Today is Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Whitewater beat East Troy 34-32 Monday night, February 12, in a Rock Valley Conference girls’ basketball game.
Whitewater trailed by no more than one point all game but spent most of the night with only a one possession lead. Whitewater was able to push the lead to 28-21 late in the second half and hold on to win the game down the stretch.
With the win, the Whippets are Valley Division Champions in the Rock Valley Conference.
Whitewater will finish the regular season on Thursday, February 15, hosting Jefferson, and will then turn around to host Jefferson again on Friday, February 23rd in a WIAA regional semi-final.
Article Submitted by Mike Dowden
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
dowmi01@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Monroe is the conference leader and played very good basketball at both ends as they defeated Whitewater 89-54 on Monday, February 12.
Whitewater was led by Jaylyn Ewing with 13 points, all in the first half. James Seagraves led the Cheesemakers with 17 points.
Whitewater High School hosts Fort Atkinson at 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, February 15. This will again be a doubleheader of basketball with the girls’ varsity game against Jefferson to follow.
Article Submitted by Mike McCabe
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Basketball Coach
mccmi01@wwusd.org
Photo courtesy of Bob Mischka
The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team closed out the season with some exciting and fast racing at the WIAA Division 2 Sectionals at Whitefish Bay on Saturday, February 10th.
The meet started off with the 200 Medley Relay, where Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, and Onyx Thompson bettered their seed time by 1 second. David Enns had a great split in the 50 breaststroke going a 36.82!
Miles Nickelsburg dropped 2 seconds in his 200 Freestyle to go a new time of 2:11.53 and finished 14th overall! Cruz Aranda, a heat later, bettered his time by 1 second going a time of 1:59.09 to finish 11th overall. Cruz is now 6th on the Whippet Top 10 List!
All the 50 Freestylers on the day went best times. David Enns went a 29.25, Wyatt Esch went a 26.86, Myles Morse went a 25.90 to place 16th overall, and Langdon Coburn went a 25.19 to place 14th overall!
Jack Hefty and Cruz Aranda both swam fast in their 100 freestyles. Jack finished 12th overall and Cruz finished 14th overall!
Wyatt Esch went a best time in the 500 by 2 seconds, going a new time of 6:34.33 and placing 15th overall! Myles Morse swam a strong 500 to finish 10th overall!
The 200 Freestyle relay had an exciting race as they battled against conference opponents Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien. Jack Hefty led off the relay with a 24.33, Cruz Aranda split a 24.32, Langdon Coburn split a 24.33 and Myles Morse brought it home with a 25.51. The team dropped 2 seconds off their time from last weekend at Conference!
Langdon Coburn had a 9th place finish in the 100 Backstroke, going a time of 1:02.58. He is now 9th on the Whippet Top 10 List. Miles Nickelsburg had a 13th place finish with a new time of 1:08.34.
David Enns and Jack Hefty both had best times in the 100 Breaststroke. David Enns dropped 3 seconds to go a time of 1:22.71. Jack finished 10th overall with a time of 1:13.95 and is 10th on the Whippet Top 10 List!
The 400 Freestyle Relay of Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, and Jack Hefty finished 6th overall with a time of 3:47.38.
The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team had an amazing season! We can’t wait to see what they accomplish next year!
Article and Photo Collage Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
On Saturday, February 10, the Whitewater Wrestling Team traveled to Clinton to participate in the 13 team Regional Wrestling Tournament, which is the first phase of the state tournament series. This is an individual tournament where the top four competitors in each weight class advance next weekend to Campbellsport for the Sectional Tournament. Team scores are also kept during this event based on individual success and the top two teams advance to the Team Sectional to be hosted by Whitewater High School on Tuesday night, February 13.
After the dust settled, the Whippets found themselves with 9 competitors advancing to the individual sectional next Saturday, and the team finished at the top of the heap to be able to compete in their home gym on Tuesday night.
Individually, Jasen Porras (113), Connor Friend (138), and Sebastian Cuellar (165) all won their weight classes. Jasen had outstanding 3rd periods in his open match and in the championship to come away victorious having 2 pins and a decision on the day. Connor Friend started the day with two pins and then a well wrestled 4-0 win in the championship. Closing out the champions, Sebastian Cuellar had a pin, technical fall, and a very well wrestled championship match winning 8-3.
Coming in second for the Whippets included Jarvis Porcaro (120) who had a pin and major decision on the day before falling for the second week in a row to a highly ranked student from East Troy. Odair Porras (150) dropped his semi-final match by 1 point, however battled back to take third place. Because he had not wrestled the 2nd place wrestler he got a wrestle back winning to claim the second-place position, which placement is important as it determines how you are placed at Sectionals. Also bringing home silver was Payton Lyon (190) picking up a pin and very well wrestled semi-final match winning by decision.
Closing out the Whitewater qualifiers were Brady Friend (132), who was 5-1 on the day, Traysen Thomason (144), who dropped a tough semi-final match in overtime, and Junior Soto (HWT) who had a big pin against the number 2 seed in the quarter-finals.
Just missing out on a trip to the sectional meet was JJ Gonzalez who finished the day 3-1 and in 5th place.
The Whippets will host the team sectional on Tuesday night with the semi-finals beginning at 6:00. Whitewater will face Campbellsport in the opening round. The winner of the two dual meets on Tuesday night will compete at Team State on March 2.
The individual boys who qualified as well as the girls’ team will travel to Campbellsport on Saturday, February 17, as they look to place in the top 3 for the boys and champion for the girls to advance to state.
Article Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
Graphic Courtesy of Johnny Gomez
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