By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent There’s no other way to put it other than to say that Whitewater High School’s girls basketball team dominated the first half of its lone game last week against Delavan-Darien. The Whippets were 6-1 overall heading into the game on Dec. 22 while the Comets were […]
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Boys basketball drops tough matchup vs. Lake Mills
By Dan Truttschel Sports Correspondent Through the first half of Wednesday night’s opener in the annual Lake Mills Tournament, the Big Foot boys basketball team played dead even with Lakeside Lutheran. From there, however, the Chiefs fell behind – and couldn’t catch up. Big Foot dropped a 69-47 decision […]
Tyler breaks Warhawks single game scoring record
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent Whitewater Warhawk Scotty Tyler made history by scoring 45 points in a game against Ripon College, which gave him the single-game scoring record in Warhawk history. “He was great,” UW-Whitewater Men’s Basketball coach Pat Miller said. “As happy as I am about his scoring, I liked […]
Whippets beat Milton, Big Foot to go to 5-1
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent The Whitewater Whippets boys basketball team continued its hot start to the season with two wins this past week against Milton and Big Foot. With the wins, the Whippets have started the season 5-1. “We’ll definitely take it,” head coach Dan Gnatzig said. “It is a […]
Lady Whippets get big win against Jefferson
By Kevin Cunningham Correspondent According to the latest wissports.net coaches poll, the Whitewater High School girls basketball team entered this past week as the No. 3 team in the state within Division 3. The team had two games scheduled, but the first of which – on Dec. 16 against Evansville […]
Warhawk women improve to 7-0 start
By Daniel Schoettler Sports Correspondent Reilly Stewart, Malia Smith, and Andrea Meinert helped the Warhawks get to a 7-0 start to the season this week. Stewart posted a career high 21 points in the 79-73 win on Saturday over Coe College. UW-Whitewater got out to a 13-5 run in the […]
Whippet wrestlers showing consistent improvement
By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent On Dec. 10, the Whitewater High School wrestling team hosted an 11-team invitational that featured “some very good competition,” according to Whippets head coach John Schimming. Much like a week ago, this invitational was formatted as a scramble format, meaning the wrestlers had the opportunity […]
Whippets improve to 3-1 after two wins
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent The Whippets Boys Basketball team continued their successful start to their 2016 season with two more wins this past week. The team got into another close battle in a 47-44 win against Edgerton, and beat Parkview 73-35 on the road to improve to 3-1 on the […]
Lady Whippets No. 3 in state rankings
Smith-Traore honored for hitting 1,000 points By Kevin Cunningham Sports Correspondent Whitewater High School’s girls basketball team may have started off the season with a loss, but since then, the team has won five straight games. According to the latest wissports.com coaches poll, the Whippets rank No. 3 in the […]
Whippets split first two games of season
By Daniel Schoettler Correspondent The Whitewater High School boys basketball team has started off its season 1-1 after close games with both Marshall and McFarland. The team started off with a 57-56 win against Marshall on last Tuesday before falling 56-55 on Thursday night against McFarland. “A young team as […]