Today is Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Editor’s Note: The following information was provided by Matt Amundson.
A Holiday Basketball Camp was held for boys and girls grades 3rd-8th on December 27th-29th at Whitewater Middle School.
Special thanks to the following for serving as instructors and coaches – Whitewater Boys Basketball: Justin Marinkovic, Jake Hintz, Arno Crowley, Jon Aron, Juan Vidales, Sam Brown, Ivan Gonzalez, Wyatt Nickels, David Rubio, Alex Rubio, Cody Larson, Dan Gnatzig. Whitewater Girls Basketball: Gwen Truesdale, Kindyl Kilar, Cali Kopecky, Jenna Pope, Danielle DePorter, Mayte Navejas, Aidyn Amundson, Calli Grosinske, Zoe Kohl, Kristen Lippens, Morgan Huntley, Ariel Feiertag. Whitewater Youth Coaches Sonia Kachel, Cory Brummeyer, and Matt Amundson.
The event culminated in a 3-on-3 tournament on Thursday, December 30th held at Whitewater High School. The participants were divided into 5 teams at each age level and played a double elimination style tournament. The 6th-8th grade 3-on-3 tournament winners were Matthew Carollo, Mya Koran, & Connor Brummeyer. The 3rd-5th grade tournament was won by Camden Kachel, Tyrelle Griswold, & Keaton Kachel.
Editor’s note: It seems to be difficult to find a source online for this claim, but it appears to be true.
The Whitewater Boys’ Basketball Team had a rough end to 2021 last week, losing to two non-conference opponents. On Tuesday, December 28, Monona Grove defeated the Whippets 77-55. Monona Grove took control of the game towards the end of the first half and never looked back. Their balanced scoring and 43-23 rebounding advantage were too much for Whippets to overcome. Whitewater was led by Wyatt Nickels (20 points), Sam Brown (11 points), and Jake Hintz (8 rebounds).
On Thursday, December 30, Elkhorn outscored Whitewater 83-65. The end of the first half, again, was a problem time for the Whippets, as Elkhorn turned a back and forth game into a 16-point lead in the last six minutes. Wyatt Nickels again led Whitewater with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Jake Hintz chipped in 17 points on five 3-pointers, and Sam Brown added 10 points, but it wasn’t enough as Elkhorn maintained that lead throughout the second half, led by Drew Davey’s 41 points.
The Whippets next play at Clinton on Tuesday, January 4th, and Friday, January 7th, at McFarland.
Article Submitted by Dwayne Lange
Photo Courtesy of Peter Mischka
The Whippet Wrestling Team had the opportunity to host and participate in the Mid-States Wrestling Classic held at UWW on December 27 and 28. This is a long-standing tournament that has been going on for over 40 years and has some of the top talent from Wisconsin and Illinois participating. This year this talent consisted of 38 teams partaking in the very talented pool.
This year the Whippets all wrestled well with 5 of the 12 competitors, CJ Tomomitsu, Connor Friend, Marcus DePorter, Carter Friend, and Mason DePorter, reaching day two of competition.
CJ Tomomitsu wrestled very well throughout the tournament. We have continued to see progress from him, and it was exciting to see him have success against tough competition as he finished in 10th place.
Connor Friend had some good matches and would show some areas of his youth and dropped some matches, although he wrestled well. In the end Connor finished in 12th place.
The Mid-States Classic honors the top 8 wrestlers in their weight class on the podium at the end of the night. This year, Whitewater claimed 3 top eight finishers.
Marcus DePorter wrestled a very good tournament, going 5-3 on the weekend to claim 8th place.
Carter Friend was in a very competitive 170 lb weight class and was able to reach the semi-finals, dropping his match to a tough student from McHenry, Illinois. He was able to close out the tournament with a well wrestled match to finish in 5th place. Over the course of the tournament Carter achieved his 100th win, which is a great milestone for wrestlers!
Mason DePorter wrestled very well throughout the day. He lost a very close quarterfinal match, 8-7, that came right down to the end. Mason came back strong and won 2 of 3 on day two to finish the tournament in 7th place, after going 5-2.
Overall the coaching staff was happy with how the entire team wrestled as this is a very competitive tournament and if you are not up for it, it can be a short-lived competition. We felt the team was ready to wrestle and just missed out having a few more advance to day two. This tournament also exposes areas we need to work on as we move onto the second half of the season.
Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
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