Today is Wednesday, October 7, 2026
The Whippets defeated Beloit Turner in their home opener on September 12 while celebrating those who support the players the most, their parents and guardians. Whitewater won 3-0 by the scores of 25-7, 25-12, 25-16.
Coach Bullis stated, “It was really awesome having lots of fans cheering the Whippets on to their first conference win of the season. I don’t think we have had such a loud cheering section before! Thanks to all the fans who attended.”
Coach Bullis would like to extend a special thanks to the football team, that helped create a tunnel with the JV and JV2 volleyball players for the varsity players to run through before the game.
As of Thursday night, Whitewater is 7-6 overall and 1-0 in Rock Valley Conference play.
On Saturday, September 14, the Whippets took third at the Parker Invite.
Results from the Parker Invite:
Lost to Parker (0-2)21-25, 17-25
Beat Milton (2-1) 25-21, 18-25, 18-16
Lost to Stoughton (2-1) 25-27,25-16, 9-15
Beat Jefferson (2-1)25-18, 21-25,18-16
Lost to Shoreland (2-1) 19-25, 25-20, 14-16
Stat leaders for the weekend:
Aces: Emme Bullis 9, Cora Linos 8, Amanda Tovar 7
Kills: Emme Bullis 54, Kacie Carollo 27, Cora Linos 18
Blocks: Cora Linos 9, Kacie Carollo 6, Kiyla Kopecky 4
Assists: Cora Linos 65
Digs: Emme Bullis 70, Kacie Carollo 52, Cora Linos 35
Top Performers from the weekend tournament:
Catherine Skindingsrude, Hannah O’Brien and Amanda Tovar did a nice job on serve receive. Maddie Arnett did a nice job on both the right side and middle and continues to improve on off blocking defense. CC Alexander played some valuable minutes, which helps us add depth to our lineup.
Article submitted by Coach Kathy Bullis
The Whippets lost a close 3-4 match to Jefferson at Whitewater on Monday, September 9.
We certainly had our opportunities to pull this match out. Our lack of footwork continues to be an area that we need to work on. If we don’t move you can’t get the ball to go where you need it to go. I was pleased with several things as well though. Our 1 and 2 singles players actually played some very nice points. They were setting their points up quite well, but they were playing two very good players who don’t let you make an error of any kind without making you pay for it.
Melanie Reyes 
Tessa Papcke 
Mariana Cano
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka
Tessa Papcke showed some mental toughness after completely losing focus in the second set; she was able to pull it back together and win a close 3rd set.
Our 1 and 2 doubles teams were hitting some very nice angles at the net. That is something that we have been working on and was a definite positive this evening.
On Thursday we head to Walworth to face a very tough Big Foot team.
Article Submitted by Coach Tim Nelson
Courtesy of Jason Bleck: The Whippets got their first win of the 2019 season in a big way on Friday night, Sept. 6 against Clinton. Whitewater shut out the Cougars and won by a score of 44-0. The Whippets’ offensive attack was led by running back Will Leibbrand who had 3 receptions for 125 yards and 9 carries for 33 yards with 3 total touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 receiving). Quarterback Brock Grosinske also had a breakout game completing 9 of 14 passes for 214 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The Whippet defense had a spectacular game holding Clinton to just 61 yards of total offense. They were led by Carter Friend who had 10 tackles and Cooper Pease who had 6 tackles (3 of which were tackles for loss). Gehrig Monday returned an interception for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter and Jacob Heritage added an interception in the first half as well.
The Whippets will face Big Foot in their next game this Friday, Sept. 13. The game will be played at UW-W Perkins Stadium; kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Report courtesy of Chad Carstens: Trenten Zahn and Gio Anello medaled for the Whippet boys CC team in the hotly contested Verona Invitational on Saturday, 9/7. Trenten placed 20th with a strong time of 17:16 and Gio placed 39th in 17:38. Peter Zimdars ran a superb race to finish as the team’s 3rd runner in 19:48. Their efforts boosted the boys to a 4th place finish out of 8 teams in our division. The JV team was led by Evan Schepp and Marcus DePorter who finished with times of 21:34 and 21:38, respectively. The JV team finished in 17th out of 21 scoring teams.
Facing the equally tough field, the girls were led by Trinity Nickels who placed 129th in 25:14 and Gwen Truesdale placing 137th in 26:37. The varsity girls finished in 8th place from their division. The JV girls were led by Jenny Villarreal 255th in 28:44 and Nikole Pelot 289th in 30:18. Their efforts helped the team finish in 16th place overall.
It was a strong day overall for the program and the team looks to complete some great training this week as they are off from racing before returning to the starting line on Tuesday, September 17th at the Marshall Invitational.
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