By Michael S. Hoey Correspondent The Badger High School wrestling team finished second to a strong Milton team at the Wisconsin Interscholstic Athletic Association regional at Wilmot on Saturday. Badger finished with 174.5 points. Milton won the regional and will advance to the team sectional with 295.5 points. Despite losing […]
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Building up momentum
Girls notch 21st win in march to postseason By Adam Knoll Correspondent To say the Whitewater High School girls basketball team has been on a roll, would be an understatement. Entering the week needing only four wins to secure a perfect season, the No. 1 ranking in the state (Division […]
Strong victory for Whippet wrestlers
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School wrestling team headed to Kettle Moraine Feb. 3 to finish up their dual meet portion of the season. Against a strong opponent, the Whippets wrestled well, and came away with a 49-28 victory. Thomad McManaway led off the event with a […]
Swimmers earn third at championship meet
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent At the Southern Lakes Conference Swimming Championships, the Whippets were able to swim their way to a third place finish. Traveling to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville did not seem to bother the boys as they brought home the highest finish ever at a conference championship […]
Lady Whippets clicking on all cylinders
‘Paint the Gym Pink’ set for Friday’s game against McFarland By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Lady Whippets improved to 18-0 on their season with a 61-28 victory over Edgerton Feb. 5. After taking a 34-11 halftime lead, Whitewater upped the defensive intensity in the third quarter, only allowing three […]
UW-Whitewater trio to be inducted into Hall of Fame
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Athletics Hall of Fame members J.P. Fisher, a 1962 graduate, Nancy Nelson, 1970 and Ed Schwager, 1932, will be inducted into the 2015 class of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame this summer. Thirty new members, including former coaches, student-athletes, administrators and supporters of the […]
Four Whippet wrestlers win against Evansville
Tough opponent ranked No. 3 in Division 2 By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent Last Thurdsday night the Whippet wrestling team took on Evansville and had their hands full, falling to the No. 3 ranked team statewide in Division 2 wrestling, 50-22. “Evansville is a solid team up and down their […]
Bullis named UW-Whitewater head football coach
The six-time national champion University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team has a new head coach. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Amy Edmonds named Kevin Bullis, a defensive assistant for the Warhawk football team for seven seasons. Bullis, who has served as interim head coach, took over on Monday. “We […]
Swim team goes in WHS record books
By Adam Knoll Sports Correspondent The Whitewater High School boys swimming team defeated Burlington 103-67 last week to finish at 4-2 in conference and take the season with the best conference record overall for the first time in school history. “The team knew they had to win this meet,” head […]
Comets run hot against Wilmot, cold against Badgers
By Jennifer Cesarz Correspondent The Delavan-Darien High School boys basketball team played one of its best games of the season last week in an 81-72 upset over Wilmot and one of the worst halves of the season, in a 69-35 loss to Lake Geneva Badger. “We are essentially a Dr. […]