Today is Monday, November 25, 2024
On Monday, May 20, the Whitewater Boys’ Tennis Team competed in the subsectional tournament at East Troy. The 1 doubles team of Emerson Ellenwood and Yovanni Rojas-Reyes defeated Big Foot 6-2 6-2 and will now face Edgewood for an opportunity to participate in the state tournament. The 3 doubles team of Hugo Portales and Emmanuel Mbifi defeated Jefferson 6-1 6-4 and then pulled through in the 3rd set to defeat Edgerton 6-4 1-6 10-5. They will now also play Edgewood in the semifinals of sectionals on Wednesday, May 22.
Article and Photo Courtesy of Baron West
Whitewater High School Head Tennis Coach
bwest@wwusd.org
The Whippet Track and Field Teams had a great night at the WIAA Regional hosted by Delavan-Darien on Monday. The top four finishers in each event earned a trip to the WIAA sectional on Thursday in Big Foot. Four regions will feed into one sectional event where the top four finishers will earn a trip to the WIAA State Meet held in UW-La Crosse on May 31st – June 1st.
Ethan Dugan was the top performer for the boys’ team as he etched his name into the record books by taking down Brent Gnatzig’s 1978 record of 49.04 in the 400m dash. Ethan stopped the clock in an eye-popping 48.67 and won the regional title. Sydney Schilt had a very strong day in the relays and the 200. Her time of 26.60 earned her a spot as the 10th fastest 200m runner in program history, bumping off Fy Fy Okocha (1995) and Keri Mclean (2000) who were tied in that same spot with a 26.74. Other sectional qualifiers include:
GIRLS
- 100H Hurdles – Carley Boudreau, 4th
- 200 – Sydney Schilt, 2nd
- 300 Low Hurdles – Carley Boudreau, 3rd
- 4×100 – A’lani Ross, Sydney Schilt, Calli Grosinske, Athena Soto, 2nd
- 4×200 – A’lani Ross, Sydney Schilt, Calli Grosinske, Athena Soto, 2nd
- Pole Vault – Myialynn Cobbs, 2nd; Makayla Bazeley, 3rd
BOYS
- 100 – Traysen Thomason, 4th
- 110H Hurdles – Ty Bucholtz, 3rd
- 400 – Ethan Dugan, 1st; Nate Holden, 3rd
- 1600 – Jack Hefty, 2nd
- 4×200 – Traysen Thomason, Nate Black, Akamion McHenry, Quincy Boudreau, 3rd
- 4×400 – Quincy Boudreau, Traysen Thomason, Nate Holden, Ethan Dugan, 2nd
- High Jump – Jaylyn Ewing, 4th
- Long Jump – Quincy Boudreau, 4th
- Triple Jump – David Rubio, 4th
The boys’ team finished 3rd and the girls’ team finished 7th overall.
FULL RESULTS: https://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/2024/delavandarienregional.htm
Article Submitted by Chad Carstens
Whitewater High School Track and Field Coach
ccarstens@wwusd.org
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Editor’s note: The following announcement appears in the WIAC website.
MADISON, Wis.–University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and UW-Whitewater will participate in the Super Regional round of the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship after winning regional finals on May 19.
UW-La Crosse (35-14) beat Coe College (Iowa) 9-7 in the La Crosse Regional, while UW-Whitewater (38-8) posted a 6-4 triumph over Centre College (Ky.) in the Whitewater Regional. The conference duo will meet in a best-of-three Super Regional series in Whitewater May 24-25, with the winner advancing to the NCAA Division III World Series.
UW-La Crosse posted a 19-2 triumph over Bethel University (Minn.) in its first regional contest, and dropped a 12-11, 10-inning decision to Coe College (Iowa). The Eagles rebounded with an 18-15 win over Benedictine University (Ill.) and defeated Coe 18-11 to setup a winner-take-all rematch with the Kohawks.
UW-Whitewater opened regional action with a 9-2 win over Crown College (Minn.) and followed with a 20-3 victory over California Lutheran University to advance to the regional final.
Against Centre (36-13), the Warhawks got on the board in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Sam Paden.
Centre took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning on a two-run single, but UW-Whitewater quickly tied the game in bottom of the inning on a run-scoring single by Paden.
Centre grabbed a 4-2 advantage in the fifth, and the Warhawks took the lead in seventh on Paden’s double down the leftfield line that scored Andy Thies, who led off the inning with a walk. Darryl Jackson’s single to center field scored Paden, and Matt Scolan hit a deep two-run home run to right field.
Cade Hensen earned the win to improve to 4-0 on the season, while Jack Hagen worked the ninth inning for his first collegiate save.
In the clinching game against Coe (31-16), the Kohawks took a 2-0 lead in in the top of the first inning on a two-run single.
UW-La Crosse countered in the bottom of the inning on a RBI single by George Seaman and Anthony Vivian’s two-run home run.
The Eagles extended their advantage to 4-2 in the fifth inning on a solo home run from Nate Witte.
In the seventh, Mac Born had a run scoring single and was followed by Seaman’s three-run home run to right field for an 8-2 lead.
Coe scored five runs on one hit, three walks and three hit batsman in the eighth inning to get within 8-7.
The Eagles added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning on Jack Moran’s run scoring double to right center.
Isaiah Katz worked 7.1 innings to secure the win and improve to 7-5 on the year, while Tyler Schmitt recorded his first save of the season after pitching the final 1.2 innings.
Editor’s note: The bracket, which has not been completed yet as of the time of this posting, may be found here.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will be represented by 12 student-athletes at the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week. The championship meet is slated to run Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25, at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The following UW-Whitewater student-athletes are outdoor national qualifiers for 2024:
Justin Krause of Whitewater, WI (53190), who is majoring in Business Administration MBA.
Gunner Schlender of Whitewater, WI (53190), who is majoring in Physical Education.
Two Warhawk men qualified in two events. Christian Patzka (Black Earth, Wis./Wisconsin Heights) boasts the top times in Division III in the 5,000-meter run and 3000-meter steeplechase. Patzka will look to defend his 2023 national title in the steeplechase. A three-time All-American in the event, Patzka enters the championship with the top time in Division III by more than six seconds. In the 5,000, he will be joined by teammate Gunner Schlender (Brillion, Wis./Brillion), the ninth seed, in the event. Schlender will also compete in the 10,000-meter run where he enters the championship with the 11th-fastest time in the nation this season. He captured bronze in the 10K a year ago.
Shelvin Garrett II (Beloit, Wis./Memorial) and Jordan Hall (Elkhorn, Wis./Elkhorn) both qualified in the triple jump. Garrett II enters as the number three seed while Hall is seeded 22nd. Garrett II is a two-time All-American in the event and was the 2023 runner-up at the national championship meet.
Justin Krause (Ixonia, Wis./Pewaukee) will look to add to his 2022 All-America honor in the 1500 this season. He enters as the 12th seed.
Ben Bojar (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) earned a spot in the 100-meter dash with his time of 10.52 seconds, good for a tie for 20th among competitors entering the meet.
Tina Shelton (Janesville, Wis./Parker) will lead the UWW women as a qualifier in multiple events. Shelton’s 100-meter dash time is tied for fourth-best in the nation this season. She will also compete in the 200-meter dash where she enters as the 16th seed. Shelton claimed All-America honors in both events last season after finishing fifth and seventh respectively.
Shelton will also run the second leg on the Warhawks’ 4×100 squad that comes in as the sixth seed. Hannah Bilodeau (Machesney Park, IL/Harlem) will lead off the foursome followed by Shelton and Jacqueline Kornowski (Green Bay, Wis./Preble). Danielle Pouska (Algonquin, IL/Jacobs) will anchor the combination.
Gracie Holland (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield) has qualified in her signature event, the pole vault. She enters the championship as the fourth seed. Holland is a two-time All-American in the event. She finished as the runner-up in 2022 and was fourth a year ago. Kenni Czarnecki (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) will represent UWW in the throws. She is the 11th seed in the hammer throw field.
Fans can watch the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on ncaa.com. Selections and live results are available here.
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