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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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West Delaware qualifies seven for State Wrestling Tournament
by Ken Boesenberg
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One never knows what is going to happen come district wrestling time. It is a time when nothing is assumed, and nothing is for sure.
The West Delaware Hawk wrestling team competed last Saturday in a very tough district and came away with seven state qualifiers and a runner-up team finish.
The Go-Hawks of Waverly Shell Rock ran away with the team title, scoring 269.5 points to the Hawks 168, while qualifying 11 wrestlers for this weeks State Wrestling Tournament.
For West Delaware qualifying for state were sophomore Nathan Vaske (runner-up at 112 pounds); Freshman Brett Yonkovic (runner-up at 119 pounds); Junior Nick Ketchum (champion at 135 pounds); senior Zach McCool (champion at 140 pounds); junior Tyler Manternach (runner-up at 171 pounds); sophomore Carl Broghammer (runner-up at 189 pounds); and senior Steven Broghammer (runner-up at 215 pounds).
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Emotions were running high for Head Coach Jeff Voss and assistant Coach Chris Lenz as the clock ran out during Nathan Vaske’s win over Wesley Schoo of Waterloo West in the semi-finals of 112 pounds. The coaching staff had reason to celebrate with seven wrestlers advancing to the State Tournament |
Tyler Manternach and Steven Broghammer both lost their finals matches and had to wrestle back for a true second when the opponent they beat in the semi-finals lost in their third and fourth place matches.
Tyler totally dominated his opponent, winning by a score of 15-1 while Steven advanced on a double stall call near the end of his wrestle back match.
The other five qualifiers for the Hawks were not involved in wrestle backs.
At 112 pounds Nathan Vaske scored a huge win in his first match of the day over Wesley Schoo of Waterloo West after receiving a first round bye. In his second match he met Waverly Shell Rocks Jake Ballweg for the third time this season. Ballweg got the win and Nathan advanced to state when Schoo won his third,fourth place match.
At 119-pounds Brett Yonkovic lost his finals match to Mike Mille of Waverly Shell Rock but also advanced when the opponent he defeated in the semi-finals also won his third, fourth place match.
At 135 pounds Nick Ketchum went 3-0 on the day coming from the third seed to take his brackets championship. In his finals match he to Anthony Campbell of Waverly Shell Rock to his back and recorded the fall to punch his ticket to Des Moines.
At 140 pounds Zach McCool took care of business as usual, winning his first two matches by fall before posting a 7-0 win over fourth ranked Taylor Morris of Cedar Falls in the finals. McCool finished the season as the top ranked 140-pounder in the state.
At 171 Tyler Manternach lost just one match on the day, that to Dillon Wrage, ranked second in Class 3A. That loss was in the finals and with his semi-final opponent losing he was forced into a wrestle back match. He totally dominated that match winning by major decision 15-1 to advance to the state meet.
At 189 pounds Carl Broghammer advanced his way to the finals where he faced second seeded Lee Averhoff of Waverly Shell Rock. Carl lost the match to Averhoff but avoided a wrestle back when his semi-finals opponent won his third, fourth place match.
At 215 pounds Steven Broghammer lost just one match on the day as well. That was in the finals to the top ranked 215-pounder in the state, Eric Thompson of Waverly Shell Rock. He had to come back in the wrestle backs to defeat an opponent from Charles City to advance to state. A double stalling call in the closing seconds of the match gave Steven a 2-1 win a trip to Des Moines.
Final Team Standings
1. Waverly Shell Rock 268.5 (11); 2. West Delaware 168 (7); 3. Waterloo West 155 (3); 4. Cedar Falls 123.5 (3); 5. Charles City 113 (3); 6. Mason City 87 (0); 7. Waterloo East 81 (0); 8. Oelwein 50 (1).
State Qualifiers
103 - 1. Nick Sand (WW), 2. Tanner Schmidt (CC); 112 - 1. Jake Ballweg (WSR), 2. Nathan Vaske (WD); 119 - 1. Mike Mille (WSR), 2. Brett Yonkovic (WD); 125 - 1. Matt Kittleson (WSR), 2. Jesse Froehner (CF); 130 - 1. Mark Ballweg (WSR), 2. Bradley Westendorf (O); 135 - Nick Ketchum (WD), 2. Anthony Campbell (WSR); 140 - 1. Zach McCool (WD), 2. Justin Denner (WSR); 152 - 1. Aidan BRock (CF), 2. Isaac Poolman (CC); 160 - 1. BJ Brooks (WW), 2. Adam Harrick (CC); 171 - 1. Dylan Wrage (WSR), 2. Tyler Manternach (WD); 189 - 1. Lee Averhoff (WSR), 2. Carl Broghammer (WD); 215 - 1. Eric Thompson (WSR), 2. Steven Broghammer (WD); 285 - 1. Mike Jones (WW), 2. Clark Fisher (WSR).
The 2007 State Wrestling Tournament begins in Des Moines this Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with Class 2A 1st round and 1st round consolations. Wednesday night Class 1A hits the mat at 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. with their 1st round and 1st round consolations.
Thursday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Class 3A gets underway with their 1st round and 1st round consolations. The afternoon sessions starts at 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. with Class 2A quarter-finals and 2nd round consolations. On Thursday night Class 1A will have their quarter-finals and 2nd round consolations from 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
On Friday action gets under way at 9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. for Class 3A and their quarter-finals and 2nd round consolation matches. At 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Class 2A will hold their semi-finals and 3rd round consolations. From 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Class 1A will contest their semi-finals and 3rd round consolations. Class 3A will take the mat from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. for their semi-finals and 3rd round consolations. From 7:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. all three classes will be wrestling their consolation semifinals matches.
On Saturday starting at noon until 2:30 p.m. all three classes will be wrestling their consolation finals (3rd & 4th, 5th & 6th, and 7th & 8th) matches.
The Grand March and the Finals for all classes will get underway at 6:00 p.m. Saturday night. |
WD girls end tournament hopes in Marion
by Ken Boesenberg |
After posting an opening round 62-48 win over the Bobcats of Western Dubuque on Thursday night the West Delaware girls basketball team had to travel to Marion for a third meeting with the Indians in a Regional Semi-Final Saturday night.
It seems that no matter what the sport, it is just hard to beat the same team three times in the same year.
That was the case on Saturday night as the Hawks, who owned two wins over the Indians in WaMaC Conference play fell at Marion, 61-55.
The Hawks got a season high 20 points from junior forward, Emily Heffernen but could not hold on to a five point half time lead.
Jenny Hood’s three ball gave the Hawks an early 3-0 lead. Heffernen hit back to back baskets late in the first quarter to give the Hawks a four point lead, 9-5.
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The Hawks Emily Heffernen scores over Marion’s Morgan Paige during the Hawks 61-55 loss Saturday night to the Indians. |
Marion seven of the next nine points to erase that lead and take a one point lead at the end of the first quarter, 12-11.
After a very slow start to the second quarter where Marion was able to extend their lead to 18-11 Jenny Hood nailed her second three ball of the first half to cut the deficit to four points, 18-14.
The Indians Sam Rinehart scored on a short jumper o give Marion a six point lead, 20-14 with 3:50 left in the first half.
That would be the last points for the Indians in the first half as the Hawks went on an 11-0 run to close the quarter and take a 25-20 lead into the locker room at the half.
Emily Heffernen scored five straight points in a 40-second span as the Hawks raced back. Ashley Hood completed the 11-0 run with a driving lay-up with 15 seconds to go to give West Delaware the five point lead at the half.
Marion came out on fire in the second half as they started the third quarter with a 14-4 spurt to go up by five points, 34-29 with 3:46 left in the third quarter.
The Hawks battled back to trail by just three points, 39-36 at the end of the third period.
During the final eight minutes of the game when the Hawks would close the gap on the Indians, Marion would respond.
In the end 13 of Marion’s 22 fourth quarter points would come from the foul line as the Hawks were force to foul.
West Delaware ended the season with a 17-6 record, making them the second winningest 5 on 5 team in Hawk history.
Individual scoring vs. Marion
Jenny Hood 8, Emily Heffernen 20, Kayla Bries 3, Ashley Hood 8, Katie Wessels 9, Sam Conrad 7. |
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