunt.

Zach Abfall went 2-for-3 to lead the Pirates, while Cole Hanson was 2- for-3 for Ashwaubenon. Zak Imig had eight strikeouts in the loss. De Pere 3, Sheboygan South 0 DE PERE Connor Rutherford struck out eight in the complete-game win for De Pere. Logan Devroy went 3- for-3 and Emmett Kul-ick added a pair of hits and runs scored to lead the Redbirds. G.B.

Preble 10, G.B. Notre Dame 4 Derek VanEss went 2-for-2, including a three-run double in the third inning of Preble's road win. Bryan Wendtland hit a The Blind Ref READY DRAFT By Andrew Pekarek Press-Gazette Media The Green Bay Notre Dame hockey team had a program-record four players picked Tuesday in the USHL Phase II Draft. Mason Appleton, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior forward, was chosen by the Tri-City Storm with the third overall pick, the highest ever for a Notre Dame player. "I'm very honored to go where I went in the draft," said Appleton, who led the Tritons with 70 points (30 goals, 40 assists) last season when they made their fifth straight WIAA state appearance.

"It's awesome to see four Notre Dame kids go. It just goes to show how good of a program Notre Dame is becoming. This is what we're all working for: to one day play junior hockey and college hockey." The Green Bay Gamblers made 19 picks in the draft, including 12 forwards and six defense-men. USHL teams could select from all eligible birth-year players who were not already protected by a team in Phase II, which went until teams had filled their rosters to 45 players. In addition to Mason Appleton, Notre Dame's Luke Davison, Brett Gruber and Collin Apple-ton were among 10 Wisconsin natives taken in the draft.

Davison, a senior de-fenseman, was chosen in the sixth round by the Fargo Force, which also picked junior forward Collin Appleton, Mason's cousin, in the 10th round. Gruber, a senior forward, was chosen in the seventh round by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Sioux City opted to not protect Gruber's rights after picking him in the 15th round last year. Bloom From Page C1 watch him when he jumps, he's coaching half of the other kids. He likes to see everybody do well.

"I've been doing this for 29 years, and I don't get many kids like that. You could put his picture next to track athlete in the dictionary. He fits perfectly." Bloom manages to keep that positive mentality even when things aren't going his way. His performance at the Pulaski Invite on Thursday was an example of that. Bloom opened the meet by taking a no-height in the high jump when he failed to clear 6 feet, 4 inches on his opening jumps.

It was the first time he ever had taken a no-height. He was then the anchor leg on the 400-meter relay, which was disqualified for making a handoff outside of an exchange zone. "Everybody has those nights," Bloom said. "I've seen professionals no-height before. You can't let things bother you like that.

It's still early in the season and when you do as many events as I do it's like it's over now and just move on to the next meet." Bloom didn't have to wait until the next meet to move on. Later in that meet, he went 19-9 to win the long jump and broke a school record by clearing 13-3 in the pole vault all in less-than-ideal conditions due to drizzling rain that had fallen earlier in the meet, which the Seymour boys won. In between events, Bloom kept his attention on the track and cheered on his teammates. "He's always at the finish line or where they start, jumping up and down and yelling," Sey scattered five hits with six strikeouts to pick up the complete-game win. McKayla Krueger was 2- for-3 for De Pere.

Bay Port 10, Manitowoc 0 SUAMICO Caitlyn Krueger gave up two hits and Emme Hilbert went 3- for-4 to lead Bay Port (6-5, 4-2) in a five-inning win. G.B. East 5, Pulaski 1 PULASKI Jaida Rey-nen went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and picked up the complete-game win with nine strikeouts to lead the Red Devils. Cassie Kornowski went 2-for-4, and Jamee Schleis went 3-for-3 for East. Liz Pautz had nine strikeouts in the loss for Pulaski (2-6, 2-6).

G.B. Notre Dame 12, Sheboygan North 2 Emma Prebelski threw a complete game, and Kate Balison went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored to lead host Green Bay Notre Dame in the five-inning win. West De Pere 9, Shawano 3 SHAWANO Tia Dan-forth had three doubles while driving in a game-high three runs to lead West De Pere (9-3, 8-1). Jennifer Timm went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Amber Van Duyse struck out four with no walks to earn the complete-game win. Hortonville 13, Oconto Falls 1 OCONTO FALLS Hortonville scored 11 of its runs in the sixth and seventh innings.

McKenna Kussow took the complete-game loss, while Naddie Kussow was 2-for-3 with a RBI for Oconto Falls (2-7, 2-7). Luxemburg-Casco 11, Seymour 3 SEYMOUR Luxem-burg-Casco's Sara Simo-nar allowed five hits with five strikeouts en route to the complete-game win while going 3-for-4 with four runs scored and an RBI. Madysen Thayse drove in a game-high three RBIs for the Spartans. Marinette 6, Denmark 5 DENMARK Ellie Wahl struck out eight in the win for Marinette, and McKenzie Francour drove in two runs. Olivia Peters drove in three runs for Denmark.

Wrightstown 2, Chilton 0 WRIGHTSTOWN Ma-kayla Neinas threw a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts to help the Tigers (11-3, 8-0) stay undefeated in Olympian Conference play. N.E.W. Lutheran 5, Sevastopol 0 INSTITUTE Morgan Meerstein picked up the complete-game win for N.E.W, allowing two hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Sophie Pullman took the loss for Sevastopol, which gave up nine walks. Algoma 3, Southern Door 2 ALGOMA The Wolves scored two runs in the sixth inning, including the game's deciding run off an RBI by Carmen Haack in Monday's Packerland Conference game.

Meg Ryan and Kathy G.B. Preble 21, G.B. West 0 Anna Conard threw 13 strikeouts in pitching a perfect five-inning game in the home win for Preble (11-2, 8-0). Conard also was 4-for-4 with three RBIs, while Nicole Mottl went 2-for-2. Kaylen Krueger and Megan Timmers each hit grand slams.

G.B. Southwest 5, De Pere 3 Leah Bohlman went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, including a two-run home run in the home win for Southwest (7-4, 6-3). Kayla Donart also went 2-for-3 for the Trojans, while Shania Stewart De Pere 1, Bay Port 0 DE PERE Alek Kleis scored the lone goal and Kelly Kent earned the shutout in goal as De Pere (5-3-1, 1-1) outshot Bay Port 25-6. G.B. Preble 3, G.B.

Southwest 0 Kelsey Kawula scored a pair of goals to lead visiting G.B. Preble (7-3-1, 5-0) to its fifth consecutive conference shutout. Sarah Boyd added a goal for the Hornets and Kennedy Brault had two saves. Toni Champion made four saves in the loss for G.B. Southwest.

G.B. Notre Dame 3, G.B. East 0 Mariah Walton, Shannon Kaufmann and Emma Clark scored goals in the FRCC road win for Notre Dame (4-9, 2-3). Elle Woleske and Emily Luebke split time in goal for the shutout, while Mallory Kallas made 14 saves for East. West De Pere 1, Seymour 0 DE PERE Emily Frye scored the lone goal and Christine Plamann had seven saves to lead the Phantoms (8-1-1, 3-0).

Madilyn Heinke had eight saves for Seymour. Shawano 6, Marinette 1 MARINETTE Megan Klitzke tallied a hat trick, and Morgan Klitzke recorded a goal and two assists to lead Shawano (3-4, 1-1. Carlie Hinnefeld had six saves in the Hawks' win. Hortonville 3, Luxemburg-Casco 2 HORTONVILLE Taylor DeGrooc and Liz Benson scored the lone goals for the Spartans (1-6-1, 0-3). Brianna Frontuto had four saves in the loss.

New London 2, Denmark 1 DENMARK Nellie De-prey scored the Vikings' goal off an assist by Taylor McMonagle to tie the game going into the half. Alexis Messina netted the winning goal at the 52-minute mark. mour senior Dylan Beyer said. "He's got so much confidence. Even if we're an underdog, he still feels we're going to win." According to Bloom leads the state with a high jump of 6-10 this season.

His goal is to reach 7-0 and also eclipse the all-time state record of 7-l34, which has stood for 35 years. The coaches at Cincinnati want Bloom to compete in the decathlon, which is a combination of 10 events. "They asked me to try a lot of events," Bloom said. "I've just been staying really busy." Said Schwantes: "Very few kids can bounce from the events that he does. It's physically difficult, and he doesn't let it bother him." Bloom, an all-Bay Conference goalie in soccer as a junior, played soccer and was the kicker on the football team as a senior.

"He loves to compete and is a great competitor," said Seymour senior Sandy Cohen, the defending D2 state champion in the triple jump. "He worries about other people more than his event at certain times." Like last year at the state meet. Bloom won a tiebreaker based on attempts to win the D2 high jump title. But he also kept close tabs on the D3 high jump pit, where PrincetonGreen Lake sophomore Jordan Wesner won. Bloom had been exchanging texts and tips with Wesner during the season.

He was equally excited about seeing Wesner reach the top of the state podium. "I like to help other people a lot," Bloom said. "I've been like that since I was little. My mom was a teacher, so I try to help others as much as I can and stay positive." Fi(0R DA and get-together headquarters! Enjoy Great Burgers, Hot Dogs and our famous Shredded Beef and Pork while you stay glued to every pick! redeem this icueeiii liiis 7 1 is your Draft Day party for PFD PHI TMn I off of Shredded Beef or Pork I uuupun coupon.