The Whitewater Girls’ Tennis Team moved to 2-0 in conference play on Tuesday after defeating Big Foot at home 7-0.

Singles:

• No. 1 – Emilia Houwers def. Lauren Decker 6-0, 6-0
• No. 2 – Jackie Franco def. Easton Gregory 5-7, 6-4, 14-12
• No. 3 – Liz Servin def. Kara Rees 6-1, 6-3
• No. 4 – Vicki Ramirez def. Gabby Klein 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:

• No. 1 – Isabel Aranda & Stephanie Wence def. Robin Cronin & Hannah Grever 7-6 (4), 6-4
• No. 2 – Vanesa Wence & Leah Newmann def. Addie Larson & Mia Nor 6-1, 6-2
• No. 3 – Lillian Navejas-Ortiz & Ariadna Gonzalez Cervantes def. Ryann Grunow & Mya Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6 (1)

Article and Photo Submitted by Baron West
Whitewater High School Head Tennis Coach
bwest@wwusd.org

Mary Hardin-Baylor, #3 in D3football.com’s preseason poll, fell to #23 UW-River Falls by a score of 22-45 on September 2 at River Falls. Reportedly MH-B lost many of their leading players and are fielding a younger squad. The team has won three D-III championships, most recently in 2021.

As previously reported, the #11 Warhawks beat #19 John Carroll by 27-23 on September 2. UW-W will face MH-B in week #3 in Texas.

Former UW-W Head Football Coach Lance Leipold joined the University of Kansas as head coach in May 2021. Bret Bielema, former UW Head Football Coach, hired on in the same position at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in December 2020. The teams coached by the two men will meet for the first time on September 8 in Lawrence, Kansas.

This article titled “Leipold and Bielema’s shared history informs KU’s approach to Week 2” in kusports.com may be of interest to readers.

​Friday night, September 1, saw a closely contested and hard-fought game for Whippet Soccer’s 1st annual youth night. Your Whippets never gave up after going down 2-0 and fighting back through a sensational hat trick from Sebastian Cuellar Meza to see things tied at 3 with 10 minutes remaining. Another comeback was necessary when in the 76’ minute Rosenberg Escobar tied things up for Whitewater again at 4-4.

Two minutes from full time, Living Word Lutheran scored the final goal of the contest, thus sealing their chances for victory. It was a tough loss but you can bet that we will be ready for another hard-fought match on Tuesday when we host Racine Park. 

Whitewater:

• 27’ goal by Sebastian Cuellar Meza assisted by Sebastian Alvarez
• 41’ goal by Sebastian Cuellar Meza assisted by Rosenberg Escobar
• 70’ goal by Sebastian Cuellar Meza assisted by Chris Cortes\
• 76’ goal by Rosenberg Escobar assisted by Ethan Dugan
• Casey Schlicher 3 saves
• Phoenix Jones 2 saves

Living Word Lutheran:

• 14’ goal by Denny Oechsner
• 26’ goal by Ethan Breckenfelder
• 66’ goal by Timmy Bagin
• 72’ goal by Ethan Breckenfelder 
• 78’ goal by Timmy Bagin 

Article Submitted by Sam Burns
Whitewater High School Head Boys’ Soccer Coach
dburns@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka