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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday,
February 21, 2006 | |
State Dual bound plus five to State
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The West Delaware wrestling team qualified for the Class 2A State Dual Team Tournament in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 4th with a 41-24 Regional Dual Meet victory over DeWitt Central last Tuesday night in Manchester.
The Hawks owned a 40-30 dual win over the Sabers earlier in the season and were able to improve on that margin of victory with a state berth on the line.
The meet was totally decided until the Hawks Zach McCool won by fall at 130-pounds to give the Hawks a 35-21 lead with just two matches remaining.
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The Hawks Dustin Jaeger racks up some back points during his 9-0 semi-final win over Derek Wicks of Waukon at the District Tournament last Saturday in Fayette. Dustin was just one of five Hawk wrestlers to qualify for the Class 2A State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines this week. KEN BOESENBERG / Press |
The dual started at 145-pounds where the Hawks Tyler Manternach lost an 8-3 decision.
Senior Dustin Jaeger gave the Hawks the lead with a dominating 9-0 major decision at 152.
The 160-pound match between the Hawks Nate Lahr and the Sabers Jeff Ohnemus was not without its controversy. In the end the Sabers Ohnemus escaped with an 8-6 decision to give the Sabers a 6-4 lead.
Senior Jamie Vaske took the mat at 171-pounds for the Hawks and came out on fire. Jamie had dropped a 5-1 decision to the Sabers Sam Schmidt on January 5th. He avenged that loss in outstanding fashion with a huge 9-6 win that put the Hawks back in the lead, 7-6.
It seemed that Vaske’s win lit a fire under the Hawks as the recorded four straight wins to grab a huge 29-6 lead over the Sabers.
Senior Tony Marbach followed Vaske’s win at 171 with a quick first period fall; junior brothers Steve (215) and Paul Broghammer (275) both won by fall to give the Hawks a 25-6 lead.
Freshman Nathan Vaske (103) recorded a 12-2 major decision to put the Hawks up 29-6.
The Sabers picked up wins at the next three weights to pull to within eight points at 29-21. That’s when Zach McCool put the meet away with a pin.
Sophomore Adam Rave then recorded a win by fall for the Hawks to make the score 41-21.
The nights final match saw the Hawks Chris Harbaugh loose a hard fought 7-5 overtime decision to make the final score 41-24.
The Hawks will be making their third appearance in the State Dual Team Tournament in the last four years. Their first in Class 2A since winning the State Dual Team Title in 1991.
The Hawks first round dual will be against Osage (16-5). The winner of that dual will take on the winner of the Spirit Lake Park (21-0) vs. LaPorte City Union (15-4) dual in a semi-final match.
The lower half of the dual tournament pits Emmetsburg (24-3) against Huxley Ballard (18-3) and Glenwood (12-3) against Columbus Junction (22-1).
On Saturday the Hawks took 10 wrestlers to the Class 2A District Meet on the campus of Upper Iowa University in Fayette. On the line was a berth to the State Wrestling Tournament this week in Des Moines.
The Hawks pushed five wrestlers through the district tournament and on to the big show in Des Moines.
And just for good measure they also added the District Team title to their resume for the 2005-06 season.
Making it to Des Moines for the Hawks were Nathan Vaske (103), Zach McCool (130), Chris Harbaugh (140), Dustin Jaeger (152) and Nate Lahr (160).
McCool and Jaeger were the Hawks only two champions. Vaske placed second while Harbaugh and Lahr won their wrestleback matches to make the trip to Des Moines.
At 103-pounds Nathan Vaske faced Austin Berry of MFL who entered the meet with a 29-1 record; his only loss was to Vaske at the Starmont Tournament earlier in the year. Nathan handed Berry his second loss of the season and advanced to the finals where he lost to Sectional Champ Cory Olson of Denver/Tripoli by fall. There was no wrestleback as Berry defeated Joel Thomas of Cresco.
At 130-pounds Zach McCool pinned his way to a District title. He pinned Russell Evans of New Hampton in his first match and followed that up with a pin of Waukon’s Andrew Schulte.
At 140-pounds Chris Harbaugh lost his first match of the day to Jacob Schick of Sumner Fredericksburg, 7-2. He then defeated Andy Endorf of Denver/Tripoli in the consolation round. He earned a wrestleback opportunity when Schick defeated Brody Suddendorf of MFL in the finals.
Chris used a late reversal to record a 4-2 decision over Suddendorf and punch his ticket to the State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines.
At 152-pounds the Hawks Dustin Jaeger defeated Derek Wicks of Waukon 9-0 in his first match to set up a finals showdown with once beaten Jaydon Mitchell of New Hampton. Dustin dominated Mitchell and recorded a big 9-3 decision win to advance to state.
The fifth Hawk to advance to Des Moines was junior Nate Lahr at 160-pounds. Nate won his first round match 4-0 over Mitch Kriener of Cresco before losing to Mason Berns of Waukon by fall in the finals. He then picked up a big win over WaMaC Conference rival Scott Soukup of Independence to earn a trip to the state tournament.
The Hawks scored 80 team points to capture the team title by seven points over runner-up MFL MarMac. New Hampton was third with 65 points, Crestwood fourth and Independence fifth.
The State Wrestling Tournament gets underway in Des Moines this Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. with the Class 3A first round and first round consolations.
The Hawks will first hit the mat with the 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. session which will be the Class 2A first round and first round consolation brackets.
On Thursday the action starts at 9:00 a.m. with the Class 1A first round and first round consolation matches. Nest up from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. will be the Class 3A quarter-finals and second round consolations. From 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Class 2A will contest their quarter-finals and second round consolations.
Friday action starts at 9:00 a.m. with the Class 1A quarter-finals and second round consolation matches. At 1:00 p.m. Class 3A will take the mat for their semi-finals and third round consolations.
At 2:15 p.m. Class 2A will wrestle their semi-finals and third round consolations. Class 1A will be back on the mat from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. for their semi-finals and third round consolation matches.
From 7:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. all three classes will contest their consolation semi-finals to determine the participants in Saturdays placement matches.
On Saturday from 12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m. all consolation matches in all three classes will be contested (3rd/4th, 5th/6th, 7th, 8th).
The Grand March will start at 5:30 p.m. with the finals starting at the conclusion of the march. |
 Hawk girls end season with a 49-45 loss at Marion |
The West Delaware girls basketball team didn’t quite have enough fire power to over take Marion last Saturday night in a District Tournament game at Marion.
Sophomore Ashley Hood had her break out game for the Hawks as she came in off the bench to lead the team in scoring with 12 points on four three-point baskets, had all of the teams six assists and recorded three steals.
The Hawks recovered from a tough first quarter to score the last five points of the second quarter to grab a slim 23-22 lead at the half.
The Hawks held a pair of leads in the first quarter, 4-2 and 7-6. Senior Jackie Mullis gave the Hawks their first lead with a pair of free throws at the 5:27 mark of the quarter. Sophomore Ashley Hood nailed a three-point basket at the 3;21 mark to put the Hawks up 7-6. |
The Hawks Kathryn Heiar (top photo) scores two of her nine points against Marion while teammates Sam Conrad (bottom left photo) and Jackie Mullis (bottom right photo) gets shots off against the Indians. The Hawks fell at Marion 49-45 to end their 2005-06 basketball season. KEN BOESENBERG / Press |
Marion then scored the final four points of the first quarter to take an 11-7 lead.
With the Hawks trailing 14-10 midway through the second quarter Ashley Hood canned back-to-back three-point baskets to give the Hawks a 16-14 lead with three minutes remaining before halftime.
Marion held a 22-21 lead with the clock winding down just before the end of the second quarter. Senior Kathryn Heiar’s basket with one-second left on the clock gave the Hawks a 23-22 halftime lead.
Baskets by Heiar and Samantha Hahn early in the third quarter gave the Hawks a 27-24 lead with 5:55 left in the period.
Marion then went on a 10-2 run over the next five minutes to take a 35-29 lead.
The third quarter ended with the Indians leading the Hawks by a score of 36-31.
Ashley Hood connected on her fourth three-point basket of the game to pull the Hawks to within two points, 36-34 just 30-seconds into the fourth quarter.
Kathryn Heiar tied the game at 36-36 with 7:71 left on a pair of free throws for the Hawks.
The game was nip and tuck for the rest of the way with the Hawks knotting the score at 38-38 and 40-40 on baskets by junior Katie Wessels.
From the 4:50 mark on neither team was able to score from the field, however, there were a dozen free throws made over the last four and a half minutes of the game.
Unfortunately seven of those were made by Marion.
Jackie Mullis was able to pull the Hawks to within two-points, 47-45 with 23-seconds left when she made a pair of free throws.
Marion scored the last basket of the game to make the final score 49-45 in favor of the Indians.
Game stats
vs. Marion
Field goals: WD 13-50-26%, M 14-52-27%; free throws: WD 15-22-68%, M 17-32-53%; assists: WD 6 (Ashley Hood 6); rebounds: WD 37 (Kathryn Heiar 3, Megan Wessels 7, Samantha Hahn 2, Jackie Mullis 3, Katlyn Heiserman 1, Katie Wessels 11, Sam Conrad 2, Jenny Hood 3, Ashley Hood 2, Kadie Hutton 2, Angie Lechtenberg 1), M 42; Steals: WD 3 (Ashley Hood 3); fouls: WD 25, M 20; Individual West Delaware scoring - Kathryn Heiar 9, Samantha Hahn 2, Jackie Mullis 9, Katie Wessels 11, Ashley Hood 12, Kadie Hutton 2.
The Hawks ended the season with 11 wins and as the East Division WaMaC Conference champions.
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Ed-Co girls upend Dunkerton to advance in tournament |
Stef Sampson (left photo) of Ed-Co gets fouled while attempting to score against Central City last Monday night in Edgewood. Mindy Meyer (right photo) scores two of her team high 20 points against the Wildcats. Meyer had a big night last Saturday night against Dunkerton, in Dunkerton, as she scored 34 points and hauled down 17 rebounds during the Vikings huge tournament win over the Raiders. The Vikings will play Postville in Dunkerton tonight (Tuesday). KEN BOESENBERG / Press |
The Ed-Co Viking girls basketball team started the tournament trail with a big 75-31 win over Central City in Edgewood last Monday night.
The Vikings got a team high 20 points out of senior post player Mindy Meyer and 11 points each from Tiffany Dugan and Tracy Sullivan as they stormed past the Wildcats.
Ed-Co started the game out with a bang by jumping out to a 9-0 lead. They led 13-4 at the end of the first quarter.
They steadily increased that lead during the second period to take a 13-point advantage, 32-18 into the locker room at the half.
A huge 19-5 scoring advantage in the third quarter ballooned the Viking lead to 28 points by the end of the quarter, 51-23.
The fourth and final quarter was even better for the Vikings as they put 24 points on the board while holding Central City to just eight to win by a final score of 75=31.
“This was a good win for us to start the tournament. We were a little flat to start the game, but I was very happy with the way we played in the second half to close out the contest,” commented Coach Roger Wright.
Game stats
vs. Central City
Field goals: EC 27-60-45%, CC 10-42-23.8%; free throws: EC 18-32-56.3%, CC 7-11-63.6%; steals: EC 12 (Sara Elsbury 2, Tiffany Kruse 1, Tiffany Dugan 5, Jackie Lincoln 2, Nikki Lueken 1, Mindy Meyer 1); rebounds: EC 35 (Nicole Kintzle 3, Sara Elsbury 1, Leanne Meyers 3, Monica Hauser 1, Stef Sampson 4, Tiffany Dugan 1, Tracy Sullivan 3, Jackie Lincoln 7, Nikki Lueken 3, Lora Hunt 1, Mindy Meyer 8), CC 14; turnovers: EC 14, CC 18; Individual Viking scoring - Nicole Kintzle 2, Sara Elsbury 6, Leanne Meyers 3, Monica Hauser 3, Stef Sampson 2, Tiffany Dugan 11, Tracy Sullivan 11, Jackie Lincoln 9, Nikki Lueken 4, Lora Hunt 4, Mindy Meyer 20.
On Saturday night the Vikings traveled to Dunkerton for a big district final match up with the Raiders.
It was an offensive explosion for the Vikings as they surprised the Raiders with an 84 point outburst to win by 11 points, 84-73.
The Vikings shot 49% for the game making 33 of 67 shot from the floor; all from two point range as they did not attempt a three-point shot in the contest.
By contrast the Raiders who play an uptempo game put up 24 three-point shots and connected on just four.
Ed-Co got a season high 34 points out of senior center Mindy Meyer. Meyer made 13 of 17 shots from the floor. Tiffany Dugan tossed in 20 points and Jackie Lincoln added 13 to lead the Vikings to victory.
Meyer also pulled down 17 rebounds, nine on the offensive boards.
Ed-Co led 22-19 at the end of the first quarter and held the same three-point margin at the half, leading 40-37.
The Raiders outscored the Vikings 20-17 in the third quarter to leave the game tied at 57-57 heading into the final eight minutes.
Ed-Co put it all together as they blitzed the Raiders for 27 fourth quarter points to seal the huge district tournament victory.
“This was a tremendous high school basketball game,” commented Coach Roger Wright.
“Overall I was very pleased with our shot selection throughout the night. I felt we made excellent decisions through the entire game.”
Game stats
vs. Dunkerton
Field goals: EC 33-67-49.3%, D 29-75-38.7%; free throws: EC 18-36-50%, D 11-21-52.4%; assists: EC 13 (Tiffany Kruse 3, Stef Sampson 1, Tiffany Dugan 1, Tracy Sullivan 5, Jackie Lincoln 2, Mindy Meyer 1); steals: EC 14 (Tiffany Kruse 4, Tiffany Dugan 3, Tracy Sullivan 3, Mindy Meyer 4), D 13; rebounds: EC 42 (Stef Sampson 1, Tiffany Dugan 7, Tracy Sullivan 3, Jackie Lincoln 7, Nikki Lueken 7, Mindy Meyer 17), D 31; turnovers: EC 26, D 19; fouls: EC 19, D 27; Individual Viking scoring - Sara Elsbury 1, Tiffany Dugan 20, Tracy Sullivan 9, Jackie Lincoln 14, Nikki Lueken 6, Mindy Meyer 34.
The Vikings will face Postville tonight (Tuesday) in Dunkerton. |
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