Article Submitted by Maddy Blain
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Soccer Coach
mblain@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whitewater Whippets traveled to #1 Oregon on Thursday night, June 8, for the first round of sectionals. The Whippets faced a strong, fast team from Oregon and lost the game, despite many great saves from senior goalkeeper Cora Linos.
Article Submitted by Michael Hookstead
Whitewater High School Head Baseball Coach
mhookstead@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob and Peter Mischka
The Whippet Baseball Team picked up another win against Clinton on Thursday, June 3, by a score of 7-4. The game was close the whole way, but the team put up two insurance runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to take a 7-3 lead. The Cougars scored one run in the 7th inning before Mason DePorter ended the game by throwing out a runner trying to steal second.
Marc Jones was the starting pitcher, and Jacob Heritage came in to record the last two outs.
The team is playing their best baseball at the right time of year. The Whippets will be back in action on Friday, June 4, when they host Edgerton at 4:45.
Article Submitted by Maddy Blain
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Soccer Coach
mblain@wwusd.org
The Whitewater Girls’ Soccer Team traveled to Clinton on Thursday evening, June 3, for their last conference game of the season.
The Whippets won 5-2 over the Cougars, with goals by Kazi Beth, Mayte Navejas (2), and Mariana Cano (2).
Article Submitted by Michael Hookstead
Whitewater High School Head Baseball Coach
mhookstead@wwusd.org
The Whippet Baseball Team got their first win of the season over a tough Clinton team by a score of 5-0 on Tuesday, June 1.
Wyatt Nickels was solid on the mound throwing a 98 pitch complete game. The team committed only one error defensively and made some great plays behind Wyatt’s performance.
The offense scored two runs early in the game and added three insurance runs in the top of the 7th inning.
The Whippets will be back in action on Thursday and Friday this week.
Article by Justin Crandall
Whitewater High School Athletic Director
jcrandall@wwusd.org
Congratulations to Camden Frye on shooting a 90 on Tuesday, June 1, at the Regional Golf Meet at Edelweiss Chalet CC. Frye played 20 holes of golf, as there was a 3-way tie after the standard 18 holes.
Camden has now qualified for Sectionals to be hosted next week in Prairie du Chien!
Article Submitted by Mark Maas
Whitewater High School Head Track and Field Coach
mmaas@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
What a beautiful night for track and field! The Whippets battled Elkhorn, Delavan-Darien, Lake Geneva Badger, Mukwonago, and Big Foot on Tuesday, June 1.
We had a chance to get in a nice tune-up meet before the conference championship next Wednesday at Big Foot. We had some really nice performances all the way around as our times continue to get faster, and field events continue to improve.
The boys’ 4X400 made up of Trenten Zahn, Ignacio Cuevas, Cooper Hammond, and Denver Isbell had a season best time of 3:40.
Crystal Chan eclipsed the 5′ barrier in the high jump.
The girls’ 4X100 and 4X200 again ran season bests of 51.63 and 1:50.44. Those teams consisted of Kacie Carollo, Kindyl Kilar, Madelyn Buehler, and Amanda Tovar.
Our throwers keep improving each week which is nice to see.
Now we’ve got about a week to prepare for the RVC Championship. It will be a fun battle as the conference is putting out a lot of really good performances.
Full results are available at https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/432317/results
Article Submitted by Mark Maas
Whitewater High School Head Track Coach
mmaas@wwusd.org
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whippet Track and Field Team travelled to Edgerton for the Tider Invitational on Friday night, May 28. The kids performed well despite the cool weather.
The girls’ 4X200 had a season best of 1:50.4, winning the event. They came back to take the 4X100 as well. Those two teams included Kindyl Kilar, Kacie Carollo, Madelynn Buehler, and Amanda Tovar.
All of our throwers, Connor Raupp, Grace Foucault, Scottie Krebs, and Skylar Staebler, had personal bests as well, and it was nice to be able to see Dylan Duclos back in the pole vault for the first time this year after battling back from an injury.
Trenten Zahn ran an outstanding race in the 800, finishing second, and Cooper Hammond ran his first ever 3200 and did a great job.
Our sprinters continue to get faster and faster as we head toward the championship portion of the season.
Tuesday night we travel to Elkhorn for a meet with Lake Geneva, Delavan, Big Foot, Mukwonago, and Elkhorn.
By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
With about two dozen of her family, friends, teammates, and Whitewater High School staff looking on, Cora Takoda Linos on Thursday, May 27 signed her letter of intent to play collegiate volleyball at Beloit College. Linos is a varsity letter winner in volleyball, soccer, and basketball and a ’21 valedictorian.
In the 2020-21 volleyball season Linos was varsity captain and was selected Most Valuable Player on the team that was Conference and Regional Champion. She was also named to Rock Valley Conference First Team All-Conference as well as Honorable Mention All-State by the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Assocation. Her career ranks #1 for all-time assists (2038 assists), #1 all-time aces (184 aces), #4 all-time digs (841 digs), and #7 all-time blocks (111 blocks). In 2021 she was feated with the Joan Domitrz Above and Beyond Award and the WIAA Female Scholar Athlete.
Academic recognitions include Rock Valley Conference Top-10, Rock Valley Conference Academic Excellence Award, AP Honors Scholar, National School Choral Award, and she is a member of the National Honor Society. Beloit College has awarded her a Presidential Scholarship.
Both of Cora’s parents, James and Jean Linos, are graduates of Beloit College. Jim was her coach in various times in middle school, high school, and club volleyball. Cora already played club volleyball on campus at Beloit last season. She described Beloit’s DIII volleyball team as being in a rebuilding phase. She told the audience that she’s looking forward to making Beloit College her home for the next four years.
By Chris Lindeke
Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Monday, May 31, 2021
NCAA Whitewater Regional Web Page
The No. 5 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team fell just short Monday in its quest for a bid to the NCAA Division III World Series in an 8-7 defeat against 10th-ranked Adrian (Mich.) in the championship game of the NCAA Whitewater Regional at Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks conclude the 2021 season with a 40-7 record after sharing the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 24-4 league record, claiming the conference tournament title and finishing as regional runner-up. UW-W posted a 3-2 mark at the regional tournament, including wins over fifth-seeded Luther, fourth-seeded Penn State Harrisburg and third-seeded Texas Lutheran, and made its 13th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
UW-Whitewater, the No. 2 seed in the regional tournament and the visiting team in Monday’s championship game, held a 7-4 lead with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning before the top-seeded Bulldogs (36-8) rallied to tie the game at 7-7 to send the game into extra innings.
After the Warhawks stranded a runner at second base in the top of the 10th, Adrian won the game on a leadoff home run in the bottom half of the frame.
Pitcher Matt O’Sullivan tossed 8 2/3 innings, striking out 10 for his sixth double-digit strikeout performance of the season. His 125 strikeouts for the year are the second-most in one season in school history. Westin Muir and Ben Muscatello each threw in relief, with Muscatello (1-2) taking the loss.
Left fielder Matt Korman led the offense with three hits, including a solo homer and a two-run double, and finished with four runs batted in. His 22 doubles in 2021 are tied for the second-most in one season in the program record book, and his 68 RBIs are tied for the third-most.
Catcher Ryan Norton hit a two-run homer to start the scoring in the top of the second inning. First baseman Donovan Brandl plated UW-Whitewater’s other run with a groundout in the top of the ninth.
Second baseman Sam Vomhof and shortstop Nick Santoro each reached base twice, Vomhof on a hit and a walk, and Santoro on two walks.
By Chris Lindeke
Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Sunday, May 30, 2021
UW-Whitewater Regional Web Page
The No. 5 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team will play for the NCAA Whitewater Regional championship, clinching its spot in the title game with a 9-4 victory Sunday against Texas Lutheran at Prucha Field at Miller Stadium.
The Warhawks (40-6 overall) will face No. 10 Adrian (Mich.), which defeated UW-W 3-2 earlier Sunday, at 11 a.m. Monday. The winner of Monday’s game will advance to the NCAA Division III World Series, which begins this week in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Against Texas Lutheran (30-14), UW-Whitewater jumped out to a 7-0 lead through 4 1/2 innings and held off the 24th-ranked Bulldogs, who drew to within 7-4 thanks to three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and one more in the seventh.
Pinch hitter Ben Wilkins knocked a two-out, two-run triple to right center in the top of the ninth inning to give the Warhawks a pair of key insurance runs. Hayden Fox pitched around a one-out walk in the bottom of the frame to send UW-W to the regional championship game.
Starting pitcher Donovan Brandl earned the win, striking out four over five-plus innings to moe to 7-1 on the year. Connor Moroder tossed the next two innings, and Ben Muscatello pitched a scoreless eighth before giving way to Fox in the ninth.
The Warhawks started the scoring in the top of the second inning on a two-out, run-scoring single through the left side by catcher Ryan Norton. In the third, Brandl hit into a fielder’s choice with the bases loaded for an RBI, and left fielder Matt Korman hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 advantage.
In the fourth, second baseman Sam Vomhof hit an RBI double off the wall in left field, and third baseman Tucker Criswell drove a two-run homer deep out to left field to make it 6-0.
Centerfielder Zach Campbell added another run in the fifth with a run-scoring double down the left field line.
Texas Lutheran put a pair of runners on base with two outs trailing by three in the eighth, but Muscatello induced a flyout to end the threat.
In the first game of the day against Adrian (35-8), UW-Whitewater trailed 1-0 after the Bulldogs plated a run in the top of the fifth, but took the lead in the bottom of the eighth on a two-run single through the left side by shortstop Nick Santoro.
Adrian retook the lead in the top of the ninth with a pair of runs. In the bottom of the ninth, pinch runner Eric Hughes was thrown out on a close play at the plate trying to score on Norton’s fly ball to right field.
Connor Spear took the tough-luck loss on the mound, striking out seven over eight innings of work and falling to 6-1 on the year.
Santoro led the offense with three hits, and Korman tallied a pair of doubles and one run scored.Brandl and Wilkins also added hits.