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HULL—Western Christian was aggressive and efficient out of the gate, pum-meling Cherokee

in three sets in Lakes Conference volleyball on Thursday. The Wolfpack, ranked second in Class 2A, produced kills in

more than half of its attack at -tempts during

the first two sets when the regu-lar rotation was in place. Even after the substitutes took over in the third set, the kill efficiency rate stayed at .375 for the match. “We did a nice job with our shot selection as far as our hit-ting goes,” said Western Chris-tian coach Tammi Veerbeek. “Our serving really had them scrambling around on the court and we were able to capitalize on any free balls they gave us.” Veerbeek said it was a good opportunity to get the pushers

some time on the floor in a mach. “All 12 girls got playing time,” she said. “It was nice to see us get a solid win on our home floor.” Emma Altena was the kill leader for Western Christian

with 11. Jamie Gesink issued 21 assists. Summer Jansen was 17-for-18 serving with five aces. Kim Kroeze was 18-for-18 with

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GEORGE—After a warm fall, tempera-tures took a nose dive Thursday and the winds kicked up at the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational. Cross country teams ran in the coolest conditions of the year at the Otter Val-ley Country Club south of George, but many individuals still managed to put up decent times. An inexperienced George-Little Rock/Central Lyon squad earned the girls team while Okoboji came away with the boys team title in its second solid run of the week.

Hosts take top spot George-Little Rock/Central Lyon co-coaches Curt and Lori Fiedler were so busy running the meet that they had no idea their team had won the competition until long after it was over. “You’re setting up and running around and you hardly get a chance to see your kids before the race because everyone has a question,” Curt Fiedler said. “I had no clue, absolutely no clue. I knew Oko-boji had some kids up there. Our kids ran well. It’s not a big meet, but it’s a confi-dence builder.” Okoboji has been able to sneak up on some teams in the second half of the sea-son. The Pioneers, who finished second, spent most of the first half of the year running

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SHELDON—Sheldon survived a major turn in momentum, battling its way through to knock off Class 1A fifth-ranked Central Lyon in four sets in Siouxland Conference volleyball on Thursday. “It was a really big win. Any time you can beat a team of that caliber, you are excited about it,” said Sheldon coach Eric Maas-sen. “Could we have played better? Yes, but I was happy we were able to go out and get the win. They are a really good team.” Maassen had extra reason to be happy after the victory as MOC-Floyd Valley’s win over Sioux Center created a three-way tie at the top of the conference among the Orabs, the Dutch and the War-riors. Sheldon has won or shared the league See ORABS on page C4

“Our serving really had them scrambling around on the courtand we were able to capitalize on any free balls they gave us.”

TAMMI VEERBEEK, WESTERN CHRISTIAN VOLLEYBALL COACH

Western Christian handles competition with ease once again in home romp

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Cold, wind changesoutlook for runnersas season winds down

Sheldon nudges closer to adding to its title collection

Athletes have not had tobattle against elements

GEORGE—After a warm fall, tempera-tures took a nose dive Thursday and the winds kicked up at the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational. Cross country teams ran in the coolest conditions of the year at the Otter Val-ley Country Club south of George, but many individuals still managed to put up decent times. An inexperienced George-Little Rock/Central Lyon squad earned the girls team while Okoboji came away with the boys team title in its second solid run of the week.

Orabs help themselves,and get help elsewhere

Central lyOn 23 13 25 21SHeldOn 25 25 11 25

SHELDON—Sheldon survived a major turn in momentum, battling its way through to knock off Class 1A fifth-ranked Central Lyon in four sets in Siouxland Conference volleyball on Thursday. “It was a really big win. Any time you can beat a team of that caliber, you are excited about it,” said Sheldon coach Eric Maas-sen. “Could we have played better? Yes, but I was happy we were able to go out and get the win. They are a really good team.” Maassen had extra reason to be happy after the victory as MOC-Floyd Valley’s win over Sioux Center created a three-way tie at the top of the conference among the Orabs, the Dutch and the War-riors. Sheldon has won or shared the league

George-Little Rock/Central Lyon sophomore Brittney Thedens digs deep at the finish line George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational on Thurs-day at Otter Valley Country Club south of George. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Senior Courteney Scholten yells with Sheldon teammates celebrating a point against Class 1A fifth-ranked Central Lyon. The host Orabs won 25-23, 25-13, 11-25, 25-21. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

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Sophomore Jena Van Marel and senior Audrey Gustafson team up for a Sheldon block as Central Lyon senior Kelsey Ackerman tries to tip the ball over the net Thursday.

Junior Shae De Jager taps the ball for Western Christian against Cherokee on Thursday in Hull. The Class 2A second-ranked Wolfpack swept the Braves 25-7, 25-9, 25-15.

Western Christian junior Alissa Pollema laughs during the Wolfpack’s Lakes Conference match against Cherokee on Thursday in Hull. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

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GEORGEContinued from page C1only four individuals, but the addition of a fifth runner has put Okoboji right in the mix at most meets. “We’ve come a long ways from the start of the year,” said Pio-neer coach Brad Peter who had three runners in the top seven. “Our two, three, four girls really ran well. It’s nice to see our runners compete. The key is we have had no injuries. We’ve maintained out steady training and out addition of a fifth run-ner is making a difference.” Sibley-Ocheyedan’s Leah Sei-vert continued her undefeated junior season by winning the meet in a 4-kilometer time of 14 minutes, 18 seconds. Amy Dreessen finished fourth for the Generals who placed fourth as a team. “All the runners that ran last year at George ran faster this year. That is awesome,” said Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Keith Swenson. “I am very pleased with all the kids for improving their times.” Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley had not had any individual medal-ists all year, but turned in two. Michelle Palafox finished 19th and Elizabeth Rankin placed 21st. “Michelle went out and ran ahead of our group,” said Nighthawk coach Tim Brunst-ing. “Elizabeth’s finish was strong. She finished passing probably two or three girls at the finish. It was a pretty strong field. It was good to see our girls start to perform at a little bit of a higher level and to start competing and moving up into some of those spots where they can race and compete for some of those medals.”

Okoboji striding ahead Class 2A 14th-ranked Okoboji is starting to give Spirit Lake a run for its money as being the preeminent boys cross country team in the Iowa Great Lakes region. The Pioneers earned the title and seem to be peaking at the right time. “Our boys ran just fantastic,” Peter said. “We had a 20-sec-ond spread from one to five. That’s the best I’ve seen since I’ve been here. It’s a great time to be running well. Hopefully we can continue to make some more improvements.” Class 1A second-ranked Trin-ity Christian bounced back from a disappointing outing at the Cherokee Invitational on Tuesday to finish second. The Tigers’ Alex Van Ginkel was the meet winner in a 5K time of 16 minutes, 46 seconds. “This year we’ve been good at bouncing back after having bad

races,” said Trinity Christian coach Ben Laning. “The guys are really stepping up and mov-ing into gaps.” Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley’s has shown steady improve-ment all season and the Night-hawks continued to hang with some of the stronger teams in the area by finishing fourth. “Overall, I was happy,” Brunst-ing said. “The conditions weren’t great. The temperature might have said 50, but it might have felt like 40 with the wind. The wind was tough. You get into that backstretch with some of those open spaces, you had to fight the wind. Credit our boys, they ran hard, they ran strong.” West Lyon has battled injuries all year, but for the first time it seems to be healthy again or as healthy as it is going to get. The Wildcats were fifth. “It was our best race of the year,” said West Lyon coach Todd McCallum. “We had sev-en guys all running relatively healthy, and that’s a big stride for us. Ben Feucht ran great, and I thought James Dubbelde ran pretty well. He has the chance for a breakthrough race any time now.” South O’Brien cracked the Class 1A rankings for the first time this week at No. 11, but the

Wolverines could not celebrate much as they finished sixth. “They ran about half a mile into 30- to 40-mile-per-hour winds, so I wasn’t disappointed with the times,” said South O’Brien coach Byron Foster.

George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational Girls team results: 1. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon 58; 2. Okoboji 66; 3. Sioux Center 70; 4. Sibley-Ocheyedan 93; 5. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 139. N’West Iowa individual results: 1. Leah Seivert (S-O) 14:18; 2. Clare Eckard (Oko) 15:55; 3. Kori Schulte (GLRCL) 16:14; 4. Amy Dreessen (S-O) 16:24; 5. Denae Doornink (SC) 16:44; 6. Olivia Albright (Oko) 16:52; 7. Jordan Duncan (Oko) 17:09; 8. Kristen Elyea (H-M-S) 17:21; 9. Miranda Mouw (SC) 17:24; 10. Amy Laning

(TC) 17:35; 11. Brittney Thedens (GLRCL) 17:42; 12. Arybella Denton-Perry (SC) 17:50; 13. Hannah Sieperda (GLRCL) 17:53; 14. Emily Pohlen (SpC) 17:58; 15. Macie Wessels (GLRCL) 17:58; 16. Breanna Smith (GLRCL) 18:03; 17. MaKayla De Jong (GLRCL) 18:08; 18. Elizabeth Ellrich (Oko) 18:19; 19. Michelle Palafox (BHRV) 18:28; 20. Steph Husa (SC) 18:36; 21. Elizabeth Rankin (BHRV) 18:38; 22. Maggie Schroeder (SpC) 18:40; 23. Grace Rens (WL) 18:55; 24. Emma Rathbun (SC) 18:48; 25. Aszhia Albrecht (WL) 18:55; 26. Hope Bosler (WL) 18:58; 27. Steph Roseberry (SC) 19:06; 28. Joanna Kruger (S-O) 19:06; 29. Shilo Herrmann (S-O) 19:13; 30. Courtney Stiens (BHRV) 19:16; 31. Marie Jeppesen (S-O) 19:30; 32. Lindsay Mouw (SC) 19:32; 33. Grace Goehring (Oko) 19:51; 34. Brooke Fick (BHRV) 19:52; 35. Analy Domingez (BHRV) 20:12. Boys team results: 1. Okoboji 48; 2. Trinity Christian 81; 3. Sioux Center 99; 4. Boyden-

Hull/Rock Valley 109; 5. West Lyon 110; 6. South O’Brien 116. N’West Iowa individual results: 1. Alex Van Ginkel (TC) 16:46; 2. Josh Schriever (GLRCL) 16:53; 3. Micah Bajema (WL) 17:04; 4. Haile Duden (SC) 17:20; 5. Joe Hilsabeck (Oko) 17:24; 6. Colby Kraninger (Oko) 17:32; 7. Josh Olvera (SC) 17:32; 8. Chris Albright (Oko) 17:40; 9. Ryan Chindlund (Oko) 17:43; 10. Daniel Patterson (SOS) 17:51; 11. Chase Bruggeman (WL) 17:52; 12. Colton Hoksbergen (TC) 17:59; 13. John Ver Mulm (BHRV) 18:03; 14. Luke Hoger (SOS) 18:08; 15. Tyler Wessels (GLRCL) 18:09; 16. Tyler Reck (S-O) 18:10; 17. Brandon Wilkens (BHRV) 18:11; 18. Brad Gritters (TC) 18:16; 19. Ross Rozeboom (SC) 18:19; 20. Jason Feather (Oko) 18:22; 21. Blake Lineweaver (Oko) 18:24; 22. Nolan Meerdink (BHRV) 18:27; 23. Austin Dunnick (SOS) 18:30; 24. Noah Waldner (TC) 18:38; 25. Randy Boon (BHRV) 18:40; 26. Marcus Van Engen (TC) 18:45; 27. James Dubbelde (WL) 18:56; 28. Michael Grady (SpC) 18:59; 29. Dakota Kraninger (Oko) 19:00; 30. Justin King (TC) 19:02; 31. Brian Haden (SOS) 19:06; 32. Matt Van Otterloo (BHRV) 19:17; 33. Ben Feucht (WL) 19:19; 34. Andres Ortiz (SC) 19:20; 35. Louis Vander Velde (SC) 19:21; 36. Christian Bouwman (WL) 19:28; 37. Chandler Brunsting (BHRV) 19:30; 38. Sean Anderson (SOS) 19:33; 39. Blake Meyer (TC) 19:34; 40. Thomas Johnson (WL) 19:37; 41. Nick Bruggeman (WL) 19:39; 42. Zach Rohlfs (BHRV) 19:41; 43. Ben Aberson (SOS) 19:41; 44. Brady Schreiner (SC) 19:49; 45. Tanner Hedberg (SOS) 20:18.

Host team loads upat West Sioux Invite HAWARDEN—West Sioux has not put a team together in many meets this year, but the Falcons managed to do so in its home cross country invita-

tional Thursday. West Sioux competed in Class B and finished third. Four schools competed in Class B, but only three had full teams. Only 24 runners competed in the division. “We continued to see some good improvement in our run-ning at today’s meet,” said West Sioux coach Duane Sperle. “The wind did affect the overall times in the meet but our guys still managed to run some of their best times of the season and to pick up three medals.” Jose Montes finished fourth in 19 minutes, 3 seconds. Jose Arreola and Agustin Jimenez placed 11th and 13th, respec-tively, and both earned medals. The Falcons did not have any runners in the girls race. “We are looking to keep improving the next couple weeks as we head into the conference and state qualifying meets,” Sperle said. West Sioux runs in the War Eagle Conference Meet on Monday in Orange City.

West Sioux Invitational Boys Class B results: 1. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 36; 2. Westwood (Sloan) 38; West Sioux 48. West Sioux results: 4. Jose Montes 19:03; 11. Jose Arreola 21:07; 13. Agustin Jimenez 21:39; 17. Cody Chester 22:46; 18. Eddie Armenta 22:54; 19. Luis Pleitez 23:21; 20. Devin Mandicino 23:52; 24. Tyler Kelly 25:00.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—The Village Northwest Unlimited Panthers took the field for sev-en softball games in three days. The players have never played so many games in such a short span of time, and they couldn’t have felt more honored to do so. The Panthers represented the Sheldon nonprofit organiza-tion and the state of Iowa on Sept. 21-23 at the 2012 Special Olympics North America Soft-ball Invitational Tournament in Oklahoma. They played the games at American Softball Association Hall of Fame Complex in Okla-homa City and Bickham Park in Edmond. The Panthers earned a silver medal in their three-team divi-sion. “It was really good playing against other teams that we’ve never played against before in our whole lives,” said 32-year-old shortstop Scott Wheeler. “We are glad that we had the opportunity to go down there, and hopefully we go again sometime.” “It was an honor,” said 39-year-old catcher Charles White. The Village Panthers were selected to represent the state of Iowa at the national tour-nament, which featured 33 teams from the United States, Canada, Dominican Repub-lican and Puerto Rico. The

tournament had 17 traditional Special Olympics teams and 16 unified teams, which are made up of people with and without intellectual disabilities. The Panthers played in the tradi-tional team format.

The Panthers contingent, which consisted of 12 play-ers and four coaches and staff members, boarded three vans to leave for Oklahoma on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and returned back home Tuesday, Sept. 25.

The national tournament started Friday, Sept. 21, with a series of three games in a divi-sioning round. The Panthers, which were playing in new red uniforms supplied by Special Olympics Iowa, dropped their three contests: 15-0 to Florida, 16-0 to Kansas and 12-7 to Mississippi. As a result, they were placed in Division 5 with the Mississippi Mud Bugs and North Carolina Mustangs. The opening ceremonies of the tournament were held Friday evening, with passing of the Special Olympics torch, the lighting of the cauldron and a fireworks display. The main tournament took place the next two days, Satur-day, Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept. 23. The Panthers split their two games both days against the other teams in their division, giving them a 2-2 record. They beat Mississippi 15-6 and lost to North Carolina 16-5 Satur-day. They recorded a 22-17 win and 28-6 loss Sunday against the Mud Bugs and Mustangs, respectively. The coaches were pleased with the effort put forth by the

team. “From a coaching standpoint, it was definitely a team effort of everybody playing together,” said head coach Deb Middle. “Whether it was win or lose, they had to play together. It was not just one person who stood out.” “They were so encouraging of each other and tried to keep each other up,” added assistant coach Sara Wolthuizen. Panthers players said the competition was much tougher than they have ever played against before. They typically play only Emmetsburg during the regular season before going on to the state tournament. “It was fun to meet other teams from other states,” White said. “They were very friendly. They were nice to play against. It was a nice atmosphere really. It was interesting. It was a fun experience.” The facilities were the nicest the players had ever played in. In particular, Wheeler noted the condition of the red, dirt infields. Wolthuizen said the players had a chance to see their names go up on the big

screen when they went up to bat at ASA Hall of Fame Com-plex. “It was just l ike the big leagues,” Wolthuizen said. “It was pretty exciting for them.” To be sure, the players also were hot, tired and sore when they were finished playing the tournament. They not only played seven games, but they did so in temperatures of 90-95 degrees. “I was sweating all the time because I had the catcher’s mask on all the time,” White said. The Village Panthers players and coaches also had oppor-tunities for entertainment and sightseeing during the trip. They attended a Kansas City Royals game — even being featured with a close-up video of the team on the large screen in the stadium. They went on a Bricktown Water Taxi tour and visited Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, where the terrorist bombing occurred in 1995. They went to All Star Sports in Wichita, KS, for an afternoon. “We tried to make it a fun trip for them and not just go there to play softball and come back,” Middle said. She said area businesses and individuals were supportive of the trip through financial support, prayers and words of encouragement. Every player and coach was given a goodie bag filled with a small pillow, snacks and other items. She said the support was greatly appreciated. “It was a good opportunity to represent the state of Iowa and definitely the Village,” she said. “That was a big honor.”

THE VILLAGE PANTHERS The 12 players who went on the trip were: n Zack Arrick n Matt Kramer n Mike Kramer n Keith Krumm n Stephanie Landhuis n John List n Cody Meendering n Abby Paulsen

n Matt Petersen n Bob Stewart n Scott Wheeler n Charles White The four coaches and staff members were: n Mindy Liechti n Deb Middle n Lisa Nelson n Sara Wolthuizen

Village Northwest Unlimited Panthers outfielder John List makes a running catch in the outfield at the Special Olympics North America Softball Invitational Tourna-ment. (Photo by Rachel House)

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Mustangs, Pioneers run down championships

George-Little Rock/Central Lyon junior Josh Schriever, Trinity Christian junior Alex Van Ginkel and West Lyon junior Micah Bajema lead the way at the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational on Thursday at Otter Valley Country Club south of George. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

Sibley-Ocheyedan junior Leah Seivert runs through evening sunlight during the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational on Thursday at Otter Valley Country Club south of George. She won the 4-kilometer race while teammate Amy Dreessen finished fourth.

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ORABSContinued from page C1title every year since entering the Siouxland in 2009-10. Central Lyon had the lead early in the first set, but the Orabs were able to rally. “We were down five or six at one point. It wasn’t pretty, but we battled back and finished strong,” Maassen said. “We were able to use that momen-tum and extend it into the third set.” The Lions then tried to claw back into the match. “We had the ability to beat Sheldon. It was key for us to play up and attack the ball. When we were running a quick offense, we saw suc-cess,” said Central Lyon coach Jamie Helmers. “But Sheldon is a good blocking team and they put a lot of pressure on our outside hitters. We hung right in there, but once you are down two sets, you find your-self fighting hard to stay in the match. We responded well, but it wasn’t quite enough.” Maassen said the fourth set was up and down. “We got off to a sloppy start again. We made a nice run in the middle, then we let them in it again,” he said. “But we did play well down the stretch.” Helmers said the match could pay dividends soon. “Playing good teams is impor-tant to us. It will help prepare us for postseason play,” she said. “We will continue to work on our hitting efficiency, always playing on our toes and being sure that we are giving our set-ters the good passes they need in order to successfully utilize all of the hitters.” Jessica Van Beek had 19 kills for Sheldon. Marti Vogel had nine kills. Allie Jongewaard put up 32 assists. Vogel was 21-for-22 serving and Audrey Gustafson went 15-for-15. Courteney Scholten had three solo blocks and one assisted block. Jena Van Marel had three solo blocks. Kayla Johnson had nine digs. Sarah Halse and Kelsey Acker-man each cranked 13 kills for the Lions. Lexi Ackerman con-verted 10 kills. Lexi Ackerman had 25 assists and Claire Sny-der added 13. Lexi Ackerman had four ace serves. Kelsey Ack-erman was 18-for-18 serving with three aces. Mikayla Miller had 14 digs, Angel Rasmussen had 12 and Lexi Ackerman 11. Lexi Ackerman had two solo blocks and one assisted block. Sheldon improved to 18-9 overall and 7-1 in the Sioux-land. Central Lyon slipped to 19-6 and 5-2.

Memorable matchupfalls in favor of DutchMOC-FlOyd Valley 33 27 25 23 15SIOux Center 31 29 23 25 13

SIOUX CENTER—A hustle play by MOC-Floyd Valley pro-vided the final small twist in momentum in the fifth set of an epic clash on Thursday as the Class 3A fifth-ranked Dutch outlasted third-ranked Sioux Center in five sets of Siouxland Conference volleyball. The difference between the teams remains razor thin, but MOC-Floyd Valley has won three of the four meetings between the rivals this season. “With our team, we’ve been working on being mentally tough overall, and we took some more steps. We’re build-ing that confidence that we can play when the chips are down,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Jon Mouw. “It was such a match. I was so proud of the way we kept battling. I think maybe at some time there might have been someone with a lead of four points, but I don’t remember it. Both teams serve so tough. The setters both did a great job of getting good sets off of not so great passes. It wasn’t so much that the passing was bad. The serving was just that tough.” “I thought it would be like this. MOC-Floyd Valley is a tough team to put away. They can set Alexis Conaway no mat-ter if she is front row or back, and they have quite a few other good hitters,” said Sioux Center coach Julie Oldenkamp. “They are a tough team to make a run on.” Still, Oldenkamp wasn’t quite thinking about what she saw in the first two games. “I’ve never been a part of a 33-31 game before. I’ve never even seen a 33-31 game at the high school level,” she said. “I was really proud of the girls and the way they battled. After that first one they could have folded, but they pushed ahead. We made some big plays. You

just always wish you could have had a few more. I just keep thinking I’m glad this wasn’t a regional final or something.” Mouw said neither team really had a clear advantage at any point. Both coaches pointed to a critical play in the fifth set. Sioux Center was leading 9-6 and appeared to have forced a serve receive error by the Dutch, but Katie Landhuis would not give up on the play. While the Warriors had already started celebrating what they thought was a point, Landhuis made a one-handed save to pull the ball back toward the court and keep it alive. Erica Johnson then bumped it up and over and it fell to the court behind the Sioux Center play-ers, who were unaware the play was still going on. “That was just an instant momentum change,” Mouw said. “We were able to come back and finish it after that.” Oldenkamp said that while the Warriors can hardly be faulted for their level of play, it wasn’t enough. “It’s an opportunity for our girls to step up and see what it is they need to do so we can try to win games in these close matches,” she said. “But if we would have gotten blown out, it would probably hurt more.” Conaway paced MOC-Floyd Valley with 26 kills. Alyssa Brown delivered 50 assists. Emily McDonald had 10 digs, four blocks and four ace serves. Landhuis also had 10 digs. Amber Bakker led the Sioux Center front line with 20 kills. Jillian Estes had 14 kills and Jill Vander Plaats had 12. Malyn Hulstein issued 48 assists. Jennifer Buyert and Caitlynn Fedders each served four aces. Estes plucked 23 digs. Bak-ker and Buyert each had four blocks. MOC-Floyd Valley improved to 21-6 overall and 6-1 in the Siouxland. Sioux Center slipped to 22-6 and 6-1.

Confident Cometsadd to consistencyBOyden-Hull 25 25 25GeOrGe-lIttle rOCk 21 11 20

GEORGE—Boyden-Hull cel-ebrated a return to the Class 1A rankings by sweeping George-

Little Rock in a Siouxland Con-ference volleyball road test on Thursday. The Comets, state semifi-nalists a year ago, had been unranked all year until joining the poll on Thursday at No. 15. “It was nice to see the gals get rated in the state this week. It shows they have worked hard and gotten some attention,” said Boyden-Hull coach Dean Hoogeveen. Hoogeveen said the match represented a step forward for Boyden-Hull. “I thought we played more consistent tonight. We missed a few too many spikes to start the first set, but played solid after that. We played a really great second set, then George-Little Rock gave us all we wanted in the third set,” Hoogeveen said. “Both teams played well.” George-Little Rock had a couple of leads in the first set, but wasn’t able to hold that momentum. “We got a couple of good runs but we weren’t able to capital-ize. They came up behind us every time it felt like we had something started,” said Mus-tangs coach Chelsea Mersber-gen. “Then in the second set we looked like a different team. We weren’t hitting the ball at all. In the first set we had a lot of blocks, but we couldn’t get them set up in the second one. In the third one they got a lead on us a couple of times but we were able to pull ourselves back up. It was close all the way until the last five or six points, then they shifted the momentum on us.” Allison Te Slaa had a big night for the Comets with 11 kills, four blocks and two ace serves. Nicole Ewoldt offered 15 assists and had six kills. Courtney Schafer had six digs and five kills. Alidea Savage was 18-for-19 serving with three aces. Shannon Klaassen had 12 kills for George-Little Rock. Amber Stettnichs issued 21 assists and was 9-for-9 serving with two aces. Jessica Sandbulte was 9-for-9 serving with one ace. Keeley Kruse was 9-for-10 with one ace. Abigail Eben had 12 digs. Boyden-Hull improved to 19-5 overall and 4-3 in the

conference. George-Little Rock slipped to 10-16 and 2-5.

Pioneers embark onimprobable journeyOkOBOjI 15 13 25 26 15SIBley-OCHeyedan 25 25 20 24 13

SIBLEY—Okoboji hit rock bottom in the first two sets only to skyrocket off the deck and pull out an improbable come-back for a five-set win over Sibley-Ocheyedan in Sioux-land Conference volleyball on Thursday. The host Generals had every-thing going their way in the early going. “We played as well as we have all year. Everything was click-ing. We had them on the ropes. I couldn’t have been happier. It was kind of like the S-O Invite when we handled them pretty well,” said Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Lincoln Robinson. Okoboji coach Eric Thomp-son said it was even worse for his team than the scores showed. “We couldn’t have played any worse in those first two games, and I’m trying to be positive here. Our passing was horrible, and when we did get a good pass, our hitters weren’t putting anything in play,” Thompson said. It was serving, which has been an Okoboji strength all year, that brought the Pioneers back. The third set was tied at 14-14 before Darby Jones served off six straight points. The next two

sets were more dramatic. Sibley-Ocheyedan had a 24-19 lead in the fourth set before Anna Vos served it out for Okoboji, bringing the match to even. “We’ve talked a lot about how the serve can be a weapon. Anna Vos stayed cool and calm and put those serves exactly where I called them; exactly where they needed to go. She delivered every time,” Thomp-son said. “It was absolutely intense. Any slip ups, and we go home. I saw an urgency from our girls I had not seen this year.” Sibley-Ocheyedan was up 6-2 in the third set before Vos again turned the tide by serving six straight points. Okoboji did not trail again. “A lot of the credit goes to Okoboji. They hung around and hung around. They took advantage of our mistakes. The whole match, we didn’t play bad, but Okoboji scrapped and scrapped and put itself in a position to get wins,” Robin-son said. “It kind of reminded me of a football game where one team has all the stats and moves the ball up and down the field whenever they want to, but loses because the other team returns an interception for a touchdown and a kickoff for a touchdown.” Vos was 15-for-16 serving in the match for Okoboji. Jones went 14-for-16 with three aces. Sydney Boeckholt was 11-for-12 in serves. Skylar Hansen

served four aces. Boeckholt dealt out 18 assists. Jones had 11 kills and Hansen had eight. Jones had six solo blocks and four assisted blocks. Olivia Rohlk turned in 23 digs, Boeck-holt had 15, Abby Taylor 13 and Hansen 10. Kayla Ackerman was 18-for-19 serving for Sibley-Ocheye-dan with four aces. Michaela Wolter was 14-for-14. Kaylee White was 13-for-13 with one ace. Bridget Doeden had 14 kills and Ackerman had 12. Alyssa Stofferan put up 19 assists and White had 11. Ack-erman pulled up 26 digs and Wolter had 24. Doeden was credited with six blocks. Jen Willemssen and Jenn Vipond each had four blocks. Okoboji improved to 11-14 overall and 3-4 in the Sioux-l a n d . S i b l e y- O c h e y e d a n slipped to 12-14 and 2-5.

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I N W O O D — R o c k Va l l e y refused to be denied even after being dealt a setback, continu-ing to push all the way through to a five-set win over West Lyon in Siouxland Conference vol-leyball Thursday. The host Wildcats had the early advantage in a matchup of teams that have seen their share of struggles. “We started out the night on fire. I wish we could have bottled up the energy we spend during the first set and poured it out in the next two,” said West Lyon coach Darla Grotewold. Instead, the Rockets respond-ed. “It didn’t go our way in game one. We just weren’t on top of it. We missed five serves in our first rotation,” said Rock Val-ley coach Megan Malenosky. “What was good was the girls didn’t let that stop them. In some of our previous matches, we would lose that first one and shut down. Even though that second game didn’t start out with a big run, we stuck with it and eventually got a couple of big plays and ran with it. All night, we didn’t let the little things get us down.” Grotewold said runs of five straight points by Rock Valley in both the second and third sets turned those in favor of the Rockets. “Not letting them have those is a goal we have in pace for every match. Tonight that was the difference between win-ning and losing,” Grotewold said. “We have to keep it close.” West Lyon was the team that had the extended run early in the fourth set and kept the lead the whole way. Rock Valley took a small lead early in the fifth set and didn’t let up. “I would say this was one of the best all-around matches we’ve played. We’ve had indi-vidual games where we have played better, but for the whole night, this is probably the best we’ve done,” Malenosky said. “It was fun going the distance. You kind of bite your nails off, but it was good for the girls to be able to finish.” Grotewold said the “Pink Out” night at West Lyon was still fun, benefiting a good cause and providing good volleyball as well. “The fans certainly got their money’s worth. Both teams wanted to get this win,” she said. “I was so pleased with everyone’s performance. They showed a lot of heart. Two Thursdays in a row now, I feel like we left it all out on the floor.” Rock Valley featured a very balanced attack. Kensy Vande Hoef pounded 14 kills, Maddie Godfredsen slammed 11 and Joanna Heemstra and Karen Sanchez each had nine. Jae-dyn Rus lofted 44 assists. Jana Vermeer was 17-for-18 serving with three aces. Rus also had three ace serves. Godfredsen took part in six blocks and Heemstra had a part in four. Courtney Vonk turned in 14 assists. Tarah Meyer had 11 kills for West Lyon. Courtney Knob-loch added nine. Alyssa Kock dealt out 18 assists and Addy Meyer had 11. Tarah Meyer was 14-for-15 serving with two aces. Addy Meyer was 13-for-13 with two aces. Paige Boote garnered 17 digs, Tarah Meyer had 13 and Sydney Martin had 10. Aurelie Rozeboom took part in five blocks. Jamie Tracy had a part in four blocks. Rock Valley improved to 4-20 overall and 1-6 in the confer-ence. West Lyon slipped to 3-14 and 0-7.

VOLLEYBALL STATE RANKINGS

Source: Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union

Class 3A 1. Mediapolis 2. Davenport Assumption 3. Sioux Center 4. Nevada 5. MOC-Floyd Valley 6. Unity Christian 7. West Liberty 8. Mount Vernon 9. East Sac County 10. Union (LaPorte City) 11. A-D-M (Adel) 12. Red Oak 13. Waterloo Columbus 14. Beckman (Dyersville) 15. Clarinda

Class 2A 1. Dike-New Hartford 2. Western Christian 3. Carroll Kuemper 4. West Branch 5. Council Bluffs St. Albert 6. Treynor 7. Lake Mills 8. Woodward-Granger 9. Hinton 10. Maple Valley-AO 11. Denver 12. Ridge View 13. Sumner-Fredericksburg 14. Durant 15. Boyden-Hull

Class 1A 1. Grundy Center 2. Holy Trinity Catholic 3. Tripoli 4. Janesville 5. Central Lyon 6. Stanton 7. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 8. Bellevue Marquette 9. Preston 10. Bedford 11. East Union (Afton) 12. New London 13. West Bend-Mallard 14. Grandview Park Baptist 15. Laurens-Marathon

Conference race coming down to final week

Central Lyon senior Lexi Ackerman watches the ball after it is tipped by Sheldon senior Courteney Scholten on Thursday. The Class 1A fifth-ranked Lions fell 25-23, 25-13, 11-25, 25-21 to the host Orabs. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

Sibley-Ocheyedan junior Alyssa Stofferan sets for a teammate against Boy-den-Hull Tuesday in Hull. The Generals lost Thurs-day against Okoboji.

Boyden-Hull players celebrate a point during a win over Sibley-Ocheyedan on Tues-day in Hull. The Comets swept George-Little Rock on Thursday.

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WOLFPACKContinued from page C1two aces. Brooke Wolterstorff was 11-for-11 with two aces. Josie Kollis also had two ace serves. Wolterstorff and Alissa Pollema each had seven digs. Altena had three solo blocks and Shae De Jager had two. Western Christian improved to 28-2 overall and is 6-0 in the Lakes Conference.

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HARTLEY—Akron-Westfield’s active defense scrambled to keep it in the game, and the host Westerners got the slight cushion they needed early in the fifth set to subdue Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in War Eagle Conference volleyball Thurs-day. “We didn’t quite finish. We played very well,” said Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn coach Kristin Thorn. “Akron-Westfield is very scrappy. It seemed like a lot of what we took at them, they were able to put back in play.” The Westerners won the first set and third sets, but each time the Hawks were able to even it up. “In the sets we won, we put the kills down. We got our hit-ters going. And we served very well,” Thorn said. “We strug-gled with serving in the first and third sets, and we weren’t passing the ball as well. When you aren’t passing, you aren’t getting sets up in your offense.” Akron-Westfield earned just a slight lead early in the fifth set and pulled away from there. “Those fifth games to 15 points are so much quicker. It’s tough to come back,” Thorn said. “Matches like this are always character-builders. They let you see how you handle it. I’m extremely proud of the girls. As our season has gone on, we’re becoming a stronger team. We’re improving game to game.” Kendra Zeutenhorst was 16-for-17 serving with four aces for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. Katie Mills was 19-for-21 with four aces. Kaley Tewes had two ace serves. Zeutenhorst led the attack with 14 kills and Tewes

had 12. Kailey Enger dished out 25 assists. Jaylin Rieck garnered 20 digs. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn fell to 5-10 overall and is 3-5 in the War Eagle.

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HAWARDEN—West Sioux did its best to rise to the level of its competition, but the Falcons were still unable to keep up with Class 1A seventh-ranked LeMars Gehlen Catholic in a War Eagle Conference volley-ball loss on Thursday. “This was our best conference match so far,” said West Sioux coach Laura Hensley. “The girls battled hard the entire match and our consistency of play was right on.” LeMars Gehlen Catholic forced West Sioux to move more quickly on defense than what it is accustomed to. “Gehlen is a fast-paced team with some tremendous ath-letes. I was proud of our girls for making it a competitive match from beginning to end,” Hens-ley said. “Jaylen Blankenship was our libero for this game and managed to compete against Gehlen’s tough offense. Shannon (Jasper) and Callie (Schmidt) did a great job at the net of closing the block.” Hensley said against another foe, that might have been good enough for the win. “Overall, I was very proud of our team and look forward to the same level of play next week,” she said. Blankenship led the team with 11 digs and Rylee Negaard had nine. Jasper had four solo blocks and two assisted blocks. Schmidt had two assisted blocks. Jasper had six kills. Jenna Rehder offered seven assists. Negaard served three aces and Carly Dekkers had two ace serves. West Sioux fell to 9-11 overall and 3-5 in the conference.

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GRANVILLE—A switch in offenses seemed to put South O’Brien into another gear as

the Wolverines pulled away from Spalding Catholic for a four-set win in War Eagle Con-ference volleyball Thursday. The Wolverines started in a 6-2 set, but started to click when they went back to a 5-1 in the last two sets. “We started in a different offense because we wanted three hitters at the line all the time. We just didn’t play it well. It had noting to do with the set-ting. We just weren’t reacting to the ball. We just weren’t ready

to play,” said South O’Brien assistant coach Ashton Lan-sink, who was filling in after head coach Kelsey Bachman gave birth to a child earlier in the week. “In the third set we switched to the 5-1 and we started to communicate bet-ter. We started to play like we should have all along.” Lansink was not pleased that it took the switch to turn the tide. “As coaches, we feel it is very important that we’re able to do different things. If teams

stop one thing, we’ve got to be able to mix it up,” Lansink said. “The girls need to get over that mindset that we have to be in one offense. We’ve played them both enough this year that we should be able to run them both just fine.” “We played up and down. In each game, we struggled with serve receive. That let them get a lead and we had to fight back to stay in the game,” said Spalding Catholic coach Beth Bunkers.

The biggest up for the host Spartans on Parent’s Night was when they pulled out a close win in the second set. “It was great to take game two, but the momentum swung in games three and four,” Bunkers said. “We let them get out to too big of a lead and couldn’t come back.” Mikayla Hintz paced the Wolverines with 15 kills. Taylor Paulsen had eight kills and Rachel Struve had seven. Emily Sweeney dished out 21 assists and Megan Burmakow issued 10. Struve was 15-for-17 serv-ing with eight aces. Paulsen went 19-for-20 with three aces. Sweeney was 16-for-17 with four aces. Kendra Rohlfsen and Paulsen each had 23 digs and Hintz contributed 18. Struve had four blocks. Samantha Newborg was 19-for-19 serving with four aces for the Spartans. Leah Bunkers went 12-for-12 and Caitlin Murphy was 9-for-9. Newborg and Bunkers each had five kills. Sarah Konz handed out 15 assists. Newborg was 23-for-25 in serve receive, Abby Van Den Top was 22-for-24 and Caitlin Murphy was 20-for-22. Konz led the team in digs with 14, Bunkers had 11 and Murphy 10. Bunkers had three assisted blocks. Murphy had one solo block and one assisted block. South O’Brien bumped its record to 10-10 overall and 5-3 in the War Eagle. Spalding Catholic is 8-16 and 3-6.

NWC Streak CoNtiNueS SIOUX CITY—The Northwestern College men’s golf team won for the sixth time in six fall outings, taking the top spot at the Briar Cliff University Invitational Oct. 4. The Red Raiders totaled 300, six strokes better than runner-up Midland University. Mid-land had the medalist in renen Sahr, who shot a 73 and won a playoff with Michael Clark of Northwestern. Kyle Stanek placed fourth for the Red Raid-ers with a 75, while Jay Monahan and ryan kieweit tied for fifth at 76. Dordt placed fifth in the team stand-ings with a 317. The Defenders were paced by Samuel Vos, who also was a part of the tie for fifth.

GPaC WoMeN CaP fall LINCOLN, NE—The Great Plains Athletic Conference held its second women’s golf qualifier of the year Oct. 3. The four-event series now takes a break until the spring. Dakota Wesleyan University won the second event, which was held at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club. The Tigers shot a 333. Morningside College was sec-ond with a 348. Northwestern was third at 360. The Red Raiders were led by emma Wynja, who tied for eighth with an 87. Dordt placed 10th with a 388. reanne Derouse was the low scorer for the Defenders, finishing in a tie for 32nd with a 95. Dakota Wesleyan has the overall lead in the series with a 685. Northwest-ern is second at 714. Dordt is 10th at 778. Wynja is fourth in the overall standings at 170, eight shots back of tour leader lauren fitts of Dakota Wesleyan. Dordt’s leader is renae Visser, who is 19th at 187.

DorDt CliPS MuStaNGS SIOUX CENTER—Dordt College came back with clutch play in the final two sets to edge Morningside College 25-22, 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-7 in Great Plains Athletic Confer-ence volleyball Oct. 3. The victory jumped the Defenders to 16-4 overall and 6-1 in the GPAC. Dordt trailed 23-22 in the fourth set before rallying for the win. It started the fifth set with a 6-0 lead and maintained the upper hand from there. kayla Gesink had 53 assists and 12 digs to lead the Defenders. Danae Geels had 14 kills, loy Sahr 12 and Meghan krausman 10. Jana Van Zanten made 16 digs. kayla Broekhuis 13 and Jocelyn Bousema 11. kim Buyert was 19-for-20 serving with

two aces. Celaine Haan was 14-for-14 with one ace.

NWC routS MouNt Marty YANKTON, SD—Northwestern Col-lege had no trouble handling Mount Marty College 25-12, 25-12, 25-14 in Great Plains Athletic Conference volleyball Oct. 3. The Red Raiders had a .310 kill efficiency as a team and served 11 aces in the contest while holding the Lancers to a negative kill efficiency rate. Megan Hutson led the attack with 10 kills. kaitlin floerchinger had eight kills. Mad-eline Hanno issued 19 assists and Floerchinger 12. Hanno and alexis Bart each had three ace serves. Bart paced the defense with 10 digs and Claire roesner had nine. North-western improved to 14-6 overall and 4-3 in the conference with the victory.

raiDerS fiNiSH eVeN SIOUX CITY—Northwestern College and Morningside College settled for a 1-1 draw in Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s soccer Oct. 2. The Red Raiders scored first when leo Sanchez set up a goal by Graham kinsinger in the 23rd minute. The Mustangs got their goal in the 30th minute. Northwestern had a 17-14 advantage in shots and an 8-7 advan-tage in shots on goal. austin Stoesz made six saves for the Red Raiders, who are 6-3-1 overall and 1-1-1 in the GPAC.

DorDt WoMeN falter SIOUX CENTER—Mount Marty College scored a pair of goals in each half, rolling to a 4-0 win over Dordt College in Great Plains Athletic Con-ference women’s soccer Oct. 2. The Defenders were outshot 13-9, with the Lancers holding a 9-6 edge on shots on goal. Jennifer Granflaten scored two goals for the Lancers. allison erwin and Molly Buche also scored. Dordt fell to 1-8-2 overall and 0-4 in the GPAC.

DefeNDerS PePPer Goal SIOUX CENTER—The Dordt Col-lege men’s soccer team squeezed off only 10 shots, but half of them found their way into the net in a 5-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference win over Mount Marty College Oct. 2. eric Grootenboer started the scoring for the Defenders less than three minutes into the game. Brady Van Holland creased the net in the fourth minute. He added another goal off of a pass

from Scott Van Wylen in the 37th minute to make it 3-0. The Lancers got a goal just before the half to make it 3-1. Van Holland made it a hat trick in the 52nd minute, scoring on a free kick. Braden Graves ended the Dordt scoring with a goal in the 84th minute. Mount Marty scored the game’s final goal a minute later. Jon Brinkerhoff had two saves in net for Dordt, which is 6-5 overall and 2-2 in the GPAC.

WattS SPotleSS aGaiN SIOUX CITY—Northwestern College keeper ariel Watts helped the Red Raiders post their fifth shutout of the year, but it was not enough to secure victory in a 0-0 tie with Morningside in Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s soccer Oct. 2. Watts and the defensive wall of the Red Raiders were under constant pressure. Morn-ingside outshot Northwestern 28-6 in the contest. Watts made 11 saves and the defense successfully turned away eight corner kick opportunities. Northwestern moved to 5-3-2 overall and 2-0-1 in the GPAC.

BartMaN earNS HoNor SIOUX CITY—Northwestern Col-lege junior theo Bartman was named Special Teams Player of the Week in Great Plains Athletic Confer-ence football for games played Sept. 29. The Rock Valley native returned four kickoffs for 124 yards, averaging 31 yards per return. Bartman began the second half with a season’s best 52-yard kickoff return that helped set up a Northwestern touchdown. He also rushed for a 17-yard TD during the Red Raiders’ 33-27 overtime win at Nebraska Wesleyan.

BlaDeS JoiN leaGue SIOUX CENTER—The Dordt College Blades hockey team will join the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Asso-ciation beginning on a probationary basis in 2012-13. The Blades had no conference affiliation last season. They previously played in the North Central Collegiate Hockey Associa-tion. Dordt, Lewis University in Illinois and the University of Nebraska are all joining the MACHA this season on a probationary basis, with full member-ship expected to come the following year. Dordt will play in the MACHA West Division with University of Iowa, Iowa State University, Universi-ty of Wisconsin-Platteville, Missouri State University, Kansas University, University of Nebraska. Probationary

teams are not eligible for the playoffs until they gain full membership.

DefeNDerS Set BaCk SIOUX CENTER—Dordt College dropped a 21-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-15 Great Plains Athletic Conference volleyball decision to Doane College Sept. 29. kayla Gesink issued 39 assists, made 15 digs and went 18-for-19 serving with two aces for the Defenders. Danae Geels had 16 ills and loy Sahr 10. kayla Broekhuis had 14 digs. Jana Van Zanten had 13 digs and was 14-for-15 serving with one ace.

touGH foe toPS NWC ORANGE CITY—Midland University shook off a slow start and brought down Northwestern College 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19 in Great Plains Athletic Conference volleyball Sept. 29. The Lancers held the Red Raiders to a .151 kill efficiency in the match. kaitlin floerchinger led North-western with 15 kills. Jaci Moret had nine kills. Madeline Hanno handed out 26 assists. alexis Bart totaled 24 digs.

DefeNDerS ruN StroNG ST. PAUL, MN—The Dordt College cross country teams competed in the Division II grouping at the roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota Sept. 29. The Defender women, ranked 13th in the latest NAIA poll, had the best finish among the NAIA teams competing at the meet. Dordt placed 11th in the 38-team Division II field. Merissa Harkema led the way, placing 43rd. Dordt’s men placed 24th out of 38 teams in Division II. ryan tholen placed 67th to pace the Defenders.

DefeNDer MeN StruGGle MARSHALLTOWN—The Dordt College men’s golf team finished ninth out of 10 teams at the AIB Invi-tational Sept. 29. Meet host AIB won the event with a team total of 578, led by individual medalist Johnny Schwaller’s 136. Dordt had a team total of 633 for the 36-hole tourna-ment. Jordan taralson had the low round for the Defenders with a 151.

WolVeS toP DefeNDerS LINCOLN, NE—Dordt College was unable to find the net until it was too late, falling to Nebraska Wesleyan University 3-1 in Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s soccer Sept. 29.

Colby twist scored in the 33rd and 42nd minutes to give the Prairie Wolves a 2-0 halftime led. luke lyons scored in the 54th minute to make it 3-0. Dordt got its goal when Steven talsma scored unassisted in the 84th minute. Nebraska Wesleyan put nine shots on goal to Dordt’s seven. Jon Brinkerhoff made six saves for the Defenders.

DorDt StoPPeD ColD LINCOLN, NE—The Dordt College women’s soccer team was unable to initiate any offense, falling to Nebraska Wesleyan University 4-0 in Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s soccer Sept. 29. The Prairie Wolves outshot the Defenders 13-1 in the contest. ashlee Slade scored two goals for the hosts. Shannon Surber and amber Johnson each added one tally. Natalie locke made seven saves for Dordt. katie kortman made two saves.

krier SiGNS at NWC ORANGE CITY—Vermillion, SD, native austin krier has decided to attend Northwestern College and will take part in the Red Raider basketball and track and field programs. Krier is a 6-foot-2-inch, 173-pound point guard who has earned three letters for Vermillion High School. He is a two-time all-conference player and has twice led his team in both scoring and assists. He also is a three-year letterwinner in track and field. He won a state championship as a part of a sprint medley team in 2012. He also was a member of a 1,600-meter relay team that reached the state finals and set a school record last season.

Pair SeleCt DorDt SIOUX CENTER—Dordt College has announced two recent baseball recruits: n Jake tarver, a recent graduate of Phoenix Christian High School in Arizona, led his team in batting aver-age, doubles and RBIs last season. He earned all-state first-team honors from the AIA Coaches, The Arizona Republic and Arizona Sports TV after batting .592 as a senior. He also won the 2012 U.S. Marine Corps Distin-guished Athlete Award. n Connor leppink had a .361 batting average with 21 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in his senior year at Holland Christian High School in Michigan despite missing half of the season with an injury. He was

a three-year starter and a two-time team captain. Leppink also won the conference scholar-athlete award.

NWC aDDS tWo PlayerS ORANGE CITY—Northwestern Col-lege has signed two recruits for its baseball program. n Charles “Chase” Davis iii, a pitcher/outfielder from Simi Valley, CA, finished his senior year with a .384 batting average, nine doubles, one triple and one home run for Bishop Almeny High School. He also recorded a 0.62 ERA in 11 and one-third innings pitched and struck out 13 batters. Davis III was named to the 2011 and 2012 All-Star games and was a 2012 All-CIML performer. n Blake Spinks of Mountain Lake, MN, is a pitcher/infielder. He was named a Red Rock All-Confer-ence player as a senior.

DorDt iNkS CHerkaS SIOUX CENTER—Jayde Cher-kas, an all-conference honoree at Iowa Lakes Community College, has decided to enroll at Dordt College and participate in the Defender softball program. Cherkas batted .425 in her freshman season at Iowa Lakes and .394 last year. She was second team all-conference and all-region in both of those years.

Zika to kiCk at NWC ORANGE CITY—Nicole Zika of Council Bluffs has signed a letter of intent to continue her soccer career at Northwestern College. She scored four goals and made 11 assists last season for Thomas Jefferson High School. She was named the most improved and most dedicated player at her school.

WyNJa Meet MeDaliSt SIOUX CITY—Northwestern Col-lege sophomore emma Wynja earned medalist honors for the third time this fall, leading the Red Raid-ers to the team title at the Briar Cliff University Invitational women’s golf tournament Sept. 29. She shot a 75 to win the tournament, which was held at Green Valley Golf Club. Teammates Betsy Wallin and Jessica locker tied for sixth with scores of 90. North-western had a team total of 351, easily outdistancing meet runner-up Morningside College at 367. Wynja was named the Great Plains Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the third straight week.

Wolfpack mows down Braves, still leads Lakes

South O’Brien junior Mikayla Hintz against Spalding Catholic on Thursday. She led the Wolverines with 15 kills in the War Eagle Conference contest. (Photo by Scott Byers)

Teammates congratulate Western Christian junior Summer Jansen after an ace serve against Cherokee on Thursday in Hull. The Class 2A second-ranked Wolfpack beat the Braves 25-7, 25-9, 25-15 in a Lakes Conference match. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

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CHEROKEE—N’West Iowa cross country runners left the soft golf course grasses Tuesday for the mostly gravel pathways at the Cherokee Invitational. The change in terrain did not seem to bother the MOC-Floyd Valley girls or the Western Christian boys who secured the team titles at the event.

Dutch plod onward MOC-Floyd Valley, ranked 10th in Class 3A, easily acquired some more hardware for its tro-phy case as the Dutch ran away with the girls team title. Bethany Dykstra’s 4-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 30 seconds was good enough to place sec-ond. “Our girls continue to pack well. Caroline (Ascherl) and Kenzie (Mulder) continue to have strong performances,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Doug De Zeeuw. “Jaycee (Vander Berg) ran one of her best races of the season get-ting to within seven seconds of Kenzie. We are getting better at decreasing our spread between our No. 1 and No. 7 runners. Class 2A second-ranked Unity Christian turned in another solid performance. Because of the stretch of the field in many of its meets, the Knights have not won as many meets as a year ago, but have been near the top at almost every one. “Our girls have been run-ning very consistently,” said Unity Christian coach Mark Kauk. “Alyssa Fedders, Tara Tilstra, Jennie Droog were part of a close finishing group of final scorers for us. Samantha Bandstra, normally our third runner, also finished with them but had dropped back because of battling a cold. Kinza Brue also turned in a fine race. We’re heading into the home stretch before district. We need to stay healthy and have the right mental frame of mind for our conference and district meets. Right now we’re focused on being the best we can be.” Sioux Center continues to be right in the mix of area teams jostling for the top spots at the state-qualifying meet. The Class 2A 12th-ranked Warriors finished fifth. “It’s so hard to know,” said Sioux Center Brock Lehman. “We were running without our No. 3. Spirit Lake didn’t have their one-two running.

Western had a runner go down. Those are who we’re concerned about. We came away with more questions than answers. Okoboji was pleased with its positioning, placing seventh. “To be within shouting dis-tance of Sioux Center and Sheldon was a great accom-plishment for our team,” said Pioneer coach Brad Peter. “We like that we’ve been able to improve as much as we have.” Western Christian coach Dan Kroeze probably could describe his 14th-ranked team’s experience at the meet as bizarre. The way it turned out, the eighth-place Wolfpack was happy to have enough runners complete the race for a team score. “I have had a lot of strange things happen to cross country teams at meets, but never this many in one meet,” Kroeze said. “Kiley (Van’t Hul) was going to try to run, but we didn’t feel her leg was ready. Miranda (Hulstein) is at the starting line, really not very healthy, but ran anyway, prob-ably shouldn’t have. Kenedie (Kats) starts out great but had to drop out. Anna Vande Kamp collapsed about a 400 (meters) from the end and had to be taken in to be checked out.”

Wolfpack nips Pioneers The Western Christian boys picked up another meet win, but it was not easy by any means. The Class 2A fifth-ranked Wolfpack was nearly run down by Class 2A 14th-ranked Okoboji. Western Christian’s winning margin was only two points. “These boys have surpassed any expectations I had so far this season,” Kroeze said. “This was a great meet to see where we are at compared to a lot of the district and conference teams. I couldn’t be happier at this point, however, there are very few points separating the top several teams for the dis-trict or conference meets that one runner having a bad race could really make a huge dif-ference in the team results, so we need to keep building to the end of the season. We are not where we want to be yet.” Okoboji coach Brad Peter liked what he saw from his team as the season begins to wind the bend into its stretch run. It may have been the Pio-neers most impressive showing of the year given the field their were running against. “Our boys ran really well. It was the first time all year all of our kids ran well together,” Peter said. “We feel like we got a

good team. The next two weeks it’s all about racing. In the seven years I’ve been here, we’ve never had a good race at Chero-kee. We really felt we needed to bounce back and we did.” MOC-Floyd Valley will get another shot at Okoboji at Tuesday’s Siouxland Confer-ence Meet in Sheldon, but the Dutch had to settle for fourth. “Our boys squad rebounded from a bit of a down meet at Western to a strong perfor-mance tonight,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Doug De Zeeuw. “Cole Wohlgemuth and Carter Foughty worked well together throughout the race. Okoboji looks like the team to beat next week at the confer-ence meet. We are going to do our best to get our guys ready for the challenge.” Class 2A No. 15 Unity Chris-tian had only a 20-second spread between its first and fifth runners, but the Knights could use that pack to move up a few spots. They finished sixth. “We had some good things happen,” said Unity Chris-tian coach Karl Kaemingk. “Schuyler Malenke had a great race and is coming on strong. Dylan Bartels and Trevor Kauk worked through the tough course and provided the lead-ership we need. Alex Dorhout is moving along well and learning to race. Our pack is tight and we are looking for a breakthrough as we move into the final stages of the season.” Class 1A second-ranked Trin-ity Christian came in seventh, but that was only part of the bad news for the Tigers who might be without No. 2 run-

ner Stephen Boonstra for the remainder of the year with a possible stress fracture on the top of his tibia. “ That’s not the race we would’ve liked,” said Tiger coach Ben Laning. “When you have something like that happen it’s hard to keep the team morale up. That’s some-thing we as a team struggled with. Placewise, I thought we could’ve been better.” Trinity Christian had the top N’West Iowa finisher with Alex Van Ginkel coming in second to Spirit Lake’s Will Norris in 16:55. Sioux Center fell back into ninth place, struggling to find its place among some of the best teams in the area. “Haile’s (Duden) back was sore. I don’t know if he tweaked it or what. He just dealt with it,” Lehman said. “Josh (Olvera) ran a better race, but he still got out way too slow.” Sheldon had a similar prob-lem, but managed to avoid last place by finishing one spot better than 12th-place Maple Valley-Anthon Oto.

Cherokee Invitational Girls team results: 1. MOC-Floyd Valley 32; 2. Unity Christian 75; 3. LeMars 83; 4. Spirit Lake 163; 5. Sioux Center 178; 6. Sheldon 180; 7. Okoboji 187; 8. Western Christian 199; 9. OA-BCIG 228; 10. Storm Lake 249; 11. Cherokee 261; 12. Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 266. N’West Iowa individual results: 2. Bethany Dykstra (MOC-FV) 15:30; 3. Kassidy De Jong (UC) 15:51; 4. Caroline Ascherl (MOC-FV) 16:00; 5. Miranda Moss (SC) 16:04; 6. Erika Douma (WC) 16:10; 7. Kenzie Mulder (MOC-FV) 16:13; 8. Jaycee Vander Berg (MOC-FV) 16:20; 9. Jacki Hoogland (UC) 16:34; 10. Clare Eckard (Oko) 16:34; 11. Salli Valdez (MOC-FV) 16:40; 15. Rebekah Muilenburg (MOC-FV) 17:10; 17. Shelby Bruns (Sh) 17:16; 18. Keanna Vaandrager (WC) 17:19; 19. Denae Doornink (SC) 17:22; 20. Alyssa Fedders (UC) 17:26;

21. Tara Tilstra (UC) 17:28; 22. Samantha Bandstra (UC) 17:30; 23. Olivia Albright (Oko) 17:32; 24. Jennie Droog (UC) 17:33; 30. Kinza Brue (UC) 17:56; 32. Jordan Duncan (Oko) 18:00; 36. Miranda Mouw (SC) 18:07; 37. Anna Marie Fjeld (Sh) 18:08; 38. Amy Laning (TC) 18:13; 41. Caitlin Cain (Sh) 18:16; 42. Brittany Van Wyk (Sh) 18:17; 43. Allorie Feekes (Sh) 18:18; 45. Frannie Feekes (Sh) 18:40; 50. Tori Meendering (Sh) 19:04; 55. Steph Husa (SC) 19:27; 56. Elizabeth Ellrich (Oko) 19:29; 57. Miranda Hulstein (WC) 19:32; 58. Jamie Altena (WC) 19:44; 60. Megan Kelderman (WC) 19:55; 63. Lindsay Mouw (SC) 20:23; 66. Grace Goehring (Oko) 20:58. Boys team results: 1. Western Christian 96; 2. Okoboji 98; 3. Storm Lake 117; 4. MOC-Floyd Valley 132; 5. Spirit Lake 141; 6. Unity Christian 150; 7. Trinity Christian 172; 8. OA-BCIG 176; 9. Sioux Center 183; 10. LeMars 214; 11. Sheldon 259; 12. Maple Valley-Anthon Oto 319. N’West Iowa individual results: 2. Alex Van Ginkel (TC) 16:55; 3. Coleman McAllister (MOC-FV) 17:02; 5. Joe Hilsabeck (Oko) 17:20; 7. Quinn Groff (Sh) 17:25; 8. Joseph Tolsma (MOC-FV) 17:35; 9. Kevin Steiger (WC) 17:39; 10. Josh Olvera (SC) 17:41; 11. Haile Duden (SC) 17:45; 12. P.J. Kooima (WC) 17:48; 13. David Te Krony (WC) 17:53; 15. Colby Kraninger (Oko) 17:55; 17. Chris Albright (Oko) 17:58; 19. Ryan Chinlund (Oko) 17:58; 22. Kyle Vander Plaats (WC) 18:12; 24. Trevor Kauk (UC) 18:14; 25. Schuyler Malenke (UC) 18:16; 26. Colton Hoksbergen (TC) 18:17; 27. Cole Wohlgemuth (MOC-FV) 18:17; 32. Dylan Bartels (UC) 18:22; 33. Michael Wolgen (UC) 18:26; 34. Carter Foughty (MOC-FV) 18:28; 36. Alex Dorhout (UC) 18:34; 39. Jacob Prado (Sh) 18:46; 40. Marcus De Weerd (WC) 18:48; 42. Blake Lineweaver (Oko) 18:53; 44. Marcus Van Engen (TC) 18:58; 46. Jason Feather (Oko) 19:00; 47. Ross Rozeboom (SC) 19:01; 48. Noah Waldner (TC) 19:01; 49. Andres Ortiz (SC) 19:02; 51. Ben Broers (UC) 19:03; 52. Brad Gritters (TC) 19:08; 55. Mark Ahlers (Sh) 19:19; 56. Justin King (TC) 19:20; 60. Andrew De Boer (MOC-FV) 19:23; 61. Jeff Jeltema (UC) 19:23; 62. Justin Te Grotenhuis (MOC-FV) 19:25; 66. Louis Vander Velde (SC) 19:35; 67. Brady Jones (Oko) 19:35; 70. Nick Geels (WC) 19:45; 72. Justin Kamstra (WC) 19:47; 73. Nate Westra (TC) 19:53; 75. Brady Schreiner (SC) 20:26; 78. Chaz DeRocher (Sh) 20:42; 80. Chris Jansen (Sh) 21:19.

Wolverines capturecrown at Kingsley KINGSLEY—South O’Brien boys picked up another confi-dence-boosting cross country victory Tuesday at the Kingsley-Pierson Invitational. The win was the Wolverines third of the season and came with a little more ease than the previous two. They had a healthy 26-point margin over second-place Woodbury Central/Kingsley-Pierson. Daniel Patterson, Austin Dun-nick and Luke Hoger finished fifth, sixth and seventh, respec-tively for the Wolverines. “I was really scared about Woodbury Central because we had only beat them by five points in Moville, but we had

no trouble with them,” said South O’Brien coach Byron Foster. “That was our best meet so far. It was a perfect night. You couldn’t have asked for a better night to run on.” Spalding Catholic ran just two individuals, but both were medalists. Michael Grady finished 10th while Matthew Holzman was 21st. “Michael Grady ran his first race in two weeks and his third of the season as he comes off a reoccurring ankle injury,” said Spalding Catholic coach Scott Willman. “He ran with the top runners the first mile and a half until conditioning caught up with him. He’s got two weeks and three more meets to be qualifying-meet ready. Mat-thew Holzman improved his personal best time by 45 sec-onds.” West Harrison took the girls title with South O’Brien lagging in the back of the pack at fifth. Halee Rahbusch finished third to pace the Wolverines. “Halee ran a good race. She’s still working,” Foster said. Spalding Catholic is just short of having a full girls squad. The Spartans ran four runners and each one turned in a respect-able showing. All four were in the top 25. Emily Pohlen led that bunch, finishing ninth. “Emily Pohlen finished the race with the best kick she has had all season,” Willman said. “Rebecca Streff did the same, earning her first varsity medal. Christina Schmit continues to make good improvements as a freshman.”

Kingsley-Pierson Invitational Girls team results: 1. West Harrison 47; 2. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 53; 3. Woodbury Central/Kingsley-Pierson 60; 4. Hinton 72; 5. South O’Brien 96. N’West Iowa individual results: 3. Halee Rahbusch (SOS) 16:48; 9. Emily Pohlen (SpC) 17:51; 20. Rebecca Streff (SpC) 18:51; 22. Christina Schmit (SpC) 19:04; 24. Maggie Schroeder (SpC) 19:30; 29. Miranda Liebsack (SOS) 20:05; 31. Olivia Sickelka (SOS) 20:29; 37. Kellie Einck (SOS) 21:08; 43. Rebecca Thiel (SOS) 22:06. Boys team results: 1. South O’Brien 45; 2. Woodbury Central/Kingsley-Pierson 71; 3. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 84; 4. Hinton 95; 5. Westwood 111; 6. West Monona 145; 7. Lawton-Bronson 156. N’West Iowa individual results: 5. Daniel Patterson (SOS) 17:15; 6. Austin Dunnick (SOS) 17:23; 7. Luke Hoger (SOS) 17:30; 10. Michael Grady (SpC) 18:22; 15. Tanner Hedberg (SOS) 18:41; 16. Brian Haden (SOS) 18:44; 17. Ben Aberson (SOS) 18:45; 21. Matthew Holzman (SpC) 19:06; 30. Sean Anderson (SOS) 19:46.

Sioux Center sophomore Haile Duden runs down the back side of the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational course on Thursday at Otter Valley Country Club south of George. The Warriors were among the teams in the field at the Cherokee Invitational on Tuesday. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

TUESDAy CROSS COUNTRy

Dutch, ’Pack continue to produce wins

CROSS COUNTRY STATE RANKINGS

Source: Iowa Association of Track Coaches

Class 3A girls 1. Decorah 2. Davenport Assumption 3. Sioux City Heelan 4. Solon 5. Dubuque Wahlert 6. Williamsburg 7. Grinnell 8. Pella 9. Harlan 10. MOC-Floyd Valley 11. Charles City 12. Spencer 13. Dallas Center-Grimes 14. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 15. Shenandoah/Essex

Class 2A girls 1. Northeast 2. Unity Christian 3. Gilbert 4. Cascade 5. Spirit Lake 6. North Fayette 7. Davis County 8. CMB 9. North Polk 10. Roland-Story 11. South Hamilton 12. Sioux Center 13. Monticello 14. Western Christian 15. East Marshall

Class 1A girls 1. Griswold 2. North Linn 3. Eagle Grove 4. Earlham 5. Pekin 6. Central 7. Dike-New Hartford 8. Denver 9. Tri-Center 10. Bellevue Marquette 11. Emmetsburg 12. Algona Garrigan 13. Underwood 14. Lynnville-Sully 15. Starmont

Class 3A boys 1. Decorah 2. Sioux City Heelan 3. Pella 4. Boone 5. Charles City 6. Grinnell 7. Dubuque Wahlert 8. Shenandoah/Essex 9. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 10. Glenwood 11. Vinton-Shellsburg 12. Cedar Rapids Xavier 13. Marion 14. Knoxville 15. Crestwood

Class 2A boys 1. Monticello 2. North Polk 3. Northeast 4. Gilbert 5. Western Christian 6. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 7. Center Point-Urbana 8. Tipton 9. North Iowa 10. Spirit Lake 11. Osage 12. Albia 13. South Winneshiek 14. Okoboji 15. Unity Christian

Class 1A boys 1. Council Bluffs St. Albert 2. Trinity Christian 3. Denver 4. Dike-New Hartford 5. Riverside 6. Hudson 7. Guthrie Center 8. BCLUW 9. Highland 10. Woodward Academy 11. South O’Brien 12. Alta-Aurelia 13. North Butler 14. Bellevue Marquette 15. Nodaway Valley

Okoboji junior Clare Eckard runs up the final hill at the George-Little Rock/Central Lyon Invitational on Thurs-day. The Pioneers ran at Cherokee on Tuesday.

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SPORTS

They will have to travel a bit to get there, but N’West Iowa fans of Class

1A and 2A high school cross country will get a two-for-one deal on the trip. The Iowa High School Ath-letic Asso-ciation and Iowa Girls High School Ath-letic Union announced Monday the assign-ments for the state-qualifying meets. In a unique twist, both the 1A and 2A schools from the region will run at the same site, the Hol-stein Country Club. Ridge View High School is hosting the meets on Thursday, Oct. 18. The races will begin 3:30 p.m. with Class 1A girls. N’West Iowa teams in that group are Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, Sib-ley-Ocheyedan, South O’Brien, Spalding Catholic, Trinity

Christian, West Lyon and West Sioux. Sibley-Ocheyedan junior Leah Seivert placed second in Class 2A at the state meet as a freshman and second in the Class 1A field last year. She is ranked second this season and should be the individual favor-ite in the regional race. Algona Garrigan senior Erin Reedy is ranked 12th and Tri-Center of Neola senior Alex Larson is 14th. The team favorites in the girls’ race figure to be ninth-ranked Tri-Center, 11th-ranked Emmetsburg and 12th-ranked Algona Garrigan. The favorite in the boys’ field looks like Trinity Christian, but the second-ranked Tigers are a bit banged up with sixth-ranked Stephen Boonstra questionable for the race due to a stress fracture. South O’Brien is ranked 11th as a team and Alta-Aurelia is 12th. Trinity Christian junior Alex Van Ginkel is ranked second in the state individually. West Lyon junior Micah Bajema is ranked fifth, Wildcat senior

Chase Bruggeman is seventh, Tri-Center junior Darrian Irlbeck is 22nd and South O’Brien senior Daniel Patter-son is 25th. The N’West Iowa Class 2A teams at Ridge View will be Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley, George-Little Rock/Central Lyon, Okoboji, Sheldon, Sioux Center, Unity Christian and Western Christian. Competition for the top three team spots and a berth at state in Class 2A figures to be fierce. Defending girls state cham-pion Unity Christian enters that race ranked second. Spirit Lake is ranked fifth, Sioux Cen-ter 12th and Western Christian 14th. On the boys side, Western Christian is ranked fifth, Spirit Lake is 10th, Okoboji is 14th and Unity Christian is 15th. Individually, the field includes the top-ranked runner in the Class 2A boys poll. Senior Will Norris of Spirit Lake was the runner-up at state last season. Spirit Lake junior Tan-ner Goetsch is ranked 11th, George-Little Rock/Central

Lyon junior Josh Schriever is 17th, Spirit Lake senior Mark Norland is 19th and Western Christian senior Kevin Steiger is 24th. On the girls side, Unity Chris-tian sophomore Kassidy De Jong would appear to be the favorite. She is ranked fifth. Western Christian junior Erika Douma is ninth, Spirit Lake junior Dondi Schmidt is 12th, Sioux Center junior Miranda Moss is 16th, Spirit Lake senior Mariah Wills is 19th, Okoboji junior Clare Eckard is 20th, George-Little Rock/Central Lyon senior Kori Schulte is 21st and Unity Christian soph-omore Jacki Hoogland is 26th. MOC-Floyd Valley fans do not have as far to travel as Spencer hosts the Class 3A state-quali-fying meet. The girls’ field appears to have some definite favorites. Teamwise, Sioux City Heelan is ranked third, MOC-Floyd Valley is 10th and Spencer is 12th. Individually, MOC-Floyd Valley junior Bethany Dykstra is ranked seventh and LeMars sophomore Kenzie Theisen

is right behind her in eighth. Spencer junior Cierra Guerre-ro is 17th and Garner-Hayfield senior Kamille Kronemann is 24th. The boys’ field appears to be more wide open. Sioux City Heelan is ranked second, but no other ranked teams are in the field. Indi-vidually, Heelan senior Alec DeVries is ranked eighth, Heelan senior Tommy Thelen is ninth, Spencer junior Ryan Bauermeister is 10th, Heelan sophomore Alex Pavone is 18th and MOC-Floyd Valley junior Coleman McAllister is 26th.

Dordt to unveil new logo Dordt College in Sioux Center will reveal a new athletic logo for its sports teams during “Late Night with the Defend-ers” on Friday, Oct. 19. That also is Parents’ Weekend on campus. The late-night event is the annual season-opening scrimmages for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. That event begins at 10:30 p.m.

and features various audience participation competitions for prizes, a dunk contest and the scrimmages. The new logo is scheduled to be unveiled at midnight. People in attendance will have an opportunity to win a T-shirt after the ceremony. Additional merchandise featuring the new logo will be available at the Dordt bookstore the following day.

One alone in contest Most of the participants in The N’West Iowa REVIEW Football Contest in Week 6 must have decided to go with the state rankings when it came to picking the game between unranked Woodbury Central and third-ranked Law-ton-Bronson. The Wildcats handed the Eagles their first loss, 20-19, making it difficult for any-one to get through the week unscathed. In fact, out of the 33 entrants, only one person did. Bill Lombard of Inwood had all of the games correct and earned the victory.

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LEMARS—Some players who haven’t gotten many opportunities for Spald-ing Catholic thus far got a chance to get some seasoning against one of the top teams in the state Tuesday as Class 1A seventh-ranked LeMars Gehlen Catholic took down the Spartans in three sets in War Eagle Conference volleyball. The Spartans were shorthanded going into the match. “Sickness provided opportunity for others. We went into the game missing Samantha Newborg in the middle and Becca Feller at libero,” said Spalding Catholic coach Beth Bunkers. “This opened the door for Allison Hansen to play middle, Anna Hunt to play libero and Melissa Schmit to play as a defen-sive specialist.” Getting those players involved was one of the highlights on the night for the Spartans. “They played hard,” Bunkers said. “They tried to play at the varsity level and tempo of the game.” Hansen actually wound up leading the Spartans in kills with four. Caitlin Murphy and Carli Murphy both had three kills. Sarah Konz passed out 10 assists. Catilin Murphy was 8-for-8 serving with one ace. Abby Van Den Top went 20-for-25 in serve reception and had five digs. Konz and Carli Mur-phy both had six digs. Leah Bunkers had two solo blocks and Hansen had one.

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PAULLINA—South O’Brien had to get used to a temporary change in leadership Tuesday, but eventually the Wolverines showed their talents with a five-set nonconference volleyball win over Sioux Central. The Wolverines were working with-out head coach Kelsey Bachman, who gave birth to a child the previous night. Assistant coach Ashton Lansink said it was evident that something felt different for the players in the opening set. “You could definitely tell the girls were not settled into a groove. I don’t know if they were just off because the head coach wasn’t there or what. They are familiar enough with me, and we didn’t do anything different,” Lansink said. “I just told them if they all just took care of themselves and did their jobs, the rest would take care of itself. Once they got those nerves settled, we started to get it together.” Lansink said the Wolverines missed on a chance to close out the Rebels in the fourth set but took no chances in the fifth. South O’Brien raced to a 12-6 lead in the deciding set. Lansink said South O’Brien was good both offensively and defensively. “The girls did a good job covering the blocks, and our serving was on all night. Even in pressure situations, it was there,” Lansink said. “All of our servers had at least one ace. Our hit-ters put a lot of balls down. We had three girls with over 20 digs. In a five-set match, you expect quite a few, but that’s still very good.” Emma Sweeney handed out 34 assists for South O’Brien. Rachel Struve had 15 kills, Taylor Paulsen 13 and Mikayla Hintz 11. The Wolverines had 15 ace serves as a team. Emma Sweeney was 23-for-23 with two aces. Taylor Paulsen had five ace serves and Terran Ebel had two aces. Hintz picked up 29 digs, Paulsen had 24 and

Kendra Rohlfsen 22. Struve took part in four blocks and Sweeney had two.

Unity Christian movingcloser to War Eagle titleMarCuS-MerIden-CleGHOrn 13 5 10unIty CHrIStIan 25 25 25

ORANGE CITY—Unity Christian maintained its status as the leader in the War Eagle Conference, cruising through a three-set sweep of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn in league play Tuesday. The Knights moved to 20-5 overall and 8-0 in conference play. Unity Christian has two conference games remaining on its schedule. Both are against teams that are under .500 in War Eagle play. Unity Christian, ranked eighth in Class 3A, did what it was supposed to do against a Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn team that is still seeking its first War Eagle win this season. The Knights served at 93 percent with 11 aces, went 21-for-22 in serve recep-tion and blasted 40 kills with a .410 kill efficiency rate. “Everyone contributed nicely throughout the match,” said Unity Christian coach Janna Van Donge. “The girls passed well and served well.” Josie Zomermaand was 23-for-23 serving with four aces. Autumn Pluim went 15-for-15 with two aces, and Hope Kramer was 7-for-8 with two ace serves. Jill Schouten offered 20 assists. Elizabeth Kiel crushed 12 kills and Anna Kiel pounded 10. Zomermaand had nine digs and Pluim had seven.

Elizabeth Kiel put up two blocks.

Rapidly improving Hawksdeal out aces in victoryHartley-MelVIn-SanBOrn 25 25 21 25reMSen-unIOn 19 21 25 18

REMSEN—Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn rifled over 19 ace serves to create the momentum surges it needed to hold off Remsen-Union in four sets in War Eagle Conference volleyball Tuesday. Kaley Tewes led the ace parade for the Hawks, going 16-for-18 serving with six aces. Kendra Zeutenhorst was 14-for-16 with five aces. Kailey Enger went 13-for-14 with four aces. Dixie Lauesen served three aces and Jaylin Rieck had one ace. “The girls did a nice job. We’ve been working hard on serving all season. They are doing better at reading the court and serving to players who are struggling with serve receive,” said Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn coach Kristin Thorn. “We do still have some lapses. It seemed like we’d get on a nice little run and miss a serve. It’s just one of those fundamental skills you

have to keep working on all the time.” Thorn said Zeutenhorst and Katie Mills provided some offensive thump for the Hawks. “We had a nice night. Katie and Ken-dra did a nice job of putting the ball down,” Thorn said. “It all goes back to that first pass, which has gotten better for us as the year has went on. Kailey Enger has really taken over the leader-ship role, and she’s doing a really nice job of getting the ball to where our hit-ters need it.” A brief blip in the passing cost the Hawks the third set, but they were right back on top of it in the fourth set. It was the second win in a row for the Hawks. “The girls’ confidence level in them-selves and with each other has contin-ued to grow. They know each others’ strengths,” Thorn said. “When you get a few wins, that will give any team some confidence. The girls have just been playing better and better.” Zeutenhorst powered the attack with 12 kills. Mills registered seven kills. Enger dished out 21 assists. Defen-sively, Rieck turned in 18 digs, Mills

had 14 and Lauesen added 10. Zeu-tenhorst had one solo block and one assisted block.

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AKRON—West Sioux put together some spectacular plays in its rivalry match with Akron-Westfield on Tues-day, but the Falcons were not able to string quite enough of them together to pull out a road victory in War Eagle Conference volleyball. The match was every bit as emo-tional and competitive as one might expect, going the maximum five sets. Akron-Westfield won the first set and had an opportunity to go up 2-0, but West Sioux stretched out the second game until finally putting it away at 29-27. The Westerners won a close third set, but the Falcons dominated the fourth frame. Akron-Westfield then gained enough margin to keep West Sioux away in the fifth set. “The girls played hard against Akron-Westfield. We had some really great games where our girls played awesome on defense and offense,” said West Sioux coach Laura Hensley. “Once again, it is maintaining that consistency that we need to work on.” Hensley said a few players have stepped up as leaders for the Falcons as the team continues to develop. “Shannon Jasper had another great game offensively, and I’m proud of how far she has come since last year,” Hensley said. “Rylee Negaard did a great job all-around, and Carissa Anderson had some great defensive stats.” Jasper was far and away the kill lead-er for the Falcons with 18. Negaard contributed eight kills. Jenna Rehder handed out 21 assists. Negaard had five ace serves, Anderson had four and Carly Dekkers three. Anderson came up with 22 digs and Negaard had 14. Jasper had four solo blocks. Dekkers had two assisted blocks.

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SPENCER—The Spencer Fieldhouse was loud in its support of the home team, but Western Christian has visit-ed venues like that many times before and simply went about its business in a three set sweep of the Tigers in Lakes Conference volleyball Tuesday. “It was Spencer’s homecoming, and they had a large, loud student sec-tion. It was an exciting atmosphere to play in,” said Western Christian coach Tammi Veerbeek. “I thought it was good for us to play in that environ-ment with tournament time drawing closer. The noise and the chants didn’t seem to affect the girls. In fact, it may have made them go harder.” The noise of the crowd could not match the thunder brought by the Western Christian front line. The Wolfpack had a .419 hitting efficiency as a team in the contest. The Wolfpack also kept the Tigers from bringing much offense back at them, using a 97 percent serve rate and 12 aces to keep Spencer out of system. “We played consistent from start to finish. Serving was the highlight, and we continue to overwhelm people at the net,” Veerbeek said. “We feel we are going in the right direction head-ing into the later part of the season.” Jamie Gesink lofted 24 assists in the contest. Brooke Wolterstorff had 10 kills, Jade Schaap nine and Ema Altena eight. Abby Pollema was 15-for-15 serving. Wolterstorff had four ace serves and Kim Kroeze added three. Wolterstorff managed 13 digs and Alissa Pollema came up with 10. Altena was in on five blocks.

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Spartans slowed by illness, bumped by JaysTUESDAy VOLLEyBALL

Spalding Catholic sophomore Abby Van Den Top bumps a pass to the setter in a loss to South O’Brien on Thursday. The Spartans lost to Gehlen Catholic on Tuesday. (Photos by Scott Byers)

Junior Sarah Konz takes her turn serving for Spalding Catholic against South O’Brien Tuesday.

South O’Brien junior Mikayla Hintz reaches o tap a shot over the Spalding Catholic block. The Wolverines have won three in a row.

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Wolfpack pummelsfoes on way to title

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U R B A N D A L E — We s t e r n Christian again traveled to central Iowa looking for new competition on the volleyball court, but the field did not put up much resistance as the Wolfpack charged to the cham-pionship of the Urbandale Invitational last Saturday. Western Christian held oppo-nents to 10 points or less in five of the 12 sets it played on the day, sweeping six matches on its way to the title.

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Message sent quickly Western Christian, ranked second in Class 2A, faced Class 1A second-ranked Holy Trinity Catholic of Fort Madison in the first round of pool play. What was supposed to be an intrigu-ing match instead was a romp as the Wolfpack won 21-7, 21-10. “Pool play began at 8 a.m., so we had to make sure we were mentally and physically awake for the challenge,” said Western Christian coach Tammi Veer-

beek. “We jumped out on them right away, and once they rotat-ed their big 6-foot-3 hitter to the back row, they got stuck in those rotations in both games, and we just overwhelmed them with our size and speed at the net.” The Wolfpack served at 98 percent with 10 aces and had a .467 kill efficiency in that match. Alissa Pollema was 7-for-7 serving with three aces. Summer Jansen was 5-for-5

with three aces. Jade Schaap had six kills, and five other Western Christian players had at least three kills. Jamie Gesink issued 20 assists. Pollema had six digs. Shae De Jager, Haley Moss and Gesink each got in on two blocks. The Wolfpack played Class 5A West Des Moines Valley in the next round and dominated the first set before settling for a 21-6, 21-18 win. “We came out on fire and exe-

cuted our offense with a high efficiency. We took them out of their game,” Veerbeek said. “In game two, Valley played much stronger, and we had some unforced errors that made the game more even, but we still pulled out a match win.” G e s i n k h a n d e d o u t 1 8 assists in that victory. Ema Altena,Brooke Wolterstorff and Moss each had six kills. Alissa Pollema was 12-for-13 serving with one ace, and Abby Pol-lema was 7-for-7 with one ace. Jansen made nine digs. Altena took part in two blocks. The final pool play match with Carroll was nearly a car-bon copy of the match with Val-ley as the Wolfpack won 21-7, 21-19. “Again, we jumped out to a commanding lead. We had some strong passing that kept us attacking at the net,” Veer-beek said. “In game two, we went with a different lineup and gave our role players a chance to pull that win out, and they did just that. We were actually down late in the game but made a nice comeback to pull out the match sweep.” Moss paced the Wolfpack with five kills. Josie Kollis issued nine assists and Gesink had eight. Alissa Pollema was 15-for-16 serving and had four

digs. Amber Westra took part in three blocks. Once the teams went to bracket play, the matches were played to 25 points. That allowed the opponents to get a few more swings in, but West-ern Christian continued to roll. The Wolfpack matched up with Marshalltown in the quar-terfinals and posted a 25-15, 25-14 win. “We played consistent and did a nice job in our sideout offense,” Veerbeek said. Schaap and Wolterstorff led another balanced front-line effort with six kills apiece. Gesink lofted 26 assists and was 14-for-14 serving with four aces. Wolterstorff had eight digs. The semif inal matchup was a rematch with an Ames team Western Christian had swept in a tournament in Fort Dodge two weeks earlier. The Wolfpack again handled the Little Cyclones without much trouble, winning 25-6, 25-13. “We completely took them out of their game and con-trolled all aspects of the match from start to finish in both games,” Veerbeek said. “It was good to see us keep our level of performance high.” Kim Kroeze was 11-for-11 serving with three aces in that

match. Abby Pollema was 14-for-15 with one ace. Gesink dished out 19 assists. Wolter-storff pounded nine kills and Schaap had eight. Wolterstorff and Kroeze both contrib-uted nine digs. Wolterstorff and Schaap both had two blocks. The championship match was against Class 5A ninth-ranked Cedar Falls. We s t e r n C h r i s t i a n w a s pushed a little more than it had been but still netted a 25-21, 25-17 sweep. “We faced a tough Cedar Falls team who ran a strong offense and matched up with us at the net with their size,” Veerbeek said. “In both games, we broke out to leads midway through and were able to maintain that with an effective sideout with first ball kills. We played smart but aggressive. We are learning what shots to use and when to use them.” Wolterstorff and Altena both slammed eight kills in the title match. Gesink lobbed 23 assists. Abby Pollema was 14-for-15 serving with two aces. Alissa Pollema plucked seven digs. Gesink took part in three blocks. Five Western Christian play-ers had at least 20 kills in the tournament, and the team had a .372 kill efficiency rate.

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HULL—Boyden-Hull landed 13 ace serves to help put away a somewhat pesky Sibley-Ocheyedan squad in three sets of Siouxland Conference volleyball play on Tuesday. While the serves were effective, Comet coach Dean Hoogeveen said Boyden-Hull was not efficient. “We just played OK. We missed way too many serves. It was a roller coaster night,” Hoogeveen said. The Comets were 60-of-71 serving in the contest. It was the sec-ond meeting of the year between the squads. The Comets nipped the Generals in two sets in the title game of the Sibley-Ocheyedan Invitational on Sept. 10. “I thought we played them better the first time. We handled their serves better,” said Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Lincoln Robinson. “This time their trademark topspin serves gave us a lot of trouble.” The Generals faced a seven-point deficit early in the first set before eventually getting within two points at 22-20. Boyden-Hull put that one away, but trailed 13-10 in the second set before charging back again. “That was kind of the story, not being able to finish that off,” Robinson said. “We had the same trouble with that last week against Central Lyon. When we have a good team down in a set, we need to be able to finish it. I thought we got out-toughed. We have to learn to be tougher when the competition gets stronger. The Comets had no such issues in the third set, leading from start to fin-ish. Hoogeveen said the Comets need to eliminate the ups and downs in their game. “We played very well at times and hope we can find that consistency to play well all the time,” he said. “It is time to get after it and make the qual-ity passes, sets and hits we need to win.” Alidea Savage was 9-for-9 serving with four aces for the Comets. Allison Te Slaa was 15-for-17 with three aces. Courtney Schafer led the team with nine kills and Nicole Ewoldt had six. Kasey Olson dealt out 10 assists and Ewoldt had eight. Ewoldt plucked nine digs. Schafer, Te Slaa and Kendra Van Meeteren each got in on two blocks. Kayla Ackerman, Bridget Doeden, and Jen Willemssen each had five kills for Sibley-Ocheyedan. Kaylee White and Alyssa Stofferan had eight assists apiece. Ackerman was 8-for-9 serving with one ace. Michaela Wolter hustled down 20 digs. Doeden had three solo

blocks.

Warriors rattle Rocketsduring opening two setsSIOux Center 25 25 25rOCk Valley 9 11 20

ROCK VALLEY—Sioux Center caught fire early to grab the upper hand and responded when Rock Valley upped its level of play in the third set as the War-riors earned a Siouxland Conference volleyball victory on Tuesday. Sioux Center, ranked third in Class 3A, had 13 ace serves on the night. Most of those came in the first two sets. “Games one and two were very solid efforts. We executed well with a high hitting efficiency. We served tough and were able to get 13 aces and many other free balls,” said Sioux Center coach Julie Oldenkamp. Oldenkamp said the Warriors made some errors that provided a spark for Rock Valley in the third set, but main-tained their composure. Rock Valley coach Megan Malenosky wasn’t sure what prompted the Rockets to play better in the third set. She just wished it started sooner. “In the first two sets we were flat. We didn’t communicate and never got into much of a rhythm,” Malenosky said. “In the third set we played almost to the level where I know we can play. You kind of got the feeling if we would have had another game, we would have upped it even more. Hopefully, that can be the start of a little streak of us playing well.” Amber Bakker led Sioux Center with nine kills. Jill Vander Plaats had six kills. Malyn Hulstein handed out 21 assists. Bakker was 11-for-12 serving with five aces. Caitlynn Fedders had three ace serves. Madison Beaver served two aces. Hulstein managed 11 digs, Jillian Estes had 10 and Beaver converted eight. Jennifer Buyert had three solo blocks and three assisted blocks. “It was a pretty balanced effort on the night,” Oldenkamp said. “Many hitters got the ball and were able to get some kills, and we also had service aces from six different servers.” Karen Sanchez had five ace serves for Rock Valley. Jaedyn Rus was 11-for-11 serving with one ace and also con-tributed 12 assists. Sanchez, Joanna Heemstra and Maddie Godfredsen each had four kills. Sanchez and Kensy Vande Hoef each had three digs. Madi-son Koehler and Heemstra each got in on three blocks.

Central Lyon drops rivalwith high efficiency levelGeOrGe-lIttle rOCk 12 25 17 18Central lyOn 25 18 25 25

ROCK RAPIDS—Class 1A fifth-ranked Central Lyon and friendly rival George-Little Rock exchanged blows in the first two sets before the Lions turned it on and earned a victory in Siouxland Conference volleyball on Tuesday. The players from the neighboring schools know each other well as they share several other sports during the year. The teams had also met twice in regular season tournaments this season, with the Lions winning in three sets at home and sweeping the

Mustangs at George-Little Rock. The Lions looked convincing in the first set, but the Mustangs had an answer in the second. “Even though we’d played them before, I think in the second game we had a better feel for how we wanted to play them. We hit the ball harder and our serve receive got better,” said George-Little Rock coach Chelsea Mersbergen. “Their libero has quite a floater, and in the first game we let her go on a big run and that kind of spooked us.” Central Lyon regained its form in the last two sets. “The girls came out with high energy and good team play. We dipped a bit on serve receive in the second game, but the girls came back ready to go in the third and fourth games,” said Cen-tral Lyon coach Jamie Helmers. “They pushed really hard to finish the third and fourth games in their favor. We had a match-high in team kill efficien-cy, so that was exciting. We do need to block a little better. We have the ability. The girls just need to be ready.” Mersbergen said the Mustangs did everything they needed to at different points in the match, but had some key errors at critical times. “We just weren’t able to execute quite consistently enough,” she said. Angel Rasmussen was 19-for-21 serving with two aces for the Lions. Lexi Ackerman registered 13 kills and Kelsey Ackerman had 10. Lexi Acker-man was credited with 20 assists and Claire Snyder had 10. Defensively, Mikayla Miller had nine digs. Kelsey Ackerman was 36-for-45 passing and had seven digs. Ashley Vande Stouwe had three blocks. Amber Stettnichs handed out 20 assists for the Mustangs. Shannon Klaassen hammered 14 kills and Tay-lor Carstensen had nine. Keeley Kruse and Jessica Sandbulte each had two ace serves. Stettnichs was 12-for-13 with one ace. Abigail Eben picked up 10 digs and Kruse had eight. Sand-bulte took part in two blocks.

MOC-Floyd Valley servesholes in Okoboji defenseMOC-FlOyd Valley 25 25 25OkOBOjI 11 19 13

MILFORD—Class 3A seventh-ranked MOC-Floyd Valley scorched Okoboji with some hot serving early in the contest and wound up with a three-set sweep in Siouxland Confer-ence volleyball Tuesday.

“We had a little bump in game two, but for the most part it went pretty smooth,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Jon Mouw. “In the first game, Emily McDonald really got us going. We got off to a really good start. Over-all, we did a nice job serving all night. The girls were hitting the zones I called for and serving them tough. We never let them get into system.” Okoboji coach Eric Thompson rec-ognized a few good signs when the Pioneers did get that first pass. “We started off a little slow because we struggled to effectively serve receive, but even them when we could pass, we did a good job of getting points. As you can see, that just wasn’t often enough,” Thompson said. “But we knew if we could pass, we could hit.” That happened a little more often for the Pioneers in the second set. “We had a nice little momentum switch. We weren’t giving them any long runs. Skyler (Hansen) did a good job with her jump serves and our spot servers were hitting it where we needed it,” Thompson said. “Then in the third game we weren’t hitting our spots. We were trying for specific spots and when it wasn’t there, it led to some easy kills for (Alexis) Conaway. I would equate what happened in those last two games to a caffeine rush and then the crash that comes after.” Mouw credited Okoboji with some good serving, especially in the second set, but said that when the Dutch had it in system, the hitters were quite effective. Conaway led MOC-Floyd Valley with 14 kills. Alyssa Brown dealt out 23 assists. Emily Johnson was 21-for-21 serving with three aces. Emily McDonald, Shelby Schouten and Ali Achterhof each had three blocks. Katie Landhuis came up with three digs. Hansen and Darby Jones each had five kills for Okoboji. Sydney Boeck-holt delivered eight assists. Anna Vos was 6-for-6 serving with one ace, and Abby Taylor was 6-for-7 with one ace. Jones had three solo blocks and two assisted blocks. Hansen and Olivia Rohlk each had five digs. Taylor man-aged four digs.

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INWOOD—Sheldon didn’t wait long to deliver a haymaker, establishing

itself in the opening set of a sweep of West Lyon in Siouxland Conference volleyball Tuesday. The Orabs were able to hold on to the serve for long stretches of the first set. “We played really well in the first set. In the next two we weren’t as sharp, but it is what it is,” said Sheldon coach Eric Maassen. “In the first one we did a nice job of moving the serves around. We made it tough for them to get into their offense. After that West Lyon served better and I thought they were pretty scrappy defensively all night.” Maassen said the third set got a little sloppy as the Orabs made changes in the lineup. “I made a bunch of changes,” Maas-sen said. “The girls did a good job of focusing on their positions and what their responsibilities were, even if they weren’t where they normally are and were not on the floor with people they normally play with. It was nice to give some of the other kids a chance to play. They work hard every day in practice and deserve that chance.” West Lyon coach Darla Grotewold said the Wildcats needed a set to get used to the tempo the Orabs play with. “I was very happy with their effort. We had a poor start, but once we settled in we did a much better job,” Grotewold said. “Over the past couple of weeks, our serve receive has improved immensely. We need to work on more competitive serving and keeping our eye on the ball. We are getting beat on the little things. We again had quite a few hitting errors, but for us that is a winning goal. We are at least putting ourselves in a position to attack.” Grotewold said the Wildcats have to keep the right mindset. “The girls remain optimistic that we are practicing for our future,” she said. “We will maybe get kicked around this year, but for this year our kids fight to the end, success or failure.” Marti Vogel led the Orabs with seven kills and Jessica Van Beek had six. Allie Jongewaard passed around 12 assists. Kayla Johnson was 21-for-21 in serv-ing. Katlyn Holtrop served a pair of aces. Vogel had a pair of solo blocks. Van Beek and Courteney Scholten each had one assisted block. Johnson had five digs. Tarah Meyer had a solid statistical outing for West Lyon with 11 digs, eight kills and a block. Alyssa Kock pushed up seven assists and Addy Meyer had six. Sydney Martin was 7-for-7 serving with one ace.

Boyden-Hull keeps Sibley-Ocheyedan guessing with serves

Western Christian plays at level competition is unable to reach

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Sibley-Ocheyedan juniors Kaylee White and Bridget Doeden put up a block against Boyden-Hull in a Siouxland Conference match Tuesday in Hull. The Generals lost to the Comets 25-21, 25-17, 25-9. (Photo by Rylan Howe)

Savage

Went 9-for-9 serving with four aces in Comets’ home victory.

Senior Brooke Wolterstorff digs the ball for Western Christian during a sweep of Cherokee on Thursday in Hull. The Class 2A second-ranked Wolfpack thrashed six foes at Urbandale last Saturday. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

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HULL—Western Chris-tian’s defense provided the stamina it needed for a 29-7 defeat of LeMars Gehlen Catho-lic in Class 1A District 1 football Friday in Hull. “Our defense played

a great game. They really flew around and played a solid game,” said Western Chris-tian coach Travis Kooima. “Gehlen is a tough team to prepare for, and they have a great quarterback and wide receiver that are very good athletes. We held them in check for the most part all

night.” The Wolfpack was first to score into the first frame when Mason De Vries made a tackle in the end zone four

minutes into the contest. Western Christian’s Daniel Van Maanen connected with Michael Den Herder on a 14-yard touchdown pass at the 3:12 mark in the first quarter. Den Herder also booted the point-after, putting the hosts up 9-0 going into the second quarter. LeMars Gehlen Catholic’s only scoring play came on a 3-yard TD run by Blake Wiltgen with 1:45 remaining in the second stanza. Fabio Rivera made good on the extra-point attempt. Western Christian responded just 14 seconds later on an 88-yard kickoff return by Brad Van’t Hul. Den Herder again made good on the point-after, securing a 16-7 halftime lead. “Our special teams had a great game,” Kooima said. “Our punt team pinned them inside the 5 twice and recovered a fumble. Our kickoff team had a huge play after they had scored to make it 9-7 with Brady Van’t Hul returning it all the way for a TD. Those plays were huge

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Senior quarterback keyto big-play option game

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SIOUX CENTER—Sheldon senior quarterback Chris Balster ran for 146 yards and threw for 135 more as the

Orabs rumbled past Sioux Center 35-0 in Class 2A

District 1 football Friday. The Orab offense put up more than 300 yards in the opening half, tak-ing a 28-0 lead by the break. It was a resounding bounce back for Sheldon,

which had been blanked by top-ranked Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley the previous week. “We needed to prove to ourselves that we’re a better team than what we showed last week,” said Sheldon coach Matt Meendering. “We had a good week of practice. We came out and set the tone right away. We got to work; we learned, and the kids went out and executed. We played a really good team game.” Balster and the Orabs got started on their second possession. Sheldon put together a solid drive that Balster capped with a 3-yard touchdown run. Trevor Mayer booted the point-after to make it 7-0 with 3:16 left in the first

quarter. “It usually does take us a series to fig-ure out where a defense is attacking us and how to block it up. Then we start figuring out where we can attack them,” Meendering said. “We were able to use the outside option a lot, and that was a good thing for us. Our line did a great job. When we chose to pass, we did it well. The line gave Chris time; he made some good throws, and the receivers made some plays.” Sheldon put together another long drive the next time it had the ball but fumbled it away inside the 10-yard line. That could have been a big

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West Lyon coach happywith team’s level of play

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INWOOD—Jay Rozeboom knows what it takes to win on the high school football field.

His 199 victories as West Lyon’s coach heading

into Friday’s game provided testament to that. But even he was astounded by the performance put on by his Wildcats

as they gift-wrapped win No. 200 with a 57-3 thumping of a Lawton-Bronson team that had been ranked third in the Associated Press Class A state poll just two weeks ago. “I wasn’t expecting this. Our kids just played at a high level and everything went our way. When you play hard, sometimes that happens,” Rozeboom said. West Lyon teams are used to playing hard for Rozeboom. In his 21 years at the Wildcat helm, he has compiled a 200-38 record that includes three state championships, two state runner-up finishes and 18 state playoff berths.

And West Lyon teams are used to big games played in the kind of cold, windy conditions typically seen during playoff runs in November, not the first Friday in October. But this contest had huge implications with five teams in Class A District 1 in contention for only four state playoff spots, and the Wildcats responded. “The kids just played really well — offensively, defensively, special teams — the whole group,” Rozeboom said. West Lyon, ranked seventh in the latest AP poll, kicked off to Lawton-Bronson,

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Jays 7 Wolfpack 29

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Eagles 3 Wildcats 57

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Orabs 35 Warriors 0

FRIDAy FOOTBALL: CLASS 2A DISTRICT 1

Wolfpack grinds away on GehlenWestern Christian moves chains on offense to keep its defense fresh and ready for Jays’ passing attack

Rozeboom makes history as Wildcats hand him win No. 200

Sheldon, Balster blow by Warriors

West Lyon senior Jacob Meyer reels in a catch against Lawton-Bronson on Friday. The Class A seventh-ranked Wildcats burned the eighth-ranked Eagles 57-3. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Sheldon senior Chris Balster finds room to roam against Sioux Center on Friday. He ran for 146 yards and three touchdowns and threw for 135 yards as the Orabs defeated the Warriors 35-0 in a Class 2A District 1 game. (Photo by Scott Byers)

Western Christian senior Michael Den Herder lunges for-ward after catching a pass against LeMars Gehlen Catholic on Friday evening in Hull. He caught two passes, including one for a touchdown in a 29-7 victory for the host Wolfpack.

Junior Ethan Fenchel turns the corner after hauling in a pass for Western Christian against LeMars Gehlen Catholic on Friday. Fenchel had three catches for 58 yards in a 29-7 Class 1A District 1 victory for the Wolfpack. (Photos by Jeff Wagner)

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PAULLINA—South O’Brien controlled the line of scrim-mage on both sides of the

football in a 38-0 blowout

victory over Class 1A District 1 companion North Union on Friday. The Wolverines used their ground and pound attack and churned up more than 280 yards rushing on offense. Zach Nieman rushed for 161 of those yards and found the end zone four times. “We were able to drive off the ball up front and the backs ran hard. Everyone played hard and physical up front,” said South O’Brien coach Mark Fuhrmann. Quarterback Kody Nelson connected with Matt DeVos on a 27-yard touchdown pass

halfway through the first to get the Wolverines started. Nieman registered his first scoring run from 30 yards out near the end of the first quarter. After the defense forced a North Union three and out, Nieman’s second score came from 35 yards. After a 25-yard Michael Cal-lahan field goal in the third quarter, Nieman found pay dirt two more times in the quarter to give South O’Brien the 38-0 advantage. The runs came from 5 and 4 yards away, respectively. The defense did its job at the line of scrimmage as well. Fuhrmann especially high-lighted the play of his defensive line. “They didn’t get many first downs or get anything going offensively, and that’s because our guys took care of things up front on the line,” Fuhrmann said. No r t h Un i o n m a n a g e d only 25 yards rushing on 28 attempts. The Warriors completed three

passes, but gained only 1 yard in the air. Even South O’Brien’s special teams were dominant. North Union managed only 31 yards on five kickoff returns. Austin Rohrs rushed for 49 yards and Nelson churned up 27 more of his own. Rohrs had nine total tackles with a fumble recovery. Will Friedrichsen and Jon Zubrod each had five tackles. Nieman registered a sack.

Next week South O’Brien, 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the district, will hit the road and take on Class 1A fifth-ranked Emmetsburg next week.

The E’Hawks have the same records as the Wolverines after a 42-0 hammering of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Friday. Fuhrmann hopes to have similar success at the line of scrimmage as he believes that will be key. “Well, what can you say? They are a darn good team,” he said. “We’ll have to be physical and just take care of the football. We’ll see what happens.”

N Union 0 0 0 0 - 0S O’Brien 13 11 14 0 - 38

FIRST QUARTER 04:40 - SOS - Matt DeVos, 27 Pass from Kody Nelson (Kick failed) 0-6. 02:12 - SOS - Zach Nieman, 30 Run (Michael Callahan Kick) 0-13.

SECOND QUARTER 09:59 - SOS - Zach Nieman, 35 Run (Zach Nieman Run) 0-21. 05:12 - SOS - Michael Callahan, 25 Field Goal 0-24.

THIRD QUARTER 10:09 - SOS - Zach Nieman, 5 Run (Michael Callahan Kick) 0-31. 05:10 - SOS - Zach Nieman, 4 Run (Michael Callahan Kick) 0-38.

Team Statistics NU SOSFirst Downs...................................3 ...............19Rushes-yards ....................... 28-25 .......46-297

Passing yards ...............................1 ...............90Passing ..................................4-3-0 ......... 8-3-1Punts-yards ............................... NA ...........1-27Total yards ..................................26 .............387Fumbles-Lost............................ 2-2 .............3-2Penalties-yards .................... 30-30 .........20-20

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: SOS - Zach Nieman 20-161, Austin Rohrs 8-49, Kody Nelson 5-27, Bret Puhrmann 2-15. PASSING: SOS - Kody Nelson 3-8-1, 90. RECEIVING: SOS - Matt DeVos 2-60, Sam Weber 1-30. SACKS: SOS - Zach Nieman 1.

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FOOTBALL STATE RANKINGS

Source: Associated Press

Class 2A 1. BHRV 7-0 2. Mediapolis 7-0 3. West Marshall 7-0 4. Carroll Kuemper 7-0 5. Spirit Lake 6-1 6. New Hampton 7-0 7. Union (LaPorte City) 6-1 8. Bondurant-Farrar 7-0 9. Beckman 6-1 10. Waukon 6-1

Class 1A 1. Iowa City Regina 7-0 2. Dike-New Hartford 7-0 3. South Winneshiek 6-1 4. IKM (Manning) 7-0 5. Emmetsburg 6-1 6. Aplington-Park. 6-1 7. Fort Dodge St. Ed. 7-1 8. CB St. Albert 6-1 9. St. Ansgar 6-1 10. Mount Ayr 7-0

Class A 1. Wapsie Valley 7-0 2. Woodward-Granger 7-0 3. Akron-Westfield 7-0 4. West Hancock 6-1 5. Pekin (Packwood) 6-1 6. North Tama 7-1 7. West Lyon 6-1 8. Lawton-Bronson 5-2 9. Lisbon 6-1 10. Logan-Magnolia 6-1

Wolverines walk all over North Union

Sophomore Marcus Faust recovers a fumble for South O’Brien against North Union on Friday. The Wolverines defeated the Warriors 38-0 on Senior night in Paullina. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

South O’Brien sophomore Gunnar Klinker braces for impact during a fourth-quarter run against North Union in a Class 1A District game Friday. The Wolverines defeated the Warriors 38-0 on Senior Night in Paullina.

Junior Bret Puhrmann and South O’Brien teammates yell out after defeating North Union Friday in Paullina.

Top-ranked teamrolls after break

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ORANGE CITY—MOC-Floyd Valley held Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley down for a half, but

the high-o c t a n e N i g h t -

hawk offense threw it into a dif-ferent gear in the second half of a 47-6 win in Class 2A District 1 football Friday. The Dutch led almost of the entire first half and only trailed the top-ranked team in Class 2A 7-6 at halftime. MOC-Floyd Valley had ample opportunity to take the lead into the locker room. The Dutch had a touch-down pass called back due to holding with less than a minute left in the half, then missed a 31-yard field-goal attempt. The second half — and third quarter in particular — was a different story. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley scored 26 points in the period and added a fifth TD just 14 seconds into the fourth quarter. “We haven’t had to come back like that this year and respond to that adversity, so I was really proud of our kids of how we made some adjustments and really made things happen,” said Nighthawk coach Cory Brandt. “We just talked about going harder offensively, and dealing with how to block some things. We created turnovers. We also forced the issue offen-sively and just had a great night in the second half of getting after it offensively.” For almost the entire first half, the Dutch looked like they had a recipe for an upset. The game started with a bang as Trey Achterhoff connected

with Jay Elsberry on a 65-yard pass on third-and-9 down to the Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 5-yard line. Two plays later Achterhoff hit Rafael Sanchez Perry for a 3-yard TD reception. The PAT failed. “We came to play. We really got after them,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Tom Rupp. “We had a great start. They were really looking forward to the game and really believed we could win. That really showed in the first two quar-ters.” The Dutch forced two Night-hawk turnovers in the first half and led the game until Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley quarterback Brandt Van Roekel got himself into the end zone on a 3-yard run 2:41 before halftime. A David De Bruin extra point

gave the Nighthawks the lead. Brandt said his team was not completely ready to play. “We can definitely do better than we did,” he said. “I give credit to MOC. They came ready to play and we came out kind of flat. We’ve got to come ready to go. I say that every Fri-day night, you play somebody in this district, doesn’t matter who it is, if you’re not ready to go, they can beat you.” Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley looked a lot more like the explosive team that has bowled its way to a 6-0 record to start the year in the second half. In fact the first-half team did not resemble the second-half team much at all. The Nighthawks scored TDs on their first five possessions of the second half, including

a 97-yard QB keeper by Van Roekel on a bit of a broken play after the Nighthawks were pinned deep by a Dutch punt. Miguel Alvarado caught a TD pass and ran for another one in the second half. Logan Stiens had runs of 3 and 26 yards that ended in TDs. “We turned the ball over to them and just didn’t execute very well,” Rupp said. “We gave them a short field. They threw a few passes on us, but they were running on us and we weren’t lined up correctly. Little things like that, that we did well in the first half, didn’t go our way in the second half.” The Dutch also lost four start-ers to injury in the second half. The Nighthawks rushed for 441 yards with more than 300 of those yards coming in the

second half. “The backs ran extremely hard, the kids blocked hard, we just got better and made our adjustments,” Brandt said. Van Roekel accounted for 201 yards rushing and 138 yards passing and had a hand in four TDs. Alvarado had 117 yards on the ground and caught two passes for 54 yards. J.C. Koerselman snatched three passes for 76 yards. Alvarado and Koerselman also recovered fumbles on defense. Achterhoff completed 12-of-24 passes for 185 yards, but completed only two passes after halftime. Elsberry caught six passes for 123 yards, doing all his damage in the first half. The Dutch got next to nothing going on the ground, rushing 21 times for five yards. “We had the No. 1 team in the state down,” Rupp said. “We can play with anybody, we just have to be able to do it for four quarters. There were just a lot of positives. I thought we outplayed them in all phases in the first half. That’s what we need to build on. I’m just really proud of the way our kids played and the way our coach-ing staff put together a great game plan.”

Next week Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley remains in the catbird seat in the district with a perfect 4-0 mark and will face a struggling opponent in Cherokee in Rock Valley. The Braves are winless on the season, but Brandt said his team learned an important lesson this week to take no one lightly. “We can’t assume things are going to happen just because you walk on the field,” Brandt said. “We have to work our tails off at being the best that we can be every single time we go out

and play. Between the ears, we just have to get ourselves ready to play.” MOC-Floyd Valley, 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the district, will face a key matchup for postseason positioning when it travels to Sheldon (5-2 overall , 4-1). “It’s going to be another dog-fight,” Rupp said. “It’s a must win for both of us to be in the position we want to be for the playoffs.”

BHRV 0 7 26 14 - 47MOC-FV 6 0 0 0 - 6

FIRST QUARTER 10:05 - MOC-FV - Rafael Sanchez Perry, 3 Pass from Trey Achterhoff (Kick failed) 0-6.

SECOND QUARTER 02:41 - BHRV - Brandt Van Roekel, 5 Run (David De Bruin Kick) 7-6.

THIRD QUARTER 08:53 - BHRV - J.C. Koerselman, 27 Pass from Brandt Van Roekel (David De Bruin Kick) 14-6. 07:19 - BHRV - Brandt Van Roekel, 97 Run (David De Bruin Kick) 21-6. 05:58 - BHRV - Miguel Alvarado, 6 Run (Kick failed) 27-6. 02:12 - BHRV - Logan Steins, 3 Run (Kick failed) 33-6.

FOURTH QUARTER 11:46 - BHRV - Miguel Alvarado, 31 Pass from Brandt Van Roekel (David De Bruin Kick) 40-6. 05:46 - BHRV - Logan Steins, 26 Run (David De Bruin Kick) 47-6.

Team Statistics BHRV MOC-FVFirst Downs.................................22 .................9Rushes-yards ..................... 55-441 .............2-5Passing yards ...........................138 .............185Passing ................................11-6-1 ..... 24-12-0Punts-yards ............................ 1-27 .........5-193Total yards ................................579 .............190Fumbles-Lost............................ 2-2 .............4-3Penalties-yards ...................... 6-50 ...........4-29

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: BHRV -Brandt Van Roekel 18-201, Miguel Alvarado 16-117, Logan Steins 7-58, Dallas Rozeboom 10-38, Andrew Van Ginkel 2-23, Omar Mejia 1-9, Chase Van Driel 1-(-5). MOC-FV - Chase Van Driel 5-5, Ethan Achterhoff 2-3, Nathan Kamstra 6-2, Diego De Lira 1-1, Josh Wilson 1-0, Jack Walter 1-0, Stefan Kinsinger 1-(-1), Tyler Top 1-(-5). PASSING: BHRV -Brandt Van Roekel 6-11-1, 138. MOC-FV - Trey Achterhoff 12-24-0, 185. RECEIVING: BHRV - Miguel Alvarado 2-54, J.C. Koerselman 3-76, Jerod Hansen 1-8. MOC-FV - Jay Elsberry 6-123, Tyler Top 2-6, Michael Tuttle 1-25, Elijah Dahl 1-23, Ethan Achterhoff 1-5, Rafael Sanchez-Perry 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS: MOC-FV - Trey Achterhoff 1.

Hunt rambles forbig yardage again

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ROCK RAPIDS—Central Lyon/George-Little Rock may have taken for granted its

o p p o -n e n t i n the first

half of the contest against Unity Christian Friday. After a slow start, the Lions got that taken care of and managed to secure a 53-19 win at home against the Knights in Class 2A District 1 football. “Human nature is when you’re playing a team that’s 0-6 you sometimes catch yourself not playing hard,” said Central Lyon/George-Little Rock coach Toby Lorenzen. “We did that numerous times the first half and let them play right with us that first half.” After a slow start and a couple offensive tweaks, the Lions managed to score with 3:04 on the clock in the opening quar-ter when Josh Hunt scored on a 21-yard run. The kick by Luke Grooters was good. It was another standout game for Hunt, who rushed more than 200 yards for the third game in a row. He finished with 216 yards on 27 carries. The second quarter belonged to the Knights. “Our first half they played a really good ball game, really good discipline, really good enthusiasm, kept our hearts and minds in it,” said Unity assistant coach Justin Mulder, who is filling in for coach Perry Krosschell while Krosschell is out due to illness. Unity Christian’s Dalton C. De Haan scored on a 24-yard pass

from Arie Hoekstra with 9:20 on the clock. Jason Goslinga’s kick was good. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock regained the upper hand on a 30-yard pass from Jesse Markus to Tan-ner Ver Steeg at the 5:08 mark. Grooters again converted the kick. With only 17 seconds left on the board, Dalton J. De Haan scored on a 37-yard pass from Hoekstra. The kick failed, leav-ing Central Lyon/George-Little Rock ahead 14-13 at half. However, the Knights were not able to maintain the momentum in the second half. “Central Lyon made some adjustments at halftime we just weren’t able to match. They found what worked,” Mulder said. It started coming together for the Lions in the second half. “We came out fast and played like we should have played in the first half and got our assign-ments down and blocked bet-ter and tackled better,” Loren-zen said. “When you block and tackle better, good things happen.” Something did indeed hap-pen early in the second half when Hunt scored on a 23-yard run. The kick was no good. Hunt once again made a 28-yard run to score with 4:15 in the third quarter. Markus made the final TD with 56 seconds in the third with a 43-yard run. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock fin-ished that period with a 33-13 advantage. “We found some things we could attack in the second half and we did a good job attack-ing those,” Lorenzen said. “We just moved the ball around and tried to keep them off balance.” The Lions kept the roll going in the final quarter with a

5-yard run by Jesse Heinrichs with 8:35 left on the clock. The kick was good. The Knights snuck in a 6-yard run by Aaron Van Wyhe with five minutes left on the clock. The hosts did not need long to answer that score. Heinrichs made an 86-yard run on a kick-off return scoring for Central Lyon/George-Little Rock. The kick was good. Kalen Eckenrod completed the contest’s scoring plays with a 15-yard scoring run for the Lions with 35 seconds on the clock. Markus passed for 127 yards to complement the Lions potent ground attack. Ethan Christians led Central Lyon/George-Little Rock’s defense with three assists, seven solos and one fumble recovery. Ver Steeg had five assists and four solos. Evan Voss had two assists, two solos

and two sacks. Hoekstra completed 5-of-10 passes for 110 yards for the Knights. Dalton C. De Haan led the rushing attack with 53 yards and added 48 yards receiving. Defensively, Logan Schoonhoven had seven solos and eight assists. Van Wyhe also had six solos and four assists.

Next week Central Lyon/George-Little Rock, 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the district, next travels to Sioux Center (3-4 overall, 2-2 in the district). “It will be a very tough game. It’s always a tough game no matter what the records are,” Lorenzen said. “It won’t be dif-ferent.” Unity Christian (0-7, 0-5) will go up against LeMars Gehlen Catholic (2-5, 2-3) at home in a nondistrict contest. The Knights will work on putting

the little things together to push for a win against the Jays. “We’re kind of out of the play-offs, but we still can get a win here this next week and get the excitement up and put fun in football,” Mulder said.

Unity 0 13 0 6 - 19CLGLR 7 7 19 20 - 53

FIRST QUARTER 03:04 - CLGLR - Josh Hunt, 21 Run (Luke Grooters Kick) 0-7.

SECOND QUARTER 09:20 - UC - Dalton C. De Haan, 24 Pass from Arie Hoekstra (Jason Goslinga Kick) 7-7. 05:08 - CLGLR - Tanner Ver Steeg, 30 Pass from Jesse Markus (Luke Grooters Kick) 7-14. 00:17 - UC -Dalton J. De Haan 37 Pass from Arie Hoekstra (Kick failed) 13-14.

THIRD QUARTER 10:06 - CLGLR - Josh Hunt, 24 Run (Kick failed) 13-20. 04:15 - CLGLR - Josh Hunt, 28 Run (Run failed) 13-26. 00:56 - CLGLR - Jesse Markus, 43 Run (Luke Grooters Kick) 13-33.

FOURTH QUARTER 08:35 - CLGLR - Jesse Henrichs, 5 Run (Luke

Grooters Kick) 13-40. 05:00 - UC - Aaron Van Wyhe, 6 Run (Pass failed) 19-40. 04:45 - CLGLR - Jesse Henrichs, 86 Kickoff return (Luke Grooters Kick) 19-47. 00:35 - CLGLR - Kalen Eckenrod, 15 Run (Kick failed) 19-53.

Team Statistics UC CLGLRFirst Downs.................................13 ...............23Rushes-yards ..................... 40-137 .......60-454Passing yards ...........................110 ...............45Passing ................................10-5-0 ......... 5-2-0Punts-yards .......................... 5-148 .............0-0Total yards ................................247 .............499Fumbles-Lost............................ 1-1 .............1-1Penalties-yards ...................... 4-34 ...........9-80

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: UC - Dalton De Haan 9-53, Aaron Van Wyhe 12-45, 11-35, Kolton Van Voorst 2-3, Logan Schoonhoven 5-1, Alex Schoonhoven 1-0. CLGLR - Josh Hunt 25-204, Jesse Markus 13-126, Luke Grooters 8-36, Ethan Christians 3-20, Jesse Henrichs 4-19, Brent Klingenberg 1-17, Kalen Eckenrod 1-15, Colby McIntire 2-7, Andrew McCarty 2-6, Alex Wiertzema 1-4. PASSING: UC - Arie Hoekstra 5-10-0, 110. CLGLR - Jesse Markus 2-5-0, 45. RECEIVING: UC - Dalton De Haan 2-48, Logan Schoonhoven 2-25, Dalton De Haan 1-37. CLGLR - Tanner Ver Steeg 1-30, Luke Grooters 1-15. SACKS: CLGLR - Evan Voss 2.

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Nighthawks 47 Dutch 6

FRIDAy FOOTBALL: CLASS 2A DISTRICT 1

Knights 19 Lions 53

FRIDAy FOOTBALL: CLASS 2A DISTRICT 1

Lions reboot mentally after sluggish half

Unity Christian senior Alex Schoonhoven breaks up the pass intended for Central Lyon/George-Little Rock sopho-more Grant Metzger on Friday in Rock Rapids. The Knights lost to the Lions 53-19. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Nighthawks adjust to pass up Dutch in second half

Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley senior quarterback Brandt Van Roekel slips his way out of a tackle attempt by MOC-Floyd Valley junior linebacker Derek Rupp on Friday in Orange City. It took some time, but the Class 2A top-ranked Nighthawks pulled away for a 47-6 win over the host Dutch. (Photo by Dan Breen)

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Young Hawks arestill stuck in slump

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HARTLEY—In a battle of foot-ball teams above .500 for the season, Emmetsburg stormed

a w a y with the v i c t o r y

over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Friday, winning 42-0 on the Hawks’ home turf. Emmetsburg, ranked fifth in Class 1A, crushed the Hawks in rushing, gaining 379 yards on 39 attempts, while Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn managed 119 yards on 48 attempts. The E’Hawks also severely lim-ited Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s passing game, holding junior quarterback Casey Dorhout to two completions for 5 yards through the air. “They have a lot of good speed,” said Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn coach Steve Waechter. “They run hard, especially the backs, who run extremely hard. Defensively, they just get to the ball and make plays.” Emmetsburg scored twice in the first quarter and never looked back, adding to its lead in the second quarter and entering the halftime locker room up by three touchdowns. “Twenty-one to zero isn’t bad at the half,” Waechter said. “But in the second half they wore us down.” With 8:05 left in the third quarter, Emmetsburg senior Andrew Wellik broke away for a 66-yard TD run, and the E’Hawks padded their lead throughout the quarter, adding two more TDs. The Hawks were victims of several, long scoring plays. With 1:26 left in the first quar-ter, Wellik ran for a 95-yard TD, his longest play of the season. Wellik’s 66-yard run was one of two plays that garnered more than 40 yards in the third quar-ter, along with a 42-yard rush

by Emmetsburg senior Brady Christensen. Christensen’s TD put the last points on the board. “It’s something we’ve been working on, but the big plays were deflating,” Waechter said. “If we could have eliminated the big plays, we would have been OK.” Junior Logan Rozeboom led Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s defense with 15 tackles, nine solo and six assisted. Roze-boom was also the highest rusher for the Hawks, rumbling forward for 66 yards on 16 attempts. After starting off the year 4-0, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn has dropped three consecutive games, bringing the Hawks to 4-3 on the season. Despite the loss, Waechter was pleased with his team’s effort. “Our kids played with a lot of heart,” Waechter said. “They came out with a lot of effort. We were pleased with how hard they played.”

Next week Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 4-3 overall and 2-3 in District 1 play, will take on North Union (1-6, 0-4) next Friday. North Union fell 38-0 to South O’Brien on the road Friday. The Warriors have been winless since the first week of the season, when it defeated Estherville Lincoln Central. “ R e c o r d w i s e , w e k n ow they’ve struggled, but we are going to have to focus,” Waechter said. “We need to focus on doing small things together.”

E’burg 14 7 21 0 - 42HMS 0 0 0 0 - 0

FIRST QUARTER 08:50 - EMM - Brady Christensen, 19 Run (Kick failed) 6-0. 01:26 - EMM - Andrew Wellik, 95 Run ( Andrew Wellik Run) 14-0.

SECOND QUARTER 04:09 - EMM - Andrew Wellik 5 Run ( Nick Merwald Kick) 21-0.

THIRD QUARTER 08:05 - EMM - Andrew Wellik, 66 Run ( Nick

Merwald Kick) 28-0. 06:50 - EMM - Nick Schany, 16 Pass from Jake Jackson (Nick Merwald Kick) 35-0. 00:16 - EMM - Brady Christensen, 42 Run ( Nick Merwald Kick) 42-0.

Team Statistics EMM HMSFirst Downs...................................9 .................9Rushes-yards ..................... 39-379 .......48-119Passing yards .............................28 .................5Passing ..................................2-4-0 ..........2-5 0Punts-yards .............................. 0-0 .........6-127

Total yards ................................407 .............124Fumbles-Lost............................ 1-1 .............0-0Penalties-yards ...................... 2-16 ...........2-10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: HMS - Logan Rozeboom 16-66, Jacob

Clark 15-41, Heath Nagel 4-9, Hunter Kuehl 7-4, Casey Dorhout 6-(-1). PASSING: HMS - Casey Dorhout 2-5-0, 5. RECEIVING: HMS - Blake Simons 2-5. SACKS: HMS - Hunter Kuehl 1, Cade Harvey 1.

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E’Hawks 42 Hawks 0

FRIDAy FOOTBALL: CLASS 1A DISTRICT 1

E’Hawks keep grip on district foe defensively

Emmetsburg senior Jake Jackson loses the football under pressure from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn sophomore Todd Helmers during the second quarter Friday in Hartley. The E’Hawks recovered the fumble and rolled over the Hawks 42-0. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

Senior Andrew Wellik of Emmetsburg skips away from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn sophomore Jeffrey Harig during a first quarter run Friday in Hartley. The Class 1A fifth-ranked E’Hawks won the District 1 contest by a 42-0 score.

WILDCATSContinued from page D1ranked eighth, and set the tone immediately by holding the Eagles to three downs and a punt. The Wildcats then methodi-cally marched down the field with quarterback Brandon Sny-der putting the first points on the board on a 1-yard keeper to the end zone at the 5:15 mark of the first quarter. Tyler Van Mid-dendorp rushed in the conver-sion. Lawton-Bronson responded with its best drive of the night, one that West Lyon stymied, forcing a 32-yard field goal by Matt Smith with about two minutes remaining in the ini-tial period. The Wildcats never let the Eagles threaten again while blowing the game open with three touchdowns in the sec-ond stanza and another three in the third quarter. West Lyon was relentless with its ground attacking, attempt-ing 61 rushes for 461 yards to average an impressive 7.6 yards per carry. Snyder attempted just one pass, and completed that for 27 yards to Jacob Mey-er. “We ran the ball pretty well

tonight and the line did a good job blocking,” Rozeboom said. Kaleb Heyer led the Wildcats’ ground gainers, toting the pig-skin 17 times for 147 yards and two TDs, on runs of 3 and 11 yards in the second quarter. Bennett Feuchtenberger car-

ried 12 times for 88 yards and TD runs covering 5 yards right before halftime and 12 yards early in the third quarter. Van Middendorp scored on a 19-yard run in the third period and Kyle Standley tallied the last TD on a 23-yard a little

later. Defensively, West Lyon held the visitors to just 101 yards, and only 17 rushing yards on 18 attempts. It was a team effort by the Wildcats as Heyer was the lead-ing tackler with four solo stops

and one assist. Cole Grote-wold intercepted a pass and returned it 15 yards to set up one of the hosts’ TDs. Lawton-Bronson played without head coach Chad Moseman who was suspended for a game after being ejected during the Eagles’ 20-19 loss to Woodbury Central the previous week. “It probably did impact them,” Rozeboom said. “He’s a really good football coach. Those kids had to overcome some adversity,”

Next week West Lyon improved to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the district and next travels to Moville to face Woodbury Central (5-2, 3-2). “We’re still not there yet. A playoff spot’s still not locked up. We have two really tough games left,” Rozeboom said. “Woodbury Central is physi-cally big. They have a big quar-terback who has a big arm, and they have some good receivers. We’ll have our hands full this week getting ready and making sure we’re getting people in the right places.”

L-B 3 0 0 0 - 3West Lyon 8 21 20 8 - 57

FIRST QUARTER 05:12 - WL - Brandon Snyder, 1 Run (Tyler Van Middendorp Run) 0-8. 02:05 - L-B - Matt Smith, 32 Field Goal 3-8.

SECOND QUARTER 09:36 - WL - Kaleb Heyer, 3 Run (Brandon Snyder Kick) 3-15. 05:08 - WL - Kaleb Heyer, 11 Run (Brandon Snyder Kick) 3-22. 00:48 - WL - Bennett Feuchtenberger, 5 Run (Brandon Snyder Kick) 3-29.

THIRD QUARTER 10:13 - WL - Bennett Feuchtenberger, 12 Run (Brandon Snyder Kick) 3-36. 03:36 - WL - Tyler Van Middendorp, 19 Run (Brandon Snyder Kick) 3-43. 00:43 - WL - Kyle Standley, 23 Run (Run failed) 3-49.

FOURTH QUARTER 08:54 - WL - Mitch Te Slaa, 6 Run (Damon Knobloch Run) 3-57.

Team Statistics L-B WLFirst Downs...................................5 ...............18Rushes-yards ....................... 18-17 .......71-467Passing yards .............................84 ...............27Passing ................................17-8-0 ......... 1-1-0Punts-yards .............................. 0-0 ...........1-29Total yards ................................101 .............494Fumbles-Lost............................ 0-0 .............0-0Penalties-yards ...................... 4-22 ...........4-45

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: WL - Kaleb Heyer 17-141, Bennett Feuchtenberger 12-88, Brandon Snyder 6-60, Tyler Van Middendorp 8-53, Kyle Standley 2-29, Dylan Whalen 1-23, Vaughn Moser 5-22, Mitch Te Slaa 3-15, Damon Knobloch 2-10, Marty Pottebaum 1-8, Taeric Ezzell 2-8, Trevor Rozeboom 10-6, Kyle Groeneweg 1-3, Colin Snyder 1-1. PASSING: WL Brandon Snyder 1-1-0, 27. RECEIVING: WL - Jacob Meyer 1-27. SACKS: WL - Lorenzo Romero 2, Cody Bauman 1, Marty Pottebaum 1, Tate Kellenberger 1. INTERCEPTIONS: WL - Chase Grotewold 1.

West Lyon roughs up talented Lawton-Bronson squad

West Lyon junior Brandon Snyder forces a fumble from Lawton-Bronson senior Steve Adams on Friday near Inwood. The Class A seventh-ranked Wildcats pummeled the eighth-ranked Eagles 57-3. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

FRIDAy FOOTBALL

Tripp makes journey successful for Sioux CentralHomecoming nothappy for Okoboji

b y S c ot t b y e r SS p o rt S e d i t o r

M I L F O R D — O k o b o j i ’s defense continued to struggle to bring down opposing ball

carr iers a s t h e Pioneers

fell to Sioux Central 35-0 on homecoming night on Friday

in Milford. The Rebels ran for 372 yards in the nondistrict football game. Sioux Central scored on four of its first five drives and led 29-0 at halftime. The visitors added a touchdown on their second drive of the third quar-ter and the contest went to continuous clock the rest of the way. Devin Tripp ran for 174 yards and four TDs for the Rebels, who improved to 3-4 on the

year. Okoboji wound up with 72 yards of total offense in the game, including negative 13 rushing yards. Quarterback Jordan Hanna completed 7-of-20 passes for 85 yards, but was intercepted three times. Keaton Jones caught two passes for 46 yards. Defensively, Weston Burgeson was in on 13 tackles. Jones and Taylor Cody each got in on 11 stops. Burgeson recovered a fumble.

Okoboji coach John Allen did not provide comments follow-ing the game.

Next week The winless Pioneers are at home again to face Western Christian. The Wolfpack have won three of their last four contests, including a 29-7 victory over LeMars Gehlen Catholic on Friday. Western Christian is 3-4 over-all and 3-1 in District 1.

S Central 16 13 6 0 - 35Okoboji 0 0 0 0 - 0

FIRST QUARTER 03:32 - SCtrl - Devin Tripp, 2 Run (Austin Glawe Run) 8-0. SCtrl - Nathan Leer, 48 Run (Devin Tripp Run) 16-0.

SECOND QUARTER 04:34 - SCtrl - Devin Tripp, 1 Run (Run failed) 22-0. 00:05 - SCtrl - Nathan Leer, 3 Run (Nick Scivers Kick) 29-0.

THIRD QUARTER 04:44 - SCtrl - Devin Tripp, 18 Run (Run failed) 35-0.

Team Statistics SCtrl OKOFirst Downs................................ NA ..............NARushes-yards ............................ NA .........20-13Passing yards ............................ NA ...............85Passing ...................................... NA ....... 20-7-3Punts-yards ............................... NA .........5-142Total yards ................................. NA ...............72Fumbles-Lost............................. NA ..............NAPenalties-yards ......................... NA ..............NA

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: OKO - Weston Burgeson 5-10, Gabe Goehring 9-4, Parker Harms 1-(-4), Jordan Hanna 5-(-23). PASSING: OKO - Jordan Hanna 7-20-3, 85. RECEIVING: OKO - Keaton Jones 2-46, Dalton Poppema 2-21, Parker Harms 2-8, Jake Dodge 1-10.

Rebels 35 Pioneers 0

ORABSContinued from page D1momentum switch, but two plays later Dalton McQueen c r a s h e d a c r o s s t h e l i n e unblocked and caused a Sioux Center fumble that was recov-ered by Clayton Scheibler. H u n t e r M c D o n a l d t h e n sprinted around the corner for a 5-yard TD, and Mayer’s kick made it 14-0. “Chris just took the game over. Sheldon jumped on us right away, and we didn’t play with a lot of emotion and inten-sity. Those were two things we had told the guys we really needed,” said Sioux Center coach Tim Van Regenmorter. “Once Chris carried the ball a few times, Sheldon got rolling, and it was all over from there.” Balster struck again on Shel-don’s next possession, sprint-ing around the left side and outrunning the Sioux Center defense for a 42-yard TD. The kick failed, but it was 20-0 with 6:41 left in the half. The Orabs added one more TD just before the half. Jordan Whitsell did the honors with a 1-yard run, then Balster threw to McDonald for a two-point conversion. It was 28-0 at the break. Sioux Center took the ball over with 39 seconds left in the half and gained about 40 yards, but time ran out on the march. That was about all the offense Sioux Center could muster in the contest. The Warriors fin-ished with 120 total yards. “We really didn’t establish anything. They did a great job of taking away our dive,” Van Regenmorter said. “We strug-gled to get off the ball on both offense and defense all night. On defense for the first time in three weeks, we kind of sat back and let the game come to us. We didn’t attack.” Sheldon needed just two plays to score in the second half. The first was a 51-yard run by McDonald. The second

was a 28-yard TD scamper by Balster. Mayer made the kick to make it 35-0 with 9:31 left in the third quarter. The clock ran continuously the rest of the game. The Orabs finished the con-test with 479 yards of offense. Balster was the leading rusher. McDonald joined him over the century mark with 113 yards on 11 attempts. McQueen led the defense with five tackles and the forced fumble. Darin Greenfield made five stops. Scheibler had a sack and a fumble recovery. Matt Dykstra and Collin Wolthuizen also recovered fumbles. Spencer Fritz ran 10 times for 55 yards to pace the War-riors. Christian Rozeboom had six solo tackles, one assisted stop, one tackle for loss and one forced fumble to lead the defense. Nick Van Roekel had six solo tackles, one sack and two fumble recoveries.

Next week Sheldon, 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the district, plays host to MOC-

Floyd Valley (4-3, 2-2) in a key district contest next. “MOC-Floyd Valley played a heck of a first half against Boy-den-Hull/Rock Valley today. The (Trey) Achterhoff kid is a good athlete, and they always play great defense,” Meender-ing said. “It’s our last district game, and it’s important if we want that two seed so we can be home in the first round of the playoffs.” Si o u x Ce n t e r ( 3 - 4 , 2 - 2 ) hosts Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (5-2, 3-1). The Lions mauled Unity Christian 53-19 Friday. “Central Lyon is tough. I picked them before the season as one of the district favorites,” Van Regenmorter said. “They are always a physical team. They’ll be similar to Sheldon in that way. We’ll have to heal up and get back to work and see what we can do.”

Sheldon 7 21 7 0 - 35S Center 0 0 0 0 - 0

FIRST QUARTER 03:16 - SHE - Chris Balster, 3 Run (Trevor Mayer

Kick) 7-0.

SECOND QUARTER 09:24 - SHE - Hunter McDonald, 5 Run (Trevor Mayer Kick) 14-0. 06:41 - SHE - Chris Balster, 42 Run (Kick failed) 20-0. 00:39 - SHE - Tanner Whitsell, 1 Run (Hunter McDonald Pass from Chris Balster) 28-0.

THIRD QUARTER 09:31 - SHE - Chris Balster, 28 Run (Trevor Mayer Kick) 35-0.

Team Statistics SHE SCFirst Downs.................................16 .................6Rushes-yards ..................... 46-338 .......31-114Passing yards ...........................141 .................6Passing ..................................8-5-0 ....... 10-2-0Punts-yards ............................ 2-67 .............0-0Total yards ................................479 .............120Fumbles-Lost............................ 2-2 .............4-3Penalties-yards ...................... 2-10 ...........2-10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: SHE - Chris Balster 15-146, Hunter

McDonald 11-113, Matt Dykstra 3-18, Nathan Oostra 1-17, Grant Weaver 3-17, Logan Otis 7-14, Tanner Whitsell 4-10, Matt Buenger 2-3. SC - Spencer Fritz 10-55, Dylon Van’t Hof 8-19, Abel Duden 3-18, Andrew O’Donnell 5-14, Torin Huisman 3-11, Chris Borchers 1-0, Rylan Stewart 1-(-3). PASSING: SHE - Chris Balster 4-7-0, 135. Matt Buenger 1-1-0, 6. SC Andrew O’Donnell 2-10-0, 6. RECEIVING: SHE - Logan Otis 2-44, Nathan Oostra 1-29, Peter Fonkert 1-46, Tom Brown 1-22. SC - Dylon Van’t Hof 1-3, Rylan Stewart 1-3. SACKS: SHE - Clayton Scheibler 1. SC - Nick Van Roekel 1.

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FRIDAy FOOTBALL: CLASS A DISTRICT 1

CLASS A DISTRICT 1 FOOTBALL Dist All Home Away Off Def W L W L W L W L Ave Ave Streak➤ Akron-Westfield 5 0 7 0 3 0 4 0 38 20 Won 7 West Lyon 4 1 6 1 3 1 3 0 38 9 Won 4 Hinton 4 1 5 2 2 1 3 1 35 18 Won 3 Lawton-Bronson 3 2 5 2 3 1 2 1 31 21 Lost 2 Woodbury Central 3 2 5 2 3 1 2 1 39 23 Won 2 Alta-Aurelia 1 4 1 6 0 3 1 3 15 30 Lost 4 S-O 0 5 1 6 0 4 1 2 5 35 Lost 5 West Sioux 0 5 0 7 0 4 0 3 9 43 Lost 7

Friday, Oct. 5Alta-Aurelia 18, Akron-Westfield 34Hinton 46, Sibley-Ocheyedan 0West Lyon 57, Lawton-Bronson 3Woodbury Central 63, West Sioux 40

Next week’s gamesSibley-Ocheyedan at West SiouxLawton-Bronson at Akron-WestfieldWest Lyon at Woodbury CentralAlta-Aurelia at Hinton

CLASS 2A DISTRICT 1 FOOTBALL Dist All Home Away Off Def W L W L W L W L Ave Ave Streak➤ BHRV 4 0 7 0 4 0 3 0 43 6 Won 7 Sheldon 4 1 5 2 2 1 3 1 30 21 Won 1 CL/G-LR 3 1 5 2 4 0 1 2 33 14 Won 2 MOC-Floyd Valley 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 1 16 17 Lost 1 Sioux Center 2 2 3 4 2 2 1 2 17 29 Lost 1 Cherokee 0 4 0 7 0 5 0 2 11 42 Lost 7 Unity Christian 0 5 0 7 0 3 0 4 9 37 Lost 7

Friday, Oct. 5Cherokee 14, East Sac County 20Sioux Center 0, Sheldon 35CL/G-LR 53, Unity Christian 19MOC-Floyd Valley 6, BHRV 47

Next week’s gamesLeMars Gehlen at Unity ChristianCherokee at Boyden-Hull/Rock ValleyCentral Lyon/George-Little Rock at Sioux Center

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 1 FOOTBALL Dist All Home Away Off Def W L W L W L W L Ave Ave Streak➤ Emmetsburg 4 0 6 1 2 1 4 0 45 15 Won 5➤ South O’Brien 4 0 6 1 4 0 2 1 31 11 Won 3 Western Christian 3 1 3 4 2 1 1 3 20 24 Won 1 H-M-S 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 1 29 19 Lost 3 LeMars Gehlen 2 3 2 5 1 2 1 3 20 25 Lost 1 North Union 0 4 1 6 0 4 1 2 11 37 Lost 6 Okoboji 0 4 0 7 0 4 0 3 7 48 Lost 7

Friday, Oct. 5Okoboji 0, Sioux Central 35Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0, Emmetsburg 42Western Christian 29, LeMars Gehlen 7South O’Brien 38, North Union 0

Next week’s gamesNorth Union at Hartley-Melvin-SanbornLeMars Gehlen at Unity ChristianSouth O’Brien at EmmetsburgWestern Christian at Okoboji

Sheldon impressive in rebounding from rough outing in prior contest

Sheldon senior Matt Dykstra crashes through the middle of the Sioux Center defense on Friday. The Orabs had over 300 yards of total offense in the first half alone on the way to a 35-0 victory in Class 2A District 1 football. (Photos by Scott Byers)

Sophomore kicker Trevor Mayer boots an extra point for Sheldon on Friday. He went 3-for-4 on point after attempts as the Orabs beat Sioux Center 35-0 in the game.

Junior quarterback Andrew O’Donnell winds up for a pass attempt during Sioux Center’s home game with Sheldon on Friday. The Warriors managed only 120 yards of total offense in a 35-0 Class 2A District 1 loss.

Hinton relies on aerial attack against Sibley-OcheyedanGenerals stay closein opening stanza

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HINTON—In the ground stats, Sibley-Ocheyedan stuck pretty close to Hinton, but the

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the air with regularity and won a 46-0 decision in Class A Dis-trict 1 football Friday. Sibley-Ocheyedan ended up with 138 rushing yards to Hin-ton’s 196, but the Blackhawks threw for 214 yards. The Gener-als’ normally potent passing

game produced just 30 yards. Sibley-Ocheyedan got the ball after the coin toss and started moving but stalled on the initial drive. Hinton scored on an 18-yard pass with 3:43 to go, and the quarter ended with the Black-hawks only up 7-0. “We played pretty well, kind of back and forth,” said Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Jordan Men-ning. However, the Blackhawks scored four times in the second quarter, and the Generals did not respond. “The wheels just kind of fell off,” Menning said. “They just were able to pass, and we couldn’t move the ball.”

The inability to move the ball on offense then translated to a stagnant defense. “We lost our intensity,” Men-ning said. Last week’s loss against state-ranked Akron-Westfield also featured a poor second quarter, when the Westerners scored 31 points on the Generals. Men-ning said the Generals have been working on consistency to get rid of these droughts, but the team still has “a ways to go.” The Generals averaged about 5 yards per carry though, right where Menning wants to be. “We just have to be more con-sistent,” he said. The Blackhawks finished off the Generals with two more

TDs in the third quarter. “Hinton’s a good team,” Men-ning said. “They ran the ball, passed the ball. They mixed it up pretty well.” Dalton Frick led individual rushing with 17 carries for 64 yards, and Dylan Brockshus had six carries for 52 yards. Alex Fisher rushed three times for 39 yards. On defense, Jose Olvera tal-lied three solo tackles and eight assists. Ethan Mino had three solos and five helpers. Dillon Thies blocked two PATs.

Next week Sibley-Ocheyedan, 1-6 over-all and 0-4 in the district, will face a trip to West Sioux. The

Falcons have struggled through a winless season thus far, but they have been getting health-ier. The latest indication of that came when West Sioux put up 40 points on Friday in falling to Woodbury Central 63-40. “They’re a physical team, so we need to get ready for that,” Menning said.

S-O 0 0 0 0 - 0Hinton 7 26 13 0 - 46

FIRST QUARTER 03:43 - Hin - Jason Vander Kooi, 18 Pass from Morgan Wentzel (Jason Vander Kooi Kick) 0-7.

SECOND QUARTER 07:37 - Hin - Jason Vander Kooi, 7 Pass from Morgan Wentzel ( Jason Vander Kooi Kick) 0-14. 05:54 - Hin Dalton Becker, 11 Run (Kick failed) 0-20.

01:26 - Hin - Jason Vander Kooi, 33 Pass from Morgan Wentzel (Kick failed) 0-26. 00:12 - Hin - Dalton Becker, 22 Run (Jason Vander Kooi Kick) 0-33.

THIRD QUARTER 08:45 - Hin - Dalton Becker, 20 Run (Kick failed) 0-39. 00:59 - Hin - Dalton Becker, 1 Run (Jason Vander Kooi Kick) 0-46.

Team Statistics S-O HinFirst Downs...................................4 .................8Rushes-yards ..................... 29-138 .............0-0Passing yards .............................30 .................0Passing ................................10-2-0 ......... 0-0-0Punts-yards .............................. 0-0 .............0-0Total yards ................................168 .................0Fumbles-Lost............................ 1-1 .............1-1Penalties-yards ...................... 3-20 ...........7-50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: S-O - Dalton Frick 17-64, Dylan Brockshus 6-52, Alex Fischer 3-39, Ethan Mino 2-(-7), Dillon Thies 1-(-10). PASSING: S-O - Ethan Mino 2-10-0, 30. RECEIVING: S-O - Josh Wagenaar 2-30.

Generals 0 Blackhawks 46

Red Raiders prepared for homecoming test against WarriorsNORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL

Nearly overlookedWolves last week

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ORANGE CITY—Northwest-ern College is hoping for a happy homecoming when it hosts Midland University in a Great Plains Athletic Confer-ence football game set to kick off at 1:30 p.m. today (Saturday, Oct. 6). The Red Raiders are ranked

11th nationally by the NAIA and take a 4-1 overall record and a 2-1 conference mark into the contest. Midland started the season with a pair of wins but has since fallen to 2-2 overall and in the GPAC. Northwestern jumped up four spots in the national poll this week despite needing overtime to hold off Nebraska Wesleyan University 33-27 last week. The Red Raiders never trailed in that contest. Brandon Smith scored three touchdowns, including a 3-yard run in OT to provide the

winning points. Smith scored Northwestern’s first TD of the game on a short run. Theo Bartman did the honors next, running in from 17 yards out. The Red Raiders led 13-10 at halftime. Northwestern scored on the first drive of the second half, with Davis Bloemendaal find-ing Tyler Walker with a 7-yard TD pass. A defensive TD by Nebraska Wesleyan cut it back to three before Bloemendaal found Smith with a 39-yard TD pass. The Prairie Wolves scored

the last 10 points of regulation to tie it. The Red Raiders played defense first in the extra session and held Nebraska Wesleyan out of the end zone on a fourth-down play. The Red Raiders needed three offensive plays to score the winner. Smith had 58 yards receiving and 56 yards rushing. Bartman ran for 74 yards. Bloemendaal threw for 250 yards. Walker had 153 yards on nine receptions. The Red Raiders average more than 435 yards per game and 33 points per contest. Smith is sec-

ond in the GPAC in rushing with 470 yards and Bartman is third with 450. Bloemendaal has thrown for 1,082 yards, which is fourth in the league. Defensively, Northwestern allows 246 yards and 17.4 points per contest. Nate Fischer leads the team in tackles with 35. Jor-dan Carlson ranks sixth nation-ally in sacks with 6.5. Midland lost to 18th-ranked Doane College 27-7 last week. The Warriors average only 10 points per game this season. The offense picks up just 109

yards per game on the ground and 89 yards per game through the air. Mike Karls and Lee Hor-key have split time at quarter-back. Dominic Blood and Kene Martin have been the primary ballcarriers. The Midland defense allows 20 points per game, ranking it third in the GPAC. The Warriors allow 207 yards per game in the air. Defensive back Nick Carl-son led the NAIA in intercep-tions last year with nine and has 20 tackles and two picks thus far this season.

WOLFPACKContinued from page D1plays in the game.” Less than a minute into the fourth frame, Drew Van Sloten had a 3-yard TD run for the hosts. The conversion attempt failed. Van’t Hul completed the scor-ing plays with 2:51 remaining in the contest on a 2-yard run. Den Herder booted the extra point. Van Maanen completed 12-of-24 passes for 162 yards and an interception in the con-test. Drew Van Sloten amassed 167 yards rushing on 40 carries. Ethan Fenchel hauled in three passes for 58 yards. Jacob Van Ginkel led a bal-anced Wolfpack defensive effort with three solo tackles, an assisted tackle and two sacks. Colton Van Otterloo, Brandon Vander Stoep and Ross Te Slaa each made an interception. Van Sloten recovered a fumble. Wiltgen completed 12-of-42 passes for 206 yards to lead the Jays offensively. Aaron Jentz caught four passes for 94 yards and Michael Whitehead caught five for 63. LeMars Gehlen Catholic coach Tony Gunter could not be reached for comment.

Next week Western Christian improved to 3-3 overall and 3-1 in district games with the win. The Wolfpack next travels to winless Okoboji. Sioux Central pounded the Pioneers 35-0 Friday. “We play a team on the road next week that has struggled so far this year, but we are going to prep just like we do for any other game,” Kooima said. “We have a lot to work on as a team. The only thing we can do is get back to work and keep improv-ing.” LeMars Gehlen Catholic (2-4, 2-2) travels to Orange City to face Unity Christian. The Knights also are winless after being defeated 53-19 by Cen-tral Lyon/George-Little Rock.

Gehlen 0 7 0 0 - 7Western 2 14 0 13 - 29

FIRST QUARTER 08:00 - WC - Mason De Vries, Safety 0-2.

SECOND QUARTER 03:12 - WC - Michael Den Herder, 14 Pass from Daniel Van Maanen (Michael Den Herder Kick) 0-9. 01:45 - Gehlen - Blake Wiltgen, 3 Run (Fabio Rivera Kick) 7-9. 01:31 - WC - Brady Van’t Hul, 88 Kickoff Return (Michael Den Herder Kick) 7-16.

FOURTH QUARTER 11:21 - WC - Drew Van Sloten, 3 Run (Pass failed) 7-22. 02:51 - WC - Brady Van’t Hul, 2 Run (Michael Den Herder Kick) 7-29.

Team Statistics Gehlen WCFirst Downs.................................11 ...............21Rushes-yards ........................12--3 .......55-189Passing yards ...........................206 .............162Passing ..............................42-13-3 ..... 24-12-1

Punts-yards .............................. 0-0 .........3-109Total yards ................................203 .............351Fumbles-Lost............................ 0-0 .............7-0Penalties-yards ...................... 2-10 ...........3-36

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: WC - Drew Van Sloten 40-167, Brady Van’t Hul 3-16, Jeffrey Granstra 2-3, Daniel Van Maanen 10-3. Gehlen - Dominic Ellensohn 1-18, Erik Willman 1-4, Michael Whitehead 1- (-4), Blake

Wiltgen 12- (-26). PASSING: Gehlen - Blake Wiltgen 13-42-3, 206. WC - Daniel Van Maanen 12-24-1, 162. RECEIVING: Gehlen - Aaron Jentz 4-94, Michael Whitehead 5-63, Thomas Stoll 3-34, Mitchel Flack

1-15. WC - Jeffrey Granstra 4-20, Ethan Fenchel 3-58, Michael Den Herder 2-26, Drew Van Sloten 1-24, Brandon Vander Stoep 1-18, Daniel Van Maanen 1-16.

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FRIDAy FOOTBALL: CLASS A DISTRICT 1

Western Christian powers to district victory

This was a familiar scene on Friday as Western Christian junior running back Drew Van Sloten bursts through a hole in the LeMars Gehlen Catholic defense. He carried the rock 40 times for 167 yards and a touchdown in a 29-7 Wolfpack victory. (Photos by Jeff Wagner)

Senior quarterback Blake Wiltgen scores a touchdown in the second quarter for LeMars Gehlen Catholic on Friday in Hull. The Jays only trailed 9-7 after the point-after kick, but would not tally again in a 29-7 loss.

Western Christian junior Jeffrey Granstra is swarmed under by the LeMars Gehlen Catholic defense on a special teams play on Friday evening. Western Christian picked up a 29-7 victory over the Jays in Class 1A District 1 play in Hull.

Face ranked foe onroad in GPAC play

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MITCHELL, SD—Dordt Col-lege had its collective heart broken last week, but the Defenders will have to go right back to work when they play Dakota Wesleyan University in Great Plains Athletic Confer-ence football at 1 p.m. today (Saturday, Oct. 6). The Defenders looked des-tined to snap a season-opening

slump last week against Briar Cliff University, only to instead add another defeat to that led-ger. Dordt scored a touchdown to take the lead with 2:09 remain-ing in the game, but the Char-gers responded with a drive that ended with a 5-yard TD pass from P.J. Quiroga to Bryce Harshman with just 10 seconds left to wrap up a 33-29 Briar Cliff victory. The Defenders gained a sea-son-high 396 yards of offense in the contest. Trai Pickney ran nine times for 104 yards and caught three passes for

53 yards. Pickney scored the game’s first TD on a 67-yard run late in the first quarter. Briar Cliff got its first points on a safety when Dordt had a punt snap go out of the end zone. The Chargers added a TD and a field goal and led 12-7 at the intermission. Dordt capitalized on a turn-over early in the second half, taking the lead on a 10-yard run by Daniel Fennig. Briar Cliff scored the next 14 points before Pickney scored his sec-ond TD of the day on a 13-yard run. Dordt marched 81 yards on its next drive, twice convert-

ing on fourth down, and even-tually took a 29-26 edge on a 2-yard run by quarterback Kyle Henricks with 2:09 left. The Chargers then took off on their dramatic drive. Dordt enters today’s game 0-5 overall and 0-4 in the GPAC. Pickney leads the offense with 262 yards on 32 carries. Lenard Manuel has 196 yards on 32 totes. Henricks has passed for 302 yards and run for three TDs. The Defenders’ defense has allowed an average of 34.8 points per game. Seth Vande Voort has 30 solo tackles and

23 assisted stops. Sam Ash-more has 8.5 tackles for loss. Raymond Cleveland has two interceptions. The Dordt defense has a lot of work to do today. Dakota Wes-leyan is ranked 25th nation-ally by the NAIA. The Tigers are averaging 30.5 points per game. Jon Bane has passed for 907 yards in just three games. He has seven TD passes and three interceptions. Arthur Brown has 26 catches and aver-ages 11.7 yards per catch. Josh Endres is the leading rusher with 676 yards on 124 carries. The Tigers have allowed 22.5

points per game. Brady Bonte has 18 solo tackles and 21 assisted stops. Dustin Berg-meier has three interceptions. The Tigers fell to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the GPAC with a 40-30 loss to Hastings College last week. Dakota Wesleyan had 559 yards of total offense in the loss. Bane threw for 457 yards and three TDs. Endres ran for 109 yards on 23 carries. The Tigers did allow Hastings to rack up 523 total yards, and the Bron-cos had an advantage of nearly 10 minutes in time of posses-sion.

Offenses have waythroughout contest

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MOVILLE—The scoreboard operator had a busy night in Moville on Friday as Woodbury

Ce n t r a l and West Sioux lit

it up, but it was the Wildcats that came out on top 63-40 in Class A football. The game featured 914 total yards of offense and 103 points. Coming into the contest, West Sioux had scored a total of only 26 points on offense all season. “This was basically a track meet,” said West Sioux coach Clint McKee. Woodbury Central scored three touchdowns, all with its aerial attack, in the first quarter

to go up 21-0 early. McKee switched some things up defensively to counteract the potent Wildcat offense. “They jumped out on us early and we knew that first we had to figure out a way to slow them down in order to give ourselves any sort of chance to come back,” He said. Matthew Gude provided the first score for the Falcons on a 72-yard interception return. Jesus Rivera then connected with Austin Hulquist on a 16-yard pass play on its next possession to bring West Sioux closer, still down 21-13. Woodbury Central then went on to score 37 unanswered points by way of four passing scores, one running score and a safety. “We just had too many dumb mistakes,” McKee said. “I was pleased to see with how many points we put up, but I still don’t

think we played our best game.” West Sioux got another defen-sive TD, this time on a 20-yard fumble return courtesy of Matthew Negaard in the fourth quarter to end the Falcons’ drought. Hulquist hauled in another TD pass from Rivera on West Sioux’s next possession, and Mitch Schlumbum found pay dirt on a 41-yard scamper, but the Falcons still trailed 57-32. Woodbury Central added one more score on the ground, add-ing the two-point conversion to give it 63. West Sioux got one more from Negaard — a 44-yard run. “There is definitely a lot of promise for us heading into these last two games,” McKee said. “We’re finally starting to get all our kids back whether from injuries or disciplinary reasons, and you can start to see that continuity building.

Hopefully, we can build from this and turn in some wins these last two games.” Schlumbum finished with 59 yards rushing and 25 receiving. Negaard tallied 51 yards on the ground. Negaard led the charge on defense with nine total tackles and the fumble recovery. Logan Van Noort had eight tackles and Gude had four tackles and the interception. Hulquist, Mario Topete and Logan Vlotho each had a fumble recovery.

Next week West Sioux, 0-7 overall and 0-5 in the district, will host Sibley-Ocheyedan (1-6, 0-5) next. McKee said the Generals are a team that likes to spread the ball around and create oppor-tunities for a big play. “They won’t run it a lot but they will spread us out, so we need to do our job and play

sound football. If we can do that for one game all together, I think we can be successful,” he said.

W Sioux 0 13 0 27 - 40WoodC 20 22 15 6 - 63

FIRST QUARTER 08:54 - WoodC -Brooks Montage 22 Pass from Matthew Wright (Ray Scheelhaase Kick) 0-7. 05:07 - WoodC -Jayce Modernall 8 Pass from Matthew Wright (Kick failed) 0-13. 03:21 - WoodC - Jake Mize 19 Pass from Matthew Wright (Ryan Bader Kick) 0-20.

SECOND QUARTER 07:22 - WS - Matthew Gude, 73 Interception return (Kick failed) 6-20. 07:10 - WS - Austin Hultquist, 16 Run (Adrian Topete Kick) 13-20. 05:57 - WoodC - Jayce Modrell 60 Pass from Matthew Wright (Jake Mize Pass from Matthew Wright) 13-28. 03:26 - WoodC - Matthew Wright 2 Run ( Ryan Bader Kick) 13-35. WoodC - Brooks Montage 49 Pass from Matthew Wright (Ryan Bader Kick) 13-42.

THIRD QUARTER 05:21 - WoodC -William Daughtery 80 Pass from Matthew Wright (Kick failed) 13-48. 02:56 - WoodC - Safety 13-50.

00:19 - WoodC - William Daughtery 3 Pass from Matthew Wright (Ryan Bader Kick) 13-57.

FOURTH QUARTER 10:08 - WS - Austin Hultquist, 28 Pass from Jesus Rivera (Kick failed) 19-57. 09:56 - WS - Justin Negaard, 20 Fumble Recovery (Adrian Topete Kick) 26-57. 08:15 - WS - Mitchell Schlumbohm, 41 Run (Kick failed) 32-57. 02:47 - WoodC - Ray Scheelhaase 7 Run (Kick failed) 32-63. 00:22 - WS - Justin Negaard, 44 Run (Justin Stoltenburg Run) 40-63.

Team Statistics WS WoodCFirst Downs.................................10 ...............13Rushes-yards ..................... 32-217 .......31-170Passing yards .............................73 .............454Passing ................................10-5-0 ..... 28-16-1Punts-yards .......................... 4-158 ...........2-96Total yards ................................290 .............624Fumbles-Lost............................ 3-2 .............6-4Penalties-yards ...................... 7-50 ...........3-15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: WS - Mitchell Schlumbohm 5-59, Justin Negaard 2-51, Mario Topete 5-34, Kembe Kooi 6-31, Jesus Rivera 7-20, Dereck Kaskie 6-13, Justin Stoltenburg 1-9. PASSING: WS - Jesus Rivera 5-10-0, 73. RECEIVING: WS - Mitchell Schlumbohm 1-25, Mario Topete 1-2, Austin Hultquist 2-44, Mason Ericson 1-2.

Defenders need to get over heartbreaking defeat quickDORDT FOOTBALL

Scoreboard churns all night at Woodbury Central

Falcons 40 Wildcats 63