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Wrestling season comes to a close
The Whitman Wrestling season came to an end on March 6th, at the individual state championships. The Vikes, one of the most dominant teams in the state, end their season as state semi-finalists that sent six wrestlers to the individual state championships.
At the meet, the team had a strong showing with a second place, two third place and a fourth place finish. (continue reading…)
Girls basketball loses in Regional Finals
After a competitive opening, the girls were tied 9-9 in the first quarter. Gaithersburg then took another lead, but with the help of one of Susan Russell’s famous 3 point jumpers, the Vikings brought the score back to a 21-21 tie at half time. (continue reading…)
Administrators to access Facebook to punish students
The administration will now use Facebook as a means to find and punish athletes engaging in illegal activity.
In mid-January, a Whitman student uploaded pictures of boys basketball players at a party with alcohol onto Facebook. A teacher with a Facebook account saw the pictures and then forwarded them to Dr. Goodwin. However, because there were no pictures of players actually consuming alcohol, Dr. Goodwin decided that the students did not break the school’s zero tolerance policy. Because of this, Goodwin withheld the names of the basketball players from head coach Chris Lun, electing instead to speak with the team about the risks of underage drinking. (continue reading…)
Girls basketball advances to regional finals
Varsity girls basketball beat the Churchill Bulldogs 65-41, March 3, advancing to the regional finals.
The lady Vikes kept a comfortable lead through the majority of the game. The third-seeded Bulldogs kept it competitive, but could not match Whitman’s dynamic players as the girls pulled away in the end. (continue reading…)
Boys basketball wins first playoff game
Varsity boys basketball defeated the Churchill Bulldogs 58-51 in their first playoff game, March 2 advancing to the regional semi-final.
The Bulldogs scored early in the game and were up 16-12 at the end of the first quarter. But the Vikes started the second quarter off strong with three pointers by junior Daniel Voigt and Eddie Wytkind and had a 13-2 run thanks to strong offensive attack led by senior captain Charlie Waugh. The boys ended the first half leading 32-27. The Vikes continued to breeze past the Churchill defense but the Bulldogs came back with one minute left in the quarter. The Vikes maintained their lead in the fourth quarter and senior Eddie Wytkind scored both free throws to secure the win for the Vikes. The boys will play at Richard Montgomery this Thursday .
Girls basketball wins first playoff game
Girls’ swim team captures first Metros title
*By Caroline Lippold*
From Feb. 24-27, the Viking swim and dive team competed in the 46th annual Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. After two days of swimming preliminary rounds, finals were held Saturday night where the girls’ team clinched their first-ever Metros title.
The girls’ team won the title with 447 points, defeating private school powerhouse Good Counsel (333) and public school rival Churchill (321). The boys’ team placed seventh with 202 points which was enough for the Vikings to take home the combined team title.
Unlike dual-meets, Metros requires swimmers to compete in a preliminary round for each of their events. The top 20 swimmers from preliminaries advance to finals where the top 10 swimmers are placed in the “A” heat and the next group of swimmers compete in the “B” heat. (continue reading…)
