Duke Pride Roundup: $20,000 in Contributions So Far For Swimming Pool Renovations

An effort to raise $200,000 for high school swimming pool renovations is off to a good start, with $20,000 in contributions during the first two weeks.

As of January 30, nearly $20,000 has been contributed to the fundraiser, which would fund a moveable bulkhead to comply with national safety standards, as well as new starting blocks, a scoreboard and a timing system. The initial $20,000 in funds includes $5,000 from Duke Pride, the all-sports booster club. As the first $50,000 will be matched, the fundraising total is actually almost $40,000.

For more details, read about the renovation project and the fundraising letter sent out by the Nebbish Society.

WRESTLING & BOYS’ SWIMMING
Both teams have their conference tournaments on Saturday. The wrestlers will compete at Grafton starting at 10 a.m. while the swimmers will compete at Nicolet at 11 a.m. Last Saturday the swim team took fifth place out of 18 teams at the Small School State Meet at Plymouth High School. Freshman Joe Kaszubowski won the diving portion of the meet. The diving portion of the conference meet will be on Thursday night at 5 p.m. at Grafton.

ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CEREMONY
The inaugural class of Whitefish Bay Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducted on Feb. 10. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Link, the new gathering area outside the east side of the swimming pool. The ceremony is scheduled to last an hour as the first class has eight inductees. Additionally, the inductees, or their representatives, will be introduced in the Field House at 7 p.m. between the girls’ and boys’ varsity basketball games versus Port Washington.

The inductees are: Bill Hilgendorf, Jack Nagle, Mary Manning, Craig Counsell, Chet Wangerin, Sheldon Lubar, Randy Dean and Bob Bradley. Complete biographies are available here.

SKI TEAM
In their late-night Slalom ski race at Holy Hill last Thursday, Ellie Sato brought home the silver medal. Coupled with strong runs by Sarah Kubly and Sara Coffey, the girls varsity team finished in 3rd place. Peter Quaintance, Noah Katz, and Oleg Frandle led the Boys Varsity Skiers to a 4rd place finish.

In Wednesday night's slushy slalom ski race at Alpine Valley, Sato finished in first place.  Coupled with strong performances from Greta Jochem and Midori Ando, the girls varsity team finished in 3rd place overall. Senior Captain Matt Frick, Lewis Zwieflehofer, and Oleg Frandle led the Boys Varsity Skiers to a 2rd place finish.

CABARET

The 21st annual high school will perform hits from the 1960s and 70s Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm in the new high school band room(159). Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students and are available at the door.

MUSIC FOR MUNCHKINS
On Sunday, the string orchestra musicians will be performing their annual , with the string instrument “petting zoo” beginning at 12:30 in the new Music Wing, and a magic themed 9-12 ensemble performance following at 1:30 in the auditorium.

BASKETBALL
The boys’ team beat Cedarburg 49-43, Tuesday, and the girls will host Milwaukee Lutheran tonight at 7:30.

GYMNASTICS
The team will host Grafton/Cedarburg on tonight starting at 6:30.

HOCKEY
The WNS Storm co-op hockey team lost 6-2 to Waukesha Wednesday night. The team will host Oregon at 6 p.m. Saturday at MSOE's Kern Center.