Today is Monday, July 29, 2024
Congratulations to the Whippet Wrestling Team on completing their regular season with a 55-21 victory over Janesville Craig. The win improved the Whippets to 9-1 on the season.
Winning for the Whippets included Jarvis Porcaro, Jason Villegas, CJ Tomomitsu, Marcus DePorter, Aaron Porras, Carter Friend, Mason Nobs, Hector Arnodo, Mason DePorter and Leo Ortiz.
Thank you to the parents who have supported us all season and all the fans who came out to support us in our last home competition of the season.
Home Crowd 
Seniors with Coach Schimming
The JV is next in action on Thursday in a dual against Badger High School. The Varsity travels to Brodhead to participate in the Rock Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday.
Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
Action Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka, Additional Photos Courtesy of Coach Schimming
The Whitewater Girls’ Basketball Team traveled to Cambridge for a non-conference game on Monday, January 31. It was a defensive first half, and by the end we were down 15-22. Cali Kopecky dominated the court scoring 10 of our 15 points.
In the second half, we came out strong, closing the gap to 23-27. After a Cambridge time out, we struggled to connect offensively; the Blue Jays dominated in the paint, and we lost 26-60.
Cali Kopecky led the Whippets, scoring half of our total points, with 13, going 3 for 3 from 3-point range. Gwen Truesdale followed with 4. Kindyl Kilar and Danielle DePorter both contributed 3. Mayte Navejas had 2, and Cali Grosinske added 1.
We travel to Jefferson* for a conference game Thursday, February 3.
*Masks will be required for players, coaches, and fans.
Article Submitted by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whitewater Boys Basketball earned a split of their last two games by defeating Delavan-Darien, 49-41, on Saturday, January 29th, after losing to East Troy, Thursday, January 27th, 57-40.
Wyatt Nickels led Whitewater with 14 points and 9 rebounds against Delavan, while sophomore David Rubio chipped in 12 points, hitting four three-pointers. Playing a more deliberate style of offense and deploying an aggressive zone defense, Whitewater gradually pulled away from a 27-all tie with nine minutes left in the game. The Whippets hit nine free throws in the last three and a half minutes to ice the game. Sam Brown added 9 points, Jon Aron scored 8, and Ramon Wence had 6 points to round out the scoring.
The East Troy game was much closer than the final score indicates. Wyatt Nickels scored 16 points to lead Whitewater to a 25-23 halftime lead. Unfortunately, the Whippets had a hard time scoring to begin the second half, as East Troy went on a 10 -0 run in the first three minutes. They maintained that lead throughout the second half, before making free throws at the end to get to the final score. Nickels’ 16 points and Jon Aron’s 10 points led Whitewater in scoring.
Whitewater’s next game is Tuesday, February 1st, at Walworth Big Foot. The next home game is Friday, February 4th, against Brodhead.
Article Submitted by Dwayne Lange
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Saturday, January 29, 2022, is a day that will go down in sports history for the WIAA and Whitewater’s Ashly Xochipa had the opportunity to be a part of this historic day! For the first time ever, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the Governing Body of Wisconsin High School Sports, sponsored the Women’s State Wrestling Championships in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Twelve weight classes, with over 220 girls, participated in this first ever sanctioned state tournament, with our first 12 ladies being able to say they were the first Woman State Champion in Wisconsin.
Ashly Xochipa participated in the 132-pound weight class that had 27 ladies looking to be named the first 132-pound state champion. Ashly represented her family, school, and community very well throughout the day. She started off the tournament with a quick first period pin of a young lady from Holmen. This pitted her against a very good freshman from Bonduel. She came up on the short side of this match. This girl did advance to the state championship match only to come in runner-up against a young girl who travels worldwide to compete.
Ashly did not let the loss get her down as she came back and secured two more pins in the consolation bracket. Both of these matches were extremely well wrestled and she used excellent technique to come out on top in each of these matches. Ashly saw her first state tournament come to an end with a tough loss to a very strong girl from West Salem. Once in the consolation bracket each match is a must win scenario to reach the podium, and Ashly did well for herself, placing in the top 12 in her weight class.
Whitewater is proud of the performance on the day going 3-2 in our first Women’s State Wrestling Tournament. This is just the first of what we are hoping will be many trips to this tournament for our ladies in Whitewater. The atmosphere was outstanding all day, and the excitement was excellent throughout the day watching some very good young ladies display their hard work in the sport of wrestling. We should all be thankful that the WIAA has joined others in providing these opportunities to the young women in our state.
Ashly and the rest of the Whippet Wrestling team will be in action on Tuesday night, February 1, when they host Janesville Craig in their final dual meet of the season. Wrestling with JV begins at 6 and Varsity begins at 7:00.
Article and Photo Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
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