Newman Catholic Girls Basketball Continues to Dominate

By Adam Rutz

The Newman Catholic Lady Cardinals have not lost a game since December 29^th, 2009 when they dropped a non-conference game to Marshfield during a holiday tournament, but that game didn’t matter as Tom Weinkauf’s squad won another state title last spring. In their expectations for 2011, the Cardinals plan on getting back to the Kohl Center again as they remain undefeated and one of the top teams in the state, regardless of division. Led by UW-Green Bay recruit Taylor Thomas, she and her teammates are 11-0 as they take on the Edgar Wildcats tonight.

Projected to win another state title, Newman hasn’t had a team come even close to beating them besides the Holiday Tournament in Marshfield over Christmas break. They only lost one senior from last year’s team, but they returned the top player in the state, Taylor Thomas, who leads the team in scoring with 16.4 points per game. Besides Thomas, the Lady Cardinals start three other seniors: Erica Hartke, Lauren Tubbs, and Megan Connolly.

As Newman Catholic continues their pursuit of their second consecutive state title, cheer them on tonight at Edgar at 7:30 p.m.