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WHS Tennis Champions at Edgerton Quad

Whippet Champs with Edgerton Quad trophy

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

Whippet Volleyball Opens Conference Play, Finishes 3rd at Parker Invite

The Whippets defeated Beloit Turner in their home opener on September 12 while celebrating those who support the players the most, their parents and guardians. Whitewater won 3-0 by the scores of 25-7, 25-12, 25-16. 

Coach Bullis stated, “It was really awesome having lots of fans cheering the Whippets on to their first conference win of the season.  I don’t think we have had such a loud cheering section before!  Thanks to all the fans who attended.”

Coach Bullis would like to extend a special thanks to the football team, that helped create a tunnel with the JV and JV2 volleyball players for the varsity players to run through before the game. 

As of Thursday night, Whitewater is 7-6 overall and 1-0 in Rock Valley Conference play.

On Saturday, September 14, the Whippets took third at the Parker Invite.  

Results from the Parker Invite:
Lost to Parker (0-2)21-25, 17-25
Beat Milton (2-1) 25-21, 18-25, 18-16
Lost to Stoughton (2-1) 25-27,25-16, 9-15
Beat Jefferson (2-1)25-18, 21-25,18-16
Lost to Shoreland (2-1) 19-25, 25-20, 14-16  

Stat leaders for the weekend:
Aces: Emme Bullis 9, Cora Linos 8, Amanda Tovar 7
Kills: Emme Bullis 54, Kacie Carollo 27, Cora Linos 18
Blocks: Cora Linos 9, Kacie Carollo 6, Kiyla Kopecky 4
Assists: Cora Linos 65
Digs: Emme Bullis 70, Kacie Carollo 52, Cora Linos 35

Top Performers from the weekend tournament:
Catherine Skindingsrude, Hannah O’Brien and Amanda Tovar did a nice job on serve receive.  Maddie Arnett did a nice job on both the right side and middle and continues to improve on off blocking defense.  CC Alexander played some valuable minutes, which helps us add depth to our lineup.

Article submitted by Coach Kathy Bullis

Whippet Tennis Falls to Jefferson

The Whippets lost a close 3-4 match to Jefferson at Whitewater on Monday, September 9.

We certainly had our opportunities to pull this match out. Our lack of footwork continues to be an area that we need to work on. If we don’t move you can’t get the ball to go where you need it to go. I was pleased with several things as well though. Our 1 and 2 singles players actually played some very nice points. They were setting their points up quite well, but they were playing two very good players who don’t let you make an error of any kind without making you pay for it.

  • Melanie Reyes
  • Tessa Papcke
  • Mariana Cano

Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka

Tessa Papcke showed some mental toughness after completely losing focus in the second set; she was able to pull it back together and win a close 3rd set.

Our 1 and 2 doubles teams were hitting some very nice angles at the net. That is something that we have been working on and was a definite positive this evening.

On Thursday we head to Walworth to face a very tough Big Foot team.

Article Submitted by Coach Tim Nelson

Whippets Shut Out Cougars 44-0! This Week’s Game Will Be at Perkins Stadium

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.

Medals Won at Hotly Contested Verona Cross Country Invitational

Report courtesy of Chad Carstens: Trenten Zahn and Gio Anello medaled for the Whippet boys CC team in the hotly contested Verona Invitational on Saturday, 9/7. Trenten placed 20th with a strong time of 17:16 and Gio placed 39th in 17:38. Peter Zimdars ran a superb race to finish as the team’s 3rd runner in 19:48. Their efforts boosted the boys to a 4th place finish out of 8 teams in our division. The JV team was led by Evan Schepp and Marcus DePorter who finished with times of 21:34 and 21:38, respectively. The JV team finished in 17th out of 21 scoring teams.


Facing the equally tough field, the girls were led by Trinity Nickels who placed 129th in 25:14 and Gwen Truesdale placing 137th in 26:37. The varsity girls finished in 8th place from their division. The JV girls were led by Jenny Villarreal 255th in 28:44 and Nikole Pelot 289th in 30:18. Their efforts helped the team finish in 16th place overall. 


It was a strong day overall for the program and the team looks to complete some great training this week as they are off from racing before returning to the starting line on Tuesday, September 17th at the Marshall Invitational.

Whippets Compete at Elkhorn Invite

It was another great meet for the Whippets at the 9 team Elkhorn Invite on Saturday, September 7. We earned 17 medals in seven different events and five out of six relays scored points today. This is a tough Invite with five Division 1 schools.

200 Medley Relay, 2nd place – Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers, Brianna Zimdars, Sophia Fanshaw
200 Medley Relay, 14th place – Amber Krebs, Hailey Murphy, Lexi Hackney, Ellie Treder
200 Freestyle – Mina Truesdale dropped 19 seconds
200 Individual Medley, 2nd place – Ella Houwers
200 Individual Medley, 11th place – Amber Krebs
50 Freestyle – Karime Velazquez dropped 2 seconds
100 Butterfly, 3rd place – Brianna Zimdars
100 Butterfly, 7th place – Grace Foucault
400 Freestyle, 1st place – Brianna Zimdars
400 Freestyle, 6th place – Sophia Fanshaw
400 Freestyle, 7th place – Amber Krebs
200 Freestyle Relay, 11th place – Ellie Treder, Lexi Hackney, Brooke Bazeley, Sophia Fanshaw
200 Freestyle Relay, 16th place – Hailey Murphy, Raquel Ortiz, Lucy Amos, Mina Truesdale
100 Backstroke, 3rd place – Grace Foucault
100 Backstroke, 6th place – Sophia Fanshaw
100 Backstroke, Lucy Amos dropped 9 seconds
100 Breaststroke, 2nd place – Ella Houwers
400 Freestyle Relay, 3rd place – Brianna Zimdars, Amber Krebs, Grace Foucault, Ella Houwers

A big highlight was Brianna Zimdars winning the 400 Freestyle race after swimming a very smart, controlled race and in the last 25 yards rallied more strength to touch her competitor out by .09 seconds and on her birthday, too! Very proud of all the girls who raced today, way to go Whippets!

Brianna Zimdars

Article submitted by Coach Gina Foucault

Whitewater Girls’ Tennis Falls to East Troy

While Whitewater still fell 7-0 to defending conference champion East Troy, the match was much more competitive with several matches much closer than the match played between the two earlier in the year.

We still need to make major improvements in our aggressiveness and our footwork. I was pleased with progress that we have made. Our number two doubles team of Melanie Reyes and Mariana Cano showed a huge step forward from the first time these two teams played. In the earlier match the duo lost 6-2, 6-2 and in tonight’s matchup they closed it to a 6-4, 7-5 loss. We have to continue to work on improving these areas that make the difference in matches as we get ready for our next conference match.

This Monday the Whippets face Jefferson at 4pm at WHS.

Results:

1S Cassidy Laue lost Lauren Lindow 0-6, 0-6

2S Kaitlyn Partoll lost Syd Raddeman 2-6, 2-6

3S Tessa Papcke lost Jessica Tess 1-6, 0-6

4S Josie Hintz lost Izzy Galluzzo 4-6, 4-6

1D Odessa Sonn lost S.Rondeau/K.Metcalf 4-6, 4-6

Sophie Olson

2D Melanie Reyes lost O.Fitch/E.Scurek 4-6, 5-7

Mariana Cano

3D Katelyn Lashley lost O.Egle/E.Stern 3-6, 5-7

Emily Scherer

WHS Swimmers Break Two Conference Records

The Whippet Swim Team started their competition portion of the season Thursday night, September 5, with some impressive swims. Despite disqualifying two of the thirteen relays, the Whippets were still able to finish in 5th place overall. This season all swimmers were able to swim at least one relay for the team. The following girls did great in their first meet as Whippets: Brooke Bazeley, Vanessa Falcon, Grace Foucault, Hailey Murphy, Emily Radaj, Josie Treder, Karime Velazquez, and Ashly Xochipa. 

We had four 1st place medal winning performances earned by different combinations of five of our swimmers:

4×100 IM *NEW Southern Lakes Conference Record previously held by a 2012 Whitewater High School relay team, now held by Grace Foucault, Sophia Fanshaw, Brianna Zimdars, and Ella Houwers with a time of 4:16.88. This is over 5 seconds faster than the previous record and 8 seconds faster than any other relay that swam.

1000 Freestyle (100, 200, 300, 400) – Amber Krebs, Grace Foucault, Brianna Zimdars, and Ella Houwers with a time of 10:25.70 which was 12 seconds faster than any other team that swam, and it was 22 seconds faster than our group that finished the same relay in first last year at this meet.

500 Freestyle (50, 100, 150, 200) – Sophia Fanshaw, Grace Foucault, Brianna Zimdars, and Ella Houwers with a time of 4:53.28 which was 18 seconds faster than any other relay that swam.

400 Backstroke – Brianna Zimdars, Sophia Fanshaw, Grace Foucault, and Ella Houwers sprinted to a *NEW Southern Lakes Conference record with a time of 4:10.05, over 5 seconds faster than the previous record and over 7 seconds faster than all relays that swam.

Other highlights include the eight swimmers that swam on our 200 Butterfly relays all went best times. The relay of Raquel Ortiz, Brooke Bazeley, Ellie Treder, and Lexi Hackney went 22 seconds faster than their seedtime. In addition, the relay team of Natalie Amos, Giselle Ramirez, Josie Treder, and Mina Truesdale all dropped time to go 6 seconds under their seedtime.

A few standout splits include Hailey Murphy in the 50 Breaststroke 36.89, Brooke Bazeley in the 50 Freestyle 29.99, and Mina Truesdale in the 50 Butterfly 38.92.

Coach Foucault stated, “I am very proud of our team and cannot wait to see more racing in the next couple of weeks.”

Whitewater Soccer Wraps Up Second Week of Games

The Whitewater Boys’ Soccer team wrapped up their second week of soccer games with a win at home against Fort Atkinson on Thursday night.

Last week we kicked the season off playing up two divisions against two Division 1 teams from the Janesville high schools. Our first game was against Janesville Craig. We knew going in that we were not quite at the fitness level that we needed and we were learning a new formation for the season. We saw some good play from our team and identified some fundamentals to work on improving. While it was close, Craig was the better team and beat us 2-0.

  • Juan Cuellar Meza vs Janesville Craig
  • Sergio Zuniga vs Janesville Craig

Photos Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka

Next up was Janesville Parker. We’ve had good success against Parker in the past few years and this year was no different. The final score was 7-0 with goals coming from Cody Gamble (2), Juan Cuellar (2), Cody Rupke, Ignacio Cuevas, and Rafa Cortez.

Tyler Pavlik battles with Janesville Parker’s Abel Saaka, Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka

This week we played Division 2 Waterford on Tuesday. While we felt like we were definitely playing better soccer than in week 1, and we made it to half time tied up at 1 each, Waterford managed a couple more goals in the end to beat us 3-1.

Thursday, we put in our best overall team performance of the two weeks in a home game against Division 2 Fort Atkinson. Colin Chenoweth notched his first goal of the season to give us the lead at half-time. Fort Atkinson tied it up in the second half, but Juan Cuellar gave us the game winner. Sergio Zuniga in goal made a couple of exceptional saves to close the game out for us.

  • Colin Chenoweth vs Fort Atkinson
  • Juan Cuellar Meza vs Fort Atkinson

Photos Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka

Next week is a busy week for us as we head on the road against Cambridge-Deerfield and then back up that direction for a game against Lake Mills. We close out our early non-conference schedule with a tournament in Milton over the weekend. We are starting to see some solid play from the whole group on our varsity roster and are looking forward to the rest of the season.

Janesville Craig 2, Whitewater 0
Craig 1 1
Whitewater 0 0

Whitewater 7, Janesville Parker 0
Whitewater 3 4
Parker 0 0

Whitewater 1, Waterford Union 3
Whitewater 1 0
Waterford 1 2

Whitewater 2, Fort Atkinson 1
Whitewater 1 1
Fort Atkinson 0 1

Article submitted by Coach John Chenoweth

Warhawks Football Celebrates Senior Day on 9/7; Zweifel Returns Coaching Dubuque

Kickoff at Perkins Stadium on Saturday is at 2:00 p.m.

(Reprinted from the Daily Jefferson County Union) By the end of this season, this senior class could be the one that gets the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater back atop the NCAA Division III mountain.

But before anyone gets the cart ahead of the horse, the Warhawks are going to recognize their seniors with Senior Day on the first game of the season instead of the standard celebration on the last home game of the regular season.

“I think it’s kind of a cool thing to change it up a little bit and be different,” said Jacob Erbs, a senior linebacker who is one of the four captains this season. “Hopefully then the parents aren’t crying because it’s our last game. Hopefully because it’s our first game we’ll hold back the tears and save that emotional thing for the parents. I’m excited for it, it’s a cool thing that we’re doing and hopefully we’ll get a win on Saturday.”

Kevin Bullis, the fifth-year head coach of the Warhawks, initially got the idea from UW-Whitewater women’s soccer coach Ryan Quamme, who considers the home opener an opportunity to launch the senior season. Bullis appreciated the logic and sees it as an advantage for seniors to declare themselves as leaders.

“Now that we’re doing that in the first game, it changes the whole perspective,” Bullis said. “It’s not about the end, it’s about the beginning of the senior year. It totally relieves any potential distraction. If anything, it gives them a little extra juice to get their senior year going. I don’t know if it gives them extra. They’ve had an entire year to think about their senior year.”

One other “byproduct,” according to Bullis is that it makes sure most of the seniors will be able to be on the field for their recognition. Last year, Jarrod Ware was injured in the first three weeks of the season. Instead of playing on senior day, Ware would have been in a boot and crutches had he not been injured early enough in the season to be redshirted.

Ware is back this year and should be in pads for Senior Day.

“That’s a great byproduct,” Bullis said. “Guys get to play on their Senior Day. … One of the biggest pieces of it from a coaching perspective, it’s showing everybody who our leaders are. It reaffirms it to our seniors that they are leaders. There’s also a sense of accountability to do that; I am a leader. In other words, watch me, because I am going to portray the characteristics that we demand of our program.”

Zweifel returns to Whitewater

Dubuque head coach Stan Zweifel will coach at Perkins Stadium for the first time since he left UW-Whitewater following the 2006 season.

Zweifel was the offensive coordinator for UW-Whitewater from 1990 until the retirement of Bob Berezowitz following the 2006 season. He has been the head coach since the 2008 season leading the Spartans to Iowa Intercollegiate Athletics Conference championships in 2011 and 2015.

“I try to keep up with how they do each week,” Berezowitz said. “It’s tough though to really talk much with coaches during the season because there is so much going on.”

Zweifel has been coaching football since he graduated from UW-River Falls in 1974. Bullis has credited Zweifel for getting him started in coaching when their paths crossed at University of Minnesota-Morris in the late 1980s.

Berezowitz laughed off the idea that Zweifel could be slowing down at this stage of his career.

“The one thing about Stan is that he always has energy,” Berezowitz said. “He looks forward to working with and teaching young people every year. With his energy, age is not a factor.”