West Delaware sophomore basketball player, BJ Hermsen was named to the Iowa Newspaper Associations Class 3A third team all-state team.

Hermsen had an outstanding year for the Hawks averaging 16 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. He also had 48 steals and 41 blocked shots.

Class 3A
1st Team
Greg Schultz, Carroll; Kelly McCarville, Crestwood; Clayton Vette, Waverly Shell Rock; Woody Ome, Fairfield; Ross Timmermans, Vinton Shellsburg; Josh Molstead, Charles City; Dale DeJong, MOC Floyd Valley.

2nd Team
Kevin Andrews, Cedar Rapids Xavier; Dane Wardenburg, Creston; Neil Gross, Harlan; Cole Block, DeWitt Central; Ryan Mahaffey, Grinnell; Zach Davis, Washington; Kaleb Korver, Pella; Jared Clement, LeMars.

3rd Team
BJ Hermsen, West Delaware; Logan Masters, Storm Lake; GG Harris, Creston; Nick Wagner, Grinnell; Michael Jiskoot, MOC Floyd Valley; Spenser Shelman, Mount Pleasant; AJ Arkfeld, Harlan.

Class 2A
1st Team
Corey Viet, AGWSR; Casey Harriman, Battle Creek Ida Grove; Mark Holan, Nodaway Valley; Kerwin Dunham, Bondurant Farrar; Sam Condon, Fort Dodge St. Edmond; Matt Lesan, Solon; Mike Eekhoff, Hull Western Christian; Grant Burns, Monroe PCM.

2nd Team
Ronnie Wright, Jefferson Scranton; Kyle Swanson, Ogden; Stephen Kirschbaum, Sheldon; Tom Koenen, Aplington Parkersburg; Jame Larson, Nodaway Valley; Bobby Geelan, Sioux City Heelan; Jordan Eberline, North Butler; Logan Kingman, Orange County Unity Christian.

3rd Team
Kiel Merfeld, Cascade; Alex Kramer, Nashau Plainfield; Keith Womer, Denver; Justin Green, Eldora New Providence; Jordan Sathoff, Pekin; Justin Madsen, Fort Dodge St. Edmond; Timon Brooks, Northeast Goose lake; Matt Banzhaf, AGWSR.

Class 1A
1st Team
Jordan Eglseder, Bellevue Marquette; Garett Wirtz, West Bend Mallard; Tyler Fluth, George Little Rock; Keith Kuenstling, Dunkerton; Brad Renze, Manning; Brad Payne, Alta; Blake McGriff, North Mahaska; Derek Floerchinger, Treynor.

2nd Team
Brian Metz, Tri-County; Zach Westrum, Des Moines Grandview Park; Preston Davidson, Northwood Kensett; Matt Paul, North Kossuth; Josh Wilms, Waterloo Walnut Ridge; Dan Bestul, Northwood Kensett; Ryan Hoogeveen, Boyden Hull; Chad Buchholz, Newell Fonda.

3rd Team
Zach Ryerson, Lone Tree; Ryan Shelman, WACO; David Erickson, Pomeroy Palmer; Ryan Stock, SCMT; Brad Van Weihe, Treynor; Thomas Davis, Iowa Mennonite School; Travis Temple, WACO; Mitch Peterson, Preston.

Class 4A
1st Team
Bryant Kucera, Cedar Rapids Jefferson; Ben Lamaak, Cedar Rapids Kennedy; Mitch Eslick, Fort Dodge; Roman Gentry, Sioux City East; Ray Miller, Des Moines Hoover; Jason Bohannon, Linn-Mar; Ali Farokhmanesh, Iowa City West; Brian Larson, Pleasant Valley.

2nd Team
Nate David, Dubuque Hempstead; Brent Barz, Johnston; Adam Palmer, Sioux City North; Ethan Freeman, Urbandale; Keaton Frye, North Scott; Matt Gatens, Iowa City High; Taylor Blum, Dubuque Senior; Josh Collins, Sioux City West.

3rd Team
Jordan Printy, Linn-Mar; LA Pomley, Davenport Central; Pat Mitchell, West Des Moines Dowling; Sean Johnson, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson; Nate Curran, Cedar Falls; Jordan Stoemer, Iowa City West; DeAnthony Zanders, Des Moines Hoover; Josh Collins, Sioux City West.

With the 2005-06 basketball season just concluding it is time for the Spring sports to get underway and that is just what happened last week.

Both the West Delaware girls and boys track teams participated in indoor competition during the first week of track season.

On Monday night the West Delaware girls team ran at the WaMaC Conference Indoor Meet at Cornell College in Mount Vernon.

The boys followed suit on Tuesday night running in the boys portion of the WaMaC Meet in Mount Vernon while finishing out the week at the Dickensen Relays held in the UNI Dome.

There were no team scores kept at the WaMaC Conference Meet.

WaMaC Indoor
Girls results
JV 55-meter hurdles - 1. Emily Havertape, West Delaware, 9.5; 2. Danielle Paulsen, DeWitt Central, 9.5; 3. Tess Reinig, West Delaware, 9.7.

Varsity 55-meter hurdles - 1. Alyssa Maher, DeWitt Central, 8.2; Megan Betz, DeWitt Central, 8.9; Trista Hall, South Tama, 9.2; 7. Katlyn Heiserman, West Delaware, 9.6.

JV 55-meter dash - 1. Jamie Becker, Benton Community, 7.8; 2. Callie Coates, Maquoketa, 8.0; 3. Rachael Joens, DeWitt Central, 8.1; 10. Renee Boeckenstedt, West Delaware, 8.3.
Varsity 55-meter dash - 1. Callan Jacobson, Benton Community, 7.1; 2. Anna Schmitz, Waterloo Columbus, 7.5; 3. Sarah Young, Marion, 7.5; 10. Mandy Besler, West Delaware, 7.9.

JV 1500-meter run - 1. Amanda Callender, DeWitt Central, 5:48.1; 2. Shannon Vanmeighem, Marion, 6:06.0; 3. Marisa Campos, DeWitt Central, 6:06.3; 6. Kristina Colley, West Delaware, 6:25.0.

Varsity 1500-meter run - 1. Amy Ledvina, South Tama, 5:28.3; 2. Erin Anthopoulos, Independence, 5:29.1; 3. Erin Connell, DeWitt Central, 5:32.2.

JV 4 x 200-meter relay - 1. West Delaware (Bries, Hood, Reinig, Havertape), 1:57.2; 2. Benton Community, 1:58.2; 3. Dyersville Beckman, 2:00.8.

Varsity 4 x 200-meter relay - 1. DeWitt Central, 1:52.1; 2. West Delaware (Dudak, Sedain, Besler, Prinsen), 1:52.1; 3. Marion, 1:55.8.

JV 4 x 800-meter relay - 1. Benton Community, 11:32.5; 2. DeWitt Central, 12:08.7; 3. West Delaware (Duggan Rhines, Monaghan, Loecke), 12:42.0.

Varsity 4 x 800-meter relay - 1. Dyersville Beckman, 10:31.0; 2. Western Dubuque, 10:40.4; 3. Benton Community, 10:41.4; 4. West Delaware (Heffernen, Nurre, Riley, Tjaden), 10:45.0.

JV 200-meter dash - 1. Jamie Becker, Benton Community, 29.1; 2. Lia Troutman, Dyersville Beckman, 30.0; 3. Kiley Remington, Marion, 30.5; 8. Renee Bockenstedt, West Delaware, 32.0.

Varsity 200-meter dash - Callan Jacobson, Benton Community, 25.9; 2. Ali Niemann, DeWitt Central, 27.9; 3. Ashley Benda, South Tama, 28.7.

Distance Medley relay - 1. DeWitt Central, 4:36.2; 2. Benton Community, 4:42.3; 3. Independence, 4:47.2; 6. West Delaware (Heffernen, Tjaden, Feldmann, Besler), 4:56.0.

JV 400-meter dash - 1. M. Christensen, Benton Community, 1:07.9; 2. Kaylee Deneve, Benton Community, 1:08.3; 3. Chelsea Cox, Marion, 1:10.0; 5. Haley Rhines, West Delaware, 1:11.0.

Varsity 400-meter dash - 1. jacqueline Kane, Marion, 1:01.6; 2. Cristen Dudak, West Delaware, 1:04.5; 3. Emmy Thompson, Benton Community, 1:05.3; 9. Katlyn Heiserman, West Delaware, 1:09.1.

JV 800-meter run - 1. Paula Hermsen, Dyersville Beckman, 2:46.5; 2. Jenna Valdhuizen, Benton Community, 2:46.9; 3. Erin Behan, Independence, 2:48.1; 6. Renee Nurre, West Delaware, 2:52; 10.
Tessa Albers, West Delaware, 3:00.0.

Varsity 800-meter run - Holli Hosch, Independence, 2:29.5; 2. Amber Pitz, Western Dubuque, 2:32.0; 3. Sammy Petersen, Benton Community, 2:35.0; 9. Anna Reilly, West Delaware, 2:43.0.

JV 4 x 400-meter relay - 1. Benton Community, 4:29.1; 2. Dyersville Beckman, 4:39.3; 3.
Independence, 4:43.2; 4. West Delaware (Heiserman, Havertape, J. Hermsen, Bries), 4:47.0.

Varsity 4 x 400-meter relay - 1. Benton Community, 4:18.6; 2. Dyersville Beckman, 4:23.5; 3. DeWitt Central, 4:23.7; 4. West Delaware (Dudak, Sedain, Tjaden, Prinsen), 4:25.0.

Varsity high jump - 1. Megan Betz, DeWitt Central 5’0”; 2. Jordan Geertsema, Independence, 4’8”; 3. Kelly Massengale, South Tama, 4’8”; 4. Tess Reinig, West Delaware, 4’6”.

JV Long jump - 1. Brittney Thomas, Marion, 14’06”; 2. Heather Schulte, Benton Community, 14’03”; 3. Rachael Engelken, Western Dubuque, 14’0”; 4. Emily Havertape, West Delaware, 14’0”.

Varsity Long jump - 1. Michelle Green, DeWitt Central, 15’06”; 2. Sarah Young, Marion, 15’3”; 3.
Leigh Rempfer, Benton Community, 15’3”; 8. Emily Prinsen, West Delaware, 14’10”; 10. Heather Heffernen, West Delaware, 14’1/2”.

WaMaC Indoor
Boys results
JV 55-meter hurdles - 1. Lucas Kafer, West Delaware, 9.0; 2. Riley Odean, Marion, 9.2; 3. Brian Cheney, DeWitt Central, 9.4.

Varsity 55-meter hurdles - 1. Dustin Comried, Center Point Urbana, 7.9; 2. Mark Rammelsberg, Benton Community, 8.1; 3. Chris Harbaugh, West Delaware, 8.4; 7. Adam Rave, West Delaware, 9.1.

Varsity 55-meter dash - 1. Rob Brown, Dyersville Beckman, 6.6; 2. Chet Cornwell, Center Point Urbana, 6.6; 3. Kyle Troutman, Dyersville Beckman, 6.7; 10. Nick Tibbott, West Delaware, 6.9.

JV 1600-meter run - 1. Aaron Cain, DeWitt Central, 5:13.8; 2. John Gotto, Western Dubuque, 5:15.9; 3. Jeff Martin, Vinton Shellsburg, 5:25.0; 4. Clarke Butler, West Delaware, 5:27.5; 6. Ryan Philippson, West Delaware, 5:30.6.

Varsity 1600-meter run - 1. Drew Burnan, Maquoketa, 4:48.3; 2. Matt Neberman, DeWitt Central, 4:50.3; 3. Brandt Hofer, Western Dubuque, 4:51.7; 4. Matt Monaghan, West Delaware 4:52.3; 9. Chris Green, West Delaware, 5:06.05.

JV 4 x 200-meter relay - 1. Center Point Urbana, 1:41.9; 2. Dyersville Beckman, 1:42.3; 3. Marion 1:42.5; 6. West Delaware (Sperfslage, Downs, Kafer, Gaffney), 1:47.7.

Varsity 4 x 200-meter relay - 1. Benton Community, 1:36.9; 2. Center Point Urbana, 1:37.4; 3. DeWitt Central, 1:37.9; 4. West Delaware ()Ben McDonald, Brad McDonald, Jackson, MacTaggert), 1:38.1.

JV 4 x 800-meter relay - 1. DeWitt Central, 9:35.3; 2. Benton Community, 9:55.8; 3. West Delaware (McMurrin, Lechtenberg, Kleppe, Kelchen), 10:06.5.

Varsity 4 x 800-meter relay - 1. Benton Community, 8:38.9; 2. Maquoketa, 8:40.4; 3. Dyersville Beckman, 8:49.7; 10. West Delaware (Durey, Petersen, Alber, Thomas), 9:57.6.

JV 200-meter dash - 1. Austin Lloyd, Center Point Urbana, 25.2; 2.Ryan McDaniel, Center Point Urbana, 25.3; 3. malcon Handford, Center Point Urbana, 25.6; 5. BJ Hermsen, West Delaware, 26.1; 9. Troy Mensen, West Delaware, 26.6.

Varsity 200-meter dash - 1. Mike Handford, Center Point Urbana, 23.8; 2. Chet Cornwell,
Center Point Urbana, 23.9; 3. Nathan Comver, DeWitt Central, 24.0; 8. Tyler Jackson, West Delaware, 25.1.

Distance Medley relay - 1. DeWitt Central, 3:58.8; 2. Waterloo Columbus, 4:03.2; 3. Benton Community, 4:06; 9. West Delaware (Butler, Ben McDonald, Engelken, Hauser), 4:13.8.

JV 400-meter dash - 1. Justin Vershoore, Benton Community, 57.9; 2. Dan Morris, Center Point Urbana, 58.9; 3. David Wirtz, Benton Community, 59.1; 4. Brad Mensen, Dyersville Beckman, 59.3.

Varsity 400-meter dash - Jacob Freeman, DeWitt Central, 54.4; 2. Austin Mensen, Dyersville Beckman, 54.9; 3. Alex Ross, Western Dubuque, 55.9; 9. Chris Harbaugh, West Delaware, 58.6.

JV 800-meter run - 1. Will Farrell, DeWitt Central, 2:19.2; 2. Brad McDonald, West Delaware, 2:19.3; 3. Matt Jordan, Marion, 2:20.4.

Varsity 800-meter run - 1. Greg Robinson, Western Dubuque, 2:08.7; 2. Mitch McDermott, Maquoketa, 2:09.8; 4. Chris Green, West Delaware, 2:14.9.

Varsity 4 x 400-meter relay - 1. Dyersville Beckman, 3:36.2; 9. West Delaware (Neuhaus, Downs, MacTaggert, Tibbott), 3:58.7.

Varsity high jump - 1. Tyler Jackson, West Delaware, 5’10”; 2. Brian Fuller, DeWitt Central, 5’10”; 7. Chris Harbaugh, West Delaware, 5’4”.

Varsity Long jump - 1. Mike Halford, CPU, 18’ 11”; 2. Ben Luben, DeWitt Central, 18’ 6”; 10. Seth Engelken, West Delaware, 17’ 6 1/2”.

Varsity shot put - 1. Luke Patterson, Maquoketa, 47’ 9”; 2. Nick Heiderscheit, Western Dubuque, 46’ 6 1/4”; 3. Nathan King, West Delaware, 43’ 4 3/4”; 5. Spenser Gibbs, West Delaware, 42’ 4 3/4”.