The Whitewater Girls’ Basketball Team travelled to Clinton for their last regular season conference game Thursday, February 17.
Kindyl Kilar
It was a fast paced, high scoring first half. We were down by 14 at halftime, with the score at 28-41.
Clinton built their lead up to 18 points, but we battled back to get within 9 at the beginning of the second half. Clinton made some clutch shots, extending the lead again, and we just couldn’t connect on our shots. The Whippets came up short 45-66.
Kindyl Kilar led the Whippets with 17 points and 5 rebounds. Mayte Navejas added 11 points and 4 rebounds. Cali Kopecky contributed 7 points and 3 rebounds. Danielle Deporter scored 5, and Josie Treder ripped down 10 rebounds and scored 2.
Article Submitted by Kristen Lippens Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach klippens@wwusd.org File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Beloit College.
Cora Linos, a political science major and Spanish minor from Janesville, Wis. and a graduate of Whitewater High School, has been named to the Fall 2021 Beloit College Dean’s List. Linos is a member of the class of 2025.
Students named to the Beloit College Dean’s List have maintained a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average over the course of the semester.
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club.
The Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club is selling Easter Lilies this year for $15 and the beautiful plants will be available for distribution after April 11 (delivery) and on April 15 (pick up at Wisconsin Dairy Supply, 440 W. Ann Street.) Anyone interested in ordering the plants should contact Jerry Grant at 262-473-2214 or any Kiwanian.
Easter Lily from a previous year
Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club President Patrick Taylor said, “We are delighted to be able to sell Easter lilies this year, with the funds helping children in our community and the world. We have many plants available, and for just $15 a beautiful plant could brighten your spring and the lives of children.”
Kiwanis Whitewater Breakfast Club is made up of dedicated volunteers who help children in the Whitewater community and the world, all with funds raised going directly to projects helping improve the lives of children in the community and the world. Each year, the club distributes approximately $20,000, with over half going to the Whitewater Unified School District, including shoes and scholarships. Kiwanis helped to build the Flowing Well Shelter, the shelter, upcoming accessible playground at Starin Park and Treyton’s Field of Dreams, the WHS football field lights and press box, as well as adopting a highway to clean up. In addition, the group donates to the Whitewater Youth Soccer Club, the Friends of the Whitewater Aquatic and Fitness Center Family Partnership Fund, the Whitewater Food Pantry, Bethel House, Camp Wawbeek, and more.
More information can be found on the Whitewater Kiwanis Breakfast Club Facebook page. If you are interested in joining the club, helping the children and having fun at the same time, contact us!
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Young Auditorium at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
The 20th Anniversary Tour of the Original Church Basement Ladies Production will take place at UW-Whitewater’s Young Auditorium on Sunday, February 27th at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Young Auditorium favorites ‘The Church Basement Ladies’ are back…and this time, they’re taking you back to where it all started. Join us on Sunday, February 27th for the 20th anniversary production of the original Church Basement Ladies show! Head back to the basement for this nostalgic musical comedy masterpiece.
A celebration of the church basement kitchen and the women who work there, Church Basement Ladies is a musical comedy that follows four women as they prepare food and solve the problems of a rural Minnesota church in 1964. From the elderly matriarch of the kitchen to the young bride-to-be learning the proper order of things, we see them handle a record-breaking Christmas dinner, the funeral of a dear friend, an Easter fundraiser and a steaming hot July wedding. They stave off potential disasters, share and debate recipes, instruct the young and keep the pastor on course. With good, clean laughs and memorable characters, Church Basement Ladies is heavenly fun for all. You’ll laugh so hard, your side dish will hurt!
With matinee and early evening performances, tickets for The Church Basement Ladies are $34.25 apiece. Purchase tickets for all Young Auditorium season performances online at http://www.youngauditorium.com … or by connecting with the UW-Whitewater Ticket Services department. UW-Whitewater Ticket Services is located at 950 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI inside the Greenhill Center of the Arts and can be reached at (262) 472-2222. The ticket office is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Young Auditorium thanks event sponsor Fairhaven.
Masks will be required for attendees of this performance. Please visit the War Hawks Are Back! website, which outlines operating practices for the UW-Whitewater campus. Modifications of these practices should be anticipated. UW-Whitewater will continue to use information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the State of Wisconsin, county health departments and the University of Wisconsin System to guide the decision-making processes across campuses. – https://www.uww.edu/warhawks-are-back
The Whitewater Boys’ Basketball Team celebrated Parents/Senior night on Tuesday, February 15th, by soundly defeating the Clinton Cougars, 74-49. Shaking off a tough loss at Jefferson last Thursday, the Whippets came out with a vengeance in the first half. Combining their relentless zone defense with an aggressive offense, Whitewater raced out to a 37-19 lead behind ten points each from seniors Jon Aron and Wyatt Nickels. The second half started differently, though, as the Cougars went on a 21-7 run to close the gap to four points, 44-40, with 11 minutes left. But that was as close as Clinton would come, as Whitewater scored the next nine points to build the lead back and controlled the rest of the game.
Jon Aron
The Whippets were led in scoring by Jon Aron’s 22 points. Wyatt Nickels played one of his best all-around games with 18 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 steals. Arno Crowley contributed 13 points, and Sam Brown had 8 steals and 6 assists.
Whitewater’s next game will finish the home part of their schedule on Friday, February 18th, as they host the McFarland Spartans.
Article Submitted by Dwayne Lange Photo Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka
Editor’s note: The following was provided by Heritage Country Meats.
Gene and Mary Frohmader of Fort Atkinson view the meat counter. In the background is employee Lisa Patefield.
Heritage Country Meats, a new retail meat market and custom processor between Fort Atkinson and Jefferson, opened in late January. The State Highway 89 property last owned by SSDA Beef LLC had sat vacant three to four years. Prior to that, it was the longtime home to the very popular Schroedl’s Country Market. In early 2021, a group of investors with local ties purchased the property to take up where Schroedl’s left off.
In addition to fresh meat, the market offers cheese, spices, beverages and many other products sourced locally, including Whitewater products Kettle Moraine Honey and Wood Street granola.
On Tuesday night, February 15, the Whippet Wrestling Team traveled to River Valley to compete in the Team Sectional Wrestling Tournament with the hopes of getting two dual meet wins and the right to advance to Team State. The Whippet Community should be proud to call the Whippet Wrestlers their own as they fought hard against a very good Evansville team, but ended up losing the dual, hence ending the team portion of the season. Whitewater finished the season 9-2 with both losses coming to Evansville. I feel as though we wrestled much better last night than we did earlier in the season, so the coaching staff is proud of the team for that.
Individually in the dual, Marcus DePorter got the team on the scoreboard with a well wrestled match against his opponent, winning by a major decision. Aaron Porras followed with another win for the team by getting a second period pin to help spark some excitement for the team. Sebastian Cuellar followed with an exciting takedown to start the match against a young man who has 40 wins on the season and was wrestling well but unfortunately dropped the match. Carter Friend showed he will not back down to anyone as he went up a weight class to get another shot at an opponent he lost to earlier in the season and who was a state runner-up last year. Carter wanted to show he can do better, and indeed did, securing a couple of takedowns in the match and wrestling better overall. However, he was unable to get a victory. The team ended the dual meet by winning the last two matches, so they ended on a couple of positive notes. Mason DePorter got a first period pin, his 27th of the season, which has now broken the single season record held since 2010. Jarvis Porcaro ended the evening for the Whippets when he avenged his Conference Championship loss by defeating his opponent 13-10 in a very exciting match to end the dual meet.
The coaching staff is very proud of the team this season. They showed they are a true team as they are always there in each other’s corner, no matter what, supporting and picking each other up when needed. Although this is the end of the dual meet season, seven individuals will be traveling to Richland Center to participate in the Individual Sectional with the hopes of punching a ticket to State. Wrestling begins at 10:00.
Article Submitted by John Schimming Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach jschimming@wwusd.org
