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Edgerton defeated Whitewater 74-30 Friday night, February 2, in a girls’ basketball game at Whitewater High School.

Edgerton jumped out to an early 12-2 lead and never looked back. Whitewater battled in the first half, but Edgerton jumped out to another scoring run to start the second half.

Whitewater is at Monroe on Tuesday, home vs. Clinton on Thursday, and at Oconomowoc on Friday. They finish the regular season the following week with games on Monday (vs. East Troy) and Thursday (vs. Jefferson).

Article Submitted by Mike Dowden
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
dowmi01@wwusd.org

The Whippet Boys Swim team had a great day in the pool on Saturday, February 3, competing in the 2023-2024 SLC Conference Championships. Many best times, top 16 finishes, and a few medal winners highlighted the day! The boys were able to finish 5th overall as a team! 

Top 16 Finishes and Best Times include:

200 Medley Relay: (13^th 2:13.62)- Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, Onyx Thompson

200 Freestyle:

• Myles Morse (13^th – 2:07.71)
• Miles Nickelsburg dropped nearly 9 seconds going a new time of 2:13.40
• Sam Nickelsburg dropped 10 seconds going a new time of 2:28.06

200 IM:

• Cruz Aranda (2^nd – 2:15.91)
• Jack Hefty (4^th – 2:21.04)

50 Freestyle:

• Wyatt Esch continues to drop time going a 27.09
• Caleb Kluck gets under 30 seconds going a new time of 29.72

100 Butterfly:

• Cruz Aranda (7^th – 1:02.04), moving up to 9^th on the Whippet Top 10 List

100 Freestyle:

• Jack Hefty (5^th – 53.29) Jack made his way on the Whippet Top Ten List, where he sits 8th!
• Langdon Coburn (11^th – 58.38) *Best Time
• Caleb Kluck drops 2 seconds to go a new best time of 1:11.16
• Angel Kilar drops 2 seconds to go a new best time of 1:16.23

500 Freestyle:

• Myles Morse (6^th – 5:37.95) *Best Time
• Wyatt Esch drops 6 seconds to go a new best time of 6:36.27

200 Freestyle Relays:

• “A” Relay (4^th – 1:40.61) – Jack Hefty, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, Cruz Aranda. With Jack Hefty’s relay leadoff split of 24.28, that will put him 8^th All Time on the Whippet Top Ten List. The boys bettered their seed time by 2 seconds! 
• “B” Relay (14^th – 1:59.45) – Sam Nickelsburg, David Enns, Onyx Thompson, Caleb Kluck. David Enns had a really great split going a 28.70!

100 Backstroke:

• Langdon Coburn (7^th – 1:04.38) *Best time
• Miles Nickelsburg (9^th – 1:08.59) *Best time
• Onyx Thompson went a new best time of 1:22.64

100 Breaststroke:

• David Enns drops 3 seconds to go a new best time of 1:25.10
• Isaac Straight drops 3 seconds to a new best time of 1:41.67

400 Freestyle Relay:

• “A” Relay (4^th – 3:47.83) – Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, Jack Hefty. The boys dropped 5 seconds off of their seeded time. 
• “B” Relay (13^th – 4:28.58) – Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Onyx Thompson, Miles Nickelsburg 

Special shout out to all the parents and volunteers that helped make this such a successful meet. The Whippets are back in action on Saturday, February 10 as they compete in the WIAA Division 2 Sectional Meet in Whitefish Bay. The meet begins at noon, and we hope to see you there!

Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org

The Whitewater Boys’ Basketball Team (3-13) lost to Beloit Turner (13-5) Friday night, February 2, by a score of 75-57.

The evening was senior night for 10 different Whippets.

Whitewater kept battling in the second half but could not overcome the defense or transition game of Beloit Turner. TyShawn Teague-Johnson was incredible. His 31 points, 4 three pointers and multiple dunks were tough to defend. Zay Howard had several steals and added 21 points. 

Whitewater was led by Reece Condon. Reece scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half. 

Article Submitted by Mike McCabe
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Basketball Coach
mccmi01@wwusd.org
Action Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Senior Photo Courtesy of Whippet Athletics

The Whitewater Girls’ Basketball Team beat Delavan-Darien 57-52 Thursday night, February 1, in overtime. The game was the start of the second round of conference action for the Whippets.

Building off some cold shooting for Delavan-Darien to start the game, Whitewater used great defense and a few outside shots to jump to a 21-4 lead to begin the game. As the game went along, Delavan-Darien slowly started to come back into the game, until they finally took a lead with a few minutes to play. Whitewater was able to get a few key stops down the stretch and make a few free throws but missed a chance to win the game at the buzzer. In overtime, the Whippets outscored the Comets 7-2 to win the game.

Stallings led the Comets with 31, and Logterman finished the night with 12. The Whippets had balanced scoring with Navejas (16), Grosinske (14), DePorter (11), and Gillette (9) leading the way.

Starting with a make-up game on Saturday, February 3 (home against Edgerton at 5:00 p.m.), Whitewater plays six games in the next 12 days to end the regular season.

Article Submitted by Mike Dowden
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
dowmi01@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka

By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team shutout UW-Platteville 45-0 Thursday evening. The Warhawks are ranked eleventh in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III dual meet poll. 

Jalen Dunson set the bar high with a fall in the opening bout of the dual. Dunson, ranked eighth nationally at 125 pounds, pinned Jack Sullivan in just 30 seconds to give UWW a quick 6-0 lead. 

John Fortugno took to the mat at 133 pounds. He registered a quick takedown and rode out his opponent, Chris Karbash, through the first. The bout was close heading into the third with Fortugno leading 3-1. The Warhawk opted for bottom position and quickly got to his feet breaking the hold for escape points to take a 4-1 lead. Karbash was able to tally a takedown and quickly let Fortugno up for the escape as the Warhawks had sealed the riding time point. Fortungo sealed the bout with a takedown in the final 15 seconds of the bout for a 9-5 decision. 

Ethan Pogorzelski added a second tally to the fall column for UW-Whitewater on the evening. The 141-pounder had built a 7-1 advantage when he fended off a shot by Trent Dumont and turned it into three. He improved position to get back points before Dumont was able to turn back to his stomach. Pogorzelski changed his tactic, getting Dumont back to his back and scooping his head for the fall in 4:40. After three weight classes, UWW held a 15-0 lead. 

UW-Whitewater tallied a pair of consecutive major decisions at 149 and 157 pounds to increase the gap to 23-0 in the dual. Lucio Morgan pushed the pace in the second and third periods to top Carter Kruckeberg 16-5. Leading 6-2 after two, Morgan opted for the bottom position and was up and out in 15 seconds. He turned defense into offense countering a shot with a takedown. Going for the extra point win, Morgan let Kruckeberg up and went right back for a double leg and three more. After the escape, Morgan overpowered his opponent for another takedown and quickly let Kruckeberg up. He nearly registered a final takedown that would have given Morgan technical fall points, but his shot had both wrestlers landing out of bounds and stopped the action with just one second left in the bout. 

Jermaine Butler opened the scoring at 157 pounds. After a restart in the first, Butler improved his position to grab back points with a four-point nearfall. With Butler in the top position to start the second period, UW-Platteville’s David Cushman had a nifty reversal to grab two points, but Butler quickly escaped to push the lead to 8-3. Cushman went with an optional start to open the third handing Butler an escape point. Late in the period, Butler grabbed a single leg and turned it into a takedown adding riding time for a 13-3 major decision. 

Fall number three for the Warhawks came by way of Caden Kirchner at 165 pounds. The Warhawk got a quick takedown before the bout was stalled twice for medical reasons. Upon the restart, Kirchner got right back to work with a three-point nearfall before locking in the cradle and pinning Cole Smith in 2:30. 

Ryan Riser, ranked sixth at 174 pounds, had the tightest bout on the evening but picked up a 7-6 decision over Ryan Pothoof. Riser picked up three points on a takedown in the first ten seconds of the bout. Less than a minute to go in the period, he added a second takedown with Pothoof tallying a last second escape to make it 6-2. Leading 7-3 after an early escape in the third, Riser shot for a single leg, but Pothoof battled to turn it into a takedown for the Pioneers. Riser fought off any extra points to hold on for the 7-6 decision. 

The 184-pound bout was one of the most exciting on the night. From the opening whistle there was no shortage of action between UWW’s Gavin Kohel and UWP’s Marty Koenig. There was a flurry of action in the first, but no points awarded. Kohel took the down position, escaped quickly and immediately got on the defense as Koenig pushed the pace. Kohel countered and got the takedown for a quick four points. Holding a body lock, Kohel had multiple big throws that had the crowd erupting. In the third, Kohel connected on a double leg, but his throw attempt ended with Koenig on top with back points to boot to make it 7-4, UWW. Koenig opted for neutral on a restart after the wrestlers went out of bounds and Kohel added riding time to claim a 9-4 decision. 

Jordan Lewis got on the board against Cal Ries. The 197-pounder showcased great mat awareness with an early shot near the edge of the mat. Lewis was patient pulling Ries back in and improving position until he was awarded takedown points. Ries eventually escaped to make it 3-1 after one period. Following an escape to open the second, Lewis registered a similar takedown to extend his advantage to 7-1 with one period to go. Ries opted for bottom position with Lewis holding on to seal riding time. Ries escaped and Lewis tallied one more takedown late to grab the extra point win with an 11-2 major decision. 

Cadin Koeppel put the finishing touches on a phenomenal senior night in Kachel Gym. At 285 pounds, Koeppel had a great finish on a double leg for a takedown in the first. He got control of Dylan Warren’s wrist and pinned it to his back eventually turning the Pioneer for back points to take a 7-0 lead. Koeppel chose the bottom position and quickly registered a reversal for two more. He went back to wrist control, once against pinning it to Warren’s back and this time the turn ended in a fall as Koeppel picked up the pin in 3:46. 

By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information

 The No. 5 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team fell to No. 23 UW-Oshkosh 57-46 in a fast-paced, physical battle Wednesday night in Kachel Gym. 

Box Score

The teams set a furious pace from the opening tip. The Warhawks jumped out to a quick lead in the contest courtesy of the Kacie Carollo-Aleah Grundahl connection. Carollo hit Grundahl for an open layup on the first possession and the pair connected once again on UWW’s second time down the floor. Grundahl knocked down the and-one for a 5-0 lead less than two minutes in. From that point, the Titans outscored UW-Whitewater 15-5 to hold a five-point lead after the quarter.
 
The pace continued in the second quarter, favoring UWW for the 10-minute span. The Warhawks forced eight turnovers, scoring eight points off of UWO miscues, in the second quarter alone. The stifling full-court pressure led to a last second bucket as Carollo picked off a pass and banked in a triple from mid-court to send the Warhawks into the break with a 28-24 advantage. UW-Whitewater doubled up their opponents in the quarter, 18-9, bolstered by eight points and six boards.

The squads traded buckets early in the third, but the Warhawks maintained the lead for the majority of the period to head into the final quarter with a 39-36 lead. 

Carollo picked the pocket of the Titans’ point guard and went coast-to-coast early in the fourth to give UWW its largest lead of the game, 43-36, with 8:24 left. Carollo dropped in a three-pointer just over a minute later to make it 46-41 before the Warhawk offense fell cold. UW-Whitewater went scoreless in the final seven minutes of the contest. 

Carollo led the Warhawks with 13 points on 5-10 from the field and 3-7 from long range. She added team highs in rebounds (8), assists (4) and steals (3). Katie Hildebrandt posted 10 points bolstered by a pair of three-pointers adding seven rebounds and three blocks. 

UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh now share the lead in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference race with records of 7-2 and five games remaining in the regular season. 

The Whippet Swim Team had a few swimmers compete at the Southern Lakes Conference JV Championship Meet on Tuesday, January 30.

It was exciting to watch Angel Kilar and Isaac Straight show off all their hard work this season! Isaac started off the meet racing in the 50 Freestyle, going just on his best time despite his goggles filling with water, making it a little difficult to see. Angel then swam in the 100 Freestyle where he went a 1:19.65. He finished 3rd in his heat and 12th overall! After a short break, Angel was back in the water to compete in the 100 Backstroke. For being only the 3rd time swimming it, he has showed so much improvement in his stroke technique! Isaac finished off the night in the 100 Breaststroke going a best time of 1:42.60. Shout out to Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, and Wyatt Esch who came and supported their teammates!

The boys will compete again on Saturday, February 3^rd, with the rest of the team at home in the Southern Lake Conference Championships! The meet starts at 11 a.m., and we hope to see you there! Let’s pack the pool with Whippet Fans!

Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org

On Tuesday night, January 30, the Whitewater Wrestling Team closed out their regular season as they hosted the Cougars of Janesville Craig in a non-conference wrestling meet. Historically this has been a very well wrestled competitive dual meet for both teams as they gear up for their respective Conference Tournaments this coming Saturday. Tuesday proved to be no different.

Whitewater wrestled very well but came up just short on the night, dropping the dual meet 32-33. The team finished the regular season with an 8-3 record, dropping their last two dual meets each by 1 point! The team finished undefeated in the Rock Valley “Valley Division” at 4-0.

Coming away with wins for the Whippets against Craig included pins by Rylan Oldenburg (106), JJ Gonzalez (157), and Junior Soto (HWT). Winning by 8 points and earning a major decision for the team included Connor Friend (132) and Odair Porras (150). Coming away with forfeit on the night was Sebastian Cuellar at 165. 

Although the team dropped the meet, the coaching staff was pleased with the performance of all. Even in losses the wrestlers competed and left it on the mat each and every match, and that is all that the coaches can ask for.

Next up for the Whippets the JV team will travel to Delavan-Darien to participate in the JV Conference Wrestling Tournament. Wrestling starts on Friday night at 4:00. The varsity team will then travel to Delavan-Darien to participate in the Rock Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday. Wrestling will begin at 10:00.

Article and Photos Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org

The Whippet Swimmers took on Beloit Memorial for their last dual meet of the season on Thursday, January 25th! They swam fast on the night, registering 19 of 25 best times and many sitting right on their season bests. 

These times include: 

The 200 Medley Relay (Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, and Onyx Thompson) with a time of 2:15.26. 

200 Freestyle:

David Enns competed in this event for the first time this season and went a time of 2:45.96.

Myles Morse dropped 5 seconds going a time of 2:08.26

200 IM: 

Cruz Aranda dropped 7 seconds by going a time of 2:15.62. He is now 7th on the Whippet Top 10 List!

Miles Nickelsburg also dropped 7 seconds by going a time of 2:37.01

50 Freestyle:

Langdon Coburn went a time of 25.56

Wyatt Esch went a time of 27.40 

Isaac Straight went a time of 41.62

100 Butterfly:

Jack Hefty dropped over 3 seconds by going a time of 1:04.19

100 Freestyle:

Cruz Aranda went a 55.20

Angel Kilar went a 1:18.13

500 Freestyle: 

Myles Morse went a time of 5:43.06 

Wyatt Esch dropped 15 seconds by going a time of 6:42.08

Shout out to the 200 Freestyle Relay (Jack Hefty, Cruz Aranda, Myles Morse, and Langdon Coburn) who placed first overall! 

100 Backstroke:

Miles Nickelsburg dropped 4 seconds by going a time of 1:10.33

Angel Kilar dropped 5 seconds by going a time of 1:42.59

400 Freestyle Relay: 

Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, and Jack Hefty went a time of 3:52.49

The Whippets are ready for Championship season as we host Conference on Saturday, February 3. We hope to see the pool packed with Whippet fans! 

Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org