Today is Thursday, October 8, 2026
On Thursday, September 4, the Whippets traveled to Jefferson High School to compete in the Southern Lakes Conference Relay Championship. The team finished 5th overall and showed up with incredible swims, heat wins, and huge time drops throughout the night!
Meet Highlights:
200 Medley Relay (Maggie Maas, Atreya Wilson, Lucy Davis, Charlotte Hajewski) – 8th overall and won their heat by nearly 17 seconds!
4×100 IM Relay (Kendra Serrano, Grace Coleman, Charlotte Hajewski, Emma Maas) – pulled off a thrilling comeback win in the final leg to take their heat!
1000 Crescendo Relay (Grace Smith, Atreya Wilson, Maggie Maas, Lucy Davis) – 7th overall, winning their heat by nearly 40 seconds!
50 Freestyle “Splash & Dash” Two teams made their mark!
- Laken DePorter, Jalayne Hanson, Paige Kollwelter, Storm DePorter – 10th overall, dropping 11 seconds from their seed time!
- Emma Maas, Maya Davis, Grace Smith, Maggie Maas – 6th place with a time of 1:01.10.
400 Backstroke Relay (Grace Smith, Caitlin Alford, Paige Kollwelter, Georgia Esch) – dominated their heat with a win by over a minute, with all four swimmers crushing their times!
The Whippets brought the energy, teamwork, and grit—what an amazing night of racing! 
Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
The Whitewater Whippet Soccer Team played to a 2-2 tie with Fort Atkinson on Thursday, September 4.
Whippet goals were scored by Abdi Calvillo with an assist from Langdon Coburn (65’) and Elijah Gutierrez with an assist from Kevin Gonzalez (70’). Fort Atkinson’s goals were scored by Connor Luebke (6’) and Tristan Dommershausen (50’).
Casey Schlicher had 7 saves for the Whippets and Ayden Schaller had 8 saves for the Blackhawks.
Comments from Coach Burns:
Your Whitewater Whippets fought hard to come back from a 2-0 deficit. After conceding a “one in a million” free kick and a slop goal from outside of the box, it appeared that your Whippets were in for a disappointing evening with only 19 minutes remaining. However, with strong second half performances from Kevin Gonzalez, Abdi Calvillo, Elijah Gunierrez, and the rest of the Whippet team, the comeback was on. The character this team displayed was really a sight to see. WHS created numerous chances to not only go even with Fort Atkinson but win it as well. In the end, the match finished 2-2, and Whippet Soccer remains undefeated.
Article and Photos Submitted by Sam Burns
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Soccer Coach
dburns@wwusd.org
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team will kick off the 2025 campaign in front of the Warhawk faithful at Perkins Stadium this Saturday, September 6 against Carleton.
Saturday’s game will be the first meeting between the Warhawks and the Knights. UWW heads into the season ranked 24th according to D3football.com and 22nd in the preseason American Football Coaches Association poll. Carleton is unranked to start the season.
Head Coach Jace Rindahl will lead UW-Whitewater onto the field for the third consecutive season. The Warhawks were picked to finish fourth in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference race according to a preseason poll. Returning to the squad this season is All-American and reigning WIAC Special Teams Player of the Year Tyler Vasey, as well as all-league picks Ethan Gallagher (LB), Paul Kim (DB), Karsten Libby (LB), Noah Moris (DL), Evan Oberg (OL) and Alex Pethan (OL).
The Knights were 5-5 including a 4-4 mark in the Northwoods Division of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference a year ago. Carleton has been led by head coach Tom Journell since 2018.
This season will welcome a new feature at Perkins Stadium – the Champions Club. The Champions Club is a designated area beyond the north endzone where beer and alcohol will be sold from the time gates open until the start of the fourth quarter. This area is restricted to fans aged 21 and over. Visit our Champions Club page for more information.
No changes have been made to UW-Whitewater’s tailgate, carry-in and bag policies, but fans are encouraged to take a look before heading to the game Saturday. You can find links to all three and additional gameday information on our Gameday Central page.
UW-Whitewater police and community service officers will continue to run shuttles from parking lots to and from Perkins Stadium before and after the game. New this season are specific pick-up and drop off locations as shown on this map. These areas will be the best spots to get a shuttle up to Perkins Stadium prior to the start of the game.
If you haven’t gotten your tickets or parking passes for Saturday, head to our Gameday Central page to purchase them ahead of time. Also new this season, Lot 24 – the Perkins Stadium Lot – will have limited spaces available for purchase on a per-game basis.
Can’t make it to the game on Saturday? Don’t worry, we have you covered! You can watch the Warhawks take on the Knights live on Spectrum Channel 989 courtesy of UWWTV or stream the game live on the WIAC Network. Listen to Josh and Bill on the call on 105.9 The Hog starting at noon. Fans can also follow along with live stats here.
Editor’s note: The above press release was provided by UW-Whitewater Athletics.
The Whippet Soccer Team downed Brown Deer 3-1 on Tuesday, September 2.
Whippet Goals were scored by Kevin Gonzalez (21’), Kevin Gonzalez with an assist from Haniel Vilchez (30’), and Langdon Coburn (44’). The Brown Deer goal was scored by Chutiphon Ninlkang (9’).
Casey Schlicher made 5 saves in goal for the Whippets, and Robert Skebba had 7 saves for Brown Deer.
Information and Photo Submitted by Sam Burns
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Soccer Coach
dburns@wwusd.org
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