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Lady Bishops Selected Team of the Week

Posted 01/12/2010 04:36PM

Messmer High School's girls’ basketball team was selected as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Preps Plus Team of the Week for the week of January 4th. The Lady Bishops were selected because of their victories over Hope School and Brookfield Academy. Chante Hollished led all scorers for both games scoring 17 points each game. Shakiyla Green led the team in both games grabbing 18 rebounds each game. In addition, Shakiyla earned the Bishop's first triple-double with 18 rebounds, 12 blocks, and 11 points in their game against Brookfield Academy. Bryanna Thomas-Virginia also contributed 11 points against Hope School and LaShawna Patterson added 12 against Brookfield. The entire team contributed to these victories and should be recognized for their hard work and dedication.

Congratulations to Head Coach Vanessa Sowinski, Assistant Coaches Steve Andris, Jennifer Rhodes and Claire Weber, and to all of our Lady Bishop student athletes!

1926 - Archbishop Messmer establishes Diocesan High School (now Messmer High School) with 166 students.

1928 - Diocesan High School renamed Messmer High School after Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer.

1940 - Enrollment reaches all-time high with two shifts of classes to accommodate more than 1,400 students and no freshman classes.

1980 - Messmer begins to see a steady decline in student enrollment.

1984 - Archdiocese of Milwaukee announces the closure of Messmer High School and Save Messmer Committee is formed.

1984 - With support from the DeRance Foundation, the Messmer school building is purchased from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

1985 - Messmer High School reopens with 115 students and 16 faculty members and becomes the first independent Catholic school in Milwaukee.

1995 - Messmer High School becomes the first religious school accepted into School Choice program.

1998 - Archbishop officially recognizes Messmer as an independent Catholic school.

1999 - Messmer Catholic Schools is established to oversee Messmer High School and the new Messmer Preparatory Catholic School (formerly St. Mary Czestochowa).

2007 - Messmer Catholic Schools assumes management of St. Rose and St. Leo schools at the request of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.