Saint Francis (9-11) beat the Whitewater Boys’ Basketball Team (3-16) in overtime on Tuesday, February 6. The final score was 85-82.

Reece Condon led Whitewater with 25 points and tied the game in the final seconds of regulation by taking the ball strong to the hoop. Coach McCabe said, “Reece is a player. He’s smooth. I really hope we can fight our way into third place in the conference by winning out. I’d love to get Reece on that All-Conference Team where he deserves to be. He’s playing at a very high-level.”

Casey Lyon had 10 points. Jaylyn Ewing had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Wyatt Nixon and Marcos Sagrero added in 11 points each. 

For the Mariners, Cam Nerby came into the game averaging 20 points and scored 27. Kennan Green led the Saint Francis with 29 points. 

Next up, the Whippets travel to Delavan-Darien High School on Thursday, February 8, for a conference matchup with the Comets. 

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

On Saturday, February 3, the Whitewater Wrestling Team traveled to Delavan-Darien High School to participate in the Rock Valley Individual Conference Championships. This tournament involved all 11 teams with their individual wrestlers looking to bring home a championship at their weight class.

Overall, Whitewater performed very well coming in runner-up as a team behind Evansville. As a coaching staff it was exciting to see multiple wrestlers wrestle above their seeds and some at the best they have been all year to this point.

Leading the way for Whitewater was Payton Lyon who found the second time was a charm bringing home a conference championship at 190 pounds for the Whippets. Payton had 3 pins on the day to check off one of his goals on being a conference champ!

Reaching the finals but coming up short included Jarvis Porcaro (120), Connor Friend (132) and Sebastian Cuellar (165). All three of these Whippets had very tough opponents in the finals, all of them being highly ranked, and one being a 2x defending state champion. These guys remember their last match, but they wrestled very well throughout the day to reach the finals.

Wrestling very well throughout the day and to wrestle above their seeds were Jesus Barajas (175) and Ethan Barels (215). Each of these wrestlers brought home the bronze medal, securing great wins in the last match of the day and helping secure the second place finish for the team.

Also wrestling very well was JJ Gonzalez (157). After a heartbreaking overtime loss in the opening round, JJ battled back and had the opportunity to get a rematch with his first round opponent, this time coming up with a pin after building a 7 point lead. JJ showed great composure coming back from the early loss.

Closing out the scoring for the Whippets and getting wins during the day to help the Whippet’s team score were Jasen Porras (113), Brady Friend (126), Curtis Rossmiller (138), Traysen Thomason (144), and Junior Soto (HWT).

The Whitewater team is next in action when they travel to Clinton High School to participate in the Regional Wrestling Tournament. Wrestling will begin at 10:00 on Saturday morning, February 10.

Article and Photos Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org

On Friday night, February 2, the Whitewater JV Wrestling Team kicked off the Conference weekend by traveling to Delavan-Darien High School to participate in the JV Rock Valley Conference Tournament Championships. The evening had all 11 schools in the conference gather to allow their JV competitors to have the opportunity to showcase their abilities as the year approaches an end.

Whitewater had wrestlers at 11 of the weight classes, with the team winning 8 of those 11 weights and taking runner up in two of the other weight classes. This is a great sign for the Whippets as they really showed up and performed well on the evening. Whitewater has very deep weight classes at 157 and 165. Both of these weight classes were a 16 person bracket, and the top 5 finishers at 165 lbs were all from Whitewater! At Heavyweight, the podium saw the top three place finishers all from Whitewater!

Leading the way for the Whippets included champions Ruben Puc Chi (120 lbs), Eduard Jiron (150), Nate Black (157), Trevor Piper (165), Avi Kalra (175), Richi Kalra (190), Austin Retzlaff (215), and Deavion Olson (HWT). Each of these students wrestled very well throughout the night, many picking up a lot of pins. 

Coming in as Runner-up were Quinton O’Toole (126), Dahlton Vogel (144), Christian Minett (165), Marcus Seaver (190), and Keegan Peyer (HWT).

Rounding out the medalists and placing third included Braedyn Flores (120), Max Babcock (165), and Colton Liberto (HWT).

It was a very exciting night for the Whippet team to see that many students place so high in their weight classes. The coaching staff is very happy to see the students see these accomplishments as it showed the hard work and the improvement they have made since the beginning of the season in November. 

The JV team will close out their season on Tuesday night when they travel to Lake Geneva Badger to participate in one more tournament. Wrestling will begin at 5:00 at Badger High School.

Article and Photo Courtesy of John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org

Edgerton defeated Whitewater 74-30 Friday night, February 2, in a girls’ basketball game at Whitewater High School.

Edgerton jumped out to an early 12-2 lead and never looked back. Whitewater battled in the first half, but Edgerton jumped out to another scoring run to start the second half.

Whitewater is at Monroe on Tuesday, home vs. Clinton on Thursday, and at Oconomowoc on Friday. They finish the regular season the following week with games on Monday (vs. East Troy) and Thursday (vs. Jefferson).

Article Submitted by Mike Dowden
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
dowmi01@wwusd.org