Spikers edge Brodhead; kickers fall to East Troy
By Dan Truttschel
Sports correspondent
Four matches in last Tuesday’s Rock Valley Conference girls tennis dual at East Troy ended in a tiebreaker.
Big Foot won two of those – but it wasn’t quite enough.
The Chiefs battled the Trojans right to the end, but dropped a hard-fought 4-3 decision.
Picking up wins for Big Foot were sophomore Claire Heckert at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-0 over Jessica Tess; seniors Meredith Heckert and Izzy Klesmith at No. 1 doubles, 4-6, 7-5 (10-4) over Mackenzie Lindow and Erin Rice; and senior Nikita Jones and junior Claire Beyers at No. 3, 4-6, 7-5 (10-5) over Emma Scurek and Maddie Peters.
Dropping matches to the Trojans were sophomore Hannah Palmer at No. 2 singles, 5-7, 6-2 (8-10) to Mikayla Lamping; senior Hannah Schmidt at No. 3, 4-6, 3-6 to Milena Nelson; sophomore Keaton Sperling at No. 4, 5-7, 2-6 to Syd Raddeman; and senior Samantha Hartwig and sophomore Annie Rowe at No. 2 doubles, 1-6, 7-6 (3), (3-10) to Allison Slusar and Belle Verbeten.
Big Foot opened play last week with a split in a pair of RVC duals.
The Chiefs fell, 4-3 at Jefferson on Sept. 7, followed by a 5-2 win over visiting Edgerton last Monday in a match that was postponed in August because of inclement weather.
Winning matches against Edgerton were Meredith Heckert at No. 1 singles by default over Madi Strahota; Clare Heckert at No. 2, 6-0, 6-1 over Sally Lemke; Sperling at No. 3, 6-2, 6-3 over Madison Lien; Hartwig-Palmer at No. 2 doubles, 6-3, 6-0 over Kayleigh Guertin and Taylor Shaw; and Jones-Beyers at No. 3, 6-4, 6-4 over Rebecca Reeves and Johanna Rusch.
Meredith Heckert led her match over Strahota, 5-0, when it was postponed. Strahota was unable to compete because of illness.
Falling to the Tide were Rowe at No. 4 singles, 0-6, 0-6 to Kelsey Lien; and Klesmith-Schmidt at No. 1 doubles, 3-6, 6-2 (7-10) to Alexis Samuelsen and Maddie Laskowski.
In the dual against Jefferson, victories were posted by Clare Heckert at No.1 singles, 6-3, 6-4; Meredith Heckert-Klesmith at No. 1 doubles, 6-0, 6-0; and Hartwig-Rowe at No. 2 doubles, 6-4, 6-4.
Falling to the Eagles were Palmer at No. 2 singles, 3-6, 1-6; Schmidt at No. 2, 5-7, 4-6; Sperling at No. 4, 0-6, 3-6; and Jones-Beyers at No. 3 doubles, 3-6, 2-6.
Big Foot was back in action Thursday at McFarland, competed at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday and an RVC dual meet Monday at Whitewater.
Volleyball edges Brodhead
The Big Foot girls volleyball team posted a 3-2 RVC win over visiting Brodhead last Tuesday night.
Scores and statistics were unavailable.
The Chiefs returned to conference play Thursday against visiting East Troy, competed at the Edgerton Invitational on Saturday, and will head out on an RVC road matchup tonight at Clinton.
Trojans topple Chiefs
The Big Foot-Williams Bay boys soccer team dropped a 5-1 RVC decision Sept. 7 at East Troy to fall to 1-5-2 overall.
Jack Grunow scored an unassisted goal at the 41-minute mark for Big Foot’s only goal.
The Chiefs were back in action Thursday at Whitewater and hosted McFarland on Monday for a conference contest.
