Tigers compete in last indoor track meet before this week’s RVC meet at Cornell

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

  PELLA — The Tipton girl’s track team made their annual trek to Pella, Iowa last week to compete in the Central College indoor track and field meet. There, the Tigers wrapped up their indoor season before taking part in the River Valley Conference indoor meet this Thursday
at Cornell College.
  The Tigers were led by Jamie Kofron’s finish in the shot put. The class 2A runner-up at the 2016 state track and field meet, placed third in the event at Central. She had a best throw of 36-feet, 5-inches.
In the individual events, sophomore Hunter Humphrey just missed a top-10 finish in the 60-meter dash, finishing 11th in 8.59. Humphrey placed 12th in the prelims of the event in 8.57 to qualify for the finals.
  Other top-20 finishers were Amanda Smith’s 15th place finish in the 1,500-meter run (2:44.66), Sommer Daniel’s 18th place finish in the 400-meter dash (1:08.16) and Samantha DeMoss’s 19th place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (10.93).
  The Tigers best relay finish at the meet came from their 4X800-meter relay team of Tiffany Schott, Kenzie Mente, Erica Shumaker and Smith who finished 18th in a time of 12:01.26.
  The Tigers will begin their outdoor season on Tuesday, March 28 at home when they host a co-ed meet with several area teams at the meet. Tipton will travel to Cascade two days later for their first outdoor road meet of the season.

Central College High School Indoor Meet
Pella, IA
March 18
(Tipton Results Only)
Field Event Results:
Long Jump: 32. Karlee Kamberling 12-09, 36. Sara Webb 12-05.
Shot Put: 3. Jamie Kofron 36-05, 18. Bryanna Simmermaker 30-09

Individual Event Results:
60-meter dash: FINALS — 11. Hunter Humphrey 8.59; PRELIMS — 12. Hunter Humphrey 8.57, 171. Laressa Stout 10.32, 190. Alisha Thomsen 11.40.
200-meter dash: 101. Samantha DeMoss 32.13, 188. Alisha Thomsen 40.67.
400-meter dash: 18. Sommer Daniel 1:08.16, 33. Karlee Kamberling 1:10.62, 40. Blake Ehler 1:11.44, 53. Kamryn Chapman 1:13.15, 69. Katie Binns 1:15.51.
800-meter run: 15. Amanda Smith 2:44.66, 46. Erica Shumaker 3:01.61.
1,500-meter run: 18. Kenzie Mente 5:46.45..
60-meter hurdles: 19. Samantha DeMoss 10.93, 34. Blake Ehler 11.41, 44. Kamryn Chapman 11.77, 46. Brittney Ford 11.80, 70. Ashlyn Curry 12.47.
4X200-meter relay: 35. Tipton (Alisha Thomsen, Sara Webb, Ashlyn Curry, Laressa Stout) 2:21.10.
4X400-meter relay: 21. Tipton (Sommer
Daniel, Blake Ehler, Brittney Ford, Amanda Smith) 4:57.02.
4X800-meter relay: 18. Tipton (Tiffany
Schott, Kenzie Mente, Erica Shumaker, Amanda Smith) 12:01.26.

Tigers run at third indoor track and field meet

  PELLA — Spring break was last week for Tipton High School but the indoor track season continued as the Tigers track team traveled to Pella for their annual appearance at the Central College High School Indoor meet. It was the last indoor meet before the River Valley Conference indoor track and field meet on Thursday at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon.
  At the meet, Tipton athletes had many chances to lower times and extend throw distances.
The top finish at the meet was an 8th place finish by Andrew Stewart in the high jump with a best jump of 5-feet, 8-inches.
  Other Tipton high finishes were Ben Ellis placed 12th in the 1,600-meter run in 5:11.89, Kolton Crock 15th in the shot put (39-08), Quinton Mesick 16th in the 60-meter dash (7.60), and Bryce Deerberg 18th in the 400-meter dash (57.49).
  Tipton’s best relay finish came from its 4X800-meter relay team of Isak Skeie, Bryce Deerberg,
Austin Lenz and Trent Pelzer just missed out on a top-10 finish, placing 11th in a time of 9:38.86. Tipton’s 4X400-meter relay team of Quinton Mesick, Blaise Thumma, Deerberg and Skeie placed 12th in 3:57.22 to give Tipton two, top-15 relay finishes.
  The Tigers competed at the Dickinson Relays in Cedar Falls on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa, on March 7.
  Tipton’s best relay events, placed 39th in the 4X400 and 41st in the 4X800. Wes Zell had the top individual finish with a 31st place finish in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.31. Bryce Deerberg placed 92nd in the 400-meter dash while Ben Ellis placed 100th in the 800-meter run and Brendon Claussen placed 101st in the 60-meter dash.

Central College Boys High School Meet
Kuyper Indoor Fieldhouse
March 17
Pella, IA
Field Event Results:
High Jump: 8. Andrew Stewart 5-8.
Shot Put: 15. Kolton Crock 39-08, 80. Mitch McMurrin 23-03.

Individual Event Results:
60-meter dash: 16. Quinton Mesick 7.60, 131. Nolan Ohrt 8.38, 176. Trent Hilbert 8.92, 203. Tommy Brown 10.81.
200-meter dash: 81. Jaxson Murphy 26.51, 100. Andrew Stewart 27.13, 140. Nolan Ohrt 29.06, 147. Trent Hilbert 30.38, 161. Tommy Brown 38.35.
400-meter dash: 18. Bryce Deerberg 57.49, 60. Gavin Belitz 1:02.80, 62. Gabe Peach 1:03.45.
800-meter run: 31. Gabe Peach 2:25.03, 35. Trent Pelzer 2:27.37, 57. Gavin Belitz 2:40.48.
1,600-meter run: 12. Ben Ellis 5:11.89.
60-meter hurdles: 25. Davis Butler 10.18, 26. Frank Bierman 10.28.
4X200-meter relay: 21. Tipton A (Quinton Mesick, Blaise Thumma, Jaxson Murphy, Isak Skeie) 1:47.52, 28. Tipton B (Davis Butler, Frank Bierman, Trent Pelzer, Nolan Ohrt) 1:51.42.
4X400-meter relay: 12. Tipton A (Quinton Mesick, Blaise Thumma, Bryce Deerberg, Isak Skeie) 3:57.22, 21. Tipton B (Jaxson Murphy,
Davis Butler, Frank Bierman, Andrew Stewart) 4:11.28.
4X800-meter relay: 11. Tipton A (Isak Skeie, Bryce Deerberg, Austin Lenz, Trent Pelzer) 9:38.86, 17. Tipton B (Ben Ellis, Gabe Peach, Gavin Belitz, Brenden Leeper) 10:17.33.

Dickinson Relays
March 7
Cedar Falls, IA

Individual Event Results:
60-meter dash: 101. Brendon Claussen 7.74, 167. Blaise Thumma
8.31, 185. Blake Sloan 8.87.
200-meter dash: 137. Blaise Thumma 26.64, 138. Blake Sloan 26.65.
400-meter dash: 92. Bryce Deerberg 57.68, 104. Dalton Clark 58.16, 145. Conor Cromer 1:01.64.
800-meter run: 100. Ben Ellis 2:25.79, 101. Sam Bierman 2:26.11, 104. Bryce Deerberg 2:26.87.
60-meter hurdles: 31. Wes Zell 9.31, 64. Paden Zell 10.01, 69. Parker Jensen 10.10.
4X200-meter relay: 51. Tipton 1:44.79.
4X400-meter relay: 39. Tipton 4:00.69.
4X800-meter relay: 41. Tipton 9:41.10.

NC, Durant at Dickinson

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

CEDAR FALLS — The North Cedar and Durant’s girl’s track and field team ran at the Dickinson Relays indoor meet on March 6. Darby Hawtrey had the top North Cedar finish with a 3rd place finish in the high jump. Hawtrey had a best jump of 5-feet, 2 inches. Hawtrey also turned in the Knights top individual finish with a 55th place finish in the 200-meter dash in 29.13.
North Cedar’s top relay finish was a 24th place finish in the 4X800-meter relay.
Autumn Wolf placed 27th in the long jump with a best jump of 15-04. Wolf also had the top individual finish for the Wildcats. Wolf placed 43rd in the 400-meter dash in 1:06.92.
The top Wildcats relay finish came from their 4X200-meter relay in 49th place.

2017 Dickinson Relays
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa
March 6
Field Event Results:
High Jump: 3. Darby Hawtrey (NC) 5-02, 53. Lexi Crist (NC) 4-6. Long Jump: 27. Autumn Wolf (D) 15-04.0, 27. Amorae Myers (D) 15-04.0, 83. Andrea Wachendorf (NC) 12-11, 103. Kassidie Galloway (NC) 11-04. Shot Put: 31. Morgan Sander (NC) 33-04, 31. Leah Crock (NC) 33-04, 66. Kelly Alexander (D) 30-0, 83. Emily Seligman (D) 28-10, 90. Mariah Behrens (NC) 28-01, 128. Brittany Kahl (D) 24-02
Individual Event Results:
60-meter dash: 76. Brittyn Wilhau (NC) 8.79, 129. Kiarra Musser (NC) 9.05, 180. Haley Wolf (D) 9.57, 191. Brittany Kahl (D) 9.82, 206. Kaitlyn Wiese (D) 10.62. 200-meter dash: 52. Amorae Myers (D) 29.06, 55. Darby Hawtrey (NC) 29.13, 121. Brittyn Wilhau (NC) 30.69, 153. Andrea Wachendorf (NC) 31.77, 169. Kerrigan
Johnson (D) 32.42, 187. Haley Wolf (D) 33.84. 400-meter dash: 43. Autumn Wolf (D) 1:06.92, 117. Sadie Brown (NC) 1:11.16, 142. Alyssa Higbee (NC) 1:13.73, 159. Heidi Wolf (D) 1:15.78, 168. Katie Jilovic (NC) 1:16.77, 187. Aubrey Doerscher (D) 1:24.21. 800-meter run: 62. Ellie Berry (D) 2:47.56, 77. Carly Montz (NC) 2:51.33, 79. Haven Brown (NC) 2:51.94, 89. Madison Howe (D) 2:56.18, 115. Sarah High (NC) 3:04.13, 143. Aubrey Doerscher (D) 3:20.07. 60-meter hurdles: 75. Brenna Moeller (D) 11.04, 85. Darby Hawtrey (NC) 11.11, 117. Andrea Wachendorf 11.54, 152. Tori Novinski (D) 12.53, 161. Morgan Sander (NC) 13.08. 4X200-meter relay: 27. North Cedar 1:56.66, 49. Durant 2:00.20. 4X800-meter relay: 24. North Cedar 10:50.25, 52. Durant 11:49.66.

Wildcats Compete At Dickinson Relays
  CEDAR FALLS — The Durant Wildcat boy’s track team competed at the Dickinson Relays on March 7. There, it was the first time on the oval this season for the Wildcats among state wide track teams.
  Nathan Prunchak led Durant with the Wildcat’s top finish in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.74 and a top finish in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:24.91. Cale Frett had the top Wildcat finish in the field events, in the shot put, with a throw of 33-feet, 3-inches.

Dickinson Relays
March 7 - Cedar Falls, Iowa
Field Event Results: Shot Put: 121. Cale Frett 33-03, 140. Tanner Hoon 28-06.
Individual Event Results: 60-meter dash: 168. Tony Friederichs 8.31, 177. Zachary Badtram 8.49, 180. Bruce Dillabough 8.58. 200-meter dash: 151. Zachary Badtram 27.29, 158. Bruce Dillabough 28.15, 159. Gage Finke 28.19. 400-meter dash: 141. Nathan Prunchak 1:00.74, 150. Tony Friederichs 1:02.55. 800-meter run: 94. Nathan Prunchak 2:24.91.

Knights compete at two Indoor track meets
CEDAR FALLS — The North Cedar Knights ran at two indoor meets recently. North Cedar ran at the Iowa State indoor meet on March 14 and at the UNI, Dickinson Relays on March 7.
Dickinson Relays

University of Northern Iowa
March 7 - Cedar Falls, Iowa
Field Event Results:
High Jump: 12. Greg Hansen 5-10.
Long Jump: Greg Hansen 18-01, Keon McCullough
17-06, Tanner Hasslet 13-06.
Shot Put: Aaron Woodward 42-04, Tyler Thurston
35-10, Brady Lehrman 33-06.

Individual Results: 4X200-meter relay: North Cedar (Greg Hansen, Jacob Jensen, Keon McCullough, Miles McCullough) 1:44.98 (DQ). 4X800-meter relay: North Cedar (Seamus Raney, Robert Kelly-Anderson, Byron Boleyn, Carter Johnson) 9:35.70. 60-meter hurdles: Ethan Sahr 10.09, Treat Spahr 10.25, Miles McCullough 10.40. 60-meter dash: Bryce Bemer 7.63, Zac Kauffman 7.88, Tanner Hasslet 8.36. 400-meter dash: Colin Sander 61.92, Tyler Alexander 63.82. 200-meter dash: 11. Greg Hansen 23.79, Miles McCullough 25.20, Carter Johnson 27.12. 800-meter run: Cory Cox 2:24.84, Tyler Maschmann 2:32.59, Devon Willis 2:47.93. 4X400-meter relay: North Cedar (Seamus Raney, Jacob Jensen, Keon McCullough, Ethan Sahr) 3:52.52.

Iowa State Indoor Track and Field Meet
March 14, Ames, Iowa
Field Event Results: High Jump: Greg Hansen 5-8, Cory Cox 5-4. Long Jump: Greg Hansen 18-4.75. Shot Put: Aaron Woodward 44-11, Tyler Thurston 35-6.5.

Individual Results:
60-meter hurdles: Miles McCullough 10.11, Ethan Sahr 10.19. 60-meter dash: Bryce Bemer 7.51, Zac Kauffman 7.90. 4X800-meter relay: North Cedar (Seamus Raney, Carter Johnson, Byron Boleyn, Cory Cox) 9:22.92. 400-meter dash: Miles McCullough 56.53, Colin Sander 1:02.13. 1,600-meter run: Devon Willis 5:47.29, Tyler Maschmann 6:14.43 Medley Relay: North Cedar (Miles McCullough, Jacob Jensen, Greg Hansen, Seamus Raney) 4:01.25.

Home track help needed

  TIPTON — The Tipton outdoor track and field season is less than a month away and there is a need for help in working the home meets this season. It has been a long tradition in Tipton to host many outdoor track meets, probably one of the most aggressive schools to do so. To continue this tradition, workers are needed, up to 30 per meet and seven home dates possibly.
  Training will be provided with information to make it possible for you to be comfortable in performing your assigned duties. If you haven’t helped before and have held back because of a lack of knowledge, please consider giving it a try this season.

Home Meet Schedule:
Tuesday, March 28 HS Co-Ed
Thursday, April 6 Tiger Relays
Monday, April 10 MS Co-Ed
Thursday, April 13 Tigerette Relays
Tuesday, April 18 HS Co-Ed
Tuesday, May 2 MS Co-Ed
Thursday, May 11 Likely 2A District Meet

  If you are interested in helping, please contact Tipton athletic director Troy Smock at the high school, at 563-886-6027, ext 1107 or Troy.Smock@tipton.k12.ia.us. All meets start either at 4:00 or 4:30 with running events starting at 5:00 at all of the high school meets.

Tigers Hold Wrestling Banquet

  TIPTON — On March 5, the Tipton Tiger Wrestling team held their annual end of the season banquet. Coaches, parents and friends honored 18 Tiger wrestlers and four managers who helped to make the 2016-17 wrestling season a success. As a team, this year’s Tigers compiled a dual meet record of 13-10 and finished 5 th at the River Valley Conference meet. Individually, the Tigers crowned two conference champions in junior Ben Emrich and freshman Austin Lenz. They also advanced 4 wrestlers to the district tournament and advanced one wrestler (Ben Emrich) to the State Tournament in Des Moines. Ben Emrich also led the team in several statistical categories including wins (41) and pins (30), as well as setting a new school record for team points in a season (306). Junior John Crowley led the team in takedowns (87), match points (257), and tied for 2nd in wins (37) with Lenz.
  Ben Emrich was selected as the team’s Most Valuable Wrestlers, while senior Zach Jones received the Most Improved Wrester award. Sophomore Chance Koch was selected as the team’s Most Dedicated Wrestler, while John Crowley earned the Hardest Worker award. Austin Lenz was chosen as the Freshman of the Year, and Levi Mohr earned the Coaches Appreciation
Award. Guts Club members included Austin Lenz and Chance Koch.
  Other members of the 2016-17 wrestling team include Justin McAtee, Conor Cromer, Sabina Halleman, Isak Skeie, Nick Paul, Keith Penningroth, Lucas Barnum, Gavin Belitz, Tommy Brown, Brenden Leeper, Kaleb Mesick, and Brendan Nantz. Team managers were Finn Jordan, Megan Dierks, Emily Falkers, and Madison O’Leary.

Taylor Anderson Named New Hall of Pride Director

     Taylor Anderson, a social studies teacher and coach at Ankeny Centennial High School has been named the new Director of the Iowa Hall of Pride. He will assume his new duties August 1 replacing Jack Lashier who was hired by the IHSAA in 1996 and has been the Director of the Hall of Pride since its official opening in February, 2005.

     The announcement of Anderson's appointment came from Alan Beste, executive director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, who operates the unique concept that highlights the state, its schools, businesses and citizens.

     "While Jack Lashier's presence will be truly missed at the Hall of Pride, I am very excited that Taylor Anderson will be his successor!  Taylor is energetic, self-motivated, passionate about Iowa, has a dynamic personality, and is the right person to take over as Director of the Hall of Pride," remarked Beste.

     Anderson, a Central Iowa native is a 1995 graduate of Colo-NESCO High School and holds a B.A. degree in social studies from Wartburg College and a M.A. degree in Education from Viterbo University, LaCrosse, WI.

     His path in education started at Williamsburg in 1999 guiding and teaching at-risk students. He later was a high school social studies teacher and coach at Mason City High School before moving to Ankeny, where he has developed an interdisciplinary course and curriculum in Iowa History. He has been recognized for his teaching at Mason City with the KIMT "Golden Apple Award," and at Ankeny by their Board of Education.

     The Hall of Pride celebrates the people and the State of Iowa through a variety of displays and interactive exhibits. It was the brainchild of former IHSAA Executive Director Bernie Saggau who first presented the concept to the Board of Control in 1994. Shortly thereafter Lashier, who will join a family business, was hired and travelled to each school promoting their involvement in the concept.

     Located in Hy-Vee Hall of the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines, the Hall of Pride offers visitors a unique interactive experience of exploring Iowa.  Its mission is to educate about the future, preserve the past and celebrate the accomplishments of all Iowans, featured in over 12 venues within the Hall. Open daily, Monday through Friday, the Hall of Pride and its related activities is an educational component of the IHSAA.

Tigers get three, North Cedar, Durant with two each on RVC Lists

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

MONTICELLO — Tipton junior forward Logan Hoffman and two of his teammates were named to the River Valley Conference All-Conference team last week after the conference released their annual honors. Hoffman earned his second straight season of All-Conference honors having been named to the 2016 honorable mention team. Hoffman is joined by senior Daulton Mente and sophomore Andrew Stewart on the All-RVC teams. The trio hleped the Tigers to a 13-11 season and helped the Tigers reach the district final game for the first time in many seasons. The highlight of the year may have been the Tigers 78+66 win in the postseason at 18-3 West Burlington, winners of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference.
  Hoffman was named to the 10-member RVC Elite team. Hoffman led Tipton in scoring with a 22.8-point average. He shot 81.9-percent from the free throw line and made 13 three pointers. He was the Tigers leading rebounder with 189 and had 19 steals and 12 assists.
  Others on the Elite team were Dakota Soenksen and Dylan Hundley from Camanche, Cooper Kabela and Beau Cornwell from West Branch, Gannon O’Brien and Johnny Supple from Cascade, Cade Daugherty from Bellevue and Zach Parson and Luke Empen from NE Goose Lake.
  Sophomore guard Andrew Stewart burst onto the RVC scene this season and gave the Tigers another scorer. Stewart averaged 15.3 points a game and had a team high 48 made three pointers. He shot 74.3-percent from the free throw line. Stewart also had 62 rebounds, 22 steals, 19 assists
and 7 blocked shots in his first season as a varsity starter.
  Mente was selected to the honorable mention team. Mente averaged 6.0 points per game and made 20 three pointers. He was the third leading rebounder with 107 and had 24 steals and 22 assists.
Two Durant players were honored with all-conference honors. Seniors Luke Whitlock and Jake Conley were selected to the RVC Teams. Whitlock was a RVC South selection and Conley was an honorable mention selection. The senior duo helped lead the Wildcats to a 9-13 record.
  Whitlock led Durant in scoring with a 12.1-point per game average. He shot 79.2-percent from the free throw line and 42.8-percent from the field. He led Durant in rebounding with 144, tied for the team lead in steals with 32 and dished out 36 assists. He also led Durant in blocked shots with 22.
Conley averaged 6.2 points a game. He made 14 three pointers, shot 70-percent from the free throw line, had 43 rebounds, 28 steals and led the Wildcats in assists with 58.
  North Cedar had two players selected to the RVC teams for the 9-14 Knights this season. Senior Carter Johnson was named to the RVC North Divisional team. Johnson led North Cedar in scoring with a 12.9-point scoring average. He led North Cedar in made three pointers with 35, shot 68-percent from the free throw line, had 62 rebounds, 39 assists and 40 steals.
  Mason Minar also was selected to the All-Conference team as an honorable mention selection. Minar was the Knights second leading scorer with 231 points and a 10.0-point average. He shot 69.5-percent from the free throw line, had 63 rebounds, and team leads in assists with 44 and steals with 43. He also was second on the team with 14 blocked shots.
  Wilton had one player on the All-Conference team. Senior Kaleb Timmsen was on the honorable mention team. He averaged 3.7 points a game, shot 80.6-percent from the free throw line, was the team’s second leading rebounder with 73 and had 29 assists and 22 steals.
  The North and South coaches of the year were Tom Burger of West Branch for the RVC South, and Jacob Brindle of Cascade for the RVC North.
  Burger helped lead the Bears to a RVC South division title and a substate bearth where they lost to Camanche. The Bears finished the season 18-6 and led the RVC South in points per game with a 65.8-point per game average. The Bears were second as a team in the South in made free throws with 307 and made three pointers with 386. The 18 wins marked a 10-game improvement from their 2015-16 record of 8-14.
  Brindle took over for legendary Cougar coach Al Marshall and promptly led Cascade to another state tournament. The Cougars won 22 games for the second time in a row this year.

River Valley Conference Boy’s All-Conference Teams
Elite Team
Dakota Soenksen (Camanche) Sr., Dylan Hundley (Camanche) Sr., Cooper Kabela (West Branch) Sr., Beau Cornwell (West Branch) Soph., Logan Hoffman (Tipton) Jr., Gannon O’Brien (Cascade) Jr., Johnny Supple (Cascade) Jr., Cade Daugherty (Bellevue) Jr., Zach Parson (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Luke Empen (NE Goose Lake) Jr.
North Divisional Team:
Kyle Dell (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Axel DonDiego (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Haris Hoffmn (Cascade) Soph., Brock Simon (Cascade) Jr., Dilan Simon (Cascade) Sr., Dev Patel (Camanche) Jr., Cam Soenksen (Camanche) Fr., Jacob Manternach (Monticello) Jr., Alex Nealson (Monticello)
Jr., Cater Johnson (North Cedar) Sr.
Coach Of The Year — Jacob Brindle (Cascade)
South Divisional Team:
Noah Feldman (West Liberty) Sr., Andrew Stewart (Tipton) Soph., Caleb Statler (Mid-Prairie) Sr., Luke Whitlock (Durant) Sr., Jocoa Kershen (IC Regina) Jr., Even Brauns (IC Regina) Fr., Ben Thompson (West Branch) Jr., Jake Phillips (IC Regina) Jr., Derek Rich (Mid-Prairie) Sr., Seth Feldman (West Liberty) Soph.
Coach Of The Year — Tom Burger (West Branch)
Honorable Mention:
Mason Minar (North Cedar) Jr., Tyson Sullivan (NE Goose Lake) Sr., Derek Koppes (Cascade) Jr., Trey Daugherty (Bellevue) Soph., David Gonzalez (Camanche)
Sr., Kyle Sperfslage (Monticello) Jr., Ryne Schooley (IC Regina) Jr., Tanner Lukavsky (West Branch) Fr., Kaleb Timmsen (Wilton) Sr., Jake Conley (Durant) Sr., Carter Reinier (Mid-{Prairie) Sr., Daulton Mente (Tipton) Sr., Spencer Daufeldt (West Liberty) Soph.

3 Hawkeyes Earn All-Big Ten Accolades

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Three University of Iowa women’s basketball student-athletes -- sophomore Megan Gustafson, senior Ally Disterhoft, and freshman Kathleen Doyle -- have earned All-Big Ten accolades, the league office announced Monday afternoon. Gustafson garnered first team recognition by the coaches and media, Disterhoft notched first team honors from the coaches and second team accolades from the media, and Doyle was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Senior Hailey Schneden was selected as Iowa’s Sportsmanship Award honoree.

It marks the sixth time in school history that two or more Hawkeyes earned first team accolades, and the first time since Iowa had three first team selections in 2001 (Cara Consuegra, Lindsey Meder, and Randi Peterson). Gustafson and Disterhoft are the 19th and 20th first team All-Big Ten honorees in program history.

Doyle is the third Hawkeye in the last four years to be named to the All-Freshman Team. Disterhoft earned the honor in 2014, while Gustafson and sophomore Tania Davis were both named to the team in 2016. Doyle is the ninth All-Freshman Team selection in Iowa women’s basketball history. 

Gustafson earns her first career All-Big Ten Team honor after being named to the All-Freshman Team in 2016. The sophomore leads the Hawkeyes in scoring (18.0), rebounding (10.0), and field goal percentage (63.5). She has scored in double figures in every game this season. Gustafson has paced the team in rebounds in 25-of-29 games and led the Hawkeyes in scoring 15 times. She currently ranks sixth nationally in field goal percentage (63.5), 11th in double-doubles (15), 16th in field goals made (216), 20th in rebounds (291), and 26th in rebounds per game (10.0).

A native of Port Wing, Wisconsin, Gustafson has tallied a team-leading 291 rebounds on the season – just nine shy of tying Iowa’s program record for rebounds in a sophomore season. Gustafson has scored 523 points this year and needs 16 points to tie Iowa’s program record for points by a sophomore.

The 6-3 center has earned a conference weekly award five teams this season. She was tabbed the Big Ten Player of the Week on Nov. 14, before being named to the Honor Roll on Dec. 26, Jan. 2, Jan. 23, and Feb. 27.

Disterhoft, a preseason All-Big Ten selection by league coaches, earns her third straight All-Big Ten honor after being named to the second team in each of the last two seasons. The Iowa City, Iowa, native ranks second on the team in points (16.6) and rebounds (5.5). She’s shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 35.0 percent from 3-point range in 32.7 minutes per game.

On Feb. 22, 2017, Disterhoft became just the second Hawkeye in school history to surpass 2,000 career points (Cindy Haugejorde, 2,059). She ranks second all-time in career scoring (2,022), eighth in 3-pointers made (159), 11th in rebounds (769), and 12th in career blocks (72). Disterhoft has played in all 133 games of her Hawkeye career and made 113 consecutive starts.

The 6-0 guard/forward was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll on Feb. 13. Disterhoft, the 2015-16 Academic All-American of the Year, is a three-time Academic All-District selection, and a two-time Academic All-American, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten, and WBCA Allstate Good Works Team honoree.

Doyle is averaging 8.9 points, 4.2 assists, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.0 steals per game. The LaGrange Park, Illinois, native has scored in double figures in 13 games, including nine times in conference action. Doyle leads all league freshmen, averaging 2.0 steals per game. She also ranks fourth among conference freshmen in assists (4.2) and fifth in assist to turnover ratio (1.8). 

In 16 conference games, Doyle is averaging 10.1 points, 4.8 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 steals. She is tied for sixth in the league in assists and steals per game. 

On Feb. 26, the 5-9 guard broke the program record for steals in a freshman season. Doyle’s 58 steals bested Johanna Solverson’s record of 57 set in 2002-03.  She has dished out 122 assists on the season and is 14 from tying Samantha Logic’s record of 136 (2011-12) assists in a freshman campaign.

The eighth-seeded Hawkeyes begin 2017 Big Ten Tournament play on Thursday against ninth-seeded Northwestern.  Tipoff is set for 11 a.m. (CT) at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. With a win, Iowa will advance to play top-seeded Ohio State on Friday at 11 a.m.

All 13 games of this year’s Big Ten Tournament are televised live to a national audience, with BTN carrying all games from the first round through the semifinals from Wednesday to Saturday live on its linear network, as well as through its BTN2Go platform. Sunday’s Big Ten Tournament championship game is televised live on ESPN2 and the WatchEPSN platform.

JV boys split final two games, finish season 12-9

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

  TIPTON — The Tipton JV boys basketball team finished their season on a winning note as they defeated the Calamus-Wheatland Warriors 40-31 on February 10. The win moved their record to 12-9 on the season.
  The young Tigers never lost more than two games in a row and enjoyed a four-game winning streak right before the holiday break.
  Against Calamus-Wheatland, Tipton was without their leading scorer Luke Becker due to an ankle injury. However, Trent Pelzer 13 points, Quinten Mesick 11 points and Blake Wilkins 10 points, all picked up the slack scoring in double figures.
  The Tigers also had their best free throw night of the season going 15-for-18 from the line led by Mesick’s 5-for-5 and Pelzer’s 4-for-4 shooting.
  Bryce Deerberg led the defensive effort that held the Warriors to 31 points by collecting four steals in the contest. Wilkins led the rebounding with 10, Conner Hermiston collected 8, while Pelzer led the assist category with 3.
  On Tuesday February 7 the Regina Regals handed the Tigers their worst loss of the season by the score of 65-40. Regina raced out to a 38-14 halftime lead and Tipton could not mount a serious comeback in the second half, despite only being outscored 27-26 in the final two quarters.
Blake Wilkins was the lone player in double figures with 10 points, all in the second half. Conner Hermiston added 8 points while Bryce Deerberg and Trent Pelzer each had 7. Wilkins also led the team with 6 rebounds while Deerberg had 4 assists and Quinten Mesick had 3 steals.
  “Overall I was very pleased with how this group competed this year,” said Tipton JV coach Gene Schroeder.
  “Obviously we weren’t the highest scoring team around, but our defense and rebounding
kept us in virtually every game. We were playing with 3 to 4 freshman at many times this season, and at the JV level that is tough to do. Winning 12 games is a testament to the hard work and effort these boys put in the entire season,” said Schroeder.

Tipton 40, Calamus-Wheatland 31
February 10
At Calamus-Wheatland
1 2 3 4 Final
Tipton 13 9 9 9 40
C-W 5 8 8 10 31
TIPTON (40): Trent Pelzer 4-10 4-4 13, Conner Hermiston 0-5 2-2 2, Jared Hightower 0-2 0-1 0, Bryce Deerberg 2-5 0-0 4, Colby Kleppe 0-2 0-0 0, Blake Wilkins 3-9 4-6 10, Quinten Mesick 3-9 5-5 11, Andrew Comstock 0-1 0-0 0, Kael Jauron 0-0 0-0 0, Elliot Cummins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 12-43 15-18 40.
3-Pt. FG: 1-8 (Pelzer 1-5, Hermiston
0-1, Hightower 0-1, Kleppe 0-1). Rebounds: 38 (Wilkins 10, Hermiston
8, Pelzer 5, Mesick 5, Jauron 3, Comstock 2, Deerberg 2, Hightower 1, Kleppe 1, Cummins 1). Assists: 8 (Pelzer 3, Hermiston 2, Hightower 1, Deerberg 1, Wilkins 1, Mesick 1). Steals: 11 (Deerberg 4, Hightower 2, Hermiston 1, Pelzer 1, Kleppe 1, Wilkins 1, Cummins 1).

Iowa City Regina 65, Tipton 40
February 7
At Iowa City Regina
1 2 3 4 Final
Tipton 4 10 12 14 40
IC Regina 14 24 10 17 65
TIPTON (40): Trent Pelzer 3-9 1-1 7, Conner Hermiston 3-7 2-2 8, Jared Hightower 1-5 0-0 2, Bryce Deerberg 3-6 1-2 7, Luke Becker 1-5 0-2 2, Blake Wilkins 5-11 0-0 10, Quinten Mesick 2-2 0-0 4, Andrew
Comstock 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-45 4-7 4-7 40.
3-Pt. FG: 0-10 (Becker 0-3, Hermiston
0-3, Hightower 0-2, Pelzer 0-2). Rebounds: 18 (Wilkins 5, Mesick 4, Becker 2, Hermiston 2, Hightower 2, Deerberg 2, Comstock 1). Assists: 13 (Deerberg 4, Mesick 3, Pelzer 2, Hermiston 2, Becker 1, Wilkins 1). Steals: 7 (Mesick 3, Wilkins 1, Deerberg 1, Hightower 1, Pelzer 1).