The Whippets fell two points short against Fort Atkinson Thursday night, January 26. 

Fort got a jump offensively early in the game up 11-2, but Danielle DePorter hit a 3 to kick start our offense. Calli Grosinske followed with 2 back to back 3’s to tie up the game at 11. From there it was a battle back and forth with the Whippets down at half 24-29. 

In the second half, Fort maintained the lead until we got a spark from Calli Grosinske and Katie Gillette with back to back steals with fast break finishes. The rest of the half was a battle back and forth right up to the last seconds. 

The Whippets fell just short, 51-53. We handled Fort’s press well and played aggressively on defense forcing turnovers and connecting on those possessions. A few shots didn’t land, but it was an amazing fight. 

Calli Grosinske led the Whippets with 17 points, followed by Kindyl Kilar with 14, and Mayte Navejas with 12. 

The Whippets take on Beloit Turner at home Friday night, January 27, which is also our annual Youth Night!

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

The Whippet Swimmers competed against Jefferson/Cambridge on Tuesday, January 24th. The boys finished off conference duals with a win!

Wins and best times on the night include:

In the 200 Freestyle:

• Tyler Arnett won the event with a time of 2:05.08
• David Enns dropped 20 seconds going a 2:51.46

In the 200 IM:

• Jack Hefty won the event going a best time of 2:27.27, which is a 3 second drop from his previous time.

In the 50 Freestyle

• Andrew O’Toole continues to drop more time going 28.10

In the 100 Fly:

• Cruz Aranda won the event with a time of 1:09.77

In the 100 Freestyle:

• Xaiver Zei drops over 13 seconds going a time of 1:08.86
• Onyx Thompson drops 2 seconds going a time of 1:15.96
• David Enns drops 3 seconds going a time of 1:17.08

In the 500 Freestyle:

• Tyler Arnett won the event going a time of 5:32.02
• Myles Morse drops 18 seconds going a time of 6:32.61

In the 100 Backstroke:

• Miles Nickelsburg won the event going a time of 1:16.56
• Onyx Thompson drops 3 seconds going a time of 1:29.34

In the 100 Breaststroke:

• Jack Hefty out touched his opponent to win the event by .39 seconds and went a best time of 1:15.53.
• Xavier Zei drops over 4 seconds going a time of 1:27.40
• Andrew O’Toole drops over 3 seconds going a time of 1:36.57

In the 400 Freestyle Relay:

• Myles Morse and Cruz Aranda both in the lead off position put up new best times in the 100 Freestyle with Cruz going a time of 58.55 and Myles going a time of 1:11.36

The Whippets are entering Championship season and will compete on Saturday, February 4th at 11 a.m. in Delavan-Darien for the Conference Meet. Come out and show your support!

Article Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Co-Head Boys’ Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka

Another exciting game! The Whitewater Girls’ Basketball Team traveled to East Troy for a conference game Tuesday night, January 24. Both teams played tight defense and fought for points in the first half. We knew they were going to pack the lane, forcing us to shoot from outside. Early in the game we took good shots, but they just didn’t fall. Being aggressive and scrappy on defense and getting some put backs on offensive rebounds right before half kept us within 2, 17-19.

Early in the second half, the Trojans connected on a couple 3 pointers putting them up by 11. We fought back, started communicating better on defense, and hitting our outside shots to close the gap. The Trojans were up by 2 with around 4 minutes left in the game and began to stall. We added pressure and forced a turnover to give us possession and momentum. After a time out, Kindyl Kilar drove to score 2 and tie up the game with 1:25 left in the game, 43-43. Katie Gillette got fouled on an inside shot and hit two clutch free throws that put us up by two and won the game. 

Calli Grosinske led the Whippets with 14 points, 4 assists, and 4 rebounds. Danielle DePorter followed with 10 points. Mayte Navejas added 9 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals. Katie Gillette scored 7 and added 4 rebounds and 2 assists. 

The Whippets play Fort Atkinson at home on Thursday, January 26. 

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

Congratulate the wrestlers on a hard-fought dual meet on Tuesday night, January 24, against Evansville. Both teams came in 7-0 in the conference, and it was a well wrestled dual. We were down 27-22 going into the last four weight classes, so it was right there for us. Things did not go our way, and we ended up dropping our first dual meet of the year 51-22. We had matches early on that could have gone our way that we let slip away. There is stuff to get cleaned up prior to the regional tournament.

Congratulations to Victor Hernandez, Nate Black, Aaron Porras, and Avi Kalra on their victories Tuesday night.

Full results: https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/LoadBalance.jsp?pageName=DualMatches.jsp&dualId=6879417132

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