File photo by Bob Mischka
Whitewater Boys Basketball closed out their regular season play with a conference win at Clinton, 65-51.
Whitewater was led by Bryce Parrish with 22 points followed by Roberto Navejas with 13 and Daniel Fuller and Dylan Pease with 11 each. James Dedrick chipped in 6 points along with his tenacious defense.
This win gave the boys 10 wins for the season and momentum heading into their regional game against Kenosha Saint Joseph at home Tuesday at 7 pm.
Photo by Bob Mischka
Whitewater held Big Foot to 15 first-half points and won the game 50-35. Big Foot played zone defense as long as they could but Bryce Parrish got the ball inside and scored 22 points to lead all scorers. On Senior night, Whitewaters six seniors all made contributions while playing their final regular season home game.
The Whippets end their conference schedule Thursday against Clinton, then prepare to play Kenosha St Joseph at home on Tuesday February 27th in the first round of the WIAA regional action.
Article By John J. Schimming, Photos by Bob Mischka
On Saturday, six Whippet wrestlers competed in the WIAA Cedar Grove-Belgium Sectional hoping to place in the top three, thus punching their tickets to the WIAA D2 State Wrestling Championships. When it was all said and done, the Whippets have two student-athletes, Tommy Duval (182#) and Tyler Gamble (106#), who have extended their senior seasons one more week.
Jimmy DuVal opened up the day taking care of business with a pin in 1:05. DuVal then defeated his next two opponents to claim the championship. In the finals, DuVal looked very calm and in control throughout winning 9-3. By winning the title, he has earned a bye at the first round of the state tournament and will compete on Friday morning. This is a great accomplishment for DuVal and it marks his second trip to the state competition.
Gamble started off the day with a tough loss to the eventual champion from Jefferson. He bounced back with an 18-3 victory to put himself into the third-place match, which put Gamble against a very tough young man from Chilton. Gamble wrestled his best match I have ever seen. He opened up with a great move to the opponent’s back to build a 5-0 lead. He did not look back and closed out the match winning securing a 9-3 final score.
The state tournament will begin on Thursday night. If you are unable to attend the competition at the Kohl Center, it can be seen by going to Trackwrestling.com.
Photos by Bob Mischka
Whitewater varsity boys got a much-needed win at Brodhead, 64-41. Whitewater took a big lead at half 36-13 while hitting five 3 point shots. Brodhead cut it to 11 with around 6 minutes to play but Whitewater finished strong.
Whitewater was led in scoring by Ben Kloskey and Roberto Navejas with 13 points each. Whitewater closes the regular season at home against Big Foot on Monday and at Clinton on Thursday.
File Photos by Bob Mischka
The Whippets varsity gymnastics team took on eleven other teams at the Lisa Steger Memorial Invitational at Platteville High School this past weekend.
The team started off strong on the vault with junior Autumn Lesar leading the way with a score of 8.1, followed my teammate Katherine Staniszewski with a score of 7.8. Junior Nicole Tomomitsu had the highest score for the Whippets on the uneven bars with a score of 7.8. Behind Tomomitsu was freshman Mariana Cano with a score of 7.55. Junior Sierra Brunner led the team on the beam with a season-high of 8.15, followed by Nicole Tomomitsu with a season-high of 8.0. Tomomitsu also had a season-high on the floor exercise to lead the Whippets with a score of 8.575. Autumn Lesar was right behind her with a score of 8.15.
The team placed 5th out of eleven teams with a score of 123.925, earning their highest team score of the season. The Whippets will be back in action on Friday, February 16 at the conference meet at Waterford High School.
Photo by Peter Mischka, Courtesy of Bob Mischka
From Coach Judy Harms:
Whitewater drops second game to Big Foot, 52-67. The Chiefs were too hot to handle tonight. Their shooting was on fire, and although the Whippets made a nice comeback, it wasn’t enough to overcome the early damage. The high point was the girls going 14 for 16 from the charity stripe. Whippets were led by Kacie Carollo 14, and Abby Grosinske 12.
Whitewater will finish the regular season this Friday at home against Clinton. We are promoting a “Pawsitive Pride” night, along with a recognition of our Sr. players on the team.
JV1 game was won by Big Foot. JV2 game was won by Whitewater.
File photo courtesy of Bob Mischka
Whitewater got off to a slow start and never recovered. With just over 6 minutes to play the lead was 10 points but the gap was too much to overcome. Daniel Fuller led Whitewater with 19 points.
The Whippet Boys are next in action at Brodhead on Thursday.
Article by John J. Schimming; Photos by Bob Mischka
On Saturday the Whitewater Wrestling team traveled to East Troy to participate in the WIAA Regional Wrestling Tournament. The tournament had seven teams present with the top team advancing to the team sectional and the top two individuals in each weight class advancing to individual sectionals.
When all was said and done the Whippet team found themselves in second place. The team finished behind East Troy who was able to win more of the head to head competition, which in the end was the difference. Whitewater did have a very good last round of wrestling going 12-2 in the placement round. The Whippets had two individuals place 5th, six finish 3rd, three 2nd and three Champions.
Coming home as Regional Champions included: Jaden Salmieri, Tommy Cushman, and Jimmy DuVal. All three of these individuals wrestled very well in all of their matches to bring home the championship. Jaden and Jimmy defended their titles from a year ago. Tommy pinned all three of his opponents on his way to his first ever championship in a high school tournament.
Coming in second place were Tyler Gamble, Trenten Zahn, and Aldo Soto. Gamble and Zahn reached the finals only to fall in the championship match. Soto lost a tough semi-final match, however, came back to pin his opponent for third. Soto then had the opportunity to wrestle back for true second since he had not wrestled the athlete that lost in the finals. In this match, Soto was matched up against the number one seed who coming into the tournament was 21-2. Soto wrestled a great match defeating his opponent 8-5, earning his second trip to the sectional tournament.
Unfortunately, the team competition is over based on their second-place finish as a team. This closed out a nice season for the Whippet team. The team will focus on our individuals who will be competing next weekend at Cedar Grove-Belgium in the sectional.
Photos by Peter Mischka, Courtesy of Bob Mischka
From Coach Judy Harms:
Whitewater girls rebound with a 63-43 win over Brodhead after falling to Jefferson Tuesday. Game time moved to an earlier start in anticipation of beating the projected winter storm forecast. Whippets embraced the weather by bringing a storm of their own, led by Allison Heckert’s 16 points, Ali Ketterhagen’s 13, and Miranda Reynold’s 12. Kacie Carollo dished out 8 assists. Not only was it great to see the girls rebound, but we finally played well an entire game, something that has been haunting us all season. Thank you to Whitewater High School’s student council and food service for holding a fabulous chili event. It was a great success!
Story by John J. Schimming
On Saturday, the Whippet Wrestling team traveled to Jefferson to take part in the Rock Valley Conference Tournament to close out the regular season. This season the conference has some very strong individuals in every weight class which made for some really good wrestling for the fans. Upon completion of the day, the Whippets found themselves in 3rd place as a team behind champion Evansville and runner-up East Troy. Individually, the Whippets had 6 wrestlers finish in the top three of their weight class.
Leading the way for the Whippets was Jimmy DuVal who claimed is his third RVC title in as many years of competing in the tournament. He started the day off with a bye, followed by a pin and closed out the day with a decision 6-2 in the finals. DuVal wrestled very well the entire day, taking one match at a time, and not concerned about the possibility of winning a 3rd title.
Following Duval at 195 was Tyler Sheffield who claimed his first RVC title. Tyler also started with a bye then followed with a pin to reach the finals. In the finals, Tyler defeated his opponent 11-5 in a very well wrestled match doing well in all phases of the match.
The Gamble brothers were able to reach the championship matches but found themselves just short of the title. Tyler Gamble had a quick first-period pin to reach the finals then started off strong against a very tough opponent from East Troy. Unfortunately, the opponent was able to take over and defeated Tyler for his second straight runner-up finish at conference. Cody Gamble started off the day with a hard-fought first-round win. In the semi-finals, he faced the number one seed who had pinned him earlier in the year. Cody came out and got two takedowns directly to his opponents back to build a lead and went on to win 10-6 to reach the finals. In the finals, Cody lost to his East Troy opponent putting him in second place.
Finishing third for the Whippets was Aldo Soto and Arturo Franco. Both of the boys lost tough semi-final matches, Soto 3-2 and Franco 3-1 in overtime. Franco had a great day after that defeating two young men who had defeated him earlier in the season.
The Whippets are next in action this coming Saturday when they travel to East Troy to compete in the regional tournament. The top two competitors from this tournament advance to the next round. Wrestling begins at 10:00 AM.
