Jim Betker - Head Coach, 2nd Season

Assistant Coaches

• Dan Spranger - 2nd Season - Junior Varsity
• Joe Golden - 10th Season - Sophomore Team
• Sue Fischer - 2ndSeason - Freshman Team
• Dave Peasley - 3rd Season - Freshman Team
• Allyson Fidler - 1st Season - Freshman Team
• Tina Geisler - 1st Season - Freshman Team

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a tribute to one Park Fan in Heaven
from far way and one from close by.

The 2001-02 schedule is available

More newspaper articles added to Archives link

Team Pictures of 2001-02 Varsity, Sophomore, and Freshman Teams are linked in the Current News page.

Park Wins Milestone Game

Park won over cross-town rival Horlick for the 25th straight time in a game played at the U.S. Celluar Arena as part of Milwaukee Hoop Fest on January 15, 2001 by a score of 54 - 35. After winning over Horlick on February 15, 2002 - the streak is now extended to 28 straight wins over Horlick.

Post Season Honors

Sharelle Stewart was named to the 2001 All-State Honorable Mention Team. Several Park players received Conference recognition.

Sharelle Stewart was named to the WBCA South Division Senior All-Star Team

Sharelle Stewart named Racine County Player of the Year. Coach Jim Betker named Racine County Coach of the Year for 2000-01 season.

Good-bye Tallana Lockridge.
We will miss former Park Player, Tallana Keene (Tallana Lockridge). Tallana was a 1991 graduate who had a 3 pointer rim out at the buzzer that would have tied the sectional final game with Janesville Parker in her senior year. Tallana fought a long battle with cancer but moved on to a better place on December 30th, 2000. We have a lot of fond memories and will miss her. Click on 1990-91 team. Tallana is number 30.

Basketball Camp Pictures
Click on Basketball Camp for pictures of the 1999 basketball camp.

Recent Season Summaries

The 1997-98 team finished the season with a 22-2 record and a 18-0 conference record. The 18-0 conference record put Racine Park in 1st place of the South division of the conference for the fifth consecutive year and was the 2nd undefeated Conference Championship. It was Racine Park's third overall championship in the 5 years of the Southeast Conference. The State Tournament appearance was the 4th in the last five years. Racine Park won the State Championship in 1997.

The 1998-99 team finished the season with a 21 - 3 record. The panthers were ranked 7th in the final associated press poll. The team won a 7th conference championship. The sectional final appearance was the sixth in a row, finishing the season one step away from a 5th state tournament appearance.

The 1999-2000 team finished the season with a 15 - 9 record. The sectional final appearance was the seventh in a row, finishing the season one step away from a 5th state tournament appearance.

The 2000-01 team finished the season with a 19 - 4 record. The panthers were champions of the Southeast Conference.

The 2001 - 2002 season summary,
more details in Current News and Game Results links.

Park opens season with a 55-54 win over Milwaukee Pius in the 2001 D.C. Everest Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday, November 23rd.

Click Here for more pictures on win over Pius

The Panthers lacked the intensity of the previous night and had a poor shooting night on Saturday, November 24th against D.C. Everest in the Championship game of the D.C. Everest Tournament, losing the game by a score of 28 - 61. Park won it's home and conference opener over Kenosha Tremper by a score of 64 - 52 on Friday, November 30th. The Panthers won by a score of 62 - 39 at Kenosha Bradford on Tuesday, December 4th. Park won at home over Muskego by a score of 52 - 40 on Friday, December 7th. Park lost to undefeated South Milwaukee at South Milwaukee by a score of 52 - 58 on Tuesday, December 11th. Park won over Burlington at home by a score of 56 - 36 on Friday, December 14th. The Panthers won at home over Racine Case by a score of 64 - 49. Park won in overtime at home over Oak Creek by a score of 40 - 34 on Friday, December 21st. Park lost to Franklin at Franklin by a score of 44 - 46 on Tuesday, January 8th. Park won over cross-town rival Racine Horlick at Horlick by a score of 65 - 44 on Friday, January 11th. Park's victory over Horlick was the 27th consecutive varsity team win over Horlick. The Panthers won over Kenosha Tremper at Tremper by a score of 56 - 49 on Friday, January 18th. Park won over Kenosha Bradford at home by a score of 56 - 51 on Tuesday, January 22nd. Park lost to Muskego at Muskego by a score of 56 - 57 on Friday, January 25th. Park lost to South Milwaukee at home by a score of 40 - 51 on Tuesday, January 29th. The Panthers won over Burlington at Burlington by a score of 73 - 57 on Friday, February 1st. Park won over Racine Case at Case by a score of 59 - 48 on Tuesday, February 5th. Park lost to Oak Creek at Oak Creek by a score of 45 - 46 on Friday, February 8th. Park won over Franklin at home by a score of 58 - 53 on Tuesday, February 12th. The Panther's closed out regular season play with a 53 - 41 win Racine Horlick on Friday, February 15th in the Park field house. With this win, Park now has 28 straight wins over cross-town rival Horlick.

Park won the Regional Final Game over Wisconsin Lutheran by a score of 40 - 32 on Saturday, February 23rd in the Racine Park fieldhouse.

Park won the Sectional Semi-Final Game over Whitnall by a score of 54 - 44 on Friday, March 1st in the Wisconsin Lutheran fieldhouse.

Park concluded it's season with a heart-breaking loss at the buzzer in the Sectional Final game to Mukwonago by a score of 39 - 41 on Monday, March 4th at West Allis Hale. The Panthers were ahead for all of the game until Mukwonago's last shot at the buzzer. Many of the 10 seniors on the team were on varsity for 3 or 4 years. The Panthers have played in the Sectional Final in 8 of the last 9 seasons, winning 4 of them, the others resulting in the season ending one game away from the State Tournament. The Park Varsity Team's final record is 16 - 7.

Click on the

Current News

link at the top left of this page for the latest information on the Freshman Team, Sophomore Team, JV Team, and Varsity team.

For stats on games in both the 1997-98 season, the 1998-99 season, the 1999-2000, the 2000 - 2001 season and the 2001-02, click on the game results link on the left side of this page.

Click on the other links on the left side of this home page. Other links are state champions - pictures from the 1997 state championship season, the 1998-99 schedule, season scores from 1997-98, 1998-99,1999-2000, 2000-01, and 2001-02 -- career stats - ranking all players who have played at Park High School, Pictures and Stats on teams over the past 20 seasons in the past teams link, a feature page on players who played in the WBCA All-Star game in the all-star players link, information on the coaching and school support staff in the coaches info link, personal player bios in the players info link, a guest book page for your comments, an e-mail link to contact webmaster Jim Kerkvliet, an archives link for past newspaper articles, and a link for information on Racine Park High School.

Links to team pictures and rosters of the 2001-2002 freshman team, sophomore team, and varsity team can be found inside the current news link and the players info link.

Note: Jim Kerkvliet retired as the varsity coach of the Racine Park Girls Basketball Team after the 1999-2000 season, completing 19 years as varsity coach. He continues teaching at Racine Park as a health teacher and will continue to maintain this web site as an administrative assistant to the varsity coach - Jim Betker.

Last Update - March 5th, 2002

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for a list of related basketball web sites such as W.I.A.A web site for tournament pairings and college web sites of former Racine Park players.

More Archive newspaper articles are stored in the Archives Link on the left side of this page.