Article By Gina Foucault
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
gfoucault@wwusd.org

The Whippets’ triple dual meet on Tuesday, January 5^th, 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.

Article by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org

The Whippet Girls’ Basketball Team competed in a rescheduled conference game against Clinton on Tuesday, December 29. It was a nail biter throughout the game, but the Whippets prevailed 52-51.

Kacie Carollo led the team with 24 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 4 steals.

Kindyl Kilar dominated the boards with 11 rebounds, scored 15 points, and had 5 steals.

Danielle DePorter contributed with 8 points, 2 assists, and 1 steal.

Per this article on December 25 on Saintswire (a USA Today publication), “The New Orleans Saints receiving corps added some help on Friday when the team claimed Jake Kumerow off of waivers from the Buffalo Bills. Kumerow, 28, has appeared in 27 games with the Bills and Green Bay Packers (including the playoffs), catching 22 of 35 targets for 367 receiving yards. He’s caught three touchdown passes, including a 22-yard dart from Bills quarterback Josh Allen last week….Kumerow played college football at Wisconsin-Whitewater, a Division III program in the Packers’ backyard.”

Readers may also be interested in this article, dated December 28, “6 facts to know about the new Saints waiver claim, WR Jake Kumerow.”