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The Whippet Volleyball Team played Stoughton twice on Tuesday, August 24th, at Whitewater High School. Here are some game highlights! We are super proud of you ladies!
In the first match, Whitewater defeated Stoughton 2-1 by the scores of 23-25, 25-15, and 25-15.
Stat Leaders:
Aces: Calli Grosinske with 5
Kills: Kindyl Kilar with 13
Digs: Kindyl Kilar with 14 and Caleigh Yang with 10
Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/v/2Ff2TY
In the second match of the night against Stoughton, the Whippets lost 1-2 with scores of 25-15, 18-25, and 11-15.
Stat Leaders:
Aces: Jenna Pope with 3
Kills: Kindyl Kilar with 17
Digs: Caleigh Yang with 7, Kindyl Kilar with 6, Calli Grosinske with 5
Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/v/2Ff3eJ
As a staff we were pleased with the performance of the team for the most part. We did very well serving, but we need to continue to get stronger with our serve receive, blocking, and finishing a match by not allowing our opponents to go on a 3-4-5 point run.
Article submitted by Kathy Bullis
Whitewater High School Head Volleyball Coach
kbullis@wwusd.org
An article (click here) in the Lake Geneva Regional News on August 24 begins as follows: “During the past decade, Big Foot has owned Whitewater.
The two football teams played seven times from 2012 to 2019 and the Chiefs won all seven—and all of them by at least 15 points.
That streak of dominance ended on Aug. 20 when the Whippets beat Big Foot 24-19 in the teams’ season opener at UW-Whitewater’s Perkins Stadium.”
Big Foot head coach Mike Welden is quoted as saying, “It’s probably a little eye-opener for our juniors and seniors, who hadn’t really ever lost to Whitewater. That’s a vastly improved Whitewater team, all credit to Coach Bleck out there.”
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by UW-Whitewater.
Mackenzie Balanganayi, a native of Whitewater, WI, was one of four members of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team who have been selected to D3football.com’s 2021 Preseason All-America team.
Senior offensive linemen Kyle Gannon (Waukesha, Wis./West) and senior defensive lineman Mackenzie Balanganayi (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) garnered first team accolades. Senior defensive back Mark McGrath (Lisle, Ill./Lisle) and senior running back Alex Peete (Ringwood, Ill./Johnsburg) earned second team honors.
All four players helped the Warhawks finish with a 13-2 record in 2019, including a 6-1 mark in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The team won the WIAC championship for the 37th time and reached the Stagg Bowl (NCAA Division III national championship game) for the 10th time in program history.
Gannon helped the Warhawks average 30.1 points per game and a conference-leading 195.7 rushing yards per game in 2019. He collected second team D3football.com All-West Region and first team All-WIAC recognition. In 2020-21, Gannon was selected second team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Balanganayi, the 2019 WIAC Defensive Player of the Year and D3football.com West Region Defensive Player of the Year, totaled 42 tackles, including nine sacks. He finished the year as a second team D3football.com All-American. In 2020-21, he was named a National Strength and Conditioing Association All-American for his commitment to strength and conditioning.
McGrath joined Balanganayi on the All-America second team in 2019 with 59 tackles and three blocked kicks. Peete, a 2018 D3football.com second team All-American and 2019 first team All-WIAC and D3football.com All-West Region running back, tallied 14 rushing touchdowns and rushed for more than 1,000 yards for the second straight year in 2019.
UW-Whitewater’s 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gannon, Balanganayi and McGrath were each named 2020 Preseason All-Americans, and were joined by linebacker Kaleb Kaminski offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz.
The Warhawks’ 2021 campaign kicks off Saturday, Sept. 4, at Perkins Stadium against Carthage.
Editor’s note: Thanks to Bob Mischka for this report and photos.
The Whippets opened their 2021 football season with a hard-fought 24-19 win over Big Foot played at the UW-W Perkins Stadium on Friday, August 20. Senior quarterback Brock Grosinske completed 6 of 16 passes for 112 yards and ran for 59 yards and 3 TDs. Senior running back Carter Friend carried 32 times for 155 yards and 1 TD. Next up is a non-conference game at Portage on Friday, August 27.
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