The Whitman Wrestling season came to an end on March 6^th, 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…)

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…)

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…)

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 .

Shulkin broke the county record for the 100m butterfly. Photo by Caroline Lippold

*By Caroline Lippold*

From Feb. 24-27, the Viking swim and dive team competed in the 46^th 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…)