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Whitewater High School hosted the Rock Valley Conference Cross Country Meet at UW-Whitewater on Thursday, October 12th, and absolutely shined on what was a cloudy rainy afternoon.
The varsity boys got things going first with Jack Hefty claiming his first individual conference championship in cross country. Jack battled with the top runner from Monroe for much of the race before pulling away with 1000 meters to go and was simply all gas at that point. He was the only runner to break 17 on this challenging course to stop the clock at 16:58. Nate Holden took advantage of the top Monroe runner faltering late in the race and passed him with 850 meters to go. Nate never looked back to claim third overall with a time of 17:36. These two earned first team all-conference honors for finishing in the top 8. With two runners in the stable, the team was riding high. Miles Nickelsburg ran lights out and took 9th overall with his best race of the season yet. He stopped the clock in 17:53. Not to be outdone, Xavier Zei took 2nd team all-conference honors as well by placing 15th with a time of 18:25. Onyx Thompson accelerated through the field late taking 44th and completed the team total of 72 points. Quincy Boudreau and Andrew O’Toole ran gutsy races to wrap up the Whippet finishers and placed 51st and 54th overall. These two ran 20:26 and 20:39. The team gave Monroe everything they had and caused them to be nervous. The cheers that the Monroe fan base let out at the awards ceremony indicated as such. Monroe took the title with 65 points, just 7 ahead of Whitewater. The team improved on its third-place finish from a year ago.
The varsity girls competed next with a slightly different look as the usual top runner, Mady Hefty, was unable to race today. This decision was made as a cautionary measure due to an injury with hopes of having her on the starting line at sectionals next Saturday. Nola Coburn assumed the number one position for the team as the top Whippet finisher. Nola ran a strong, smart race and sliced her way through the field and finished just outside first team all-conference, placing 9th overall. This was a very strong race for her! Nola’s time was 21:54. Athena Soto earned an honorable mention all-conference honor and placed 17th in 22:20. Carley Boudreau earned honorable mention all RVC honors by placing 23rd in her first year of cross country. Her time was 22:49. Ema Aranda and Sami Van Daele were the next two Whippets to cross the line in 44th and 45th with times of 25:43 and 25:50. The next two girls to get to the line were Bella Aranda and Silvia Harris in 48th and 49th with times of 26:11 and 26:23. The team raced with courage and toughness and came away with a fifth place finish out of 11 teams with a point total of 122.
The JV boys were led by Isaac Straight who had a great day and stopped the clock at 20:36, good enough for 7th overall. Wyatt Esch wasn’t far behind and placed 9th in 21:06. Isaiah Mendez really poured it on late in the race and placed 12th with a time of 21:12, good enough for a 25 second season best time improvement. Marcus Roselle ran a great race for 29th in 22:12. Quinton O’Toole and Parker Genskow were together much of the race but saw Quinton ahead at the end with a 37th place finish over Parker’s 41st position. Gavin LaFlash finished in 47th. Sam Nickelsburg placed 55th. Luc Pomazak and Angel Kilar ran significant personal bests today with Luc shaving 25 seconds off his season best and Angel cutting four and a half minutes off his previous season’s best on this day. Wow! Alex Clarksen placed 61st and cut 5 seconds off his season best time, Dante Baker was 63rd, and Sterling Truesdale finished 67th. Like the varsity boys, the JV squad placed 2nd overall with a point total of 82 points.
The JV girls were paced by Lucy Troxel who placed 23rd with a time of 27:04. Payton Brautigam easily ran the best race of her season and cut nearly a minute off her previous best and placed 25th in 27:17. Haley Keltesch ran a lifetime best and placed 32nd in 29:37. Danielle DePorter ran her second best time of the season in her final race in a Whippet uniform to place 36th in 31:31. Taiya Kolb completed the JV scoring as the team’s fifth runner in 37th with a new season best of 32:42. The girls team placed third overall with 85 points.
Full Results: https://my.raceresult.com/265906/
The team will now shift their focus to the WIAA Division 2 Sectional meet hosted at UW-Parkside on Saturday, October 21st. The varsity boys will race first at 12:25 and the girls will follow at 1:10. The top 2 teams and the top 5 individuals not on those two teams will earn a trip to the WIAA State Meet the following weekend.
Go, Whippets!
Article Submitted by Chad Carstens
Whitewater High School Head Cross Country Coach
ccarstens@wwusd.org
Photos Courtesy of Peter and Bob Mischka
The Whitewater Volleyball team lost to Johnson Creek in 4 sets (25-16, 23-25, 16-25, 16-25) on Thursday, October 12.
Whitewater came out strong in the first set and took charge from behind the service line, accumulating 24 aces on the night, with Ella Spear picking up 11 of those aces, and winning the first set. Ella really has been working hard on her serving game, and tonight she came out on fire. Eleven aces on the night is an outstanding stat. She also has been dialing in to making sure she is leading in her defensive play!
Unfortunately, we couldn’t hold the momentum from the first set and lost the next three.
Statistical leaders on the night included Calli Grosinske with a double-double with 13 kills, 3 aces, 13 digs, and 2 blocks, Ella Spear with a double-double with 11 aces and 11 digs, Emmanuella Mbifi with 4 kills and 2 blocks, Zoe Kohl with 11 digs, and Marina Linos with 13 assists and 4 aces.
Zoe Kohl has really been working hard to refine her defense. She is asking great questions, and working hard each day in practice. It has been great to see her dig stat improve with double digits tonight!
Whitewater will travel to Stoughton for their first regional match up at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, October 17.
Article Submitted by Mary Kilar
Whitewater High School Head Volleyball Coach
mkilar@wwusd.org
By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Information
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team heads to UW-River Falls to take on the league-leader this Saturday. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. | Game Notes PDF
IN THE POLLS
UWW: #7 D3football.com (down four spots) / #11 American Football Coaches Association (down eight)
UWRF: #4 D3football.com (up one) / #4 AFCA (up one)
LAST TIME OUT
The Warhawks fell to UW-La Crosse 37-34 on a field goal as time ran out last week. UWW came back from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to knot the game 34-34 with just under six minutes left, but a late drive for the Eagles set up the game-winning field goal.
Alec Ogden (Marshall, Wis./Monona Grove) was 10-16 for 154 yards and a pair of passing touchdowns. He added 72 yards and two more scores on the ground. Alijah Maher-Parr (Wauwatosa, Wis./Arrowhead) was responsible for 177 of the team’s 427 yards of offense. The running back went for 113 yards on seven carries with a rushing touchdown and added a single reception for a 64-yard score.
Defensively, Joey Antonietti (La Grange, Ill./Lyons Township) led the Warhawks for the second consecutive week with 14 tackles including seven solo. Hawk Heffner (Grafton, Wis./Grafton) and Kyle Koelblinger (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge) joined Antonietti in double digits with 12 and 11 tackles respectively.
Kamrin Hutt (Schaumburg, Ill./Maine West) had a career game in special teams play. In his first time punting for UWW, Hutt averaged 37.8 yards per punt with a long of 50 yards. He pinned the Eagles inside the 20 on one of his five boots. On the other side of special teams, Hutt got to the Eagles’ punter blocking a kick late in the game to set up UW-Whitewater with a short field.
UW-River Falls scored early and often in a 49-7 win at Eau Claire last week. The Falcons posted 14 points in each of the first three quarters, adding another touchdown in the fourth.
Kaleb Blaha is UWRF’s dominant offensive threat. He was 27-37 for 288 yards and four touchdown passes against the Blugolds. The quarterback added 99 yards on 24 rushing attempts with a TD.
Three Falcon defenders posted six tackles in the contest. Andrew Schumacher posted a solo sack for a loss of 16 yards. Cade Schmidt registered a 53-yard pick-six to lead River Falls.
ON THE AIR
Saturday’s game will air live online on the WIAC Network on the UW-River Falls portal. The contest can be heard on 105.9 FM The Hog in the Whitewater area, or online at www.1059thehog.com.
SERIES
This is the 65th meeting between the Warhawks and Falcons. UWW leads the all-time series by over 20 wins and currently holds a 20-game win streak over the Falcons.
The Whippet Swimmers took on Delavan-Darien on Tuesday, October 10th. The Whippets took home a big win beating the Comets 108 to 56 and placing 1st in every event on the night.
1st place finishes include:
Medley Relay: (Maggie Maas, Emerson Dunham, Makayla Bazeley, Charlotte Hajewski) – 2:15.36
200 FR: Charlotte Hajewski – 2:27.93
200 IM: Makayla Bazeley – 2:18.30
50 FR: Lucy Davis – 33.35
100 FLY: Charlotte Hajewski – 1:21.87
100 FR: Makayla Bazeley – 56.92
500 FR: Emerson Dunham – 6:05.31
200 FR Relay: (Atreya Wilson, Georgia Esch, Payton Peacock, Lucy Davis) – 2:17.44
100 Backstroke: Maggie Maas – 1:18.85
100 Breaststroke: Emerson Dunham – 1:24.29
400 FR Relay: (Makayla Bazeley, Maggie Maas, Charlotte Hajewski, Emerson Dunham) – 4:23.60
Impressive Time Drops Include:
All 500 FR Swimmers went best times on the night. Emerson Dunham (3 second drop), Lucy Davis (16 second drop), Zoe Zei (8 second drop).
All 200 FR Swimmers went best times. Charlotte Hajewski (2 second drop), Atreya Wilson (7 second drop), Payton Peacock (7 second drop)
Georgia Esch went 4 for 4 on best times. She had an impressive 7 second time drop in the 100 Fly and 3 second drop in the 100 Backstroke.
Sanibel Fox-Simes put up a nice relay split in 50 Freestyle.
The Whippets are up again next week Tuesday, October 17 at 5:30 p.m. against Beloit Memorial for their last dual meet of the season. Go Whippets!
Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org
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