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Whitewater Gymhawks Youth Gymnastics Team Compete at Wisconsin State Championships

December 26, 2018December 14, 2018

Eleven Members of the Gymhawks Youth Gymnastics Competitive Team in Whitewater recently competed at the 2018 Level 2-5 Wisconsin State Gymnastics Championships Meet held at Waukesha West High School on December 1- 2. The event was hosted by Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy. Team members had to receive qualifying scores in prior 2018 gymnastics meets to participate at the State Level. A total of 859 gymnasts competed from throughout the state, with athletes competing against those of similar ages and skill levels.

Gymhawks Team member highlights include Level 3 gymnasts competing for the first time at a State level:
Level 3:

Amethyst Gruennert, led the Level 3 team by scoring a Personal Best 9.525 on Balance Beam, scored in the Top Five in all 4 events (Vault, Bars, Beam, and Floor) and recorded a Personal Best All-Around Score of 37.050.
Hannah Baldry earned two 3rd Place medals – by scoring a Personal Best 9.550 on Balance Beam and 8.950 on Floor, and recorded a Personal Best All-Around Score of 36.150.
Bella Grassi scored Personal Best 9.450 on Balance Beam, placed in Top 8 in 3 of 4 events and earned her Personal Best All-Around Score of 35.425.
Bailey LeRoy also scored a Personal Best 8.80 on Balance Beam and earned a place in the Top Ten in all four of her events, and earned an All-Around Score of 35.250

Level 4:

Ava Zepezzauer led the Level 4 team, with a Personal Best 8.80 on Floor, a Top 9 placing in Vault and an All Around Score of 34.575.
Falyn Krahn earned 1st Place for her Personal Best Balance Beam score of 9.40 and earned a Personal Best All-Around Score of 34.075.
Loralie Arnold earned a 3rd Place medal for her Personal Best Balance Beam 9.250 and a season high Personal Best All-Around score of 33.975.
Courtney Knox and Ava Recob rounded out the Level 4 team and both achieved Personal Bests on Bars (8.70 & 8.50) and each also earned Personal Best All-Around Scores (of 33.075 & 32.650)

Level 5:

Rhianna Pena earned 1st Place Balance Beam medal for her 9.30 score, a Personal Best 8.825 on Vault (4th Place), and a 3rd Place All-Around Score of 34.625.
Mickie Simmons earned a 7th Place medal for Floor with 8.625 and an All-Around Score of 32.825.

The Gymhawks competitive team currently consists of 21 team members, competing at Levels 3 – 7. While the Level 3- 5 athletes have just finished their 2018 competitive season with their performance at the State Meet, the Level 6-7 athletes are just beginning their competitive season.

The Gymhawks Gymnastics program is a developmental gymnastics program run by the UW-Whitewater Gymnastics team. Young gymnasts learn in state-of-the art facilities with professional and caring staff and train in the same facilities as the five-time NCGA Division III National Gymnastics Champions Whitewater Warhawks. Gymhawks offer recreational group sessions, private and semi-private lessons, gymnastics camps, birthday parties, and has a USAG Competitive Team.

For more information about Gymhawks Gymnastics, contact Head Coach Allison Annala at gymhawks@uww.edu or 262-472-1454, find them on Facebook under “Gymhawks Gymnastics” or at the University of Whitewater’s website http://www.uww.edu/ce/camps/athletic/gymhawks

Whitewater elementary 5th grade choirs to present winter concert on Tuesday, December 18

December 18, 2018December 14, 2018

Over 100 fifth grade music students from Lakeview, Lincoln and Washington Elementary Schools will combine to perform their Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 18, at 7:00 p.m. The Concert is at the Whitewater High School Auditorium and is open to the public, free of charge.

Selections include “The Lion King Medley”, “Moonlight Sleigh Ride”, the Russian folk song “Good Night”, and the sprightly “Bed Bug”. The beautiful theme, “Somewhere” from West Side Story will be performed in honor of its composer’s 100th birthday, Leonard Bernstein. The concert will begin with “The Star-Spangled Banner”. Conductors are Christine Hayes, Justin Kamp, and Val Troxel. Accompanist for the choir is Mrs. Barb Taylor.

Whitewater Police Department’s Second Annual Shop with a Cop Event a Success

December 25, 2018December 13, 2018

The Whitewater Police Department held their second successful Shop with a Cop event on December 10th.

One student from each elementary school within the Whitewater Unified School District was selected to join local law enforcement to shop for the holidays; Gio from Washington, Gavin from Lakeview and Jacob from Lincoln.

Detective Jake Hintz, Officer Shane Brandl, Officer Liz Tlougan, Support Services Manager Kathy Boyd, Records Technician Angela Sahr and Dispatcher Angieleek Lipski and Chief Aaron Raap met with the students and their families at Wal-Mart in Whitewater. Staff split into teams and helped the students find gifts for their families and themselves.

Each student was presented with a $100 gift card from the Whitewater Crime Prevention Fund along with an additional $25 from Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart also gave each family a $50 gift certificate to use for groceries.

“We are grateful for the wonderful partnership we have with the Whitewater Unified School District. They did an excellent job of selecting deserving and respectful students for this event,” said Chief Aaron Raap. “We also value and deeply appreciate our ongoing partnership with our local Walmart.”

The students were driven in squad cars back to the police department where staff helped them wrap their gifts while enjoying cookies and hot chocolate.

“It is incredibly rewarding to work with a professional, caring and dedicated law enforcement team every day. But when we have or can create an opportunity to interact with our community, especially the youth of Whitewater, it really means so much more,” said Raap. “We hope that this event will make the holidays a little more special for these young students and their families.”

Lima 4H December Update

December 25, 2018December 13, 2018

During the last two months we have helped the Whitewater food pantry prepare Thanksgiving food baskets, we had a float in the Whitewater parade, and we had a Holiday party where we did crafts and went caroling.

Lima 4-H meets the second Sunday of the month at 3 pm at Lima Township Hall. Our club is open to any child grades 4K-12^th grade. It doesn’t matter what school you go to, county you live in or if you live on a farm or in town.

Community Service
Meet New People Rock
County 4-H Fair
Learn New Things:
- Woodworking
- Electricity
- Mechanical Science
- Food Science
- Animal Science
- Photography
- Gardening
- And MUCH, MUCH MORE!!

If you are interested, contact us at lima4h1@yahoo.com or stop by our next meeting!

WHS Boys’ swimming: Whitewater 71 vs Burlington 99

December 26, 2018December 12, 2018

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From Coach Foucault:

The Whippets had a strong first dual meet against Conference opponent Burlington Co-op. Despite the loss, the Whippets were able to post 4 times to the Top 10 All Time list, swim 18 out of 26 best times and take 1st in five races. We also had several swimmers take on new races.

Earning 1st place finishes for the Whippets were Devin Bazeley in the 200 Freestyle, Young Liang in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke, Michael Kuhl in the 500 Freestyle and the 400 Freestyle Relay team of Devin Bazeley, Aidan Coburn, Wesley Salverson and Jake Mayer took 1st. Earning top 10 times were Young Liang finishing 3rd all-time in the 100 Butterfly and fourth all-time in the 100 Backstroke, Jack Mayer is now 7th all-time in the 100 Butterfly and Devin Bazeley is 8th all-time in the 100 Breaststroke.

We had several swimmers take on some new or tough races. Wesley Salverson and Michael Kuhl continue to take on the long races with both of them racing the 200 IM and 500 Freestyle. Wesley dropped 17 seconds in his 500 and Michael continues to drop time in his 500 too. Jon Chan swam the 500 Freestyle for the first time and earned Varsity points for the team with his strong finish. Jon Zheng was able to drop 3 seconds in his 100 Freestyle while teammate Aidan Coburn also dropped 3 seconds in his 100 Backstroke race. Zach Tomomitsu took on a new race swimming the 100 Backstroke while teammate Jovany Manriquez took on the 200 Individual Medley for the first time and was able to score the team some points.

The team is starting to race well in relays and are posting some nice splits. Dropping significant time in our relays were Aidan Coburn 31.28 (50 Back) & 59.34 (100 Freestyle), Wesley Salverson 30.81 (50 Free) & 1:08.97 (100 Free), Jon Zheng 29.86 (50 Free), Jack Mayer 51.03 (100 Freestyle) and Young Liang 22.30 & 48.43 (50 & 100 Free on 100 Free Relay Split).

One of the best highlights from the meet was receiving comments from two different individuals about how amazing our boys were in being polite, kind, gracious and encouraging to both teams. This is an amazing group of young men ready to make an impact at Whitewater High School! Way to go Whippets!

UWW Women’s Basketball: UW-Whitewater 48, MSOE 42

December 26, 2018December 12, 2018

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team used a stifling defense and a surge early in the third quarter Tuesday night on its way to a 48-42 triumph over Milwaukee School of Engineering in a non-conference affair at the Kern Center.

The Warhawks (5-3 overall) held the Raiders to 32.6 percent shooting and forced 20 turnovers to hand MSOE its first loss of the season.

Junior guard Becky Raeder led UW-Whitewater in scoring with 13 points to go along with six rebounds and four assists. Senior forward Olivia Freckmann recorded her fist double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and junior guard Megan Corcoran chipped in with seven points, two rebounds and two assists.

UW-Whitewater visits Concordia Wisconsin, another member of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, next week Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 6 p.m. in Mequon.

UW-Whitewater Offering Free Online Class “Beer Matters”

January 14, 2019December 12, 2018

Calling all craft beer lovers, home brewers and history buffs! UW-Whitewater Continuing Education is excited to announce the return of its popular massive open online course (MOOC) “Beer Matters” in January.

“Beer Matters” is a free online class, open to anyone 21 and older. The class begins Jan. 14, 2019, and will explore beer and brewing from prehistoric times to the present. Lessons will cover brewing around the globe as well as beer in America, from Prohibition to the current popularity of craft brewing. Karl Brown, assistant professor of history at UW-Whitewater and former professional brewmaster in the U.S. and Europe, will teach the six-week course.

New this year — join the instructor, an archaeologist and a local brewing history buff on a virtual expedition in the beer caves of one of Janesville’s historic breweries.

“Beer Matters” is completely free, but registration is required. Beer pairings are suggested each week and class lessons will be complemented by optional meet-ups, where classmates have an opportunity to meet each other and the instructor at local beer or brewing venues.

The course will wrap up in February, coinciding with a Brew Expo to be held at the UW-Whitewater Rock County campus in Janesville on Feb. 23. More information on Brew Expo can be found at uww.edu/ce/brew-expo.

Past participants are encouraged to sign up again as the course features new materials, additional meet-up venues and deeper online discussions.

Join us in January to learn why beer matters. Bottoms up!

Three WHS teachers receive National Board Certifications

December 25, 2018December 12, 2018

On December 10, 2018, it was announced that Whitewater High School teachers Mike Tamblyn (Math) and Tony Tautges (Science) received their National Board Certifications recently. In addition, Paul Majors (Agriculture) received his re-certification for the National Boards.

Congratulations go out to all 3! We are very proud of you!