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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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Hawks improve to 7-1 in duals, capture title at Starmont
by Ken Boesenberg
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The West Delaware Hawk wrestling team improved to 7-1 in dual meet competition as they defeated WaMaC Conference opponent Maquoketa, 51-23 last Thursday night in Manchester.
The Hawks won 10 of the 14 matches against the Cardinals.
The meet started at 135 po
unds where sophomore, Brett Yonkovic moved up a weight. Yonkovic set the tone for the night with an 18-7 major decision and a 4-0 West Delaware lead.
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In the left photo the Hawks Jared Hoefer controls MFL’s Josh Formanek. Hoefer upset the number one seeded Formanek in the first round. At left Adam Rave gets ready to score a take down on his way to the 152-pound title last Saturday. |
The Hawks then won two of the next four matches. Ryan Juran (140) and Alex Rans (160), a pair of freshmen, wrestled good matches before losing by fall.
Sandwiched in between Juran and Rans were Nick Ketchum (145) and Adam Rave (152). Ketchum picked up a win via technical fall, 16-1while Rave received a forfeit.
Leading 15-12 the Hawks then won five straight matches with Tyler Manternach starting the run with an impressive 10-2 win at 171. Carl Broghammer (189), Adam Mossner (215) and Nick Trenkamp (285) all won by fall to up the Hawk lead to 37-12.
At 103-pounds, freshman PC McEnany out scored his opponent, 17-0 to win by technical fall and a 42-12 West Delaware lead.
The Hawks and the Cardinals split the remaining four matches with West Delaware getting wins from Nathan Vaske (119) 15-9, and Andrew Pesek with a first period fall.
The young wrestlers in the Hawk lineup continue to get some very good matches in and are showing marked improvement with every meet.
Match summary
WD 51, Maquoketa 23
103 - PC McEnany won by technical fall 17-0; 112 - Jared Hoefer lost by fall; 119 - Nathan Vaske won 15-9; 125 - Matt Wenger lost by technical fall 15-0; 130 - Andrew Pesek won by fall in the first period; 135 - Brett Yonkovic won a major decision 18-7; 140 - Ryan Juran lost by first period fall; 145 - Nick Ketchum won by technical fall, 16-1; 152 - Adam Rave won by forfeit; 160 - Alex Rans lost via a third period fall; 171 - Tyler Manternach won a 10-2 decision; 189 - Carl Broghammer won by fall; 215 - Adam Mossner won by fall; 285 - Nick Trenkamp won by fall.
There were 14 teams represented at the first annual Doug Guilford Wrestling Tournament at Starmont on Saturday.
The Hawks sent eight wrestlers to the finals of the tournament. Five of the eight took first place while the remaining three came home with second place finishes.
It was that excellent showing in the final round that propelled the Hawks to the team title, 200.5 to 198 over a very talented MFL MarMac squad.
Four of the five West Delaware champions defeated MFL wrestlers in the finals which was huge in determining the team championship.
Picking up titles for the Hawks were Nathan Vaske (125), Brett Yonkovic (135), Nick Ketchum (145), Adam Rave (152) and Carl Broghammer (189).
Vaske, Yonkovic, Ketchum and Rave all defeated MFL wrestlers in the finals while Broghammer pinned Izak Hillman of Oelwein in the championship match at 189.
On of the bigger up-sets of the day was in the first round of the 112-pound weight class.
West Delaware freshman, Jared Hoefer sent number on seed Josh Formanek of MFL to the loser’s bracket. Jared would go on to finish the day as a sixth place finisher.
The Hawks first champion of the day was 125-pounder Nathan Vaske. Nathan pinned his way to the individual title. In his first round he rolled over Carlos Razem of Postville before doing away with Austin Kessler of Durant in the semi-finals. His finals match against Austin Berry of MFL ended with a fall at 2:36 for Nathan.
Next to take home the gold for the Hawks was Brett Yonkovic at 135-pounds. Yonkovic was up a weight from his normal 130-pound classification. In his first round match he defeated Cameron Grandt of Wapsie Valley. In the semi’s Brett downed Matt Kastli of Oelwein. The finals match was against 10th ranked Taylor Reicks where Brett recorded a 9-6 decision win. |
Girls defeated by Beckman, DeWitt; victorious over Oelwein
by Alison Nesteby |
The West Delaware girls basketball team was busy this past week, dropping games to Beckman and DeWitt, and getting a strong victory over Oelwein on Saturday.
Beating the bad Tuesday weather, the Hawks took on Beckman on Monday in Manchester and took a tough mark in the loss column, 50-31.
It was head-to-head in the first eight minutes, with the score sitting at an even 9-9 at the conclusion of the first quarter.
The Beckman defense stepped things up in the second and only allowed six Hawks points while scoring 13 themselves. The Blazers went to the locker room with a seven point lead, 22-15.
The third quarter started off slow, with only one point being scored in the first two minutes by either team. A Beckman free throw rounded out the opening minutes.
Picking things up a bit, the Hawks scored ten points in the third, but Beckman put up twelve to increase their lead, 34-25.
A big fourth wrapped up the Beckman victory. The Blazers scored 14 fourth quarter points with the Hawks only answering with six.
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Hawk Emily Heffernen makes two of her 26 points on Saturday against Oelwein. Heffernen also grabbed 18 rebounds. |
Emily Heffernen was high scorer for the Hawks, scoring 15 of their total 31 points. She also grabbed 10 rebounds.
DeWitt traveled to town on Friday and handed the girls their second loss of the week.
Things started off looking good for the Hawks, holding the Sabers scoreless for the first three minutes of the game. But DeWitt picked it up after that and made up for those three minutes, holding a 14-7 lead over the Hawks at the end of the first quarter.
Chipping away at the Sabers lead, the Hawks came within three of DeWitt before they slipped away and increased their lead to eight at the half, 24-16.
After scoring five points in the first minute of the third quarter, the Hawks cooled off and added only five more in the remaining seven minutes. The Sabers added nine third quarter points and concluded the third with just a five point lead over the Hawks, 33-28.
West Delaware opened the first minute of the final quarter with a basket and didn’t add another point until they were down to the last two minutes of the game. DeWitt had taken a 42-32 lead with one minute remaining, and even though the Hawks scored eight points in the last minute, the Sabers had already attained a big enough lead to clinch the victory and handed the Hawks a 48-40 loss.
Sabers defenders were all over Emily Heffernen, which sent her to the free throw line 15 times, making 11 of 15 opportunities for a 73 percent free throw percentage. The team shot 61 percent, making 19 of 31 at the line.
Heffernen was high scorer, recording 19 points.
After the two tough losses, the Huskies of Oelwein came to town on Saturday and the Hawks were out for blood, and got it.
The Hawks took a quick 5-2 lead over the Huskies before they pulled away and set the Hawks trailing 9-15 at the end of the first quarter.
The Hawk defense was strong in the first half of the second quarter, allowing only a single Husky free throw, while putting up seven on their side of the scoreboard.
The teams stayed even for the last three minutes, answering basket for basket until the Hawks one-upped the Huskies and took a 24-22 lead at the break.
A high scoring third proved to be just what the Hawks needed to increase their lead. They came well-rested out of the locker room and posted 17 points in the third quarter. Oelwein recorded 12 of their own, but still trailed 41-34 starting the final quarter. |
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