The Drake Bulldogs and a Mexican All-Star team made history early Saturday morning by playing the first college football game in Africa.  The Bulldogs beat CONADEIP All-Stars, a collection of top college players from Mexico, 17-7 in the Global Kilimanjaro Bowl in front of an estimated crowd of about 12,000 in Arusha, Tanzania.  The exhibition is part of a two-week trip organized by Drake that includes youth clinics, a safari, an orphanage project and a five-day climb to the summit of the 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro.  The trip grew out of a vision by Drake Coach Chris Creighton and took more than a year of planning by Global Football.  The company has been taking US college football teams around the world for 14 years.  Creighton told the Associated Press that the event made for a magical day.  Former Griswold prep Tyler Mosier is a defensive back for Drake.

The Board of Directors of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union voted unanimously today to expand to five classes in the sports of basketball, golf, softball, and volleyball beginning with the 2012 softball season.  The largest class, 5A, will be composed of the 40 largest schools in the state in terms of enrollment.  Class 4A will be comprised of the next 48 schools, 3A the next 64, 2A the next 96, and the remaining schools will be classified 1A.

The move comes after a year of study by IGHSAU staff and after recommendations to move to five classes by the IGHSAU Representative Council and the basketball, softball, and volleyball advisory committees, which are comprised of school administrators, coaches, and officials from around the state.

“We asked each group to approach the topic with the goals of ensuring that our classification system was fair and that it balanced the number of schools per class and the enrollment range per class, IGHSAU assistant director Joel Oswald said.  We also wanted to be sure we were not placing unreasonable demands on schools and students regarding travel, loss of school time, or putting any schools at a distinct competitive disadvantage.

The new classification structure allows for an approximate 2:1 enrollment ratio in each class, except for the smallest of 1A schools.  It also ensures that no team would have to play more than four regional games to qualify for the state tournament.

State tournament dates will remain unchanged in the four sports.  More games will be played on the current dates.

The most important thing is that eight more teams and communities have the opportunity to reap the positive life experiences and prestige of qualifying for the state tournament, said IGHSAU executive director Mike Dick.

(Press Release from IGHSAU)

Class 1-A Final Team Standings

    1) Madrid                      74        2) Manson NW Web              53
    3) W Harrison, M               34        4) BCLUW                      30
    4) Laurens-Mara                30        6) Treynor                    27.50
    7) Lisbon                      26        8) AGWSR                      25
    9) Wapello                     20       10) Colo-Nesco                 19
   11) Emmetsburg                  17       12) Bedford                    16
   12) Wapsie Val, F               16       12) Belle Plaine               16
   12) Central, Elkader            16       16) Tri County, T              15
   16) Underwood                   15       18) Tripoli                    14
   18) Van Meter                   14       18) Sigourney                  14
   21) Pekin                       11       21) Winfield-Mt. U             11
   21) North Iowa, BC              11       24) Olin                       10
   24) North Butler                10       26) W Lyon, Inwood              9
   27) Bellevue                     8       27) Earlham                     8
   27) Fremont-Mills                8       27) HM-Sanborn                  8
   27) Graet-T/Ruth-Ayr             8       27) Nwood-Kensett               8
   33) Saint Ansgar                 7       33) East Mills                  7
   35) West Hancock                 6       35) Bishop Garrigan             6
   35) Pleasantville                6       35) EHK-Exira                   6
   35) CWL, Corwith                 6       35) Cent Lyon, RR               6
   35) NUH, CF                      6       42) Clarksville                 5
   42) N Sentral K/AR               5       44) New London                  4
   44) Martndsl-StMarys             4       44) St. Albert, CB              4
   47) South O'Brien, P             3.50    48) Valley Commu                3
   49) Ia Chst/Ank Chst             2       49) Clay Central                2
   49) Hinton                       2       49) East Greene, GJ             2
   53) DSM Christian                1       53) A-H-S-T, A                  1
   53) Springville                  1       53) Lawton-Bronson              1
   53) NE Hamilton, B               1       53) Adair-Casey                 1
   53) English Valleys              1       53) Gehlen Cath, L              1

Class 2-A Final Team Standings

    1) St. Edmond, FD              66        2) Monticello                 51
    3) W Marshall, SC              45        4) Mediapolis                 26
    4) South Cent Cal              26        4) Durant                     26
    7) Ia Falls-Alden              25        8) Regina, IC                 24
    8) Mount Ayr                   24       10) Bond-Farrar                21
   11) Clarion-Goldfied            20       12) Hudson                     19
   13) Beckman, D                  18       14) Mid-Prairie, W             17
   14) CMB, Baxter                 17       14) PCM, Monroe                17
   17) Albia                       15       17) North Polk, A              15
   19) KP-WC                       14       19) Okoboji, Milford           14
   21) Ridge View                  12       22) Sioux Ctrl, SR             11
   22) Dike-NH                     11       22) Sioux Center               11
   25) Clarke, Osceola             10       25) Gilbert                    10
   25) West Liberty                10       25) Unity Chrst, OC            10
   29) Roland-Story                 9       29) N Fayette, WU               9
   31) Logan-Magnolia               8       31) Maple Valley-A-O            8
   33) Audubon                      7       34) Estherville-LC              6
   34) Cascade, WD                  6       36) Garner-Hayfield             5.50
   36) IKM-Manning                  5.50    38) S Hamilton, J               5
   38) West Branch                  5       38) Wilton                      5
   41) Maquoketa Valley             4       41) Eddyvl-Blakesbg             4
   41) Jefferson-Scran              4       44) West Fork, S                3.50
   44) Columbus, CJ                 3.50    46) Woodward Acad               3
   47) Nodaway Vall                 2       47) Cherokee, Wash              2
   47) S Winn, Calmar               2       47) Tipton                      2
   47) Cardinal, Eldon              2       52) Colfax-Mingo                1
   52) Davis County, B              1

Class 3-A Final Team Standings

    1) Glenwood                    78        2) Central Clinton            67
    3) Waverly-SR                  64        4) Bishop Heelan              48
    5) Wahlert, Dub                45        5) Spirit Lake Park           45
    7) Knoxville                   36        8) Clear Crk-Amana            35
    9) Algona                      33       10) Solon                      30
   11) Mt Pleasant                 28       12) Oelwein                    18
   13) Hampton-Dumont              14       13) Storm Lake                 14
   13) Boone                       14       16) Union, LaPorte C           13
   17) Decorah                     12       17) Centerville                12
   19) Fairfield                   11       19) DC-Grimes                  11
   21) Pella                       10       22) Webster City                8
   22) Keokuk                       8       24) S Tama Cty, Tama            6
   24) Washington                   6       26) Norwalk                     5
   26) A-D-M, Adel                  5       28) Oskaloosa                   4
   28) Marion                       4       30) Williamsburg                3
   30) Fort Madison                 3       32) Center Point                2
   32) Carlisle                     2       32) Forest City                 2
   35) Atlantic                     1

Class 1-A Girls Final Team Standings

    1) Griswold                    57        2) Belle Plaine               46   
    3) Treynor                     39        4) Ventura                    34   
    5) Corning                     29        5) Manson NW Web              29   
    7) Woodward-Grangr             25.50     8) Central, Elkader           23   
    9) Villisca                    22       10) CAL, Latimer               20   
   10) Grundy Center               20       10) Danville                   20   
   13) Earlham                     19       14) Turkey Val, JJ             17   
   15) Gehlen Cath, L              16       15) DSM Christian              16   
   17) Saint Ansgar                15       17) Woodbine                   15   
   19) Central City                14       19) W Monona, O                14   
   19) WB-Mallard/TRV              14       19) North Butler               14   
   23) Cent Lyon, RR               12       23) West Hancock               12   
   25) HM-Sanborn                  11       26) Hinton                     10   
   26) Prince of Peace             10       26) Keota                      10   
   26) Highland, R                 10       26) Charter Oak-Ute            10   
   26) A-H-S-T, A                  10       26) Newman Catholic            10   
   33) Wapsie Val, F                9       34) Postville                   7   
   34) Valley Commu                 7       34) Bishop Garrigan             7   
   34) Madrid                       7       34) West Central, M             7   
   39) Lone Tree                    6.50    40) N Mahaska, NS               5   
   40) A-W-V, W                     5       40) Tripoli                     5   
   43) N Tama, Traer                4.50    44) Whiting                     4   
   44) Bedford                      4       44) Pocahon Area/PP             4   
   44) Guthrie Center               4       48) North Iowa, BC              3   
   48) Moravia                      3       48) Clarksville                 3   
   48) St. Mary's, R                3       48) Springville                 3   
   53) Emmetsburg                   2       53) Pekin                       2   
   53) St. Albert, CB               2       53) Martndsl-StMarys            2   
   53) Lake Mills                   2       53) Alburnett                   2   
   59) Wapello                      1       59) Riceville                   1   
   59) East Union, A                1       62) East Greene, GJ             0.50

Class 2-A Girls Final Team Standings

    1) Logan-Magnolia              71        2) Hudson                     69
    3) W Christ, Hull              53        4) West Fork, S               48
    5) Cascade, WD                 47        6) N Fayette, WU              38
    7) Jesup                       33        8) Sibley-Ocheyedan           28
    9) Sumner-Fredrksbg            27       10) Gilbert                    23
   11) New Hampton                 21       12) South Cent Cal             16
   12) Ridge View                  16       14) Bellevue                   15
   15) Beckman, D                  14       16) I-35, Truro                13
   16) Mid-Prairie, W              13       18) Clarion-Goldfied           12
   19) Columbus, CJ                11       20) Applntn-Parksbg            10
   21) Monticello                   9       21) Pella Christian             9
   21) Northeast/E Cent             9       21) Jefferson-Scran             9
   25) Tri-Center, N                8       25) Mediapolis                  8
   25) Clarke, Osceola              8       28) KP-WC                       7
   29) Starmont                     6       29) W Marshall, SC              6
   29) Sioux Center                 6       29) Davis County, B             6
   29) Sheldon                      6       29) Estherville-LC              6
   35) Camanche                     5       35) Denver                      5
   35) IKM-Manning                  5       35) CMB, Baxter                 5
   39) St. Edmond, FD               4       39) Audubon                     4
   39) North Cedar, S               4       39) Dike-NH                     4
   39) OA-BCIG                      4       39) Gladbrk-Reinbk              4
   45) Prairie Val, G               3       45) Eddyvl-Blakesbg             3
   47) Cherokee, Wash               2       48) Clarinda                    1
   48) West Liberty                 1       48) N Linn, TM                  1
   48) Humboldt                     1       48) Clayton Ridge               1

Class 3-A Girls Final Team Standings

    1) Wahlert, Dub                96        2) Assumption                 64
    3) Solon                       59        3) Waverly-SR                 59
    5) Mt Vernon/Lisbon            56        6) Pella                      37
    7) DC-Grimes                   34        7) Harlan                     34
    9) Benton, VH                  32       10) Clear Lake                 30
   11) Decorah                     24       12) Fort Madison               22
   13) Fairfield                   19       14) MOC-FV                     15
   15) Atlantic                    14       16) Anamosa                    13
   16) Mt Pleasant                 13       16) Williamsburg               13
   19) Marion                      10       20) Chariton                    8
   20) Centerville                  8       20) Glenwood                    8
   23) Union, LaPorte C             7       23) Keokuk                      7
   25) Bishop Heelan                6       25) Denison-Schlswg             6
   25) LeMars                       6       28) Norwalk                     5
   29) Spencer                      4       29) Washington                  4
   29) Vinton-Shellbrg              4       32) Independence                3
   32) Algona                       3       32) Carroll                     3
   32) Boy-Hul/Rock Val             3       36) S Tama Cty, Tama            2
   36) Clear Crk-Amana              2       36) Forest City                 2
   36) Hampton-Dumont               2       36) Creston                     2
   41) A-D-M, Adel                  1       41) Knoxville                   1

Sprint Medley Finals

• Class 1-A
• 7th — St. Albert 1:55.23
• 9th — Villisca 1:55.76
• 15th — Treynor 1:57.95
• 24th — Woodbine 2:00.19
• Class 2-A
• 9th — IKM/Manning 1:52.83
• 23rd — Clarinda 2:01.44
• Class 3-A
• 5th — Atlantic (Mackenzie Holmes, Kari Sandage, Melanie Nielsen, Alex Hartwig) 1:51.94
• 6th — Harlan 1:52.22
• 11th — Creston 1:54.71

800 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 4th — Shelby Hall (Woodbine) 2:21.44
• 5th — Tracy Purdy (Treynor) 2:21.94
• 7th — Larissa Backhaus (Griswold) 2:23.93
• 15th — Jordyn Sindt (Griswold) 2:28.27
• 19th — Tiffany Shepherd (Corning) 2:29.6
• 21st — Leah Courtney (Guthrie Center) 2:30.4
• Class 2-A
• 15th — Jenny Bair (Clarinda) 2:26.71
• 17th — Ashley Corrin (Tri-Center) 2:27.7
• Class 3-A
• 19th — Bailey Kuhl (Harlan) 2:29.11
• 23rd — Bailey Starner (Glenwood) 2:33.61

Shuttle Hurdle Finals

• Class 1-A
• 3rd — Treynor 1:08.6
• 5th — Guthrie Center 1:09.57
• Class 2-A
• 5th — Audubon (Lacey Vokt, Emma Konkler, Kyra Obermeier, Olivia Nelson) 1:10.56
• Class 3-A
• 5th — Harlan 1:07.92

100 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 1st — Caitlin Stroud (Corning) :12.81
• 4th — Johnni Schueman (AHST) :13.04
• 6th — Courtney Auxier (Villisca) :13.17
• Class 2-A
• 1st — Alex Gochenour (Lo-Ma) :12.68
• 4th — Karen Hutson (Lo-Ma) :12.86
• Class 3-A
• 6th — Tricia Nowatzke (Harlan) :13.23

100 Hurdles Finals

• Class 2-A
• 1st — Alex Gochenour (Lo-Ma) :14.74
• 2nd — Karen Hutson (Lo-Ma) :15.16
  

200 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 2nd — Caitlin Stroud (Corning) :26.35
• 6th — Johnni Schueman (AHST) :27.37
• Class 2-A
• 1st — Alex Gochenour (Lo-Ma):24.88

1500 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 6th — Kristen Carmichael (Corning) 5:04.04
• 13th — Mariah Myers (Underwood) 5:15.21
• 15th — Tiffany Shepherd (Corning) 5:16.28
• 19th — Therese Frels (Guthrie Center) 5:22.2
• Class 2-A
• 11th — Ashtyn Alfers (Tri-Center) 5:07.94
• 19th — Alex Larsen (Tri-Center) 5:22.21
• 23rd — Megan Deist (Audubon) 5:39.84
• Class 3-A
• 8th — Jesie Byrnes (Harlan) 5:00.76
• 12th — Carlie Cooper (Glenwood) 5:08.15
• 13th — Ali Krogman (Atlantic) 5:08.41

4 x 100 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 3rd — Villisca (Courtney Auxier, Sheri Schaaf, Morganne Haer, Lilly Berggren) :51.41
• Class 3-A
• 7th — Harlan :51.29

4 x 400 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 1st — Griswold (Larissa Backhaus, Jordyn Sindt, Rachel Northrup, Lauren Moore) 4:01.26
• 6th — Treynor 4:13.73
• Class 3-A
• 4th – Harlan 4:03.74
• 5th — Atlantic (Melanie Nielsen, Sam Peterson, Taylor Young, Alex Hartwig) 4:04.24

800 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 10th — Michael Kaufman (Orient-Macksburg) 2:02.43
• 12th — Brice Sheeder (Adair-Casey) 2:03.24
• 18th — Casey Cruickshank (Sidney) 2:04.85
• 19th — Conrad Sain (Treynor) 2:05.1
• Class 2-A
• 13th — Corbin Martz (IKM/Manning) 2:01.55
• 15th — Josh Calmer (Panorama) 2:03.58
• Class 3-A
• 2nd — Kyle Wheeler (Glenwood) 1:55.71
• 3rd — Johnny Fuller (Glenwood) 1:56.1
• 12th — Blake Esbeck (Atlantic) 1:59.81

Shuttle Hurdle Finals

• Class 1-A
• 5th — Underwood 1:00.85
• 6th — Fremont-Mills 1:01.06
• 7th — Treynor 1:01.33
• 8th — AHST (Josh Bryant, Julian Riesgaard, Kyle Bauerkemper, Hunter Nelson) 1:01.34
• Class 3-A
• 2nd — Glenwood :59.09

100 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 5th — Nick Pittmon (East Mills) :11.6

110 Hurdles Finals

• Class 1-A
• 5th — Reid Zimmerman (Exira/EHK) :15.66
• Class 3-A
• 4th — Ian Eflin (Glenwood) :15.24

200 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 2nd — Jake Allen (Treynor) :22.78
• 6th — Nick Pittmon (East Mills) :23.3
• 8th — Joey Foss (Exira/EHK) :23.54

1600 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 9th — Cade Cleaveland (Riverside) 4:36.75
• 12th — Conrad Sain (Treynor) 4:38.35
• 22nd — Andrew Thompson (Nishnabotna) 4:48.15
• Class 2-A
• 6th — Aaron Roberts (Audubon) 4:35.57
• 17th — Sean Skillern (Shenandoah) 4:46.21
• Class 3-A
• 3rd — Johnny Fuller (Glenwood) 4:23.14
• 8th — Mark Abrams (Glenwood) 4:26.85
• 11th — Luke Karamitros (Atlantic) 4:32.04

4 x 100 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 8th — Adair-Casey (Dallas Wheatley, Traeton Jensen, Jordan Wheatley, Clayton Plowman) :45.49

4 x 400 Finals

• Class 1-A
• 1st — West Harrison 3:27.66
• 8th — Treynor 3:34.75
• Class 3-A
• 6th — Glenwood 3:25.29

400 Hurdles Finals

• Class 3-A
• 3rd — Derek Jones (Glenwood) :53.94
• 15th — Taylor Kaufman (Glenwood) :57.53
• Class 2-A
• 15th — Ranen Spies (Audubon) :58.17
• 16th — Collin Smith (Panorama) :58.28
• 17th — Brandon Sweet (Clarinda) :58.44
• Class 1-A
• 4th — Quentin Kueck (Treynor) :55.55
• 8th — Reid Zimmerman (Exira/EHK) :56.58
• 10th — Trevor McKee (CAM) :57.18

4 x 200 Finals

• Class 3-A
• 22nd — Harlan 1:35.08
• 23rd — Glenwood 1:36.7
• 24th — Carroll 1:37.8
• Class 2-A
• 22nd — Shenandoah 1:35.35
• Class 1-A
• 3rd — West Harrrison 1:32.31
• 4th — Treynor 1:32.51
• 17th — East Mills 1:35
• 19th — St. Albert 1:36.04

110 Hurdles Preliminaries

• Class 3-A
• 4th — Ian Eflin (Glenwood) :15.14 (qualifier)
• 9th — Mitch Bowden (Glenwood) :15.6
• 22nd — Tony Dawson (Harlan) :17.68
• Class 2-A
• 17th — Jared Stansbury (Clarinda) :15.71
• Class 1-A
• 5th — Reid Zimmerman (Exira/EHK) :15.46
• 14th — Zack Archer (Woodbine) :16.42
• 15th — Nate Meier (Fremont-Mills) :16.5
• 21st — Jared Scchoning (Griswold) :18.35

Distance Medley Finals

• Class 3-A
• 3rd — Glenwood 3:34.25
• 16th — Carroll 3:42.57
• Class 2-A
• 18th — Kuemper Catholic 3:46.5
• Class 1-A
• 2nd — West Harrison 3:35.68
• 8th — St. Albert 3.41.93
• 10th — Griswold (Garrett Muhlbauer, Jared Schoning, Chase Jahnke, Xavier Olivo) 3:43.11
• 12th — Treynor 3:44.72

Long Jump Finals

• Class 3-A
• 4th — Cole Darrow (Glenwood) 21-5
• 11th — Dalton Franken (Atlantic) 20-0.75
• 20th — Austin Hess (Harlan) 19-3

High Jump

• Class 2-A
• 3rd — Robert Tank (IKM/Manning) 6-2
• Class 1-A
• 15th — Mickey Russell (St. Albert) 5-10

4 x 100 Preliminaries

• Class 3-A
• 23rd — Harlan :45.93
• Class 2-A
• 13th — Kuemper Catholic :45.25
• 21st — Panorama :46.39
• Class 1-A
• 7th — Adair-Casey (Dallas Wheatley, Traeton Jensen, Jordan Wheatley, Clayton Plowman) :45.18 (qualifier)
• 11th — Exira/EHK (Joey Foss, Reid Zimmerman, Cole Anderson, Brett Johnson) :45.42
• 19th — Griswold (Garrett Muhlbauer, Jared Schoning, Kenneth Clary, Chase Jahnke) :46.14
• 22nd — Woodbine :46.29

Discus

• Class 2-A
• 7th — Ben Schulteis (Nodaway Valley) 154-5
• Class 1-A
• 4th — AJ Scarborough (Fremont-Mills) 157-8
• 5th — Andrew Bonnet (Underwood) 153-11
• 9th — Dallas Franks (Fremont-Mills) 140-7
• 11th — Marco Naughton (St. Albert) 137-11
• 15th — Trevor Pavlik (Treynor) 130-5

4 x 400 Preliminaries

• Class 3-A
• 1st — Glenwood 3:23.31 (qualifier)
• 18th — Harlan 3:32.9
• Class 2-A
• 23rd — Shenandoah 3:37.3
• Class 1-A
• 1st — West Harrison 3:28.35 (qualifier)
• 7th — Treynor 3:32.93 (qualifier)
• 19th — St. Albert 3:37.36

Distance Medley Finals

• Class 3-A
• 6th — Harlan 4:18.32
• 13th — Glenwood 4:26.29
• 15th — Creston 4:27.57
• Class 2-A
• 18th — Shenandoah 4:29.95
• 22nd — Panorama 4:35.05
• Class 1-A
• 1st — Woodbine 4:19.62
• 2nd — Griswold (Chelsey Nicklaus, Keyla Reynolds, Larissa Backhaus, Jordyn Sindt) 4:19.9
• 4th — Treynor 4:22.06

400 Hurdles Finals

• Class 3-A
• 2nd — Lexi Fisher (Glenwood) 1:06.24
• 13th — Katie Trecker (Carroll) 1:09.31
• 15th — Katrina Knudsen (Harlan) 1:10.06
• Class 2-A
• 1st — Alex Gochenour (Lo-Ma) 1:02.62 -new record-
• 2nd — Karen Hutson (Lo-Ma) 1:04.93
• 18th — Darcy Sunderman (Clarinda) 1:10.88
• Class 1-A
• 1st — Rachel Northrup (Griswold) 1:04.89
• 2nd — Lauren Moore (Griswold) 1:04.9
• 9th — Chaley Rath (Treynor) 1:09.38
• 15th — Anna Mulder (Adair-Casey) 1:11.1

4 x 200 Finals

• Class 3-A
• 6th — Harlan 1:47.16
• 8th — Atlantic (Melanie Nielsen, Sam Peterson, Kari Sandage, Alex Hartwig) 1:47.46
• 10th — Denison 1:48.4
• Class 2-A
• 14th — IKM-Manning 1:48.56
• 16th — Panorama 1:49.6
• Class 1-A
• 2nd — Villisca (Courtney Auxier, Sheri Schaaf, Morganne Haer, Lilly Berggren) 1:47.57
• 7th — AHST (Courtney Kardell, Katelin Schroder, Taylor Baggett, Johnni Schueman) 1:49.84
• 8th — Treynor 1:50.08
• 13th — Boyer Valley 1:51.89
• 14th — Corning 1:52.11
• 19th — Guthrie Center 1:52.51

100 Hurdle Preliminaries

• Class 3-A
• 9th — Jacie White (Harlan) :16.3
• 11th — Mercedes Liparoto (Glenwood) :16.39
• 20th — Katey Trecker (Carroll) :17.49
• Class 2-A
• 1st — Alex Gochenour (Lo-Ma) :14.85 (qualifier)
• 2nd — Karen Hutson (Lo-Ma) :15.09 (qualifier)
• 10th — Lacey Vokt (Audubon) :16.36
• Class 1-A
• 11th — Justina Royer (Woodbine) :16.64
• 21st — Victoria Kirk (Boyer Valley) :17.75
• 22nd — Kadie Subbert (Stanton) :18.02

Shot Put

• Class 3-A
• 12th — Cassie Horne (Harlan) 35-10.75
• 17th — Cassie Kruse (Glenwood) 34-8

Discus

• Class 2-A
• 10th — Alex Halbur (IKM/Manning) 116-9
• 19th — Kylee Loftus (Lo-Ma) 95-2
• 23rd — Brooke Larson (Clarinda) 86-0
• Class 1-A
• 12th — Caitlin Paulsen (CAM) 100-5
• 18th — Danielle Rosell (Griswold) 93-10
• 21st — Becca Easton (Treynor) 85-9

4 x 100 Preliminaries

• Class 3-A
• 7th — Harlan :51.38 (qualifier)
• 22nd — Glenwood :53.35
• Class 2-A
• 12th — IKM/Manning :52.1
• 16th — Panorama :52.44
• DQ — Audubon
• Class 1-A
• 2nd — Villisca (Courtney Auxier, Sheri Schaaf, Morganne Haer, Lilly Berggren) :50.97 (qualifier)
• 16th — St. Albert :52.83

4 x 400 Preliminaries

• Class 3-A
• 6th — Atlantic (Melanie Nielsen, Sam Peterson, Taylor Young, Alex Hartwig) 4:04.52 (qualifier)
• 7th — Harlan 4:04.55 (qualifier)
• Class 2-A
• 16th — Panorama 4:15.52
• Class 1-A
• 1st — Griswold (Larissa Backhaus, Jordyn Sindt, Racheel Northrup, Lauren Moore) 4:03.29 (qualifier)
• 6th — Treynor 4:12.08 (qualifier)
• 11th — Woodbine 4:14.48

Long Jump

• Class 3-A
• 4th — Chelsey Van Ness (Denison) 16-6
• 7th — Brianna Maitlen (Creston) 16-1.5
• 8th — Jacie White (Harlan) 16-0
• 23rd — Blake Bergren (Red Oak) 14-3.5

High Jump

• Class 2-A
• 10th — Darcy Sunderman (Clarinda) 5-0
• 14th — Ashley Nepper (IKM/Manning) 4-10
• Class 1-A
• 1st — Chaley Rath (Treynor) 5-5
• 17th — Nevada Meis (St. Albert) 4-8
• 20th — Andrea Boswell (Corning) 4-8

5/19/11  at Atlantic

Carroll 2,  Atlantic 0

Both Tiger goals scored in the first half.  For Atlantic, Kate Wheatley led the way with 8 steals and Sarah Rohde had 6.  Next game is Monday at Perry.

Individual results from Red Oak (Shenandoah host site, rain moved it to Red Oak indoors/outdoors):

Singles — Championship Liz Metheny, Atlantic over Catie Faust, St. Albert 6-2, 6-3

Doubles — Championship Emily Pierson/Rachel Pierson, Red Oak over Beth Reiter/Teal Driscoll, Clarinda 6-1, 6-0

Champions and Runners-up advance to State Tournament at Byrnes Park, Waterloo June 2,3

Atlantic results —

Singles — 1st Round #2 Seed Liz Metheny (A) over Sara Madison, St. Albert 6-0, 6-1 Shelby Svoboda (A) lost to #1 Seed Ana Van Scoy, Glenwood, 5-2 (retired — injury default) 2nd Round Metheny over Marely Chavez, Glenwood 6-1, 6-0 Semifinal Metheny over #3 Seed Britt Walker, Red Oak 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(7-3 tiebreak) Championship Metheny over #4 Seed Catie Faust, St. Albert 6-3, 6-3

Doubles — 1st Round Morgan Allen/Carli Thornton (A) over Angela Phipps/Abbey Bakerink, Creston 6-2, 6-1 Tierney Kamies/Sarah Schreiner (A) over Joni Thomas/Julianne Johnson, St. Albert 6-2, 6-3 2nd Round Allen/Thornton (A) lost to #3 Seed Mackenzie Johnson/Sarina Mohrhardt, Shenandoah 7-5, 6-4 Kamies/Schreiner (A) lost to #4 Seed Tarynne Kinghorn/Ashton Matheny, Shenandoah 6-3, 6-2

Coach Shawn Petersen’s Comments —

Girls Individual Regionals is all about getting to State — the girls are not competing as a team at all — so there’s a lot of pressure since it’s a lose-and-you’re done format; In the Singles draw, Liz was voted the #2 seed over Walker, who’s an outstanding player. If it played out according to seed, they would meet in the semifinal to determine who went to the State Tournament, which is a very difficult feat to accomplish — only 96 tennis players across the state of Iowa make it to the State Tournament regardless of class — and unlike some other sports, the girls must perform extremely well to make it — there’s no switching of teammates at the State level. Liz breezed through her first two matches, although Chavez from Glenwood battled her tough — the final score was not indicative of how close the match was in Round 2. In the match to go to State, Liz had a very gritty and talented Britt Walker to get through, who would probably be the #1 player for any team in the conference not named Red Oak. Liz jumped out early and won some tough deuce games to take the first set; Walker righted the ship in Set #2 and played flawlessly in squaring the match at a set apiece, setting up a third set for all the marbles. Liz was up 2-0, 4-2, and 5-4, before Britt won two straight games, forcing Liz to win her serve to force a tiebreak. She did that, and then it was one tiebreak game to decide the match. Liz was down 3-1 before running off 6 consecutive points to win 7-3 and punch her ticket to State. The match was easily the best singles match I’ve seen in four years as coach — both players deserved to win, and it was hard to see either player lose. Normally, I think that’s an overused cliche in sports, but that sums it up pretty well. Two very talented, very game competitors battling hard for every point — there were no freebies for either player. To have a berth at State come down to a 3rd Set tiebreaker is about as good as it gets in high school tennis. The two young ladies were on the court for 2 1/2 hours — it was thrilling to watch. Following a short break, Liz then had to come back and play another match for the title, and she grinded out an excellent win over Faust. Catie knocked out the #1 seed in the other semifinal, and had to be considered the favorite going into the final, especially with all the energy Liz had to expend in the semi. But, as I’ve said before, no one hates losing more than Liz, and she found a way to win, as she usually does. Shelby got a terrible break — she was playing well against the top seeded Van Scoy when her foot grabbed the surface too much and her right ankle completely rolled; it swelled immediately and she had no chance of continuing. Shelby had a great career for Trojanns tennis — it was difficult to see her career end on an injury. In Doubles, Morgan and Carli defeated Creston, then in Rd. 2 played very well against the #1 and #2 players from Shenandoah — both sets were tight and could’ve gone either way. They definitely performed to the best of their abilities and have nothing to be ashamed of — it took Shen’s best to knock them out of the tournament. Sarah and Tierney beat a duo from St. Albert before falling to a quality team from Shenandoah as well. Shenandoah had the second best team in the conference this year in my opinion, and losing to Coach Daoust and his squad is nothing to hang their heads about, either. This meet marks the end of the careers of 5 outstanding seniors for Atlantic — they will be missed, certainly. They were all freshmen my first year as coach, and to see how far they’ve come as tennis players is very rewarding. I hope they enjoyed their careers as Trojann tennis players as much as I enjoyed coaching them.

Also:

Region 1 at Spencer
Singles
KJ Veldman (Spirit Lake/Okoboji) over Erin Olson (Estherville –LC) 6/4, 6/4

Doubles
Alli Gerkeing & Aubry Kolegraff (Spirit Lake/Okoboji) over Kristen Allesch & Rachel Ingram (Denison-Schleswig) 6/4, 6/1

Region 3 at Norwalk
Singles
Kristy Carr (Ballard) over Chelsy Petersen (Harlan) 6/0, 6/1