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Congratulations to members of the Whippet Volleyball Team for their recent RVC Honors and All-State Honors!
Senior Emme Bullis was named Rock Valley Conference Player of the Year, and Coach Kathy Bullis was named Rock Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
Earning First Team All-Conference Honors were Bullis, Kindyl Kilar, and Cora Linos. Cali Kopecky earned Second Team All-Conference Honors, and Kiyla Kopecky and Caleigh Yang earned RVC Honorable Mention.
Emme Bullis also earned First Team Wisconsin All-State. Kindyl Kilar was named Second Team All-State, and Cora Linos received an All-State Honorable Mention.
It was an extremely busy night for Whippet athletics on Tuesday evening, May 4. Check out reports on all of the action!
Boys’ Soccer
Comments Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Boys’ Soccer Team won their playoff game against Edgerton in a penalty kick-off after it was still tied 1-1 after two 10-minute overtime periods. Next up for them is a game against #1 Fort Atkinson at Fort on Thursday, May 6.
Girls’ Soccer
Comments Courtesy of Coach Blain
The Whitewater Girls’ Soccer team took on the McFarland Spartans Tuesday night in their first conference game of the season. The Whippets played a tough game against a fast McFarland team, and fell 11-0. Senior goalkeeper Cora Linos worked hard in goal and ended the night with 13 saves. The coaches and players look forward to continuing to compete each game.
Softball
Comments Courtesy of Coach Sdano
The Lady Whippets took the lead in the first inning against Brodhead as Shyan Lesperance hit a single, stole second, and went to third on the catcher’s throwing error. Lexi Juoni laid down a nice bunt that scored Lesperance.
Brodhead came back and scored 5 runs in the second inning to take the lead. Brodhead continued to add to their lead as they had 11 hits and took advantage of 6 Whippet errors to tally 13 runs.
The final score was 13 to 1 Brodhead. Cheyenne Bohmann did a nice job of pitching as she went 6 innings, giving up 11 hits, and striking out four Cardinal batters. Only 5 of the 13 runs off Cheyenne were earned.
Shyan Lesperance had both of Whitewater’s hits as she went 2 for 3 with 2 stolen bases.
Next up for Whitewater is a game at Evansville on Thursday, May 6th. Game time is 5:00.
Baseball
Comments Courtesy of Coach Hookstead
The Whippet Baseball Team lost to Evansville by a score of 8-0 on Tuesday night. The team played hard and made some great plays defensively, but unfortunately, they could not get the bats going. Ian Marinaro was the starting pitcher and pitched a solid three innings. The team will be in action again on Thursday, May 6, at home against Evansville at 4:45.
Track and Field
Comments Courtesy of Laura Masbruch
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whippets hosted Jefferson and East Troy on Tuesday evening for a triangular. Due to the overlap of sports seasons, the schools were not fielding full teams, but there were some outstanding individual Whippet performances, especially from the jumpers.
On the girls’ side, Kacie Carollo and Crystal Chan finished one and two in the long jump, Kindyl Kilar and Crystal Chan finished one and two in the high jump, and Amanda Tovar and Jenna Caldwell went one and two in the pole vault. Kindyl Kilar and Kacie Carollo also finished one and two in the 200 M Dash.
On the boys’ side, Jon Aron took the high jump, and Aaron Porras finished first in the 200 M Dash.
Aaron Porras 
Crystal Chan
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Warhawk Softball Earns Close Victories on the Road
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater softball team extended its active win streak to eight games Tuesday with back-to-back, one-run wins at UW-Platteville in a non-conference doubleheader.
The Warhawks (24-8 overall) tied the first game in the seventh inning and tallied the go-ahead run in the eighth for a 6-5 triumph in extra innings. UW-W registered runs in the sixth and seventh innings to take Game 2 by a 2-1 score.
In the opener, first baseman Kaleigh O’Brien hit a game-tying single with one out to make it 5-5, and centerfielder Vera Pflugradt put UW-Whitewater ahead for good with an RBI single in the eighth.
Pitcher Marissa Adams retired eight straight batters over the final 2 2/3 innings to pick up the win, improving to 4-1 on the year. Kate Cleveland started and pitched one inning, and Mallory Hollatz took the middle 4 1/3 frames, pitching into the sixth inning.
Third baseman Meg Cohrs gave UW-W the lead with a double to right center in the top of the first before the Pioneers (15-15) took a 3-1 advantage in the bottom of the inning.
The Warhawks tallied three straight hits to start the top of the sixth, tying the game on a two-run triple to right by second baseman Delaney Becker and taking the lead on an RBI groundout by right fielder Taylor Briehl.
UW-Platteville took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth before UW-Whitewater fought back to tie the game and take the lead for good.
Pflugradt led the offense with three hits and one runs scored. Cohrs, O’Brien, designated player Kennedy Cox and catcher Nikki Mikosz each finished with two hits.
In the second game, neither team scored until the bottom of the fifth, when the Pioneers took a 1-0 advantage on a groundout.
Shortstop Meghan Dunning homered to lead off the top of the sixth and tie the game, and pitcher Annie Morelli left a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the frame to set up the Warhawks for another late rally.
Pflugradt recorded her second go-ahead hit of the day with an RBI triple to right center to score Briehl.
UW-Platteville put the leadoff hitter aboard in the bottom of the seventh, but Adams shut the door, stranding the tying run in scoring position for her third save of the season.
Morelli was credited with the victory, moving to 3-0 for the season. Starter Rhiann Dick struck out six batters over five innings of work.
O’Brien collected a team-high two hits, and Briehl reached base twice with two walks.
UW-Whitewater wraps up the regular season this Saturday with a pair of Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games at UW-River Falls. First pitch of the doubleheader is slated for 2 p.m. The Warhawks are one game out of first place in the conference standings heading into the weekend.
By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staf
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
Packers fans have heard plenty of rumors in recent days regarding Aaron Rodgers’ dispute with management and his desire to either be traded or retire. Here’s one of the latest rumors: that one of the major factors was the release of former Warkawk Jake Kumerow from the team.
Kumerow originally attended Illinois. He caught 3 passes for 15 yards with the Illini. He then transferred to UW-W. Kumerow finished with 158 receptions for 2648 yards and 36 touchdowns for the Warhawks, and was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He has also been a member of the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and New Orleans Saints. He was released by the Packers during final roster cuts on September 5, 2020. (Source: Wikipedia)
Here’s a link to the story on packerswire.com
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