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Article by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
The Whippet Girls’ Basketball Team played Jefferson Thursday night, January 7. It was a defensive battle. The Whippets had difficulty finding rhythm in the offense, ending the first half of the game with only 9 points to Jefferson’s 21.
Fighting back on defense, and with a 16 point run, we edged ahead of Jefferson 25-24 with about 11 minutes left of the second half. The game remained close, with never more than 5 point deficit until the last 4 minutes when Jefferson pulled ahead by 7 and began to stall. We ended up losing a tough one 36-47.
Kacie Carollo led the Whippets with 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals. Kindyl Kilar contributed 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 steal. Danielle DePorter added 7 points.
By Kelly O’Hara
Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach
OHaraKL17@uww.edu
Whitewater High School Gymnastics competed against Jefferson on Tuesday, January 5th, at Jefferson High School. The Whippets had a victory, with a team score of 113. The WHS gymnasts had many successes during this meet.
Halee Peters scored a 7.55 on bars and an 8.3 on Vault. Jenna Caldwell scored a 7.25 on bars, an 8.1 on Vault, and 28.9 in the All- Around. Anna Ejnik scored an 8.2 on Vault and an 8.05 on Floor. Maddy Buehler scored an 8.1 on Vault. Caleigh Yang scored a 7.55 on Vault and a 7.05 on Floor. Brenda Aguilar scored a 7.1 on Floor.
On the JV side Lauren Buehler scored a personal best on the Vault scoring a 7.15. Alexis Kuhnke scored a 4.4 on Beam and Brooke Bazeley scored a 4.9 on Floor.
The next gymnastics meet will be held Saturday, January 9th, at Platteville High School. Goooo, Whippets!!
Photo Courtesy of Coach O’Hara
Article By Gina Foucault
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
gfoucault@wwusd.org
The Whippets’ triple dual meet on Tuesday, January 5th, resulted in one win and one loss. The Whippets were able to defeat Prairie School/St. Cats, but ended up losing to Jefferson/Cambridge. Two first year swimmers really had some impressive swims. Carter Schepp dropped 15 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke, while teammate Jake Kuhlow dropped an impressive 22 seconds in the 100 Backstroke. Those are huge time drops!
Devin Bazeley earned wins in both the 200 IM and 100 Butterfly against both teams, while Tyler Arnett finished 1st in the 500 Freestyle against both teams and beat all of the Jefferson swimmers in the 200 Freestyle.
Tony Aranda finished in 1st place in the 50 Freestyle against the Prairie School/St. Cat’s swimmers.
Carter Schepp finished in 1st place in both the 100 Freestyle and 100 Breaststroke against the Prairie School/St. Cat’s team.
Jake Kuhlow also finished in 1st place in the 100 Backstroke against the Prairie School/St. Cat’s team.
The Medley Relay of Jake Kuhlow, Carter Schepp, Zach Tomomitsu, and Cole Schlicher earned the win against the Prairie School/St. Cat’s team, while the team of Devin Bazeley, Keith Cameron, Tony Aranda, and Tyler Arnett finished in 1st place in the 200 and 400 Freestyle Relays.
The following swimmers posted best times Jake Kuhlow (2), Cole Schlicher, Tony Aranda (2), Carter Schepp (2), and Keith Cameron (2).
The season is starting to wind down with only one dual meet left before the Championship season. It is great to see each of the swimmers getting stronger.
Article by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
The Whitewater High School Girls’ Basketball Team competed in a conference game against Brodhead Monday night, January 4. We dug ourselves a big hole in the first half with 18 turnovers and scoring only 10 points.
We tripled our points in the second half, only being outscored by 3 points, and reduced our turnovers, but it wasn’t enough to close the gap, and we lost 69-40.
Senior Kacie Carollo led the Whippets with 19 points, 3 assists, and 4 rebounds. Freshman Danielle DePorter scored 14 points (career high), all in the second half.
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