On Tuesday night, February 13, the Whitewater Wrestling Team hosted the Team Sectional Wrestling Tournament as well as had the opportunity to compete in the duals. The evening started with Whitewater wrestling Campbellsport High School. Whitewater came out strong going up 13-6, but then the wind was taken out of the team’s sails as the Cougars were able to come away with a stretch of some big wins. 

Coming up with wins for the Whippets included Brady Friend (132) with a big second period pin to give the Whippets a lead. Connor Friend (138) then followed with a very well wrestled match, winning 11-1. Traysen Thomason got a nice win for himself at 144 pounds winning his match 11-4. Traysen worked hard to get the major decision but came up just short. After a dry spell in victories, Payton Lyon (190) wrestled a very quick student and was able to chip away and keep his offense alive, coming out on top 7-1. Jarvis Porcaro (120) ended the night and the dual meet season for the Whitewater team with a pin.

The coaching staff is very happy with the grit the team showed not only at the team sectional but all season long. From the start of the season, the team had a goal of reaching team state, and it did hurt to miss out on the opportunity, but they need to hold their heads high as they represented their school very well in all the dual meets this season. 

The nine boys who qualified for individual sectionals as well as the girls will be on a bus early Saturday morning as they travel to Campbellsport to attempt to punch their ticket to the individual state tournament in Madison.

Whitewater beat East Troy 34-32 Monday night, February 12, in a Rock Valley Conference girls’ basketball game.

Whitewater trailed by no more than one point all game but spent most of the night with only a one possession lead. Whitewater was able to push the lead to 28-21 late in the second half and hold on to win the game down the stretch.

With the win, the Whippets are Valley Division Champions in the Rock Valley Conference.

Whitewater will finish the regular season on Thursday, February 15, hosting Jefferson, and will then turn around to host Jefferson again on Friday, February 23rd in a WIAA regional semi-final.

Article Submitted by Mike Dowden
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
dowmi01@wwusd.org
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka

Monroe is the conference leader and played very good basketball at both ends as they defeated Whitewater 89-54 on Monday, February 12.

Whitewater was led by Jaylyn Ewing with 13 points, all in the first half. James Seagraves led the Cheesemakers with 17 points. 

Whitewater High School hosts Fort Atkinson at 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, February 15. This will again be a doubleheader of basketball with the girls’ varsity game against Jefferson to follow.

Article Submitted by Mike McCabe
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Basketball Coach
mccmi01@wwusd.org
Photo courtesy of Bob Mischka

The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team closed out the season with some exciting and fast racing at the WIAA Division 2 Sectionals at Whitefish Bay on Saturday, February 10th.

The meet started off with the 200 Medley Relay, where Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, and Onyx Thompson bettered their seed time by 1 second. David Enns had a great split in the 50 breaststroke going a 36.82!

Miles Nickelsburg dropped 2 seconds in his 200 Freestyle to go a new time of 2:11.53 and finished 14th overall! Cruz Aranda, a heat later, bettered his time by 1 second going a time of 1:59.09 to finish 11th overall. Cruz is now 6th on the Whippet Top 10 List!

All the 50 Freestylers on the day went best times. David Enns went a 29.25, Wyatt Esch went a 26.86, Myles Morse went a 25.90 to place 16th overall, and Langdon Coburn went a 25.19 to place 14th overall!

Jack Hefty and Cruz Aranda both swam fast in their 100 freestyles. Jack finished 12th overall and Cruz finished 14th overall!

Wyatt Esch went a best time in the 500 by 2 seconds, going a new time of 6:34.33 and placing 15th overall! Myles Morse swam a strong 500 to finish 10th overall!

The 200 Freestyle relay had an exciting race as they battled against conference opponents Elkhorn and Delavan-Darien. Jack Hefty led off the relay with a 24.33, Cruz Aranda split a 24.32, Langdon Coburn split a 24.33 and Myles Morse brought it home with a 25.51. The team dropped 2 seconds off their time from last weekend at Conference!

Langdon Coburn had a 9th place finish in the 100 Backstroke, going a time of 1:02.58. He is now 9th on the Whippet Top 10 List. Miles Nickelsburg had a 13th place finish with a new time of 1:08.34.

David Enns and Jack Hefty both had best times in the 100 Breaststroke.  David Enns dropped 3 seconds to go a time of 1:22.71. Jack finished 10th overall with a time of 1:13.95 and is 10th on the Whippet Top 10 List!

The 400 Freestyle Relay of Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, and Jack Hefty finished 6th overall with a time of 3:47.38.

The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team had an amazing season! We can’t wait to see what they accomplish next year!

Article and Photo Collage Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org