Sky's the Limit
Tom "Sky" Skibosh covers the Wauwatosa, Brookfield and New Berlin prep scene for Community Newspapers. If something is going on in local sports, Sky has an opinion about it. If you agree or not with what Sky says, we want to see your comments.
Hard work strikes out weekend downpour
The torrential rainstorms that disrupted the area like a high inside fastball last week did all they could to strike out the the WIAA playoff games last weekend.
I covered the first game of the Germantown sectional on Saturday. A game that was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on Friday didn't start until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Kudos to Germantown AD Jack Klebesadel, baseball coach Parrish Wagnar, their staff, parents and team for working their tails off to get that field ready. They were literally blow drying the grass on the third-base line just minutes before the first pitch.
The other sectional I caught part of was the New Berlin West Sectional which was moved to Waukesha County Technical College, the home field of the Pewaukee Pirates. The Pewaukee staff and the New Berlin West staff did a great job getting everything together at the last minute.
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Watching Brookfield Central pitcher Mike Mierow lose a 1-0 heartbreaker to Menomonee Falls in the sectional semi-final on Saturday was tough. Coach Jeff Bigler, who had no intention of doing it, would have had to pry the ball out of Mierow's hands if he had tried to replace him. If the game had remained scoreless, the gusty Mierow would have probably thrown another three innings according to Bigler.
To lose the game on a bloop, opposite field, wind-blow hit down the left field line was like having a part of your body ripped off. Mierow deserved better. He's as classy a kid as you will find - on or off the field.
Unfortunately for the Greater Metro Conference, the Indians then were sent home by Germantown of the North Shore with a 2-1 loss in the sectional title game.
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There may be no crying in baseball, but people do get choked up at this time of the year, especially when playing their last game together.
West Allis Hale coach Paul Dooley and his Huskies upset top-seeded New Berlin Eisenhower, 6-0, in the sectional semi-final at WCTC on Saturday afternoon. But all was not lost for the city of New Berlin as cross-town rival NB West upset Marquette, 3-1. The Lions then rolled over an emotionally-drained Huskies team for a 10-0, five-inning win in the title game.
While interviewing long-time, veteran West coach Tom Farina, who was going to state for the first time, and losing coach Dooley, both coaches had trouble getting the words out as they were both near tears for different reasons.
It was an amazing high and low show of emotions separated by just a few feet.
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This weekend ended my live prep baseball coverage - only season wrap-ups and the All-Suburban features remain.
Brookfield will have continued baseball coverage of the two area Land O' Lakes teams and the Wauwatosa Spartans' Ironman Football League team will be heading to the playoffs in Tosa.
Then before you know it, two-a-days will be started and the fall season will be here.
As always, be a hit and have a ball.
Sky
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