The Whippets Boys’ Swim Team had a sensational day in the pool competing in the Southern Lakes Conference Championships on Saturday, February 4th. The Whippets finished 6^th overall as a team, took home 4 medals, and posted 17 of 21 best times!

Placing in the Top 16 includes (Top 6 medal):

 200 Medley Relay A (Tyler Arnett, Jack Hefty, Cruz Aranda, Andrew O’Toole) with a 9^th place finish and a time of 2:01.44.

200 Medley Relay B (Onyx Thompson, Xavier Zei, Myles Morse, David Enns) with a 15^th place finish and a time of 2:21.07. Dropped 7 seconds off seeded time. 

Miles Nickelsburg had an 8^th place finish in the 200 Freestyle going a best time of 2:18.69.

 Tyler Arnett finished 3^rd in the 200 Freestyle with a best time of 2:00.18. He moved up on the Whippet All Time Top 10 List to 7^th overall.

 Jack Hefty won his heat in the 200 IM with a best time of 2:23.35. His time was fast enough to beat two swimmers in the following heat to earn himself a 5^th place finish. 

 Cruz Aranda won his heat in the 50 Freestyle with a new best time of 25.69. He placed 10^th overall!

 Cruz Aranda finished 10^th in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:09.42.

 Tyler Arnett finished 2^nd in the 500 Freestyle with a best time of 5:29.50

 Andrew O’Toole dropped 27 seconds in the 500 Freestyle going a time of 6:24.42. Placing 11^th overall.

 Myles Morse dropped over 6 seconds in the 500 Freestyle going a time of 6:25.19. Placing 12^th overall. 

Onyx Thompson placed 15^th overall in the 100 Backstroke dropping over 3 seconds going a best time of 1:25.50 

Miles Nickelsburg dropped over 3 seconds in the 100 Backstroke placing 10^th overall going a 1:13.04

 Jack Hefty swam a fun 100 Breaststroke race where he and an opponent from Jefferson/Cambridge touched at the same time. The two of them ended up tying for a 6^th place finish. Jack went a new best time of 1:15.16.

 400 Freestyle Relay A (Cruz Aranda, Andrew O’Toole, Jack Hefty, Tyler Arnett) placed 5^th overall with a time of 3:54.63. They bested their seeded time by nearly 5 seconds. Jack Hefty posted an impressive 55.82 split and Andrew O’Toole also had an impressive split going a 1:01.68.

 400 Freestyle Relay B (Myles Morse, Onyx Thompson, Xavier Zei, Miles Nickelsburg) placed 10^th overall with a 4:41.92. They all swam well and beat their seeded time by 11 seconds. 

With an impressive meet like this, we are excited to watch the Whippets compete in the WIAA Sectional next Saturday, February 11^th at Sauk Prairie at 1 p.m. Go Dogs!

Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Co-Head Boys’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org

The Whippets fell 37-40 in a close game by a last second shot to the Jefferson Eagles in a girls’ basketball conference match up at home Thursday night, February 2. 

Working a good inside out game offensively and communicating on defense were key going into this game. We got into foul trouble early in the first half, but we continued to play aggressively on defense, making adjustments to protect the hoop. We started to connect on our outside shots and hit key free throws to give us the edge going into the second half up 18-15. 

To start the second half we struggled offensively, stuck at 18 as Jefferson went on an 8-point scoring run. Working our inside out game, hitting our free throws, and putting on our press helped us chip away and tie up the game 27-27 with 5 minutes left in the game. The rest of the game was back and forth right up to the end. Danielle DePorter fought for an offensive rebound, got fouled, and hit both free throws to tie it up 37-37 with seconds left in the game. 

Jefferson’s Lenz connected on a last second shot scoring 3 of her 4 points to win the game. 

Mayte Navejas led the Whippets with 12 points and 3 steals. Danielle DePorter followed with 7 points and 3 rebounds. Cali Kopecky added 5 points and 8 rebounds. Kindyl Kilar also scored 5 points. 

Article Submitted by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Peter and Bob Mischka

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Congratulations to the Whippet Wrestling Team on closing out the regular season Wednesday night, February 1, with a very exciting win against Janesville Craig. It was very much a back and forth dual meet with it culminating with Avi Kalra clinching the team win with a big pin at 195 to lead the wrestlers to a 46-33 victory.

The win closes out the regular season for the Varsity Whippet Wrestlers with a dual meet record of 9-1 on the season.

For full results visit https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/LoadBalance.jsp?pageName=DualMatches.jsp&dualId=6734923132

The JV team travels to Badger for a dual, and the Varsity heads to the Rock Valley Conference Tournament at Clinton on Saturday.

Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka