Article and Photos By Kelly O’Hara
Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach
OHaraKL17@uww.edu
The Whitewater Gymnasts competed in Sectionals at Whitefish Bay High School on Friday, February 19th. The Sectional competition consisted of ten teams including Whitefish Bay, Elkhorn, West Bend East, Jefferson, Valders/Roncalli, Waterford, Port Washington, Nicolet and Shorewood. Out of the ten teams there were approximately 50 competitors on each event.
Whitewater placed 8th, scoring a 112.225. The gymnasts had a very successful meet achieving many personal bests.
Senior Jenna Caldwell completed her final competition with a personal best on the Balance Beam scoring an 8.0 and placing 25th. Jenna also scored a 7.55 on Bars placing 20th, an 8.0 on Vault placing 23rd, and a 30.75 in the All-Around placing 17th.
Halee Peters placed 24th on Floor and Bars scoring a 7.8 on Floor and a 7.4 on Bars. Halee also placed 30th on Vault scoring a 7.825.
Caleigh Yang scored a 7.0 on Beam and a 7.35 on Vault.
Brenda Aguilar scored a 7.25 on Vault and a 6.9 on Floor.
Lauren Buhler and Isabelle Dieter both competed in their first Varsity competition and did a fantastic job. Lauren scored a personal best on Floor and Bars scoring a 6.1 on Floor and a 4.7 on Bars. Isabelle Dieter scored a 6.85 on Vault!
The Whippets have completed their successful season, and the Wisconsin State Gymnastics Tournament for Division two will be held on February 27th, at Performance Elite Gymnastics, in La Crosse.
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The Whippets travelled to #1 Lake Mills on Friday, February 19, for a second-round game in the WIAA Boys’ Basketball Division 2 Regional Tournament and were beaten, 36-55, which ended the WHS Boys’ Basketball 2020-21 Season.
The L-Cats were able to hold the Whippets’ leading scorer, senior Jake Martin, to just 5 points. Brock Grosinske led the Whippet scoring with 9 points, followed by Carter Brown with 8, and Wyatt Nickels with 7.
The attached photo shows junior Brock Grosinske guarding senior Jaxson Retrum under the Lake Mills basket.
Photo and comments courtesy of Bob Mischka.
Women: UW-Whitewater 64, UW-Platteville 53
Box score: https://uwwsports.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2020-21/uw-platteville/boxscore/15141
Men: No. 11 UW-Platteville 64, UW-Whitewater 58
Box score: https://uwwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2020-21/uw-platteville/boxscore/15132