The Whippet Swimmers had a strong showing at the Sectional Meet in Baraboo on Saturday, February 15, with Jack Mayer leading the way qualifying for the State meet on Friday, February 21 in both the 50 and 100 Freestyle. Jack broke the school record in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 22.23 and followed that up with a lifetime best time in the 100 Freestyle with a 48.73. Both of these swims were Top 10 times. Jack will compete at State on Friday, February 21.

In addition to Jack’s races, the team posted 13 best times, 11 top sixteen finishes, and 5 top 10 times! Our relays did very well. The 200 Medley Relay team of Jon Chan, Keith Cameron, Antonio Aranda, and Tyler Arnett dropped 5 seconds off their seed time to score points for the team. Our 200 Freestyle Relay of Devin Bazeley, Shawn Chan, Jon Chan, and Jack Mayer finished in 9th place with a new best time. Our 400 Freestyle Relay of Devin Bazeley, Shawn Chan, Tyler Arnett, and Jack Mayer also posted a best time dropping 3 seconds with their 8th place finish.

In individual events, Jonathan Manriquez posted his best time in the 200 Freestyle dropping 7 seconds and also swam his best 100 on the first 100 of that race. Tyler Arnett continued to swim strong in both the 200 Freestyle and 500 Freestyle events, swimming right on his best times. Tyler placed 13th in the 500 Freestyle scoring points for the team.

Tony Aranda had a solid 200 Freestyle, but really stepped it up in the 500 Freestyle with an 11 second drop. Wyatt Anderson had a strong meet with his 13th place finish in the 200 Individual Medley which scored points for the team and had a 6 second drop in the 100 Breaststroke.

Devin Bazeley continued to impress with two lifetime best times. Devin finished in 8th place in the 200 Individual Medley and dropped another second off his time and finished in 9th place in the 100 Butterfly with a new best time.  Devin posted three times to the Top 10 All Time list with his lead off swim in the 200 Freestyle along with his two individual swims.

Keith Cameron had an impressive meet with a new best time in both his relay split and 50 Freestyle and swam right on his best time in the 100 Breaststroke. Shawn Chan posted a best time in the 100 Butterfly and went right on his best time in 50 Freestyle. Jon Chan swam a very nice 100 Butterfly dropping over a second off his time. Jovany Manriquez had a strong 100 Butterfly and posted his best 50 on the lead off of that swim.

It will be interesting to see what these boys can do next year!

Article and Photo Courtesy of Coach Gina Foucault

After a full week of practice and recovery from hosting the Rock Valley Conference Tournament, the Whitewater Wrestling Team hit the road to Evansville to begin their quest for an opportunity to compete in the WIAA State Tournament. The team was placed in a very tough region seeing top teams from the conference for the 2nd week in a row.

On this first leg of the state series, individuals must finish in the top two of their weight class to advance to next week’s section tournament, and the top team advances to the team section on Tuesday night.

After the dust settled and the mats were cleared, the Whippets did not end up quite where they had hopes of being. The team qualified two individuals to compete next week, keeping their dreams alive for a state title. David Cushman bounced back in a big way defeating a young man whom he had lost to in the conference semi-finals last week. David wrestled an outstanding match from start to finish to find his way into the finals. Here he dropped the championship to a very good wrestler from Edgerton.

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Carter Friend also was able to avenge his loss in the conference finals last week as he won a very tight match 3-1 in overtime. Carter continues to make adjustments for this opponent as they have met many times over the course of the season, and the winning wrestler has won by either 1 point or in overtime.

Coming in third place and missing out on qualifying for the sectional were CJ Tomomitsu, Cooper Hammond, Cody Gamble, Aaron Porras, Marcus DePorter, and Will Leibbrand. All of these young men wrestled tough, winning their third place match and will be an alternate if something happens to the competitor who placed above them in the bracket.

Although the finish is not where the Whippets expected to be at the beginning of the season, the team wrestled tough on Saturday and should not hang their heads. Nobody went out and just cashed it in, but fought to the very last second. For the 9 underclassmen who competed but did not get through, they will get back to work and set new goals for next season.

Cushman and Friend will compete on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. again back in Evansville.

Article and Photos Submitted by Coach John Schimming

The Whippet girls defeated Brodhead on Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, 52-45.

Abby Grosinske led the Whippets with 21 points with Kacie Carollo contributing 12 and Alyssa Schumacher 10. Schumacher went 6 for 7 from the free throw line.

Carollo and Cassidy Laue led the team in rebounding, pulling down 7 and 6 respectively.

Both Grosinske and Laue added 4 steals.