By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent At a track meet at home recently against Jefferson, the Whippets boys track team scored just 24 fewer points than Jefferson, but the girls team won by a single point, 68-67. “A number of girls had solid performances,” Whippet head coach John Houwers said after the […]
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Girls basketball players named to All-RVC teams
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Three members of the East Troy girls basketball team recently earned All-Rock Valley Conference North Division honors. Leading the trio was sophomore Erin Rice, who was named to the second team. She was joined by sophomore Mackenzie Lindow and senior Maddie Rosin, who were named honorable […]
Whippets track and field looking ahead to remainder of 2017 season
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Coming into this season, it will be John Houwers’ eighth as the head man in charge of the Whitewater High School boys and girls track and field teams. Being the head coach for that many years can familiarize one with the program, and Houwers knows exactly […]
Ciriacks, Vukovich make All-RVC first team
By Dan Truttschel Correspondent Four members of the East Troy boys basketball team recently earned All-Rock Valley Conference North Division honors. Leading the way were a pair of first-team selections, senior Jonathan Ciriacks and freshman A.J. Vukovich. The Trojans also landed two players –Jared Brehm and Nick Bourdo – on […]
Recognized for academics
Whitewater High School wresters who achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.1 or greater were recognized by coach John Schimming at the wrestling team’s annual banquet. Students recognized included, left to right, (front) Austin Kaja, Will Leibbrand, Tommy Cushman, Jaden Salmieri, Ernesto Magana, (back) Thomas McManaway, Morgan […]
Whippets softball team looks to add wins to record
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Records can be deceiving in sports, especially when trying to evaluate how an entire season went for a particular team. In the case of Whitewater High School’s softball team last season, that was indeed the case according to head coach Ron Sdano. The team went 13-10 […]
Rock Valley names several Whippets to all-conference teams
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent In the world of high school athletics, winter sports have come to a close for the Rock Valley Conference, meaning that All-Conference teams were created for boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling. In boys basketball, five players made the first and second teams while 11 made […]
Warhawk wrestler Newman wins national title
Team ties for 13th at NCAA championship The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater wrestling team, led by 184-pound national champion Jordan Newman, tied for 13th at the 2017 NCAA Division III Championships at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse. The Warhawks finished with 31.5 points, only one-half point shy of Wisconsin Intercollegiate […]
Gymnastics captains recognized
At the Whitewater High School gymnastics team’s year-end awards banquet, captains were recognized, including, left to right, most valuable player Sydney Treder, most improved player on varsity Autumn Lesar, most dedicated player Katherine Stanizewski and best positive attitude winner Carina Casillas. Not pictured is most improved junior […]
Recognized for academics
Whitewater High School wresters who achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.1 or greater were recognized by coach John Schimming at the wrestling team’s annual banquet. Students recognized included, left to right, (front) Austin Kaja, Will Leibbrand, Tommy Cushman, Jaden Salmieri, Ernesto Magana, (back) Thomas McManaway, Morgan […]
