The Whippets’ winter sports season officially ended last week. Our Whippets had a very successful season with regional champions, sectional qualifiers, and state qualifiers. We want to congratulate all our Whippet athletes on a great winter!
We’d also like to recognize our all-conference Whippets. Each sport had at least one all-conference member. In girls’ basketball, Kacie Carollo was voted Rock Valley Conference Player of the Year!
The Whippets will now move into the delayed fall sports season. Volleyball started practice this Monday and has their first games this coming week. Football, Cross Country, Boys’ Soccer, and Girls’ Tennis will be starting soon.
(Shelley Black submission – Grace Black, a senior from Whitewater, signed a letter of intent for Track & Field at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Grace is a multi-year letter-earner in track and field and has also participated in high school volleyball, basketball and club softball with the Rock River Stix.
Article and Photos By Kelly O’Hara Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach OHaraKL17@uww.edu
The Whitewater Gymnasts competed in Sectionals at Whitefish Bay High School on Friday, February 19th. The Sectional competition consisted of ten teams including Whitefish Bay, Elkhorn, West Bend East, Jefferson, Valders/Roncalli, Waterford, Port Washington, Nicolet and Shorewood. Out of the ten teams there were approximately 50 competitors on each event.
Whitewater placed 8th, scoring a 112.225. The gymnasts had a very successful meet achieving many personal bests.
Senior Jenna Caldwell completed her final competition with a personal best on the Balance Beam scoring an 8.0 and placing 25th. Jenna also scored a 7.55 on Bars placing 20th, an 8.0 on Vault placing 23rd, and a 30.75 in the All-Around placing 17th.
Halee Peters placed 24th on Floor and Bars scoring a 7.8 on Floor and a 7.4 on Bars. Halee also placed 30th on Vault scoring a 7.825.
Caleigh Yang scored a 7.0 on Beam and a 7.35 on Vault.
Brenda Aguilar scored a 7.25 on Vault and a 6.9 on Floor.
Lauren Buhler and Isabelle Dieter both competed in their first Varsity competition and did a fantastic job. Lauren scored a personal best on Floor and Bars scoring a 6.1 on Floor and a 4.7 on Bars. Isabelle Dieter scored a 6.85 on Vault!
The Whippets have completed their successful season, and the Wisconsin State Gymnastics Tournament for Division two will be held on February 27th, at Performance Elite Gymnastics, in La Crosse.
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The Whippets travelled to #1 Lake Mills on Friday, February 19, for a second-round game in the WIAA Boys’ Basketball Division 2 Regional Tournament and were beaten, 36-55, which ended the WHS Boys’ Basketball 2020-21 Season.
The L-Cats were able to hold the Whippets’ leading scorer, senior Jake Martin, to just 5 points. Brock Grosinske led the Whippet scoring with 9 points, followed by Carter Brown with 8, and Wyatt Nickels with 7.
The attached photo shows junior Brock Grosinske guarding senior Jaxson Retrum under the Lake Mills basket.
The Whitewater Boys’ Basketball Team defeated Jefferson on Tuesday, February 16, in the first round of the WIAA Division 2 Basketball Tournament by a score of 58-51.
Next up for the Whippets is a game at #1 Lake Mills on Friday, February 19.
Pictured is Jake Martin guarding Jefferson’s Aiden Devine early in the game. Photo courtesy of Bob Mischka.
Article and Photo by John Schimming Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach jschimming@wwusd.org
In a year that has seen many sports seasons look very different for student-athletes, the wrestlers saw the season conclude with the State Wrestling Championships looking different as well. As opposed to all three divisions culminating at the Kohl Center, the divisions converged in 3 different areas of the state. For the Whippets that meant we went to Adams-Friendship High School. This is a great opportunity to teach students that the Kohl Center is just a location; wrestling is the same to compete to reach the top of the podium.
Whitewater’s Carter Friend competed in his second state tournament in an extremely tough weight class, which is the case when you reach that level. Friend drew a tough first round match against the defending state champion and although he had the right mindset, his opponent showed why he was the champ and was poised to later win his 2nd title with convincing wins all day.
This loss dropped Carter into the consolation bracket, yet still alive for 3rd place. In his first wrestle-back match Carter had a dogfight of a match that went into overtime. The extra work that he has put in with his partner David Cushman every day after practice paid off. Carter was able to create a very clean shot to finish overtime with a takedown to win 3-1. This put Carter into the Consolation Semi-Finals against an opponent who had a tough semi-final match losing, but also hurting his shoulder enough where he was unable to compete. This was unfortunate as we do not like to win that way, but I am confident based on watching the young man, Carter would have been able to have success with his takedowns and constant pressure on the young man.
To close out the day, Friend was on the 3rd place mat in which he wrestled a 4x qualifier and 3x place winner in a young man from Amery. His opponent holds great position on his feet with his long body and was a tough rider. In the end, Carter dropped the match 3-0, thus taking 4th place in the state, a great accomplishment for Carter this year.
This closed out a great season for Carter (16-4 overall with his losses coming to the state champ, state runner up and state 3rd) as well as the Whippet Wrestlers. As a team, the Whippets had a very nice year with all the changes. In dual meets they were 5-2, finished 2nd in the region and 7th in sectional, with 5 sectional qualifiers and 1 state qualifier.
