On Tuesday, February 4th, the Whitewater Whippet Gymnastics Team competed against Waterford in a dual at Waterford High School. The gymnasts had a successful meet, making many individual improvements.

The highlights of the meet include freshman Halee Peters Placing 1st in the All-Around with a 29.1 and 2nd on the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise, scoring a 7.35 on Beam and 7.45 on Floor. Junior Jenna Caldwell placed 2nd on the Uneven Bars, scoring a 6.85, and 3rd in the All-Around. Sophomore Anna Ejnik placed 1st in the Floor Exercise, scoring a 7.5.

Lastly, on the Junior Varsity side, Brenda Aguilar scored a season high on the Floor Exercise, scoring a 6.5.

If you want to see more flips and twists come on out and support your Whippet Gymnasts in their last dual meet against the Elkhorn Elks at Elkhorn High School on Tuesday, February 11th. Goooo, Whippets!

Photo and story courtesy of Coach Kelly O’Hara.

The Whippet girls defeated East Troy on Friday night, January 31, by a score of 56-24.

Kacie Carollo led all scorers with 22. Abby Grosinske contributed 15, and Cora Linos and Catherine Skindingsrude each added 6.

Grosinske led the team in both assists (5) and rebounds (12) and tied for the lead in steals with Brianna Zimdars (3 each).

Twelve Whippets saw substantial playing time in the game.

The Whippet Wrestling Team wrestled very well on a night that saw them honor the senior wrestlers as well as the youth wrestlers in the Whitewater Wrestling Club.

The evening started off with the young Whippet Wrestlers showing their skills as they had the opportunity to practice in the Whitewater High School gym. Coach Gomez, Coach DePorter, and Coach Hernandez ran the young team through many drills that they have been learning throughout the course of the last month of the season. It was a great display of the knowledge, and more importantly, the fun the young Whippets have had.

Before the high school dual the senior wrestlers were presented and honored for their time they have given to the program. The time in the program ranges from Jaden Salmieri who started wrestling in 1st grade to Morgan Stillwagon who came out for the first time this year. Seniors included Cody Gamble, Morgan Stillwagon, Jaden Salmieri, Tyler Pavlik, Mason West, Gehrig Monday, Will Leibbrand, Zach Porter, and Victor Hernandez. Senior Managers included Lexi Hackney, Kathleen Lashley, and Raquel Ortiz. Thank you to these seniors for their time in the Whippet Wrestling Program.

The night concluded with the Varsity team getting a big victory against Edgerton 64-16. Edgerton was short handed a couple wrestlers based on some injuries; however, the Whippets wrestled extremely well in the big victory. All four seniors on the starting lineup closed out their career under the spotlight with a win by pin. Marcus DePorter wrestled a very good match to get the team started with a 13-4 major decision against a very tough opponent.

Once again, thank you seniors for your time. Also thank you to Mike Krahn for taking the lead in creating the banners that were on display for the night and hang in the wrestling room. Also thank you to Shannon Cushman for taking charge of creating the trading cards that the high school team handed out to the youth wrestlers at the end of the meet. The team started this tradition last season, and the youth wrestlers love going down on the mat after the competition and meeting the high school wrestlers to get trading cards.

The team closes out the regular season dual meets on Tuesday when they travel to Janesville Craig to participate in a dual meet. The team is currently 8-2 overall and 6-2 in conference competition. On February 8, the team will host the Rock Valley Conference Tournament at Whitewater High School. Wrestling begins at 9:45 a.m. 

Story submitted by Coach John Schimming, Photos courtesy of Coach John Schimming and Bob Mischka

The Whitewater Whippet Gymnastics Team competed against Burlington/Badger and Wilmot/Union Grove/Williams Bay on Tuesday, January 28th.

The highlights of the meet included Varsity team member Jenna Caldwell scoring a record high on the floor exercise with a 7.925 and scoring an 8.025 on the Vault. Freshman Caleigh Yang made significant improvement on the balance beam, scoring a personal best of 6.55.

On the Junior Varsity side, freshman Brenda Aguilar scored a personal best on the Vault scoring a 7.125, and freshman Ashly Xochipa also scored a personal best on the Vault scoring a 6.8.

The Whippets will be back in action on Tuesday, February 4^th, in a dual meet against Waterford!