Tigers will take both cross-country teams to state

Tigers will take both cross-country teams to state 

 WEST UNION — The Tipton boy’s cross-country team dominated the eld of 14 teams at the state qualifying meet at North Fayette Valley schools last Thursday to qualify for the 2019 state meet. The Tigers will get a chance to defend their 2018 Class 2A state title. The Tigers scored a team low 26 points. The Tigers scored the lowest team total among the five state qualifying meet sites. Des Moines Christian was next with 30 points at the Panorama state qualifying meet and Monticello with 36 points at the Dike-New Hartford meet. Both teams won their respective meets to claim team titles.

 North Fayette Valley, ranked No. 18 in Class 2A, took advantage of the meet being at their home course, placing second with 116 points. No. 9 Camanche was third in the team race with 123 points, seven points out of tying for second place. Un- ranked Waukon placed fourth with 135 points and 2A No. 13 Crestwood placed fth with 142 points.

 The race for the individual title came down to three River Valley Conference runners. Tipton’s Caleb Shumaker, Bellevue’s Brady Griebel, and Camanche’s Dylan Darsidan. All three runners are juniors. All three would place in the top-3 at the 2019 River Valley Conference meet. Shumaker won the RVC race while Darsidan was the runner-up and Griebel was third. At last Thursday’s state qualifying meet, the trio placed in the top-3 again. Shumaker won the meet in a time of 16:27. He won the RVC title running to a time of 16:47. The next two spots ipped from the RVC meet a week earlier.  Griebel placed third at conference in 16:59, but was the runner-up at the state qualifying meet in 16:36. Darsidan was the runner-up at the RVC meet in 16:52, and was third at the state qualifying meet in 16:44. Shumaker is currently ranked No. 1 while Darsidan is No. 2 and Griebel is No. 3. Tipton also has three other ranked runners. Trent Pelzer is No. 8, Jackson Edens is No. 13 and Andrew Olseen is No. 28.

 The Tigers had six of the top 15 runners at the meet and also quali ed for the state meet as individuals. Shumaker was first, Jackson Edens placed fourth in 17:17. A trio of Tigers placed nearly together at the meet. Senior Trent Pelzer placed sixth in 17:17, Cody Bohlmann was seventh in 17:29, and Landan Hill was eighth in 17:32. Senior Andrew Olseen also placed in the top-10 with a ninth place finish in 17:32. A.J. Thumma was the only other THS runner at the meet and he placed 21st in 18:03.

Tigers Punch Ticket to State For The First Time Since 2007
 WEST UNION — It’s been a long time coming. The 2019 Tipton girl’s cross-country team snapped a 12 year state drought last Thursday, qualifying for the 2019 state meet in Fort Dodge with a third place nish at their state qualifying meet. There, the Tigers scored 92 points to claim the last of three automatic team qualifying spots. Class 2A No. 7 Starmont won the meet with a team score of 43 points. The Stars had two runners nish in the top-10 and another place 11th. No. 13 Waukon was the runner-up with 60 points. The Tigers beat Crestwood who was ranked No. 14 in Class 2A and who placed fourth with 116 points, 24 points behind the Tigers.

 The Tigers were led by two top-15 runners who also qualified for the state meet individually. THS junior Kallie Wallick placed fourth and sophomore Alyssa Mente placed seventh to lead Tipton. Wallick has quali ed for state two of the last three years and this will be Mente’s first trip. Wallick ran to a finishing time of 21:00 while Mente nished in a time of 21:13.

 Starmont’s Kenna Meisgeier won the race in a time of 19:47. Meisgeier is ranked No. 6 in Class 2A. She was the only ranked runner in the eld of 80 runners. Teammate Makenzie Plagman was third in 20:57. Garner- Hayfield-Ventura’s Abby Christians was the runner-up in the individual race in 20:40.

 The Tigers will be joined by River Valley Conference schools Mid-Prai- rie and Monticello in Class 2A and Iowa City Regina in Class 1A. Mid- Prairie was the runner-up at the Williamsburg State Qualifying meet and Monticello won the Dike-New Hartford state qualifying meet. Iowa City Regina won the state qualifying meet in Iowa City.

 Tipton junior Rachel Bierman also returns to state, this time with the Tigers team. Bierman, like Wallick, has reached state in two of the past three years. Tipton freshman Coryn Wallick placed 28th to give the Tigers four top-30 nishers. Wallick finished the race in 22:45.

 Other Tipton finishers were Alli Nash 38th in 23:26, Britney Ford 50th in 25:14, and Ashlyn Curry 59th in 25:37.

Class 2A State qualifying Meet - North Fayette Valley
Thursday, October 24
At West Union
Girl’s Team Scores: 1. Starmont 43, 2. Waukon 60, 3. Tipton 92, 4. Crestwood 116, 5. Osage 134, 6. Forest City 169, 7. New Hamp- ton 176, 8. North Fayette Valley 187, 9. Garner Hayfield-Ventura 241, 10. Dyersville-Beckman 273, 11. Oelwein 311.

Top-15 Individual Finishers (State qualifiers):
1. Kenna Meisgeier (STAR) 19:47, 2. Abby Christians (GHV) 20:40, 3. Makenzie Plagman (STAR) 20:57, 4. Kallie Wallick (TIP) 21:00, 5. Katelyn Benzing (W) 21:05, 6. Katelyn John- ston (O) 21:06, 7. Alyssa Mente (TIP) 21:13, 8. Gabby Williamson (B) 21:25, 9. Olivia Oliendick (CRS) 21:29, 10. Regan Grif th (W) 21:31, 11. Kari German (STAR) 21:32, 12. Delaney Dunne(B) 21:36, 13. Adrianna Gallena (WC) 21:47, 14. Bailey Shafer (W) 21:51, 15. Talia Stangel (O) 21:52.

Individual Team Results:
TIPTON (92): 4. Kallie Wallick 21:00, 7. Alyssa Mente 21:13, 24. Rachel Bierman 22:45, 28. Coryn Wallick 22:45, 38. Alli Nash 23:26, 50. Britney Ford 25:14, 59. Ashlyn Curry 25:37.

Class 2A State qualifying Meet - North Fayette Valley
Thursday, October 24
At West Union
Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Tipton 26, 2. North Fayette Valley 116, 3. Camanche 123, 4. Waukon 135, 5. Crestwood (Cresco) 142, 6. Starmont 146, 7. Bellevue 155, 8. Forest City 183, 9. Garner Hayfield-Ventura 195, 10. New Hampton 298, 11. Waterloo Columbus 309, 12. Osage 313, 13. Oelwein 318, 14. Dyersville-Beckman 417.

Top-15 Individual Finishers (State qualifiers):
1. Caleb Shumaker (TIP) 16:27, 2. Brady Grieb- el (B) 16:36, 3. Dylan Darsidan (CAM) 16:44, 4. Jackson Edens (TIP) 17:17, 5. Bryden Juels- gaard (CRE) 17:27, 6. Trent Pelzer (TIP) 17:27, 7. Cody Bohlmann (TIP) 17:29, 8. Landan Hill (TIP) 17:32, 9. Andrew Olseen (TIP) 17:32, 10. Caleb Sledd (O) 17:34, 11. Dadson Melchiori (CAM) 17:35, 12. Jake Hejlik (GHV) 17:40, 13. Dylan Conner (STAR) 17:47, 14. Joey Hovinga (FC) 17:48, 15. Ben Miller (NFV) 17:52.

Individual Team Results:
TIPTON (26): 1. Caleb Shumaker 16:27, 4. Jackson Edens 17:17, 6. Trent Pelzer 17:27, 7. Cody Bohlmann 17:29, 8. Landan Hill 17:32, 9. Andrew Olseen 17:32, 21. A.J. Thumma 18:03.

Tigers sweep South Tama in regional opener

Tigers sweep South Tama in regional opener 

 TIPTON — The Tipton Tiger volleyball team opened the Class 3A Regional Tournament at home on Wednesday, October 23. There, the Tigers hosted South Tama out of the WaMac Conference. The Tigers would end the match with a 3-0 sweep over their foes from the West to advance along the tournament trail. THS will host Williamsburg on Tuesday, October 29 in a Region 7 seminal. If the Tigers win that one, they will play in the Region 7 Final, Monday, November 4 at Benton Community High School in Van Horne. The Tigers improved to 31-6 with the win while South Tama ends the season 10-30.

 Though the Tigers have six losses, THS has not lost back-to-back matches this season. In fact, most losses fuel a long win streak. Tipton got started in the match with a Kamryn Chapman kill for an early lead. In all three sets, Chapman had a hand in the first points of the set. Another Chapman kill gave Tipton a 4-2 lead. Tipton led 10-4 before South Tama came back to get within five points, 11-6 and later within four points, 16-12. Tipton however, kept the Trojans away, going on an 8-3 run to close out the set, winning 25-15.

 In the second set, a Chapman kill and Karlee Kamberling ace gave THS a 2-0 lead. South Tama rallied and tied the match at 2-2. Ties early on in the set were common as there were ten ties in the match before the 15th point was scored. Tipton took a 15-14 lead on a side out point and didn’t look back. The Tigers outscored the Trojans 10-5 the rest of the set to take a commanding 2-0 match lead.

 The Tigers and Trojans were locked in another close set in the third, but the Tigers would prevail winning 25-18 to claim the set and complete the sweep, 3-0.

 Tipton had 99 attacks in the match with 44 kills. Seniors Sommer Daniel and Kamryn Chapman led the Tigers with 15 and 14 respectively. Daniel had 20 assists and Alex Hoffman had 16. Daniel led in digs with 11 wile Bailey Schmidt had nine and Karlee Kamberling had eight. The Tigers served 65-for-73 in the match with three aces. Chapman led the way, going 15-for-15 with two aces.

Tipton 3, South Tama 0 Wednesday, October 23 At Tipton

South Tama 15 19
Tipton 25 25 25

South Tama Statistics:
Attacks (60-for-72 26 kills): Gracie Vest 19-for-23 10 kills, Morgan Woosley 15-for-15 5 kills, Kortney Babinat 8-for-12 4 kills, Morgan Haughey 6-for-7 3 kills, Destine Johnson 5-for-6 3 kills, Clarissa Rosenebrger 3-for-4, Laurel Upah 1-for-2 1 kill, Jaydee Thiessen 1-for-1, Ashlynn Ellenbecker 1-for-1, Bre Riha 1-for-1. Assists (25): Laurel Upah 23, Gracie Vest 2. Digs (32): Morgan Woosley 8, Clarissa Rosenberger 7, Bre Riha 5, Ashlynn Ellenbecker 4, Kortney Babinat 3, Destine Johnson 1. Blocks (2): Destine Johnson 1, Gracie Vest 1. Serving (53-for-54 5 aces): Bre Riha 10-for-10 1 ace, Clarissa Rosenberger 10-for-10, Laurel Upah 10-for-10 1 ace, Morgan Woosley 9-for-10 2 aces, Ashlynn Ellenbecker 8-for-8 1 ace, Morgan Haughey 6-for-6.

Tipton Statistics:
Attacks (88-for-99 44 kills): Sommer Daniel 29-for-32 15 kills, Kamryn Chapman 25-for-27 14 kills, Carly Puffer 13-for-14 7 kills, Bailey Schmidt 10-for-11 2 kills, Grace Nichols 6-for-8 4 kills, Kelley Lieser 4-for-6 2 kills, Alex Hoffman 0-for-1. Assists (40): Sommer Daniel 20, Alex Hoffman 16, Karlee Kamberling 3, Kamryn Chapman 1. Digs (46): Sommer Daniel 11, Bailey Schmidt 9, Karlee Kamberling 8, Alex Hoffman 7, Kamryn Chapman 3, Kelley Lieser 3, Carly Puffer 3, Grace Nichols 2. Blocks (15): Kamryn Chapman 4, Bailey Schmidt 3, Carly Puffer 3, Kelley Lieser 3, Sommer Daniel 2. Serving (65-for-73 3 aces): Kamryn Chapman 15-for-15 2 aces, Alex Hoffman 13-for-14, Sommer Daniel 11-for-13, Karlee Kamberling 11-for-12, Carly Puffer 10-for-11, Bailey Schmidt 5-for-8.

Wilton wraps ‘19 season with 42-8 win

 KEOSAUQUA - The Wilton Beaver football team will go into the o season winners of their last two games. This, after making a long road trip to Van Buren last Friday to end the regular season with a 42-8 win. The Beavers close the season with a 3-6 overall record and a 2-3 record in Class 1A District 5. Van Buren ends the season 1-4 in district 5 and 1-8 overall. Wilton scored over 40 points in all three wins this season and no more than 14 points a game and scored 46 total points in their six losses.

 The Beavers blitzed Van Buren with 36 rst half points to take a 36-0 halftime lead. The second half of the game was played with the running clock rule after Wil- ton took a 35-point or more lead in the second half.

 Wilton scored three first-quarter touchdowns to take command of the game after the first quarter. For the second straight week, Wilton’s Colby Sawvell opened the game with a kick-off return for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead. This week, Sawvell raced 82 yards for the opening touchdown after some fancy footwork put him ahead of the Van Buren return team. A Mason Ormsby 7-yard scoring run gave Wilton a 14-0 lead. The two players that each scored a touchdown connected for the Beavers third score. Ormsby tossed a 16-yard scoring pass to Sawvell to set the score at 20-0.

 Wilton scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter. Ormsby threw his second touchdown pass of the game, this time a 3-yard pass for a 28-0 lead. Later Ormsby threw his third touchdown pass of the rst half, a 55-yard score to Sawvell to set the halftime score at 36-0. Jackson Hull had two, two-point conversion runs and Ormsby added another in the rst half. Each team would score a second-half touchdown. A 1-yard run by senior Coy Baker gave Wilton a 44-0 lead. Van Buren scored their only touchdown on a Conner Helling 8-yard run.

 Mason Ormsby passed for 98 yards on six completions with three touchdown passes. He rushed for 94 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown. Jackson Hull added 53 yards on eight carries. Colby Sawvell led three Wilton receivers with four catches for 88 yards and two touchdowns.

 Defensively, Kael Brisker led Wilton in tackles with nine while Wyatt VanDusen had eight and Daryn Clark, Jackson Hull, and Dalton Snider each had seven. Wilton had seven tackles for loss in the game. Clark had two to lead Wilton. Clark also led Wilton with two of their five sacks. Sawvell and Snider each had interceptions and Jackson Hull and Sam Nelson each had fumble recoveries.

Wilton 42, Van Buren 8 Friday, October 25
At Keosauqua, IA

Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr - WIL - Colby Sawvell 82-yard kick- off return (Jackson Hull run no good)
1st Qtr - WIL - Mason Ormsby 7-yard run (Jackson Hull run)
1st Qtr - WIL - Colby Sawvell 16-yard pass from Mason Ormsby (Patrick Barszcze- wski run no good)
2nd Qtr - WIL - Buddy Darting 3-yard pass from Mason Ormsby (Jackson Hull run) 2nd Qtr - WIL - Colby Sawvell 55-yard pass from Mason Ormsby (Mason Ormsby run)
4th Qtr - WIL - Coy Baker 1-yard run (Trae Hagen run no good)
4th Qtr - VB - Conner Helling 8-yard run (Corey Bunnell run)

Individual Statistics:
Rushing: Wilton - Mason Ormsby 15-94, Jackson Hull 8-53, Trae Hagen 6-6, Coy Baker 2-5, Patrick Barszczewski 1-3. Van Buren - Conner Helling 12-73, Corey Bun- nell 11-23, Cohyn Jury 3-11, Tony Davison 3-9, Lane Davis 10-(-16).
Passing: Wilton - Mason Ormsby 6-for-11 98 yards, 3 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Aidan Walker 1-for-1 8 yards, 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Van Buren - Lane Davis 13-for-24 24 yards, 0 TD’s, 2 INT’s.
Receiving: Wilton - Colby Sawvell 4-88, Buddy Darting 2-10, Gage Rosenkild 1-8. Van Buren - Tony Davison 1-24.

Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): Wilton - Kael Brisker 3-6 9, Wyatt VanDusen 1-7 8, Daryn Clark 3-4 7, Jackson Hull 1-6 7, Dalton Snider 3-4 7, Patrick Barszczewski 1-5 6, Brady Shook 2-2 4, Coy Baker 0-4 4, Alex Kaufman 1-3 4, Sam Nelson 2-2 4, Colby Sawvell 1-3 4, Cody McDonald 2-1 3, Grant Conway 2-0 2, Gage Rosenkild 0-1 1, Trae Hagen 0-1 1, Gavin Schnepper 0-1 1, Hunter Hartung 0-1 1.
Van Buren - Tony Davison 6-3 9, Brant Tedrow 7-1 8, Lane Davis 4-1 5, Kaleb Troutman 1-3 4, Teddy Metcalf 2-1 3, Con- ner Helling 3-0 3, Logan Fritz 0-2 2, Cohyn Jury 1-1 2, Preston Buss 1-1 2, Corey Bunnell 1-1 2, Cody Harlan 2-0 2, Izayzh Diehl 1-0 1.
Tackles For Loss: Wilton - Daryn Clark 2, Sam Nelson 1, Dalton Snider 1, Grant Conway 1, Brady Shook 1. Van Buren - Conner Helling 2, Brant Tedrow 1.
Sacks: Wilton - Daryn Clark 2, Sam Nel- son 1, Grant Conway 1, Brady Shook 1.

Kicking Statistics:
Kick Offs: Wilton - Coy Baker 7-242 yards, 34.57 ave. Van Buren - Brant Ted- row 3-111 yards, 37.0-yard ave.
Kick Off Returns: Wilton - Colby Sawvell 1-82, Buddy Darting 1-14. Van Buren - Tony Davison 3-90, Preston Buss 2-16. Punts: Wilton - Colby Sawvell 1-48 yards, 48.0-yard ave. Van Buren - Brant Tedrow 2-52 yards, 26.0-yard ave.
Punt Returns: Wilton - Daryn Clark 1-11, Buddy Darting 1-4. Van Buren - Tony Da- vison 1-(-6).

Two Knights Punch Tickets to state

 IOWA CITY — Two North Cedar Knight runners advanced to the 2019 Iowa State Cross-Country meet this Saturday in Fort Dodge. Junior Kiley Chapman and freshman Hunter Jones placed in the top-15 nishers. Jones placed 9th in a time of 21:22 and Chapman placed 15th in a time of 21:35. The top-15 individuals and the top-3 teams qualify for the state meet.

 In the team race, Iowa City Regina won the meet with 60 points while Pekin was the runner-up with 89 and Prince of Peace was third with 117. Regina is ranked No. 5 in 1A, Pekin No. 6, and Prince of Peace No. 18. No. 10 Central Elkader placed fourth in the team race 17 points away from third place Prince of Peace.

 Other North Cedar finishes were 44th, Rhyan Hoefler in 23:51, 84th, Sarah Redhage in 26:48, 95th, Karly Cerda in 28:06, and 104th, Jillet Spahr in 29:32.

 Durant placed 13th with 291 points. Durant had two runners place in the top-60 finishers. Carlie Jo Fusco placed 34th in 23:11 and Heidi Wolf placed 51st in 24:14. Two others placed in the top-100 with Ellie Collman-Long placing 70th and Kyrnan Liske-Rochholz placeing 73rd. Wilton placed 14th with 301 points. Four Beavers placed in the top-100 runners. Charlotte Brown placed 43rd in 23:50 while Emmy Drake and Lindsey Randolph placed 61st and 66th. Abbi Brown also placed in the top-100 runners with a 71st place finish.

Iowa City State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 24
At Iowa City
Girl’s Team Scores: 1. Iowa City Regina 60, 2. Pekin 89, 3. Prince of Peace 117, 4. Central Elkader 134, 5. Cascade 148, 6. Bellevue Marquette 185, 7. Maquo- keta Valley 207, 8. North Cedar 212, 9. Hillcrest Academy 233, 10. Highland 237, 11. Mediapolis 246, 12. Wapello 272, 13. Durant 291, 14. Wilton 301.

Individual State Qualifiers (Top-15):
1. Annalee Bartels 20:48, 2. Lauren Derscheid (P) 20:50, 3. Emma Ostwinkle  (CAS) 21:04, 4. Josie Voss (ICR) 21:14, 5. Sophie Grif n (POP) 21:19, 6. Leah Bon- trager (HA) 21:19, 7. Madison Thomann (H) 21:20, 8. Hannah Asche (CE) 21:20, 9. Hunter Jones (NC) 21:22, 10. Mya Whitaker (ICR) 21:30, 11. Faith Neeley (VB) 21:26, 12. Kenneday Scott (ICR) 21:30, 13. Lily Fariss (P) 21:23, 14. Emma Doyl (MV) 21:33, 15. Kiley Chapman (NC) 21:35.

Individual Team Results:
WILTON (301): 43. Charlotte Brown 23:50, 61. Emmy Drake 25:04, 66. Lindsey Randolph 25:37, 71. Abbi Brown 25:58, 106. Michaela Breed 30:38, 108. Ansley Boorn 32:40, 109. Jayden Everson 33:45.

DURANT (291): 34. Carlie Jo Fusco 23:11, 51. Heidi Wolf 24:14, 70. Ellie Collman-Long 25:52, 73. Kyrnan Liske- Rochholz 26:13, 110. Kaitlyn Paulsen 34:09.

NORTH CEDAR (212): 9. Hunter Jones 21:22, 15. Kiley Chapman 21:35, 44. Rhyan Hoefler 23:51, 84. Sarah Redhage 26:48, 95. Karly Cerda 28:06, 104. Jillet Spahr 29:32.

Wilton senior Zach Hein Qualifies For State
IOWA CITY — Wilton senior Zach Hein qualified for the state cross- country meet this week by finishing in the top-15 individuals at the Class 1A state qualifying meet in Iowa City. There, Hein placed fourth in 17:21. Chase Knoche from Calamus Wheatland won the meet in a time of 16:53 while Colten Glosser and Brady Millikin from Pekin were the runner-ups and third place nishers. In the team race No. 5 Calamus- Wheatland won the meet with a team score of 51. No. 8 Pekin was the runner-up with 75 points and No. 9 Maquoketa Valley placed third with 87 points.

 Wilton placed seventh in the team race with 230 points. Ethan Bailey placed 42nd, Jake Walton 60th, Chayton Ramsey 68, and Gavin Reid 71st.

 Durant placed 14th as a team led by Drake Shelangoski with a 25th place finish in 18:18 and Nathan Moomey with a 32nd place nish in 18:52.

 North Cedar placed 19th with 464 points. Sam Choate led North Cedar with a 75th place nish in 20:23. Jacob Spahr added a 77th place n- ish in 20:27.

Iowa City State Qualifying Meet Thursday, October 24
At Iowa City
Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Calamus-Wheat- land 51, 2. Pekin 75, 3. Maquoketa Valley 87, 4. Iowa City Regina 136, 5. Cascade 169, 6. Wapello 190, 7. Wilton 230, 8. Columbus Junction 279, 9. Win eld-Mt. Union 294, 10. Alburnett 321, 11. Holy Trinity 349, 12. Van Buren 352, 13. Central Elkader 363, 14. Durant 395, 15. Rivermont Collegiate 405, 16. Easton Valley 412, 17. Lone Tree 447, 18. Mediapolis 452, 19. North Cedar 464, 20. Midland 472, 21. Hillcrest Academy 481, 22. Bellevue Marquette 598, 23. Highland 611.

Individual State Qualifiers (Top-15):
1. Chase Knoche (CW) 16:53, 2. Colten Glosser (P) 17:20, 3. Brady Millikin (P) 17:20.95, 4. Zach Hein (WIL) 17:21, 5. Matt Hellige (HT) 17:31, 6. Chandler Housman (CW) 17:38, 7. Aiden Housman (WAP) 17:42, 8. Joe Maley (ICR) 17:46, 9. Magnus Sands (CW) 17:54, 10. Marucs Blount (POP) 17:55, 11. Jonah Hecken- berg (VB) 17:59, 12. Aidean Gruver (EV) 18:00, 13. Brett McCartt (CW) 18:03, 14. Brody Barton (WMU) 18:06, 15. Jonah Egil (WACO) 18:08.

Individual Team Results:
WILTON (230): 4. Zach Hein 17:21, 42. Ethan Bailey 19:14, 60. Jake Walton 19:53, 68. Chayton Ramsey 20:15, 71. Gavin Reid 20:17, 128. Conner Bierman 23:05 137. Colby Brown 23:47.

DURANT (395): 25. Drake Shelangoski 18:18, 32. Nathan Moomey 18:52, 110. Colyn Dean 21:44, 120. Braden Wagner 22:33, 140. Michael Frisch 24:09, 150. Luke Abels 25:28.

NORTH CEDAR (464): 75. Sam Choate 20:23, 77. Jacob Spahr 20:27, 96. David Redhage 21:01, 103. Milo Easterly 21:26, 146. Marshall VanOort 24:48, 155. Chance Cinkovich 26:20, 158. Ryan Spahr 28:12.

Tigers still standing after suffering tough loss to Comets, 14-13

Tigers In Playoffs For First Time Since 2015
 TIPTON — Blocked. That was the final story out of the winner-take-all district 5 defacto championship game last Friday in Tipton. The Tigers welcomed in West Liberty for a week nine match up after each team won in week eight. Had the Comets lost to Camanche in week eight the Tigers would have had the district title wrapped up. But, the Comets pulled out a 21-19 overtime win at home over Camanche to set up the high stakes contest. The two teams met in week nine last year with the same stakes at hand. There, the Comets won 34-8. Last Friday, in a closer game, the Comets won 14- 13. A blocked point after touchdown attempt by Frank Bierman with less than four minutes remaining in the game was the di erence in the Comets win. Still, the Tigers are still standing. THS has quali ed for the 2019 playo s as one of the Class 2A wild card teams in the 16-team eld. They will travel to Waukon Friday for the program’s first playoff game since 2015.

 Statistically, both teams were even. Tipton had 14 rst downs to the Comets 13. Tipton had more total yards in the game 250, to the Comets 217. The Tigers rushed for more yards than the Comets 205 to 148. The Comets passed for more yards than the Tigers 69 to 45. Still, the end of the game saw West Liberty one-point ahead.

 The Tigers fell to 6-3 overall and su ered their rst district loss to end the district season 4-1. It is the second straight 6-3 season for THS. The last time a THS team has had back-to-back seasons with at least six wins was the 2003 and 2004 seasons when Tipton went 9-1 in 2003 and 6-3 in 2004.

 The game was scoreless after the first quarter as each team tried to figure out where to attack the other. The Tigers got on the scoreboard first in the second quarter. An Austin Lenz 1-yard run and Bierman PAT gave Tipton a 7-0 lead. West Liberty would fight back and tie the score before halftime. A 26-yard touchdown pass from Talen Dengler to Gavin Chown tied the game at 7.

 The Comets took their only lead of the football game in the third quarter when Dengler scored on a 15-yard run to set the score at 14-7. Tipton would score their final touchdown late in the fourth quarter on a Frank Bierman 7-yard touchdown run to set the score at 14-13 Comets. On the PAT attempt by Bierman, Brodie Kilburn blocked the attempt, preserving a 1-point Comet lead.

 The Comets got the football back with less than three minutes remaining in the game. The Tigers held them and forced a punt. The Tigers took over near midfield, but could not get into position for a winning eld goal try or a go-ahead touchdown.

 Bierman led Tipton in rushing with 79 yards on 12 carries. Austin Lenz rushed for 64 yards on 2 carries and Connor Hermiston rushed for 48 yards on eight carries. Blake Wilkins passed for 27 yards and Payten Elijah 18 yards in the game. Bierman led THS receivers with four receptions for 35 yards.

 Defensively, Tipton was led in tackles by Bier- man and Brendan Leeper with eight each. Elijah had seven as did Hermiston, and Lake Anderson had six. Bierman had ve tackles for loss and Nile Schuett had two. Bierman had two quarterback sacks and Schuett had one. Payten Elijah had his sixth interception of the season. That total ties for the lead in Class 2A with Cameren Palmer from Oelwein.

Tigers 13th In Final RPI, Will Travel For Playoffs
 The Tipton football team will travel to top-ranked Waukon Friday night to open the 2019 playo s. The Tigers sat at No. 7 in the RPI after week eight, but after their loss to No. 11 West Liberty, THS tumbled to No. 13. West Liberty took the No. 7 spot and will host Monticello this Fri- day. The winners of those two games will play on Friday, November 8 for a trip to the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls for the state semi nals in Class 2A. Waukon is 9-0 overall and are the champions of District 4. Waukon quarterback Creed Welch has passed for 1,807 yards on 109 completions with 24 touchdown passes. That total is fifth in Class 2A. Waukon has four running backs over 100 yards this season. Dawson Baures leads with 725 yards on 82 carries and 11 touchdowns. Ethan O’Neil had 571 yards on 59 carries and four touchdowns. Pat Hennessy rushed for 390 yards and three touchdowns. Brady Behernd and Baures lead the receivers with 408 yards and 327 yards. Behrend leads in receptions with 24 and touchdown catches with ve.

 Defensively, Waukon has two ball hawks in Av- ery Rocksvold and Creed Welch. Rocksvold has ve interceptions and Welch has four. LIncoln Snitker leads in tackles with 74 and Ethan O’Neil leads in tackles for loss with ten. Brennen Swee- ney has ve sacks and O’Neil has four.

 On special teams, Waukon has only gone for two PAT’s this season and made one of those attempts. Waukon has used two punters and have only averaged 31.8 yards per punt. No Waukon player has returned the ball on a kick-o or punt for a touchdown.

Wildcats clinch second straight winning season

 DURANT — The Durant Wildcats nished o the 2019 season with a 21-14 home win over perennial power Pekin on Friday, October 25. The win gave the Wildcats their second straight winning season and a 5-4 overall record this year. The Wildcats nish the district season 3-2, good for third place. The Wildcats scored 182 points this season and gave up 146 points.

 Durant led 14-7 at halftime. A Keagan Head touchdown pass to Tony Dillabough for 12 yards in the rst quarter gave Durant a 7-0 lead with 5:21 left in the opening quarter. Pekin tried to answer the Wildcat score, driving to the Wildcats 9-yard line, but Durant got a big goal line stand to get the ball back after holding strong on fourth and short. The Wildcats extended their lead to 14-0 on the rst play of the second quarter, when Nolan DeLong scored on a 64-yard touchdown run. Right before halftime, Pekin scored their rst touchdown of the game on a Michael Jones 1-yard run to set the rst half score at 14-7 Durant.

 Durant scored the only points in the third quarter when Head threw his second scoring pass of the game, this one to 10-yard score to give Durant a 21-7 lead. The Wildcats held that lead into the fourth quarter, but Pekin cut Durant’s lead in half, 21-14 after a Colton Comstock 4-yard run. That score would be the nal though, as neither team could score again.

 Durant scored 21 or more points in each of their three district wins over Cardinal, Highland, and Pekin. The Wildcats only scored 14 points in each of their district losses at Belle Plaine and at BGM. Keagan Head passed for 90 yards on 9-of-17 attempts with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Head nished second in the district to Maddux Jones from Highland in passing yards. Both are back next year. Brothers Nolan and Drew DeLong led Durant in rushing. Nolan rushed for 134 yards on 16 carries with a touch- down and Drew rushed for 83 yards on 14 carries. Jake Willkomm caught a team high ve receptions for 55 yards. Defensively, Durant had four players with 10 or more tackles. Tony Dillabough led with 15 while Marcus Engstler and Nolan De- Long each had 12, and Drew DeLong had 10.

 Durant will say goodbye to seniors Drew De- Long, Jake Willkomm, Marcus Engstler, Bren- dan Paper, Logan Callison, Lucas Callison, Joe Lilienthal, and Cody Boberg.

1,000-yard mark hit by two Wildcats this season in passing and rushing totals
 Two Durant players topped the 1,000-yard mark at their respective position. Quarterback Kea- gen Head passed for 1,028 yards on 77 completions with 10 touchdowns and seven interceptions. The 2019 season was his rst as a starter. Also topping the 1,000-yard mark this season as freshman running back Nolan DeLong rushed for 1,015 yards on 161 attempts with seven touchdowns. He rushed for 6.3 yards per carry. He was one of four running backs in the district to top 1,000 yards and of those four, he is the only one returning.

 Jake Willkomm led Durant receivers this year with 422 yards on 26 receptions with four touchdowns. Marcus Engslter and Nolan DeLong each caught 16 passes for 221 yards and 157 yards. Both scored two touchdowns. Defensively, Mar- cus Engstler led Durant in tackles with 105 and Nolan DeLong with 84.

Durant 21, Pekin 14 Friday, October 25 At Durant

Quarter Scores:

1 2 3 4 Final Pekin 070714 Durant 777021

Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr - D - Tony Dillabough 12-yard pass from Keagen Head (Logan Wolf kick)
2nd Qtr - D - Nolan DeLong 64-yard run (Logan Wolf kick)
2nd Qtr - P - Michael Jones 1-yard run (Levi Rohr kick) 3rd Qtr - D - Marcus Engstler 10-yard pass from Keagan Head (Logan Wolf kick)
4th Qtr - P - Colton Comstock 4-yard run (Levi Rohr kick)

Individual Statistics (Durant Only):
Rushing: Nolan DeLong 16-134, Drew DeLong 14-83, Keagen Head 3-9.
Passing: Keagen Head 9-for-17 90 yards, 2 TD’s, 0 INT’s.
Receiving: Jake Willkomm 5-55, Tony Dillabough 1-12, Brendan Paper 1-11, Marcus Engstler 1-10, Nolan De- Long 1-2.

Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): Tony Dillabough 6-9 15, Marcus Engs- tler 5-7 12, Nolan DeLong 6-6 12, Drew DeLong 3-7 10, Joe Lilienthal 2-4 6, Ben Orr 1-4 5, Brendan Paper 0-5 5, Brian Graves 0-4 4, Logan Callison 1-2 3, Lucas Callison 1-2 3, Jake Willkomm 2-1 3, Keagen Head 0-2 2, Carter Wichelt 0-1 1.
Tackles For Loss: Marcus Engstler 2, Logan Callison 2, Drew DeLong 2, Brendan Paper 1, Ben Orr 1, Nolan DeLong 1.
Sacks: Marcus Engstler 1, Logan Callison 1.
Fumble Recoveries: Joe Lilienthal 1.

Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Offs: Logan Wolf 4-144 yards.
Kick-Off Returns: Jake Willkomm 1-23, Marcus Engs- tler 1-21, Ben Orr 1-0.
Punts: Jake Willkomm 2-66 yards, 33.0-yard ave.
Punt Returns: N/A.
PAT’s: Logan Wolf 3-for-3.

Tiger swimmers send seniors o with win over Fair eld, 107-62

Regional Meet Next For THS
TIPTON — It was a bittersweet night on Monday, October 21 at the Tipton aquatic center. It was senior night and the program honored the three seniors this year - Britney Ford, Sara Webb, and Ali Anderson. All three were key to the Tigers win over Fair eld that night, and all three were the start of the wave of club swimmers that helped Tipton turn around their program in numbers and success. The culmination was reaching the 2018 state meet in two events for the rst time in many years. The four-year starters will exit the program leaving a mark on it that will be remembered for a long time. Ford, nearly unbeatable in the 100-yard breaststroke the past two seasons, Anderson a speedy sprinter, and Webb, a versatile swimmer helped the Tigers reach new heights over the past four years.
 On the 21st, Tipton beat Fairfield 107 to 62 to end their regular season schedule. The Tigers will swim at the Linn-Mar Regional state qualifying meet this Saturday. The Tigers will look to send their three relay teams to state this year. All three are ranked under the top-32 requirement to qualify for state. Quali ers will be known this weekend. The state swim meet is a week from Saturday, November 8 and 9 at the Marshalltown YMCA. Tipton won all eleven events at the meet.
 Ford won two events at the meet, turning in a season best times in each event. Ford won the 200-yard  individual medley and the 100- yard breaststroke. Ford’s time in the IM was 2:36.95 and her time in the 100-yard breaststroke was 1:15.85. Ali Anderson won the 100- yard backstroke in 1:10.34. Rhyan Hoefler won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:09.36. Maddie Swick posted a season best time in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.16. Corrine Vandergaast won the 100-yard freestyle in 1:14.91. Zoe Stonebraker won the 50-yard freestyle in 27.12. Kayley Clark won the 500-yard freestyle in 6:30.57.
 Samara Von Thun turned in season-best times in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Hannah Tucker had a season best time in the 200-yard IM and Alicia Beranek had a season best time in the 200-yard freestyle.
 The Tigers are 1-2 in both the 200-yard medley and the 200-yard freestyle relay events. The team of Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Anderson, Maddie Swick, and Rhyan Hoefler won the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:49.06. That time was within one second of their season best time set back in early September. The same quartet won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:03.52 in the order of Anderson, Stonebraker, Swick, and Hoe er. The Tigers also won the 400-yard freestyle relay event with the same quartet in the order of Stonebraker, Anderson, Swick, and Hoe er in 4:08.39.
The 200-medley relay team of Webb, Ford, Clark, and Vandergaast was second in 2:17.70. The same team was second in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.47.

Tigers Head To Linn-Mar For Regionals
 The Tipton swimming team will head to Linn- Mar High School in Marion to swim at their regional meet. Teams there are Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Decorah, Iowa City, City High, Iowa City West, Keokuk, Linn-Mar, Vinton-Shellsburg- Union, and Williamsburg. The two Iowa City schools and Linn-Mar will be the teams to beat. The Tigers three relay events are fifth going into Saturday’s meet among the schools at the meet. The Tigers 200-yard freestyle relay is ranked 28th, their 400-yard freestyle relay is ranked 29th and their medley relay is ranked 27th. The state takes the top-32 at each relay event. The Tigers will have to swim well, and then wait to see what times come in across the state to see if they will qualify.

Tipton 107, Fairfield 62 Monday, October 21 Tipton, IA
Individual Event Results (Top-3 and THS results only):
200-yard medley relay: 1. Tipton (Ali Anderson, Zoe Stonebraker, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoefler) 2:03.53, 2. Tipton (Sara Webb, Britney Ford, Kay- ley Clark, Corrine Vandergaast) 2:17.70, 3. Fairfield 2:30.79, 6. Tipton (Alicia Beranek, Hannah Tucker, Samara Von Thun, Sabra Crock) 3:16.27. 200-yard freestyle: 1. Rhyan Hoefler (TIP) 2:09.36, 2. Kayley Clark (TIP) 2:28.71, 3. Alicia Beranek (TIP) 2:49.76.
200-yard IM: 1. Britney Ford (TIP) 2:36.95, 2. Sara Webb (TIP) 2:45.44, 3. Clare Else (F) 3:22.52, 6. Hannah Tucker (TIP) 3:43.16.
50-yard freestyle: 1. Zoe Stonebraker (TIP) 27.12, 2. Maddy Hanna (F) 29.23, 3. Samara Von Thun (TIP) 35.61, 6. Sabra Crock (TIP) 46.02. 100-yard butterfly: 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.16, 2. Erica Osborn (F) 1:29.05, 3. Emily McAvan (F) 1:46.27, 4. Hannah Tucker (TIP) 1:51.05. 100-yard freestyle: 1. Corrine Vandergaast (TIP) 1:14.91, 2. Paige Craun (F) 1:15.02, 3. Grace Sobaski (F) 1:15.85, 5. Samara Von Thun (TIP) 1:20.19, 6. Sabra Crock (TIP) 1:53.57.
500-yard freestyle: 1. Kayley Clark (TIP) 6:30.57, 2. Erica Olsen (F) 6:51.63, 3. Maddy Hanna (F) 7:26.40.
200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Tipton (Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Anderson, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoefler) 1:49.06, 2. Tipton (Britney Ford, Corrine Vandergaast, Kayley Clark, Sara Webb) 2:04.47, 3. Fairfield 2:17.67, 5. Tipton (Samara Von Thun, Sabra Crock, Hannah Tucker, Alicia Beranek) 2:36.08.
100-yard backstroke: 1. Ali Anderson (TIP) 1:10.34, 2. Sara Webb (TIP) 1:16.58, 3. Alicia Beranek (TIP) 1:27.47.
100-yard breaststroke: 1. Britney Ford (TIP) 1:15.85, 2. Clare Else (F) 1:34.53, 3. Corrine Vandergaast (TIP) 1:39.93.
400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Tipton (Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Anderson, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoefler) 4:08.39, 2. Fairfield 5:01.68, 3. Fairfield 5:21.48.

Tigers lead area teams at RVC meet

Tigers Collect Highest RVC Finish Ever
 IOWA CITY — The Tipton girl’s cross-country team led four Conservative area schools with a 4th place finish at last week’s River Valley Conference meet. The annual showcase of the conference ran its seventh version of the meet at the Kicker’s Complex in Iowa City. There, Tipton placed fourth with a team score of 118 points. The Tigers shattered their previously team-best score of 164 points in 2015 when they placed 6th.

 Tipton was led by two all-conference selections. Junior Kallie Wallick led THS with a 17th place finish in 21:47 to earn all-conference honors. Sophomore Alyssa Mente also earned all-conference honors with an 18th place finish in 21:49. Rachel Bierman also finished in the top-30 runners, coming in at 28th in a time of 22:59.

 Mid-Prairie won the team title with a score of 26 points. The Golden Hawks had four runners place in the top-10. Marie Hostetler won the race in a time of 18:31. Teammate Mitzi Evans was second in 20:27. Abigail Evans placed 6th in 21:07 and Angelina Evans placed 10th in 21:27 to lead Mid-Prairie and earn Elite All-RVC honors. Iowa City Re- gina was the runner-up in the team race with 74 points and Monticello was third with 80 points.

 Other Tipton finishers were Coryn Wallick 32nd, Alli Nash 40th, Ashlynn Curry 66th, Britney Ford 70th, Liz Bierman 81st, and Becca Stroup 83rd.

 North Cedar was led by two all-conference performers in Kiley Chapman and Hunter Jones. Jones placed 14th and Chapman 15th. Jones finished the race in 21:40 while Chapman finished in 21:41. Rhyan Hoe er placed 63rd at 25:35 and Sarah Redhage placed 85th in 28:10. Other North Cedar finishers were Karly Cerda 90th, Jillet Spahr 94th, and Fiona Raney 97th.

 Wilton placed 9th with a team score of 236 points. Charlotte Brown led Wilton finishers with a 45th place finish in 24:21. Abbi Brown placed 56th in 24:53. Other Wilton finishers were Emmy Drake 65th, Lindsey Randolph 68th, Ansley Boorn 88th, Rachel Hunter 95th, Michaela Breed 99th, and Jayden Everson 100th.

 Durant placed 10th at the meet with 256 points. Carlie Jo Fusco and Heidi Wolf led Durant. Fusco placed 50th in 24:21 and Wolf placed 55th in 24:52. Ellie Long-Collman placed 78th in 27:14. Other Wildcat finishers were Kyrnan Liske-Rochholz 82nd and Kaitlyn Paulsen 101st.

Mid-Prairie Joins Monticello As Only Repeat Champs
 The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks joined RVC North Division foe Monticello as the only schools to repeat as RVC girl’s cross-country champions. The RVC is in its seventh year of existence. Monticello won three straight titles from 2014-1016. The Golden Hawks have won the last two meets. There was no conference meet in 2018. Mid-Prairie won the team title in 2017 and this year. Cascade won the first girl’s RVC crown in 2013. Mid-Prairie has not finished in the top-3 of the standings only once, and that was the first year of the RVC in 2013 when they placed seventh. Iowa City Regina has not finished lower than fourth at any of the six RVC meets, yet the Regals have not won a team title. Regina was the runner-up in 2013 and 2014.

 Tipton turned in their best RVC conference meet finish this year with a 4th place finish. Their previous best finish was three straight years of sixth-place finishes in 2015, 2016 and 2017. North Cedar snapped a two-meet run of placing in the top-5. The Knights were fifth in both the 2016 and 2017 conference meets. The Beavers of Wilton placed eighth in the team race for the second straight year. Durant placed 10th for the second time in three years.

Postseason destinations are set
 The postseason is set for area cross- country teams. State qualifying meets will be this week on Thursday. The top three teams will advance to the state meet on Saturday, Novem- ber 2 at Lakeside Golf and Country Club in Fort Dodge.

 In Class 2A, RVC schools are spread out over two locations. At North Fayette Valley, RVC schools there are Tipton, Camanche, and Bellevue. At Dike-New Hartford, Monticello is the only RVC school there. At Williamsburg, RVC schools there are Mid-Prairie and West Liberty. In class 1A, many RVC teams will run in Iowa City for their state qualifying meets at the Iowa City Kicker’s Complex where this year’s RVC meet was held. There are Cascade, Durant, North Cedar, Iowa City Regina, and Wilton.

River Valley Conference Meet
Tuesday, October 15
At Iowa City Kicker’s Complex
Girl’s Team Scores: 1. Mid-Prairie 26, 2. Iowa City Regina 74, 3. Monticello 80, 4. Tipton 118, 5. Cascade 147, 6. Northeast 156, 7. Anamosa 167, 8. North Cedar 185, 9. Wilton 236, 10. Durant 256. No Team Scores: West Liberty, Camanche, Bellevue.

Top-10 Finishers (RVC Elite All-Conference):
1. Marie Hostetler (MP) 18:31, 2. Mitzi Evans (MP) 20:27, 3. Jimena Fierro (WL) 20:37, 4. Cenady Soenksen (NE) 20:38, 5. Emma Althoff (MONTI) 20:44, 6. Abbagail Evans (MP) 21:07, 7. Annalee Bartels (ICR) 21:16, 8. Gabby Williamson (B) 21:24, 9. Emma Ostwinkle (CAS) 21:27, 10. Angelina Evans (MP) 21:27.

All-Conference (RVC All-Conference):
11. Josie Voss (ICR) 21:36, 12. Sydney Yoder (MP) 21:38, 13. Mya Whitaker (ICR) 21:40, 14. Hunter Jones (NC) 21:40, 15. Kiley Chapman (NC) 21:41, 16. Emily Hendricks (MONTI) 21:45, 17. Kallie Wallick (TIP) 21:47, 18. Alyssa Mente (TIP) 21:49, 19. Ana Fleming (MP) 21:49, 20. Kennedy Scott (ICR) 21:56

Individual Team Results:
TIPTON (118): 17. Kallie Wallick 21:47, 18. Alyssa Mente 21:49, 28. Rachel Bierman 22:59, 32. Coryn Wallick 23:14, 40. Alli Nash 24:01, 66. Ashlyn Curry 26:05, 70. Britney Ford 26:23, 81. Liz Bierman 27:40, 83. Becca Stroup 27.50.

NORTH CEDAR (185): 14. Hunter Jones 21:40, 15. Kiley Chapman 21:41, 63. Rhyan Hoe er 25:35, 85. Sarah Redhage 28:10, 90. Karly Cerda 29:05, 94. Jillet Spahr 29:18, 97. Fiona Raney 32:12.

WILTON (236): 45. Charlotte Brown 24:07, 56. Abbi Brown 24:53, 65. Emmy Drake 26:05, 68. Lindsey Randolph 26:19, 88. Ansley Boorn 28:55, 95. Rachel Hunter 30:43, 99. Michaela Breed 33:21, 100. Jayden Everson 34:18.

DURANT (256): 50. Carlie Jo Fusco 24:21, 55. Heidi Wolf 24:52, 78. Ellie Long-Collman 27:14, 82. Kyrnan Liske-Rochholz 27:40, 101. Kaitlyn Paustian 37:57.

Tiger swimmers set season best times at Williamsburg meet

Senior Night Coming Next
 WILLIAMSBURG — The high school swimming season is winding down fast. Less than two weeks remain before state qualifying meets will be held on Saturday, Novem- ber 2. The Tigers made one last road trip before the state qualifying meets, to Williamsburg on Monday, October 14. There, Tipton collected nine season-best times this year. The Tigers as a team scored 275 points to place third out of a ve-team meet. Williamsburg won the meet with 356 points while Vinton-Shellsburg was second with 346 points. Oskaloosa was fourth and Fairfield was fifth.

 Tipton had two events claim a pair of season-best times, and also top-10 finishes. In the 200-yard freestyle, junior Kayley Clark was third in a season-best time of 2:26.47 and Corrine Vandergaast was 6th. In the 200-yard individual medley, Britney Ford placed fifth in 2:42.25 and Sara Webb placed sixth in 2:43.25.

 Samara Von Thun, Alicia Beranek, and Corrine Vandergaast each set a pair of season best times at the meet. Beranek placed 11th in the 50-yard freestyle in 32.93 and placed 9th in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:24.70. Vandergaast placed 6th in the 200- yard freestyle in 2:37.52 and 9th in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:33.76. Von Thun placed 14th in the 100- yard freestyle in 1:28.51 and 18th in the 50-yard freestyle in 38.18. Tipton had four first-place event nishes at the meet including two relay top nishes. Ali Anderson won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:10.52 and Maddie Swick won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:03.91. The Tigers won the 400-yard freestyle and 200- yard freestyle relay events.

 The Tigers won the 200-yard freestyle relay with the team of Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Ander- son, Maddie Swick, and Rhyan Hoefler in a time of 1:51.18. The same quartet teamed up to win the 400-yard freestyle in a time of 4:07.47.

 Tipton was second in the 200- yard IM relay with the team of Anderson, Stonebraker, Swick, and Hoefler in a time of 2:03.49.

Williamsburg Duals - Monday, October 14 Team Scores: 1. Williamsburg 356, 2. Vinton- Shellsburg 346, 3. Tipton 275, 4. Oskaloosa 175, 5. Fair eld 126.

Individual Event Results (Winner and Tipton Results only):
200-yard medley relay: 1. Vinton-Shellsburg 2:03.32, 2. Tipton (Ali Anderson, Zoe Stonebraker, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoefler) 2:03.49, 5. Tipton (Sara Webb, Britney Ford, Kayley Clark, Corrine Vandergaast) 2:18.71.
200-yard freestyle: 1. Justice Dominick (VS) 2:16.14, 3. Kayley Clark (TIP) 2:26.47, 6. Corrine Vandergaast (TIP) 2:37.52.
200-yard IM: 1. Clarissa Carolan (VS) 2:34.52, 5. Britney Ford (TIP) 2:42.25, 6. Sara Webb (TIP) 2:43.25.
50-yard Freestyle: 1. Geordyn Webster (VS) 26.94, 2. Zoe Stonebraker (TIP) 27.65, 11. Alicia Beranek (TIP) 32.93, 18. Samara VonThun (TIP) 38.18, 24. Sabra Crock (TIP) 45.64.
100-yard Butterfly: 1. Maddie Swick (TIP) 1:03.91.
100-yard Freestyle: 1. Geordyn Webster (VS) 58.43, 2. Rhyan Hoefler (TIP) 59.07, 14. Samara VonThun (TIP) 1:28.51, 16. Sabra Crock (TIP) 1:44.45. 500-yard Freestyle: 1. Kathryn Hennes (W’burg) 6:08.79, 3. Kayley Clark (TIP) 6:33.69.
200-yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Tipton (Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Anderson, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoefler) 1:51.18, 4. Tipton (Britney Ford, Corrine Vandergaast, Kayley Clark, Sara Webb) 2:02.85.
100-yard Backstroke: 1. Ali Anderson (TIP) 1:10.52, 3. Sara Webb (TIP) 1:14.97, 9. Alicia Beranek (TIP) 1:24.70.
100-yard Breaststroke: 1. Lexi Goodell (VS) 1:17.31, 2. Britney Ford (TIP) 1:18.93, 9. Corrine Vandergaast (TIP) 1.33.76. 400-yard
Freestyle Relay: 1. Tipton (Zoe Stonebraker, Ali Anderson, Maddie Swick, Rhyan Hoefler) 4:07.47.

Tigers leave no doubt, they are RVC’s best

Tigers Are RVC Champions For 2019!
IOWA CITY — For the first time in the seven-year existence of the River Valley Conference, the top boy’s cross-country team is in Tipton. The Tigers made a statement to the conference and the rest of Class 2A, winning the premier leagues’ title last week in Iowa City. Tipton dominated at the meet scoring a team-low point total of 31 to claim the title. That total is the second-lowest all-time at an RVC meet. Monticello won the 2013 title with 28 points. The Tigers are also the only second RVC South school to claim an RVC title. Mid- Prairie won the title in 2016, but other than that, RVC North schools have won. Monticello won in 2013 and 2015 and Bellevue won in 2014 and 2017. There was not RVC Meet in 2018.

Tipton junior Caleb Shumaker won the individual River Valley Conference title, placing first at the race in a time of 16:47. The race featured a battle of the top-3 individual runners inClass2A. Shumaker came into the meet ranked No. 3 while Camanche’s Dylan Darsidan was ranked No. 1 and Bellevue’s Brady Griebel was ranked No. 2. All three are juniors. In the RVC race, Darsidan placed second in 16:52, ve seconds behind Shumaker, and Griebel placed third in 16:59, 12 seconds behind Shumaker.

The Tigers came into the RVC meet o of back-to-back third-place finishes at the conference meet in 2016 and 2017 to set their then highest finish at an RVC meet. The Tigers placed fourth at the rst RVC meet in 2013 and sixth in 2014 and 2015.

All seven Tipton runners placed in the top-20 finishers. Three other THS runners placed in the top-10 to earn Elite All-Conference honors. Senior Trent Pelzer placed third in 17:30. Pelzer is ranked No. 8 in Class 2A. Senior Jackson Edens placed sixth in 17:46. Edens is ranked No. 12 in 2A. Tipton senior Andrew Olseen continued his run of recent high finishes, placing eighth in 17:57. Three other Tigers placed high enough to earn all-conference honors. Cody Bohlmann placed 12th in 18:10, Landan Hill placed 16th in 18:20, and A.J. Thumma placed 18th in 18:22 to earn the honors.

The top-4 teams in the team standings are ranked in Class 2A. Tipton took the RVC title with 31 points. The Tigers are ranked No. 1 in 2A. Monticello was second with 70 team points. The Panthers are ranked No. 3 in 2A. Camanche placed third with 123 points. The Indians are ranked No. 11 in 2A. Mid-Prairie placed fourth with 134 points. The Golden Hawks are ranked No. 8 in 2A, Junior varsity teams ran with the varsity teams at the meet. Most of the Tiger's junior varsity team finished in the top-100 runners. Leading the way was Ty Nichols with a 21st place finish in 18:39. Troy Butler placed 35th in 19:10, Bob Ryan placed 44th in 19:50, and Dalton Esbaum placed 50th in 19:53. Other Tipton finishers were Craig Sha er 67th, Brody Deerberg 76th, Zach Fisher 84th, Caleb Jedlicka 85th, Tiger Emrich 88th, Gavin Belitz 120th, and Joey Chiu 151st.

Wilton placed 10th as a team with 263 team points. The Beavers had placed 9th at the previous four RVC meets. The Beavers's best RVC finish was 8th in the first year of the RVC in 2013. Wilton was led by one all-conference runner. Senior Zach Hein placed 15th to earn conference honors. He n- ishedtheracein18:16. EthanBailey placed 42th in 19:33 and Jake Walton placed 63rd in 20:18. Other Wilton finishers were Gavin Reid 102nd, Chayton Ramsey 103rd, Connor Bier- man 134th, and Colby Brown 142nd. Durant placed 12th at the meet with a teamscoreof319. It is the first time the Wildcats have not placed in the top-10 in the team race since 2014 meet when they placed 10th. Drake Shelangoski led Durant runners with a 31st place finish in 18:58. Nathan Moomey also placed in the top-50 with a 43rd place finish in 19:43. Oth- er Durant finishes came from Colyn Dean 108th, Michael Frisch 121st, and Luke Abels 154th.

North Cedar scored 365 points to place 13th. North Cedar was led by Jacob Spahr’s 68th place finish in 20:24 and Sam Choate’s 86th place finish in 21:00. Other North Cedar finishers were 100th Milo Easterly, 111th David Redhage, 125th Chance Cinkovich, 146th Marshall VanOort, 156th Ryan Spahr, and 157. Leighton Tjaden.

Postseason destinations are set
The postseason is set for area cross- country teams. Statequalifyingmeets will be this week on Thursday. The top three teams will advance to the state meet on Saturday, November 2 at Lakeside Golf and Country Club in Fort Dodge.

In Class 2A, RVC schools are spread out over two locations. AtNorthFayette Valley, RVC schools there are Tipton, Camanche, and Bellevue. At Dike-New Hartford, Monticello is the only RVC school there. At Williams- burg, RVC schools there are Mid-Prai- rie and West Liberty.

In class 1A, many RVC teams will run in Iowa City for their state qualifying meets at the Iowa City Kicker’s Complex where this year’s RVC meet was held. There are Cascade, Durant, North Cedar, Iowa City Regina, and Wilton.

River Valley Conference Meet
Tuesday, October 15
At Iowa City Kicker’s Complex
Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Tipton 31, 2. Monticello 70, 3. Camanche 123, 4. Mid Prairie 134, 5. Iowa City Regina 164, 6. Northeast 169, 7. Bellevue 169, 8. Cascade 190, 9. Anamosa 210, 10. Wil- ton 263, 11. West Liberty 283, 12. Durant 319, 13. North Cedar 365.

Top-10 Finishers (RVC Elite All-Conference):
1. Caleb Shumaker (TIP) 16:47, 2. Dylan Darsi- dan (CAM) 16:52, 3. Brady Griebel (B) 16:59, 4. Trent Pelzer (TIP) 17:30, 5. Andrew Hilgendorf (NE) 17:41, 6. Jackson Edens (TIP) 17:46, 7. Jasper Nietert (MONTI) 17:46, 8. Andrew Olseen (TIP) 17:57 , 9. Ashton Burroughs (WL) 18:02, 10. Jamison Stutzman (MP) 18:05.

All-Conference (RVC All-Conference):
11. Harrison Ahlrichs (MONTI) 18:07, 12. Cody Bohlmann (TIP) 18:10, 13. Cole Cruise (MON- TI) 18:12, 14. Dodson Melchiori (CAM) 18:14, 15. Zach Hein (WIL) 18:16, 16. Landan Hill (TIP) 18:20, 17. Joe Maley (ICR) 18:20, 18. A.J. Thum- ma (TIP) 18:22, 19. Carter Kurt (MONI) 18:31, 20. Zach Chapman (MONTI) 18:35.

Individual Team Results:
TIPTON (118): 1. Caleb Shumaker 16:47, 4. Trent Pelzer 17:30, 6. Jackson Edens 17:46, 8. Andrew Olseen 17:57, 12. Cody Bohlmann 18:10, 16. Landan Hill 18:20, 18. A.J. Thumma 18:22, 21. Ty Nichols 18:39, 35. Troy Butler 19:10, 44. Bob Ryan 19:40, 50. Dalton Esbaum 19:53, 67. Craig Shaffer 20:23, 76. Brody Deer- berg 20:40, 84. Zach Fisher 20:53, 85. Caleb Jedlicka 20:59, 88. Tiger Emrich 21:04, 120. Gavin Belitz 22:29, 151. Joey Chiu 26:93.

NORTH CEDAR (185): 68. Jacob Spahr 20:24, 86. Sam Choate 21:00, 100. Milo Easterly 21:35, 111. David Redhage 22:13, 125. Chance Cinkovich 22:56, 146. Marshall VanOort 25:23, 156. Ryan Spahr 27:36, 157. Leighton Tjaden 29:09.

WILTON (236): 15. Zach Hein 18:16, 42. Ethan Bailey 19:33, 63. Jake Walton 20:18, 102. Gavin Reid 21:37, 103. Chayton Ramsey 21:38, 134. Connor Bierman 23:30, 142. Colby Brown 24:59.

DURANT (256): 31. Drake Shelangoski 18:58, 47. Nathan Moomey 19:43, 108. Colyn Dean 21:55, 121. Michael Frisch 22:33, 154. Luke Abels 27:04.

Tigers match 2018 win total, and go for district title Friday night at home

Tigers match 2018 win total, and go for district title Friday night at home 

LETTS — The Tipton Tiger football team won their fourth game in a row and remained perfect in district play with a 28-14 win at Louisa-Musca- tine last Friday. The win gave Tipton an overall record of 6-2, matching their win total in 2018 when they were 6-3. The Tigers also remained unbeaten in district play at 4-0 and can win the district with a win in week nine. The Tigers have scored 28 or more points in three of their four district games.

Tipton scored the rst points of the game in the opening quarter. A 30-yard touchdown pass from Blake Wilkins to Frank Bierman gave THS a 6-0 lead. That score would stand at the end of the rst quarter. The Tigers extended their lead to 14-0 after a big play on the ground. Tipton senior Connor Hermiston dashed 50 yards for the second Tiger touchdown and Payten Elijah ran in the two-point conversion for a 14-0 lead. The Falcons cut Tipton’s lead in half, 14-8 later in the second quarter when Chase Kruse scored on a 5-yard run. Kruse added a two-point run. The 14-8 score would be the score at halftime.

Tipton swung the momentum to their side and did not let it go with two scores in the third quarter. The big swing came after a defensive touchdown. Senior lineman Jesse Lieser returned a fumble 20 yards for a touchdown. The score gave the Tigers a 20-8. Tipton took their big- gest lead of the game, 28-8 after an Austin Lenz 24-yard run and Blake Wilkins two-pont run.

Cruse scored the only points for the Falcons and for either team in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard run to set the score to 28-14.

The Tigers could have won the outright district title if Camanache could have beaten West Liberty, at West Liberty. However, the Comets beat Camanche 21-19 in overtime. The win sets up a winner-take-all game this week in Tipton for the district 5 title and automatic bid in the Class 2A playo s.

The Tigers had 273 yards of total yards on 44 plays. Tipton passed for 95 yards and rushed for 178 yards. Tipton had ten rst downs. The Tigers came into the game with three of the top-5 rushers in district 5 in seniors Austin Lenz, Connor Hermiston, and Frank Bierman. The Falcons held the trio and THS team to 178 team rushing yards. Hermiston led THS in rushing with 72 yards on four carries and a touchdown. Lenz rushed for 45 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown while Bieman rushed for 25 yards on nine carries. Blake Wilkins passed for 95 yards on 6-of- 7 pass attempts with a touchdown. Bierman caught three passes for 56 yards and had a touchdown.

Defensively, Tipton was led by Bierman with 11 tackles, including seven solo tackles, Payten Elijah with
10 and Lake Anderson and Kaleb Nerem with nine each. Bierman had four tackles for loss and a sack while Jesse Lieser and Andrew Comstock each had fumble recoveries.

The Falcons had 309 yards of total o ense on 70 plays. Louisa-Musca- tine had 105 passing and 204 rushing yards and 19 rst downs. The Tigers held Falcons leading rusher, and district 5 leading rusher, Chase Kruse to 131 yards on 24 carries and two touchdowns. Kruse topped the 1,000-yard mark for the season with that total. Kruse passed for 105 yards on eight completions. Brock Jeambey caught a team high three passes for 57 yards. Defensively, the Falcons were led by Gabe Hayes with nine, Maxwell McCulley with seven and Kruse with ve.

The Tigers beat the Falcons 32 to 16 in week eight last year at home. 2019 seniors Blake Wilkings and Conner Hermiston had good games. Wilkins passed for 60 yards and Hermiston rushed for 132 yards on 12 carries and had a touchdown.

West Liberty Comes To Town
The Tigers and West Liberty will meet for the second straight year for the District 5 title. Last year, the Comets beat Tipton 33-8. The Tigers nished 6-3 overall and missed the playo s. The Comets nished the season 8-4 and marched to the UNI-Dome and the Class 3A semi nals where they lost to PCM.

Talen Dengler leads the Comets in passing with 614 yards, four touchdowns, and six interceptions. Will Esmoil is the Comets leading rusher with 649 yards and eight touchdowns. He averages 6.2 yards a carry. Koby Simon is West Liberty’s leading receiver with 17 receptions for 284 yards and two touchdowns. Defensively, West Liberty is led by Esmoil with 66 tackles. Both he and Simon each have 10 or more tackles for loss. The Comets are dangerous in the return game with two touchdowns returned o of kick-o s and one returned o of a punt.

Tigers Move Up Again In RPI
For the third straight week, Tipton has moved up in the latest RPI rankings. The Tigers were No. 11 in the rst RPI rankings after week six. Last week, after week seven, Tipton was No. 8. This week, Tipton moved up to No. 7. The Tigers are 6-2 and one of only two teams in the top-10 RPI rankings this week with their opponents record a winning one.

Tipton’s week nine foe West Liberty is now No. 11 in the 2A RPI, making their week nine game with the Tigers all the more interesting. Other Class 2A District 5 teams in the RPI this week are No. 21 Camanche, No. 29 Louisa-Muscatine, No. 30 Mount Vernon, and No. 45 West Burlington.

Tigers third at CR Washington meet

 CEDAR RAPIDS — The Tipton swimming team traveled to Cedar Rapids Washington on Saturday, October 12. There, the Tigers placed third out of the eight scoring teams. Tipton scored 341 points.
Tipton won three events at the meet. The Tigers won the 200-yard medley relay, the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard backstroke. The Tigers won one relay event at the meet.
  The Tigers captured the 200-yard medley relay title with the team of Ali Anderson, Zoe Stonebraker, Maddie Swick, and Rhyan Hoefler. The team won the event in a time of 2:01.74. Individually, Rhyan Hoefler won the 200-yard individual medley, swimming to a finish at 2:24.04. Hoefler also won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 1:06.81.

Fast start leads to week 8 win for Beavers

 Fast start leads to week 8 win for Beavers

COLUMBUS JUNCTION — A 22-point first quarter by Wilton propelled them to a 44-0 road district win last Friday at Columbus Junction. The Beavers improved to 2-6 overall. Wilton won their first district game with the win in four tries. The Beavers travel to Van Buren in week 9 to face Van Buren who is 1-7 and 1-4  in district 5 play. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Beavers. Van Buren is on a three game slide after winning their first game in week five over Columbus Junction.
 

 Wilton got the game started off with a bang as Colby Sawvell returned the opening kick-off 86 yards for a touchdown and an 8-0 lead. It was the first return touchdown of the season for Wilton. The Beavers forced the Wildcats to punt after their first two offensive series. The Beavers turned each punt back to them into points. On their first offensive drive Mason Ormsby ran 12 yards for a touchdown to set the score at 14-0. After another Wildcat punt, Ormsby capped off the second Beaver drive with a 6-yard scoring run. Jackson Hull’s second two-point conversion run gave Wilton a 22-0 lead after the first quarter. Ormsby connected with Sawvell in the second quarter on a 45-yard touchdown pass. Another Hull run gave Wilton a 30-0 lead. Right before halftime, and with the Wildcats driving, senior Coy Baker intercepted a pass and returned it 73 yards for a touchdown, giving Wilton a commanding 38-0 lead at halftime.
 

 The Beavers scored the only points of the second half on their first offensive possession. Ormsby’s third scoring run of the game, this one from seven yards out, set the score at its final of 44-0. The whole second half saw the running clock mercy-rule in effect.
 

 Wilton had 375 yards of total offense with 155 passing and 220 rushing yards. Wilton had 20 first downs to the Wildcats four. Ormsby had a great game, passing for 157 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 89 yards on ten carries and three touchdowns. Trae Hagen rushed for 60 yards and Jackson Hull nearly did too with 59 yards. Colby Sawvell and Buddy Darting each caught four passes in the game. Sawvell had 72 yards and Darting 60. Defensively, Wilton was led by Coy Baker with 10 tackles and Patrick Barszczewski with eight. Baker had four tackles for loss and Brady Shook had a sack.
 

 Wilton will travel to Van Buren where they hope to end the season on a two-game win streak. Lane Davis leads Van Buren in passing with 594 yards and five touchdowns. Corey Bunnell leads Van Buren rushers with 220 yards on 68 carries and Tony Davison has 32 receptions for 415 yards and three touchdowns. Defensively, Van Buren is led by Kaleb Troutman with 66 tackles.

North Cedar falls at Beckman, 35-26

  DYERSVILLE — The North Cedar Knights had a chance to play the spoiler role last Friday when
they traveled to Dyersville-Beckman. The Blazers were trying to stay in the hunt for the second spot
in the district with a big game at West Branch in week 9. They did. Beckman would improve to
5-3 overall and 2-2 in the district with a 35-26 win over the Knights. Beckman is now tied with
Cascade at 2-2 in the district, but still a game out of the second place where Bellevue is at 3-1. North
Cedar fell to 4-4 overall and 1-3 in district play. The Knights can still secure a winning season this
Friday when they host Northeast (1-7 overall, 0-4 in district) for their regular-season finale. The Knights lost their third straight game after starting the season 4-1. The Knights also saw their district losing streak stretch to three straight. The 26 points scored by the Knights were a high for a district game so far this year and the second-highest total this season to date for all games played.
  Knight senior quarterback Ethan Sahr passed for 297 yards on 14 completions and had four touchdown passes. All are season-high totals. For the season, Sahr has thrown for 1,572 yards with 15 touchdown passes and eight interceptions. His top target in the game was junior Kael Unruh who
caught five passes for 203 yards and four touchdowns. Gage Walshire caught four passes for 33
yards. Four North Cedar receivers had at least two catches and five different Knights caught a
pass in the game. Brody Hawtrey and Tyler Jackson rushed for 50 and 45 yards in the game and
each averaged over three yards per carry.
  Defensively, Gage Walshire led North Cedar with 13 tackles including seven solo tackles. Tyler
Thurston had 12 tackles with seven solo tackles. Tyler Jackson and Brody Hawtrey each had eight
tackles.

Rebels Come To Town Friday
 The Northeast Rebels will come to town on Friday in week nine. The Rebels have lost their last four
games after winning their only 2019 games to date in week four over Alburnett 27-0.
Northeast quarterback Riley Wolfe is 48 yards away from topping 1,000 this season (952) and
had eight touchdown passes to ten interceptions. Dakota Stevenson leads Northeast in rushing with 636 yards on 154 carries and five touchdowns. Trey McAleer and Cade Hughes led Rebel receivers with 356 yards and 343 yards respectively. Hughes leads Northeast in tackles with 69.

Dyersville-Beckman 35, North Cedar 26
At Dyersville
Friday, October 18
Individual Statistics:
Rushing: North Cedar - Brody Hawtrey 15-50, Tyler Jackson 12-45, Ethan Sahr 4-2. Beckman - Riley Fangman 32-278, Nick Offerman 13-62.
Passing: North Cedar - Ethan Sahr 14-for-29 297 yards, 4 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Beckman - Nick Offerman 11-for-20 141 yards, 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s.
Receiving: North Cedar - Kael Unruh 5-203, Gage Walshire 4-33, Tyler Jackson 2-38, Brody Hawtrey 2-10, James Garner 1-13. Beckman - Derick Ludwig 4-73, Tom Jaeger 4-30, Sean Kluesner 2-29, Riley Fangman 1-9.

Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): North Cedar - Gage Walshire 7-6 13, Tyler Thurston 7-5 12, Tyler Jackson 6-2 8, Brody Hawtrey 4-4 8, Brennen Kreel 1-4 5, Ethan Sahr 2-3 5, JT Kash 0-4 4, Brady Burcum 1-2 3, James Garner 3-0 3, Jacob Sander 1-2 3, Luke Crock 1-1 2, Davonte Crist 0-1 1, Sabian Mesinas 1-0 1, Jaxon Sander 1-0 1, Kole Murray 0-1 1.
Beckman - Owen Huehnergarth 7-7 14, Lane Kramer 5-1 6, Jacob Sadler 1-5 6, Will Brehm 4-2 6, Conner Grover 3-1 4, Luke Hirsch 1-3 4, Bennett English 2-1 3, Max Mullis 2-1 3, Sean Kluesner 1-2 3, Riley Fangman 2-1 3, Cole Domeyer 1-1 2, Victor Meyers 1-1 2, Garrett Davis 1-0 1, Nick Hageman 0-1 1, Derick Ludwig 1-0 1.
Tackles For Loss: North Cedar - Gage Walshire 4, Tyler Thurston 2, Jacob Sander 1, Sabian Mesinas 1,
Brennen Kreel 1, Tyler Jackson 1. Beckman - Will Brehm 2, Bennett English 1, Owen Huehnergarth 1.
Sacks: North Cedar - Gage Walshire 2, Sabian Mesinas 1, Tyler Jackson 1.
Interceptions: North Cedar - 1. Beckman - none.

Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Offs: North Cedar - Gage Walshire 4-156, Tyler Thurston 1-20. Beckman - Logan Burchard 6-265 yards.
Kick-Off Returns: North Cedar - Tyler Jackson 4-81, James Garner 1-11. Beckman - Derick Ludwig 2-17, Victor Meyer 1-12, Tom Jaeger 1-0.
Punts: North Cedar - Brody Hawtrey 7-221 yards, 31.6-yard ave. Beckman - Sean Kluesner 5-221 yards, 44.2-yard ave.
Punt Returns: North Cedar - James Garner 1-16. Beckman - Conner Grover 1-0.

Former Hawk Bob Sanders To Serve As Honorary Captain This Week Against Purdue

   IOWA CITY, Iowa - - Former University of Iowa defensive back Bob Sanders will serve as honorary captain when Iowa hosts Purdue at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday.
  Sanders earned second-team All-America honors by The Associated Press as a senior in 2003. He was a Permanent Team Captain and Most Valuable Player for the Iowa defense, while also earning the Hayden Fry “Extra Heartbeat” Award.
  After missing three games early in his senior season due to injury, Sanders went on to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors for the third straight season. He was honorable mention All-Big Ten as a freshman. Sanders was elected to the UI athletics Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 2018.
  Sanders, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, (Cathedral Prep High School) recorded 348 career tackles and currently ranks 11th in career stops. He recorded 25 tackles against Indiana in 2001, which remains the fourth-best single game total in school history. As a senior he led the nation in forced fumbles (six) and led the Big Ten in recovered fumbles (three), while also sharing team MVP honors.
  Sanders helped the Hawkeyes to a 28-10 record in his final three seasons, as Iowa won the Big Ten title in 2002. The Hawkeyes won the 2001 Alamo Bowl and the 2004 Outback Bowl. Iowa won 11 games in 2002 and 10 in 2003, including 24 of the final 30 games that Sanders played.
  Following his Iowa career, Sanders was selected in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft (44th selection overall) by the Indianapolis Colts. He played eight seasons in the NFL, seven with Indianapolis and one with the San Diego Chargers.
  Sanders played a key role for the Colts when they defeated Chicago, 29-17, in Super Bowl XLI in Miami following the 2006 season, collecting two tackles, a forced fumble, and pass interception.
  Sanders was named the 2007 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Colt player, and just the fourth safety in league history, to earn that honor. He was named first-team All-Pro in 2005 and 2007 and was a Pro Bowl selection following each of those seasons. His career totals in 50 NFL games include over 300 tackles and six interceptions, four recovered fumbles, and two forced fumbles.
  Sanders will accompany the Iowa captains to midfield for Saturday’s pregame coin toss. He will also be with the Hawkeyes in the locker room before and after the game.

7 Duals Tabbed for BTN Coverage

 IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Big Ten Network announced Thursday that seven University of Iowa wrestling duals have been tabbed for national television coverage in 2019-20.
 Home duals against Wisconsin (Dec. 1), Nebraska (Jan. 18), Ohio State (Jan. 24), Penn State (Jan. 31), Minnesota (Feb. 15), and Oklahoma State (Feb. 23) will air live on BTN, as will the Hawkeyes' road dual at Michigan (Feb. 8).
 The finals of the Big Ten Championships (March 8) are also televised on BTN. All televised matches and The B1G Story can be streamed exclusively on the FOX Sports app.
 THE B1G STORY: ALEX AND ELI: Following Iowa's dual against Wisconsin, BTN will debut a new wrestling-centric episode of The B1G Story, a documentary-style program produced by the Emmy-nominated BTN Originals team. At 9 p.m., The B1G Story: Alex & Eli will explore the friendship and bond of Iowa All-American Alex Marinelli and former Wisconsin wrestler, Eli Stickley.
 

SCHEDULE NOTE: Iowa's home dual against Minnesota will begin at 8:30 p.m. (CT). It was originally schedule for 8 p.m.

SEASON TICKETS: Season tickets for the 2019-20 season are available for purchase online at hawkeyesports.com and over the phone at 1-800-IA-HAWKS. Season tickets are $85 for public and $73 for faculty/staff.

 BTN RECORDING SETTING COVERAGE: BTN coverage has increased 40 percent from last season. Additionally, BTN+ will carry nearly 100 matches, also a new record-high. A portion of those streamed events will be televised on delay on BTN as part of the Student U initiative.

Tigers roll to fifth win with 48-6 win over West Burlington

Tigers roll to fifth win with 48-6 win over West Burlington
 TIPTON — The first brisk Friday night of high school football saw Tipton roll another district 5 foe. Last Friday, the Tigers beat the West Burlington Falcons 48-6 to improve to 3-0 in district play and 5-2 overall. The Tigers have scored 48 points in two of the last three weeks of district play For the season THS has scored over 20 points in all by two of their seven games. The Tigers will travel to Louisa-Muscatine this week before returning home to face West LIberty in week nine.
 The Tiger's defense was on full display in the game. The Tigers shut down the Falcons passing game, allowing zero passing yards in the game. Making the Falcons one-dimensional, the Tigers could take advantage of their strong defensive line and disrupt the Falcons running
game. The Tiger defense allowed 87 rushing yards and gave up only 1.9 yards per rush attempt. The Tiger defense also came up with five big turnovers, all fumble recoveries. Kaleb Nerem, Jesse Lieser, Levi Daniel, Skyler Schmidt, and Lake Anderson all had one recovery. The Tigers lead the district in fumble recoveries in district games with seven. The next closest is four. The Tipton lineman was near the top of the THS tackle leaders in the game. Nile Schuett led THS in tackles with seven including five solo tackles while Frank Bierman had five and Jesse Lieser four tackles. Linebackers
Kaleb Nerem and Andrew Comstock each had five tackles. Schuett also had two tackles for loss and Nerem had one.
 Tipton overwhelmed the Falcons with 34 first-half points to take a 34-6 halftime lead. The Tigers scored on four of their first five possessions in the game. Tipton turned the first Falcon turnover into points in the opening quarter on a Connor Hermiston 5-yard run. Later in the quarter, Frank Bierman set the score at 13-0 after a 30-yard touchdown run. Tipton extended their lead to 27-0 in the second quarter after scoring runs by Bierman for ten yards and Connor Hermiston for eight yards. West Burlington would score their only points of the game in the second quarter off of a Tipton turnover. Jonah Fritz scored on a 28-yard touchdown run to set the score at 27-6. Tipton closed the first-half scoring with a Blake Wilkins 13-yard touchdown pass to Payten Elijah.
 Tipton outscored the Falcons 14-0 in the second half. The first score set the 35-point mercy rule, running clock in effect, after Bierman’s third rushing touchdown, a 22-yard run to set the score at 41-6. Austin Lenz added a 13-yard scoring run later in the quarter to set the score at its final of 48-6.
 The Tigers will be looking in a mirror of sorts in week eight when they travel to Louisa-Muscatine. The Falcons run an offense similar to the Tigers. The Falcons have one of the top players in District 5 in Chase Kruse. Kruse has passed for 411 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for 925 yards and eight touchdowns. The Falcons also have running backs Hayden Calvelage (493 yards 9 TD’s) and Kaden Schneider (205 yards 2 TDs) to hand the football to. Wilie Jacobs, Dallas Vasquez, and Schneider lead the Falcons in receiving hovering at or just over 100 receiving yards. Brock Jeamby has a team-high 13 receptions for 87 yards. Defensively, the Falcons are led by Hayden Calvelage with 61 tackles, six sacks and 13 tackles for loss.
 The Falcons end the season with home games with Tipton this week and with Mount Vernon
in week nine. The matchup will feature the top-two rushing teams in district 5. Tipton leads the district with 2,007 yards while the Falcons are second with 1,816 yards. Each team has over 20 rushing touchdowns on the season and average over six yards per carry. The two teams also are 1-2 in the least points given up this season. The Tigers have given up 99 and the Falcons 117. In district play Tipton has surrendered 26 points while the Falcons have given up 62. Louisa-
Muscatine comes into week eight having lost two straight to Camanche and West Liberty.

Tigers In Driver’s Seat For District 5 Title
 The Tipton football team has control over their own destiny after winning last Friday. They are the only District 5 team that is unbeaten at 3-0 in district play. There is a two-way tie for second place in the district between Camanche, and West Liberty. The Tigers have defeated Camanche and play Lousia-Muscatine in week eight and West Liberty in week nine.
 A game to watch this week will be Camanche at West Liberty. If the Indians can beat the Comets,
and the Tigers would beat Louisa-Muscatine, the Tigers would claim the district title. In that scenario, Tipton would move to 4-0 in district play while West Liberty would be two games back at 2-2. Though there would be one more week of district play and Camanche would be 3-1, the Tigers would hold the head-to-head tiebreaker after defeating the Indians in week 5. If both West Liberty and Tipton win in week eight, that would set up a winner-take-all defacto district title games in week nine when the Comets come to Tipton to close out the regular season.

Tigers Move Up In The Latest RPI
 The latest RPI polls were released on Monday and the Tipton football team has moved up, moving into the top-10 in Class 2A. The Tigers checked in at No. 11 in the first RPI released last week. This week, the Tigers are No. 8.
The Tigers district is one of three out of the nine 2A districts that has four of their six teams with a .500 record or better. Class 2A District 5 also has half of its teams with winning district records. The Tigers are 5-2 overall and 3-0 in district 5. The record of their opponents is 33 wins, 30 losses through week seven. Of the top-8 teams in the 2A RPI, that record is the only one with their opponent's record over .500. The Tigers opponents, opponents’ record is 295-274.
  Other District 5 teams in the RPI are West Liberty (4-3) No. 16, Camanche (5-2) No. 18, Louisa-Muscatine (4-3) No. 25, Mount Vernon (2-5) No. 36, and West Burlington (1-6) No. 45.
Teams ahead of Tipton are Waukon (7-0), Algona (7-0), Clear Lake (7-0), OABCIG (7-0), Waterloo Columbus (6-1), Greene County (7-0), and Des Moines Christian (7-0).




Tipton 48, West Burlington 6
Friday, October 11
Tipton, IA
Quarter Scores:
1 2 3 4 Final
WB 0 6 0 0 6
Tipton 13 21 14 0 48

Scoring Summary:
1st Qtr - TIP - Connor Hermiston 5-yard run (Frank Bierman kick)
1st Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 30-yard run (PAT no good)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 10-yard run (Frank Bierman kick)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Connor Hermiston 8-yard run (Frank Bierman kick)
2nd Qtr - WB - Jonah Fritz 28-yard run (PAT no good)
2nd Qtr - TIP - Payten Elijah 13-yard pass from Blake Wilkins (Frank Bierman kick)
3rd Qtr - TIP - Frank Bierman 22-yard run (Frank Bierman kick)
3rd Qtr - TIP - Austin Lenz 13-yard run (Frank Bierman kick)

Team Totals:
THS WB
First Downs 16 5
Total Plays 46 44
Total yards 443 87
Passing yards 72 0
Rushing yards 371 87
3rd Down Con. 1-for-5 3-for-11
4th Down Con. 1-for-1 0-for-1
Turnovers 3 5
Fumbles Lost 2 5
Interceptions 1 0
Penalties-yards 7-80 2-10

Individual Statistics:
Rushing: WB - Jonah Fritz 4-38, Hayden Vandenberg 19-30, Kendall Baker 6-18, Brady Oleson 4-5, Travain Donaldson 5-2, Hunter Reich 1-(-4). Tipton - Frank Bierman 6-129, Austin Lenz 7-122, Payten Elijah 4-41, Blake Wilkins 4-38, Connor Hermiston 5-28, Lake Anderson 4-14, Brandon Hines 2-6, Jaxson Murphy 1-(-2), Carter Hill 1-(-3).
Passing: WB - Hayden Vandenberg 0-for-2, 0 yards, 0 TD’s, 0 INT’s. Tipton - Blake Wilkins 3-for-5 72 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.
Receiving: WB - None. Tipton - Connor Hermiston 1-45, Frank Bierman 1-14, Payten Elijah 1-13.

Defensive Statistics:
Tackles (S-A-T): WB - Dawson Gach 6-0 6, Jonah Fritz 5-0 5, Caden Murphy 2-2 4, Drew Chiprez 2-2 4, Brady Oleson 2-1 3, Hayden Vandenberg 1-2 3, Hunter Reich 2-0 2, Kenyon Boyd 2-0 2, Travis Willis 2-0 2, Travain Donaldson 1-1 2, Ethan Eilers 1-0 1, Matt Johnston 1-0 1.
Tipton - Nile Schuett 5-2 7, Kaleb Nerem 5-0 5, Andrew Comstock 1-4 5, Frank Bierman 2-3 5, Jesse Lieser 1-3 4, Gilan Hoenig 2-0 2, Payten Elijah 1-1 2, Colby Kleppe 1-1 2, Colin Chambliss 0-2 2, Austin Lenz 0-1 1, Brendan Leeper 1-0 1, Skyler Schmidt 1-0 1, Colton Miedl 1-0 1, Kaleb Mesick 1-0 1, Carson Charves 1-0 1, Levi Daniel 1-0 1, Jerry Havill 1-0 1, Jaxson Murphy 1-0 1, Brandon Hines 1-0 1, Connor Hermiston 1-0 1.
Tackles For Loss: WB - Drew Chiprez 2, Brady Oleson 1. Tipton - Nile Schuett 2, Kaleb Nerem 1.
Interceptions: WB - Jonah Fritz 1. Tipton - none.
Fumble Recoveries: WB - Hunter Reich 1, Travis Willis 1. Tipton - Kaleb Nerem 1, Jesse Lieser 1, Levi Daniel 1, Skyler Schmidt 1, Lake Anderson 1.

Kicking Statistics:
Kick-Offs: WB - Aidan Krell 2-92 yards. Tipton - Frank Bierman 8-307 yards.
Kick-Off Returns: WB - Kendall Baker 3-14, Dawson Gach 3-13, Hayden Vandenberg 1-8. Tipton - Austin Lenz 1-41 yards.
Punts: WB - Drew Chiprez 5-39 yards. Tipton - Payten Elijah 2-40 yards.
Punt Returns: WB - Dawson Gach 1-0 yards. Tipton - N/A.

Top ranked Tigers collect two more wins

Top ranked Tigers collect two more wins
 COGGON — The Tipton Tiger boy’s cross-country team collected two more meet victories last week to finish up the regular season. The Tigers won meets at West Delaware last Tuesday and at North Linn last Saturday. The Tigers continue to be ranked No. 1 in Class 2A in the latest rankings put out by the Iowa High School Track and Field Coaches Association.
 The Tigers traveled to Coggon, Iowa for the North Linn Invitational last Saturday morning. There, the Tigers were one of five ranked teams at the meet. Joining the Tigers were Class 3A No. 19 Marion a pair of ranked Class 2A schools - No. 5 Williamsburg, and No. 16 Grundy Center-Gladbrook-Reinbeck, and Class 1A No. 4 Maquoketa Valley.
 The Tigers took the top-3 spots individually at the race with the black and gold finishing
in each of the top-3 slots. Five Tipton runners placed in the top-10 places. Tipton junior Caleb Shumaker won the race in a time of 16:10. Teammates Trent Pelzer and Jackson Edens were right behind him, with Pelzer placing second in 16:47 and Edens placing third in 16:50. Senior Andrew Olseen ran with the varsity at the race and placed eighth in a time of 17:15 and Cody Bohlmann placed 10th in a time of 17:21. Other Tipton finishers came from Landan Hill in 19th place in 17:47 and A.J. Thumma in 34th place in 18:03.
 The Tipton junior varsity team placed second behind Marion at the meet in the team race. The Tigers scored 55 points and had three top-10 finishers. Marion won the meet with 29 points and five, top-10 finishers. Troy Butler led Tipton with a runner-up finish in 18:01 followed by Ty Nichols fourth in 18:31, and Dalton Esbaum eighth in 19:00. Other Tipton finishers were 20th Craig Shaffer, 21st Tiger Emrich, 23rd Bob Ryan, and 24th Brody Deerberg. Gavin Belitz and Caleb Jedlicka finished in 21:16 and 21:18.

Tigers Beat Five Other Ranked Teams, Claim West Delaware Title
 MANCHESTER — The Tiger boy’s cross-country team traveled to Manchester last Tuesday to run in a 20-team meet hosted by West Delaware. There, THS scored a team-low 49 points to take the team title. Western Dubuque was second with 56 points and Center Point-Urbana was third with 82 points.
 The Tigers, top-ranked in Class 2A, were joined by five other ranked boy’s cross-country
teams. Also at the meet were Class 4A No. 14 Western Dubuque; Class 3A - No. 8 Rock, No. 14 Mount Vernon-Lisbon, and No. 17 Grinnell; and Class 1A No. 4 Maquoketa Valley. The Tigers remain ranked No. 1 in Class 2A.
 Tipton was led by three top-10 finishers. Caleb Shumaker won the race in a time of 16:28. Trent Pelzer placed 5th in 16:53 and Jackson Edens placed 8th in 17:12. Cody Bohlmann placed 14th in 17:26. Other Tipton finishers were AJ Thumma 21st, Landan Hill 26th, and Ty Nichols 48th.
The Tiger junior varsity boys placed second behind Mount Vernon-Lisbon. MVL scored 39 points to the Tigers 52 points. Tipton had the top overall winner in Andrew Olseen who finished the race in 17:33. Troy Butler placed third in 18:13. Bob Ryan was 13th and Dalton Esbaum 14th. Other Tipton finishers came from Zach Fister 21st, Craig Shaffer 24th, and Brody Deerberg
31st.

North Linn Invitational
October 12
At Coggon, IA
Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Tipton 24, 2. Marion 65, 3. Mason City 118, 4. Williamsburg
122, 5. Maquoketa Valley 156, 6. Solon 189, 7. Grundy Center-Gladbrook-Reinbeck 208, 8. Cascade 228, 9. Washington
238, 10. Iowa City Regina 254, 11. Hudson 295, 12. Mount Pleasant 332, 13. Ed-Co 401, 14. Springville-Central City 430, 15. Alburnett 431, 16. Midland 445. No Team Scores: Waterloo Columbus, Independence, Bellevue Marquette, North Linn, Prince of Peace, Starmont.

Individual Team Results:
TIPTON (218): 1. Caleb Shumaker 16:10, 2. Trent Pelzer 16:47, 3. Jackson Edens 16:50, 8. Andrew Olseen 17:15, 10. Cody Bohlmann 17:21, 19. Landan Hill 17:47, 34. A.J. Thumma 18:03.

West Delaware Hawk Cross-Country Invite
October 8
Manchester, IA

Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Tipton 49, 2. Western Dubuque 56, 3. Center Point-Urbana 82, 4. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 156, 5. Waverly-Shell Rock 165, 6. West Delaware 167, 7. Grinnell 173, 8. Maquoketa Valley 201, 9. Clinton 206, 10. Cedar Rapids Xavier 252, 11. Cascade 303, 12. Anamosa 318, 13. Vinton-Shellsburg 391, 14. North Fayette Valley 395, 15. Independence 485, 16. Oelwein 487, 17. Ed-Co 487, 18. Dyersville-Beckman 549, 19. North Cedar 559, 20. Maquoketa 625.

Individual Team Results:
TIPTON (49): 1. Caleb Shumaker 16:28, 5. Trent Pelzer 16:53, 8. Jackson Edens 17:12, 14. Cody Bohlmann 17:26, 21. A.J. Thumma 17:43, 26. Landan Hill 17:50, 48. Ty Nichols 18:21.