Today is Friday, April 4, 2025
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater will host the 2025 WIAC Wrestling Championship (presented by Culver’s) at Kachel Gymnasium on Feb. 15. UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse are the defending champions. Six individual weight class winners from last season return. (Championship Preview) (Championship Webpage)
Whitewater beat Monroe 55-26 on Senior Night for girls’ basketball.
Whitewater jumped out to an early lead but Monroe made a push to cut the Whippets’ lead to 24-20 at halftime. Whitewater’s defense took over as the Whippets outscored the Cheesemakers 31-6 in the second half.
All four seniors combined for 42 of Whitewater’s 55 points.
Whitewater closes the regular season at East Troy (on Monday) and at Jefferson (next Thursday). Seeding information for the WIAA tournament will be posted Sunday afternoon.
Article Submitted by Mike Dowden
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
dowmi01@wwusd.org
The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team finished out conference in 3rd Place overall at the conference meet! So many had best times and there were a few conference medal finishes. The top 6 individuals in each event and the top 3 relays medal.
Top 16 finishes and best times include:
200 Medley Relay:
- 8th (2:04.98)-Miles Nickelsburg, David Enns, Myles Morse, Andrew O’Toole
- 12th (2:10.63) – Wyatt Esch, Caleb Kluck, Sam Nickelsburg, Xavier Ortiz
200 Free:
- Cruz Aranda is the SLC CONFERENCE CHAMPION of the 200 Freestyle, winning with a time of 1:54.26!
- Miles Nickelsburg finished 6th with a time of 2:07.65!
200 IM:
- Jack Hefty finished 5th with a time of 2:19.84. Jack dropped nearly 5 seconds. He now sits 9th on the Whippet Top 10 List.
- Wyatt Esch finished 16th with a time of 2:47.81. Wyatt dropped 7 seconds off his previous time.
- Andrew O’Toole swam a great race and finished with a best time of 2:47.98
50 Free:
- Mateo Bazeley finished 3rd with a time of 23.84. Mateo now sits 8th on the Whippet Top Ten List.
- Caleb Kluck continues to drop more time going a time of 26.82
- Angel Kilar dropped nearly a second off of his time to go a time of 33.79.
100 Butterfly:
- Langdon Coburn finished 7th with a time of 1:00.35.
- Myles Morse finished 9th with a time of 1:05.98.
- Sam Nickelsburg finished 11th with a time of 1:09.09
100 Freestyle:
- Cruz Aranda finished 4th going a season best time of 51.35.
- Mateo Bazeley finished 5th going a time of 53.26.
- Caleb Kluck dropped over a second going a time of 1:00.28
- Andrew O’Toole dropped nearly 2 seconds going a time 1:00.52
- David Enns also dropped some time going a best time of 1:03.05
500 Freestyle:
- Myles Morse finished 3rd with a time of 5:32.27. Dropping 6 seconds puts Myles 8th on the Whippet Top 10 List.
- Miles Nickelsburg finished 4th with a time of 5:47.12. Miles dropped nearly 4 seconds off his previous time.
200 Freestyle Relay:
- 3rd (1:36.02) – Jack Hefty, Langdon Coburn, Mateo Bazeley, and Cruz Aranda. All the of them posted their best relay splits this season. In the leadoff, Jack went a time of 24.15, which puts him 10th all-time on the Whippet Top 10 List.
- 12th (1:51.12) – Xavier Ortiz, David Enns, Sam Nickelsburg, Andrew O’Toole
100 Backstroke:
- Langdon Coburn finished 6th with a time of 1:01.85. Langdon now sits 8th on the Whippet Top 10 List.
- Wyatt Esch finished 16th with a time of 1:13.91.
- Xavier Ortiz had a big drop of 6 seconds to go a time of 1:24.88
100 Breaststroke:
- Jack Hefty finished 9th with a time of 1:12.87.
- Isaac Straight dropped 3 seconds to go a best time of 1:26.93
400 Freestyle Relay:
- 3rd (3:37.78) – Cruz Aranda, Mateo Bazeley, Langdon Coburn, and Jack Hefty. They dropped over 6 seconds off their seed time. Langdon (54.53) and Jack (53.84) both had season best splits.
- 6th (5:57.07) – Myles Morse, Caleb Kluck, Wyatt Esch, and Miles Nickelsburg. They dropped nearly 7 seconds off their seeded time! Each of them posted best times. Myles in the leadoff went a 58.26, Caleb went a 59.00, Wyatt went a 1:01.46, and Miles went a 58.35
The boys are having a great start to Championship season, and we can’t wait to see them compete at the WIAA Sectional Meet at Milton High School on Saturday, February 15th. Swimming starts at 1 pm; we hope to see you there!
Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu
It was a great weekend of wrestling for the Whippets! The girls won the team conference championship, and the varsity boys finished only one point behind 2nd place Monroe. The JV team also wrestled well on Friday night.
Girls’ Conference Tournament:
On Saturday, February 8, the Lady Whippets had an opportunity to compete in the first ever Girls’ Rock Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament held at East Troy High School. The girls wrestled extremely well throughout the day, filling 10 of the 12 weight classes, bringing home 4 championships, 4 runner-up finishers, and the team title!
Isabelle Cantu started things off reaching the championship securing a pin in the semi-finals to advance to the finals. In the finals she had a very strong girl, dropping the match and bringing home the silver medal.
Due the tournament being new, teams were allowed to enter more than one girl per weight class. The 107-pound weight class found an all Whitewater Final with both girls securing pins in the semifinals. In the finals, Senior Adalynn Frye was able to take Ema Aranda down to her back and secure the first period pin, bringing home Whitewater’s first Girls’ Conference Champion.
Winning the title at 126 pounds was A’Lani Ross, who had a strong girl from Turner. She was able to build a big lead and then secured a second period pin to bring home the 2nd title for Whitewater.
Following A’Lani was Atreya Wilson at 132. She had a girl from Jefferson who had defeated her a week and a half ago. Atreya came out with a game plan for herself, getting the first takedown, and controlled the match from there forward. She was able to secure a pin in the second period after leading 9-2 and claimed the 3rd conference title of the day.
Coming in runner up at 138 pounds was Vivian Harris who found herself against a returning state place winner from Monroe. She is a very strong girl who has excellent technique, pinning Harris in the first period.
With a move to help the team battle for the team title, Payton Taylor wrestled up a weight class and did a great job against a strong girl from East Troy. Payton had great movement when she was on the bottom and was able to get the reversal and did a great job putting in a half nelson to the girls’ back. Payton was slow close to the pin but got just a little high on the girl and got rolled to her back in a tight hold. It was great work by Payton making adjustments. This is Payton’s first year, so just a little more mat time experience would have put her into a better position in the attempt for the pin.
Closing out the finals was Marianna Kubicz who also moved up a weight to help the team contend for the team title. Marianna was able to bring home a championship for the Whippets.
Also doing a great job after a tough semifinal loss was Silvia Harris. She came back strong in her Bronze Medal match, building a lead and then securing a 16-4 major decision to earn herself a conference medal.
Also wrestling well and helping the team in the team race was Alexa Arredondo who had a tough weight class but secured a 4th place finish. Aubrey Fuoco also wrestled tough in both the semifinals and in her 3rd place match but fell short in each of them coming home with a 4th place finish.
When the final tally came in for the team scores, the Whippet Girls found themselves on top of the conference and brought home the first ever Rock Valley Conference Team Championship. This was truly a team effort with all girls contributing to the title.
The girls are next in action when they move on to the individual portion of the season as they travel to Mukwonago for the Individual Regional Tournament on Friday, February 14, starting at 3:30. The top four wrestlers in each weight class from Friday advance to the individual sectional to be held at Whitewater High School.
Boys’ Conference Tournament:
On Saturday, February 8, the Boys’ Wrestling Team traveled to East Troy to compete in the Rock Valley Conference Wrestling Tournament. Overall, the team did very well, wrestling potentially the best they have as a team during the season to this point. When the dust settled after lots of great wrestling, the Whippets found themselves in 3rd place in the team standings behind Evansville and Monroe. The coaching staff was happy with this placement as they really competed well overall as each student competed their heart out and found themselves just outside of the top two losing to Monroe by 1 point!
Jarvis Porcaro and Connor Friend each closed out their Conference Tournament careers improving on last year’s Runner-Up finish by bringing home the championship for themselves. Jarvis had a very strong day defeating three opponents. In the finals he had great positioning over a strong student from Evansville.
Connor had found himself in the finals the last three seasons but each year just missed out on his title. He changed that today with three dominating performances, securing a 2nd period Technical Fall 18-3 in the championship.
Dropping matches early in the tournament but showing grit and true character were Jasen Porras, Traysen Thomason. and Junior Soto, each bringing home the Bronze Medal. All three of these seniors improved on their placement from last season to bring home the medal this year. Jasen had a tough semifinal loss and showed grit by coming back, getting a technical fall. Then, in the 3rd place match, he wrestled a great match against a tough competitor from Evansville winning the match in overtime, causing the Whippet crowd to erupt.
Traysen Thomason had a tough loss in the semifinals against a young man from Monroe that he has often had battles with the last two years. Traysen came back to secure a technical fall in the wrestle back and then brought home the bronze medal with a 9-3 victory.
Closing out our medalists was Junior Soto. Junior lost a tough first round match but kept his head up and battled back. He pinned his opponent from Turner and then followed that with a great match against a young man from Edgerton who had defeated him earlier in the season. He built a big lead and was able to battle through a scramble to end up pinning his opponent to reach the bronze match. In this match Junior wrestled extremely well, winning the match 6-4.
Bringing home 5th place for the Whippets were Richi Kalra and Austin Retzlaff. Richi went 4-2 on the day, getting some nice wins along the way. Austin defeated a student from Edgerton two times at the tournament, avenging an earlier season loss.
The Whippets are next in action next Saturday, February 15 when they travel to Delavan-Darien to participate in the Regional Wrestling tournament. The top four place winners at that event will advance to the Sectional Tournament the following weekend.
Articles and Photos Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org
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