The Week in Review SPASH Boys basketball: The Panthers (4-15, 3-12) lost to Wausau East, 62-37, on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Will Smith led the team with 12 points. Ted Schlafke added 10 points. Girls basketball: SPASH's season came to an end following their loss to Hortonville, 56-40, in a WIAA Regional match up, on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Allison Smaglik and Sarah Petersen paced the team with 10 points each, while Jessica Schlafke chipped in with nine points. The Panthers trailed 26-24 at halftime, but ran out of gas in the second half. The team beat Wausau East, 69-36, on Monday, Feb. 23. Smaglik led the way with 15 points. Petersen chipped in with 14 points and Schlafke added 12. Hockey: The Panthers (17-4-1) defeated Fond du Lac, 2-1, on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Jimmy Haluska and Nate Alm each had a goal and an assist, while Brandon Busse added an assist. Nick Krygowski stopped 19 shots in goal. The team beat Mosinee, 7-1, in its WIAA Regional Final on Thursday, Feb. 19. Alm and Travis Erstad each had two goals, while Derek Schroth dished out three assists. Michael Soik and Ted Baier each had a goal and an assist, while Blake Porter had two assists and Aaron Wessell had the team's final goal. Krygowski stopped 15 shots in net, as SPASH out-shot Mosinee 48-16. Gymnastics: The Panthers finished third in the Wisconsin Valley Conference Meet at SPASH on Saturday, Feb. 21, missing second place by 0.6 point. Rhinelander was first with a school record 141.125, Wisconsin Rapids was second with 136.6 and SPASH had 136. Kaity Munsey led the Panthers with firsts in floor exercise and balance beam, a second in all around, a third in vault and a tie for fifth in uneven bars with Jen Grubba. Grubba was the only other Panther in the top five, with a tie for fourth in balance beam. "We started out very strong on floor with our highest team event score this season," said Panther coach Jill Suchowski. "That really fired up the girls. Our bar and beam scores just weren't enough to take the championship and that was a little disappointing but we still had a strong score. "We'll work on ironing out the kinks we had in this meet and focus on meeting up with Rapids again this weekend at sectionals," Suchowski said. "Our goal is to finish in the top two as a team and advance the whole team to the state tourney on March 5 and 6." Suchowski said the team will spend the majority of the week working on beam and bars, adding more difficulty and working on execution and form. "I'm hoping to score at least a 138 and that's going to take some extra effort from the girls. This meet is where we need to hit - this is where it counts." Boys swimming: SPASH finished 20th at the WIAA Division 1 State Meet, on Saturday, Feb. 21. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Josh Siebert, Evan Prince, Aaron Tetzloff and Phillip Potter placed seventh overall for the Panthers' highest finish. Siebert tied for 13th in the 50 freestyle, while Potter finished 16th in both the 50 and 100 freestyles. Prince ended up 24th in the 100 freestyle. Wrestling: The team advanced three wrestlers to the State Tournament, following their performances at the Appleton North Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 21. Kyle Roth (103), Jon Slezak (140) and Matt Wanta (Heavyweight) all advanced to the WIAA Division 1 State Tournament, which begins on Thursday, Feb. 26. Roth (34-3) will open against Tucker Pope (26-4) of Milwaukee Pius XI in the opening round, Slezak (28-3) will face Braden Radunzel (37-3) of Janesville Craig, and Wanta (31-5) will take on Alex Gibson (25-16) of Milton. Pacelli Boys basketball: The Cardinals (6-13, 4-11) lost to Bonduel, 74-64, on Friday, Feb. 20. Jake Owens poured in 26 points to lead the Cards. Jim Sadlemyer scored 17 points. Owens is currently second on Pacelli's career scoring list with 1,283 points, trailing Jim Menzel's record of 1,333 points. Menzel set the mark in 1964, before the advent of the 3-point line. Girls basketball: The Cardinals (15-6) beat Oshkosh Valley Christian, 57-33, in a first round WIAA Division 4 Regional match up on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Stephanie Fischer had 17 points to lead the way. Kaitlyn King added 10 points and Kaitlyn Lane chipped in with eight points. Pacelli will host Oshkosh Lourdes in another regional match up on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. Wrestling: The Cardinals season ended at the WIAA Division 3 Edgar Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 21, as the team failed to advance any wrestlers to the State Tournament. Amherst Boys basketball: Amherst (13-6, 9-6) beat Menominee Indian, 63-54, on Monday, Feb. 23. Chris Page led the team with 21 points. Jeremiah Osborn and James Stokes added 14 points apiece. Girls basketball: The Falcons' season ended with a loss to Stratford, 65-53, in a first round WIAA Division 3 Regional match up on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Teresa Green was the team's leading scorer with 18 points Wrestling: The Falcons' Mo Malone advanced to the State Tournament at 112 pounds, after a second-place finish at the WIAA Division 3 Edgar Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 21. Malone lost to Chris Klister of Wrightstown, 5-1, in the sectional final, and will serve as Amherst's lone representative at State. Malone (40-3) will face Tyler Leroy (33-7) of Somerset in the opening round of the State Tournament, with the winner advancing to face Cameron Smit (34-2) of Laconia. Rosholt Boys basketball: The Hornets beat Manawa, 50-48, on Thursday, Feb. 19. Matt Zdroik scored 28 points, as he was 8-of-12 from 3-point range, and hit the game-winner with 21.6 seconds left. Girls basketball: Rosholt (13-8, 8-8) beat Iola-Scandinavia, 48-40, in the first round of the WIAA Division 3 Regionals on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Brittany Yenter scored 16 points to lead the way. Anna Zdroik and Jamie Scott added 10 points apiece. The Hornets will host Wausau Newman in a regional semifinal on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The team beat Manawa, 61-24, on Thursday, Feb. 19. Scott put up 17 points and 10 boards and Megan O'Neil chipped in with 16 points. Zdroik added nine points and nine rebounds, as the Hornets out-scored Manawa 33-8 in the second half to pull away. Wrestling: Rosholt's Devin Groshek advanced to the State Tournament at 160 pounds, after a second-place finish at the WIAA Division 3 Edgar Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 21. Groshek lost to Dustin Skaya of Stratford, 7-4, in the sectional final, but will serve as Rosholt's lone representative at State. Groshek (35-3) will wrestle Luke Narvaez (31-8) of Boscobel in the opening round of the State Tournament, with the winner advancing to face Jason Morey (33-2) of Phillips. Almond-Bancroft Boys basketball: The Eagles (15-4, 12-3) beat Wautoma, 63-51, on Monday, Feb. 23. Randy Berry was a force, scoring 38 points and hauling in 21 rebounds. Austin Lamb added eight points. The team beat Marion, 72-52, on Friday, Feb. 20. Berry had 32 points, 11 boards and seven assists as Almond led 22-6 after the first quarter and coasted the rest of the way. Girls basketball: Almond's season ended with a loss to Northland Lutheran, 37-32, in the first round of the WIAA Division 4 Regionals, on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Shelly Pagel led the team with 11 points. Jennifer Warzynski pitched in with 10 points. The team lost to Marion, 40-25, on Friday, Feb. 20. Dani Turzinski led the team in scoring with nine points.