Sports

In muggy conditions, soft footing and storms looming, the Whippets were able to get all their races in before the storms hit in Kenosha on the campus of UW-Parkside for the Racine St. Catherine’s Cross Country Invitational. This invitational features 40 teams from all 3 divisions.

On the girls side, freshman Sabrina Bomberg took the #1 position for the Whippets and finished 135th with a new 5K personal best time of 25:59. Sabrina continues to improve each race as she grows more confident on race day. Sophia Walton finished in 159th, and rounding out the final 3 scoring spots on varsity were Nikole Pelot, Morgan Stillwagon and Jenna Lee. There was a 3 second spread between them and finished in places 168, 169 and 170. The team finished in 27th place. Caelyn Caputo, also a freshman, led the JV team to a 17th place team finish while she claimed the 166th place in the field with a new personal best of 30:53.

On the boys side, Trenten Zahn continues to impress with a 12th place finish out of 236 runners. His time of 17:16 isn’t his best, but his technical race savviness was on full display as he slayed the field to a medal finish. Gio Anello took 32nd, Cooper Hammond 144th, Peter Zimdars 157th, Will Hofmann 177th, CJ Tomomitsu 182nd and Jack Mayer placed 215th. The team finished 19th overall. Mason West led the JV boys with a 136th finish with a time of 21:50. Running season best times on this day were Keith Cameron, Andy Vo, and Justin Mitchell. The JV team placed 21st overall. Full results: http://wisconsinrunner.com/results/2019AngelInvite.php

Next up for the Whippet runners will be the 82nd edition of the oldest inter-state cross country invitational in the country as they travel to Janesville to compete in the Midwest Invitational on Saturday. First race starts at 9:05.

By Tim Nelson, Coach

A shorthanded Whippets team fell to McFarland 1-6, in a series of very close matches.

I was very pleased with how we played this evening. We were without half of our 3 doubles team and our 4 singles player. McFarland is definitely a top-notch team and we pushed them in almost every spot. Their 1 singles player is a returning state qualifier and Cassidy pushed her to a third set tiebreaker. At three singles, Tessa has been fighting a cold all week, yet still pushed her player who will be one of the top seeds in the conference tournament to a 3^rd set tiebreaker.

Doubles also saw some tight matches. At two doubles, Melanie and Mariana played one of their best matches all year and were in control the whole way. At both 1 and 3 doubles we played right with them the entire way, but just couldn’t quite get over the top losing 6-4, 6-4.

Next Thursday, at UWW and WHS, the Rock Valley Conference Tournament will take place beginning at 3pm.

Results:

1S Cassidy Laue lost Michelle Butcher 6-2, 2-6, 10-6

2S Kaitlyn Partoll lost Aeryn Olson 6-0, 6-1

3S Tessa Papcke lost Laura Maudlin 6-4, 4-6, 10-3

4S Crystal Chan lost Lexi Mazzara 6-0, 6-1

1D Odessa Sonn lost Grace Henes 6-4, 6-4

Sophie Olson Greta Corcoran

2D Melanie Reyes beat Sadie Bartzen 6-2, 6-1

Mariana Cano Sarah Kopp

3D Katelyn Lashley lost Lauren Shields 6-4, 6-4

Anisa Dauti Kimiya Pournik

From Coach Tim Nelson

Whitewater celebrated senior night with a 5-2 victory on Sept. 17 over Edgerton. The win puts the Whippets at 14-7 on the year.

Overall, I was pleased with our effort. Our footwork was a little better this evening and we didn’t try and overdo things. Cassidy Laue played well this evening. She was down most of the first set but at 4-5 in the first set, she really started picking her game up and won the next three to take the first set and then kept it going in the second. Tessa and Josie at 3 and 4 singles were steady throughout the evening. Our 1 and 2 doubles teams were both pretty solid. They each had a game or two when they were a little flat, but were able to turn things around right away so that the matches were never in doubt.

We finish up the conference season at McFarland on Thursday evening.

Results:

1S Cassidy Laue beat Kelsey Lien 7-5, 6-2

2S Kaitlyn Partoll lost Sylvia Fox 6-0, 6-2

3S Tessa Papcke beat Ashley Ulset 6-2, 6-1

4S Josie Hintz beat Kylee Houfe 6-4, 6-1

1D Odessa Sonn beat Elizabeth Oetzel 6-1, 6-2

Sophie Olson Taylor Shaw

2D Melanie Reyes beat Johanna Rusch 6-2, 6-2

Mariana Cano Jordan Bauer

3D Katelyn Lashley lost Isabella Gilmour 6-3, 7-6(4)

Emily Scherer Karlye Smrecek

The No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team scored 17 unanswered points Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14 to defeat Concordia-Moorhead 20-10 in a non-conference affair at Jake Christiansen Stadium in Moorhead, Minn.

The Warhawks (2-0 overall) finished with 267 yards passing offensively and held the Cobbers to 62 yards rushing at a 1.8 yards-per-carry clip on the defensive side. UW-Whitewater also forced four turnovers, including two interceptions and two fumbles.

Junior quarterback Zach Oles finished 19-of-29 passing for 248 yards and one touchdown and rushed for a team-high 56 yards on 14 carries with one score. Senior running back Jarrod Ware rushed for 49 yards.

Junior wide receiver JT Parish collected four receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown, and junior wide receiver Derek Kumerow registered six catches for 68 yards.

Senior linebacker Matt Anderson totaled a team-high nine tackles, and senior defensive back Jacob Frey recorded eight stops.

Junior kicker Wojciech Gasienica opened scoring for the Warhawks with a 23-yard field goal midway through the first quarter after an interception by senior defensive back Garrett Purdy set up UW-W near midfield.

The Cobbers (0-2) tallied the next 10 points, finding the end zone five minutes into the second quarter and kicking a field goal with 2:38 left in the period for a 10-3 advantage.

UW-Whitewater closed the first half strong in just two plays. After a 16-yard completion to Kumerow, Oles hit Parish for a 54-yard touchdown with 1:53 on the clock to tie the game at 10-10.

Gasienica knocked through his second field goal of the game from 33 yards out five minutes into the third quarter to complete an 11-play, 58-yard drive that started the second half.

Early in the fourth quarter, Concordia drove deep into Warhawk territory, but junior defensive back Mark McGrath picked off Blake Kragnes in the end zone for a touchback with 11:52 to play in the contest.

On the ensuing drive, UW-Whitewater drove 80 yards on 14 plays, converting two third downs and a fourth down late in the drive. On second-and-10 from the Cobbers’ 14-yard line, Oles took a quarterback draw untouched into the end zone for a 20-10 lead with 4:59 to go.

The two teams exchanged punts, but the Warhawks forced and recovered a fumble on the punt return with 1:54 remaining to seal the win.

UW-Whitewater closes the non-conference regular season next Saturday, Sept. 21, at St. Xavier. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. in Chicago, Ill.

The Whippets participated in the Edgerton Quad on Sat. Sept. 14, played at Delavan-Darien High School due to construction taking place on Edgerton’s home courts. Whitewater had a very successful day defeating Delavan-Darien and Columbus 7-0 and Edgerton 6-1 to take home the championship. Edgerton finished second at 2-1, Delavan-Darien finished at 1-2 and Columbus was 0-3.

We were missing a couple of kids today due to ACT testing which led to a couple of different doubles teams, but the two new teams played well, especially considering the lack of practice time that they had to work together. Mariana Cano and Emily Scherer teamed up at 2 doubles and only lost 4 games combined in their 3 matches. Anisa Dauti and Crystal Chan, making her varsity debut, won all three of their matches in very close fashion having at least one tiebreaker in each match.

Whitewater will be back in action on Tuesday at Whitewater with a dual against Edgerton.

Whitewater Results:

1S Cassidy Laue beat Annyce Peralta (DD) 6-0,6-2

lost Sylvia Fox(Edg)0-6,1-6

beat Aly Theilen(Col)6-2,6-0

2S Kaitlyn Partoll beat JoJo Duran(DD) 6-2,6-0

beat Kylee Houfe(Edg)6-2,2-6,10-5

beat (Col) default

3S Tessa Papcke beat Anna Sorg(DD)6-0,6-2

beat Zoe Lein(Edg)6-3,6-0

beat Macy Woodward(Col)6-0,6-0

4S Josie Hintz beat Gabby Montelongo(DD)6-0,6-0

beat Natalie Langer(Edg)6-0,6-0

beat (Col) default

1D Odessa Sonn beat E.Dejong/L.Aleman(DD)6-0,6-2

Sophie Olson beat T.Shaw/A.Ulset(Edg)6-1,6-3

beat A.Olson/A.Olson(CC)6-3,6-2

2D Mariana Cano beat M.Shackett/D.Patel(DD)6-0,6-1

Emily Scherer beat J.Bauer/J.Rusch(Edg)6-0,6-2

beat A.Erdmann/H.Knipfer(Col)6-1,6-0

3D Anisa Dauti beat J.Olson/R.Crull(DD)7-6(3),6-1

Crystal Chan beat I.Gilmour/K.Smrecek(Edg)3-6,6-3,10-2

beat I.Coughlin/E.Purvis(Col)6-7(5),6-2,11-9

— Courtesy of Coach Tim Nelson

Courtesy of Jason Bleck: The Whippets got their first win of the 2019 season in a big way on Friday night, Sept. 6 against Clinton.  Whitewater shut out the Cougars and won by a score of 44-0.  The Whippets’ offensive attack was led by running back Will Leibbrand who had 3 receptions for 125 yards and 9 carries for 33 yards with 3 total touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 receiving). Quarterback Brock Grosinske also had a breakout game completing 9 of 14 passes for 214 yards and 2 touchdowns. 

The Whippet defense had a spectacular game holding Clinton to just 61 yards of total offense.  They were led by Carter Friend who had 10 tackles and Cooper Pease who had 6 tackles (3 of which were tackles for loss).  Gehrig Monday returned an interception for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter and Jacob Heritage added an interception in the first half as well.

The Whippets will face Big Foot in their next game this Friday, Sept. 13.  The game will be played at UW-W Perkins Stadium; kickoff is at 7 p.m.