Pius Frenzy Team of the Week

Popes Have Power
By Lance Allan

This week’s Frenzy Team of the Week…the Pius Popes.

Click on the video link to find out how Head Coach Joe Koch is back, leading his third team to new found success…and watch as the son of a Milwaukee sports star, is making a name for himself…in a different sport!

Pius XI Stuns Greendale

According to Greendale’s website, they have 228 players and 31 coaches in their program and they hold a record-high 28 consecutive game winning streak in the Woodland conference. Greendale finished the season with a 50-7 blowout win and were healthy and ready for the playoffs. READ MORE

Greendale Won’t Intimidate Pius XI

Greendale comes into this game on roll. They are the Woodland-Black Conference champs with an 8-1 record. Their only loss was to the Woodland-Black Conference champs, Brown Deer, in overtime. Other than the Brown Deer game, they have dominated all of their opponents this year. They have the top offense and defense in their conference based on points scored and points allowed. This is the 6th straight year that Greendale has made the playoffs. In 2006 they played in the State Championship and in 2007 they defeated a good Catholic Memorial team in the first round of the playoffs. Greendale is definitely a football school with a very good football program. READ MORE

Pius XI Can’t Be Denied

Starting from their own 17-yard line with just over 4 minutes left in the game and trailing by 5 points, the Popes’ offense stepped on the field one last time with a lot of pressure on their shoulders. The Popes had only 1 major goal this year and that was to make the playoffs. Coming into the last game of the season, the Popes did what they had to do to give themselves a chance to make the playoffs. But now they had to go 83 yards and score a touchdown. If they succeeded, the Popes READ MORE

Playoffs Start Now

Last year Pius XI and Kettle Moraine faced each other on the last game of the season. Kettle Moraine needed to win the game to get into the playoffs. But Pius XI played the spoiler and trounced Kettle Moraine, 24-0, and thus ending their season in the process. Once again it is the last game of the season but this time it’s Pius XI who needs to win and it’s Kettle Moraine who can play the role of the spoiler.

Defensively, Kettle Moraine is hard-hitting and runs a multiple defense. They play fast and aggressive and like to run downhill. They are an exceptionally good tackling team. None of the teams in Classic 8 conference found it easy to score on Kettle Moraine this year. Their kicking game is solid like all the teams in the Classic 8. READ MORE

Pius Wins… In A Moral Way

I usually don’t like to label a loss as a moral victory but in the case of the Popes’ 39-21 loss to Catholic Memorial, it accurately describes the overall improvement of the team’s performance. Both the defense and offense played more fundamentally sound then they had all season. In fact, it was READ MORE