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The No. 13 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team closed its dual season Thursday night, 1/23, with a 33-16 victory at UW-Stevens Point in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action.

The Warhawks (10-6 overall, 4-1 WIAC) closed the dual by winning four of the last five bouts over the Pointers (8-9, 0-4).

Seniors Hazen Rice, Ryder Sigler, sophomore Jaritt Shinhoster and freshman Dakarai Clay each recorded pins to lead UW-Whitewater.

Rice, ranked second in the nation by D3wrestle.com and fourth by Intermat, improved to 20-0 at 141 pounds with a pin at 2:53. He was immediately followed by Clay, who closed the dual by flipping Mason Wheeler for a reversal and earning his pin with 12 seconds left in the third period at 149.

In the second bout of the dual, Stigler pinned Jordan Weinzetl in 2:48 at 165 pounds to give the Warhawks a 6-3 lead. Shinhoster, the nation’s consensus No. 1 wrestler at 174 pounds, doubled the UW-W lead with a fall at 1:06, improving to 18-1 for the year.

After two straight wins by UW-Stevens Point, sophomore Dylan Uzumecki edged Noah Wieczorek with a 4-3 decision at heavyweight to put the team ahead for good.

Senior Mike Tortorice, ranked No. 2 by D3wrestle.com and No. 3 by Intermat, earned a forfeit at 125 pounds.

UW-Whitewater has the weekend off before heading to the annual Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Wheaton, Ill.

See below for complete results from Thursday’s dual.

125: Mike Tortorice wins by forfeit

133: Matt Berlin (UWSP) d. Josiah Lynden by major decision, 13-1

141: Hazen Rice d. Anthony Kanable (UWSP) by fall, 2:53

149: Dakarai Clay d. Mason Wheeler (UWSP) by fall, 6:48

157: Luke Smiley (UWSP) d. John Broughton by decision, 5-4

165: Ryder Sigler d. Jordan Weinzetl (UWSP) by fall, 2:48

174: Jaritt Shinhoster d. Taran Holland (UWSP) by fall, 1:06

184: Dan Squires (UWSP) d. Alex Oruna by fall, 4:30

197: Jerry Lipke (UWSP) d. Nick Sundberg by decision, 5-1

285: Dylan Uzumecki d. Noah Wieczorek (UWSP) by decision, 4-3

Official Basketball Box Score
Wis.-Platteville vs Wis.-Whitewater
01/22/20 7:00 pm at Whitewater, WI

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VISITORS: Wis.-Platteville 9-8,1-5 WIAC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
31 Maddy Williams...... f  1-2    0-0    0-0    4  1  5   1   2  0  0  0  1  17
11 Maiah Domask........ g  3-11   1-1    5-8    5  6 11   5  12  0  2  0  0  32
12 Allison Heckert..... g  2-5    0-1    0-4    1  1  2   2   4  3  2  0  0  31
20 Morgan Horstman..... g  7-17   0-2    5-7    3  5  8   2  19  1  0  0  0  34
21 Rachel Emendorfer... g  0-2    0-2    1-4    0  2  2   2   1  2  3  0  0  18
05 Erin McGrath........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  1   5
10 Aspyn Stewart.......    3-3    2-2    2-2    1  0  1   1  10  0  1  0  0  13
14 Jai Clemons.........    0-6    0-1    2-2    0  0  0   4   2  1  1  0  1  20
25 Taylor Gilbert......    0-7    0-2    0-2    1  1  2   2   0  0  1  0  0  17
32 Kaite Asche.........    1-3    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   2   2  0  0  0  0  13
   TEAM................                         3  5  8             2
   Totals..............   17-56   3-11  15-29  19 23 42  21  52  7 12  0  3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9%   2nd Half:  6-27 22.2%   Game: 30.4%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%   2nd Half:  1-4  25.0%   Game: 27.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-8  50.0%   2nd Half: 11-21 52.4%   Game: 51.7%    6


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HOME TEAM: Wis.-Whitewater 16-1,6-0 WIAC
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
33 Grundahl, Aleah..... f  5-7    0-1    1-2    0  3  3   4  11  1  0  0  0  20
40 Taylor, Johanna..... c  6-6    0-0    2-2    2  4  6   3  14  3  2  7  1  31
13 Raeder, Becky....... g  3-10   0-3    6-7    2  2  4   3  12  1  2  0  2  38
14 Schumacher, Rebekah. g  1-3    1-1    0-0    0  2  2   3   3  1  3  1  0  19
15 Kieres, Veronica.... g  4-14   0-3    1-2    0  4  4   4   9  1  2  0  2  33
03 Sto. Domingo, Yssa..    1-7    0-2    4-5    0  3  3   3   6  1  0  0  1  26
12 Matthews, Jordan....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
20 Corcoran, Megan.....    0-1    0-1    2-2    0  2  2   0   2  0  0  0  0   5
24 Johnson, Alexis.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
25 Simmons, Erika......    1-1    0-0    0-0    2  1  3   1   2  1  0  0  0  11
30 Oomens, Courtney....    3-7    0-0    2-2    2  4  6   1   8  1  0  2  1  17
32 Baumgartner, Abi....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
34 Czarnecki, Kenni....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
   TEAM................                         2  2  4
   Totals..............   24-56   1-11  18-22  10 27 37  22  67 10  9 10  7 204

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5%   2nd Half: 14-27 51.9%   Game: 42.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-6  16.7%   2nd Half:  0-5   0.0%   Game:  9.1%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-3  66.7%   2nd Half: 16-19 84.2%   Game: 81.8%   3,1


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Officials:
Technical fouls: Wis.-Platteville-None. Wis.-Whitewater-None.
Attendance: 279
Score by Periods                1st  2nd  3rd  4th   Total
Wis.-Platteville..............   12   16   12   12  -   52
Wis.-Whitewater...............   15    8   20   24  -   67
2019-20 Women's Basketball. Round: 0. Wis.-Platteville vs Wis.-Whitewater. Pla

The Whippet Girls’ Basketball Team fell to Evansville 52-50 on Thursday, January 23. Kacie Carollo led all scorers with 26 points, including 4 from 3-point range.

The Whippets next play at Beloit Turner on Tuesday, January 28.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team will join Barkley’s Burgers, Brews & Dawgs in Janesville to support Kisses From Keegan & Friends, a local pediatric cancer foundation, on Saturday, Jan. 25, for the team’s game against UW-Oshkosh at 5 p.m. at Kachel Gymnasium.
 
Fans are invited to participate in a silent auction and other fundraisers throughout the game to support the organization. Members of the men’s basketball program have worked to fundraise for the event on campus and in the Whitewater community. The Warhawks will also recognize Keegan and members of the foundation’s board during the game.
 
“It is our hope that this event will become an annual event and part of the UW-Whitewater men’s basketball tradition,” UW-W coach Pat Miller said. “Kisses From Keegan & Friends is a local, non-profit organization that helps families of children who are undergoing treatment for cancer. It is a perfect opportunity for our student-athletes, staff and fans to engage with this organization and the community for a cause that hits close to home for a lot of people in our area.”
 
Kisses From Keegan & Friends was originally inspired by a 7-year-old cancer survivor named Keegan, who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She survived after more than two years of chemotherapy, pills, shots, lumbar punctures, surgeries and other complications.

1/21/20 Whitewater 59 vs Burlington Co-op 110

Despite the loss to the Division I – Burlington Co-op, the team swam amazing! The team posted 21 out of 24 best times with many being significant drops in time.

Winning events for the Whippets were Devin Bazeley in the 200 Individual Medley with a 5 second drop, Jack Mayer in both the 50 and 100 Freestyle posting times just off his State times from last year, and our 400 Freestyle Relay of Devin Bazeley, Shawn Chan, Tony Aranda, and Jack Mayer also earned first place.

Our largest drops came from the following swimmers:

• Tony Aranda -2 seconds in the 200 Freestyle
• Tyler Arnett -7 seconds in the 200 Freestyle and -22 seconds in the 500 Freestyle
• Devin Bazeley -5 seconds in the 200 Individual Medley
• Keith Cameron -2 seconds in the 50 Freestyle and -16 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke
• Shawn Chan -4 seconds in the 100 Butterfly
• Jon Chan -1.5 seconds in the 50 Freestyle and -1.5 seconds in the 100 Butterfly
• Jovany Manriquez -2 seconds in the 100 Freestyle
• Jonathan Manriquez -1 second in the 50 Freestyle, -12 seconds in the 100 Butterfly and -21 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke
• Jack Mayer -2 seconds in the 100 Freestyle
• Zach Tomomitsu -2 seconds in the 100 Backstroke

We are definitely headed in the right direction going in to our last dual meet before Conference, Sectionals, and State!

Article submitted by Coach Gina Foucault

The WHS Boys’ Basketball Team hosted Clinton on Tuesday, January 21, and won, 61-12. Clinton is at the bottom of the Rock Valley Conference with a 0-9 record. WHS is 7th in the 10 team conference with a 3-6 record.

Brock Grosinske led the Whippets with 25 points, including 3 made from beyond the arc.

Next is a game at home against the 9th place Big Foot Chiefs on Friday, January 24.

The No. 13 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team claimed five of the final six matches Tuesday night, Jan. 21 on its way to a 27-12 victory over UW-Eau Claire in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference dual inside Kachel Gymansium. Senior Mike Tortorice and sophomore Jaritt Shinhoster recorded pins to lead the Warhawks (9-6 overall, 3-1 WIAC), who were taking part in their final home home competition of the 2019-20 season. Tortorice, ranked No. 2 in the nation by D3wrestle.com and No. 3 by Intermat at 125 pounds, posted a fall at 4:55 to give UW-Whitewater a 21-9 lead. Shinhoster, the nation’s consensus No. 1 wrestler at 174 pounds, took advantage of an early takedown for a fall at 1:29 over No. 10/9 Evan Lawrence. All other Warhawk victories were decided by decision. Freshman Jake Burford started off the dual with an 8-4 triumph at 157 pounds. He tallied a reversal and a two-point near fall in the second period to take control of the match. After the Blugolds (10-4, 2-3) tied the dual at 9-9 through four matches, senior Nick Sundberg gave UW-Whitewater the lead for good at 197 pounds, registering a third-period take down to pull away for a 5-1 win. Sophomore Cadin Koeppel then edged Noah Carter 2-1 at heavyweight. Senior Hazen Rice scored three third period points at 141 for a 5-3 comeback victory. Rice, ranked No. 2 in the nation by D3wrestle.com and No. 4 by Intermat, remained undefeated on the season. Senior Devin Tortorice closed the night with a comeback win, earning four points in the third period on a takedown and near fall for a 6-3 decision at 149 pounds. The Warhawks close out WIAC competition for the year Thursday at 7 p.m. at UW-Stevens Point. See below for complete results from Tuesday’s dual. 125: Mike Tortorice d. Erik Gerovac (UWEC) by fall, 4:55133: Jack Marley (UWEC) d. Josiah Lynden by decision, 9-5141: Hazen Rice d. Tyler Demo (UWEC) by decision, 5-3149: Devin Tortorice d. Jake Drexler (UWEC) by decision, 6-3157: Jake Burford d. Tristan Massie (UWEC) by decision, 8-4165: Chase Schmidt (UWEC) d. Ryder Sigler by decision, 6-1174: Jaritt Shinhoster d. Evan Lawrence (UWEC) by fall, 1:29184: Grant Balconi (UWEC) d. Alex Oruna by fall, 2:34197: Nick Sundberg d. James Huntley (UWEC) by decision, 5-1285: Cadin Koeppel d. Noah Carter (UWEC) by decision, 2-1

The WHS girl basketball team traveled to Delavan on Monday, Jan 20, for a non-conference game — and lost to the Comets, 58-55. The Comets scored 41 second half points for their win. Kacie Carollo led the Whippet scoring with 28 points.

by John Schimming

Saturday, January 18, the Whippet Wrestling team closed out a busy 10 days of dual meets culminating in a record of 4-2 over the time improving their overall record to 6-2.

Stating things off the Whippets traveled to East Troy in what is always a fun dual meet to be a part of as there is always a great turnout of support for both teams and the crowd really gets into it. Whitewater started off strong winning the first 8 matches to build a 41-0 lead. The team then ended the night with a nice pin to close out the victory 47-27.

The Whippets came back on on January 16th and hosted parents’ night as well as had a nice number of youth wrestlers come support the team after their practice when the team hosted Beloit Memorial. It was a great night to come watch the team as the entire team had an opportunity to wrestle. The JV team did outstanding only dropping four of the 16 matches. The varsity team then rolled to a 61-21 win.

On Saturday Whitewater was able to get on the roads after they were cleared of snow to travel to Clinton to participate in the Rock Valley Conference Duals. Whitewater had 4 conference dual meets on the day. They started off with a strong 72-12 win over Clinton. They were then in quite a battle with Beloit Turner as the coaching staff knew it would be. The dual meet was not decided until the last match; unfortunately the team was on the losing end of that contest, dropping their first dual meet of the season. There were some great matches in this dual meet with Turner coming out on top on a couple too many of the close ones. A highlight in the dual was Marcus DePorter who wrestled possibly his best match of his high school career defeating his opponent by a major decision 10-2. On the day Marcus did well going 3-1 overall.

The Whippets bounced back from the loss defeating Jefferson 58-21. The coaching staff was happy to see the team bounce back and wrestled hard after their first defeat.

To close out the day the Whippets did not wrestle up to their potential, which they needed to do against a very good Evansville team. The dual exposed items that will definitely be addressed as we start shifting focus for the varsity to the tournament series which will begin in only 3 weeks!

Highlights of the day for individuals included Jaden Salmieri who reached a milestone that he set when he was a freshman securing his 100th career win in the Turner Dual Meet. He finished the day 4-0. David Cushman also had an outstanding day going 4-0 seeming to get tougher as the day progressed. Going 3-1 on the day included; CJ Tomomitsu, Cooper Hammond and Marcus DePorter.

The JV team was also competing on Saturday at the Conference Duals in indvidual competition. The coaching staff felt they looked good and continue to improve. Going 3-0 were Aaron Porras and Leo Gonzalez. Going 2-1 were Victor Hernandez, Mason Nobs, and Hector Arnodo. The entire JV team has worked hard and is showing improvement every day.

Thank you, parents, for all your support of the Whitewater Whippet Wresting Team.

by Chris Lindeke, Asst. Athletic Director, UW-W

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team made several big plays down the stretch offensively and forced a miss on a last-second shot attempt defensively Saturday for a 73-72 victory at UW-Stout in a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest in Menomonie, Wis.

The Warhawks (6-10 overall, 1-4 WIAC) shot 54.5 percent from the field, their second-highest mark this season, and outscored the Blue Devils 26-8 in points from reserves.

Junior forward Equan Ards collected 29 points on 12-of-20 shooting and added seven rebounds and three assists. Freshman guard James Burks tallied 17 points, five rebounds and two steals off the bench, and sophomore guard Bailey Kale posted 10 points, three rebounds and two assists.

Senior center Riley Jensen and freshman forward Trevon Chislom registered six points apiece, and freshman guard Austin Gates grabbed a team-high eight rebounds and added two steals.

UW-Stout (5-11, 1-4) led 7-0 three minutes into the contest, but UW-Whitewater drew back to within two at the 13:28 mark on a jumper by Kale.

The Blue Devils built their lead up to 10 points with 11:07 to play in the half before the Warhawks ran off eight straight points, including four from Burks, to make it 21-19 with 8:17 on the clock.

UW-Whitewater tied the game at 28-28 with 5:50 left, but UW-Stout regained the lead 16 seconds later and held a 38-36 advantage heading into halftime.

The Warhawks scored eight straight points to start the second half, with Ards’ layup capping the run and putting the team ahead 44-38 with 17:34 to play.

UW-Whitewater’s lead dwindled to one by the 15:22 mark before the Warhawks posted an 11-2 run, including five points from Ards and four from Burks, for a 57-47 lead with 11:20 to go.

The Blue Devils rallied for the next 11 points to take a one-point advantage at 6:52. The Warhawks responded again, this time with a 13-3 spurt, to take a 70-61 lead with four minutes left after a free throw by Burks.

UW-Stout narrowed its deficit to one possession with 1:40 to go, but Burks responded with a 3-pointer at the 1:13 mark for a 73-67 advantage.

The Warhawks held on despite five straight Blue Devil points and a game-winning shot attempt by UW-Stout just before the buzzer.

UW-Whitewater visits No. 7 UW-Platteville Wednesday. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.