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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday,
August 1, 2006 | |
West Delaware girls fall one game short
by Ken Boesenberg
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The record setting season for the West Delaware girls softball team came to an end at the hands of Cedar Rapids Xavier, 3-1, last Monday night in Manchester.
The Hawks and the Saints hooked up in one of the better softball games of the season on Sill Field.
It all came down to just one swing of the bat in the bottom of the fourth inning when Xavier got a three run home run to put the only runs of the night on the board.
The Hawks played a flawless game with no fielding errors and no strikeouts against Saint pitching.
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West Delaware shortstop, Katlyn Heiserman attempts to make a play as a Cedar Rapids Xavier base runner successfully steals second base. |
The Hawks scored their lone run of the game on a Sara Hermsen sacrifice fly to left field that scored Ashley Hood.
Hood was the Hawks leading hitter in the game with two hits in three trips to the plate.
Senior Megan Rolfes tossed the first four innings for the Hawks with junior Katie Murphy coming in in the fifth and finishing the game for West Delaware.
Katlyn Heiserman and Lindsey McDowell each had a hit for the Hawks in the game.
The loss ended the Hawks season with a school record 46 wins against just seven losses.
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The Hawks Sara Hermsen hit this sacrifice fly to center field to score Ashley Hood (#22) from third base for the Hawks only run during their 3-1 Regional Final loss to Cedar Rapids Xavier last week in Manchester. |
The seven losses came by a total of just 10 runs with no loss being by more that two runs.
For the season the Hawks outscored their opponents 309 to 77 and at one stretch of the season ran off 29 straight wins to post a record of 31-2.
As with the boys baseball team, most everyone will be back for the 2007 season.
Two starters, Emily Prinsen and Megan Rolfes will be lost to graduation. Both played huge parts in the Hawks winning their school record 46 games.
That will be a record that, unless they top it next season, will last maybe forever as starting in 2008 the girls softball programs will be limited to 40 regular season games. Add the six state tournament games an you have just 46 total games to play. |
Five Hawks honored by INA
by Ken Boesenberg |
Five members of the West Delaware Hawk 2006 baseball team that won a school record 37 games were honored as All-State Baseball players by the Iowa Newspaper Association at their meeting in Des Moines on Sunday, July 23rd.
Sophomore BJ Hermsen and junior Phil Keppler made the first team, Hermsen as a utility player and Keppler as an outfielder.
Zach McCool was named to the second team as an infielder while Nate Lahr was the third team catcher and Justin Gideon a third team outfielder.
Keppler hit .466 for the Hawks with 7 home runs and 48 runs batted in. He struck out just 4 times in 116 plate appearances. He posted a 9-0 record on the mound, striking out 71 batters in 47 1/3 innings while posting an ERA of 1.33.
Hermsen hit .430 with 9 home runs and 45 runs batted in. He an 8-1 pitching record with 81 strikeouts in 51 innings while posting an ERA of .65.
Zach McCool led the Hawks in batting average with a .493 average, with 3 home runs, 30 runs batted in an a team high 52 runs scored. As a pitcher Zach was 7-1 with 69 strikeouts in 51 innings while posting a 1.49 ERA.
Justin Gideon hit .432 with 8 home runs and a team high 49 runs batted in.
Nate Lahr hit .350 with 6 home runs, and 27 runs batted in. He caught 216 innings where he had just four errors and three passed balls for a fielding percentage of .987.
All five will return for the 2007 season.
Class 3A
1st Team
Pitchers - Billy Schmitt, Western Dubuque; Joey Rozmiarek, Sioux City Heelan; Peter Reifenrath, Decorah; Catcher - Kevin Schuver, Marion; Infield - Matt Holland, Marion; Wes Morning, Anamosa; Cory Ege, Cherokee; Mark Blum, Harlan; Outfield - Phil Keppler, West Delaware; Tyler Pearson, Knoxville; Trey Hacker, Sioux City Heelan; Utility - BJ Hermsen, West Delaware.
2nd Team
Pitchers - Andrew DeSousa, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Greg Schulz, Carroll; Kody McCauley, Saydel; Catcher - Nathan Cain, Williamsburg; Infielders - Curtis Grahm, Albia; Zach McCool, West Delaware; Mason Lundy, Cherokee; Outfielders - Trevor Conner, Creston; Spencer Worthington, Carlisle; Joe Spring, Centerville; Utility - Curtis Bomgaars, MOC Floyd Valley; Eric Miller, Charles City.
3rd Team
Pitchers - Luke Goemaat, Albia; Brandon Harrison, Mount Pleasant; Will Gilenke, Spencer; Catcher - Nate Lahr, West Delaware; Infielders - Chris Soseman, Denison Schleswig; Jared Klosterboer, Williamsburg, Justin Goodwin, Brent Warren, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Outfielders - Justin Gideon, West Delaware; Demarcus Taylor, CArlisle; Carl Schnack, Harlan; Utility - Neil Gross, Harlan; Logan Huisman, MOC Floyd Valley. |
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