Today is Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The Whippet Girls’ Basketball Team came out strong in the beginning of the first half in a very physical, faced-paced game at Brodhead on Friday, February 11. We were tied within the first 9 minutes of the first half, playing a tight defense. Brodhead went on an 11-point scoring run, stretching their lead. Going in to halftime, we were down 14-37.
We got into foul trouble, and struggled to stop Brodhead’s offense, coming up short, 37-67.
Josie Treder led the Whippets with 10 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist. Gwen Truesdale contributed 6 points (4 for 4 from the free throw line), 3 blocks, and 2 rebounds. Cali Kopecky also added 6 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals.
The Whippets will host Evansville at home Monday, February 14th. It is our last regular season home game and Senior Night.
Article Submitted by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, UW-W
Saturday, February 12, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team placed nine wrestlers among the top six of their respective weight classes Saturday on its way to a fifth-place finish at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (presented by Culver’s) in Oshkosh, Wis.
Jaritt Shinhoster earned the individual championship at 184 pounds to lead the Warhawks, who totaled 85.5 team points for the tournament.
Shinhoster, the 2020 champion at 174 pounds, earned his first title at 184, posting a pair of pins on his way to the final, where he bested UW-La Crosse’s Kalyn Jahn by 7-0 decision. Shinhoster was also named the 2022 WIAC Wrestling Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete, UW-W’s first such honoree since 2005. (Check back in the coming week for the complete announcement.)
Jake Burford finished as runner-up at 149 pounds, tallying a 3-1 record with one pin and one major decision on the way to his second career top-three WIAC finish. He was also selected to the WIAC All-Sportsmanship Team following competition. Ryan Vedner rebounded from a semifinal loss to place third at 174 pounds, and Cadin Koeppel finished third at 285 pounds following a narrow semifinal defeat.
Fourth-place finishers included Ethan Pogorzelski at 133 pounds, Dakarai Clay at 141 and Shelby Jones at 285.
Ryan Riser placed fifth at 174 pounds, and Drew Nash finished sixth at 141.
UW-Whitewater is set to compete next at the NCAA Upper Midwest Regional, which is slated for Feb. 25-26 in Eau Claire.
See below for complete UW-Whitewater results from Saturday’s tournament.
125
Griffin McEnroe
First Round: lost to Remington Bontreger (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 11-8
Consolation: lost to Brandon Murphy (UW-La Crosse) by technical fall, 18-2 (7:00)
133
Matt McEnroe
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinal: lost to Denis Murphy (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 7-5 (SV-1)
Consolation: lost to Julian Purney (UW-La Crosse) by fall, 3:24
Ethan Pogorzelski
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinal: lost to Zach Thompson (UW-Platteville) by decision, 8-4
Consolation: d. Caleb Radtke (UW-Platteville) by decision, 6-4 (SV-1)
Consolation: d. Denis Murphy (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 7-3
Third Place: lost to Zach Thompson (UW-Platteville) by decision, 11-6
141
Dakarai Clay
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinal: d. Tyler Shackle (UW-La Crosse) by fall, 6:38
Semifinal: lost to Zach Sato (UW-Eau Claire) by decision, 8-6
Consolation: d. Luke Hill (UW-Stevens Point) by decision, 6-1
Third Place: lost to Tyler Shackle (UW-La Crosse) by technical fall, 15-0 (7:00)
Drew Nash
First Round: d. AJ Schoenfuss (UW-Oshkosh) by fall, 6:43
Quarterfinal: d. Markus Brown (UW-Eau Claire) by decision, 8-6 (SV-1)
Semifinal: lost to Zach Licht (UW-Platteville) by fall, 4:41
Consolation: lost to Tyler Shackle (UW-La Crosse) by major decision, 10-1
Fifth Place: lost to Luke Hill (UW-Stevens Point) by medical forfeit
149
Jake Burford
First Round: d. Wyatt Willey (UW-Platteville) by fall, 0:43
Quarterfinal: d. Tyler Goebel (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 6-4
Semifinal: d. Gabe Pugh (UW-Eau Claire) by major decision, 10-2
Final: lost to Brock Parker (UW-Platteville) by decision, 3-2
Alex Valenzona
First Round: lost to Brock Parker (UW-Platteville) by major decision, 14-2
Consolation: lost to Tyler Goebel (UW-La Crosse) by technical fall, 17-1 (5:13)
157
Ty Miller
First Round: lost to Owen Norman (UW-Platteville) by decision, 5-4
Consolation: lost to Mason Wheeler (UW-Stevens Point) by decision, 3-1
Simon Rillie
First Round: lost to Isaac Ortegon (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 10-4
Consolation: lost to Adam Rients (UW-Eau Claire) by major decision, 11-2
165
Tommy Hoy
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinal: lost to Seth Brossard (UW-La Crosse) by major decision, 19-5
Consolation: lost to Cody Welker (UW-Oshkosh) by medical forfeit
Nick Klug
First Round: lost to Nick Fetzner (UW-La Crosse) by fall, 2:35
Consolation: lost to Josh Heuss (UW-Stevens Point) by fall, 4:38
174
Ryan Riser
First Round: d. Trystan Altensey (UW-Stevens Point) by decision, 5-1
Quarterfinal: lost to Jared Stricker (UW-Eau Claire) by decision, 10-5
Consolation: d. Muzi Siseltha (UW-Oshkosh) by major decision, 16-2
Consolation: d. Niall Schoenfelder (UW-Eau Claire) by major decision, 12-3
Consolation: lost to Ryan Vedner by decision, 7-3
Fifth Place: d. Luke Clark (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 11-5
Ryan Vedner
First Round: d. Niall Schoenfelder (UW-Eau Claire) by decision, 8-4
Quarterfinal: d. Luke Clark (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 5-2
Semifinal: lost to Nick Dado (UW-Platteville) by decision, 3-2
Consolation: d. Ryan Riser by decision, 7-3
Third Place: d. Isaac Gust (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 4-3
184
Jerred Grell
First Round: lost to Kalyn Jahn (UW-La Crosse) by fall, 1:59
Consolation: lost to Jacob Sklenar (UW-Platteville) by major decision, 12-2
Jaritt Shinhoster
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinal: d. Darren Leibsle (UW-Stevens Point) by fall, 1:27
Semifinal: d. Chase Melton (UW-Eau Claire) by fall, 3:54
Final: d. Kalyn Jahn (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 7-0
197
Jakub Maciorowski
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinal: lost to Tyler Hannah (UW-Platteville) by decision, 4-0
Consolation: lost to Blake Flach (UW-Stevens Point) by fall, 1:56
285
Shelby Jones
First Round: d. Matt Hanke (UW-Oshkosh) by major decision, 14-5
Quarterfinal: d. Ben Gunderson (UW-Stevens Point) by decision, 3-1 (SV-1)
Semifinal: lost to Ben Kawcyznski (UW-La Crosse) by decision, 4-2 (SV-1)
Consolation: d. Matt Hanke (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 3-1
Third Place: lost to Cadin Koeppel by fall, 1:47
Cadin Koeppel
First Round: d. Ethan Tegels (UW-Eau Claire) by major decision, 16-6
Quarterfinal: d. Noah Wieczorek (UW-Stevens Point) by major decision, 13-3
Semifinal: lost to Jordan Lemcke (UW-Oshkosh) by decision, 3-1
Consolation: d. Brett Schoenherr (UW-Platteville) by decision, 10-4
Third Place: d. Shelby Jones by fall, 1:47
Editor’s note: The following was posted on February 10 to the UW-W website.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team led NCAA Division III in both cumulative and average attendance during the 2021 season, drawing nearly 70,000 fans to Perkins Stadium for home games.
The Warhawks averaged a nation-leading 6,975 fans over 10 home games, including six in the regular season and four in the NCAA Playoffs.
The team’s total attendance of 69,754 was nearly 18,000 more than its closest peer and is believed to be the most in one season in school history, passing the 2016 team, which drew 51,459 fans.
UW-Whitewater has now finished among the top 10 in the nation in attendance in each of the last 15 seasons. Perkins Stadium’s unique atmosphere, highlighted in this video, includes fan tailgating, the “Cannon Guy” firing off the cannon after each Warhawk scoring play, one of the best bands in NCAA Division III under the direction of Dr. Glenn Hayes and a winning tradition that includes six national championships and 10 trips to the Stagg Bowl since 2005.
“I get the chills every time,” defensive lineman Mackenzie Balanganayi (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) said on the Inside Warhawk Athletics podcast in 2020 regarding the Perkins Stadium atmosphere. “It’s different anywhere else, you don’t get that anywhere else. You feel unbeatable.”
Former UW-W head coach Bob Berezowitz, who coached the Warhawks from 1985-2006, spoke of the fan experience for a 2020 story on the 50th anniversary of the venue.
“I feel UW-W has the best tailgating gathering in Division III football,” Berezowitz said. “I am so excited every Saturday to be at Perkins Stadium to see everyone getting ready for a great game. Attendance just keeps increasing each year.”
More than 11,000 fans walked through the Perkins Stadium gates three times during the 2021 season:
15,406 against UW-Platteville on Oct. 9 – ninth-highest single-game attendance in Division III history according to D3football.com (sixth highest on-campus attendance) and second-highest single-game attendance in program history
11,248 against UW-Eau Claire on Oct. 30 – ranks among the top 50 in single-game attendance in Division III history according to D3football.com
11,991 against UW-La Crosse on Nov. 6 – ninth-highest single-game attendance in program history and among the top 30 in Division III history according to D3football.com
UW-Whitewater’s three other regular season games each drew more than 7,000 fans:
7,423 against Carthage on Sept. 4
8,102 against Berry (Ga.) on Sept. 18
8,963 against UW-Stout on Oct. 2
The Whitewater Gymnasts took on Waterford in their last dual meet of the season on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
Halee Peters had a great night as she took 2nd in All-Around with a score of 30.825. She stomped it in Vault, taking 1st place, took 2nd in Bars with her difficult routine, and had a career best score of 8.275 with her sassy Floor routine, which also earned her 2nd place. Halee tied for 3rd place on Beam with Makayla Bazeley. Makayla also had a strong night and placed in the top 8 for all the events, taking 5th in All-Around and 5th on her solid Bars routine.
Myia Cobbs showed everyone how tough of a competitor she is as she took on Bars for the first time ever. She also scored a season best on the Vault with a 7.25, tied her season best score on Floor, and competed in All-Around for the very first time, and scored a 23.30! We love seeing how much she has grown as a gymnast since the first meet! She meets every challenge head on and is a determined gymnast!
Miyu Takeda scored a season best on Vault as she continues to push herself to learn new skills.
The team heads to Platteville for their last invitational on Saturday, February 12th, and then will move on to Conference and Sectionals the following two Fridays. Wish them luck as they finish their season strong!
Article and Photos Submitted by Shawnda Peters
Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach
speters@wwusd.org
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