On Tuesday, December 17th the Whippet Boys’ Swim Team competed against Burlington Co-op. The Whippets beat Burlington by a score of 95 to 72. There were quite a few best times and some first-time swims for a few swimmers.

The 200 Freestylers took a clean sweep of 1st thru 3rd. Cruz Aranda went a best time of 1:55.80. Mateo Bazeley and Andrew O’Toole both had great times for their first time swimming the event!

Miles Nickelsburg and Myles Morse battled it out in the 200 IM; this was a first time swim in this event for the two of them. Both put up good times and we’re looking forward to watching them drop throughout the season.

In the 50 Freestyle, all swimmers went season best times! Jack Hefty went a 24.92, Wyatt Esch went a 27.39, Sam Nickelsburg had a 2 second drop going a 30.73, and Angel Kilar went a 34.32!

All swimmers in the 100 Butterfly also went season best times! Cruz Aranda went a 1:00.64. With this time, it now puts him 7th on the Whippet Top 10 List! Langdon Coburn dropped 2 seconds to go a time of 1:02.57, and Sam Nickelsburg also dropped 2 seconds to go a time of 1:13.99.

Angel Kilar dropped 3 seconds in the 100 Freestyle and is officially under the 1:20 mark by going a time of 1:19.77. David Enns also swam a season best time by going a 1:06.59.

Myles Morse dropped 4 seconds in his 500 Freestyle to go a time of 5:59.38. Wyatt Esch dropped nearly 13 seconds off his time going a time of 6:41.78.

Jack Hefty dropped 2 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke to go a time of 1:16.66.

The Whippets are back in action on Thursday, December 19th at home against Jefferson/Cambridge! Swimming starts at 5:30pm; come out and cheer on the boys! 

Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu

New Berlin West beat Whitewater 72-31 in girls’ basketball action on Tuesday, December 17. After the game started 12-12, West went on a 23-4 run to close the first half with a halftime score of 35-16. 

Freshman Emery Kachel led the Whippet scoring with 12 points, including three 3-pointers.

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

The Whippet Boys’ Swim Team competed at the Elk Invite on Saturday, December 14th. The boys finished 5th overall, brought home 14 medals, and had 23 Top 16 finishes. There were lots of really good swims from the boys!

Top 16 finishes (Top 8 medal):

 200 Medley A Relay (2nd – 2:05.95): Langdon Coburn, Jack Hefty, Cruz Aranda, Mateo Bazeley

 200 Medley B Relay (6th – 2:19.60): Miles Nickelsburg, David Enns, Myles Morse, Andrew O’Toole

 200 Freestyle (3rd – 2:14.83): Cruz Aranda

 200 Freestyle (7th – 2”36.27): Miles Nickelsburg

 200 Freestyle (13th – 2:46.91): Wyatt Esch

 200 IM (7th – 2:41.64): Langdon Coburn

 200 IM (10th – 2:54.67): Jack Hefty

 50 Freestyle (5th – 28.10): Mateo Bazeley

 50 Freestyle (13th – 30.41): Andrew O’Toole

 50 Freestyle (15th – 30.75): Myles Morse

 100 Butterfly (6th – 1:10.03): Cruz Aranda

 100 Butterfly (10th – 1:23.40): Sam Nickelsburg

 100 Freestyle (4th – 1:01.09): Mateo Bazeley

 100 Freestyle (7th – 1:03.94): Jack Hefty

 400 Freestyle (4th – 5:16.85): Myles Morse

 400 Freestyle (7th – 5:22.66): Miles Nickelsburg

 200 Freestyle A Relay (3rd – 1:49.86): Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Mateo Bazeley, Jack Hefty

 200 Freestyle B Relay (11th – 2:08.02): Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Xavier Ortiz, Caleb Kluck

 100 Backstroke (4th – 1:11.70): Langdon Coburn

 100 Backstroke (16th – 1:30.67): Andrew O’Toole

 100 Breaststroke (16th – 1:36.20): David Enns

 400 Freestyle A Relay (8th – 4:43.41): Miles Nickelsburg, Andrew O’Toole, Wyatt Esch, Myles Morse

 400 Freestyle B Relay (13th – 5:49.58): Sam Nickelsburg, Angel Kilar, Isaac Straight, Caleb Kluck

The boys have two conference dual meets this week, starting with an away meet at Burlington on Tuesday, December 17th. The meet starts at 5:30 pm; we hope to see you there!

Article and Photos Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
ReynoldsSM07@uww.edu

East Troy beat Whitewater 61-24 in girls’ basketball action on Friday night, December 13. East Troy is now 3-0 in conference while Whitewater drops to 1-2 in conference play.

East Troy jumped out to an early lead, and although Whitewater played good defense and had chances to get back into the game, Whitewater could not find a way to score. East Troy was able to build their lead to 26-8 at halftime, and Whitewater never got closer in the second half. 

Whitewater plays home against New Berlin West and at Jefferson this week.

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