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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday,
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Hawks finish fifth at Class 3A State Golf Meet
by Ken Boesenberg
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The West Delaware boys golf team competed at the Class 3A State Golf Meet at the Oneota Golf and Country Club in Decorah on Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27.
The Hawks struggled a bit on day one, shooting a team score of 332 but came back nicely on day two to fire a very respectable 320.
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Kyle Morris - Austin Cole - Eric Crawford
Ben Cole - Chris Crawford - Jake Zebuhr |
Clear Lake ran away from the 11 team field as they led by eight strokes, 315-323 over second place Pella at the close of action on Friday. Day two saw Clear Lake shoot an outstanding score of 293 to claim the Class 3A crown by a whopping 19 strokes over second place Pella.
Scoring for the Hawks on Friday were Eric Crawford 85, Austin Cole 83, Chris Crawford 79, Jake Zebuhr 91, Kyle Morris 89 and Ben Cole 85.
The Hawks team score of 332 on Friday left them in ninth place, five strokes ahead of Spirit Lake and six strokes ahead of last place Dallas Center Grimes.
Saturday was a much better day for the Hawks as they carded a team score of 320, the fourth best on the 11 team field on the final day.
Scoring for the Hawks on Saturday were Eric Crawford 78, Austin Cole 80, Chris Crawford 88, Jake Zebuhr 78, Ben Cole 84, and Kyle Morris 85.
The Hawks were a young team this year with only two seniors Ben Cole and Eric Crawford. Those two will be hard to replace as they were the number one and two men all year long for the Hawks.
However, Coach Tom Fetter has a lot of confidence in his underclassmen with some very nice players coming up through the ranks.
Look for the Hawks to make some noise around this time next season.
Final Class 3A
Team standings
1. Clear Lake (315-293) 608; 2. Pella (323-304) 627; 3. Anamosa (329-319) 648; 4. Mount Pleasant (323-326) 649; 5. West Delaware (332-320) 652; 6. Marion (328-327) 655; 7. Atlantic (331-326) 657; 8. Glenwood (331-326) 657; 9. Spirit Lake (337-323) 660; 10. Dallas Center Grimes (338-325) 663; 11. Knoxville (329-335) 664. |
Hawk boys off to 7-1 start
by Ken Boesenberg |
Senior Jamie Vaske of West Delaware delivers a pitch during game two against Oelwein last Wednesday night in Manchester. Jamie went the distance to pick up the win as the Hawks downed the Huskies 11-0 in game two. |
The West Delaware boys baseball team won five of its six games last week to improve to 7-1 overall in the early season.
On Saturday, May 27 the Hawks claimed the Bobcat Tournament title by downing Pleasant Valley 8-1 in game one and host Western Dubuque 8-4 in the championship contest.
Against Pleasant Valley the Hawks scored a single run in the first inning when Phil Keppler doubled to score Zach McCool who had singled in front of him.
West Delaware took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on an Alex Ryan home run. |
The Hawks upped their lead to 6-0 with a four run third inning highlighted by a pair of two-run home runs by BJ Hermsen and Alex Ryan.
Zach McCool’s two run, two out home run in the Hawks sixth inning finished up the West Delaware scoring against Pleasant Valley.
Zach McCool had three hits in the game while Nate Lahr, BJ Hermsen and Alex Ryan each had two hits.
The winning pitcher for the Hawks was BJ Hermsen who allowed one run on just two hits while striking out eight and walking two batters.
In the championship game the Hawks held a 3-2 lead after four innings thanks to a two run home run in the fourth by Mitch Mormann.
The Hawks went up 5-2 in the fifth on a two run home run by BJ Hermsen, only to see the Bobcats cut the Hawk lead back to two runs with a pair of runs in the sixth inning.
West Delaware scored its final three runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Tony Marbach, a single by Alex Boom and an error on the Bobcat shortstop.
Zach McCool and Justin Gideon combined to allow Western Dubuque their four runs on just six hits.
On Wednesday night, May 31 the Hawks hosted the Huskies of Oelwein for a varsity double header.
In game one the Hawks rallied back from an early 4-0 deficit to down the Huskies 12-7.
Justin Gideon drove in six runs for the Hawks with a two run single in the third inning and a huge grand slam home run in the home half of the fifth inning.
Nate Lahr hit a two run home run in the home half of he fourth inning to five the Hawks a 6-4 lead.
In game two the Hawks got off to a bit of a slow start but caught fire during the fourth, fifth and sixth innings when they scored all 11 of their runs to win game two by a score of 11-0.
In the bottom of the fourth the Hawks got untracked when junior Nate Lahr belted a three run home run and sophomore Justin Gideon followed with a solo shot to give the Hawks a 5-0 lead.
Sophomore BJ Hermsen added a three run home run in the Hawks fifth to give West Delaware an 8-0 lead.
The Hawks ended the game early, 11-1, when hit a two run double to deep center field with two out in the home half of the sixth inning.
BJ Hermsen and Nate Lahr each drove in three runs while Tony Brown a two RBI’s.
On Friday night the Hawks hosted the Blazers of Dyersville Beckman for an early season WaMaC Conference showdown.
In game one the Hawks got out in front in the bottom of the first inning on a solo home run by Phil Keppler and a run scoring single by Nate Lahr to grab a early 2-0 lead.
That would be all the run support that starting pitcher BJ Hermsen would need as the Hawks went on to a 4-0 first game win.
Hermsen struck out 10, walked one, hit two batters and allowed just three hits in seven innings of work.
The Hawks made the score 3-0 in the second inning when Alex Ryan reached on an error, moved to third on a single by Mitch Mormann and scored on a sacrifice fly by Keppler.
The Hawks final run of the game came in the fourth inning when Phil Keppler drew a two out walk, Zach McCool singled and BJ Hermsen followed with an RBI single.
In game one only one Beckman base runner reached third base.
Game two was a much more dramatic affair with the Blazers claiming a 5-4 victory and a split of the conference double header.
Beckman held a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth inning.
The Blazers had scored a pair of runs in the top of the first and added a lone run on a home run in the top of the fifth for their 3-0 lead.
The Hawks put four runs on the board in the home half of the fifth to grab a 4-3 lead, without the benefit of a base hit.
After the first two Hawks were retired to start the fifth Mitch Mormann reached on an error. Alex Boom struck out swinging but the catcher missed the ball allowing Boom to be safe at first. Chris Harbaugh then drew a walk to load the bases. Phil Keppler and Zach McCool each drew walks and BJ Hermsen hit a towering fly ball to center field that was dropped allowing two runs to score.
Nate Lahr ended the inning with a hard hit line drive that some how found the pitchers glove.
A Beckman two run home run in the top of the sixth gave the Blazers the lead back at 5-4.
The Hawks could not mount a rally in the sixth or seventh innings after having runners on base.
The loss was just the first defeat of the year for the Hawks who are off to a very good 7-1 start to the season.
The Hawks will have another busy week as they travel to South Tama on Monday, host Dubuque Wahlert on Wednesday, host Benton Community on Thursday and travel to Monticello on Friday. |
Hawk girls start out 5-2
by Ken Boesenberg |
The West Delaware girls softball team has got the early season off to a good start by winning five of their first seven games.
The Hawks started the year with a double header sweep of Oelwein, in Oelwein.
West Delaware took game one 3-1 before routing the Huskies 13-4 in game two.
In the first game the Hawks scored a lone run in the fifth inning when Kayla Bries reached on an error, was moved to second by Ashley Hood’s sacrifice and scored on Katlyn Heiserman’s single.
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The Hawks Lindsey McDowell puts the tag on an Oelwein Husky runner during game one of the Hawks non-conference double header at Oelwein last Tuesday night. The Hawks won both games, 3-1 and 13-4. |
West Delaware added a pair of runs in the top of the seventh on hits by Ashley Hood and Katlyn Heiserman.
Katie Murphy picked up the pitching win with 10 strike outs while allowing just one hit.
In game two the Hawks banged out 15 hits and scored 10 of their 13 runs in the final four innings to defeat the Huskies 13-4.
Ashley Hood had three hits and scored three runs; Katlyn Heiserman had three hits and two runs batted in; Sara Hermsen two runs batted in and a double; Emily Prinsen had a double; Jennie Hood had three hits and one run batted in and Kayla Bries had three hits.
Megan Rolfes picked up the pitching win.
On Thursday the Hawks made the long trip to Eldridge for a non-conference double header with the Lancers of North Scott.
The Hawks dropped both ends of the double header, 5-3, and 4-2.
In both games the Hawks had one bad inning as North Scott was able to get out to early leads.
In game one the Hawks scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning and had the tying run at the plate.
Katie Murphy took the loss in game one, allowing seven hits while striking out seven batters.
Megan Rolfes tossed game two and struck out seven Lancer batters.
Renee Bockenstedt and Katlyn Heiserman had the only Hawk hits as the Hawks scored twice in the third inning to pull to within 3-2 before falling by a score of 4-2.
On Saturday the Hawks traveled to Charles City for the Charles City Tournament.
West Delaware got back on the winning track with three big wins in the tournament.
They started the day with a 15-2 rout of host Charles City.
After being held scoreless through the first three innings the Hawks broke lose and tallied 15 times in the final four innings, including an eight run sixth inning.
Katie Murphy was the winning pitcher, allowing three hits while striking out nine.
Leading hitters were Katlyn Heiserman four for five with a double, two runs scored and three RBI’s; Sara Hermsen two for three; Renee Bockenstedt two for three with a double; Katie Wessels three for four with a double, two runs scored and three RBI’s; Kayla Bries three runs scored.
In game two of the tournament the Hawks defeated Forest City behind the no-hit pitching of Megan Rolfes, 7-0.
The Hawks led 1-0 before scoring two runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Katlyn Heiserman was two for four to lead the Hawks while Sara Hermsen, Renee Bockenstedt and Katie Wessels each belted doubles. Bockenstedt scored two runs.
In the Hawks final game of the tournament they faced North Fayette.
Katie Murphy and Megan Rolfes combined to toss a three hitter at the Hawks. Murphy struck out seven batters in four innings of work while Rolfes struck out six Hawks in three innings.
Leading hitters for the Hawks were Sara Hermsen who was four for four with a pair of doubles; Katlyn Heiserman three for four; Ashley Hood, Jenny Hood and Katie Wessels all were two for four.
The Hawks hosted South Tama on Monday night before traveling to Benton Community on Wednesday and then competing in the Jesup Tournament on Friday and Saturday.
At the Jesup Tournament the Hawks will face North Fayette at 10:30 a.m. on Friday and East Waterloo at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Saturday they will square off against Independence at 9:00 a.m. and then against Center Point Urbana at 12:00 noon.
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