Today is Saturday, October 10, 2026
Congratulations to the Girls’ Tennis Team for taking home 3rd place in the 7 team Conference Tournament on Thursday, September 28. The final standings of the tournament were: East Troy 38, Delavan 21, Whitewater 19, Monroe 12.5, Jefferson 11, Big Foot 10, Edgerton 10.
During the event, Emilia Houwers was crowned the conference champion at 1-singles, defeating Jefferson 6-1, 6-3 in the finals.
At 2-singles, Jackie Franco battled back after losing a close match in the first round to take 5th place.
Liz Servin won 2 out of her 3 matches at 3-singles to take home 3rd.
And Vicki Ramirez, in her first year playing tennis, came up just short in the 4-singles consolation bracket losing in a 3rd set tiebreak and finished in 4th place.
The 1-doubles team of Stephanie Wence and Maritza Vidales lost a close first round match, but won in the second round to place 5th.
Leah Newmann and Vanesa Wence at 2-doubles won 2 out of their 3 matches to get 3rd.
In the final match of the night, Isabel Aranda and Aimee Servin couldn’t hold on to a first set lead and finished the tournament in 4th for 3-doubles.
All conference honors were given to Emilia Houwers for First Team Singles, and she was named Conference Player of the Year. Stephanie Wence and Maritza Vidales were named to Second Team Doubles. Leah Newmann and Vanesa Wence received Honorable Mention Doubles.
Article and Photo Submitted by Baron West
Whitewater High School Head Tennis Coach
bwest@wwusd.org
Thursday night, September 28, saw Whitewater play host to Jefferson in Boys’ Soccer on what turned into a thrilling senior/parent night for all involved.
The first half was closely contested with Whitewater’s Sebastian Cuellar scoring a deserved penalty. Jefferson equalized 5 minutes later, and we went to half time all square at 1-1.
A special halftime ceremony honoring our seniors and their parents developed into a successful 2nd half of play for the Whippets. All aspects of the second half were dominated by Whitewater, and Sebastian Cuellar added two more goals to complete his hat trick.
It was a bittersweet evening for our seniors as they saw their final home game of the regular season come and go. The Whippets travel to Lodi on Saturday for a tournament to take on Middleton’s Varsity Reserve, Madison Country Day, and Lodi.
Whitewater:
- 24’ Sebastian Cuellar goal
- 59’ Sebastian Cuellar goal assisted by Ethan Dugan
- 78’ Sebastian Cuellar goal assisted by Johan Perez
- Phoenix Jones with 4 saves
- Casey Schlicher with 4 saves
Monroe:
- 29’ Jacob Kerkenbush goal
- Sam Steies with 9 saves
Article Submitted by Sam Burns
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Soccer Coach
dburns@wwusd.org
The Whitewater Girls’ Swim Team competed at home against Jefferson/Cambridge on Tuesday, September 26. Our athletes showed up to compete as many obtained personal best times for the season.
Adalynn Frye took on the 200 Freestyle for the first time this season. She also went a best time in the 100 Breaststroke by 16 seconds.
Zoe Zei has found a love for the 500 Freestyle and is absolutely crushing it. She dropped 21 seconds from just last week!
Lucy Davis swam the 200 Freestyle for the first time this season and dropped 24 seconds from last year. She also went a best time in the 100 Butterfly by dropping 8 seconds.
Marijose Verduzco swam the 50 Butterfly in a Medley relay which we hope is the first of many Butterfly races. She also went a best time in the 100 Freestyle by 5 seconds.
Atreya Wilson went 3 of 4 in best times for the night which included a 3 second drop in the 100 Breaststroke.
The 400 Freestyle Relay consisting of Makayla Bazeley, Charlotte Hajewski, Maggie Maas, and Emerson Dunham won their heat with a time of 4:27.43.
The Swim Team is back in the pool on Tuesday, October 3, at Elkhorn. We hope to see you all there!
Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
The Whitewater Volleyball Team beat visiting Monroe in 4 sets on Dig Pink Night (19-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-18), Thursday, September 28. The night started with some heartfelt tributes to two special moms who beat breast cancer, Nicole Grosinske and Nikki Amundson. Both Calli and Aidyn gave moving speeches about their moms and their fight against cancer. Our continued love and support of them, and anyone impacted by cancer, is endless.
Coach Mary Kilar commented, “We finally put together a match and played like the team we know we are! When we visited Monroe, we lost in a 5-set battle. So, to turn around and host them and beat them solidly in four sets shows our improvement. As a coaching staff we have been preaching playing to win, and tonight we took control and did just that! We also have been working hard to improve our ace to error ratio on serve, and we accomplished this with 16 aces and 8 errors.”
Tonight, Calli Grosinske saw the court and bettered the ball each chance she got. She led us again with another double-double and ended the night with 24 kills, hitting a .283, scoring 3 aces and 13 digs. I was so pleased to see her respond with leadership; she had a solid night tonight!
Ella Spear also had a great night passing a 2.0, and was a force behind the serving line and defensively. She racked up 6 aces, 13 digs, and 7 assists. Falyn Krahn contributed 3 kills, 8 digs, and a block. Zoe Kohl added 14 digs and an ace. Manny Mbifi added 3 kills and a block, Meg Roselle finished the night with 2 kills and 5 digs, and Savannah O’Neil came in with 2 aces!
Finally, our senior setter Marina Linos, had a stellar night behind the line with 4 aces, and a double-double of 15 assists and 12 digs, also adding 2 kills.
To see our team regroup after a loss of 5 sets at Delavan and take over this match was exactly what we knew this team is capable of. I am happy for them and proud of their work tonight!
Thank you to all who came out and supported our Dig Pink. Next up is Play for Trey on Tuesday, October 3rd. Wear your Play for Trey gear, blue and gold, and come out to support us against Jefferson. JV1 and JV2 at 5:00 PM and varsity to follow at 6:30.
Article and Photos Submitted by Mary Kilar
Whitewater High School Head Volleyball Coach
mkilar@wwusd.org
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