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An empowering sport

Natalie Illikainen, Arts & Rec Editor October 13, 2024

A sport that is a mix of soccer and football, making sure you keep possession of the ball in your hand as you’re running down the soccer field. Teammates and crowds cheering for you, then you get tackled...

'Let's get recreational’

‘Let’s get recreational’

Kaitlyn Broderick, Arts & Rec Editor September 1, 2024

UW-Whitewater is approaching another season of recreational athletic options for all students. Beginning with the start of UW-W intramural sports registration that opened Tuesday, Aug. 27. The first eight-week...

Members of the Tennis Club at a game against UW-Madison

Tennis club whacks its way to students

Josh Stoughton, Arts & Rec Editor March 10, 2024

At college, students have the chance to join different organizations. These could range from something like the Dungeons & Dragons club to the Whitewater Student Government. But what about those students...

UW-W Club Water Polo team lines up for shots during practice last Monday, Feb 12, 2024.

Water polo looks to grow

Jeffrey Terhune, Arts & Rec Journalist February 18, 2024

Water polo was introduced to the Olympics in 1900; the second Olympiad in modern history. Women’s water polo was introduced to the Olympics in 1986. It has slowly, but steadily gained popularity in the...

A player hits a groundstroke as she and her partner compete in a mixed doubles tournament inside the Kachel Fieldhouse in Whitewater, Nov. 11, 2023.

Pickleball sweeping the nation

Parker Olsen, Managing Editor November 12, 2023

Around the nation there has been a craze over a little sport called pickleball. That craze has found its way into the UW-Whitewater community, which was highlighted Sunday, Nov. 12, with a pickleball club...

Joey Freeman, center, an elementary education major from Minneapolis, Minnesota, plays along at reaching for the mock bait on business student Colby Truckenbrod’s fishing line at a recreational and club sports awareness day on the Wyman Mall near Minneiska Springs on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Truckenbrod, from Wonder Lake, Illinois, competes with members of the UW-Whitewater Fishing Team in national collegiate tournaments.

Club Sports kicks off another year

Anne Gernetzke, Assistant Arts and Recreation Editor September 4, 2022

As the new school year begins, Club Sports at UW-Whitewater are preparing for another busy year following a substantial turn out in 2021.  “Last year, we had roughly 750 Club Sports members across...

Admitted students and families, rear, tour Wells Cultural Center as a youth fencing class, taught by Senior Lecturer Brian Duckwitz is in session. Admitted students for fall and their families were welcomed to the UW-Whitewater at Rock County campus in Janesville on Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

Club Sports return bigger than ever

As we get back to normal, we're seeing the return of Club Sports in a big way on the UW-Whitewater campus. After the challenges posed by the pandemic last year, Club Sports athletes are excited to be back...

Myles Schumaker (center right) leaps up to catch the rugby ball during a UW-Whitewater men’s
rugby club practice Wednesday March 31.

Get into the game

Caleb Kahila, Assistant Arts and Rec Editor April 4, 2021

As the spring semester continues on and the weather gets warmer, more and more of UW-Whitewater’s sport clubs are heading outside. One group in particular that's taken advantage of the warming weather...

Staff members Allison Minick (left) and Lydia Smits (right) work the check-in desk inside the Williams Center weight room.

New Year brings new opportunities at Williams Center

Devin Ulrich, Sports Editor January 17, 2021

It is time to get back into the swing of things for the new semester at UW-Whitewater, and a New Year means some new changes across the Williams Center that includes more opportunities to enjoy the facility...

UW-Whitewater club basketball team members run across the Kachel Gymnasium floor during a
team practice in November of 2019.

Club sports plan for spring 2021

Nay Salter, Assistant Sports Editor December 6, 2020

Due to Covid-19, many student athletes are on the edge of their seats wondering when club sports will continue. The good news is that club sports faculty for UW-Whitewater are working very hard to give...

UW-Whitewater Club Basketball Team practice Nov. 2019

Club Sports Awareness Day

Andrew Abler, Journalist September 27, 2020

A lack of athletics is one thing everyone has become accustomed to in the past few months, but at Whitewater club sports will be proceeding as planned for their respective 2020 seasons. UW-Whitewater Club...

Members of the UW-Whitewater Club Ultimate Frisbee Team make a scoring play.

Ultimate Frisbee season begins

Kylie Jacobs, Staff Reporter October 7, 2019

The UW-Whitewater club ultimate frisbee team, dubbed SubPar Ultimate, competed in a home tournament on Sept. 29. Due to inclement weather, gameplay scheduled on Sunday Sept. 30 was canceled. The team...

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