Winter Sports Roundup

The Riverside Brookfield High School gymnastics team’s season has been one to remember, with a high score of 133.25 as the highest overall total and the highest individual score of 35.30. The team made it to Regionals and did their very best there. “We expected Regionals to go as best as we could,” said coach Karyn Domzalski. “We spent a lot of time improving Vault and Bars for the meet. Secti...

The Riverside Brookfield girls’ basketball team is having an amazing season with a record of 24-6, as well as going 8-1 in the Metro Suburban Conference. Alyssa Alvarado, Vasara Kulbis, Maddie Meehan, and Sarah JnoBaptiste are a few of the veteran players leading the team and really helping the younger players work to get better. The girl’s basketball team still has their first regional game c...

The Riverside Brookfield cheer team has been working very hard this season, getting second place at conference, and placing in the top ten at Sectionals. “I believe that it was a very successful season. The skills and the utilization struggled in the beginning but by the time sectionals came around they performed everything and hit a clean routine,” said Coach Rachel Huedephol. This year...

Compiling an overall 19-11 record, the RB wrestling team completed another successful season, finishing second in the Metro Surburban Conference meet on January 20 behind Fenton High School. Self-improvement seemed to be the theme of this season, especially with an extremely young core and inexperience. “Knowing that we were going to have a young team with seniors that had some high goals, we wanted to ...

After a rough 1-5 start, things looked bleak for the RB boys’ basketball team. However, the team responded greatly, finishing with a 15-4 record since that time. Injuries and a lack of cohesion prevented them from having the start that they wanted, but as the season went on, the team improved and got better in their troubled areas. “I think it was just a matter of coming together and every...

The themes this season for the RB boys’ swimming and diving team are improvement and setting new personal records. The athletes on both the JV and varsity teams looked to better themselves everyday in practice by fine-tuning details, and they succeeded in doing just that. “Going into the season our goals are always the same: We want to have fun, drop time [for events], and get as many guys to t...