The Week in Review SPASH Boys basketball: The Panthers (11-6) overall, 9-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference) beat Wisconsin Rapids, 56-53, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Ryan Taggatz scored 13 points and Phil Lazarski and Dan Osili each added 10. The team lost, 64-51, to Rhinelander on Friday, Feb. 1. Taggatz led the team with 20 points. Girls basketball: The SPASH girls (8-11 overall, 6-8 WVC) lost, 36-33, to Wisconsin Rapids on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Kara Kujawa led the team with 14 points. The team defeated Rhinelander, 52-51, on Friday, Feb. 1. Ashley Konopacki scored 13 points in the win and Kujawa added 12. Hockey: The Panthers (16-2-1 overall, 12-2-1 WVC) defeated D.C. Everest, 3-1, on Tuesday, Feb. 5). Brad Soik, Ted Baier and Joe Pavelski scored in the win. The team beat Merrill, 8-4, on Thursday, Jan. 31. Jimmy Haluska had a hat trick on the night, Pavelski scored twice, and Mark Lutz, Nate Alm and Jay Wolf each scored once. Wrestling: The team took third place at the WVC tournament at Rhinelander on Saturday, Feb. 2, and defeated Wausau East, 73-0, on Thursday, Jan. 31. See story page 18. Swimming: The Panthers won the WVC conference championship by winning the conference meet at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday, Feb. 2. The team scored 400 points while second-place Rhinelander scored 356 and third-place Wausau East/West scored 274. Andy Menzel took first in the 200-yard freestyle (1:15.79) while teammate Ted Conachen took second. Geoff Thill won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:09.01. Jacob Nantell won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.42 followed closely by Josh Siebert in second-place. Jon Ronzani won the 100-yard butterfly in 56 seconds. Menzel (5:10.95) and Thill finished first and second in the 500-yard freestyle. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Menzel, Nantell, Evan Prince and Siebert took first in 1:33.01 while 400-yard freestyle relay team of Conachen, Menzel, Nantell and Ronzani also won its race (3.23.8). PACELLI Boys basketball: The Cardinals (5-11 overall, 5-7 Central Wisconsin Conference large division) lost, 72-68, in overtime to Wittenberg-Birnamwood on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Derrick Lepak scored 16 points, Jim Milkowski added 12, Brad Heeg chipped in with 11 and Ahren Cashin finished with 10. The team beat Marion, 57-49, on Friday, Feb. 1. Jake Owens led the team with 21 points while Lepak added 17. Girls basketball: The Pacelli girls (6-11 overall, 6-7 CWC large) lost to Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 49-32, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Emily Radomski led the team with 10 points. The team beat Marion, 44-36, on Friday, Feb. 1. Stephanie Fischer scored 16 points to lead the team. Wrestling: The team finished 10th at the CWC meet on Saturday, Feb. 2. Bob Klosinski finished third at 189 pounds for the Cardinals. AMHERST Boys basketball: The Falcons (9-8 overall, 8-5 CWC large) lost, 59-47, to Weyauwega-Fremont on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Travis Bassett led Amherst players in double figures with 17 points. Tim Olson scored 12 and Scott Nykl had 11. The team lost to Bonduel, 67-53, on Thursday, Jan. 31. Bassett had 21 points. Girls basketball: The Amherst girls (11-7 overall, 9-5 CWC large) lost, 60-57, to Weyauwega-Fremont on Tuesday, Feb. 5. See story page 18. The team lost to Bonduel, 45-41, on Friday, Feb. 1. Jamie Krutza led the team in scoring with 18 poinst and Molly Simkins added 12. Wrestling: The team finished fifth at the CWC meet on Saturday, Feb. 5. Casey Giese (112 pounds), Matt Rice (145), Devin Groshek (160) and Lee Schultz all finished third in their weight classes. ROSHOLT Boys basketball: The Hornets (11-4 overall, 10-3 CWC small) trounced Bowler, 73-50, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Brad Zdroik scored 19 points in the win, joining four other Rosholt players in double figures: James Kosmalski (14), Dane Zdroik (11), Adam Macht (10) and Matt Zdroik (10). The team lost, 66-44, to Gresham on Friday, Feb. 1. Dan Zdroik scored 22 for the Hornets. Girls basketball: The Rosholt girls (17-1 overall, 13-1 CWC small) defeated Bowler, 45-27, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Aubrey Rice led the team with 17 points. The team trained Gresham, 44-13, on Friday, Feb.1. Emily Steines led the team with 12. Wrestling: The team finished fourth at the CWC meet on Saturday, Feb. 2. Donnie Carter finished second in the 171-pound weight class. ALMOND-BANCROFT Boys basketball: The Eagles (11-4 overall, 10-3 CWC small) beat Wild Rose, 51-47, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Adam Berry scored 14 points to lead the team and Randy Berry scored 10. The team beat Iola-Scandinavia, 66-57, on Friday, Feb. 1. Randy Berry, Adam Berry and Zach Mykisen each scored 11 points in the win. Girls basketball: The Almond-Bancroft girls (9-9 overall, 7-7 CWC small) stomped Wild Rose, 57-24, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Christyn Johnson led the team with 13 and Courtney Newby added 10. The team beat Iola-Scandinavia, 65-58, on Friday, Feb. 1. Newby led the team in scoring with 20 points, Heather Wittig added 18 and Johnson scored 13.