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Wrapping up their regular season racing schedule on Saturday, September 30th, the Whippet Cross Country Teams competed in Platteville in a 33-team invitational. With challenging terrain and warm conditions, both programs had really strong race performances to boost their confidence as the team moves into the championship phase of the season.
The Varsity Boys raced first with Jack Hefty running a really solid race to place 5th overall in 16:28. He put himself in a good position early and battled well with those around him. Nate Holden came in 15th with a time of 17:16. This is a really nice performance, and Nate has been solid in the number two position on the team. Xavier Zei rebounded well after last week’s Midwest Invitational and placed 26th in 17:55. These top three individuals all medaled in the meet. Miles Nickelsburg placed 39th with a time of 18:14. Onyx Thompson placed 122nd in 20:01, and Quincy Boudreau placed 133rd in 20:16. Overall, the boys placed 4th in the large school division.
The Varsity Girls’ race saw Mady Hefty have a breakthrough race and place 16th in 20:59. She extended herself in a way she hadn’t all season and beat some girls she had only seen from behind for some time. Athena Soto came in as the team’s second runner and placed 43rd in 22:06 but earned a medal by placing 25th in the large school division. Carley Boudreau and Nola Coburn once again found each other early in the race and ran together and drag raced to the finish. Today they finished with Carley in 59th and Nola in 62nd with times of 22:46 and 22:49. Ema Aranda was the team’s fifth runner today and placed 110th in 25:04. Isabella Aranda placed 132nd in 26:44. Overall, the girls’ team finished in 5th place in the large school division.
Isaac Straight led the boys’ JV team with a 42nd place showing and stopped the clock in 21:15. Not far behind was Wyatt Esch in 54th and Isaiah Mendez in 56th. Their times were 21:31 and 21:50, respectively. The boys’ JV team placed 11th overall amongst both the small and large school divisions.
Lauren Buehler led the JV team with a 36th place finish to stop the clock in 26:49. Sami Van Daele and Lucy Troxel placed 45th and 47th overall with times of 27:17 and 27:26. Overall the team placed 8th amongst both the small and large school divisions combined.
Coach Carstens added, “I am really proud of the way the kids battled this difficult course with hot conditions. It was not easy, but they rose to the challenge. We now set our sights on putting our most complete races together in the month of October at the conference meet and beyond.”
BOYS RESULTS: http://www.accuracetiming.com/results/2023/plattcc_23b.pdf
GIRLS RESULTS: http://www.accuracetiming.com/results/2023/plattcc_23g.pdf
The team will now turn their attention to the Rock Valley Conference Meet on Thursday, October 12th. This event will be at UW-Whitewater with the varsity boys starting at 4:10, girls’ varsity at 4:50, and boys’ and girls’ combined JV at 5:25.
Article Submitted by Chad Carstens
Whitewater High School Head Cross Country Coach
ccarstens@wwusd.org
Photos Courtesy of Erica Holden
By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information
UW-W
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater head coach Stacy Boudreau captured her 500th win at the helm of the Warhawk volleyball program Friday evening in front of a fantastic home crowd. The The Warhawks swept Elmhurst 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-21) in the win.
In her 19th season as the head coach of the Warhawk volleyball team, Boudreau now holds a mark of 500-135 at UWW, a win rate near 80-percent. She leads all active volleyball coaches in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and ranks sixth in league history for wins. Nationally, Boudreau is eighth among active coaches in Division III with a 78.8-win percentage. That mark is 10th all-time in Division III.
The Warhawks jumped out to a quick lead to set the tone for the match that secured win number 500 Friday night. UWW’s offense was rolling while the defense held the Blue Jays to a negative attack percentage in the first two sets. Ally Warburton, Jenna Weinfurt and Kirsten Anderson all registered three kills to lead UWW in the first set.
The second set was a defensive masterpiece as the Warhawks recorded six total blocks. Anderson assisted on three while Abbie Dix registered a solo and two assist blocks.
Weinfurt bolstered the offense in the third set with 4 kills on 13 attempts with just one error.
For the match, Weinfurt was the lone hitter to reach double digit kills with 10. Anderson and Dix were huge at the net defensively combining for 11 blocks – six block assists for Anderson and a solo and four assists for Dix. Anderson also got it done from the service line with a match-high three aces.
Aubrie Krzus posted 24 assists and partnered on five blocks. Morgan Jensen stifled the Elmhurst attack with 18 digs.
By Angela Kelm
UW-W Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
Oshkosh, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team opened its Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference slate with a big 37-21 win at UW-Oshkosh Saturday afternoon. The Warhawks are ranked third in the latest American Football Coaches Association poll and fourth according to D3football.com. UW-Oshkosh is ranked 21st and 20th in the two polls respectively.
The Warhawks scored early and often to take a 23-0 lead into the break. UWW had an opportunity to put up points in the first drive of the game as Jeff Isotalo-McGuire attempted a 47-yard field goal, just two yards shy of his career best but the kick was no good. The Warhawk defense forced a three-and-out to bring the offense back on to the field.
UW-Whitewater drove 60 yards in 14 plays in their second drive of the day. To cap the over seven-minute drive, Alec Ogden hit a wide-open Tommy Coates cutting across the end zone from three yards out for the score. A failed extra point made it 6-0 UWW. The Warhawk defense got off the field just five plays later after forcing a punt and the offense took care of business once again.
Late in the drive Coates hauled in another pass from Ogden for 15 yards to put the Warhawks on Oshkosh’s 12. Alijah Maher-Parr took the handoff and turned the corner off the left side of the line for a touchdown run. The extra point from Isotalo-McGuire split the uprights to give UWW a 13-0 advantage.
The next two drives were deja vu — a five-play Titan drive ending in a punt followed by a long UWW drive capped with a touchdown. In the longest drive of the game, the 17-play, 77-yard scoring drive was capped on a scoring run by Ogden. The quarterback scampered out of the pocket to his left, surveyed and tucked the ball bolting for the goal line. He took a hit as the Titan defender wrapped him up, but Ogden reached for the line, with the ball just crossing for the score. Another extra point had UWW enjoying a 20-0 advantage.
With time ticking down in the first half, the Warhawk defense came up with a huge turnover. Carter Sessa snagged a pass intended for a UWO receiver and returned it seven yards to the Titans’ 30. Just 14 seconds remained before the intermission and that was all UWW would need as Isotalo-McGuire hit from 38-yards out as time expired to send the Warhawks into the locker room with a 23-0 lead.
The host team got on the board in the third quarter capping an 11-play drive with a short touchdown pass. The Titans opted to go for a two-point conversion, but the attempt failed.
The Warhawks responded with another touchdown drive. This time it took just nine plays with Tamir Thomas entering the scoring column on a 17-yard run. Isotalo-McGuire’s kick made it 30-6.
UW-Whitewater’s stifling defense continued to frustrate the Titans. Joey Antonietti jumped a passing lane and hauled in the interception with open space ahead of him securing the 45-yard pick-6. With the extra point, the Warhawks took a 37-6 lead.
UW-Oshkosh registered the longest play of the day, a 71-yard touchdown pass in their next drive to make it 37-13 in the fourth. An interception for the Titan defense led to more points for UWO as they narrowed the gap to 37-21.
The Warhawk defense responded in kind two drives later as Kamrin Hutt picked off the UWO quarterback with less than three minutes to go. A couple of big runs for Thomas gave the Warhawks the first downs they would need before the team could kneel out the clock to secure the win.
UW-Whitewater put up nearly 500 yards of total offense while the defense held the Titans to under 300 on their home turf. Ogden was 18-28 for 262-yards, two touchdowns – one passing and one rushing – and an interception in his first game back from an injury. Coates was Ogden’s favorite target on the day, hauling in six catches, including a touchdown reception, for 86 yards.
The Warhawks’ back field tandem of Thomas and Maher-Parr combined for 207 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns.
UWW’s defense was phenomenal with three interceptions, two sacks, three tackles for a loss and numerous pass breakups. Roy Panthier and Ethan Gallagher tallied five tackles each. Braeden Barrett and Caden Naselli got to the UWO quarterback for sacks and Kyle Koelblinger added a tackle for a loss in the game.
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