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

The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team faced a fierce Badger team on Tuesday, December 22, at Badger.

The Whippets’ lone win came from Devin Bazeley in the 200 Individual Medley. Devin was able to drop 7 seconds to finish in first and achieved a new time on the Top 10 All Time list; Devin also put in a strong performance in the 100 Breaststroke with a 5 second drop in time and is now 5th All Time in this event.

All of our Whippet swimmers posted best times and many of the swimmers tried out some new races.

Senior, Tony Aranda also had two solid races dropping 3 seconds in the 200 Freestyle and swam right on his season best time from the end of last year in the 500 Freestyle.

Wyatt Anderson had a tough combo tonight. Wyatt posted a best time in the 100 Breaststroke and had to immediately swim the leadoff spot in the 400 Freestyle Relay.

In the 50 Freestyle, Cole Schlicher and Tyler Arnett each dropped a second off their time with Jake Kuhlow also posting a best time. Cole Schlicher also took on the 500 Freestyle with great success, flipping all his turns and cruising in with a nice time. Tyler Arnett was our only Whippet to swim the 100 Butterfly and swam a season best 1:09.65. Jake Kuhlow raced the 100 Freestyle and posted an additional best time with a 3 second drop.

Keith Cameron swam two nice races, swimming right on his time in the 100 Freestyle and dropped 5 seconds in the 100 Backstroke.

Zach Tomomitsu also swam the 100 Backstroke and dropped 8 seconds.

Congratulations to our Whippets on some nice time drops!

By Kelly O’Hara
Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach
OHaraKL17@uww.edu

On Friday, December 18th, the Whitewater Whippet Gymnastics Team competed against Janesville Parker in their first home dual. The gymnasts had a successful meet, concluding the competition with a team score of 116.70.

The highlights of the meet on the Varsity side included sophomore Maddy Buehler scoring a personal best on both the Vault and Floor Exercise, scoring an 8.05 on Vault and a 7.00 on Floor. Sophomore Brenda Aguilar scored a personal best on the Floor Exercise, scoring a 7.1. Sophomore Halee Peters placed 3rd on Bars and in the All Around, scoring a 7.35 on Bars and a personal best in the All Around, scoring a 31.00. Halee also had a personal best and placed 2nd on the Floor Exercise and Vault, scoring an 8.25 on Floor and an 8.3 on Vault. Junior Anna Ejnik had a personal best and placed 3rd on Vault, scoring an 8.15. Anna also had a personal best on the Floor Exercise, scoring an 8.00. Senior Jenna Caldwell also had a successful meet placing 1st on Vault and Bars, scoring an 8.35 on Vault and 7.6 on Bars. She also had a personal best and placed 2nd in the All Around, scoring a 31.05.

On the Junior Varsity side, sophomore Alexis Kuhnke competed in her first meet and scored a 4.6 on the Balance Beam. Sophomore Brooke Bazeley scored a 4.4 on the Floor Exercise. Sophomore Isabelle Dieter competed Vault for the first time and scored a 6.5. Freshman Lauren Buehler also competed Vault for the first time and placed 3rd, scoring a 7.1.

These Whippet gymnasts will be back in action Saturday, January 9th, at the Platteville Invitational. Go, Whippet Gymnastics!

For the article in the Wisconsin State Journal please click here.

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

The Whippet Girls’ Basketball Team played a competitive first half against Brodhead on Thursday night, December 17, as we were tied with a few minutes left in the first half.

Unfortunately, we lost steam, and didn’t shoot well in the second half. The final score was Whitewater 39, Brodhead 66. 

Catherine Skindingsrude led the Whippets with 9 points, followed by Kacie Carollo with 6.  

Our next game will be played on Tuesday, December 22, at home, against Edgerton.