Arrowhead suffered a disappointing loss against Pius last Tuesday 68-49.

The boys were able to contain Pius in the first half as the Hawks went into halftime down by only 7. Pius’s leading scorer Korie Lucious had 29 points, and 5 three-point baskets. He has helped the team reach #1 in the state already. The 3rd quarter proved to be a tough one as the Warhawks we’re outscored 22-6. The boys’ were able to pick it back up a little in the 4th quarter but not nearly enough.

Leading scorers for the Hawks were Chris Roets and John Schuster with 11, David Arndt with 10, Chris Konkol added 6, and Erik Davis and Jonathan Thompson had 3 points each.

The team is 1-1 in the conference and 3-1 overall.

The boys’ next game is against Kettle Moraine on December 15.

Arrowhead wins close game

Last Friday, Dec. 8, the team won a close one against Waukesha South 52-47.

The entire first half was a close game. Both teams had some scoring runs and at halftime the score was 23-21 in favor of the Warhawks. The Hawks came out in the second half with a bang and quickly got ahead by 10 points. South refused to give up so easily and went on their own run to bring the game back to a 2 point game. The end of the game had Arrowhead scoring in the final ticks, and South couldn’t overcome.

Leading scorer for the game was John Schuster with 26 points, which included all of the Hawks’ 3 three-pointers and 7 free throws. Behind Schuster was David Arndt with 8, Chris Roets with 7, Kevin Solwold with 5, and Chris Konkol added 4.

Arrowhead crushes Oconomowoc

Arrowhead’s varsity boys’ basketball team dominated Oconomowoc last Saturday, Dec. 2, 74-51 in the first conference match of its season.

The boys seemed to be too much for Oconomowoc the entire game. In the first 5:30 of the game, the Hawks jumped to a 16-5 lead. Darren Gripp had 9 points in the 1st quarter alone. In the second quarter the Raccoons went on a 16-7 run to put the score closer at 23-21. After Arrowhead went on another great 9-0 run to leave the court at halftime 45-30. The second half was quite similar to the first.

Arrowhead shot amazingly the entire game shooting 51.8% (29-56) for the game. The Warhawks’ defense was also impressive as only 37% of Oconomowoc’s shot dropped.

"We talked about pushing the ball ahead offensively and thought we could run the floor pretty well," Coach Craig Haase said. "I think we did get a lot of open looks when we got the ball ahead."

Leading scorer for the Hawks was Gripp with 21 points. Behind Gripp was Chris Roets with 17, John Schuster with 11, Chris Konkol with 8, and Justin Hineman with 7.

"It was a great team effort," said Haase. "We got a lot of different things from a lot of different guys."