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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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Hot Hawks advance to State Tournament
by Alison Nesteby
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And the beat goes on.....
The Hawks continued their domination last week with the biggest win of the season yet; the win over Crestwood of Cresco to qualify for the 2008 State Tournament.
The 69-61 win over Crestwood at the McLeod Center at UNI on Tuesday put the Hawks on a 12-game winning streak, and sent them to their first state basketball tournament since 2000.
While the Hawks didn’t pound all over the competition like they have been in the past weeks, they got the win in very good fashion.
WD started off the game slowly edging away from the Cadets, taking a three point lead at the end of the first quarter, 14-11.
Things went much the same in the second quarter, with the Hawks once again outscoring the Cadets, this time by four, 15-11. The Hawks went to halftime with a seven point lead, 29-22.
Senior BJ Hermsen and junior Ben Lechtenberg each scored 12 points in the first half for the Hawks.
Derek Klein started off the scoring for the Hawks in the third quarter, sinking a basket with 6:26 remaining. BJ Hermsen added a basket and a free throw with just under four minutes left to increase the Hawks lead to nine, but the Cadets weren’t going to let that sit for long. They started to chip away at the Hawks lead and trailed by just four at the conclusion of the third quarter, 44-40.
Both teams were hard at it in the fourth quarter, with a total of 46 points being scored by the two teams combined. |
Top: Senior Chris Crawford sinks one of his nine baskets on Tuesday against Crestwood. Crawford scored 16 points for the Hawks. Bottom: BJ Hermsen maneuvers around a Cadet defender on Tuesday. Hermsen grabbed a team high 15 rebounds and recorded 19 points. |
The Hawks scored five unanswered points to start off the fourth quarter. Crestwood added a couple baskets and cut the Hawks lead to seven before WD went on a scoring streak that would eventually seal the victory.
With 2:36 left, Ben Lechtenberg added two free throws, and Lucas Kafer sank one with 2:00 left to give the Hawks a 14 point lead, 62-48. Crestwood slowly narrowed the margin, but couldn’t catch the Hawks. WD gained possession with 11 second left and held the ball until time ran out. Then the celebration began.
Hugs and high-fives were aplenty from Hawks fans and players.
Lechtenberg was once again high scorer for the Hawks, putting up 23 points and 10 rebounds.
Hermsen scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Hawks, while senior Chris Crawford recorded 16 points and added nine assists.
The Hawks are slated to take on ADM (23-1) on Tuesday night at 8:15 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. If they win that game, they will play again Thursday night at 8:15 p.m.
WD vs. Crestwood
FG: WD 28-52 54%; Crestwood 23-58 40%
FT: WD 13-19 68%; Crestwood 10-16 63%
Assists: WD 17 (Crawford 9, Engelken 3, Hermsen 2, Mangold 1)
Rebounds: WD 35 (Hermsen 15, Lechtenberg 10, Kafer 4, Mangold 2, Engelken 2, Crawford 1, Klein 1)
Individual scoring: Lechtenberg 23, Hermsen 19, Crawford 16, Engelken 6,Kafer 3, Klein 2 |
USA Youth State Wrestling results |
During this past winter a number of wrestlers competed in regional wrestling tournament in Cedar Falls and Ft. Madison to qualify for the USA State Tournament.
On Sunday, Feb. 23 3 area wrestlers from the Youth Wrestling Club competed in he USA State Folkstyle Tournament. Nearly 700 wrestlers from across the state participated in this event in held in the UNI-Dome.
As well, all of these young wrestlers are no eligible to participate in the USA National Tournament in Cedar Falls on April 4 - 6.
Bantam Division
Ryan Phillips, 2nd in B50; Mitchell Mangold 5th in B60.
Midget Division
Austin Howell, qualifier in M60; Kabryn Cook, qualifier in M75; Clark Montover, qualifier in M75; Brady Antons, qualifier in M95; Devon Craig, 2nd in M112.
Novice Division
Mason Steffen, qualifier in N70; Sawyer Ambling, 4th in N75; Zach Meyer, qualifier in N80; Connor Wickman, qualifier in N85; Jake Voss, 6th in N85; Austin Bishop, qualifier in N90; Dallyn Putz, 4th in N95; Brent Lammers, 4th in N100.
School Boy Division
Patrick Woods, 3rd in SB70; Sam Phillips, 4th in SB70; Beau Vaske, 6th in SB70; Justin Nolz, qualifier in SB84; Dalton Craig, qualifier in SB91; Tim Tutton, qualifier in SB91; Gunnar Vaske, qualifier in SB105; Reilly Ryan, qualifier in SB112; Jonathan Rave, qualifier in SB120; Jacyn Goebel, 2nd in SB136; Adam Reth, 3rd in SB152; Dean Broghammer, qualifier in SB160; Jordan Smith, 5th in C84; Nolan Zumbach, qualifier in C119. |
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