MIDDLETON — The Lady Cheesemakers went 1-1 over the holiday in a pair of nonconference games. Monroe lost to Chippewa Falls 71-65 Dec. 27 at the Middleton Holiday Shootout, then knocked off Muskego 68-53 Dec. 28.

Perhaps the biggest accomplishments over the two games were by the team’s two celebrated seniors. All-state guard Sydney Hilliard became the school’s all-time leading scorer and Emily Benzschawel became the fifth girl in program history to surpass 1,000 points in the same game. Hilliard, a Wisconsin commit, surpassed 1960 graduate Dave Grams’ all-time record of 1,616 points in the against Chippewa Falls. She now sits at 1,643 and counting. 

Emily Benzschawel reached the 1,000-point milestone in the loss to Chippewa Falls. Benzschawel joined Ashley Hermanson (1,039), Jamie Armstrong (1,059), Ellie Radke (1,341) and Hilliard as the only 1,000-point scorers in the history of the Monroe girls program.

In the loss to Chippewa Falls, the Cheesemakers (8-4) led 32-27 at halftime but were outscored 44-33 in the second half.

Hilliard led Monroe with 23 points, while Megan Benzschawel had 17 and Emily Benzschawel 15. Grace Mathiason added seven.

Chippewa Falls (7-3) was led by juniors Caelan Givens (30) and Aaliyah McMillan (22).

In the win over Muskego (6-4), the Cheesemakers led 32-30 at halftime, but used a strong second half to seal the win.

Hilliard led Monroe with 22 points, while Emily Benzschawel had 14 and Grace Tostrud hit two 3s and finished with 16 points. Megan Benzschawel and Mathiason each scored seven for Monroe. The Cheesemakers were 16 of 20 from the charity stripe.

Kennie Czarnecki led Muskego with 18 points, and teammate Savanah Balcerak had 14. Muskego hit nine 3s in the game to Monroe’s 2, but the Warriors were just 8 of 16 from the free throw line.