Dustin Reichwald

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The No. 6 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team extended its current winning streak to 13 games Saturday afternoon with a 44-7 triumph over UW-River Falls on Homecoming and Hall of Fame Day at Perkins Stadium.

The Warhawks (7-0 overall, 4-0 WIAC) piled up 31 first-half points and rushed for 268 yards on a windy day in Whitewater.

The Warhawks continue the regular season next Saturday, Oct. 27, at UW-Stout. Kickoff in Menomonie, Wis., is slated for 1 pm.

For the complete story at UWWSports.com, 

From Coach Carstens:

On a windy Friday afternoon, the Whippet CC teams competed against some of the area’s best teams and runners for a chance to earn a trip to state.  In this event, the top two finishing teams and the top five individuals not on those two teams earn a trip to compete at next Saturday’s WIAA State CC Meet.

The boys were off the line first in a stacked field that boasted four ranked teams in the state. Sophomore Trenten Zahn punched his ticket to the WIAA State CC Meet by finishing sixth overall in the field and behind all seniors ahead of him, earning the third individual qualifier position. Trenten was absolutely committed to the effort it would take to compete at this level.  His racing grit and savviness is special to watch in his young career.  Trenten covered the challenging UW-Whitewater 5K course in 17:39. Freshman Gio Anello pushed himself to stay with Trenten as long as possible and finished just a few ticks off his best time on the course he ran a week earlier at conference in 18:10.  Gio finished a really nice freshman season by placing 18^th and was the second best freshman in the field.  Aidan Coburn was also close to his best time from a week ago to place 29^th with a time of 18:53. Emmanuel Rodriguez, Dan Trost, and Will Hofmann were a great pack trucking around the course together with all three competing in a WIAA Sectional for the first time.  Emmanuel crossed first for the pack with a time of 19:50 to finish 50^th, senior Dan Trost competed in his final race to place 51^st with a new personal best on the UW-Whitewater course of 19:59 and Will completed the course in 20:01, good enough for 52^nd. Freshman Cooper Hammond battled a foot injury and gave it his best effort on this day to cross the line in 84^th and an overall finish time of 22:22. The boys’ program finished in 6^th place out of 15 teams competing.

The girls’ team fed off the positive vibes that were created from the boy’s races and ran some gutsy races as well. This race also had four ranked teams in the state.  Senior Nicole Tomomitsu ran a superb race and shocked herself by placing 5^th overall, the second individual qualifying spot, and even a few seconds faster than a week ago at conference.  There is no quit in Nicole.  A year ago, she placed 44^th at this meet but she continued to battle, persevere and show grit with some of best runners in the state.  With her blond ponytail whipping at full force, she gobbled up competitor after competitor in the last half mile.   Crystal Chan was out to redeem herself after a less than ideal conference race.  I’m proud to have seen her run a stronger race and finish it on her own terms going into the offseason.  She crossed the line in 34^th and at time of 23:08.  Trinity Nickels completed a nice freshman season by really branching out her final two races and pushing herself to new heights.  Nearly matching her time from a week ago she finished in 40^th with a time of 23:32. Junior Hailey Prager showed serious toughness through some challenges she has had with her calves in the back half of the season to finish 50^th place and a time of 23:51, 19 seconds faster than what she did 8 days prior on the same course.  Once again Sophie Walton, Jenna Lee and Jenny Villarreal traded places several times throughout the race and Sophie came out again in 77^th, Jenna Lee in 78^th and Jenny in 80^th.  The girls’ program finished in 9^th out of 14 teams competing.

Both Trenten and Nicole will be competing at the State Meet on Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.  Trenten will race first in the D2 race at 1:20 followed with Nicole in her D2 race at 3:05.  This will be Trenten’s first time at the Ridges and Nicole’s 3^rd trip to the Ridges to compete in the WIAA State CC meet!

Boys Results: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/2018/bwhitewatersectional.htm

Girls Results: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Cross_Country/2018/gwhitewatersectional.htm

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From Coach Chenoweth:

The Whitewater High School Boys Soccer team took the two hour trip to Platteville / Lancaster to play in the first round of regionals. Whitewater went in as the 12th seed in our sectional, with Platteville/Lancaster being the 5th seed. Based on our records against common opponents we knew it would be a competitive game with a chance for the Whippets to pull off the upset.

We came out playing quality soccer and Juan Cuellar put the Whippets up with a goal in the 24th minute for the only score of the first half. The Hillmen built some momentum with a goal in the 4th minute of the second half and had some strong support from their local fans. But, the Whippets were able to hold the home team back and the evenly matched game ended regulation time with a 1-1 tie.

We then headed to overtime. Unfortunately, the Hillmen struck early in the half and then built on that momentum with the same player finding the net twice more in the next 6 minutes. While it’s never fun to lose, the Whippets put up a solid game in regulation. Hopefully, the results will be motivating for our returning players next year to come into the season prepared to compete from day one and to have some high goals.

We appreciate all of the support from our parents and supporters throughout the season. And, we wish our senior players well as they finish up their last year of high school and move on to other opportunities.

Whitewater 1, Platteville/Lancaster 4 (OT)
Whitewater 1 0 (0 0)
Platteville/Lancaster 0 1 (3 0)

Congratulations to Lincoln Elementary School for being selected to host a Regional 7 Habits Training on December 5th and 6th. Lincoln Elementary is the first Leader in Me school in the state of Wisconsin. The Leader in Me model empowers students with the leadership and life-skills to thrive in the 21st century based on Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This is Lincoln’s third year as a Leader in Me school. Another result of being part of the Leader in Me is the development of teacher leaders. Justin Stewart has taken an active role in the program’s success and serves as the primary contact for its programming.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Amy Goldstein will be presenting “Janesville – An American Story” Monday, October 22, 2018, at 7 pm in the Young Auditorium as part of the UW-Whitewater College of Letters and Sciences Contemporary Issues Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public.

In over 30 years as a staff writer at the Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Amy Goldstein has focused on stories that lie at the intersection of politics and public policy and explore the effects of both on ordinary people. Her first book, “Janesville – An American Story”, reflects this interest. In writing this book, Goldstein spent years immersed in Janesville, Wisconsin, where the nation’s oldest operating General Motors assembly plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession. She is currently the Post’s national health-care policy writer and has reported on a number of other social policy issues. Goldstein has been a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a visiting journalist at the American Institutes for Research, and a fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.

Voting and Elections

www.lwvwhitewater.org

The League of Women Voters, Whitewater Area invite you to go to their website and click on the link “voting and elections” to find answers to questions like who is on the ballot and how to register to vote.  In addition, a candidate questionnaire for State Assembly District 43 is available that candidates representing both parties were invited to complete.  A link to the recent candidate forum in which incumbent Don Vruwink and challenger Gabriel Szerlong participated can be accessed at the League website also.

Become more informed by clicking on the local League’s webpage.