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TO NORM — Longtime Padre Serra
Tournament volunteer Norm Kelly poses for photos
with members of St. Leonard School’s championship
basketball team following the Muskego team’s
win over St. Margaret Mary School March 21 at
the Cousins Center. The girls’ championship
plaque was named after Kelly, who has terminal
cancer. (Catholic Herald photo by Sam Lucero) |
ST. FRANCIS — Dominican and Catholic
Memorial high schools weren’t the only Catholic
schools in the Milwaukee Archdiocese to earn basketball
championships last weekend. In the championship games
of the Padre Serra Tournament, held at the Cousins Center
March 21, Mary Queen of Martyrs School, Milwaukee, captured
the boys’ title and St. Leonard School, Muskego,
took home the girls’ trophy.
The Catholic school tournament, in its 46th year, pits
32 boys and 32 girls teams in competition for the right
to be called the best Catholic eighth grade team in
the archdiocese. The event is sponsored by the Milwaukee
Serra Club.
Led by the tournament’s most valuable player,
Kumain Mitchell, Mary Queen of Martyrs defeated St.
Gregory the Great of Milwaukee, 41-30. The favorite
going into the tournament, the Panthers from Mary Queen
of Martyrs went undefeated in league play and overpowered
Padre opponents by an average of 21 points per game.
The Trojans of St. Leonard outlasted St. Margaret Mary
School of Milwaukee, 27-20. St. Leonard’s Terri
Wichgers was selected the girls’ tournament MVP.
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In the consolation games, the lady Warriors of St. Mary
School in Menomonee Falls won a close match against
St. Sebastian School of Milwaukee, 38-34, and St. Aloysius
School of West Allis upended St. John the Baptist School
of Plymouth, 56-46.
A tournament highlight took place during the presentation
of the girls’ championship plaque. Tournament
directors recently agreed to name the girls’ championship
plaque after longtime Padre Serra volunteer Norm Kelly,
who suffers from terminal cancer. (See Catholic Herald
story, Feb. 26.) Kelly attended the game with his wife
Maryrose and three sons, Danny of Payson, Ariz., Tom
of Madison, and Jeff of Milwaukee, as well as Jeff’s
wife Sue and their four children Amanda, Nick, Jordynn
and Trent.
Seated in a wheelchair and sporting a bright green sweater,
Kelly was introduced to the crowd by Dave Sauceda, tournament
director. With his wife and children at his side, Kelly
handed the plaque to St. Leonard coaches Chris Welsh
and Tom Bichanich.
The championship teams included:
Mary Queen of Martyrs: Michael Botelho, Malcolm Hughes,
Kumain Mitchell, Chris Child, Zachary Gray, Cleotis
Dedrick, Andrew Pearson and Joseph Veasy.
St. Gregory the Great: Alex Drent, Justin Domask, Dan
Barsch, Sean Kelly, Nick Murray, Joe Palacz, James Sather,
Dan Skoczynski and Jordan Rutowski.
St. Leonard: Anna Bichanich, Anna Kleber, Samantha Radish,
Joanne Roubik, Jessica Scharhag, Megan Welsh, Katie
White and Terri Wichgers. St. Margaret Mary: Kathy Nowak,
Sydney Petchel, Phylicia Rios, Lauren Thompson, Madeline
Winn, Kelsey Geary, Ashley Tischendorf, Kitty Krier,
Kelsey Kendziorski and Mary Serwe.
Ten boys and girls were also named to the Padre Serra
2004 boys’ and girls’ All-Tournament Team.
The honorees include:
Boys’ team: Kevin Feick, St. John the Baptist,
Plymouth; Justin Domask, St. Gregory the Great; Jordan
Brezinski, St. Leonard, Muskego; Dayton Young, St. Joseph,
Big Bend; John Thompson, St. Sebastian; Andy Smith,
Divine Mercy, South Milwaukee; Graham Nemec, St. Aloysius,
West Allis; Jory Tess, St. Peter, East Troy; Zachary
Gray and Kumain Mitchell, Mary Queen of Martyrs.
Girls’ team: Kerry McBride, St. Mary, Elm Grove;
Allison Prosen, St. Joseph, Big Bend; Ellen Coleman,
Christ King, Wauwatosa; Phylicia Rios, St. Margaret
Mary; Janessa Richmond and Davina Anderson, St. Sebastian;
Janelle Gabrielson and Ashley Jors, St. Mary, Menomonee
Falls; Anna Bichanich and Terri Wichgers, St. Leonard,
Muskego.
