Girls Team Scores:

1. Exira/EHK  185
2. Adair-Casey  128
3. Iowa Christian  89
4. CAM  45
5. Orient-Macksburg  41
6. Atlantic JV  38
7. Walnut  22

Girls Individual Results:

• 100 — Payton Wilkenfeld (E/EHK)
• 200 — Payton Wilkenfeld (E/EHK)
• 400 — Jen Neville (E/EHK)
• 800 — Grace Hoflen (E/EHK)
• 1500 — Elizabeth Mulder (A-C)
• 3000 — Megan Gauley (A-C)
• 100 Hurdles — Danni McCorkel (A-C)
• 400 Hurdles — Anna Mulder (A-C)
• 4 x 100 — E/EHK
• 4 x 200 — E/EHK
• 4 x 400 — E/EHK
• 4 x 800 — E/EHK
• Sprint Medley — E/EHK
• Distance Medley — O-M
• Shuttle Hurdle — E/EHK
• High Jump — Danni McCorkel (A-C)
• Long Jump — Sydney Parker (E/EHK)
• Shot Put — Mallory Jensen (E/EHK)
• Discus — Rachel Smith (E/EHK)

Boys Team Scores:

1. Exira/EHK  149
2. Adair-Casey  119
3. CAM  81
4. Atlantic JV  65
5. Orient-Macksburg  64
6. Iowa Christian  48
7. Walnut  13

Boys Individual Results:

• 100 — Clayton Plowman (A-C)
• 200 — Clayton Plowman (A-C)
• 400 — Alex Davis (O-M)
• 800 — Drew Peppers (E/EHK)
• 1600 — Spencer Rochholz (A-C)
• 3200 — Spencer Smith (E/EHK)
• 110 Hurdles — Trevor McKee (CAM)
• 400 Hurdles — Trevor McKee (CAM)
• 4 x 100 — E/EHK
• 4 x 200 — E/EHK
• 4 x 400 — CAM
• 4 x 800 — CAM
• Distance medley — O-M
• Shuttle Hurdle — A-C
• High Jump — Alex Umbaugh (A-C)
• Long Jump — Robert Bodine (AJV)
• Shot Put — Preston Waymire (E/EHK)
• Discus — Preston Waymire (E/EHK)

Atlantic 171, Denison 182 (@ Nishna Hills)

Medalist: Evan Schuler (Atlantic)  38

Runner-Up: Ben Nelson (Atlantic)  40

Other Atlantic Scores:

• Ian McNees  44
• Travis Olsen  44
• Sam Markham  49
• Derek Stork  50

Girls Tennis:  Audubon 5, Corning 4

Girls at Denison:  Denison 9, Atlantic 0

Singles:

#1 Rachael Ingram 12 (D) over Tori Dolch 11 (A) 6-1 6-1
#2 Michaela Fineran 12 (D) over Leah Tjepkes 10 (A) 6-0 6-0
#3 Kassidy Ipsen 12 (D) over Lexi Allen (A) 6-2 6-1
#4 Carly Sis 12 (D) over Abby Johnson 11 (A) 6-0 6-0
#5 Megan Kinsey 12 (D) over Lisa Gearheart 10 (A) 6-1 6-0
#6 Sydney Kinzer 11 (D) over Kaley Miller 11 (A) 6-1 6-0

Doubles:

#1 Ingram/Ipsen (D) over Dolch/Tjepkes (A) 6-0 6-0
#2 Fineran/Kathy Ibarra 12 (D) over Allen/Johnson (A) 6-0 6-1
#3 Sis/Kinsey (D) over Gearheart/Libby Gifford 11 (A) 6-4 6-0

Coach Shawn Petersen’s Comments:

Denison girls showed us why they are undefeated — very impressive team up and down the lineup… Denison has 61 girls out for tennis, which is outstanding for them, and Coach Houston does a great job with his squad… overall,  I really loved how our girls competed — there wasn’t any quit, even with the big challenge facing our girls.  I thought up and down our singles lineup I saw good things at times from the girls, but we had a hard time putting 2 or 3 good points together.  We’ve really been working on strategy and overall court awareness, and sometimes it’s obvious we’re thinking more than playing and reacting to what’s happening — but it’s coming.  In doubles, Gearheart and Gifford were up 4-2 in their first set against two veteran seniors, and were playing very well, until Sis/Kinsey ramped up their games and took the final match.  I thought in doubles all three teams showed some flashes, and they got more good experience against what is probably the best team in the Hawkeye 10.  The girls travel to Clarinda on Thursday and host the 8 team Trojann Invitational on Saturday.

Denison Boys at Atlantic:  Atlantic 7, Denison 2

Singles:

#1 Mitch Leiferman 12 (A) over Riley Sondag 12 (D) 10-0
#2 Tyler Fischer 11 (A) over Joshua Tucker 11 (D) 10-4
#3 Nathan Fastje 10 (D) over Matt Cook 12 (A) 10-3
#4 T.J. Pauley 11 (D) over Gunnar Blum 12 (A) 10-1
#5 Noah Welter 11 (A) over Ben Claypool 12 (D) 10-5
#6 Jake Arneson 10 (A) over Mitch Kinsey 9 (D) 10-8

Doubles:

#1 Leiferman/Fischer (A) over Sondag/Pauley (D) 10-2
#2 Cook/Blum (A) over Tucker/Fastje (D) 10-6
#3 Welter/Arneson (A) over Claypool/Kinsey (D) 11-9

Coach Shawn Petersen’s Comments:

Nice bounce-back win for the boys — we’ve gotten it handed to us the last two times out vs Creston and Glenwood, so I think our confidence was rattled some, and we needed to get our mojo back a little bit… Denison came in undefeated and have always given us trouble, so I thought it would be  a tough night;  the match was at it’s tipping point during 5 and 6 singles — we had split the first 4 matches, and had the same guys going out in doubles — so it looked like it was maybe going to come down to #3 doubles… but then Jake Arneson, who was down 5-2, got in a groove and rallied for the 10-8 win at #6, and that sealed the win for us as Noah had just won his match and we won handily at #1 doubles.  Mitch at #1 cruised and is really looking good in that spot, remaining undefeated in singles this year; Tyler got a nice win for us at 2, playing well throughout the match to get us off to a nice start; Matt struggled at #3 with the unusual style of his opponent, who played a really smart match — Matt was playing at less than 100% in his first match since injuring his knee a couple of weeks ago, but it was nice having him back.  Gunnar struggled at #4 and just never got it going — he’s still in “reacting” mode rather than “anticipating” mode — and is still working on consistency — he has all the shots, and will continue to improve with more experience.  Noah played well at #5 — it was tight early, and then he gradually started to pull away and got a big win for us there.  Jake had his typical slow start in the final singles match, but once he started to figure out his opponent, he slowly gained ground and got the clinching point for us — another great win for Jake, who is now 3-1 in singles.

In doubles, we mixed it up a little bit — this was the first match for any of these guys with their partner, so I was really pleased with the sweep there — Mitch and Tyler are our two best doubles players, and they looked like it, winning convincingly; Matt and Gunnar were down 5-2 early, then started playing more aggressive, attacking doubles and rolled to the win — a nice rally for both of them after losing in singles; and then Noah and Jake topped it off with a tight win at #3 — they didn’t finish until nearly 8:30 so they were on the court a long time — I was really happy for both of them to get 2 wins apiece.

The boys host Clarinda on Thursday night in Atlantic.

The Atlantic Trojann Track team took third place Tuesday, during the Lewis Central Coed meet held at Iowa Western Community College. The team garnered 108.5-points. Harlan was in 1st place, with 209 points. Glenwood was in second with 145. Fourth place went to Council Bluffs/Thomas Jefferson (103), Council Bluffs/Abraham Lincoln was in 5th (75), St. Albert took 6th (51), and Lewis Central placed 7th, with 38 points.

Coach Bruce Henderson says Ali Krogman was a double winner for the Trojanns, with victories in the 3000 and the 1500. Krogman also anchored the 3rd place Distance Medley team (comprised of Ali Siggins, Erin Shannon, Taylor Berry, and Krogman).

Melanie Nielsen won the 100, placed 2nd in the 400 and 3rd in the 200. Next up for the Trojanns, is a road trip to Carroll, on Thursday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa basketball player will return to her home state and coach Drake University’s women’s team. Drake introduced Jennie (Lillis) Baranczyk (bah-RAHN’-chek) at a news conference Tuesday in Des Moines. The 29-year-old Baranczyk has spent the past two seasons on the staff at Colorado, where she went after coaching at Marquette. Baranczyk says she’s “thrilled” to be at Drake. Colorado head coach Linda Lappe praised Baranczyk as a good teacher who has high character. Baranczyk captained the Hawkeyes for three years and graduated in 2004. She’s replacing Amy Stephens, who left Drake after nine seasons. Stephens claimed she resigned because she and school had different visions for the program’s future. The Bulldogs finished with an 18-16 record this past season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs safety Eric Berry is telling people to “make your own opinion” about whether the Buffalo Bills intentionally hurt him in last season’s opener. Last month, as the NFL was accusing the New Orleans Saints of using a bounty system to reward players for knocking opponents out of games, Berry tweeted that he wondered whether the Bills had offered incentives to hurt him. The Pro Bowl safety tore the ACL in his left knee when he was blocked by wide receiver Stevie Johnson. Although the open-field block was deliberately low, it was still within the rules. Berry said Tuesday that his tweet was “pretty much a joke. Pressed on whether he thought the hit was intentional, he said: “You can look at the tape and make your own opinion about that. I mean, my opinion is my opinion.”

w/ Jim Field

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Atlantic 1, Underwood 0 @ Atlantic 4/16/12

Alyssa Becerra scores at the 18 minute mark in the first period on an unassisted drive through the middle.  Atlantic’s defense held Underwood scoreless led by Emily Mitchell & Ali Hostfelt who combined for 20 steals & interceptions.  Maren McNees ended the evening with 15 saves.  Atlantic travels to Dension on Thursday.