Class 1A

DM Christian 1 Atlantic 0

West Central Valley 2 North Polk 1 (2OT/PK)

Riverside 2 St. Albert 1 (2OT)

Tri-Center 2 Underwood 0

Class 2A

ADM 2 Dallas Center-Grimes 1

Glenwood 4 Creston 1

Spencer 4 Denison-Schleswig 1

(Oakland) For the first time in school history the Riverside boys golf team will compete in the state tournament.

The Bulldogs will be one of eight teams in the field at the Lake Panorama National Resort for the 36 hole tournament which begins on Friday and wraps up on Saturday.

Coach Gary Wax is setting the bar high for the team heading into the state meet. He would like to see the team finish in the top four and if they play well he says they could be in the top two. They have the third best qualifying round from last Friday's district tourney.

Individually, Eric Rock has a good opportunity to compete towards the top of the field. Rock shot a 73 in the district tournament which is the 2nd best qualifying score across the state.

Click here for the interview with Riverside golf coach Gary Wax

(Exira) Exira-EHK opened up their 2013 baseball season by picking up a 2-1 win over AHST on a cool, and at times, misty night in Exira.

The Spartans and Vikings played scoreless baseball through three and a half inning before Exira-EHK's Tyler Jacobsen smacked a one out double to deep right field. His courtesy runner Lucas Schwery would advance to third on an error and eventually score on a wild pitch to give Exira-EHK the 1-0 advantage heading into the fifth inning. AHST responded immediately with Chris Guthry stroking a lead off double to left center field and scoring later in the inning on a Jay Heiny RBI groundout. It did not take Exira-EHK long to answer back, they re-claimed the lead in the bottom of the inning when Jared Hansen drove in Tabor Anderson with a two-out double off the fence in right field.

Tyler Jacobsen slammed the door shut on AHST in the fifth and the sixth to earn his first victory of the season. He struck out 12 batters while allowing just three hits and two walks. Stephen Jacobsen was the tough-luck loser for AHST on the mound. He struck out eight, gave up five hits, and allowed one walk.

AHST is 0-2 on the season heading into a road contest with Underwood on Friday. Exira-EHK is 1-0 and will hit the road the rest of the week with trips to Audubon and Lenox.

Click here for postgame comments from Exira-EHK coach Tony Petersen

Thomas Jefferson 1 Abraham Lincoln 0

Harlan 2 Nodaway Valley/West Central Valley/Adair-Casey 1

Kuemper Catholic 3 Creston 0

Lewis Central 6 Underwood 0

St. Albert 8 Riverside 0

Tri-Center 3 Glenwood 2 (OT)

Winterset 2 Carlisle 1

Boone 3 Carroll 2

(North Dakota) Former Atlantic baseball standout Taylor Petersen, now a junior catcher at the University of North Dakota, has earned 1st team All-Great West Conference honors.

After playing two seasons at Iowa Central Community College, the 2010 AHS graduate transferred to North Dakota where he hit .301 with 3 home runs and 25 RBI. He has started all 44 games for the 23-10-1 squad and leads the team with is .464 OBP and 33 walks.

During his high school playing days, Petersen was named the 2010 Class 3A Iowa Player of the Year by the Iowa Sports Connection (now known as Sports Spotlight).

Bennett Blake
5/22/13
 

CLASS 1A

Des Moines Christian 7, Nodaway Valley 0
Riverside, Oakland 8, Missouri Valley 0
Tri-Center, Neola 3, A-H-S-T, Avoca 2
West Central Valley, Stuart 2, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1
 

CLASS 2A

ADM, Adel 4, Harlan 1
Creston 3, Winterset 2
Denison-Schleswig 2, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 0
Perry 7, Ballard 1
Spirit Lake 4, Carroll 0
 

CLASS 3A

Des Moines, Roosevelt 7, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4
Sioux City, North 2, Lewis Central 1
 

(Chariton) With a team total of 376 the Atlantic Trojan girls golf team is a 2013 regional champion. The squad topped Clarinda, Nevada, and Albia to make it back to the state meet for a third year in a row. Regional runner-up Clarinda moves on to state as well.

For Atlantic, they were led by standout junior Brooke Fletcher's 87. Fletcher, who placed 1st overall, has won every dual and tournament she has competed in all season. Bailey Walter's 94 was another key score in sending Atlantic back to the Class 3A state tournament.

This year's state tourney for Class 3A will be in Ames.

(Avoca) The AHST baseball season will open up Monday when the Vikings matchup with Nishnabotna. AHST head coach Jason Holst the team will be shorthanded to start the season due to boys substate soccer.

The Vikings have just three seniors and one junior in total which will present an opportunity for a lot of new faces on the diamond. Tyler Robinson is among the key returners. He is entering his fourth season as the starting shortstop. Jake Larsen also is back at catcher for a third season. Joining forces with Walnut has allowed AHST to add another senior in Chris Guthrie who has multiple years of starting experience.

Coach Holst says he's excited about the opener with Nishnabotna to see how the young guys react to being thrown into the fire. He says the Blue Devils will be experienced which will pose problems, but the focus is on getting better with each repetition.

Freshman Jay Heiney will make his varsity debut on the mound in the season opener. AHST is coming off of a 9-14 campaign in 2012.

Click here for the interview with AHST baseball coach Jason Holst

(Des Moines) The Glenwood boys 4x400 meter relay team ended the 2013 state track meet with a second place finish. The team consisting of  James Fuller, Brady Wheeler, Jared Cook and Derek Jones recorded a time  of 3:22.72. Knoxville won the event in a time of 3:21.68.

The Glenwood boys finished sixth in the 3A team race with 35-points.

In the Class 1A 4x400 meter relay, CAM finished in seventh place in a time of 3:35.31. Dylan Amdor led off the race followed by Jordan Bazer, Jarrad Cavin, and Trevor McKee. McKee also finished sixth in the 400-low hurdles on Friday in a time of 56.24.

May 18, 2013

(Griswold) Griswold Sophomore Rebekah Topham captured her second gold medal on Saturday in the Class 1A Girls 1500. After winning the gold in the 800 earlier in the day, she came back and cruised to the finish line in her favorite race in a time of 4:42.45.

Topham started off in the back of the pack and quickly moved up after about 400 meters and eventually took the lead for good,  and giving her team the lead in the Class 1A team race with 45-points.

Tiffany Shepard of Corning finished sixth in a time of 5:01.54. Griswold Senior Jordyn Sindt was 16th in a time of 5:18.23.

May 18, 2013

(Des Moines) In a race where two teams were disqualified for leaving the blocks early, Underwood  finished second in the Class 1A Boys Shuttle Hurdle Relay in a time of 59.53. The team members included; Ryan Spiegel, Nick Pedersen, Adian McKee, and Austin Konsor.

WACO-Wayland and Manson-Northwest-Webster were both disqualified in the finals. Wapsie Valley won it in a time of 59.35.

In Class 3A; Harlan finished sixth in a 58.85 clocking. The team members included; Tony Dawson, Conner Clayton, Will Lansman, and Austin Hess. Glenwood was seventh with; Dane Kruse, Mitch Bowden, Kyle Bowden and Sam Jameson. Mount Pleasant won the race in a time of 57.55.

May 18, 2013

(Des Moines) The Griswold girls track team picked up 16-points in the Class 1A 800 meters Saturday morning putting them in a tie for first place.

Rebekah Topham won the event in a time of 2:15.28 and Jordan Sindt finished third 2:21.44. The “one-three “punch knotted up the team race with West Hancock, each with 33-points.

Tiffany Shepard of Corning was fifth in a time of 2:21.44. Morgane Haer, of Villisca was 15th in a time of 2:29.44, Erin Shapcott, of Underwood was 21st  in a time of 2:34.32, and Morgan James of Orient-Macksburg finished 22nd with a time of 2:35.95.

In the girls 2A 800, Michelle Mumm, of Tri-Center was 12th overall in a time of 2:25.05. Rachel Bair, of Clarinda finished 22nd in 2:32.52.


May 18, 2013

(Des Moines) Chaley Rath’s first place finish in the Class 2A Girls high jump vaulted Treynor to the top of the heap in the Class 2A team race.

Rath cleared 5-05.00 to give the Cardinals a 10-point boost. Rath’s win pushed Treynor from  eighth place into the lead. Davis County is a close second with 23.75 points.

In the Class 3A Boys team race; Fort Madison leads the field with 27-points, and Glenwood is second with 25-points. Mount Pleasant is right behind with 24.

In other results the Glenwood girls recorded  the second fastest time in the Class 3A 4x100 meter relay preliminaries Friday afternoon. The team of Courtney Magnussen, Kecia Caudill, Sarah Salerno, and Chelsea Webster had a time of 50.00. Pella recorded the fastest time of 49.92.

In the Class 3A girls 4x400 meter relay preliminaries, Harlan qualified with the third fastest time of 4:01.31. The members include; Mikayla Evers, Elle Kloewer,
Asia Kloewer, and Jess Feldman.
 

In the Class 3A Boys 4x400 meter relay prelims; the Glenwood boys ran the fastest time of 3”22.19. James Fuller, Brady Wheeler, Jared Cook, and Derek Jones carrying the stick for the Rams, who are in the hunt in the Class 3A team race.  Fort Madison leads the field with 27-points, and Glenwood is second with 25-points. Mount Pleasant is right behind with 24.

May 17, 2013

(Des Moines) Kaylee Blake of IKM/Manning finished runner-up in the Class 2A
Girls Discus Friday afternoon. Blake threw 143-07. Kiana Phelps, Kingsley-Pierson - Woodbury Central won it with a toss of 150-04.

In the Class 3A Girls Shot Put, Lauren Janning of Carroll was sixth with a throw of 37-04.25. In the 3A Boys Long Jump, Grant May, of Glenwood was fifth with a jump of 21-07.25.

In the Class 2A Boys High Jump, Alex Welsch, of Nodaway Valley finished fifth with a jump of 6-04.00. Jeff Giannettino, of West Burlington, won the event with a jump of 6-09.00. Brady Poore, of Mount Ayr was second with a 6-07.00 effort.

May 17, 2013

(Carroll) Creston and Atlantic have gone back and forth in Hawkeye 10 boys golf competitions over the last two seasons so it was only fitting that they two teams each advance to state by finishing with the exact same team score at Friday's district tournament at the Carroll Country Club. Both squads tallied a 304 and Creston gets the nod as District Champion based on their fifth golfer's score. Each team will be heading to Ames for the upcoming Class 3A Boys State Golf Tournament.

Atlantic placed two golfers in the top three with AIB signee Travis Olsen shooting a 69 and junior Evan Schuler a 72. Olsen placed 2nd, after a playoff for Medalist, and Schuler was third. Other scores that counted for Atlantic were Sam Markham's 80, Nick Berry's 83, and Ben Nelson's 86. Also competing for Atlantic was Cooper Zablocki who carded an 86.

*Top two teams and top five individuals advance to state.

Team Scoring

1. Prairie City-Monroe 309
2. Des Moines Christian 326
3. Panorama 339
4. Nodaway Valley 364
5. Shenandoah 373
6. Treynor 376
7. Tri-Center 399

Individual Results

1. Justin Beener, PCM, 71

2. Ryan Minor, DMC, 73

3. Devon Woody, PCM, 75

T-4. Hunter Van Veen, PCM, 77

T-4. Noah Simon, Central Decatur, 77

6. Jordan Eng, Panorama, 78

7. Rob Martin, Panorama, 82

Click here for the full results from Thursday's District Tourney at Panora

(Des Moines) The Griswold boys have qualified for the Class 1A 4x100 Meter Relay Finals. The Tigers finished seventh fastest in a time of 44.83. The team members include; Derek Kirchhoff, Kenneth Clary, Grant Haynes, and Taylor Briles.

In the Class 1A Girls 4x100 Meter Relay, Riverside finished the preliminaries with the 14th fastest time of 52.77. Team members were, Keely Swensen, Tiffany Wichert, Skylar Copenhaver, and Sheyenne Smith. Stanton had the 17th fastest time of 52.94. Team members include; Avery Taylor, Logan Wagg, Macey Elwood, and Carmen Subbert.  Audubon ran the 21st fastest time of  53.20, with Courtney Rudolph,  Emily Nelsen, Kiara Sporrer, and Carly Johnston.

In the Class 1A Boys Discus, Keegan Longabaugh, of Corning was 20th with a toss of 125-02.

May 17, 2013

(Des Moines) Two southwest Iowa Seniors placed in the Class 1A 400 Meter Low Hurdles this morning at the state track meet in Des Moines. Trevor McKee, of CAM,  finished sixth in a time of 56.24, and Cole Anderson, of Exira-EHK was eighth with a 57.04 clocking. That race completed  Anderson’s track career. Trevor McKee will run in CAM'S 4x400 Meter Relay Preliminaries this afternoon.  

May 17, 2013

Boys

Boone 2, Carroll 0 
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 4, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 1 
Creston 6, Atlantic 5 
Dallas Center-Grimes 2, Gilbert 1 
Riverside, Oakland 2, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0 
West Central Valley, Stuart 2, A-H-S-T, Avoca 1 

Girls

Carroll 2 Atlantic 0 (Atlantic's ReAnn Cappel 15 steals)
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 1, Tri-Center, Neola 0
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 6, Denison-Schleswig 0
Harlan 5, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 2
Winterset 11, Pella Christian 1

(Des Moines) The Treynor Girls have the fastest qualifying time in the Class 2A Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay . Lexis Rogers, Lexi Killinger, Laura Hempel, and Chaley Rath were clocked in 1:06.88 in the preliminaries Thursday afternoon.

The other area teams competing that didn’t make the finals included; Missour I Valley, 14th, Panarama, 18th, Nodaway Valley, 20th, and IKM/Manning, 22nd.

In the Class 3A Girls Shuttle Hurdle Prelims,  Glenwood had the 11th fastest time and didn’t qualify for the  finals and Harlan was Disqualified.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) The Glenwood boys finished sixth in the Class 3A 4x800 Meter Relay in a time 8:11.41. Team members included; James Fuller, Jeff Reeve, Brady Wheeler, and Jared Cook. Pella won the race in a time of 7:58.79. Creston finished 11^th, and Harlan finished 21^st.

In the Class 3A Discus, Andrew Overton, of Denison/Schleswig was fifth with a toss of 156-00. Ethan Kenkel, of Storm Lake won it with a throw of 176-04. Cameron Joy, of Glenwood was was 14^th, 145-05, and his teamate Connor Fikes was 17^th with a toss of 137-07. Cale Stork of Harlan finished 21^st with a throw of 127-04.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) The Tri-Center Girls finished fifth in the Class 2A 4x800 Meter Relay in a time of 9:59.85 Thursday afternoon. The team members included; Emily Baatz, Alex Larsen, Nikki Paulson, and Michelle Mumm.. Mount Vernon won the race in 9:46.00.

Other teams competing Panarama, 11^th and Treynor finished in 18^th place.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) Harlan and Glenwood qualified for the finals in the Class 3A Boys Shuttle Hurdle Relay this afternoon.

The Cyclones with; Tony Dawson, Connor Clayton, Will Lansman, and Austin Hess, were clocked in 58.30, second fastest. Glenwood’s foursome of Dane Kruse, Mitch Bowden, Kyle Bowden, and Sam Jameson. Qualified third in a time of 58.35.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) Katie Dukes of Lenox finished in seventh place in the Class 1A Girls 400 meters Thursday afternoon. Dukes finished in a time of 1:00.46. Ellie Herzberg, of Manson-Northwestt-Webster won the event in a record time of 55.75.

Other area runners that did not score in the 400 include; Jennifer Neville, Exira/EHK, 11^th, 1:01.58, Shaila Bird, AHST, 1:01.67, and Katie Clark, of Adair-Casey, 13^th, in a time of 1:01.93.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) It’s been a good day for East Mills sprinter Nick Pittmon. After finishing 2^nd in the Long Jump, the senior qualified with the fastest time in the 100-prelims in 11:09, and fastest time in the 200 preliminaries, in a time of 22.4.

Other area runners competing in the 200, but did not qualify for the finals include; Travis Tupper, East Mills, 23.33, Tyler Robinson, A-H-S-T, 23.60, Emmitt Wheatley, Adair-Casey, 23.30.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) East Mills Senior Nick Pittmon is one step closer to defending his 100-meter dash title. Pittmon ran the fastest time in the Class 1A preliminaries in a time of 11:09.

Clayton Plowman, of Adair-Casey had a time of 11.65, Nicholas Shipley, of Sidney , 11.70, and Tyler Robinson, of A-H-S-T, had a time of 11.81. None of these times were quick enough to make the finals.

Pittmon finished second in the Class 1A Long Jump, with 21-02.50 effort. Josh Markert, of Manson, Northwest Webster won the event with a jump of 22-04.

May 16, 2013

(Des Moines) The preliminaries of the Class 1A and 4A Girls Shuttle Hurdle Relay kicked off the events at the 2013 CO-ED State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines this morning.

Griswold qualified with the fifth fastest time of 1:10.94. The quartet consisted of Kinzey Nicklaus, Justine Fruend, Jeana Fruend and Trisha Heurta. The foursome from Stanton qualified fourth best in a time of 1:10.26. The team consisted of Logan Wagg, Macy Elwood, Lauren Stephens, and Carmen Subbert.

Audubon finished in a time of 1:12.01 and did not make the finals.

The Griswold Girls will attempt to defend their 2012 Class 1A team title. The Tigers piled up 51-points to win it a year ago outdistancing second place West Hancock by ten points.

May 16, 2013