Whitewater beat Jefferson 43-40 in overtime in a Rock Valley Conference girls’ basketball game on Thursday, December 19. The game was a game of runs as both teams went on multiple scoring runs all night long.

Jefferson jumped out to an early double digit lead before Whitewater cut the halftime deficit to 15-21. Whitewater came out of the second half on a 7-0 run to go up 22-21 but the lead was short lived. Jefferson followed that run with an 8-0 run of their own to make it 29-22. To return the favor, Whitewater went on another 12-0 run to take a 34-29 lead with a few minutes remaining. Whitewater had a shot to win the game at the end but Jefferson blocked the potential game winning shot.

In overtime, Jefferson scored the first basket but that was the only basket they would get in the extra period. Whitewater hung on to win a well fought game by both teams.

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

The Whitewater Whippets were blown out and run out of the gym by the Monona Grove Silver Eagles on Monday night in boys’ basketball. The final score was 82-42. Whitewater started off the game strong with an opening three pointer by senior Marcos Sagrero. The Whippets were tied with the Silver Eagles at 14-14 early in the first half, but Monona Grove applied pressure on defense and attacked the open court to build a 51-20 lead at halftime.

WHS was led in scoring by Marcos Sagrero with 13 points, and Matthew Carollo added 11. Leading scorer Austen Luchette was one of four Silver Eagles in double figures. He had 19 points.

Monona Grove is 3-1, and the Whippets fall to 1-4. Whitewater High School goes to East Troy on Friday night and then plays in the Win Parkinson Tournament at Milwaukee Bradley Tech on Saturday.

Article by Michael McCabe
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Basketball Coach
mccmi01@wwusd.org

On Tuesday, December 17th the Whippet Boys’ Swim Team competed against Burlington Co-op. The Whippets beat Burlington by a score of 95 to 72. There were quite a few best times and some first-time swims for a few swimmers.

The 200 Freestylers took a clean sweep of 1st thru 3rd. Cruz Aranda went a best time of 1:55.80. Mateo Bazeley and Andrew O’Toole both had great times for their first time swimming the event!

Miles Nickelsburg and Myles Morse battled it out in the 200 IM; this was a first time swim in this event for the two of them. Both put up good times and we’re looking forward to watching them drop throughout the season.

In the 50 Freestyle, all swimmers went season best times! Jack Hefty went a 24.92, Wyatt Esch went a 27.39, Sam Nickelsburg had a 2 second drop going a 30.73, and Angel Kilar went a 34.32!

All swimmers in the 100 Butterfly also went season best times! Cruz Aranda went a 1:00.64. With this time, it now puts him 7th on the Whippet Top 10 List! Langdon Coburn dropped 2 seconds to go a time of 1:02.57, and Sam Nickelsburg also dropped 2 seconds to go a time of 1:13.99.

Angel Kilar dropped 3 seconds in the 100 Freestyle and is officially under the 1:20 mark by going a time of 1:19.77. David Enns also swam a season best time by going a 1:06.59.

Myles Morse dropped 4 seconds in his 500 Freestyle to go a time of 5:59.38. Wyatt Esch dropped nearly 13 seconds off his time going a time of 6:41.78.

Jack Hefty dropped 2 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke to go a time of 1:16.66.

The Whippets are back in action on Thursday, December 19th at home against Jefferson/Cambridge! Swimming starts at 5:30pm; come out and cheer on the boys! 

Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu

New Berlin West beat Whitewater 72-31 in girls’ basketball action on Tuesday, December 17. After the game started 12-12, West went on a 23-4 run to close the first half with a halftime score of 35-16. 

Freshman Emery Kachel led the Whippet scoring with 12 points, including three 3-pointers.

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