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The
Official Newspaper of Manchester and Delaware County, Iowa
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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West Delaware girls take second at WD Invite with 6-3 loss to Bettendorf
by Ken Boesenberg
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Jenna Hermsen made her first varsity start for the Hawks on Saturday in the championship game against Bettendorf. |
The West Delaware girls softball team had a very good week last week.
The Hawks got off on the right foot Monday night as they swept a WaMaC Conference double header from the visiting Cardinals of Maquoketa, 10-0, 2-0.
In game one against the Cardinals the Hawks scored five runs in the first inning and five more over the last two innings of the game.
Katie Murphy picked up the pitching win with a no-hitter, striking out seven while walking one batter had hitting two more.
Game two was a much tighter affair with the Hawks pushing across the winning runs in the top of the sixth inning.
Katlyn Heiserman started the winning rally with a lead off single. Jenna Hermsen, running for Heiserman advanced to second on Kayla Vaske’s base hit. |
Ashley Hood followed with a single to center that was not handled by the Cardinal center fielders cleanly, allowing Hermsen to score.
Kayla Vaske scored the Hawks second run on a sacrifice by Lindsey McDowell.
Katie Murphy made the two runs stand up as she tossed a complete game one-hitter while facing just 23 batters. Murphy struck out seven Cardinals.
The weeks winning streak reached four when the Hawks traveled to Marion and swept a pair of games from the Indians, 10-5 and 4-0.
In winning game one 10-5 the Hawks got out to an early 6-0 lead through the top of the fifth inning.
Marion was able to score five runs in the home half of the fifth to pull to within a single run, 6-5.
West Delaware answered with a five run outburst in the top of the fifth inning to secure the win.
Ashley Hood, Lindsey McDowell and Katlyn Heiserman led the Hawks offensively with two hits each.
In the game two win over the Indians the Hawks managed to make the most of their five hits as they topped the Indians 4-0.
Lindsey McDowell had two hits while Ashley Hood, Katie Murphy and Katlyn Heiserman each had one.
Murphy was the winning pitcher, tossing a two-hitter while striking out seven batters.
On Friday and Saturday West Delaware hosted its West Delaware Hawk Invitational Softball Tournament at Beckman Complex.
The Hawks started tournament action with an 8-0 win over the Bucs of East Buchanan on Friday morning.
West Delaware used a big five run fourth inning to defeat East Buchanan.
The big inning was highlighted by a three run home run by Lindsey McDowell and a run scoring triple by Katie Wessels.
That would be all the run support that senior pitcher, Katie Murphy would need.
Murphy tossed the first four innings and gave way to eighth grader Jenna Hermsen who tossed the last three innings for the Hawks.
Murphy allowed just the one run and struck out six in her four innings on the mound. Hermsen gave up just one hit.
The Hawks second game of the tournament was against Crestwood of Cresco.
Cresco scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning but that would be all they would get as the Hawks defeated the Cadets 9-1.
West Delaware knotted the score at 1-1 in the top of the second as Katie Murphy led off with a single, Kayla Bries reached on a fielders choice and came around to score on a base hit by Katlyn Heiserman.
The Hawks scored the go ahead run in the top of the third when Katie Wessels scored on a Kayla Bries single.
The game remained tight until the Hawks scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning for a commanding 6-1 lead.
After Katlyn Heiserman reached on an error, Kayla Vaske, Ashley Hood and Lindsey McDowell all singled. Katie Wessels plated the final run of the inning with a double.
The Hawks added three more runs in the top of the seventh on five hits to win by a final score of 9-1.
Ashley Hood had four hits, stole two bases and scored a pair of runs to lead the Hawks. Three more Hawks, Lindsey McDowell, Jenny Hood and Katlyn Heiserman had two hits each.
Katie Murphy gave up one run on one hit over four innings. Jenna Hermsen tossed the final three innings and allowed just one hit.
On Saturday the Hawks faced Monticello in the semi-finals in what proved to be a very good softball game.
The Panthers had won their first two games, 14-2 over North Fayette and 6-0 over Starmont to reach the semis.
The Hawks scored a first inning run when Sara Hermsen doubled to drive in Ashley Hood who had singled and stole second.
That would be the only run of the game as the Hawks advanced to the finals with a 1-0 win over the very talented Panthers.
The Hawks would get a pair of hits in the top of the second but would stand both runners. The base hits by Jenny Hood and Katlyn Heiserman would be the last two of the game for West Delaware.
Hawk pitcher, Katie Murphy worked herself out of a couple of tight spots during the game. She finished the contest with 11 strike outs and a pair of walks while allowing the hard hitting Panthers just four hits.
In the finals the Hawks faced the Bulldogs of Bettendorf.
The Bulldogs took home the championship trophy with a 6-3 win over the host Hawks.
Bettendorf scored two runs in the second inning and four more in the fifth, all of which were unearned, to pick up the win.
The Hawks got a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on a single by Lindsey McDowell, a double by Katie Wessels and back to back singles by Jenny Hood and Kayla Bries. The Hawks added another run in the bottom of the seventh.
Jenna Hermsen got her first career start for the Hawks. She tossed the first five innings against the hard hitting Bulldogs and allowed just four hits. Katie Murphy handled the final two innings and struck out three batters.
The Hawks season record now stands at 17-4 heading into another big week of action.
The Hawks traveled to Vinton on Monday night for a conference double header with the Vikings. On Wednesday they will host the Blazers of Dyersville Beckman and then travel to Ames for the Ames Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
Hawk Invitational
All-Tournament Team
West Delaware - Katie Murphy, Katie Wessels; Bettendorf - Carleigh Rose, Carly Hart; Independence - Julie Jack; Monticello - Lydia Lubben, Kendi Nagel; Dubuque Wahlert - Beth Miller, Sam Reimer; Williamsburg - Mikayla Wetjen; Oelwein - Alyssa Hannash; East Buchanan - Shelby Beatty; Ed-Co - Tracy Sullivan, Nikki Lueken.
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West Delaware boys win five of six, up record to 14-2
by Ken Boesenberg |
The West Delaware boys’ baseball team ran their season record to 14-2 by winning five of six games last week.
The Hawks started out the week with a WaMaC Conference double header sweep of the Maquoketa Cardinals, in Maquoketa.
The Hawks won game one, 8-1 before taking the nightcap 14-2 in five innings.
Zach McCool tossed a one-hitter in game one, recording a season high 15 strikeouts.
Lucas Kafer drove in the first run for the Hawks with a solo home run to lead off the third inning.
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The Hawks Chris Harbaugh had a reason to smile after hitting a three-run home run to give the Hawks a 6-4 lead at Marion on Thursday night. |
After a walk to BJ Hermsen and a double by Nate Lahr, Justin Gideon laced a two-run, two-out double to give the Hawks a 3-0 lead. Clarke Butler then singled to drive in Gideon with the Hawks fourth run.
West Delaware added sin-gle runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 6-0 lead.
The Hawks scored their fi-nal two runs of the game on a Nate Lahr two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning.
The Cardinals scored their lone run in the bottom of the seventh to make the final score 8-1.
Getting hits for the Hawks in game one were Chris Har-baugh 1 for 4; Lucas Kafer 2 for 3; Zach McCool 1 for 4; Nate Lahr 3 for 4; Justin Gideon 2 for 4; and Clarke Butler 2 for 4.
Game two saw Mitch Mormann take the mound for the Hawks.
Mormann fired a two-hitter while striking out 10 and walking just two batters.
The Hawks backed up Mormann’s fine pitching performance with 14 runs on 11 hits to win by a final score of 14-2.
Zach McCool hit a two-run home run in the first and Nate Lahr added a two run shot in the fourth as the Hawks built a 6-1 lead through six innings.
West Delaware broke the game open with an eight run outburst in the fifth inning.
Nate Lahr started things off with a triple. Three of the next four Hawk batters reached base via being hit by Cardinal pitches.
Chris Harbaugh and BJ Hermsen drove in a pair of runs with doubles in the in-ning as the Hawk took a 14-2 lead after five and a half innings of play.
Mormann sent the Cardi-nals down in order in the home half of the fifth.
Getting hits in game two were Chris Harbaugh 2 for 4; Lucas Kafer 1 for 4; Zach McCool 2 for 2; BJ Hermsen 3 for 4; Nate Lahr 2 for 3; Justin Gideon 1 for 1.
On Wednesday night the Hawks hosted the Stars of Starmont for a non-conference double header on Exide Field.
The Hawks blasted five home runs in game one as they backed Lucas Kafer’s five hit pitching with 12 runs for the win.
Zach McCool, BJ Hermsen and Nathan King hit first inning home runs for the Hawks
Lucas Kafer added a three-run shot in the second and Nate Lahr a two-run blast in the fourth as the Hawks rolled to the 12-0 shutout win.
The Hawks had just eight hits in game one, two each by Zach McCool and BJ Hermsen; Lucas Kafer, Nate Lahr, Nathan King, and Garrett Linderwell each had one hit in the game.
Game two went to the Hawks by a score of 18-0 in five innings.
Chris Harbaugh picked up the win with four innings of work. He allowed no runs on one hit while striking out five and walking just one. Alex Ryan tossed the fifth inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced.
The Hawks scored early and often in game two with the hot hitting Nate Lahr leading the way.
Lahr hit team leading home run number eight in the first inning to give the Hawks an early 3-0 lead.
West Delaware put three more runs on the board in the second on hits by Kafer, Garrett Linderwell and Alex Ryan.
In the third inning the Hawks sent 11 men to the plate while scoring six runs on seven hits, all singles.
The Hawks ended the game early by posting six more runs in the fourth in-ning.
For the game the Hawks banged out 16 hits against Star pitching.
Getting hits in game two were Lucas Kafer 1 for 2; Zach McCool 1 for 2; BJ Hermsen 2 for 3; Nate Lahr 3 for 3; Nathan King 1 for 3; Garrett Linderwell 2 for 2; Dan Marshall 2 for 2; Justin Gideon 1 for 2; and Alex Ryan 3 for 3.
On Thursday night the Hawks traveled to Marion for an important WaMaC Conference double header with the Indians.
BJ Hermsen tossed a six hitter as the Hawks posted a 5-4 game one victory over the Indians.
Marion came back to take game two 7-6 to earn a split of the double header.
Zach McCool staked the Hawks to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning of game one with a long home run to left center field.
Marion scored one in the bottom of the first to make the score 2-1.
West Delaware put two more runs up in the top of the second one a pair of Marion errors and a run scoring single by Lucas Kafer for a 4-1 lead.
Marion added two runs in their half of the third inning with three base hits.
The Indians tied the game at 4-4 in the home half of the sixth on a pair of hits.
The Hawks got a lead off single by Lucas Kafer in the top of the seventh.
Kafer advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Zach McCool. BJ Hermsen drew walk and Kafer came into score what would be the win-ning run on when Nate Lahr reached on a fielders choice.
Hermsen then retired the side in order in the bottom of the seventh to give the Hawks a 5-4 game one vic-tory.
The Hawks managed six hits in game one, two each by Lucas Kafer and Zach McCool; Hermsen and Lahr had the only other hits.
Game two was a bit of a strange affair. When all was said and done the Hawks had dropped game two 7-6 for only their second loss of the season.
The Hawks stormed back from a two run deficit, trail-ing 4-2 to take a 6-4 lead in the top of the fourth inning.
Nathan King got West Delaware back in the game with a long home run to lead off the Hawk half of the fourth inning.
After Garrett Linderwell grounded out Justin Gideon and Dan Marshall drew back-to-back walks.
Chris Harbaugh then smashed a home run to deep left center field to vault the Hawks into a 6-4 lead.
That is where the score stood until the bottom half of the sixth
inning.
For some reason the lights on the left side of the field went out as the Hawks were preparing to take the field in the bottom of the sixth.
The delay lasted for just over 45 minutes.
When play resumed the Indians scored three runs in the home half of the sixth to grab a 7-6 lead.
The Hawks were unable to score in the top of the seventh, thus leaving Marion with a split of the two conference contests.
Chris Harbaugh led the Hawks with two hits and three runs batted in.
Getting hits besides Har-baugh were Lucas Kafer, Zach McCool, Nathan King, Garrett Linderwell and Justin Gideon.
The Hawks hosted Vinton on Monday night before traveling to Waterloo West on Tuesday and to Dyersville for a big WaMaC Conference double header on Thursday night. |
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