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Paden ready to take charge this season

Paden ready to take charge this season

Mason Thompson, Men’s Sports Journalist March 10, 2024

As the summer months come closer and closer each day, the baseball season is in full swing as the baseball team enters their second week of the season down in Pasadena, Florida, this weekend. Just a week...

Senior Josh Baldwin waits ready to return the serve.

Warhawk tennis continues to impress

Dan Emary, Men’s Sports Editor February 25, 2024

With the tennis season fully underway the UW-Whitewater men’s tennis team seems to have picked up right where they left off. The Warhawks have an impressive seven wins with one loss since the beginning...

Setting goals for WIAC championships

Setting goals for WIAC championships

Mikey Rottier, Sports Journalist February 11, 2024

The regular season has come to an end for the UW-Whitewater Men’s Swim and Dive program. This week, beginning Wednesday, they will begin the WIAC championships in Milwaukee.  Junior swimmer Hunter...

Spencer Steffen clears the bar during the high jump event.

Steffen jumps into leadership role

Dan Emary, Assistant Men's Sports Editor February 4, 2024

With the dawn of a new track and field season, the team has selected its leaders. The captains for the 2024 UW-Whitewater Men’s Track and Field team are sophomores Kobe Chandler, Brady Frey, juniors...

American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Inductee John Vodenlich walks back to the Warhawk dugout after his 701st win.

Standing in the Hall of Fame

Dan Emary, Assistant Men’s Sports Editor January 21, 2024

To say baseball head coach John Vodenlich’s coaching career has been successful is an understatement of his twenty-two years of coaching between Edgewood College and UW-Whitewater. In his career he has...

Jameer Barker takes a shot in the team’s first game of the season versus Gustavus Adolphus.

Warhawk point guard runs offense

Mikey Rottier, Men's Sports Editor December 3, 2023

UW-Whitewater Men’s Basketball has had a blistering hot start to the 2023-24 season. The Warhawks won their first five games of the season before dropping a close one on the road against Carthage College...

Captain and goalie for the UW-Whitewater Men’s Soccer team, Duncan Morgan (1), takes a goal kick for the Warhawks.

Goalkeeper reflects on successful season

Mikey Rottier, Men’s Sports Editor November 26, 2023

  Senior goalkeeper Duncan Morgan appeared in 18 games for the UW-Whitewater Men’s Soccer team in the 2023 season. Morgan only allowed 11 goals the entire season for an average of 0.69 goals...

Christain Patzka running hard to the finish at the NCAA championship meet.

Patzka continues to build his legacy

Dan Emary, Assistant Men’s Sports Editor November 19, 2023

The cross-country season has all led up to one race. This past Saturday the UW-Whitewater Men's Cross-Country team traveled to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Warhawks finished tenth as a team. The Warhawks...

Sophomore Daniel Keller swims the 100 breaststroke at a dual meet against Illinois Institute of Technology.

Sophomore looks to lead Warhawks to success

Dan Emary, Assistant Men's Sports Editor November 12, 2023

Daniel Keller is a sophomore on the UW-Whitewater Swim and Dive team. Keller was voted one of three team captains as just a sophomore. Last season he posted an impressive performance in his freshman year...

Tyler Vasey celebrates his first career touchdown with the Warhawks after returning a kickoff for 93 yards.

Freshman adds offensive depth

Mikey Rottier, Men's Sports Editor November 5, 2023

Tyler Vasey, a freshman wide receiver for the UW-Whitewater Football team, is in position for a successful career with the Warhawks. Vasey made his mark this season against UW-Platteville with an electrifying...

Miles Hagen runs onto the field in a matchup against Wartburg college.

Striking towards success

Christian Patzka, Men's Sports Journalist October 22, 2023

Junior Miles Hagen lives and breathes the sport of soccer. Outside of soccer, he is a biology major with aspirations after college as he prepares to use his determined mentality to push him in life. Hagen...

Drew Best is bundled up as a sideline reporter for a cold-weather Warhawk football game at Perkins Stadium.

Best in the business

Mikey Rottier, Men's Sports Editor October 8, 2023

Senior journalism major Drew Best is well-versed in sports media, thanks to the varied experience he has gained at UW-Whitewater, with the UW-Madison Wrestling team and even the Green Bay Packers. Best...

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