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The Whippets beat Evansville to notch their first win of the season. It was an exciting “come from behind” win, 22-21.
Evansville was called with a defensive face-mask penalty on the last play of regulation time. This gave Whitewater an extra play with the ball on the Evansville 6 yard line. Dylan Pease hit Julio Espinoza with a pass in the end zone for the 1-point win.
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From Coach Carstens:
Both cross country programs participated in the 81st running of the Midwest Invitational hosted by Janesville Craig at Blackhawk Golf Course. Due to flooding this year a bridge was not able to be rebuilt in time for the races so the course was a 3 looped affair that made for a unique experience yet fast race times. In some ways, this was a true test of mental toughness having to run the 1-mile loop 3 times with potential for lap traffic and little variation to keep the mind engaged. Over 3000 runners competed in 6 races; Varsity boys and girls, Freshmen/Sophomore and a Junior/Senior race. This meet is loaded with division 1 programs and ranked teams in the state from all divisions.
The boys’ varsity program finished 35th out of 45 participating teams in the varsity race. Trenten Zahn led the team with a finish time of 17:06 and Aidan was the team’s second runner in 17:58. They finished 78th and 153rd overall. Senior Nick Kuzoff was the team’s 3rd runner in 19:00 (234th), Manny Rodriguez in 19:13 (243rd) and Daniel Trost in 19:59 (258th).
The boys’ frosh/soph saw Will Hofmann and Cooper Hammond really run nicely together throughout and both looked really strong with Will getting the edge by the finish line in 18:54 and 18:56, respectively. Good enough for 84th and 86th place. Evan Schepp saw the race course for the first time this season and ran 21:38 (328th) as did Carson Ellenwood who stopped the clock in 23:19 (415th). Peter Zimdars helped the team score with his time of 22:10 and 357th place overall finish. Andrew Rollette enjoyed a great day as he ran a huge personal best in 27:27 (492nd). The team finished in 29th.
The jr/sr race saw Jaden Salmieri run arguably the best complete race of the day and almost broke 20 for the first time in 20:07. His effort today afforded him the opportunity to lead the team to a 28th place finish. Jack Mayer finished in 21:17 (245th), Wesley Salverson with a significant time drop as well in 21:53 (280th). Andy Vo and Mason West were able to find each other early in the huge field and pushed each other all the way to finish with Andy beating Mason to the line in a fun team battle in 22:16 and 22:19 (290th and (292nd). Justin Mitchell finished in 26:09 which was good enough for 347th place.
In the girls’ varsity race Nicole Tomomitsu was once again the top performer for the Whippets running a time of 21:39 good enough for 156th. Crystal Chan finished in 22:20 (195th), Hailey Prager in 22:50 (213th), Trinity Nickels in 25:32 (258th) and Jenna Lee in 26:08 (263rd). As a team, they finished in 37th.
The fr/so race features Sophie Walton as the top finisher for the Whippets in 292nd place with a time of 26:43 cutting over a minute off her previous best. Jenny Villarreal crushed her race and ran a near 2 minute personal best in 28:54 placing 365th and Nikole Pelot performed a similar time drop and finished in 31:04, good enough for 398th.
The jr/sr race featured two runners with Sophia Wagner dropping 2 ½ minutes off her previous best time in 31:58 and placing 287th and Rosie Aschenbrener with a 75 second time drop in 33:09 placing 292nd.
The next event for both programs will be the Jefferson Invite on Tuesday at Jefferson Golf Course followed by the Nightfall Classic Friday night in Wisconsin Dells.
The Whitewater Boys Soccer team played two games to a draw this week. First up was Evansville, a team that we knew would be tough based on the past few years. Each team kept pace with one another as Whitewater went up first, but for each goal the Whippets scored, Evansville was able to answer. We managed goals from Manny Cortez, Christian Reyes, and David Kromholz. Our center defensive mids of Danny Soto, Morgan Janovec and Ignacio Cuevas did a good job of being aware of their dangerous players while our outside mids Colin Chenoweth, Cody Rupke, and Manny Cortez worked well to help move the ball up the field while also tracking back defensively.
On Thursday, the Whippets traveled to Edgerton. Edgerton had a game plan to get the ball into our half as quickly as possible on each possession. They had a strong keeper who did not shy away from coming out of his goal box and was a really strong punter. The Whippets started the game slower and more tentative than we would have liked. While we didn’t score in either half, the second half was much more recognizable as the type of soccer we’d like to be playing the rest of the season.
The Whippets are now 4-4-3 overall and have one loss and two ties in conference play. Up next for us is McFarland at home on Monday and Big Foot away on Thursday.
Evansville 3, Whitewater 3
Evansville 1 2
Whitewater 1 2
Whitewater 0, Edgerton 0
Whitewater 0 0
Edgerton 0 0
Principal Mike Lovenberg of Whitewater High School announced that Grace Ejnik has been named a Commended Student in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. A certificate from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to this scholastically talented senior.
Although Grace will not continue in the 2019 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, she placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2019 competition by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
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From Coach Nelson:
On Thursday, Sept. 20, the Whitewater Girls’ Tennis Team competed in the Rock Valley Conference Tennis Tournament. The Whippets entered the tournament in 4th place and exited the tournament in 2nd place. The team had a fantastic evening with every girl on the team either holding or finishing higher than their pre-tournament seed. Whitewater placed players in the finals of five of the seven positions.
Cassidy Laue, at three singles, and Katelyn Partoll, at four singles, each took home Conference Championships. The girls had to defeat at least one player that they had lost to earlier in the season to capture the title.
Sydney Treder, at one singles, Odessa Sonn and Sophie Olson, at one doubles, and Marissa Mueller and Tessa Papcke, at three doubles, all finished second in the tournament. In reaching the finals, Odessa and Sophie had to defeat a team that they had lost to earlier in the season.
Whitewater’s results were a true team effort as every player won at least one match to provide points to the Whippets’ 27-point total. The Whippets finished second behind Conference Champion East Troy’s 29 points.
Whitewater has one more nonconference match this Monday, Sept. 24, at WHS against Beloit Memorial as they prepare for sub-sectional play the following Monday, October 1.
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When: Tuesday, September 25 at 12:30 PM
Where: Seniors in the Park
WUSD School Board – Monday, September 24, 2018, 7:00 pm, Whitewater Unified School District Central Office.
For agenda,
City of Whitewater Common Council – Special Meeting – Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 6:30 pm, Whitewater Municipal Building. **Joint meeting with Finance Committee**
For agenda,
City of Whitewater Finance Committee – Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 6:30 pm, Whitewater Municipal Building. **Joint meeting with Common Council; joint meeting will adjourn to continuation of regular Finance Committee meeting. **
For agenda,
The Department of Art and Design hosts its annual Iron Pour on Saturday, September 29 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm with most of the activity happening between 11:00 am – 2:00 pm in the Sculpture Studio CA 1036. Each fall semester, the Sculpture students at UW-Whitewater work together to create a spectacular iron pour event to present to the University, as well as, the community. Schools from all around the region are invited to participate.
The students work for weeks to break iron bathtubs and radiators into Doritos-sized bits so that those bits can be melted down and poured out into molds to create iron sculptures. Not only do the students get to make work for their own class projects, but the iron pour also acts as a fund-raiser for other events throughout the semester such as bringing in visiting artists, or taking regional field trips. The community is invited to purchase sand molds, called scratch blocks, so that they can create their own designs and, after watching the pour, can go home with their very own iron tile!
The event is free and open to everyone. It will take place this semester on Saturday, Sept 29 with most of the action taking place between 11 am and 2 pm. Come and go as you please or stay for the day. Scratch blocks can be purchased anytime from the Sculpture studio, CA1036, up until 10 am, Sept 29. For more information contact: Teresa at 262-472-5570 or lindt@uww.edu
On Sept. 23, 2018 participants of all ages will line up at the starting line of the sixth annual DWS in Whitewater, Wisc. The DWS team is thrilled to see all our participants in September.
“We try to give the best experience to our runners and we wouldn’t be able to do that without our generous sponsors and wonderful volunteers,” DWS Executive Director Jeffery Knight said.
Below is a list and description of everything to expect in Sept. on race day weekend.
“The activities we offer to our participants is exceptional compared to other road races,” DWS Race Director Dawson Miller said. “Activities like the Fit Kid Shuffle and the Kids Korral allow parents to run the course together knowing their children are having fun too.”
Monthly newsletters are emailed to participants and volunteers of the race. Message the DWS team on Facebook or email us at info@runwhitewater.com to receive the newsletter and stay up to date on all things involving the race.
For more information about the DWS contact Jeffery Knight by email, jpk@knightpublicaffairs.com or by phone, 920.728.0662.
About the DWS
The goal of the DWS is to promote the City of Whitewater and highlight its greatest features. All the proceeds from the race are donated to five local non-profit partners: Bethel House (which provides interim housing for homeless families), Working for Whitewater’s Wellness (W3), Whitewater Unified School District, Whitewater LEADS and the J-Hawk Aquatic Club. The DWS partners with the city, business community, university and the school district to make this a tremendous event that benefits all who participate. For more information about the race visit runwhitewater.com. For general race inquires email info@runwhitewater.com.
Whitewater City Manager, Cameron Clapper; Whitewater Unified School District Administrator, Dr. Mark Elworthy; District Director of Business Services, Matthew Sylvester-Knudtson and event MC League of Women Voters – Whitewater Area Secretary, Ellen Penwell.
The League of Women Voters – Whitewater Area welcomed the Whitewater City Manager, Cameron Clapper to deliver a State of the City address in the City Hall Council Chambers Thursday. A group of residents took this opportunity to become informed about the condition of our community and to learn about future projects and goals for the city of Whitewater. They also heard a presentation from the Whitewater Unified School District Administrator, Dr. Mark Elworthy who provided the opportunity to learn about what the District has done in the previous year and plans for the upcoming year. Also presenting was District Director of Business Services, Matthew Sylvester-Knudtson who covered the upcoming Operational Referendum which will be on the ballot on November 6th. For a print survey of much of the School District presentation,
The session was video recorded and will be available on TV Station 990 and for the daily schedule of offerings next week at http://www.whitewater-wi.gov/department/whitewater-community-television
