Lancers visit Spartans on Friday

The annual 'Battle of Brookfield' is set for Friday at Brookfield East and the Lancers should be favored in both. The gym should be packed, hopefully, because the city takes pride when these teams meet in a friendly - but competitive - rivalry.

LANCER BOYS

Record: 8-2, 4-0

Coach: Mark Adams

Top Scorers: Seth Mortag (15.8), Riley LaChance (15.1), Matt Lauritzen (9.0)

SPARTAN BOYS

Record: 5-5, 3-1

Coach: Andy Farley

Top Scorers: Brian Smith (13.0), Ryan McBride (10.0), Mikey Novak (10.3)

LANCER GIRLS

Record: 3-5, 1-2

Coach: Dan Wandrey

Top Scorers: Anna Liewen (13.6), Lydia Rohde (8.6), Sarah Fotsch (8.0)

SPARTAN GIRLS

Record: 2-7, 0-3

Coach: Kelly Lam

Top Scorers: Kellie Goodman (9.1), Christy Johnson (9.0), Emily Utic (8.1)

LAST NINE YEARS

BOYS

Brookfield Central is 17-3 over Brookfield East the last nine years, including two post-season wins. The Lancers had a 12-game winning streak against East snapped last season when the Spartans won a 43-39 decision at Central on Jan. 7. The Lancers then beat East, 44-39, at East on Feb. 11.

GIRLS

The girls' series in the last nine years is much closer, but not lately. Central leads, 11-10, with a 1-2 record in the post-season. The Lady Lancers had won seven in row since losing on Jan. 31, 2008 as the Lady Spartans handed them one of their two Greater Metro Conference losses that season. Last year Central won at home (63-35) and at East (62-47).