The Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa

                 Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Hawks an impressive 5th at Five Seasons Extravaganza

After not being in action for a week due to Mother Nature creating dangerous road conditions last Thursday night which wiped out a WaMaC Conference double dual with Indpendence and Western Dubuque in Independence the Hawks hit the mat on Saturday at the Five Seasons Extravaganza.

The competition was very strong as usual in this dual tournament with some of the top Class 3A teams in the state in the field.

On the day the Hawks went 3-1 to capture fifth place in the 16-team tournament.

Their only loss of the day was to the eventual meet champions, Iowa City West 49-21.

The Hawks started the tournament with a dominating 44-27 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier.


KEN BOESENBERG / Press - West Delaware senior 152-pounder Dustin Jaeger records one of his four pins during action at the Five Seasons Extravaganza last Saturday in Cedar Rapids. The Hawks placed fifth overall with a 3-1 dual meet record in a very tough field of 16 teams, 14 of which were from Class 3A.


KEN BOESENBERG / Press - West Delaware senior 171-pound wrestler Jamie Vaske puts a lot of pressure on his opponent from Cedar Rapids Xavier. Jamie recorded a huge fall over his opponent from Davenport West in the final dual meet of the day.

The score was tied 12-12 after the first four weights with each team winning two matches by fall. Dustin Jaeger (152) and Nate Lahr (160) each recorded pins for the Hawks.

The Hawks built a 29-12 lead as they won four straight matches. Tony Marbach picked up a major decision (11-2) at 189; Steve Broghammer notched a 7-0 decision at 215; Paul Broghammer won by a third period fall and Nathan Vaske (103) followed with a 10-0 major decision to give the Hawks a 17-point lead.

After West Delaware gave up a forfeit at 112 freshman Jason Lux recorded a pin at 119 to build the lead back to 17-points, 35-18.

Nick Ketchum and Zach McCool finished up the Hawk scoring, Ketchum with a 10-45 decision and McCool with a first period pin.

The win moved the Hawks into the quarterfinals against the third seeded Trojans of Iowa City West.

The Hawks won three of the first four matches with Dustin Jaeger (152) and Tony Marbach (189) both winning by fall. Nate Lahr (160) picked up a 5-0 decision as the Hawks led early 15-6.

West would win eight of the next 10 matches to hand the Hawks their only defeat of the day, 49-21.


KEN BOESENBERG / Press - West Delaware sophomore Nick Ketchum tries to turn his opponent from Iowa City West. Nick won the match 2-1, one of only five wins for the Hawks over the eventual champion Trojans.

Nick Ketchum (125) and Tyler Manternach (152) both won hard fought decisions over the Trojan opponents. Ketchum won 2-1 and Manternach 4-2.

The Hawks third dual of the day was against a very good Cedar Rapids Kennedy squad.

Junior Nate Lahr (160) got the Hawks off to a good start with a first period fall.

Through the next seven weights the Hawks managed to win three matches while the Cougars picked up four victories to take a 21-18 lead.

Winning for the Hawks during that seven match stretch were Tony Marbach, 5-3; Steve Broghammer, 8-2 and Nathan Vaske by forfeit.

The two teams traded pins at 125 and 130 with Nick Ketchum winning by fall for the Hawks at 125.

Zach McCool (130) gave the Hawks a 30-27 lead with a first period fall. The Hawks swept the final three matches to rack up a well deserved 46-27 win over the Cougars.

Winning over the last three matches for the Hawks were Adam Rave (140) by fall; Tony Marbach (189) a 14-6 major decision and Dustin Jaeger (152) with a second period fall.

The win moved the Hawks to the placement round where they would battle Davenport West for fifth place.

The Hawks and West would put on a heck of a show with the lead changing hands seven times before the Hawks would emerge victorious, 42-37 when West had to forfeit to Nate Lahr at 160.

Jamie Vaske got the Hawks on the board first with a pin with just eight seconds left in his 171-pound match. He trailed 6-0 before getting a reversal and a three-point near fall. Without the fall he would have lost 6-5, a nine-point turn around in favor of the Hawks.

At 189 Tony Marbach lost his only match of the day 11-7, however Steve Broghammer at 215 gave the Hawks some cushion, 12-3, with a first period fall.

Nathan Vaske gave the Hawks an 18-9 led with a pin after heavyweight Paul Broghammer had lost by fall.

The Hawks had to forfeit at 112. That was followed by a Jason Lux loss by fall at 119 to give West a 21-15 lead.

The teams traded falls over the next four weight with Nick Ketchum (125) and Zach McCool (135) both winning while teammates Shawn Flanagan (130) and Adam Rave (140) both lost by fall.

Following a loss by major decision at 145 the Hawks trailed West 37-30 with just two matches remaining.

Senior Dustin Jaeger recorded his fourth pin of the day to cut the West lead to just one point at 37-36.
West then had to forfeit at 160, giving junior Nate Lahr his fourth win of the day and the Hawks their third dual win of the meet and a fifth place finish, 42-37.



Hawk boys, girls sweep Beckman, fall to Benton Community


KEN BOESENBERG / Press - The Hawks Austin Cole cans one of his two three-point goals during the Hawks 58-52 win over Dyersville Beckman last Tuesday night.

 The West Delaware boys and girls pulled off a sweep of the Dyersville Beckman Blazers last Tuesday night.

The Hawk boys defeated the Blazers 58-52 in Dyersville while the girls eked out a 47-45 victory over the Blazers in Manchester.

In Dyersville the boys got off to a very fast start, leading 10-2 at 4:10 of the first quarter when Tony Brown and Alex Boom scored back-to-back buckets for the Hawks.

West Delaware led 17-7 at the end of the first quarter and held a 29-25 lead at the half.

Beckman made a good run at the Hawks during the second quarter, outscoring the Hawks 8-3 over the final three minutes of the period to cut the Hawk lead to just four points at the half.
West Delaware got 18 points from BJ Hermsen and 10 from Austin Cole. Hermsen also led the Hawks in rebounding with 10 while blocking three shots. Brett Manternach led the Hawks with four blocked shots.

With the Hawks leading 31-29 early in the third quarter sophomore BJ Hermsen nailed a pair of back-to-back three point goals to give the Hawks an eight point lead, 37-29. Austin Cole then scored two of his 10 points on a short lay in to give the Hawks a 10 point lead, one they maintained to the end of the period.

The fourth quarter saw the Hawks lead by as many as 12 points, 49-37 before Beckman rallied to cut the Hawk lead to just four points at 49-45 with 2:17 left in the game.

The Hawks were able to put the game away at the free throw line and pick up an early WaMaC Conference victory.

All 13 of the Hawks fourth quarter points came from the free throw line. They made 14 of 19 for the game while shooting 56% from the floor.

Game stats
vs. Beckman
Field goals - WD 19-34-55.8%; free throws - WD 14-19-73.7%; assists - WD 24 (Boom 5, Brown 1, Hermsen 3, E. Crawford 5, Cole 4, Keppler 3, C. Crawford 2, Manternach 1); steals - WD 12 (Boom 3, Hermsen 2, E. Crawford 5, Keppler 1, C. Crawford 1); blocked shots - WD 7 (Hermsen 3, Manternach 4); rebounds - WD 23 (Boom 4, Brown 1, Hermsen 10, E. Crawford 3, Cole 3, Manternach 2); turnovers - WD 23; scoring - Alex Boom 5, Tony Brown 9, BJ Hermsen 18, Eric Crawford 9, Austin Cole 10, Brett Manternach 7.

While the boys were racking up their opening season win in Dyersville the girls were protecting their home court with a hard fought 47-45 come from behind victory over Beckman.

The Hawks trailed 9-4 at the end of the first quarter and were down 23-16 at the half.

West Delaware used a 9-8 scoring advantage in the third quarter to cut the Blazer lead to six points, 31-25.

The Hawks then outscored the Blazers 22-14 during the final eight minutes to pull out the two point victory.

Jenny Hood nailed the game winning three-point basket with just seven seconds left in the game.

Beckman called time out but had to bring the ball in from three quarters court. The Hawk defense forced the Blazers to lose control of the ball thus sealing the two-point victory.

Junior Katie Wessels led the Hawks in scoring with 17 points and rebounding with 11 boards. Senior Kathryn Heiar dished out a team high seven assists while recording four steals on the defensive end of the floor.

Sophomore Ashley Hood was the only other Hawk to score in double figures with 11 points.

Game stats
vs. Beckman
Field goals - WD 15-50-30%; DB 13-41-32%; free throws - WD 14-28-50%, DB 17-29-59%; assists - WD 12 (Heiar 7, Heiserman 1, Wessels 1, J. Hood 1, A. Hood 2); rebounds - WD 39 (Heiar 3, Hahn 1, Rolfes 4, Mullis 3, Heiserman 1, Wessels 11, Conrad 4, J. Hood 4, A. Hood 3, Hutton 5), DB 31; blocked shots - WD 3 (Heiar 1, Mullis 2); steals - WD 12 (Heiar 4, Wessels 3, J. Hood 1, A. Hood 3, Hutton 1); turnovers - WD 20, DB 23; scoring - Kathryn Heiar 6, Samantha Hahn 2, Megan Rolfes 2, Katie Wessels 17, Sam Conrad 2, Jenny Hood 7, Ashley Hood 11.

On Friday night the West Delaware boys hosted the Bobcats of Benton Community while the girls traveled to Van Horne to take on the Lady Bobcats.

At home the boys could not overcome 26 turnovers in their 63-57 loss to the visiting Bobcats.
Benton led 17-15 at the end of the first quarter and 33-27 at the half.

The Hawks battled their way back into the game with a 17-13 scoring advantage in the third quarter to trail by just two points, 46-44 heading into the fourth period.

The Hawks held a one point lead with three minutes left before the Bobcats put the game away at the free throw line down the stretch.

BJ Hermsen and Tony Brown led the Hawks in scoring with 24 and 14 points.

The Hawks continued their good shooting from the floor, making 56% of their field goals attempts (20-36).

Game stats
vs. Benton Community
Field goals - WD 20-36-55.6%; free throws - WD 12-14-85.7%; assists - WD 22 (Boom 6, Brown 6, hermsen 2, E. Crawford 5, Keppler 2, C. Crawford 1); steals - WD 12 (Boom 5, Brown 2, Hermsen 1, Cole 2, C. Crawford 1, Manternach 1); blocked shots - WD 5 (Hermsen 2, Keppler 2, Manternach 1); rebounds - WD 24 (Boom 2, Brown 3, Hermsen 10, E. Crawford 2, Cole 3, Keppler 3, Manternach 1); turnovers - WD 26; scoring - Tony Brown 14, BJ Hermsen 24, Eric Crawford 2, Austin Cole 7, Chris Crawford 3, Brett Manternach 7.

At Van Horne the West Delaware girls ran into a pressing Bobcat defense that forced the Hawks into numerous turnovers during the first half as the Bobcats recorded a 72-33 victory over the Hawks.

The Hawks had 18 first half turnovers and were limited to just 18 first half shots.

After trailing 45-11 at the end of the first half of action the Hawks played much better in the second half as they were outscored just 27-22.

Katie Wessels again led the Hawks in scoring with 13 points, Sam Conrad tossed in 7.

The Hawks also had a tough night shooting as they made just 10 of 46 shots for 22% shooting.

Game stats
vs. Benton Community
Field goals - WD 10-46-22%, BC 26-48-54%; free throws - WD 13-19-68%, BC 19-24-79%; assists - WD 7 (Hahn 2, J. Hood 1, Ashley Hood 4); rebounds - WD 29 (Heiar 4, Hahn 1, Mullis 3, Heiserman 1, Wessels 5, Conrad 6, J. Hood 2, A. Hood 1, Hutton 5, Lechtenberg 1), BC 28; blocked shots - WD 6 (Mullis 1, Wessels 2, Conrad 3); steals - WD 7 (Heiar 2, Heiserman 1, Conrad 1, J. Hood 1, A. Hood 1, Hutton 1); turnovers - WD 28, BC 16; scoring - Samantha Hahn 2, Jackie Mullis 2, Katie Wessels 13, Sam Conrad 7, Ashley Hood 3, Kadie Hutton 4, Angie Lechtenberg 2.


Wildcat girls top Starmont, fall to Cascade, Dubuque Hempstead

KEN BOESENBERG / Press - Megan Kramer (#25) of Maquoketa Valley gets a shot off over the outstretched arm of Cascades’ Justine Hosch during the Cats 48-35 loss at Cascade last Friday night.

The Maquoketa Valley Wildcat girls basketball team started the week with a 55-26 Tri-Rivers Conference win over Starmont before falling to conference foe Cascade 48-35 and to non-conference opponent Dubuque Hempstead 55-43.

The Cats led the Stars 20-12 at the half before outscoring Starmont 35-14 during the second half to record the 29-point victory.

Sarah Stelken’s 11 points and Megan Kramers’s 10 led the the Cats against the Stars.

The win improved the Wildcats record to 2-1.

Game stats vs. Starmont
Field goals - MV 20-65-30%; free throws - MV 10-17-58%; turnovers - MV 17; rebounds - MV 23; scoring - Megan Kramer 10, Bailey Salow 6, Jodi Gibbs 1, Jordan Gibbs 2, Sarah Stelken 11, Rachel Huber 8, Michelle Tumey 5, Melissa Wegmann 4, Krista Steger 8.

On Friday night the Cats ran into a tough zone defense put on by the Cougars of Cascade as they lost 48-35.

The Cats got off to a good start as they led the Cougars 10-4 at the 3:17 mark of the first quarter.
However Cascade scored the final eight points of the quarter to take a 12-10 lead.

The Cats would lead just two more time in the game, 18-16 on a Jodi Gibbs three-point goal and 20-18 on a Melissa Wegmann basket with 2:00 left in the second quarter.

Again the Cougars went on a run to end a quarter, this time 7-0 over the final two minutes to take a 27-20 lead at the half.

The Wildcats got as close as four points during the third quarter, 35-31, on back-to-back baskets by Megan Kramer but trailed 39-31 by quarters end.

Cascade used a 9-4 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter to win by a final score of 48-35.

Game stats
vs. Cascade
Field goals - MV 16-39-41%; free throws - MV 2-4-50%; turnovers - MV 10; rebounds - MV 10; scoring - Megan Kramer 14, Bailey Salow 7, Jordan Gibbs 2, Sarah Stelken 2, Rachel Huber 7, Michelle Tumey 1, Melissa Wegmann 1.

On Saturday night the Cats traveled to Dubuque Hempstead for a non-conference contest with the Mustangs.

Hempstead built a 10-point lead, 15-5 by the end of the first quarter before leading just 21-15 at the half.

Hempstead upped their lead to 39-24 by the end of the third quarter. The Wildcats cut the lead to just six points, 47-41 with three minutes left in the game only to see the Mustangs finish the game on an 8-2 run and win by 12 points, 55-43.

Game stats
vs. Dubuque Hempstead
Field goals - MV 15-37-42%; free throws - MV 8-15-53%; turnovers - MV 18; rebounds - MV 12; scoring - Megan Kramer 10, Bailey Salow 9, Jodi Gibbs 4, Jordan Gibbs 3, Rachel Huber 6, Melissa Wegmann 1, Krista Steger 8, Blair Funke 2.



Viking girls get wins over Springville and Central City
The Ed-Co Viking girls basketball team picked up a very important Tri-Rivers Conference win last Tuesday night in Springville, 53-46.

The Vikings got off to a slow start in the first half as they trailed 10-6 at the end of the first quarter and 21-13 at the half.

But the second half belonged to the Vikings as they outscored Springville 40-25 to win by seven points.

Mindy Meyer and Tiffany Dugan led the Vikings in scoring with 17 and 13 points respectively.

Nikki Lueken pulled down a team high 10 rebounds while Tracy Sullivan recorded six steals and dished out three assists for the Vikings.

“This was a tremendous and very important win for us,” commented Viking Coach Roger Wright.

“I was very pleased with all aspects of our game in the second half. In the first half Springville really took it to us, but we recovered with a just an excellent effort during the second half,” concluded Wright.

Game stats
vs. Springville
Field goals - EC 20-50-40%, S 19-57-33%; free throws - EC 11-20-55%, S 6-10-60%; assists - EC 10 (Kruse 2, Sampson 3, Dugan 2, Sullivan 3); steals - EC 17 (Kruse 3, Sampson 1, Dugan 2, Sullivan 6, Lincoln 1, Meyer 4); rebounds - EC 29 (Elsbury 1, Kruse 5, Sullivan 4, Lincoln 3, Lueken 10, Meyer 6), S 23; turnovers - EC 18, S 29; scoring - Tiffany Kruse 7, Tiffany Dugan 13, Tracy Sullivan 6, Jackie Lincoln 2, Nikki Lueken 8, Mindy Meyer 17.

On Friday night the Vikings used a big 22-6 scoring advantage during the third quarter to down Central City 69-43.

Ed-Co led 18-10 at the end of the first quarter and 35-21 at the half before putting the game away with their big third quarter outburst.

Meyer and Dugan again led the Vikings in scoring with 17 and 14 points.

Meyer and Nikki Lueken each pulled down 12 rebounds, eight of Meyers came on the offensive end of the floor.

“This was a good win for us on the road,” commented Coach Roger Wright.

“We did a very good job of rebounding as we held a huge advantage on the boards. Offensively, we did a good job of generating shots,” concluded Wright.

Game stats
vs. Central City
Field goals - EC 28-74-37.8%, CC 18-50-36%; free throws - EC 9-15-60%, CC 6-8-75%; assists - EC 14 (Elsbury 1, Meyers 1, Hauser 1, Kruse 2, Sampson 2, Dugan 3, Sullivan 2, Lueken 2); steals - EC 14 (Elsbury 3, Kruse 2, Sampson 3, Sullivan 2, Lincoln 3, Lueken 1); rebounds - EC 46 (Kintzle 1, Elsbury 1, Kruse 3, Sampson 1, Dugan 5, Sullivan 2, Lincoln 8, Lueken 12, Hunt 1, Meyer 12), CC 16; scoring - Nicole Kintzle 5, Leanne Meyers 3, Tiffany Kruse 9, Stef Sampson 4, Tiffany dugan 14, Tracy Sullivan 5, Jackie Lincoln 4, Nikki Lueken 8, Mindy Meyer 17.


Ed-Co boys top Central City
Just four Viking players broke into the scoring column against Central City last Friday night, but that was enough as the Vikings won by a score of 55-51 in overtime.

Matt Mescher led the Vikings with 22 points while teammate Ryan Putz chipped in with 20.

The only other two players to score were Spenser Smith 11, and Tyler McDowell with one point.

Ed-Co took command in the first quarter, leading 16-10 before leading by just five points at the half, 24-19.

Central City continued to chip away at the Viking lead and by the end of regulation the teams found themselves tied at 43-43.

Ed-Co got the best of the overtime period 12-8 to notch an important Tri-Rivers Conference win.

Game stats
vs. Central City
Field goals - EC 17-55-30.9%; free throws - EC 14-22-63.6%; assists - EC 15 (Daker 1, Smith 9, Putz 2, Mescher 3); steals - EC 7 (Daker 2, Smith 3, Mescher 2); rebounds - EC 31 (Daker 1, Smith 7, Oldfather 3, Putz 8, Mescher 11, McDowell 1); turnovers - EC 14; scoring - Spenser Smith 11, Ryan Putz 20, Matt Mescher 22, Tyler McDowell 1.


Cascade boys top MV, 63-28
The Maquoketa Valley Wildcat boys basketball team had no answer for the swarming zone defense employed by the Cascade Cougars last Friday night in Cascade.

The Cougars held the Cats to single digit scoring in each of the four quarters as they picked up a 63-28 win over Maquoketa Valley.

Cascade bolted to a 9-0 lead during the first four minutes of the game before leading 16-7 at the end of the first quarter.

Cascade steadily increased its lead through the second quarter, leading 30-15 at the half.

KEN BOESENBERG / Press -The Maquoketa Valley Wildcats Philip Roling gets a shot off over the outstretched arms of a Cascade Cougar defender during the Cats loss to the Cougars in Cascade last Friday night.

KEN BOESENBERG / Press - Michelle Tumey of Maquoketa Valley chases down a Cascade Cougar ball handler during the game in Cascade Friday night.

The Cats trailed 37-20 midway through the third quarter and did not score again until the 3:10 mark of the fourth quarter on a Philip Roling jump shot in the lane.

The tough Cascade zone forced the Cats to shoot from long range where they struggled, hitting just one of 12 three point attempts.

By contrast Cascade shot 63% from two-point range as they constantly worked the ball deep in the paint.
Donny nordmann led the Cats in scoring with 14 points, Philip Roling chipped in with six.

“Cascades length defensively really bothered us,” commented Coach Scott Kriegel.


KEN BOESENBERG / Press - Maquoketa Valley’s Donny Nordmann gets off a shot during the Cats game at Cascade.		“More importantly though, our defensive effort wasn’t what it needs to be to be competitive against a quality team like Cascade. We knew going in that we would have to limit our turnovers and have quality offensive possessions... we just didn’t do that. The players and coaches are anxious to get back to work and get back on the court on Monday,” concluded Kriegel.

Game stats
vs. Cascade
Field goals - MV 12-35-34.3%, C 28-52-53.8%;free throws - MV 3-6-50%, C 3-8-37.5%; assists - MV 5 (Roling 1, Dircks 1, Huber 1, Wolf 1, Jay 1); steals - MV 5 (Huber 2, Lechtenberg 1, Wolf 2); blocked shots - MV 2 (Nordmann 2); rebounds - MV 18 (Roling 3, Nordmann 5, Dircks 2, Huber 1, Lechtenberg 3, Deutmeyer 3, Knipper 1), C 21;
turnovers - MV 23, C 11; scoring - Philip Roling 6, Donny Nordmann 14, Brett Huber 2, Brian Wolf 4, Kyle Knipper 2.



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