Brookfield Central baseball photo gallery now online

July 25, 2010 7:47 a.m. | Brookfield Central saw its baseball season come to an end yesterday in a hard-fought 1-0 loss to top-seeded Menomonee Falls in the sectional semifinal at Germantown and we've just posted a photo gallery from the game.

Central advanced to the contest with a 6-2 victory over Arrowhead on Tuesday.

Go to NOW photojournalist Peter Zuzga's photo gallery.

Falls advances in sectional with win over Brookfield Central

July 24, 2010 3:42 p.m. | Menomonee Falls beat Brookfield Central, 1-0, in an old-fashioned pitchers' duel this afternoon at a WIAA sectional semifinal in Germantown.

The Indians scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and final inning in a victory that puts Falls one game away from the state tournament.

Brookfield Central losing pitcher Mike Mierow struck out the first two hitters in the seventh, then Falls designated hitter A.D. Gonzalez ripped a double down the right-field line. Ryan Romens looped a singled down the left-field line that brought home Gonzalez.

Winning pitcher Adam Rubatt allowed five hits and struck out 10. Mierow allowed six hits and struck out six in the loss.

Falls will meet the winner of this afternoon's Germantown-Slinger game in the sectional title game tonight.

Germantown sectional baseball games postponed to 1, 3, 5 p.m.

July 24, 2010 11:09 a.m. | Today's sectional baseball games at Germantown High School have been postponed to 1, 3 and 5 p.m.

Menomonee Falls takes on Brookfield Central at 1 p.m., followed by Germantown vs. Slinger at 3 p.m. The title game follows at 5 p.m.

The winner advances to the state tournament next week in Stevens Point.

Germantown Baseball Sectional moved to Saturday

July 23, 2010 2:43 p.m. | The Germantown WIAA Summer Baseball Sectional - featuring Brookfield Central, Germantown, Menomonee Falls and Slinger - has been moved from today until Saturday because of wet grounds at Germantown High School.

Fourth-seeded Brookfield Central is now scheduled to meet top-seeded Menomonee Falls at noon on Saturday, followed by the game between sixth-seeded Germantown and seventh-seeded Slinger at 2 p.m.

The winners will meet in the championship game, which is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Only a few flooding, sewer backup incidents reported during storm

July 23, 2010 2:30 p.m. | Elm Grove police received just six calls of flooded homes in the aftermath of Thursday night's storm, Police Chief Jim Gage said today.

Gage said there were no injuries or accidents reported, however.

Three homeowners reported sewer backups, and three homeowners said surface water caused flooding in their homes. Gage said there was some flooding of streets, but that subsided about four to six hours after the rain stopped.

Bluemound Road was closed for a brief period during the storm, and Pilgrim Parkway north of Bluemound remained closed as of 2:05 p.m. today, Gage said.

Help us select our All-Suburban Baseball Team and you could win Brewers tickets

July 23, 2010 8:23 a.m. | Voting has just begun for this season's NOW All-Suburban Baseball team, now in its 21st season, and we're asking fans to help us select the area's most outstanding baseball players, including the player and coach of the year.

One lucky fan who votes for this season's team will win a pair of Brewers tickets. Go online and check out our nominees and their stats, and then vote for the players you think are most deserving. You can vote once a day, and everyone who votes will be entered in a random drawing for a pair of box seats to a Milwaukee Brewers game.

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Brookfield Central baseball photos from regional game now online

July 21, 2010 8:44 a.m. | We've just posted a photo gallery from Brookfield Central's 6-2 victory over Arrowhead in a regional baseball game yesterday at McCoy Field.

With the victory, the No. 4 Lancers advance to a sectional semifinal game at 11 a.m. Friday against top-seeded Menomonee Falls in Germantown. The winner plays at 4:30 p.m. against No. 6 Germantown or No. 7 Slinger.

Go to photo gallery.

14-year-old boy goes for a joyride

July 19, 2010 1:38 p.m. | After weaving and braking erratically in the 1000 block of Highland Drive about 9:30 p.m. July 13, a 14-year-old Brookfield boy received a citation for driving his friends around.

According to an Elm Grove police report:

To evade police, the boy turned into a lot in the 14700 block of Watertown Plank Road and stopped. He then started to exit the lot, but stopped again. Police approached the vehicle and observed the two occupants - the boy and a 16-year-old Brookfield girl - in the front trying to switch seats. There were four occupants in the vehicle; two 14-year-old Brookfield boys were in the back seats.

Police also found alcohol in the vehicle. The girl received a citation for underage possession of alcohol and permitting an unauthorized person to operate a vehicle.

Police contacted the children's parents to pick them up.