By Jennifer Eisenbart EDITOR For Whitewater High School junior Ashly Xochipa, this past weekend was a dream come true. In the first-ever WIAA State Girls Wrestling Tournament in La Crosse, Xochipa – competing in the 27-competitor 132-pound weight class – won her opening match by pin before losing […]
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Whippets wrestler takes third to qualify for state
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Carter Friend and David Cushman represented the Whitewater High School wrestling team at the WIAA sectional tournament Feb. 22. Needing to finish in the top three of their respective weight classes to advance to state, Friend won his first two matches and kept his season alive […]
Whitewater wrestlers stamp tickets to sectional
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent All that remains for high school wrestling teams is postseason action. Whitewater High School competed in a WIAA regional held in Evansville on Feb. 15. To qualify for sectionals, individuals had to finish in the top two of their weight class, or a team could qualify […]
Whippets wrestling gearing up for RVC meet
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Whitewater High School competed in an 11-team tournament at Monroe High School last Saturday. Monroe took first while the Whippets placed second overall as a team. “The day was definitely a rollercoaster for the team,” Whippets’ head coach John Schimming said. “We started off wrestling very […]
Losing streak snapped
Whitewater returned to action Jan. 3 with a big 50-48 road win against Edgerton. Kacie Carollo runs into heavy traffic around the Crimson Tide basket. Carollo scored a team-high 14 points for WHS, while Brianna Zimdars added 13, which included making six of seven free-throw attempts. See more Whippets sports […]
Close loss
Whitewater suffered a 78-71 defeat against McFarland on Dec. 20 despite Carter Brown’s 19 points. See more Whitewater area sports in the Register. (Peter Mischka photo)
Celebration time
Whitewater High School junior Ella Houwers won the 100-yard breaststroke in the WIAA Division 2 girls state swimming meet Nov. 15; Brianna Zimdars finished fifth in the 500-yard freestyle race. The two were also part of the 200-yard medley relay that earned a sixth-place finish at state: back row, Houwers […]
Heading to state
Five Whitewater High School athletes will represent the Whippets in the WIAA Division 2 state girls swimming meet today in Madison. Front row, from left, junior Sophia Fanshaw (an alternate) and freshman Grace Foucault; back row, junior Ella Houwers, senior Brianna Zimdars and junior Amber Krebs. They will compete in […]
Whitewater’s Anello rallies for 25th place
Sophomore clocks a personal best in Rapids By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent Whitewater High School’s Gio Anello competed against the best runners in the state Saturday on the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids for the WIAA cross country championships. Anello put together a time of 17:00.8 as a sophomore. His […]
Anello qualifies for state cross country meet
By Kevin Cunningham Corrrespondent On Oct. 26, Whitewater hosted its first ever double cross country sectional, and Whitewater High School cross country coach Chad Carstens called the event a great success. And so was the representation from the Whippets, as sophomore Gio Anello qualified for the WIAA state meet as […]