Dominant Finale, Tigers beat Knights 44-26

Tipton’s 2017 football seniors pose for one last photo before heading home after the Tigers 44-26 win at North Cedar last Friday. The Tigers win was their fourth and set their 2017 record at 4-5 overall and 3-4 in district 3 play. Pictured here are, l-r: Keith Penningroth (40), Blaise Thumma (1), Ryan Yaukovitz (7), Will Avey (77), Andrew Roling (68), Quinten Mesick (13), Ben Emrich (8) and Hunter Tenley (81). The Tigers beat North Cedar for the third straight time. Photo Ryan Stonebraker. 

STANWOOD — The Tipton Tigers won their last football game of the 2017 last Friday to finish the season 4-5 overall.  The Tigers traveled to Stanwood to renew their rivalry game with North Cedar.  There, the Tigers won 44-26 to win their third straight game over the Knights and also score score at least 40 points in each of those games.  The win gave Tipton a 3-4 district 3 record and 4-5 overall record.  North Cedar fell to 1-8 overall and 1-6 in district 3.

Tipton had a season high 27 first downs in the football game for 570 yards.  The Tigers rushed the football 49 times in the football game for 446 yards.  Two running backs topped 100 yards and another had 88.  Seniors Quinten Mesick rushed for 198 yards on 14 carries and scored two touchdowns.  Fullback Keith Penningroth rushed for a season and career high 131 yards on 22 carries and scored one touchdown.  Connor Hermiston chipped in 88 yards on six carries.

Ben Emrich passed for 124 yards and 3 touchdowns.  Frank Bierman, John Crowley and Penningroth all had two catches.  Bierman had two touchdown catches.

Defensively, Tipton was led by Dylan Mente and Emrich with 8 tackles each.  A trio of Tigers collected seven tackles in Bierman, Lenz and Skylar Harroun.

North Cedar had 331 yards of total offense on 15 first downs.  Shane Weber rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries.  Logan Thimmes rushed for 72 yards on nine carries.  Ehtan Sahr passed for 147 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 17 yards on six carries.  Mason Minar caught a team high seven passes for 118 yards.

Defensively, Tyler Thurston led North Cedar in tackles with 15 and Logan Thimmes had 13.  Caden Wendt collected 9 tackles while Greg Hansen had 7 and Mason Minar had 6.

The Tigers say goodbye to a senior class of 8.  Graduating from this year’s team are seniors Blaise Thumma, Ryan Yaukovitz, Ben Emrich, Quinten Mesick, Hunter Tenley, Keith Penningroth, Andrew Roling and Will Avey.

North Cedar got the ball first and scored on their first drive, an 11-play, 60-yard opener that ended with an Ethan Sahr 1-yard run.  The Brody Hawtrey PAT gave North Cedar a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter.

The Tigers answered the Knights drive with a long one of their own.  Tipton strung together a 10-play, 70-yard scoring drive ending with a Quinten Mesick 13-yard run to set the score at 7-6 North Cedar.  A Ben Emrich two-point conversion run set the score at 8-7 Tigers.  Tipton would not trail the rest of the game.

Tipton took control of the football game in the second quarter, scoring 29 points to take a 37-14 halftime lead.  North Cedar’s only points came on a 46-yard Shane Weber touchdown run after Tipton took a 30-7 lead.

Tipton scored on four straight possessions in the second quarter.   Mesick scored the first of two second quarter scores from 35 yards out early in the second quarter.  On the next Tipton possession, Mesick scored his third first half touchdown on a 15-yard pass from Ben Emrich and two-point pass from Emrich to Frank Bierman to give Tipton a 22-7 lead.  Keith Penningroth scored on a 2-yard run on the next Tipton possession.  

North Cedar scored their second touchdown of the first half on a Shane Weber 46-yard scoring run to nearly cut the Tigers lead in half, 30-14.  Tipton ended the half leading 37-14 after Emrich threw his second touchdown pass of the first half, a 16-yard strike to Frank Bierman.

North Cedar did outscore the Tigers 12 to 7 in the second half, but it wasn’t enough.  North Cedar cut the Tigers lead to 37-20 in the third quarter after a 49-yard touchdown catch by Mason Minar.  Tipton responded early in the fourth quarter, scoirng their final touchdown of the game, a Emrich to Frank Bierman 19-yard scoring play to set the score at 44-20.  North Cedar would tack on a late touchdown, a Weber 8-yard run to get to the final 44-26 score.

Team Summary:

TIP NC

First downs 27 15

Total Palys 72 63

Total Yards 570 331

Pass C-A-I 8-14-0 4-10-1

Pass yards 124 145

Rushes-ave. 49-9.1 37-5.8

Rush yards 446 215

3rd Conv. 10-for-14 7-for-14

4th Conv. 0-for-1 1-for-3

Turnovers 1 1

Penalties-yds. 8-39 4-17

Quarter Scores:

1 2 3 4 Final

Tipton 8 29 0 7 44

North Cedar 7 7 6 6 26

Scoring Summary:

1st Qtr - NC - Ethan Sahr 1-yard run (Brody Hawtrey kick)

1st Qtr - TIP - Quinten Mesick 13-yard run (Ben Emrich run)

2nd Qtr - TIP - Quinten Mesick 36-yard run (Keith Penningroth kick)

2nd Qtr - TIP - Quinten Mesick 15-yard pass from Ben Emrich (Ben Emrich pass to Frank Bierman)

2nd Qtr - TIP - Keith Penningroth 2-yard run (Keith Penningroth kick)

2nd Qtr - NC - Shane Weber 46-yard run (Brody Hawtrey kick)

2nd Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 16-yard pass from Ben Emrich (Keith Penningroth kick)

3rd Qtr - NC - Mason Minar 49-yard pass from Ethan Sahr (Brody Hawtrey kick)

4th Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 19-yard pass from Ben Emrich (Keith Penningroth kick)

4th Qtr - NC - Shane Weber 8-yard run (Brody Hawtrey kick no good)

Individual Statistics:

Rushing: Tipton - Quinten Mesick 14-198, Keith Penningroth 22-131, Connor Hermiston 6-88, Ben Emrich 4-12, TEAM 2-11, Austin Lenz 1-6.  North Cedar - Shane Weber 21-127, Logan Thimmes 9-72, Ethan Sahr 6-17, Brody Hawtrey 1-(-1).

Passing: Tipton - Ben Emrich 8-for-14 124 yards 3 TD’s, 0 INT’s.  North Cedar - Ethan Sahr 10-for-22 147 yards 1 TD, 1 INT.

Receiving: Tipton - Frank Bierman 2-35, John Crowley 2-34, Keith Penningroth 2-10, Quinten Mesick 1-15, Nile Schuett 1-30.  North Cedar - Mason Minar 7-118, Austyn Sander 2-15, Logan Thimmes 1-14.

Defensive Statistics:

Tackles (S-A-T): Tipton - Dylan Mente 5-3 8, Ben Emrich 4-4 8, Austin Lenz 5-2 7, Frank Bierman 4-3 7, Skylar Harroun 4-3 7, Blake Wilkins 3-2 5, Keith Penningroth 1-4 5, Connor Hermiston 2-2 4, Will Avey 2-1 3, Blaise Thumma 2-0 2, Andrew Roling 0-2 2, Blaise Thumma 2-0 2, Levi Mohr 1-0 1, Jared Hightower 1-0 1, Brady Beranek 0-1 1, Nile Schuett 0-1 1.

Tackles For Loss: Tipton - Frank Bierman 2, Skylar Harroun 1, Will Avey 1, Dylan Mente 1.

North Cedar: Tyler Thurston 6-9 15, Logan Thimmes 5-8 13, Caden Wendt 2-7 9, Greg Hansen 6-1 7, Mason Minar 5-1 6, Seb Curley 2-2 4, Brody Hawtrey 1-2 3, Kael Unruh 2-1 3, Brady Lehrman 0-3 3, Dylan Welsch 1-2 3, Tyler Alexander 2-1 3, Evan Patterson 1-1 2, Alex Woodward 0-2 2, Shane Weber 2-0 2, Brady Burcum 0-1 1.

Sacks: Tipton - Skylar Harroun 1, Will Avey 1.

Interceptions: Tipton - Blaise Thumma 1.  North Cedar - none.

Fumble Recoveries - Tipton - N/A.  North Cedar - Austyn Sander 1.

Tigers Second at Williamsburg Duals

WILLIAMSBURG — The Tipton swimming team placed second out of five teams at the Williamsburg duals on Monday, October 9.  It was the second time this season that the Tigers traveled to Williamsburg for a meet.  The Tigers scored 270 points at the meet to finish ahead of third place Williamsburg who scored 256 points.  Vinton-Shellsburg won the meet with 340 team points.  Vinton Shellsburg won all 11 events at the meet.

The Tigers did not win an event at the meet, but had four events place second, two relays and two individual events.

Tipton placed second in the 200-yard medley relay.  The team of Ashley Mente, Britney Ford, Zoe Stonebraker and Ali Anderson were second in 2:07.37.  The Tigers also placed second in the 200-yard freestyle relay.  The team of Artica Dykstra, Ali Anderson, Ashley Mente and Zoe Stonebraker were the runners-up in the event in a time of 1:57.33.

Individually, Tipton senior Ashley Mente was second in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:10.49.  Zoe Stonebraker was second in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:58.38.

The Tigers swam at Fairfield on Monday, October 16.  Results were not in by presstime.  The Tigers are now off until their Regional meet at Davenport Central on Saturday, October 28.  

Williamsburg Duals

Monday, October 9

At Williamsburg High School

Team Scores: 1. Vinton-Shellsburg 320, 2. Tipton 270, 3. Williamsburg 256, 4. Oskaloosa 218, 5. Fairfield 127.

Individual Event Results:

200-yard medley Relay: 1. Vinton Shellsburg (Moore, Tecklenurg, Shepard, Webster) 2:02.37, 2. Tipton (Ashley Mente, Britney Ford, Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Anderson) 2:07.37, 3. Oskaloosa 2:17.19, 6. Tipton (Kenadi Krenz, Liz Bierman, Holly Galligher, Kayley Clark) 2:33.59.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Kaitlyn Goodell (VS) 2:27.05, 2. Marta Iverson (OSKY) 2:31.22, 6. Katie Binns (T) 2:46.38, 10. Holly Galligher (T) 2:57.97.

200-yard IM: 1. Clarissa Carolan (VS) 2:38.08, 2. Natalie Tecklenurg (VS) 2:39.37, 5. Liz Bierman (T) 2:56.25, 8. Keira Swallom (T) 3:24.72.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Geordyn Webster (VS) 26.85, 2. Veronica Bolibaugh (OSKY) 27.64, 3. Zoe Stonebraker (T) 28.76, 8. Erica Wehde (T) 32.24.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Geordyn Webster (VS) 1:06.36, 2. Claudia Adamson (WBURG) 1:19.05, 4. Artica Dykstra (T) 1:25.91, 5. Kenadi Krenz (T) 1:34.66.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Lizzy Moore (VS) 1:02.11, 2. Danielle Elliot (F) 1:05.09, 9. Keira Swallom (T) 1:20.72.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Arabella Shepard (VS) 5:36.54, 2. Zoe Stonebraker (T) 5:58.38, 3. Veroncia Bolibaugh  (OSKY) 6:13.01, 6. Artica Dykstra (T) 6:48.44, 7. Kayley Clark (T) 6:52.03.

200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Vinton-Shellsburg (Moore, Carolan, Goodell, Webster) 1:52.44, 2. Tipton (Artica Dykstra, Ali Anderson, Ashley Mente, Zoe Stonebraker) 1:57.33, 3. Williamsburg 2:02.33, 6. Tipton (Katie Binns, Keira Swallom, Holly Galligher, Erica Wehde) 2:18.11.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Lizzy Moore (VS) 1:09.84, 2. Ashley Mente (T) 1:10.49, 6. Liz Bierman (T) 1:26.10, 7. Erica Wehde (T) 1:31.67.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Arabella Shepard (VS) 1:10.60, 2. Natalie Tecklenurg (VS) 1:19.53, 7. Katie Binns (T) 1:28.50.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Vinton-Shellsburg (Levis, Cardenas, Tecklenurg, Shepard) 4:24.63, 2. Oskaloosa 4:30.90, 3. Tipton (Liz Bierman, Katie Binns, Kayley Clark, Artica Dykstra) 4:56.95, 5. Tipton (Holly Galligher, Kenadi Krenz, Keira Swallom, Erica Wehde) 5:19.57.

Bierman, Montz Earn State Bids With top-15 Finishes

IOWA CITY — Two Cedar County runners finished in the top-15 overall finishers to earn trips to the state cross-country meet this Saturday in Fort Dodge.  Tipton freshman Rachel Bierman placed 14th overall in a time of 22:24 and North Cedar junior Carly Montz finished 11th overall in 22:10 to earn state trips.  The duo were two of 11 River Valley Conference runners to qualify for the state meet as individuals out of the top-15.  Monticello had five runners place in the top-15 places on their way to a meet win as a team.  The Panthers scored a team low 26 points, 53 ahead of the second placed team, Iowa City Regina.  Danville narrowly beat out North Cedar to claim the third qualifying team out of the meet.  Danville scored 107 points while the Knights scored 109.  Tipton placed 5th with 136 team points.

The Tigers nearly had another runner join Bierman at state this week.  Fellow freshman Kallie Wallick ran a fantastic race and found herself in a dogfight of an end to the race.  There, Monticello’s Emily Schlarmann edged her at the finish line by .43 seconds.  Wallick placed 16th in 22:27.44 while Schlarmann placed 15th in 22:27.01.  Three Tipton seniors placed in the 30’s with Tiffany Schott placing 31st in 23:52, Zoe Rezac placing 38th in 24:37 and Alyssa Elijah placing 39th in 24:50.  Sophomore Ashley Curry placed 44th in 25:07 and freshman Halle McCullough placed 50th in 25:57.

The Knights had three top-30 runners behind Montz.  Senior Tessa Fields  placed 17th in 22:29, Kiley Chapman placed 21st in 23:07 and Cassie Cox placed 25th in 23:26.  Other North Cedar finishers were Grace Proesch 36th, Haley Fall 65th and Karly Cerda 68th.

The state cross-country meet is this Saturday in Fort Dodge Iowa.

Iowa City State Qualifying Meet

Thursday, October 19

Iowa City, IA

Girl’s Team Results: 1. Monticello 26, 2. Iowa City Regina 79, 3. Danville 107, 4. North Cedar 109, 5. Tipton 136, 6. East Marshall 164, 7. Camanche 177, 8. Mediapolis 190, 9. Central Lee 251, 10. Dyersville-Beckman 270, 11. NE Goose Lake 281, 12. Wapello 299.

Top-15 Individuals - State Individual Qualifiers:

1. Paige Holub (MONTI) 20:47, 2. Taylor McDonald (MONTI) 21:22, 3. Lexi Brown (Danville) 21:25, 4. Gabrielle Steiner (MONTI) 21:26, 5. Jordyn Patterson (MONTI) 21:41, 6. Addy Parrott (Danville) 21:42, 7. Allison Renfro (MEPO) 21:48, 8. Jimena Fierro (WL) 21:51, 9. Carly Haskel (NEGL) 21:54, 10. Alyssa Pfadenhauer (Danville) 22:08, 11. Carly Montz (NC) 22:10, 12. Kennedy Scott (IC Regina) 22:18, 13. Molly Vittetoe (IC Regina) 22:22, 14. Rachel Bierman (Tipton) 22:24, 15. Emily Schlarmann (MONTI) 22:27.

Individual Team Results:

MONTICELLO (26): 1. Paige Holub 20:47, 2. Taylor McDonald 21:22, 4. Gabrielle Steiner 21:26, 5. Jordyn Patterson 21:41, 15. Emily Schlarmann 22:27, 27. Rachel Larabee 23:35, 35. Anna Loes 24:21.

IOWA CITY REGINA (79): 12. Kennedy Scott 22:18, 13. Molly Vittetoe  22:22, 16. Lauren Gaarde 22:28, 18. Norah Abusada 22:39, 22. Emma Welter 23:15, 23. Bree Balke 23:16, 33. Natalie Sueppel 24:17.

DANVILLE (107): 3. Lexi Brown 21:25, 6. Addy Parrott 21:42, 10. Alyssa Pfadenhauer 22:08, 43. Lilly Garnsey 25:06, 46. Breanna Teel 25:25, 54. Allyson Farley 26:43, 55. Elaina Johnson 26:45.

NORTH CEDAR (109):  11. Carly Montz 22:10,17. Tessa Fields 22:29, 21. Kiley Chapman 23:07, 25. Cassie Cox 23:26, 36. Grace Proesch 24:27, 65. Haley Fall 27:31, 68. Karly Cerda 28:05.

TIPTON (136): 14. Rachel Bierman 22:24, 16. Kallie Wallick 22:27, 31. Tiffany Schott 23:52, 38. Zoe Rezac 24:37, 39. Alyssa Elijah 24:50, 44. Ashlyn Curry 25:07, 50. Halle McCullough 25:57.

Tigers Earn Trip To State

IOWA CITY — For the third straight year, the Tipton boy’s cross-country team will be going to the state meet in Fort Dodge.  The Tigers advanced to the state meet by winning the Iowa City, class 2A State Qualifying meet last Thursday.  The Tigers earned their third straight trip to the state meet in Fort Dodge.  The Tigers placed 11th last year and 13th in 2015.

The Tigers placed four runners in the top-15 finishers, the most for a team at the meet.  Tipton junior Ben Ellis won the meet with a time of 17:51 and teammate freshman Caleb Shumaker was the runner-up in a time of 18:01.  Trent Pelzer placed 6th, giving the Tigers three top-10 finishers, in a time of 18;15.  Tipton junior Noah Jedlicka made it four Tigers placing in the top-15 with an 11th place finish in 18:46.

Other Tipton finishers were Gabe Peach 17th in 19:16, Bryce Deerberg 22nd in 19:25 and Corey Wallick 52nd in 20:47.  Wallick ran for the first time in weeks after returning from an injury.

North Cedar did not have a state qualifier.  The Knights were led by senior Seamus Raney with a 53rd place finish in 20:51.  Two others placed in the top-70, giving North Cedar three top-70 finishers.  Treat Spahr placed 65th in 21:41 and Devon Willis placed 68th in 21:55.  

The Knights then had a small pack of runners place in the 70’s.  Cory Cox placed 75th in 22:59, Joe Condon placed 76th in 23:02 and Jacob Spahr placed 77th in 23:22.  Robert Anderson was the other North Cedar finisher, placing 81st in 23:43.

Iowa City State Qualifying Meet

Thursday, October 19

Iowa City, IA

Boy’s Team Results: 1. Tipton 37, 2. Monticello 87, 3. East Marshall 96, 4. NE Goose Lake 98, 5. Capello 133, 6. Camanche 133, 7. Iowa City Regina 137, 8. Mediapolis 240, 9. Danville 265, 10. Central Lee 283, 11. Dyersville-Beckman 322, 12. North Cedar 337, 13. Louisa-Muscatine 341.

Top-15 Individuals - State Individual Qualifiers:

1. Ben Ellis (T) 17:51, 2. Caleb Shumaker (T) 18:01, 3. Nathan Meyer (ICR) 18:04, 4. Andrew Hilgendorf (NEGL) 18:11, 5. Wyatt Schmidt (NEGL) 18:11, 6. Trent Pelzer (T) 18:15, 7. Aiden Housman (WAP) 18:20, 8. Cam Hungerford (East Marshall) 18:24, 9. Dodson Melchiori (CAM) 18:35, 10. Cade Murphy (East Marshall) 18:40, 11. Noah Jedlicka (T) 18:46, 12. Cole Cruise (MONTI) 18:51, 13. Aaron Loes (MONTI) 18:53, 14. Anthony Knepper (ICR) 18:58, 15. Gauge Johnson (MEPO) 18:59.

Individual Team Results:

TIPTON (37): 1. Ben Ellis 17:51, 2. Caleb Shumaker 18:01, 6. Trent Pelzer 18:15, 11. Noah Jedlicka 18:46, 17. Gabe Peach 19:16, 22. Bryce Deerberg 19:25, 52. Corey Wallick 20:47.

MONTICELLO (87): 12. Cole Cruise 18:51, 13. Aaron Loes 18:53, 19. David Titman 19:19, 20. Jasper Nietert 19:19.16, 23. Ben Barnhart 19:33, 25. Ryan Oswald 19:38, 32. Zach Chapman 19:48.

EAST MARSHALL (96): 8. Cam Hungerford 18:24, 10. Cade Murphy 18:40, 21. Brandon Fogt 19:20, 24. Kilburn Seth 19:35, 33. Trevor Taul 19:53, 38. Evan Espenschied 20:04, 54. Korbin Seth 20:56.

NORTH CEDAR (337):  53. Seamus Raney 20:51, 65. Treat Spahr 21:41, 68. Devon Willis 21:55, 75. Cory Cox 22:59, 76. Joe Condon 23:02, 77. Jacob Spahr 23:22, 81. Robert Anderson 23:43.

Opening Statement! Tigers Sweep WaMac Foe To state postseason

Tipton junior Blake Ehler (13) puts one of her 5 kills down through a Williamsburg block attempt during the first set of the Tigers 3-0 sweep at home over the Raiders in their 3A Regional opener. The Tigers advanced to play Central Lee in the 3A semifinals. The 3A Regional Final is Monday, October 30 at Williamsburg. Also pictured are Sommer Daniel (4) and Jamie Kofron (9). Photo by Ryan Stonebraker. 

Win sends Tigers to 3A Region 8 Semifinals

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor

TIPTON — 8th ranked Tipton survived a spirited first set in their class 3A Region 8 opener with Williamsburg last Wednesday to advance to the semifinals of the Region this week.  The Tigers swept the Raiders 3-0 and beat them for the second time this season.  The Tigers beat Williamsburg 2-1 at the Raiders home tournament in Mid-September.  The Tigers won their 30th match of the season, one of only seven 3A programs with 30 wins this season to date.

The Tigers got a spirited effort from the Raiders in a close first set win 26-24.  Seven times in the set, the Tigers matched a Williamsburg side out with a side out of their own, killing a possible momentum shift.  Sommer Daniel and Kamryn Chapman served the Tigers to leads early, 5-3 and 10-6 respectivley.  Two Amanda Smith points on tap overs gave Tipton their biggest lead of the set at 15-8.  Tipton led 19-13 but Williamsburg rallied behind the serving of Karly Berkland.  Berkland served the Raiders to three straight points and a 19-16 score.

Later, Tipton clung to a 23-22 lead with Williasburg serving.  The Raiders blocked a THS kill to tie the set at 23.  The Raiders took their first lead of the set, 24-23 on a Talia McAtee ace.  A Sommer Daniel kill tied the match at 24.  Daniel then served the Tigers to two points to win the set 26-24.  Blake Ehler got a kill to give the Tigers the 25-24 lead and a Raider hitting error gave the Tigers their 26th point.

Tipton got off to a good start in the second set, taking a 4-1 lead behind Raider errors.  Tipton led 6-3 and 7-3 before the Raiders rallied.  Williamsburg cut the Tigers lead to two points at 7-5, 8-6, 10-8 and 11-9.  The Tigers had seen enough though and extended their lead to four points, 13-9 on a Sommer Daniel kill.  Another Daniel kill set the score at 14-10.  Two Raider errors gave Tipton thier biggest lead in the set at six points, 16-10.  Later, a Daniel kill gave Tipton a 21-15 lead and a Blake Ehler block set the score at 22-15.  Ehler had a tap over drop for a Tipton point making the score 24-15 and a Jamie Kofron kill ended the second set with a Tipton win 25-16, and 2-0 match lead.

The third set was all Tipton.  Williamsburg served first and Kofron scored the first THS points with a kill.  Amanda Smith then served the Tigers to six straight points and a 7-0 lead.   Williamsburg rallied to cut the Tiger lead to five, 12-7 later in the set.  Then Emily Hermsen took the wind out of the Raiders sails, serving two straight aces followed by kills from Daniel and Ehler to give Tipton four straight points and a 16-7 lead.  The Tigers ended the set on a 9-5 run to claim the set 25-12 and the match 3-0.

Tipton had 104 attacks in the match and 43 kills.  Sommer Daniel led Tipton with 19 kills in 35 attacks.  Amanda Smith had 7 and Jamie Kofron and Blake Ehler each had 5.  Smith and Daniel had 22 and 12 assists to lead Tipton.  The Tigers served 66-for-75 in the match with three aces.  Smith was the top server, going 17-for-20 while Kamryn Chapman and Jamie Kofron each were 12-for-12.  Daniel and Ehler shared the lead in digs with 12 and Smith added 10.

Williamsburg had 102 attacks in the match with Emily Simmons haveing 6 kills and Mia Kittelson with 5.  Grace Ehret had 17 assists and Talia McAtee had 12 digs.  Williamsburg served 48-for-51 with 5 aces in the match led by McAtee with an 11-for-11 1 ace night.

Tipton advanced to play Central Lee in the 3A Region 8 semifinals.  Central Lee is out of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference and has a record of 16-15.  Central Lee finished sixth in their division.  Central Lee has four players with over 100 kills led by senior Anna Krehbiel with 171 and freshman Mya Merschman with 170.  Senior setter Ava Doyle leads in assists with 374 and sophomore Sophie Woodley leads in digs with 334.

Rockets and Mustangs Advance

On the lower half of the bracket, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and Davis County advanced to play in the other Region 8 semifinal.

The Rockets beat Albiz 3-0 at home last Wednesday in a 3A quarterfinal.  EBF won by scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-14.  Grace Roberts and Torie Alexander led in kills with 8 each as EBF had 94 attacks in the match.  Emma Bunnell had 24 assists and Emalee Davis 6 digs to lead the Rockets.  The Rockets had 12 blocks and served 64-for-73 with 10 aces as a team.  Bunnell led EBF in serving, going 15-for-16.

Davis County placed third in the South Central Conference this year.  The Mustangs improved to 16-22 with a 3-0 win over Centerville.  Davis County beat the Big Red 3-1 on the road during the regular season and 2-0 at the Fairfield tournament on October 14.

Davis County swept Centerville in the Regional Quarterfinal at home on October 18.  The Mustangs won by scores of 25-11, 25-19 and 25-13.

Bailea Yahnke had 26 attacks and 11 kills while Kaden Porter and Shelby Motykowski each had 6 kills.  Senior Alexa Francis had 30 assists and Hannah Schooley led in digs with 8.  Davis County served 65-for-70 with 11 aces in the match led by Schooley who was 16-for-17 with 4 aces and Yahnke who was 16-for-18 with 3 aces.

The Rockets won the South Central Conference this year and enter the 3A semifinal with a record of 21-15.  The Rockets and Mustangs have met three times this season, two during tournaments with the Rockets winning all three matches by a combined 7-1 set score.

The top two kill leaders in the SCC are on each team.  Senior Torie Alexander for the Rockets had 341 and junior Bailea Yahnke has 328 for the Mustangs.  EBF has another player with over 100 kills with 108 in Grace Roberts and another close to 100 with Lexi Taylor having 98.  The Mustangs next hitter has 115 kills in sophomore Kaden Porter.

The top two assist leaders in the SCC are on each team with Emma Bunnell leading the Rockets with 667 and Alexa Francis leading the Mustangs with 576.

The Rockets are first in the SCC in ace serves with 241 while the Mustangs are fifth with 175.  Neither team has a high serve effeciency.  The Rockets are tops in the SCC in blocks, but fifth in digs.  The Mustangs are one of four SCC teams with over 1,000 digs with 1,008. The Rockets advanced to the state tournament last year in class 2A.

1st Set -

That was a tough set.  They ran down everything.

Big runs -

We had a lot of first balls we took care of in the second set and that will take the wind out of your sails.  

Class 3A Region 8 quarterfinal

Wednesday, October 18

At Tipton

Tipton 3, Williamsburg 0

W’burg 24 16 12

Tipton 26 16 12

Tipton Statistics:

Attacks (93-104 43 kills): Sommer Daniel 29-35 19 kills, Blake Ehler 19-20 5 kills, Amanda Smith 15-17 7 kills, Kamryn Chapman 12-12 5 kills, Jamie Kofron 11-11 6 kills, Emily Hermsen 7-9 1 kill.

Assists (39): Amanda Smith 22, Sommer Daniel 12, Jamie Kofron 2, Blake Ehler 2, Emily Hermsen 1.

Blocks (4): Sommer Daniel 2, Kamryn Chapman 1, Jamie Kofron 1.

Serving (66-for-75 3 aces): Amanda Smith 17-for-20, Kamryn Chapman 12-for-12, Jamie Kofron 12-for-12, Emily Hermsen 9-for-12 3 aces, Blake Ehler 8-for-10, Sommer Daniel 8-for-9.

Digs (56): Sommer Daniel 12, Blake Ehler 12, Amanda Smith 10, Jamie Kofron 8, Emily Hermsen 8, Laken Hermiston 4, Kamryn Chapman 2.

Williamsburg Statistics:

Attacks (84-102 21 kills): Mia Kittelson 18-18 5 kills, Gracie Ehret 13-16 1 kill, Emily Simmons 12-16 6 kills, Taylor Busch 11-15 3 kills, Karly Berkland 10-12 1 kill, Jenna Grell 10-12 4 kills, Kortni Gensley 7-9, Alaena Trevino 1-2, Talia McAtee 2-2 1 kill.

Assists (21): Gracie Ehret 17, Karly Berkland 2, Kortni Gensley 1, Alaena Trevino 1.

Blocks (2): Emily Simmons 1, Mia Kittelson 1.

Serving (48-for-51 5 aces): Talia McAtee 11-for-11 1 ace, Gracie Ehret 9-for-9 1 ace, Kortni Gensley 8-for-9 1 ace, Emily Simmons 8-for-8 1 ace, Alaena Trevino 7-for-7, Karly Berkland 5-for-7 1 ace.

Digs (51): Karly Berkland 16, Talia McAtee 12, Emily Simmons 11, Greta Simmons 5, Gracie Ehret 3, Kortni Gensley 2, Jenna Grell 1, Mia Kittelson 1.

Tipton’s Kamryn Chapman (15) goes after a  ball hit to the back row during the second set of the Tigers 3-0 sweep over Williamsburg last week. Chapman had 5 kills, served 12-for-12 and had 2 digs. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.