Exercise 3

Journalism 237

Evan Christman

Event that I’m covering: Preview of the upcoming Women’s Basketball season

*             After their dream run in the 2022 NCAA tournament came to a surprising halt against Hope College in the championship game last year, the Warhawks are ready to get back out on the court and see if they can go back to the final four or even the championship game. The Warhawks will tip off the season with a home tournament against the Carroll Pioneers and the Millikin Big Blue. Then they will host their Sweet 16 foe from last year, the Illinois Wesleyan Titans then travel to Ripon College, another tournament team last year and then travel to Edgewood College. 4 out of the first 5 teams are tournament teams from last year.

Abby Guthrie a sophomore on the team this year for the Warhawks stated, “A goal this season for myself is to contribute to the team in anyway I can.” Guthrie also stated that, “This year is a lot different from last year in the way that there are six new freshmen on the team and lots of high expectations this year due to last year not being enough for us.”

Yssa Santo Domingo, a 5^th year senior on the team this year says, “A goal this season for me is to win the National Championship, we have come close, but we haven’t finished the job.” She continues, “Leading the freshmen this season is going to be very interesting to see because they all provide different skill levels and getting them to just buy into the program.”

Head Coach Keri Carollo entering her 21^st season with the program, commented saying, “My goal as head coach for this season is to win the National Championship and getting better each day.” Carollo also commented, “The goal is to incorporate the new freshmen into the offense, obviously they bring in different skill sets, and we have to adapt to include them.”

The D3 preseason poll has not come out yet, but the Warhawks finished #3 behind the Trine Thunder and the Hope College Flying Dutchmen, WIAC teams also finishing in Top 25 were UW-Oshkosh and UW-Eau Claire. Some WIAC teams that I think are going to be good are UW-Oshkosh, UW-Eau Claire, and a surprise team this year could be the UW-River Falls Falcons. Kacie Carollo, a sophomore on the team said they have a lot of young and upcoming talent.

8-year-old hit by car and dragged, good Samaritan comes to rescue

Joseph Brown, a student here at UW-Whitewater. He is 23 years of age. In September 2014, Joseph saw an accident occur on Edgerton Ave. in Milwaukee, WI.

He witnessed an 8-year-old get hit by a car and get dragged because the driver did not stop. When he was 15 years old, he would be forced to walk to school because the school did not have enough parking. He also didn’t have his permit.

 The child that got hit was Joe’s little brother’s best friend, named Isiah. The school bus pulled up to the stop, 3 kids get off, Isiah lives across the street from the bus stop.

Joe’s brother comes to him, Isiah looks both ways twice across the street. Joe’s brother who loves birds looks at a bird, meanwhile, Joe turns around and at this point Isiah is hit head on by the car.

 The car continued to drive, not knowing they hit Isiah. Brown says. “Tears were streaming down my face when I turned around and saw Isiah getting dragged.”

All of the people around were flabbergasted at what just happened. Joe at this time was an Eagle Scout, Joe decided to run in front of the car, which continued driving. Joe then turns and goes to the driver side of the car and pulls the driver out.

Everybody starts running to help Isiah as he is still under the car and Joe is calming him down at this point. Isiah is transported to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.

Brown was interviewed by police when they arrived at the scene. The firefighters said that one more wheel rotation would have killed Isiah. Brown responded, “What do you mean?”. Brown also responded with, “I did not help Isiah for the awards or recognition, I did it to be a good neighbor.”

Brown was eventually awarded a plaque by Gov. Scott Walker. Brown was at Labor Fest in Milwaukee; Secret Service took them backstage to speak at Pres. Barack Obama’s speech during the festival.

All in all, Isiah ended up with a few broken bones and collapsed lung.