Tigers Top 100 Points In Home Co-Ed

  TIPTON - The Tipton boy’s track team nearly took the team title at their home co-ed last Tuesday. There, the Tigers battled it out with fellow RVC member Bellevue and Tri-Rivers foe Calamus-Wheatland for the team title. The Comets of Bellevue fell away halfway through the meet, making it a two-team race. The Comet would place third with 85 team points. The Tigers and Warriors took turns leading the team standings and the meet title came down to the final event, the 4X400-meter relay. There, the Tigers placed second with the team of Bryce Deerberg, Andrew Stewart, Brandon Valet and Quinten Mesick in 3:43.00, finishing with 122 points. The Warriors placed fourth, finishing with 123 points to claim the meet by one-point. The two teams were the only two that topped 100 team points at the meet.

  The Tigers won three events at the meet. Quinten Mesick won the 200-meter dash in 23.89 and Ben Ellis won the 3,200-meter run in a time of 10:47.29. The Tigers shuttle hurdle relay team of Paden Zell, Davis Butler, Payten Elijah, and Frank Bierman crossed the finish line first in a time of 1:03.31.

  Tipton added three runner-up finishes to the 4X400-meter relay runner-up finish. Paden Zell was second in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.10. The other two runner-up finishes were from relay events. The Tigers sprint medley relay team of John Stroup, Austin Lenz, Blaise Thumma and Andrew Stewart were second in 1:45.23. The Tigers also were second in the 4X800-meter relay event with the team of Bryce Deerberg, Caleb Shumaker, Noah Jedlicka and Corey Wallick in a time of 8:43.54.

  The Tigers also had third-place finishes from Caleb Shumaker in the 1,600-meter run and Paden Zell in the 400-meter hurdles.

  The Tigers ran at Northeast Goose Lake Monday and will run at Clear Creek-Amana later this week and at Highland on Monday, April 30.

Tipton Co-Ed #2 Meet
At Tipton
Tuesday, April 17
Boys Team Scores: 1. Calamus-Wheatland 123, 2. Tipton 122, 3. Bellevue 85, 4. Monticello 84, 5. Maquoketa 75, 6. Cascade 58, 7. Bellevue Marquette 17.

Tipton Results:
Field Event Results:
High Jump: 1. Andrew Stewart 6-0.
Long Jump 1. Quinten Mesick 20-04.75.
Discus: 9. Nile Schuett 95-11.

Individual Event Results:
Sprint Medley Relay: 2. Tipton (John Stroup, Austin Lenz, Blaise Thumma, Andrew Stewart) 1:45.23.
3,200-meter run: 1. Ben Ellis 10:47.29, 3. Andrew Olseen 11:16.44.
4X800-meter relay: 2. Tipton (Bryce Deerberg, Caleb Shumaker, Noah Jedlicka, Corey Wallick) 8:43.54.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 1. Tipton (Paden Zell, Davis Butler, Payten Elijah, Frank Bierman) 1:03.31.
100-meter dash: 10. Tommy Brown 14.94.
Distance Medley Relay: 4. Tipton (Payten Elijah, Andrew Stewart, Noah Jedlicka, Brandon Valet) 4:06.57.
400-meter dash: 4. Bryce Deerberg 55.75, 8. Caleb Shumaker 58.72.
4X200-meter relay: 5. Tipton (John Stroup, Austin Lenz, Davis Butler, Blaise Thumma) 1:42.14.
110-meter high hurdles: 2. Paden Zell 16.10, 3. Frank Bierman 16.58.
800-meter run: 7. Corey Wallick 2:12.05, 8. Andrew Olseen 2:15.88.
200-meter dash: 1. Quinten Mesick 23.89, 9. Payten Elijah 26.18.
1,600-meter run: 3. Caleb Shumaker 4:56.72, 5. Ben Ellis 5:08.83.
400-meter hurdles: 3. Paden Zell 1:02.74, 5. Noah Jedlicka 1:06.49.
4X100-meter relay: 5. Tipton (John Stroup, Austin Lenz, Davis Butler, Frank Bierman) 48.68.
4X400-meter relay: 2. Tipton (Bryce Deerberg, Andrew Stewart, Brandon Valet, Quinten Mesick) 3:43.00.

Junior Varsity Results:
4X100-meter relay: 5. Tipton (Nile Schuett, Dennis Gingerich, Carson Charves, Tommy Brown) 57.54.
4X400-meter relay: 3. Tipton (Blaise Thumma, Trent Pelzer, Logan Hoffman, Craig Shaffer) 4:10.72.
4X800-meter relay: 2. Tipton (Trent Pelzer, Craig Shaffer, Kayden Rezac, Tiger Emich) 9:56.81.
Distance Medley Relay: 3. Tipton (Tiger Emrich, Craig Shaffer, Kayden Rezac, Logan Hoffman) 4:32.28.

Spahr Sets School Record In 110-high hurdles At Bellevue

  BELLEVUE — It was a big night for the North Cedar Knight boy’s track team. A school record fell and the Knights placed in the top-3 in the final team standings. North Cedar senior Treat Spahr set the school record in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Bellevue Comet Relays last Friday. There, Spahr ran to a third-place finish in the event, 15.68. The time set a new school record in the event. Spahr also placed third in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.0.

  North Cedar held their own at the meet, scoring 76 team points. The Knights won three events at the meet including two relays and an individual event. Greg Hansen won the 200-meter dash in a time of 22.59. Hansen added a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash in 11.19.

  North Cedar got 20 points from two winning relay events. The Knights sprint medley relay and their 4X100-meter relay events each placed first. The North Cedar sprint medley relay team of Miles McCullough, Evan Patterson, Greg Hansen, and Seamus Raney won the event in a time of 1:39.28. The time set a new Comet Relays record. The Knights 4X100-meter relay team of Greg Hansen, Seamus Raney, Treat Spahr, and Miles McCullough won in a time of 45.19.

  Other top finishes came from Seamus Raney in the 400-meter dash where he placed second in 53.97 and Cade Wendt who placed 4th in the shot put with a best throw of 43-11. Owen Meyer placed third in the discus with a best throw of 142-feet, 8.5 inches.

Bellevue Relays
Friday, April 19
At Bellevue, IA
Team Scores: 1. Bellevue 100, 2. Dike-New Hartford 84, 3. North Cedar 76, 4. Denver 74, 5. Monticello 55, 6. Calamus-Wheatland 47, 7. West Liberty 46, 8. Iowa City Liberty 37, 9. Easton Valley 26, 10. Bellevue Marquette 14, 11. Wapsie Valley 12, 12. Maquoketa 10, 13. Midland 8.

North Cedar Results:
Field Event Results:
Long Jump (JV): 3. Dylan Clift 15-0.75.
Shot Put: 4. Caden Wendt 43-11. Other: Brady Lehrman 38-5.
Shot Put (JV): 2. Jacob Sander 37-11.5, 3. Dan Moore 37-2. Other: Dylan Welsch 32-1.5, Brady Burcum 31-10.5, JT Kash 31-0.
Discus: 3. Owen Meyer 142-8.5. Other: Jacob Sander 115-0.

Individual Event Results:
Sprint Medley Relay: 1. North Cedar (Miles McCullough, Evan Patterson, Greg Hansen, Seamus Raney) 1:39.28 - NEW MEET RECORD).
3,200-meter run: Joe Condon 13:07.75.
4X800-meter relay: 6. North Cedar (Kole Murray, Ryan Baker, Chance Cinkovich, Shawn Kintz) 10:02.95.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 3. North Cedar (Ethan Sahr, Miles McCullough, Dragon Cinkovich, Treat Spahr) 1:05.07.
100-meter dash: 3. Greg Hansen 11.19, 5. Miles McCullough 11.38.
Distance Medley Relay: 6. North Cedar (Chance Cinkovich, Caleb Baker, Skyelr Darts, Kole Murray) 4:39.03.
400-meter dash: 2. Seamus Raney 53.97. Other: Dragon Cinkovich 1:00.33.
4X200-meter relay: North Cedar (Ethan Sahr, Chance Cinkovich, Ryan Baker, Evan Patterson) 1:43.90.
4X200-meter relay (JV): North Cedar (Kole Murray, Caleb Baker, Skyler Darts, Dylan Clift) 1:53.09.
110-meter high hurdles: 3. Treat Spahr 15.68 (SCHOOL RECORD). Other: Ethan Sahr 17.80.
800-meter run: Seamus Raney 2:22.36, Shawn Kintz 2:31.64.
200-meter dash: 1. Greg Hansen 22.59. Other: Dylan Clift 30.11.
400-meter hurdles: 3. Treat Spahr 58.0. Other: Dragon Cinkovich 1:08.29.
4X100-meter relay: 1. North Cedar (Greg Hansen, Seamus Raney, Treat Spahr, Miles McCullough) 45.19.
4X100-meter relay (JV): North Cedar (Chance Cinkovich, Caleb Baker, Skyelr Darts, Dylan Clift) 53.67.
4X400-meter relay: North Cedar (Ethan Sahr, Evan Patterson, Dragon Cinkovich, Ryan Baker) 4:04.00.

Kofron Sets New Meet Record In Shot Put Win

By Ryan Stonebraker

Sports Editor

  WASHINGTON — Not on the original 2018 spring outdoor schedule, the Tigers traveled to the Washington Demon Invitational last Thursday to make-up a cancellation of the West Delaware Hawk Invite the same night. The Tigers had entered West Delaware meet after having yet another meet canceled due to crazy spring weather. After the Hawk Invite was canceled, THS packed up their stuff and headed South. The Tigers were not the only ones. Teams from Mason City, Waterloo East, Carlisle, Dunkerton, Wapsie Valley, and North Cedar joined the field, making the meet a 15-team event. There, the Tigers held their own, placing 6th in the team and scoring 41 team points, nine points out of fourth and four points out of fifth place.

  Tipton was led by junior Jamie Kofron’s finishes in the field events. Kofron won the shot put with a best throw of 44-feet, 3.5 inches. That throw broke a meet record set in 1992 by a thrower from Iowa City, City High. Kofron added a runner-up finish in the discus where she had the best throw of 132-0.

  The Tigers placed second in two relay events. The Tigers distance medley relay team of Emily Hermsen, Rachel Bierman, Alyssa Elijah, and Amanda Smith were runners-up in a time of 4:41.70. The Tigers also were runners-up in the 4X800-meter relay event with the team of Karlee Kamberling, Tiffany Schott, Hailey Stewart, and Rachel Bierman in a time of 11:00.14.

  The Tigers had two distance events have two, top-10 finishers. In the 1,500-meter run, Amanda Smith was 7th and Kallie Wallick 10th and in the 3,000-meter run, Kallie Wallick was 6th and Zoe Stonebraker was 9th.

  Other top-10 Tipton finishes were Sommer Daniel 4th in the 400-meter dash, Tiffany Schott 7th in the 400-meter hurdles and Rachel Bierman 9th in the 200-meter dash. The Tigers 4X400-meter relay team placed 5th.

Knights Head To Southern Iowa Again For Track Meet
  WASHINGTON — The North Cedar girls track team is getting familiar with the state’s geography, specifically the southern part of the state. For the second time in three, weeks, a weather cancellation sent the Knights South for a make-up meet. After making a trip to Eddyville for the Rocket Relays in recent weeks, the cancellation of a meet in Manchester last Thursday sent North Cedar to the Washington Demon Relays the same night. There, North Cedar placed 12th with 28 team points. The Knights have been hit with some sickness and some injuries in recent weeks. The Knights still are primed to make a good showing at this week’s Drake Relays and next months state meet, both at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

  In field events, North Cedar had a top-10 finisher in three of the four field events. Darby Hawtrey placed third in the high jump with a best jump of 4-feet, 10 inches. Other top finishes were Callie Meyer 5th in the discus with a throw of 107-08 and Leah Crock 6th in the shot put with a best throw of 36-07.

  The Knights had a runner-up finish and a third-place finish in relay events at the meet. They came from their shuttle hurdle relay team and their 4X400-meter relay team. The Knights 4X400-meter relay team of Sydney Dennis, Cassie Cox, Tessa Fields, and Grace Proesch placed second in 4:18.94. The Knights shuttle hurdle relay team of Kelly Proesch, Darby Hawtrey, Tessa Fields and Andrea Wachendorf placed third in 1:09.11.

  Kelly Proesch had the top individual event finish for North Cedar, placing 4th in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.24.

44th Washington Demon Girls Relays
At Washington, IA
Thursday, April 19
Team Scores: 1. Benton Community 78, 2. Mount Pleasant 65, 3. Washington 52, 4. Keokuk 50, 5. Waterloo East 45, 6. Tipton 41, 7. Clear Creek-Amana 40, 8. Carlisle 36, 9. Mason City 33, 10. Iowa City Liberty 30, 11. Ft. Madison 29, 12. North Cedar 28, 13. Dunkerton 26, 14. Wapsie Valley 16, 15. Albia 11.

Tipton and North Cedar Results Only:

Field Event Results:
High Jump: 3. Darby Hawtrey (NC) 4-10, 7. Lexi Crist (NC) 4-8.
Long Jump: 17. Kassadie Galloway (NC) 13-05.5, 18. Sam Koth (NC) 12-10.5, 22. Sara Webb 10-08.75.
Shot Put: 1. Jamie Kofron 44-03.50, 6. Leah Crock (NC) 36-07, 7. Nicole Sander (NC) 36-04.5, 11. Allie Ryan 32-09.5, 15. Bryanna Simmermaker (T) 30-06, 23. Liz Bierman (T) 28-01.
Discus: 2. Jamie Kofron 132-0, 5. Callie Meyer (NC) 107-08, 6. Nicole Sander (NC) 106-07, 8. Bryanna Simmermaker (T) 99-04, 9. Liz Bierman (T) 93-11, 16. Allie Ryan (T) 85-04.

Individual Event Results:
Sprint Medley Relay: 7. Tipton A (Alyssa Elijah, Karlee Kamberling, Rachel Bierman, Kelley Lieser) 2:05.20, 13. Tipton B (Courtney Petersen, Mariah Petersen, Zoe Rezac, Jaydon Bierman) 2:13.86.
3,000-meter run: 6. Kallie Wallick 12:19.84, 7. Carly Montz (NC) 12:38.83, 9. Zoe Stonebraker (T) 13:14.34, 13. Karly Cerda (NC) 15:09.91.
4X800-meter relay: 2. Tipton (Karlee Kamberling, Tiffany Schott, Hailey Stewart, Rachel Bierman) 11:00.14.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 3. North Cedar (Kelly Proesch, Darby Hawtrey, Tessa Fields, Andrea Wachendorf) 1:09.11, 7. Tipton (Blake Ehler, Ashlyn Curry, Liz Bierman, Tiffany Schott) 1:13.83.
400-meter dash: 4. Sommer Daniel (T) 1:05.94, 7. Kelly Lieser (T) 1:08.51, 20. Kenadi Krenz (T) 1:27.75.
100-meter dash: 13. Hunter Humphrey (T) 14.15, 32. Averee Kasik (NC) 15.38, 37. Sarah Hansen (NC) 15.86, 42. Jocelyn Baltazar (T) 17.86, 44. Alycia Barclay (T) 19.08, 45. Araceli Martinez (T) 20.0.
4X200-meter relay: 10. North Cedar (Cassie Cox, Lexi Crist, Darby Hawtrey, Grace Proesch) 2:00.21, 11. Tipton A (Tiffany Schott, Jaydon Bierman, Hailey Stewart, Karlee Kamberling) 2:00.24, 15. Tipton B (Sara Webb, Courtney Petersen, Mariah Petersen, Zoe Rezac) 2:08.58.
100-meter hurdles: 4. Kelly Proesch (NC) 16.24, 13. Ashlyn Curry (T) 17.90, 19. Blake Ehler (T) 18.74, 22. Liz Bierman (T) 19.49, 33. Courtney Petersen (T) 21.59.
Distance Medley Relay: 2. Tipton (Emily Hermsen, Rachel Bierman, Alyssa Elijah, Amanda Smith) 4:41.70, 10. North Cedar (Sam Koth, Kayla Syring, Sadie Brown, Kiley Chapman) 5:08.09.
800-meter run: 21. Kayley Clark (T) 3:05.30.
200-meter dash: 9. Rachel Bierman (T) 29.47, 33. Hailey Stewart (T) 32.18, 38. Mariah Petersen (T) 33.12, 44. Isabell Garcia (T) 35.57.
400 hurdles: 7. Tiffany Schott (T) 1:19.65, 15. Ashlyn Curry (T) 1:31.07.
1,500-meter run: 7. Amanda Smith (T) 5:37.04, 10. Kallie Wallick (T) 5:50.98, 16. Zoe Stonebraker (T) 6:12.23, 23. Kayley Clark (T) 6:53.60.
4X100-meter relay: 9. North Cedar A 54.71, 10. Tipton A (Emily Hermsen, Sommer Daniel, Karlee Kamberling, Alyssa Elijah) 55.01, 22. Tipton B (Sara Webb, Zoe Rezac, Zoe Stonebraker, Kallie Wallick) 1:01.42.
4X400-meter relay: 2. North Cedar (Sydney Dennis, Cassie Cox, Tessa Fields, Grace Proesch) 4:18.94, 5. Tipton A (Emily Hermsen, Alyssa Elijah, Kelley Lieser, Sommer Daniel ) 4:37.62.

Proesch Will Run At Air Force

By Ryan Stonebraker

Sports Editor

  CLARENCE — One of the top sprinters in the state of Iowa made her post-high school intentions known recently. North Cedar senior Grace Proesch signed a national letter of intent to run track and field at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The North Cedar senior is the first Division 1 athlete to run track and field since Ryan Kedley.
  “I am really excited. I always wanted to be a D1 track athlete. My dream came true,” said Proesch.
  Arguably a top track and field performer in the state this year, Proesch had a humble start to the sport.
  “I didn’t like track and field in middle school. My mom forced me to go out as a freshman and after that, I was hooked on it,” she said.
  Proesch is helping the Knights to a track season that will likely end in Des Moines, quite possibly near the top of the class 2A final team standings. Proesch is on two relays that are currently ranked 1st in 2A, the sprint medley and the 4X400. Individually, she is ranked second in the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash. Her versatility is evident as she is on the Knights third-ranked 4X200 and 4th ranked 4X100 relay teams as well.
  North Cedar track and field coach Kirk Ketelsen said that Proesch is a once in school history type of track athlete.

  “Grace is a one in school history track athlete. Her name is all over our record board. Grace earns everything she gets. She loves to compete and loves to win,” he said.
  Proesch and the Knight seniors have been in 39 events at the blue oval in Des Moines and have earned 14 state medals. They will take events to this week’s Drake Relays and have much more head to the state track and field meet next month. Proesch placed third in the 200-meter dash in 26.01 and second in the 400-meter dash in 58.39 at the 2017 state track and field meet.
  Ketelsen noted Proesch’s strengths as a college recruit.
  “She has the speed, the technique and the will to win at every level. I am very proud of Grace. Her parents deserve all the credit for raising such a fine person. Grace is always helping teammates, leading by example, and offering encouragement to the younger athletes. I am so lucky to be her Coach,” he said.
  Air Force is in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons head coach is Ralph Linderman who is in his 29th season. The Falcons run at meets in California, Texas, Washington, Arizona at at the Drake Relays this year. Members of the Mountain West Conference are Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, Colorado State, and Wyoming.
  Proesch said that she is excited to be a Division 1 athlete and has taken steps to prepare for that.
  “I have matured in my training. I have been working and getting serious about sleep and nutrition,” said Proesch.
  Proesch said that she is likely going to be a 200 and 400-meter runner college. She could possibly run 800’s too. She plans on majoring in civil engineering. After graduating from college, she will serve five years in the Air Force Academy and will be a second lieutenant when that term is done.
  Proesch is the daughter of Joby and Kyle Proesch. She has one brother, Kyle and one sister, Kelly.

Todd Sturdy Named Football Coach at Mid-America Nazrene

  OLATHE, Kan. - Director of Athletics Todd Garrett announced Todd Sturdy as the next head football coach at MNU.
  "I am excited to have Coach Todd Sturdy join the MNU family as our next head football coach," said Garrett. "His experience and success at multiple levels of collegiate football speaks for itself, but his passion for developing young men through football is the core of who Coach Sturdy is. His focus on creating a positive culture, a commitment to excellence on and off the field while intentionally developing strong Christian leaders make him a tremendous fit for MNU Football."
  Sturdy comes to MNU after several years as an assistant/coordinator in NCAA Division 1 at Eastern Washington (OC, 2007), Washington State (OC, 2008-2011), Iowa State (asst/OC, 2012-2015), and Northern Iowa (OC, 2016). Prior to 2007 he was the head coach at NAIA St. Ambrose (Iowa) for 12 years, where he won 6 conference titles and reached the NAIA Playoffs multiple times. For the last 2 seasons he helped coach his son's high school team.
  The Tipton, Iowa, native was 85-40 in 12 seasons as head coach for his alma mater, St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa. The winningest coach in the program's history, his teams won five Mid-States Football Association-Midwest League championships and had a 42-8 league record in his last seven seasons at the helm, including six-straight playoff appearances. In 2006 he was NAIA Region 2 Coach of the Year, with the team going a perfect 10-0 in the regular season.
  His accomplishments at St. Ambrose began in his first season as he guided his team to a 9-1 season with the only loss coming at the hands of eventual national champion Findlay. During his 12 seasons at St. Ambrose, Sturdy coached 64 first-team all-conference players and 28 All-Americans. His players rewrote the offensive school records in virtually every category.
  Sturdy began coaching football in 1990 as a graduate assistant for St. Ambrose University while student teaching at Assumption High School.
  As a player, Sturdy was a quarterback for St. Ambrose University from 1987-90, earning his bachelor's degree in history education in 1990. In 1988 he was named the team's MVP, and as team captain in 1989, he received the coach's appreciation award.
  Sturdy attended Tipton High School, where he played four sports and accumulated 14 varsity letters. He was named all-state as a quarterback and started at quarterback for the South team in the 1986 Shrine Bowl.
  Sturdy and his wife Gina are the parents of Keegan, Carson, and Kenzington.
  "I am extremely excited for this opportunity to lead a football program again! I am proud to be joining an athletic department that has a tradition of excellence. Todd Garrett has set a great vision for MNU athletics and I am eager to get started building a program that the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community can be proud of!"

Tigers Win Ron Maxon Relays With 150 Points

  WEST LIBERTY — The Tipton boys track team won the Ron Maxson Relays last Friday to end a two-meet week on a high note. The Tigers scored a season season-high team points and scored over 100 points for the second straight meet. The Tigers claimed five event victories and five runner-up finishes at the meet. The host Comets, scored 146 points and placed second followed by Solon in third with 103 points. Durant placed fifth with 86 points and Wilton was sixth with 72 points.

  Wins for the Tigers came from two in the field events, one relay win and two individual wins. In field events, Andrew Stewart won the high jump with a best jump of 5-10 and Quinten Mesick won the long jump with a best jump of 19-01.25. In individual events, Corey Wallick won the 800-meter run in 2:10.53 and Caleb Shumaker won the 1,600-meter run in 4:51.30. The Tigers relay event that placed first was from their 4X800-meter relay team of Caleb Shumaker, Brandon Valet, Noah Jedlicka, and Bryce Deerberg were second in a time of 8:44.82.

  The Tigers placed second in five events. The Tigers shuttle hurdle relay team of Paden Zell, Davis Butler, Payten Elijah, and Frank Bierman were runners-up in a time of 1:03.07. Placing second in individual events for Tipton was Zell in the 110-meter high hurdles, Ben Ellis in the 3,200-meter run, Noah Jedlicka in the 800-meter run and Quinten Mesick in the 200-meter dash.

  Five of the eight Tipton relays placed in the top-3. Tipton placed third in the 4X100, 4X200 and the distance medley relay events.

  The Durant Wildcats had a lot of success at the meet. The Wildcats two events place second as part of their 86 team points.

  Durant had a lot of success in the field events at the meet. Carter Voelkers placed second in the long jump with a best jump of 18-feet, 3-inches, and Cameron Hoon was third with a best jump of 17-06.5. Cale and Dawson Frett were fourth and fifth in the shot put and sixth and eighth in the discus. Cale threw the shot put 42-11.5 and the discus 119-04 while Dawson threw the shot put 42-07.75 and the discus 117-08.

  In individual events, Easton Botkins, Jeremy Carnes, and Jake Willkomm each had third-place finishes. Willkomm placed third in the 200-meter dash in 24.75. Carnes was third in the 400-meter dash in 56.30 and Botkins was third in the 1,600-meter run in 4:56.96.

  Durant’s best relay finishes came to form their 4X100-meter relay team of Cameron Ruggiero, Jake Willkomm, Cole Miedema and Mason Compton in a time of 47.34 and a third-place finish in the distance medley relay event with the team of Marcus Engstler, Ty Chenault, Easton Botkins, and Jack Voss.

  The Wilton Beavers scored 72 team points at the meet. The Beavers won one event and placed second in two events. Buddy Darting won the 3,200-meter run in a time of 10:26.25 and collected a runner-up finish in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 4:55.94. The Beavers got second in the Weightman’s Relay event with the team of Charles Martin, Silas Harris, Jacob Reifert and Jacob Creamer in a time of 52.15.

  In individual events, Brian Stillman and Chase Miller went 4th and 5th in the 400-meter hurdles and Caleb Sawvell was fifth in the long jump.

  In relay events, the Beavers followed up their runner-up finish in the weightman’s relay with 5th place finishes in the 4X100, 4X200, 4X400, 4X800 and shuttle hurdle relay events.


Ron Maxson Relays
Friday, April 20
At West Liberty
Team Scores: 1. Tipton 150, 2. West Liberty 146, 3. Solon 120, 4. West Branch 103, 5. Durant 88, 6. Wilton 72.

Tipton, Durant, Wilton Results Only:

Field Event Results:
High Jump: 1. Andrew Stewart (T) 5-10.
Long Jump: 1. Quinten Mesick (T) 19-01.25, 2. Carter Voelkers (D) 18-03, 3. Cameron Hoon (D) 17-06.5, 5. Caleb Sawvell (WIL) 17-04, 6. Ty Chenault (D) 17-0.25, 9. Drake Hayes (WIL) 16-03.5.
Shot Put: 4. Cale Frett (D) 42-11.5, 5. Dawson Frett (D) 42-07.75, 11. Nile Schuett (T) 33-02.75, 12. Jacob Creamer (WIL) 31-10.5, 14. Carson Charves (T) 29-10.5, 15. Dennis Gingerich (T) 26-01, 16. Clayton Miller (D) 17-11.
Discus: 6. Cale Frett (D) 119-04, 8. Dawson Frett (D) 117-08, 10. Jonah Werth (D) 99-01, 12. Nile Schuett (T) 87-11, 13. Jacob Creamer (WIL) 79-08, 14. Carson Charves (T) 68-07.

Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash: 4. Quinten Mesick (T) 12.0, 5. Cameron Ruggiero (D) 12.32, 6. Carter Voelkers (D) 12.40, 8. Cole Miedema (D) 13.11, 9. John Stroup (T) 13.29, 11. Jacob Reifert (WIL) 13.42, 15. Charles Martin (WIL) 13.81, 16. Silas Harris (WIL) 14.25, 17. Tommy Brown (T) 14.80.
200-meter dash: 2. Quinten Mesick (T) 23.87, 3. Jake Willkomm (D) 24.75, 5. Mason Compton (D) 25.07, 6. Blaise Thumma (T) 25.47, 9. John Stroup (T) 26.12, 11. Jacob Reifert (WIL) 27.70, 12. Charles Martin (WIL) 28.02.
400-meter dash: 3. Jeremy Carnes (D) 56.30, 5. Gavin Belitz (T) 1:00.53, 8. Tiger Emrich (T) 1:02.94, 10. Drew Henderson (D) 1:03.13, 12. Craig Shaffer (T) 1:04.72.
800-meter run: 1. Corey Wallick (T) 2:10.53, 2. Noah Jedlicka (T) 2:13.86, 3. Ben Ellis (T) 2:15.12, 4. Jack Voss (D) 2:19.20, 6. Isaac Hunter (WIL) 2:30.39, 7. Colby Brown (WIL) 2:31.05, 10. Nathaniel Fagner (WIL) 2:34.97, 12. Ethan Bailey (WIL) 2:38.76, 13. Drew Henderson (D) 2:45.88.
1,600-meter run: 1. Caleb Shumaker (T) 4:51.30, 2. Buddy Darting (WIL) 4:55.94, 3. Easton Botkins (D) 4:56.96, 6. Zac Hein (WIL) 5:12.16, 11. Anthony Mundt (D) 5:32..24, 12. Gavin Belitz (T) 5:35.35, 13. Nathaniel Fagner (WIL) 5:36.42, 14. Logan Hoffman (T) 5:49.30, 15. Cameron Hoon (D) 5:54.14.
3,200-meter run: 1. Buddy Darting (WIL) 10:26.25, 2. Ben Ellis (T) 10:27.61, 3. Zach Hein (WIL) 10:45.98, 4. Corey Wallick (T) 10:48.88, 5. Andrew Olseen (T) 10:58.64, 7. Isaac Hunter (WIL) 11:38.96, 9. Anthony Mundt (D) 12:12.82.
110-meter high hurdles: 2. Paden Zell (T) 16.36, 4. Frank Bierman (T) 16.80.
400-meter hurdles: 3. Paden Zell (T) 1:02.15, 4. Brian Stillman (WIL) 1:04.13, 5. Chase Miller (WIL) 1:05.23, 7. Charles Martin (WIL) 1:09.29.

Relay Event Results:
4X100-meter relay: 2. Durant (Cameron Ruggiero, Jake Willkomm, Cole Miedema, Mason Compton) 47.34, 3. Tipton (Blaise Thumma, Austin Lenz, Davis Butler, Quinten Mesick) 47.46, 5. Wilton (Chase Miller, Drake Hayes, Colby Sawvell, Brian Stillman) 49.57.
4X100-meter weighman’s relay: 2. Wilton (Charles Martin, Silas Harris, Jacob Reifert, Jacob Cremer) 52.15, 3. Durant (Cale Frett, Dawson Frett, Tristan Hughes, Roger Werthmann) 55.34, 4. Tipton (Nile Schuett, Dennis Gingerich, Carson Charves, Tommy Brown) 57.98.
4X200-meter relay: 3. Tipton (Austin Lenz, Bryce Deerberg, Blaise Thumma, Andrew Stewart) 1:39.58, 5. Wilton (Chase Miller, Colby Sawvell, Drake Hayes, Brian Stillman) 1:41.31, 6. Durant (Ty Chenault, Zac Badtram, Jake Nietfeldt, Marcus Engstler) 1:41.79.
4X400-meter relay: 3. Tipton (Noah Jedlicka, Bryce Deerberg, Andrew Stewart, Corey Wallick) 3:42.09, 5. Wilton (Dalton Snider, Buddy Darting, Isaac Hunter, Zach Hein) 4:12.25.
4X800-meter relay: 1. Tipton (Caleb Shumaker, Brandon Valet, Noah Jedlicka, Bryce Deerberg) 8:44.82, 5. Wilton (Dalton Snider, Colby Brown, Nathaniel Fagner, Ethan Bailey) 10:10.10.
Sprint Medley Relay: 4. Tipton (Davis Butler, Payten Elijah, Paden Zell, Frank Bierman) 1:45.10, 5. Durant (Marcus Engstler, Zac Badtram, Cole Miedema, Jeremy Carnes) 1:45.33, 6. Wilton (Charles Martin, Jacob Reifert, Scott Martin, Dalton Snider) 1:52.20.
Distance Medley Relay: 3. Durant (Marcus Engstler, Ty Chenault, Easton Botkins, Jack Voss) 4:01.83, 4. Tipton (Austin Lenz, Andrew Stewart, Brandon Hines, Trent Pelzer) 4:07.89.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 2. Tipton (Paden Zell, Davis Butler, Payten Elijah, Frank Bierman) 1:03.07, 5. Wilton (Colby Sawvell, Chase Miller, Scott Martin, Brian Stillman) 1:08.87.

Conservative Sports Boys Track Leaders - April 16th

The following list is the leader or leaders from the four schools we cover at the paper. Below, find where the athletes from Tipton, North Cedar, Wilton and Durant stand.


Individual Events: *Listed is the athletes area place, followed by their RVC place as of Monday, April 16 - example - 1/4. Mason Compton (D) - the first 1 is the area place and the second is the RVC place currently. So for this, Compton is the first in the area and fourth in the RVC.


100-meter dash - 1/4. Mason Compton (D) 11.83, 2/12. Jake Wilkkomm (D) 12.31, 3/16. Cameron Ruggiero (D) 12.51. Other: John Stroup (T) 12.87, Caleb Baker (NC) 14.05, Charles Martin (WIL) 13.46.


200-meter dash - 1/3. Greg Hansen (NC) 23.70, 2/8. Quinten Mesick (T) 24.21, 3/10. Jake Wilkkomm (D) 24.43, 4/19. Miles McCullough (NC) 25.04. Other: Brian Stillman (WIL) 25.16.


400-meter dash - 1/2. Quinten Mesick (T) 52.72, 2/11. Seamus Raney (NC) 54.68, 3/22. Blaise Thumma (T) 56.95, 4/25. Noah Jedlicka (T) 57.61, 5/28. Mason Compton (D) 58.27. Other: Drake Hayes (WIL) 1:00.80.


800-meter run - 1/13. Jack Voss (D) 2:12.15, 2/15. Jeremy Carnes (D) 2:12.45, 3/17. Seamus Raney (NC) 2:13.89, 4/19. Caleb Shumaker (T) 2:14.25, 5/20. Ben Ellis (T) 2:14.77. Other: Buddy Darting (WIL) 2:19.24.


1,600-meter run - 1/10. Ben Ellis (T) 4:56.45, 2/11. Caleb Shumaker (T) 4:57.05, 3/16. Buddy Darting (WIL) 5:02.98. Other: Easton Botkins (D) 5:10.61, Devon Willis (NC) 5:26.38.


3,200-meter run - 1/6. Buddy Darting (WIL) 10:38.24, 2/7. Ben Ellis (T) 10:44.61, 3/11. Zach Hein (WIL) 10:57.66, 4/13. Andrew Olseen (T) 11:05.01, 5/23. Anthony Mundt (D) 12:20.42.


110-meter hurdles - 1/2. Paden Zell 16.33, 2/4. Treat Spahr (NC) 16.39, 3/4. Frank Bierman (T) 16.39, 3/15. Ethan Sahr (NC) 18.84.


400-meter hurdles - 1/4. Treat Spahr (NC) 58.40, 2/8. Jeremy Carnes (D) 1:03.54, 3/9. Ethan Sahr (NC) 1:04.34, 4/12. Noah Jedlicka (T) 1:06.22, 5/13. Frank Bierman (T) 1:07.56.





Field Event Results:


Shot Put - 1/5. Caden Wendt (NC) 46-10.5, 2/11. Dawson Frett (D) 42-04.5, 3/14. Cale Frett (D) 41-07, 4/15. Brady Lehrman (NC) 41-1, 5/20. Owen Meyer (NC) 40-5.5. Other: Mitch McMurrin (T) 35-03.5.


Discus - 1/1. Owen Meyer (NC) 141-7.5, 2/4. Dawson Frett (D) 132-1.5, 3/7. Cale Frett (D) 124-1. Other: Nile Schuett (T) 96-03.


Long Jump - 1/2. Quinten Mesick (T) 20-07, 2/3. Carter Voelkers (D) 19-11.50, 3/5. Mason Compton (D) 19-11, 4/11. Ty Chenault (D) 18-07.50, 5/15. Drake Hayes (WIL) 18-0.5. Other: Evan Patterson (NC) 16-03.


High Jump - 1/4. Greg Hansen (NC) 6-0, 2/4. Andrew Stewart (T) 6-0.





Relay Event Results:


4X100-meter - 1/7. Durat (Ruggiero, Wilkkomm, Miedema, Compton) 47.17, 2/8. Tipton (Thumma, Butler, Lenz, Mesick) 47.62, 3/9. Wilton (Miller, Ca. Sawvell, Co. Sawvell, Stillman) 48.36, 4/12. North Cedar (Baker, Darts, Ca. Baker, Neel) 54.85.


4X200-meter - 1/2. North Cedar (Spahr, Raney, McCullough, Hansen) 1:35.77, 2/8. Wilton (Miller, Hayes, Co. Sawvell, Stillman) 1:38.24, 3/10. Tipton (Butler, Thumma, Deerberg, Mesick) 1:39.56, 4/11. Durant (Hughes, Chenault, Voelkers, Wilkkomm) 1:39.64.


4X400-meter - 1/4. North Cedar (Raney, Hansen, McCullough, Spahr) 3:38.35, 2/7. Tipton (Thumma, Deerberg, Hines, Mesick) 3:43.79, 3/11. Wilton (Snider, Darting, Bailey, Fagner) 4:05.24, 4/12. Durant (Chenault, Ruggiero, Miedema, Engstler) 4:22.62.


4X800-meter - 1/5. Tipton (Deerberg, Shumaker, Jedlicka, Wallick) 8:42.88, 2/9. Durant (Botkins, Voss, Mundt, Carnes) 9:26.09, 3/11. Wilton (Snider, Brown, Bailey, Fagner) 10:26.06, 4/12. North Cedar (Willis, C. Cinkovich, Kintz, Condon) 10:29.31.


Shuttle Hurdle Relay - 1/2. Tipton (Zell, Butler, Elijah, Bierman) 1:02.50, 2/4. North Cedar (Sahr, McCullough, Cinkovich, Spahr) 1:05.72, 3/8. Wilton (Co. Sawvell, Miller, Ca. Sawvell, Stillman) 1:09.49.


Distance Medley - 1/2. North Cedar (Hansen, McCullough, Spahr, Raney) 3:47.75, 2/8. Tipton (Lenz, Deerberg, Thumma, Ellis) 3:58.76, 3/9. Durant (Chenault, Engstler, Carnes, Voss) 3:59.43.

Sprint Medley - 1/4. North Cedar (McCullough, Sahr, Hansen, Raney) 1:39.47, 2/5. Durant (Ruggiero, Miedema, Compton, Carnes) 1:42.41, 3/7. Tipton (Lenz, Stewart, Thumma, Mesick) 1:43.75, 4/9. Wilton (Co. Sawvell, Hays, Stillman, Miller) 1:46.24.

Conservative Sports Girls Track Leaders - April 16th

The following list is the leader or leaders from the four schools we cover at the paper. Below, find where the athletes from Tipton, North Cedar, Wilton and Durant stand.

Individual Events: *Listed is the athletes area place, followed by their RVC place as of Monday, April 16 - example - 1/1. Grace Proesch (NC) - the first 1 is the area place and the second is the RVC place currently. So for this, Proesch is the first in the area and first in the RVC.

100-meter dash - 1/1. Grace Proesch (NC) 13.03, 2/6. Lexi Crist (NC) 13.61, 3/9. Hunter Humphrey (T) 13.89, 4/12. Chloe Wells (WIL) 14.09, 5/20. Jaydon Bierman (T) 14.70, 6/21. Lexi Maurer (WIL) 14.86, 7/25. Karlie Schult (WIL) 15.0, 8/29. Sara Webb (T) 15.46, 9/34. Chelsea Alderman (D) 16.21, 10/35. Elizabeth Wurzer (D) 16.52.

200-meter dash - 1/1. Grace Proesch (NC) 26.68, 2/3. Kortney Drake (WIL) 28.0, 3/10. Amorae Meyers (D) 29.02, 4/12. Rachel Bierman (T) 29.09, 5/16. Abby Ryan (D) 29.31.

400-meter dash - 1/1. Grace Proesch (NC) 1:00.02, 2/2. Cassie Cox (NC) 1:00.83, 3/4. Sommer Daniel (T) 1:04.61, 4/8. Kortney Drake (WIL) 1:05.56; 5/11. Kelly Lieser (T) 1:07.83, 6/13. Hailey Stewart (T) 1:08.49, 7/14. Alyssa Elijah (T) 1:08.58, 8/17. Emily Hermsen (T) 1:09.04, 9/28. Heidi Wolf (D) 1:14.69, 10/30. Kerrigan Johnson (D) 1:15.40.

800-meter run - 1/4. Cassie Cox (NC) 2:27.32, 2/8. Amanda Smith (T) 2:37.99, 3/15. Rachel Bierman (T) 2:42.84, 4/17. Ellie Berry (D) 2:47.70, 5/28. Tori Novinski (D) 2:52.01. Other: Emi Coss - 46th in RVC - 3:18.29.

1,500-meter run - 1/8. Tessa Fields (NC) 5:36.04, 2/16. Kallie Wallick (T) 5:50.69, 3/18. Ellie Berry (D) 5:52.53, 4/22. Zoe Stonebraker (T) 5:59.85, 5/24. Carly Montz (NC) 6:17.72, 6/25. Morgan Russell (D) 6:23.69, 7/30. Franchesca Owens (WIL) 6:36.82.

3,000-meter run - 1/10. Ellie Berry (D) 12:24.68, 2/12. Kallie Wallick (T) 12:36.15, 3/13. Carly Montz (NC) 12:49.02.

100-meter hurdles - 1/1. Kelly Proesch (NC) 16.07, 2/3. LInsey Ford (WIL) 16.64, 3/8. Tiffany Schott (T) 17.49, 4/9. Blake Ehler (T) 17.59, 5/11. Breanna Moeller (D) 17.85.

400-meter hurdles - 1/1. Tessa Fields (NC) 1:11.02, 2/7. Tiffany Schott (T) 1:19.48, 3/9. Lilli Nielsen (D) 1:20.57, 4/11. Breanna Moeller (D) 1:22.34, 5/13. Ashlyn Curry (T) 1:24.43, 6/15. Kayla Hildreth (WIL) 1:28.89.


Field Event Results:
Shot Put - 1/1. Jamie Kofron (T) 43-08.25, 2/2. Nicole Sander (NC) 38-06.50, 3/3. Leah Crock (NC) 37-05.25, 4/4. Allie Ryan (T) 36-11, 5/9. Chloe Wells (WIL) 34-01.5. Other: Emily Seligman (D) 30-08.

Discus - 1/1. Jamie Kofron (T) 142-1, 2/3. Nicole Sander (NC) 112-04, 3/4. Callie Meyer (NC) 108-11, 4/8. Liz Bierman (T) 99-03, 4/9. Leah Crock (NC) 95-06.5, 5/11. Bee Simmermaker (T) 93-06. Other: Kayla Hildreth (WIL) 78-02, Brittany Kahl (D) 71-09.

Long Jump - 1/2. Amorae Myers (D) 15-04.75, 2/7. Kelly Proesch (NC) 15-0.5, 3/10. Kortney Drake (WIL) 14-07.

High Jump - 1/1. Darby Hawtrey (NC) 5-2, 2/5. Lexi Crist (NC) 4-10, 3/14. Hailey Stewart (T) 4-2, 4/14. Becca Ball (WIL) 4-2, 5/17. Ansley Boorn (WIL) 4-0.

Relay Event Results:

4X100-meter - 1/1. North Cedar (Cox, Crist, Hawtrey, Proesch) 51.73, 2/8. Tipton (Hermsen, Elijah, Kamberling, Humphrey) 54.14, 3/9. Wilton (Pittman, Ford, Drake, Wells) 54.69, 4/11. Durant (Myers, Nielsen, Ryan, Skinner) 57.32.

4X200-meter - 1/2. North Cedar (Hawtrey, Cox, Crist, G. Proesch) 1:52.20, 2/4. Tipton (Hermsen, Kamberling, R. Bierman, Humphrey) 1:55.28, 3/12. Durant (Myers, Ryan, Nielsen, Mangels) 2:02.94, 4/13. Wilton (Maurer, Boorn, Schult, Hildreth) 2:09.39.

4X400-meter - 1/1. North Cedar (Cox, Fields, Dennis, G. Proesch) 4:08.56, 2/5. Tipton (Hermsen, Daniel, Elijah, R. Bierman) 4:27.52, 3/11. Durant (Moeller, Nielsen, Ryan, Wolf) 4:53.07.

4X800-meter - 1/5. North Cedar (Cox, Fields, Dennis, Brown) 10:45.76, 2/8. Tipton (Schott, Rezac, Stonebraker, Stewart) 11:18.44, 3/9. Durant (Russell, Novinski, Wolf, Johnson) 12:04.48, 4/11. Wilton (Brown, Coss, Jurgersen, Ball) 12:49.50.

Shuttle Hurdle Relay - 1/2. North Cedar (Hawtrey, Cox, Crist, G. Proesch) 1:52.20, 2/4. Tipton (Hermsen, Kamberling, R. Bierman, Humphrey) 1:55.28, 3/12. Durant (Myers, Ryan, Nielsen, Mangels) 2:02.94, 4/13. Wilton (Maurer, Boorn, Schult, Hildreth) 2:09.39.

Distance Medley - 1/3. Tipton (Hermsen, R. Bierman, Elijah, Schott) 4:40.39, 2/8. Durant (Myers, Moeller, Ryan, Berry) 4:58.08, 3/12. Wilton (Pittman, Maurer, Hook, Owens) 5:28.99.

Sprint Medley - 1/1. North Cedar (Wilhau, Koth, Crist, Cox) 1:55.42, 2/6. Wilton (Pittman, Wells, Ford, Drake) 1:59.10, 3/8. Tipton (Elijah, Kamberling, R. Bierman, Lieser) 2:02.26, 4/11. Durant (Skinner, Alderman, Peel, Nielsen) 2:13.89.

IAHSAA has new hall of fame hoops class

DES MOINES — The Iowa High School Athletic Association recently honored a new class of Hall of Fame coaches, players and officials. Two with area ties were among those honored. They were:

KEVIN ENWRIGHT, Northeast Goose Lake:
He was an all-around athlete at Camanche averaging a double-double in scoring and rebounding on an 18-2 squad his senior year that lost to the eventual third-place finisher, Maquoketa. He was also a district champion
in the shot put and discus. His junior year, the team made the State Tournament but lost in the first round. At Coe College, he completed four years in track and football as an all-conference tight end. He spent 38 years as a science and physical education teacher at Northeast and coached the Rebels for 21 seasons compiling a 307-159 record. He guided the school
to ve State Tournaments trips from 1990 to 2006 when they finished fourth. He was chosen to coach the Southeast All-Star Team in the 1995 Dr. Pepper Classic. A multiple-time conference coach of the year he was the Substate Coach of the Year in 2006. He was active professionally in science content development and earned his MA degree from Franciscan University. He retired from coaching in 2010 to follow the playing careers of his daughters. He is the father of Tara, Ashley, and Mollie (deceased), a step-daughter Katie, and a step-son Charlie. He and his wife Kim reside in Camanche.

BRAD RANDALL, Solon:
Following a high school career at Solon where he captained the football, basketball,
track, and baseball teams as a senior and twice earned all-conference baseball honors,
he earned his BA degree at the University of Dubuque and his MA degree at the University of Iowa. He then returned home to coach his alma mater. In 21 seasons (1994-2014), his teams never had a losing season. They were 368-118, including eight conference titles and 10 district championships – nine in succession. He directed the Spartans to four State Tournaments starting in 2006, the school’s first appearance since 1973, followed by a third-place finish in 2008, a perfect 28-0 championship season in 2009, and a 2010 runner-up. In that run were 35 consecutive wins, victories in 52 of their last 55 games and 48 straight road triumphs. The winner of numerous coach of the year honors, he was chosen the 2009 State Class 2A coach of the year and as a coach for the IBCA All

Star game. He has been active in Solon government, serving on the city council and being Mayor pro tempore. He and his wife of 30 years Regina live in Cedar Rapids and have raised two daughters – Maggie and Libbie. He is in real estate development.

Knights runner-up at Rocket Relays in Eddyville

By Ryan Stonebraker

Sports Editor

EDDYVILLE — The North Cedar Knight girls track team continued the creativity to beat the crazy spring weather last Thursday. Having already had a scheduled meet in Marion on the 29th cancelled, the Knights were able to enter the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Rocket Relays to be able to get a meet in. North Cedar found 10 other teams at the meet, many of which they never face. Teams at the meet were North Polk, PCM, Lynnville-Sully, Baxter, Van Buren, HLV, Albia, Pleasantville, Cardinal and the hometown Rockets.

At the meet, North Polk won the team title with 103 points. North Cedar was second with 87 points. The points and n- ish were the highest this year to date in a meet. PCM placed third with 73 and Lynnville- Sully was fourth with 60 points. The Knights won seven events at the meet with one field, three relays and three individual event wins.

The Knights won three individual events. Grace Proesch collected two individual wins in sprint events. Proesch won the 200-meter dash in 26.68 and the 400-meter dash in 1:00.31. It was the second straight meet that Proesch has won the 400-meter dash. Cassie Cox claimed the other individual event win for North Cedar, winning the 800-meter run in a time of 2:30.18.

In relay events, North Cedar won the 4X400-meter, the shuttle hurdle and the sprint medley relay events.

The Knights 4X400-meter relay team of Kelly Proesch, Cassie Cox, Sydney Dennis and Grace Proesch won the event in a time of 4:15.02. The Knights sprint medley relay team of Brittyn Wilhau, Lexi Crist, Cassie Cox and Grace Proesch won in a time of 1:55.80. North Cedar aldo won the shuttle hurdle relay in 1:10.87 with the team of Kelly Proesch, Darby Hawtrey, Tessa Fields and Andrea Wachendorf. North Cedar won one field event, the discus. Nicole Sander won the event with a season best outdoor throw of 100-feet, 3 inches.

The Knights will run twice this week, once at home and once at home and the other time, this Thursday at the Tigerette Relays in Tipton.


Eddyville-Blakesburg Relays
Thursday, April 5
At Eddyville
Team Scores:1. North Polk 103, 2. North Cedar 87, 3. PCM 73, 4. Lynnville-Sully 60, 5. Baxter 53, 6. Van Buren 52, 7. HLV 22, 8. Albia 18, 9. Pleasantville 11, 10. Eddyville-Blakesburg 3, 11. Cardinal 2.

Field Event Results:
Discus:1. Nicole Sander (NC) 100-03, 2. Amber Weltha (Baxter) 100-02, 5. Callie Meyer (NC) 93-05, 22. Emma Boylen (NC) 57-05.

Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash:1. Haley Coats (HLV) 12.84, 10. Brittyn Wilhau (NC) 14.01, 20. Jenna Syring (NC) 15.0, 23. Amy Schroeder (NC) 15.48, 25. Averee Kasik (NC) 15.65.
200-meter dash: 1. Grace Proesch (NC) 26.68, 2. Haley Coats (HLV) 27.05, 21. Haven Brown (NC) 31.98, 22. Jenna Syring (NC) 32.14. 

400-meter dash: 1. Grace Proesch (NC) 60.31, 2. Maria Gorham (PCM) 61.02, 6. Sydney Den- nis (NC) 65.70, 14. Hannah Hicks (NC) 1:20.88. 800-meter run: 1. Cassie Cox (NC) 2:30.18,
2. Sophie Blanchard (NP) 2:32.13, 12. Sadie Brown (NC) 2:56.73.
100-meter hurdles: 1. Sailor Hinegardner (Baxter) 17.15, 2. Hannah Isley (Albia) 17.19,
4. Kelly Proesch (NC) 17.82, 21. Averee Kasik (NC) 22.03.
1,500-meter run: 1. Amelia Lesher (NP) 4:58.83, 2. Sophie Schaffer (NP) 5:33.53, 3. Tessa Fields (NC) 5:36.04, 14. Hannah Hicks (NC) 6:!2.82, 19. Carly Montz (NC) 6:47.62. 

3,000-meter run: 1. Sophie Schaffer (NP) 11:43.64, 2. Brenna Thomson (Baxter) 11:47.64, 8. Carly Montz (NC) 12:58.39, 9. Kiley Chapman (NC) 12:59.40.
400-meter hurdles: 1. Abby Gruver (LS) 70.70, 2. Margo Chipps (PCM) 73.90.

Relay Event Results:
4X100-meter relay: 1. PCM (Sierra Foster, Alexis Kuecker, Margo Chipps, Ashley Miller) 53.35, 4. North Cedar (Brittyn Wilhau, Lexi Crist, Darby Hawtrey, Andrea Wachendorf) 54.04, 11. North Cedar B (Alyssa Higbee, Kassadie Gal- loway, Kiarra Musser, Kayla Syring) 57.04. 

4X200-meter relay: 1. Lynnville-Sully (Korinne Jansen, Camryn Russell, Carson Fisk, Jataya Meyer) 1:53.90, 2. Van Buren 1:55.01, 3. Nort Cedar (Brittyn Wilhau, Lexi Crist, Darby Hawtrey, Tessa Fields) 1:55.12, 8. North Cedar B (Alyssa Higbee, Kassadie Galloway, Sam Koht, Kayla Syring) 2:02.72, 14. Ankeny Chris- tian 2:25.04..
4X400-meter relay: 1. North Cedar (Kelly Proesch, Cassie Cox, Sydney Dennis, Grace Proesch) 4:15.02, 2. PCM (Paytan Schut, Ashley Miller, Kate McCarthy, Sierra Foster) 4:16.97, 12. Van Buren 5:13.43.
4X800-meter relay: 1. North Polk (Kennedy Wendel, Ellie Owen, Grace DeValois, Sophie Blanchard) 11:01.08, 2. Van Buren 11:17.43. Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 1. North Cedar (Kelly Proesch, Darby Hawtrey, Tessa Fields, Andrea Wachendorf) 70.87, 2. Lynnville-Sully 73.64, 3. PCM 74.23.
Sprint Medley Relay: 1. North Cedar A (Brittyn Wilhau, Lexi Crist, Cassie Cox, Grace Proesch) 1:55.80, 2. North Polk (Rebecca Ley, Courtney Wiseman, Sierra Lambert, Amelia Lesher) 2:00.07, 4. North Cedar B (Alyssa Higbee, Kiarra Musser, Sydney Dennis, Sadie Brown) 2:06.36.
Distance Medley Relay: 1. North Polk (Reagan Demmon, Elizabeth Turk, Eva Schoenberg, Amelia Lesher) 4:40.23, 2. PCM 4:43.85, 3. Baxter 5:03.06.

Tigers host 54th edition of Tiger Relays

Tipton’s Quinten Mesick ies through the air on one of his long jump attempts at the 54th Tipton Tiger Relays last Thursday. Me- sick placed 5th with a best jump of 18-09. Photo by Darren Miller. 

By Ryan Stonebraker 

Sports Editor

TIPTON — The 54th Tiger Relays last week could have quite possibly been the coldest in recent memory. The Tiger boy’s track program hosted their annual showcase of track talent on Thursday, April 6. There, 13 teams battled in what was the first outdoor meet for many of the teams. Tipton was competing in their second meet of the season after opening their 2018 outdoor season the Thursday before in Cascade.

Tipton had five individual even finishes place in the top-10 led by Quinten Mesick. Mesick won the 400-meter dash at the meet. Mesick cruised to the win in a time of 52.72. Mesick added a 4th place nish in the 200-meter dash in 24.21. Ben Ellis placed third in the 3,200-meter run in 10:44.61 while Frank Bierman placed 5th in the 110-meter high hurdles in 17.90 and Caleb Shu- maker placed 8th in the 1,600-meter run in 4:59.78. Noah Jedlicka just missed out on a top-10 nish, placing 11th in the 400-meter dash in a time of 1:06.71.

In relay events, Tipton had their second-best finish, with a runner-finish in the shuttle hurdle relay event. The team of Paden Zell, Andrew Stewart, Payten Elijah and Frank Bierman were runners-up in a time of 1:05.34. The Tigers also had a top-10 finish in the 4X400-meter relay with the team of Blaise Thumma, Bryce Deerberg, Brandon Hines and Mesick in a time of 3:43.79. In field events, Tipton had two top-5 finishes. Andrew Stewart placed 3rd in the high jump with a best jump of 6-feet, no inches. Also, senior Quinten Mesick placed fourth in the long jump with a best jump of 18-feet, 9-inches. Nile Schuett claimed the top Tipton finish in the discus with a best throw of 96-3.5 and Mitch McMurrin had the best THS finish in the shot put with a best throw of 34-06.

The Tigers will be back on the track this week starting on Tuesday, April 10 when they travel to DeWitt Tuesday night, Monticello Thursday evening, April 12 and at Anamosa on Saturday, April 14. The Tigers meet at Anamosa Saturday in an addition to the schedule to make-up for an earlier meet being canceled due to the spring weather.

Knights Place 6th In Team Race At Tiger Relays
TIPTON — The North Cedar Knights finally got their outdoor season underway last week, at the Tiger Relays in Tipton. Wacky spring weather caused the delay to the start. North Cedar placed 6th in their first outdoor meet of 2018. The Knights scored 49 points. Lisbon won the meet with 81 points and CPU was second with 80 points and Mount Vernon was third with 73.

North Cedar’s Caden Wendt won the only event for the Knights at the meet. Wendt won the shot put with a best throw of 46-feet, 10.5 inches. In other events, North Cedar had three runner-up finishes and had three events with two, top-10 finishers. Treat Spahr collected runner-up finishes in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.40 and the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.39. Greg Hansen claimed the other runner-up finish. Hansen was second in the 200-meter dash in 23.86. Ethan Sahr placed 9th in the 400-meter hurdles and 10th in the 110-meter high hurdles giving North Cedar two, top-10 finishers. Miles McCullough placed 8th in the 200-meter dash in 25.04 to give the Knights their third event with two top-10 North Cedar nish- ers. Seamus Raney was also a top-10 placewinner with a 10th place finish in the 400-meter dash in 58.03.

In relay events, North Cedar’s best relay nish came from their shuttle hurdle relay team. The team of Treat Spahr, Miles McCullough, Dragon Cinkovich and Ethan Sahr placed fourth in a time of 1:06.08. North Cedar had two other relays n- ish at or near the top-5 in their respective event. The Knights sprint medley relay team of Sahr, McCullough, Greg Han- sen and Seamus Raney placed 5th in 1:41.11. North Cedar added a sixth place nish in the 4X400-meter relay with the team of Hansen, Spahr, Mc- Cullough and Raney in a time of 3:43.48.

In field events, North Cedar was led by a runner-up finish by Owen Meyer in the discus. Meyer, who only competed in one eld event at the meet, let his best throw of 141-feet, 7.5 inches y to the runner- up finish. Brady Lehrman placed 14th in the shot put to lead two North Cedar throwers. Lehrman placed 14th with a best throw of 38-feet, 3 inches. Evan Patterson gave the Knights their best finish in the long jump at the meet with a best jump of 14-9.75.

54th Tiger Relays
Thursday, April 5
At Tipton
Team Scores:1. Lisbon 81, 2. Center Point- Urbana 80, 3. Mount Vernon 73, 4. Anamosa 69, 5. West Liberty 61, 6. North Cedar 49, 7. Calamus-Wheatland 48, 8. Tipton 38, 9. Bel- levue 35, 10. Monticello 32, 11. Durant 12, 12. Wilton 8, 13. West Branch 3.

Field Event Results:
Discus:1. Matt Vislisel (MV) 152-10.50, 2. Owen Meyer (NC) 141-7.5, 5. Cale Frett (D) 132-1.5, 18. Dawson Frett (D) 101-03, 20. Nile Schuett (T) 96-3.5, 22. Jacob Sander (NC) 82- 10, 23. Mitch McMurrin (T) 73-10.
High Jump: 1. Ray Venditti (CW) 6-0, 2. Avery Martensen (MONTI) 6-0, 3. Andrew Stewart (T) 6-0.
Long Jump: 1. Hunter Rickels (CW) 20-04.25, 5. Quinten Mesick (T) 18-09, 6. Ty Chenault
(D) 18-07.5, 9. Drake Hayes (WIL) 18-0.5, 16. Cameron Hoon (D0 16-03.0, 19. Evan Patterson (NC) 14-09.75.
Shot Put: 1. Caden Wendt (NC) 46-10.5, 8. Dawson Frett (D) 42-03.25, 12. Cale Frett (D) 39-09, 14. Brady Lehrman (NC) 38-03, 16. Jacob Sander (NC) 37-04, 22. Mitch McMurrin (T) 34-06, 23. Nile Schuett (T) 34-0.

Individual Event Results:
100-meter dash:1. Tanner Iske (WL) 11.34, 3. Cameron Ruggiero (D) 12.51, 6. Ty Chenault (D) 12.82, 20. Charles Martin (WIL) 14.31, 21. Caleb Baker (NC) 14.62, 23. Nate Neel (NC) 15.26, 25. Tommy Brown (T) 15.36.
200-meter dash: 1. Tanner Iske (WL) 23.36, 2. Greg Hansen (NC) 23.86, 4. Quinten Mesick (T) 24.21, 8. Miles McCullough (NC) 25.04, 19. Peyton Hagens (WIL) 27.43, 22. Drake Hayes (WIL) 27.61, 27. Austin Lenz (T) 33.16. 

400-meter dash: 1. Quinten Mesick (T) 52.72, 10. Seamus Raney (NC) 58.03, 15 Jake Willkomm (D) 1:00.78, 16. Drake Hayes (WIL) 1:00.80, 17. Gavin Belitz (T) 1:01.56, 21. Corey Anderson (WIL) 1:09.67, 25. Ryan Spahr (NC) 1:20.02.
800-meter run: 1. Payton Bahl (Lisbon) 2:06.57, 7. Jeremy Carnes (D) 2:12.45, 12. Ben Ellis (T) 2:16.85, 13. Jack Voss (D) 2:17.94, 17. Zach Hein (WIL) 2:27.79, 18. Dalton Snider (WIL) 2:27.86, 22. Logan Ho man (T) 2:34.84. 

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Avery Martensen (Monticello) 15.99, 2. Treat Spahr (NC) 16.39, 5. Frank Bierman (T) 17.90, 10. Ethan Sahr (NC) 18.84, 14. Paden Zell (T) 26.11.
1,600-meter run: 1. Myles Bach (CPU) 4:25.88, 8. Caleb Shumaker (T) 4:59.78, 10. Buddy Darting (WIL) 5:02.98, 17. Kayden Rezac (T) 5:40, 19. Shawn Kintz (NC) 5:56.66, 20. Ethan Bailey (WIL) 5:57.03, 21. Joe Condon (NC) 6:05.11, 22. Cameron Hoon (D) 6:10.05, 24. Koby Paulsen (D) 6:24.11.
3,200-meter run: 1. Brady Griebel (B) 10:26.91, 2. Buddy Darting (WIL) 10:42.90,
3. Ben Ellis (T) 10:44.61, 8. Zach Hein (WIL) 10:57.66, 14. Anthony Mundt (D) 12:20.42.

400-meter hurdles: 1. Devin Smith (CPU) 56.55, 2. Treat Spahr (NC) 58.40, 9. Ethan Sahr (NC) 1:04.34, 10. Jeremy Carnes (D) 1:05.85, 11. Noah Jedlicka (T) 1:06.71.

Relay Event Results:
4X100-meter relay:1. West Liberty (Michael Hartman, Seth Feldman, Tanner Iske, Joe Kelly) 44.50, 6. Durant (Cameron Ruggiero, Marcus Engstler, Cole Miedema, Carter Voelkers) 48.21, 7. Wilton (Chase Miller, Caleb Sawvell, Colby Sawvell, Brian Stillman) 48.36.
4X200-meter relay: 1. West Liberty (Michael Hartman, Seth Feldman, Tanner Iske, Joe Kelly) 1:33.53, 7. Wilton (Chase Miller, Colby Sawvell, Caleb Sawvell, Brian Stillman) 1:41.15, 9. Durant (Caleb Burmeister, Marcus Engstler, Zac Badtram, Cole Stineman) 1:46.56. 

4X400-meter relay: 1. Anamosa (Elan Countryman, Logan Seeley, Gabe Countryman, Noah Sams) 3:33.26, 6. North Cedar (Greg Hansen, Treat Spahr, Miles McCullough, Seamus Raney) 3:43.48, 7. Tipton (Blaise Thumma, Bryce Deer- berg, Brandon Hines, Quinten Mesick) 3:43.79, 11. Wilton (Drake Hayes, Zach Hein, Dalton Snider, Colby Brown) 4:10.27.
4X800-meter relay: 1. Anamosa (Daniel Miller, Zac McLean, Gabe Countryman, Noah Sams) 8:31.01, 8. Tipton (Bryce Deerberg, Caleb Shumaker, Noah Jedlicka, Brandon Valet) 8:57.74, 11. Wilton (Dalton Snider, Colby Brown, Ethan Bailey, Nathaniel Fagner)10:26.06.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay: 1. West Liberty (Michael Hartman, Will Esmoil, Austin McMichael, Seth Feldman) 1:03.35, 2. Tipton (Paden Zell, Andrew Stewart, Payten Elijah, Frank Bierman) 1:05.34, 4. North Cedar (Treat Spahr, Miles McCullough, Dragon Cinkovich, Ethan Sahr) 1:06.08, 8. Wilton (Colby Sawvell, Chase Miller, Caleb Sawvell, Brian Stillman) 1:09.49.
Sprint Medley Relay: 1. Lisbon (Brett Givens, Austin Krob, Bryce Hasselmann, Bailey Arwine) 1:39.31, 5. North Cedar (Ethan Sahr, Miles McCullough, Greg Hansen, Seamus Raney) 1:41.11, 10. Durant (Cameron Ruggiero, Marcus Engstler, Cole Miedema, Cameron Hoon) 1:52.66.
Distance Medley Relay: 1. Center Point-Urbana (Devin Smith, Jone Karteus, Max Chesmore, Alex Wade) 3:42.75, 6. Durant (Zac Badtram, Cole Miedema, Jeremy Carnes, Easton Botkins) 4:01.76.

Dream comes true for Wilton’s Townsend, All-State player to be a Hawkeye

Wilton junior Jared Townsend committed to the University of Iowa baseball program with an announcement over the weekend. The All-State pitcher will join a long list of Beavers who have played col- lege baseball. Townsend will be the rst Division 1 player Wilton has had since Alec Crawford (Minnesota). Photo by Ryan Stonebraker. 

By Ryan Stonebraker

Sports Editor

WILTON - Wilton junior Jared Townsend made his college plans known over the weekend, announcing on Twitter Sunday morning that he has committed to the University of Iowa to play baseball. The 2019 Wilton graduate and left-handed pitcher will bring a lot of starting experience to the Hawkeye program. Townsend knew he wanted to be a Hawkeye.

“This is the place I have always wanted to go. They made me an offer and I was happy with it,” said Townsend.

“I really like the Iowa coaching staff of Heller, Sutherland and Druschel and what they are doing with the program. I went to a couple camps during the winter and ever since then I have been talking to them. Growing up 30 miles from Iowa City I have always wanted to be a Hawkeye,” he said.

Townsend was a second team, class 2A All-State selection last year. He was also an Iowa Newspaper Association third team All- State selection last year as a sophomore, and has a repertoire of pitches that kept River Valley Conference schools o balance all of last season. He was 3-1 in six starts and 24 innings. He had a high ERA, but 43 strikeouts to 4 walks and opposing batters bat- ted less than .150 against him.

Townsend also excelled at the plate last year, leading Wilton in hits with 47. He had a .606 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .521 to go with a .452 batting average. He drove in 32 runs and was caught stealing once in his 12 attempts. In the eld, he was a .974 elder. At Iowa, the plan is for him to be a pitcher only, however, hitting might be a possibility based on his hitting performance over his junior and senior seasons.

Townsend helped lead the Beavers pitching sta to a 2.17 ERA as a team which was good to lead the RVC South and was better than all but Monticello (2.05) last season. As a pitching sta , Wilton had 298 strikeouts, 68 more than second place Iowa City Regina. The Beavers, Regals and Durant were 1-3 in strikeout totals last year. Cascade was the rst RVC North school in the strikeout race with 177, fourth best in the RVC overall.

Townsend becomes the latest Wilton baseball player to play college baseball and rst Division 1 player since Alec Crawford went to the University of Minnesota.

“I am happy and honored to join a great group of athletes on this list. Especially Wes Freie because when I was younger I wanted to follow in his footsteps and play at Iowa,” said Townsend.
“For me, baseball is my passion and it is a very strong sport in Wilton. It has always been a goal and a dream of mine to play college baseball and no better place for me than the U of Iowa,” he said.

Wilton will start the season at West Branch on Tuesday, May 22. The Beavers begin the 2018 season with three road dates and ve games before playing nine of their next eleven playing dates at home. The Beavers will play ve straight home games from May 30-June 7 with Williamsburg, Northeast, Iowa City Regina, Van Meter and Camanche on the schedule. The Van Meter game is listed as a home game, but will be played on the University of Iowa eld. The Beavers will travel to Durant on June 11.