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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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West Delaware girls top Western Dubuque in a thriller, 51-48
by Ken Boesenberg
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The West Delaware Hawk girls basketball team hosted the Bobcats of Western Dubuque last Friday night in Manchester and came away with a thrilling 51-48 victory.
The Hawks who have struggled from the free throw line thus far made 15 of 21 charity tosses against the Bobcats.
None of those were bigger than the two that junior Ashley Hood made with just 3.7 seconds left in the game to give the Hawks their final margin of victory.
With the Hawks leading 49-48 with less than 10 seconds remaining the Bobcats fouled Hood. She stepped to the line a calmly knocked down both free throws for her only two points of the night.
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Emily Heffernen scores two of her team high 15 points against Western Dubuque last Friday night. |
As good as the Hawks were from the line, the Bobcats were just as bad as they were able to convert on just two of 13 free throws.
The Hawks kept the Bobcats out of the lane and forced them to take 23 three point shots where they made just six.
Western Dubuque held a one point advantage, 13-12 at the end of the first quarter on a three-point basket by Sarah Hoffmann as the first period came to a close.
Emily Heffernen had given the Hawks just their second lead of the game at 12-10 by making a pair of free throws with 1:02 left in the first quarter.
Heffernen led the Hawks in scoring with 15 points, including seven for eight from the free throw line.
The Hawks knotted the score at 19-19 on a Heffernen basket with 2:47 left in the second quarter.
They trailed 21-19 as the first half wound down. That’s when senior Jenny Hood nailed a long three-point basket at the buzzer to give the Hawks a one-point lead, 22-21 at the half.
Katie Wessels scored the first six points of the second half to give the Hawks a seven point lead, 28-21 early in the third quarter.
Sam Conrad’s two free throws and Jenny Hoods second three point basket of the game gave the Hawks a 10-point lead, 33-23 with 2:48 left in the third quarter.
Western Dubuque cut the Hawk lead to just four points, 35-31 on a Molly Link three-point goal with 13 seconds left in the quarter. Emily Heffernen countered for the Hawks with a basket to up the West Delaware lead to 37-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
Twice early in the fourth quarter the Bobcats were able to pull to within two points but each time Katie Wessels answered with a basket to keep the Hawks in front.
Following a pair of Emily Heffernen free throws with 42 seconds left to give the Hawks a four point cushion, 47-43, the Bobcats Molly Link hit her fifth three-point basket of the game to cut the Hawk lead to a single point with 34 second left.
Katie Wessels made two huge free throws with 25 seconds left to put the Hawks back up by three points.
Western Dubuque countered with a basket by Molly Steffens with 11 seconds left to make the score 49-48 setting up Ashley Hoods two game securing free throws.
Statistically everything but the free throw shooting was just as close as the score.
Each team had 33 rebounds, the Hawks had 25 turnovers to the Bobcats 20, West Delaware shot 40% form the floor while the Bobcats shot 36%.
The Hawks will have a pair of home games this week with DeWitt Central on Friday night (Parents Night) and a non-conference match up with the Wildcats of Maquoketa Valley on Saturday night.
Game stats
vs. Western Dubuque
FG - WDel 17-42-40%, WDbq 20-56-365; FT - WDel 15-21-71%, WDbq 2-13-15%; assists - WDel 18 (Wessels 1, Conrad 3, J. Hood 4, A. Hood 6, Heffernen 1, Allison 3); rebounds - WDel 33 (Heiserman 4, Wessels 6, Conrad 4, J. Hood 5, A. Hood 4, Heffernen 10), WDbq 33; blocked shots - WDel 2 (Conrad 1, Heffernen 1); steals - WDel 9 (Heiserman 1, Wessels 2, Conrad 1, J. Hood 3, A. Hood 1, Bries 1); turnovers - WDel 25, WDbq 20; Hawk individual scoring - Katie Wessels 14, Sam Conrad 8, Jenny Hood 10, Ashley Hood 2, Emily Heffernen 15, Kayla Bries 2. |
Hawks take second at tough Jerry Eckenrod Invitational
by Ken Boesenberg |
The West Delaware Hawk wrestling team started 2007 out on the right foot with a pair of WaMaC Conference wins on the road last Thursday night.
The Hawks traveled to Atkins to wrestle a double dual with Dyersville Beckman and Benton Community.
West Delaware dominated both duals as they won 22 of the 24 contested matches during the nights competition.
They defeated Beckman, 76-6 in the opening dual with Beckmans only points coming with the Hawk forfeit at 103.
Against the Bobcats the Hawks won 48-18 with Benton’s points coming on the forfeit at 103 and wis at 125, 130 and 171.
Pat Soppe (125) got the Hawks off and rolling against the Blazers with a fall. Following a forfeit at 130 the Hawks ran off four straight wins by fall with Nick Ketchum (135), Zach McCool (140), Chris Harbaugh (145) and Adam Rave (152) all picking up pins.
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Zach McCool (top photo) and Paul Broghammer (bottom photo) each have their opponents in trouble during their championship matches at Van Horne on Saturday. |
Zach Boss (160) won a 13-4 major decision while Tyler Manternach (171) won by fall.
Carl Broghammer (189) and Brett Yonkovic (119) both received forfeits while Steven Broghammer (215), Paul Broghammer (285) and Nathan Vaske (112) all won by fall for the Hawks.
The dual with Benton Community started at 135-pounds where Nick Ketchum got the Hawks on the board first with a pin. Zach McCool (140) and Chris Harbaugh (145) followed suit to give the Hawks an 18-0 lead.
Adam Rave’s 10-0 major decision and an 8-4 decision by Zach Boss upped the Hawks lead to 25-0.
Tyler Manternach (171) had a tough match and lost 10-8, Carl Broghammer (189) got the Hawks back on track with a pin followed by Steven Broghammers win by forfeit and brother Paul’s 8-0 decision to give the Hawks a 41-3 lead.
Nathan Vaske posted a hard fought 4-2 decision at 112 while Brett Yonkovic recorded an 11-1 major decision for the Hawks final points of the dual.
Pat Soppe lost by fall at 125 pounds while Chris Ketchum lost a 4-2 decision.
On Saturday the Hawks competed at the always very tough Jerry Eckenrod Bobcat Invitational at Benton Community.
With five ranked teams and a bunch of ranked individuals the tournament once again proved to be a very good one.
In the end the Don’s of Don Bosco had too much fire power for the rest of the field as they racked up 229.5 points to run away with the team title.
The Dons placed 12 wrestlers in the top six spots, claiming five individual champions.
The only other team to place 12 wrestlers in the top six spots was the West Delaware Hawks.
The Hawks had a pair of champions in Zach McCool at 140 pounds and Paul Broghammer at 285 pounds.
McCool had a first round bye. In his quarterfinals match he posted a 22-7 technical fall over his opponent from Williamsburg. In the semi-finals he won by fall over his opponent from Don Bosco before posting a 17-3 major decision over Tyler Weeds of Belle Plaine in the finals.
Paul Broghammer also received a first round bye. In his quarterfinals match he defeated his opponent from Davenport Assumption 12-0 before pinning his opponent from Independence in the semi-finals. In his finals match he faced off against Andrew Bush of Davenport Assumption who entered the tournament as the undefeated top seed. Paul dominated Bush throughout the match and won via pin with just five seconds left in the match for his first varsity tournament championship.
The tournament was an outstanding team effort for the Hawks with the 12 placewinners and some very good placement matches against some very good wrestlers.
Also placing for the Hawks were Nathan Vaske, second at 112; Brett Yonkovic, fifth at 119; Chris Ketchum, sixth at 130; Nick Ketchum, fifth at 135; Chris Harbaugh, sixth at 145; Adam Rave, fourth at 152; Zach Boss, sixth at 160; Tyler Manternach, fifth at 171; Carl Broghammer, sixth at 189 and Steven Broghammer third at 215.
The Hawks will travel to DeWitt for a double dual with Vinton Shellsburg and DeWitt on Thursday night before going to the Cedar Rapids Jefferson Invitational on Saturday.
Final team standings - 1. Don Bosco 229.5; 2. West Delaware 165.5; 3. Independence 159.5; 4. North Linn 154.5; 5. Belle Plaine 149; 6. Williamsburg 85; 7. CR Washington 84; 8. Maquoketa 68; 9. Union 64; 10. Benton Comm. 51.5; 11. Davenport Assumption 50; 12. Center Point Urbana 48; 13.
Centerville 42; 14. Anamosa 41; 15. Fairfield 0. |
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