'Just Give it a Try,' Lacrosse Player Says

The Lakeshore Lacrosse club team's season is underway. Hear from two players and follow the team's season.

Common are the nights when parents might find themselves at basketball, soccer or football games — but when it comes to sports, local students aren't limited to such traditional options. Port Washington High School senior Dakota Kwasny is among the students who took his skills to a less common sport: Kwasny is a Lakeshore Lacrosse player, and said he believes the sport actually combines aspects of basketball, soccer and hockey. "It's a very northeast game — and it's just spreading across the country recently," he said. "It's kind of exploding across the country. It's gotten really big south —and it's starting to work its way west." The Lakeshore Lacrosse team is a part of a club sport and recruits players from the following high schools: …

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Girls Basketball Season Ends With Loss to Beaver Dam

Port Washington falls, 58-42, in Division 2 girls basketball regional semifinal.

PHOTOS: Port Wrestlers State Tournament Results

Milwaukee-area Patches had dozens of wrestlers at the tournament, and here's a look the Port Washington and Saukville athletes.

A whopping 42 athletes from 14 Milwaukee-area Patch schools competed at the WIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament. Users uploaded photos of their favorite state qualifiers to our Patch gallery, and here's a look at the Port Washington-Saukville school's group and their results: For Division 1, 2 and 3 tournament and schedule information, click here. Brackets and results, once they become available, can be found here. This year's Patch qualifiers were: DIVISION 1 DIVISION 2 DIVISION 3

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Patch Full-Court Press: Fans Photo Gallery

Let's face it — half of the game is the people sitting in the stands, so let's see the faces of the people cheering on their teams.

North Shore Conference rivals Port Washington and Whitefish Bay play a girls and boys varsity basketball doubleheader on Friday, and Patch brings its Full-Court Press to the Blue Dukes Field House. Patch will have video highlights from the boys game, and a photo gallery from the boys game on top of this fan photo gallery built by Patch users. Snap pictures or take video of other fans, the action and other festivities and send them to lyssa.beyer@patch.com orjeff.rumage@patch.com. You also can upload them to the Whitefish Bay or Port Washington-Saukville Patch Facebook pages, or add them right in the article on Patch from your computer or the smartphone Patch app.

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Week Ahead: Prep Yourself for the Election Season

A look ahead to what you need to know in Port Washington and Saukville this week.

Here are some highlights of the upcoming week in Port Washington and Saukville. There are just the essentials; Port Washington-Saukville Patch has its own events calendar and you are invited to enter your own events. Get to know your School Board candidates The seven candidates for three positions opening this election season for the Port Washington-Saukville School Board will participate in a public forum at 7 p.m. Monday. The forum is hosted by the Womens League of Voters of Ozaukee County and will be held at Lincoln Elementary School. Patch will also provide live blog coverage of the debate (sign up for an e-mail reminder here). Get to know your city leader candidates The four mayoral candidates will also participate in a forum this …

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Grafton Parents Thank Port Schools for Support

Attendees at the Pirates vs. Black Hawks game at Port Washington High School on Friday night set aside rivalries in order to remember deceased Grafton player.

In its first game since the death of teammate Josh Davis-Joiner, the Grafton boys basketball team was met on Friday with support rather than the typical rivalry that fills the Port Washington High School gymnasium when the two teams meet. In memory of the 17-year-old Grafton High School senior, who died during basketball practice Jan. 16, the Port Washington audience showed up dressed in the competitor's color: orange. "We've been really pleased with how Port Washington supported us during that game," Grafton High School Principal Ken McCormick said. "That game was only part of what was going on that night so it was very nice to see both of those communities supporting the young men out there." Port Washington High School Principal Eric …

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PHOTOS: Port Wrestlers Take Whitefish Bay by a Landslide

Port beat Whitefish Bay 60-6 Thursday.

The Port Washington wrestling team beat Whitefish Bay on Thursday night at home, 60-6. The match was Port's 73rd consecutive win in the north shore conference. The team will face Germantown 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Germantown High School.

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Photos: Port Girls Basketball Goes Down to Nicolet

Port Washington Pirates faced Nicolet at home Friday.

Port Washington High School's girls varsity basketball team lost 17-38 to Nicolet Friday night at home. It was the team's third conference game of the season, and third loss, after facing Homestead and Milwaukee Lutheran earlier this month.  The team will play next at Whitefish Bay High School on Tuesday.

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Photos: Port Girls Gymnastics Competes Against Bay

The Port Washington High School girls gymnastics team took a loss in its meet against Whitefish Bay on Wednesday.

The Port Washington High School girls gymnastic team faced Whitefish Bay in a meet Wednesday night at home. Whitefish Bay, last year's state champions, had a total team score of 136.95 while Port came in with 115.95.

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Port High Senior, Football Player Gets All-State Honors

Not since 2002 has a Port Washington High School athlete received the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association 1st-team All-State honors, but Zach Hauser has earned it.

Port Washington High School senior Zach Hauser almost didn’t play football. In fact, if it weren’t for Tania Switon, his mother, he probably wouldn’t have. He began in fifth grade, and nearly refused to stick it out — fearing he might hurt someone. He pleaded with his mother after practice one day to let him quit. “The motto always was, if you start something – you finish it,” she said. “If you feel the same way after the season you can stop.” A few games into that fifth grade season, Hauser sprung into action. He took off out of his stance across the field after the opposing ball carrier, dove out and buried him into the grass. Hauser pumped his fist and immediately looked up to the stands and pointed to his mother. “It was at that moment…

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