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Tuesday Soccer, Tennis Results

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April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Boys Soccer:

  • Lewis Central 3, Atlantic 0

Girls Soccer:

  • Nodaway Valley/A-C/WCV 8, Missouri Valley 0

Girls Tennis:

  • Denison 9, Audubon 0

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Atlantic Boys Tennis Tops Knights, Girls Fall

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April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Boys at Atlantic: Atlantic 9, Kuemper 0

Singles:

#1 Mitch Leiferman 12 (A) over Brian Dentlinger 12 (K) 10-1
#2 Tyler Fischer 11 (A) over Robby Steffes 10 (K) 10-6
#3 Matt Cook 12 (A) over Mitchell Behrens 10 (K) 10-4
#4 Gunnar Blum 12 (A) over Michael Van Erdewyk 11 (K) 10-2
#5 Scott Caslow 11 (A) over Matthew Irlbeck 10 (K) 10-8
#6 Jake Arneson 10 (A) over Kenan Schrad 11 (K) 10-4

Doubles:

#1 Leiferman/Blum (A) over Dentlinger/Steffes (K) 10-6
#2 Fischer/Noah Welter 11 (A) over Behrens/Van Erdewyk (K) 10-6
#3 Cook/Arneson (A) over Irlbeck/Schrad (K) 10-3

Coach Shawn Petersen Comments:

Good win for the boys to start the year; Kuemper graduated 9 of their top 11 from last season’s conference champions, and are in rebuilding mode; having said that, we had three guys who hadn’t played a varsity match before in our lineup.  With a lot of new guys, you never know how they’ll react under the lights, so overall I was really pleased with our play.  Mitch got off to a slow start, losing his first game, then rolled to the win with 10 straight games and played a really smart match.  Tyler had a tight match early on with Steffes — Tyler then tightened things up and ran off 5 or 6 games in a row and finished off the talented Steffes.  At #3, Matt Cook was in a tight match as well, as game #7 had 10 or 11 deuce points, but Matt won that game to go up 5-2 and rode that momentum to the win.  Gunnar Blum, in his first real tennis match ever, got up 8-0 right out of the chute, and cruised to victory.  At #5 was the tightest match — I thought Scott was the better player, but he showed some nerves in his first start on varsity and got in his own way a little bit; however, he found a way to win, which was great for Scott and for the team.  He can play better and will have better showings with more experience.  At #6, Jake started out a little tight as well, but once he started relying on his strokes, he started to dominate the match.  Jake has a good balance of offense and defense in his game, and played very well for us.

In doubles, I thought we played pretty well overall — Mitch really dominated his doubles match, particularly on his serve, and Gunnar should make a good partner with Mitch with his size and athleticism at the net.  Noah and Tyler had a workmanlike win at #2 and at times can be a dominating team as long as they stay aggressive at the net.  At #3 Jake and Matt started out a little slow, but then started to serve better and rolled to a nice win to cap off the night for us.

The boys will need to play better at Creston at Thursday, as they return all 6 of their starters from last year and are hungry to get a win against us — looking forward to the challenge.  We need to clean up some fundamentals if we are going to be able to beat them at their place.

Girls at Carroll — Kuemper 8, Atlantic 1

Singles:

#1 Leah Greteman 10 (K) over Tori Dolch 11 (A) 10-3
#2 Sami Schmitz 11 (K) over Leah Tjepkes 10 (A) 10-6
#3 Lexi Allen 10 (A) over CoryAnn Steinkamp 11 (K) 10-6
#4 Mattie Potthoff 10 (K) over Abby Johnson 11 (A) 10-0
#5 Carla Knobbe 10 (K) over Lisa Gearheart 10 (A) 10-1
#6 Nicole Becker 10 (K) over Kaley Miller 11 (A) 10-4

Doubles:

#1 Greteman/Schmitz (K) over Dolch/Tjepkes (A) 10-8
#2 Steinkamp/Potthoff (K) over Allen/Johnson (A) 10-4
#3 Knobbe/Tayler Boldt 10 (K) over Gearheart/Libby Gifford 11 (A) 10-2

Coach Shawn Petersen Comments:

Tough night for the girls, but not unexpected; none of the Atlantic girls had any varsity experience and I think there was some definite nerves out there.  It was a learning experience, certainly, and I am confident the girls will continue to get better as the season progresses.  At #1 Tori was in a tight one down 4-3, then started making errors and got on a downward slide.  At #2 Leah played well vs the veteran Schmitz, and came up a little bit short.  Our brightest spot was at #3 with Lexi playing aggressively and getting her first win in her first start.  Abby at #4 didn’t play as well as she can, but I really like her upside — she’ll end up being a good player for us with more experience.  Lisa Gearheart is another new player for us, and learned some things about court positioning and aggressiveness –she’s got good athleticism and just needs more experience.  Kaley played pretty well in her first start, losing 10-4.

In doubles, Tori and Leah played a nice match, and almost pulled out the win at #1 — Leah played very well and Tori just needs more confidence in herself.  I think they’ll be a good pairing for us.  At #2 and #3 our girls were competitive but certainly need to work on consistency and posititioning on the court.

Considering our youth and inexperience, I was happy with how our girls played — it’s tough starting out the year on the road, and we look forward to bouncing back at home vs Creston on Thursday night.

Atlantic Boys 7th at Rams Relays

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April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Ram Relays @ Glenwood

  1. Glenwood  129
  2. Harlan         93
  3. CBAL           79
  4. Creston      48
  5. CBTJ           46
  6. St. Albert         44
  7. Atlantic                33
  8. Lewis Central               28
  9. Clarinda       19
  10. Red Oak  8

Atlantic Scoring included…
1st place:
Tyler Hovey, Discus (159-05); (likely already qualified for Drake with a throw last week of 163-05)
Tyler Hovey, Shot (51-10.5); (personal best – likely qualified for Drake)
Distance Medley (Tye Nielsen [26.0], Ryan McDermott [22.8], Jake Auerbach [55.2], Blake Esbeck [2:03.7]) (total time: 3:48.05)
5th Place:
Jake Auerbach, 400m (54.68)
6th Place:
4x200m (Zach Smith, Robbie Bodine, Blake Esbeck, Ryan McDermott) (total time: 1:39.35)

Griswold Boy’s Track Takes 4th at Treynor

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April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Jared Schoning cruised to a victory in the 110 high hurdles at the Jerome Howe Relays on Monday night. Schoning broke the 16 second barrier for the first time this season with a time of 15.92. This was Schoning’s second gold in the high hurdles this season.  The senior also anchored the silver medal shuttle hurdle relay. Also running on the 2nd place shuttle hurdle squad were Jordan Vetter, Zak Doty, and Mason Anstey.
The Tigers finished 4th in the 14 team completion with 62 points, only 7 points out of second place.
In his first meet of the season, Zak Doty earned  silver in the high jump. The senior leaped 6 feet.
Also scoring for the Tigers were:
Taylor Briles, 3rd place, 100 meter dash;
4 x 100 meter relay team of Briles, Schoning, Kenneth Clary, and Jahnke, 3rd place;
4 X800 meter relay team of Vetter, Zach Vance, Holden Ogg, and Tanner Potter;
Chase Jahnke, 4th place in both the 200 and 400 meter dashes;
Tanner Potter, 4th place 400 meter hurdles;
Distance medley of Clary, Schoning, Jahnke, and Vance, 4th place;
4 x 200 meter relay team of Ethan Peck, Grant Haynes, Aaron Methany, and Clary, 6th place; and
Mason Boucher, 6th in Discus
“I was super pleased to have 13 boys score in a meet this size,” according to Coach Jane Chaillie. The Tigers will compete again on Thursday night at Clarinda.

Audubon Girls, Boys Golf Teams Beat IKM-Manning

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April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

The Audubon and IKM-Manning boys golf teams met at the Audubon Golf and Country Club Tuesday, April 3, 2012, for a non-conference meet.

Audubon won the varsity match-up  167-203, with medalist Cameron Mennenoh shooting 38.  Drew Keller was runner-up medalist with 42.  Additional Audubon scores counting in the 4-man team score were Michael Bylund’s 43 and Andy Hoffmann’s 44.  Zach Dreier shot the low score for IKM-Manning, a 47.
The Audubon JV shot a team score of 182.  Lucas Smith-Petersen and Jalen Nelson were low with 44’s.  Chase Petersen and Chris LaFoy shot 46 and 48 respectively.

On the girls side, Audubon beat IKM-Manning 201-228.  Audubon’s Susie Bylund was medalist with a 46.  Sam Lingle of IKM-Manning was runner-up with a 51.  Other scores for the Wheelers include Lexie Thygesen and Faith Fliflet who each shot 51, Rachel Flug shot 53 and Teagan Albright posted a 78.  For the Wolves, Kristen Vollstedt added a 51.

Atlantic Girls Golfers Fall to Kuemper Catholic

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April 4th, 2012 by Jim Field

Kuemper Catholic 177, Atlantic 188

Medalist:  Morgan Naberhaus (K) 42
Runner up:  Mara Mashing (K) 42

Atlantic Scores:

  • Kaitlynn Walter 44
  • Bailey Walter 46
  • Brooke Fletcher 48
  • Shelby Worth 50
  • Malachi Wickman 69
  • Katie Blake 72

Coach Kathy Hobson says: Kuemper has a very good group of golfers but I’m very pleased with posting a team score of 188 for our first meet of the season. If we can build on that we’ll have a great year.  We definitely had some course management issues we need to get corrected.  Brooke Fletcher got off to slow start but to her credit came right back with a par.  Was nice to see Bailey come in with a 46 and Kaitlynn Walter played very consistent.  That is something we have to have from our senior.  Shelby Worth proved to be a great addition to our team in her first varsity outing.  And, Malachi Wickman and Katie Blake, for being new golfers, played very admirably for their first competition.

Trojanns Place 2nd at Cardinal Relays

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April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

(Clarinda) — The Atlantic Trojann track team took second place at the Cardinal Relay’s track meet Tuesday, in Clarinda, with 125 points. Creston was first with 148 points. Glenwood was 3rd with 108-points; Clarinda was in 4th place with 69-points; Council Bluffs/Thomas Jefferson placed 5th with 61 points; Shenandoah was 6th with 57 points, and Red Oak’s 15 points placed them last in team scoring.

The Trojann’s Melanie Nielsen was a double winner, taking 1st place in both the 100- and 200-meters; Ali Krogman was a triple winner, taking 1st place in the 3,000 and 1,500, and – she anchored the winning Distance Medley.

On the Distance Medley team was Kristin Johnk, Erin Shannon, Samantha Peterson, and Krogman. Peterson picked up a win in the 800 in a very good time of 2:30.9.  Atlantic’s Shuttle Hurdle team of Paige Kennon, McKenzie Holmes, Samantha McConnell and Amanda Gude were winners at the event, as well.

Second-place finishers for the Trojanns included: 400-Alex Hartwig; the 4×200 squad – Kristin Johnk, Taylor Berry, Amanda Gude & Melanie Nielsen; Sprint Medley squad – Johnk, Holmes, Hartwig & Berry.

The Trojanns travel to Creston next Monday.

Matheny Raring for Cardinals Opener

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April 4th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

MIAMI (AP) — Mike Matheny held a team meeting with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday afternoon, then emerged to take his first look around Marlins Park and announced he would be throwing batting practice. He’s trying to keep everything as simple as possible. Maybe that’s the right move for the rookie manager of the reigning World Series champions, who begin their defense of the crown today (Wednesday) against the newly renamed Miami Marlins. Matheny says he tried to learn something new every day during spring training, and that he has spoken to several people with managerial experience to pick their brains. And of course, he’s been in contact with Tony La Russa, who retired after last season — but is still a mentor of sorts for Matheny. You can hear the game this evening on KJAN, beginning at 5:10.

Miles Adds UNI Assistant Johnson to Nebraska Staff

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April 3rd, 2012 by Ric Hanson

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Northern Iowa assistant Ben Johnson is leaving the Panthers to join the staff of new Nebraska coach Tim Miles. Miles, who announced Johnson’s hiring Tuesday, already has said he would bring recruiting coordinator Ron Coleman and operations director Jayden Olson with him from Colorado State. Miles still has an opening for one full-time assistant. The 31-year-old Johnson was an assistant under Ben Jacobson at UNI for four years, serving as the Panthers’ recruiting coordinator this past season. Johnson previously spent two years as an assistant at Texas-Pan American and was a graduate assistant at Dayton. Johnson was a starting guard for four years at two Big Ten schools. He spent his first two seasons at Northwestern and finished at Minnesota.