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Trojan speedsters collect pair of third place finishes Girls’ team scores 1. Kee 96; 2. Waukon 93; 3. Turkey Valley 66; 4. MFL MarMac 32; 5. West Central 29; 6. Clayton Ridge 28; 7. Postville 16; 8. Center Point-Urbana 0 Boys’ team scores 1. MFL MarMac 125; 2. Kee 74; 3. Turkey Valley 58; 4. Clayton Ridge 47; 5. West Central 42; 6. Center Point-Urbana 32; 7. Postville 8

ABOVE: Burke Busta races towards the finish line in a recent relay event for the Trojans. BELOW: JD Kruse won two silvers and a bronze as a relay member Thursday at Kee. (Photos courtesy of Leah Kruse)

It was a pair of third place finishes for the Turkey Valley girls’ and boys’ track and field teams Thursday at Kee. With 66 points, the Lady Trojans finished behind Kee who tallied 96 points and Waukon who had 93. The TV boys posted 58 points as MFL MarMac claimed the team title with 125 ahead of Kee’s 74.

Lady Trojan wins It was a night of top performances as the Trojan girls won five events. Freshman Bella Stika was a four-time champion Thursday, claiming two individual titles and anchoring a pair of relays to victory. She broke the tape in the 800-meter run in 2:36.71, as well as the 1500-meter run in 5:35.06. Joining her in the distance relay were Ryann Schmitt, Kinsey Reicks and Hazel Nieman. The quartet won in 4:40.48. The night ended with a gold-medal performance for the 4x400 relay. Winning in 4:46.64 were Nieman, Reicks, Jenna Throndson and Stika. Layni Schuchhardt won the other distance race, the 3,000-meter run, in 13:21.51. Two events took silver including Throndson in the discus with a throw of 79 feet, 4 inches. Taking runner-up in the 4x200 relay were Schmitt, Halle Weber, Emersyn Hoffert and Ava Kuennen in 2:11.47. Rounding out top-three performances were Throndson in the 400-meter dash in 1:12.43; Schuchhardt in the 1500-meter run in 6:07.66; and the sprint medley relay of Schmitt, Throndson, Reicks and Nieman in 2:06.93. The boys’ top finishes For the boys it was Hugo Busta winning the lone gold of the night in the high jump, clearing the bar at 4 feet, 10 inches. Six events brought home silver for the Trojans. H. Busta claimed his second individual medal of the night in the 800-meter run, stopping the clock at 2:16.59. Russell Nieman grabbed a total of four runner-up finishes. The senior first finished the 3200-meter run in 11:16.64, and later came in second in the 1600-meter run in 5:22.20. Nieman also ran on the second place 4x200 relay with JD Kruse, Isaiah Wheeler

TV’s Hazel Nieman (left) takes the baton from Bella Stika in a recent race. (Photo courtesy of Leah Kruse) and Kaden Schmidt in 1:44.33. He capped off the night in the 4x400 relay. The foursome of H. Busta, Nieman, Schmidt and JD Kruse posted a time of 3:59.81, good for silver. Avery Franzen, Brayden Hoffert, Tucker Tlusty and H. Busta also claimed runner-up in the 4x800 relay in 10:34.86. Taking bronze were Jayden Rausch in both the 3000-meter run in 11:32.61 and the 1600-meter run in 5:31.69, as well as the sprint medley relay of Wheeler, Schmidt, JD Kruse and B. Busta in 1:48.73. Coming up Monday the Trojan teams were at Sumner-Fredericksburg. The TV girls will follow it up with a meet at Clayton Ridge Tuesday, April 23, and North Butler Friday, April 26. Both meets are set to begin at 4:30 p.m. while the boys will be at Clayton Ridge Thursday, April 25, and Starmont Friday, April 26. Both meets are set to begin at 4:30 p.m. Girls’ event results Shot put – 5. Raelen Manderfield 28’5”; 7. Ellaney Bodensteiner 26’5” Discus – 2. Jenna Throndson 79’4”; 4. Bodensteiner 73’10”; 6. Manderfield 66’1.5” 100m – 8. Halle Weber 14.99; 9. Emersyn Hoffert 15.30; 12. Ava Kuennen 16.63 200m – 5. Ryann Schmitt 30.35; 6. Kinsey Reicks 30.75 400m – 3. Throndson 1:12.43; 5. Layni Schuchhardt 1:18.12 800m – 1. Bella Stika 2:36.71 1500m – 1. Stika 5:35.06; 3. Schuchhardt 6:07.66 3000m – 1. Schuchhardt 13:21.51 400m hurdles – 5. Hazel Nieman 1:17.60 4x100 – 6. Weber, Hoffert, Kuennen, Bodensteiner, 1:03.89

Boys’ event results High jump – 1. Hugo Busta 4’10” 200m – 9. Tucker Tlusty 30.71; 10. Brayden Hoffert 32.26 800m – 2. Hugo Busta 2:16.59; 9. Avery Franzen 2:34.83 1600m – 2. Russell Nieman 5:22.20; 3. Jayden Rausch 5:31.69 3200m – 2. Nieman 11:16.64; 3. Rausch 11:32.61 4x100 – 4. Wheeler, JD Kruse, Burke Busta, Kaden Schmidt, 51.00 4x200 – 2. JD Kruse, Wheeler, Nieman, Schmidt, 1:44.33 4x400 – 2. H. Busta, Nieman, Schmidt, JD Kruse, 3:59.81 4x800 – 2. Franzen, Hoffert, Tlusty, H. Busta, 10:34.86 Sprint medley – 3. Wheeler, Schmidt, JD Kruse, Burke Busta, 1:48.73 Distance medley – 4. Franzen, Rausch, Tlusty, Hoffert, 4:58.52

Down the final stretch of a relay is Kinsey Reicks. (Photo courtesy of Leah Kruse)

Carding an 83, South Winn’s Braiden Todd finished fifth at the New Hampton tournament Saturday. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

Warrior boys take second at NH tourney

Once again, the scoring conditions were not optimal for the South Winn boys’ golf team who competed in the New Hampton tournament Saturday, finished second. The home Chickasaws took the title with a 329, while the Warriors’ finished the 18-hole day with a 342, just two strokes ahead of Oelwein and four ahead of Sumner-Fredericksburg. Denver rounded out the field with a 354. “It was very cold on Saturday, and it would have been very easy to throw in the towel. Instead, the guys played a really strong team round,” said Coach

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After the rain Decorah Decorah boys’ week wraps up girls hit the links with back-to-back competitions

The rain came and went Thursday, allowing the Decorah girls’ golf team to host Winona Senior at the Oneota Golf and Country Club for 18 holes. When the final ball was putted, the Vikes came up short 415 to 397. Fashioning a 78 on the links, Maria Riveros medaled for the Vikings. Sophia Fahey came through with a 110, with Lulu Bellrichard one stroke back at 111. Rounding out the scorecard

with a 116 was Olivia Brynsaas. Riann Oberbroeckling (117) and Isabella Sailor (119) were also on the course. This week began with Decorah hosting Crestwood Monday. Friday, April 26, is the rescheduled meet with South Winn and Turkey Valley at Oneota Golf and Country Club at 3 p.m. The Vikes will host a quad Saturday, April 27, at Oneota with tee-off at 9 a.m.

Decorah’s Sophia Fahey follows her tee-off shot in a recent meet at New Hampton. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

A week with wind, rain and cold, the Decorah boys’ golf team endured it all with 18-hole competitions Thursday and Friday. In Minnesota Thursday, the Vikings traveled to Winona Bridges Golf Club to battle Winona Senior, falling short 344 to 335. After 18 holes, Decorah’s Jackson Pipho was the medalist of the meet with a 77. Other scores were unavailable at press time. West Delaware tourney Less than 24 hours later, the Viking linksters were back on a course, this time at Pin Oaks Pub and Links in Manchester, competing in an 18-hole, 11-team tournament hosted by West Delaware. Tallying a total of 347, Decorah finished seventh. Waverly-Shell Rock fired

Andrew Rhodes looks for the green as he squares up at Silvercrest Golf Course earlier this season. Friday, Rhodes came through with a 98 at the West Delaware tournament. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz)

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“We had an opportunity to move up a few more spots in the team standings if we just could have finished a few more scoring opportunities,” said Coach Casey Bouska. Decorah swung the clubs at Crestwood Monday and will host South Winn and Turkey Valley golf teams Friday, April 26, at Oneota Golf and Country Club at 3 p.m.

Coming up in varsity sports April 23 – Dec b ten vs. Oelwein, 4 p.m.; SW g/b golf at Waukon, 4 p.m.; TV b golf vs. New Hampton/Sumner-Fred, 4 p.m.; Dec g ten at AplingtonParkersburg, 4:15 p.m.; Dec g tr at Waukon, 4:30 p.m; SW b tr at Osage, 4:30 p.m.; TV g tr at Clayton Ridge, 4:30 p.m.; Dec g soc vs. Waverly-Shell Rock, 5 p.m. April 25 –SW g/b golf at Postville (Luana), 4 p.m.; TV g/b golf at Central Elkader, 4 p.m.; SW g/b tr at Crestwood, 4:30 p.m.; Kee/TV b tr at Clayton Ridge, 4:30 p.m. April 25-27 – Dec/SW g/b tr at Drake Relays (Des Moines), TBD April 26 – Dec/SW/TV g/b golf at Decorah (Oneota), 3 p.m.; Dec g ten vs. Oelwein, 4 p.m.; Dec b ten at Winona Senior, 4:30 p.m.; TV b tr at Starmont, 4:30 p.m.; Dec b soc vs. North Fayette Valley, 5 p.m.; April 27 – Dec g golf hosts quad (Oneota), 9 a.m.; Dec g ten host conference meet (Luther), 9 a.m. April 29 – Dec b ten at conference meet (Grinnell), 9 a.m.; SW g/b golf at West Central (Fayette), 4 p.m.; TV g/b golf vs. MFL MarMac, 4 p.m.; Dec g ten vs. Osage, 4:30 p.m.; Dec b tr at MFL MarMac, 4:30 p.m.; SW/Dec/TV g/b tr at South Winn invite, 4:30 p.m.; Dec b soc vs. Dubuque Wahlert, 6 p.m.

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A day later than originally scheduled Decorah, Boone and Waverly Shell-Rock, the No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 ranked teams in Class 1A boys’ tennis met in Waverly for a triangular Friday. Battling colder than usual temperatures and strong winds, the Vikes fell to both squads. Decorah and Waverly-Shell Rock started the day and after singles Decorah found themselves down 2-4 against a strong veteran team. No. 1 Caden Branum took down Benny Ramker, 10-5, while Keaton Nalean-Carlson defeated Brady Willis, 10-7, in the No. 4 spot. Coach Anderson then challenged the team be aggressive in doubles and fight back. No. 1 and 2 doubles team battled to close wins and the No. 3 team fell just short as Decorah fell 4-5. The wind picked up and Decorah after a short 15-minute break took to the courts again another very good team in Boone. Again, Decorah found themselves down 2-4 after singles and mounted another strong effort in doubles only to fall short again losing 3-6 this time. In the singles action, Branum picked up his second victory of the day over Joe Jordan, 10-4. No. 6 Gabriel Hiner took a win from Wes Van Pelt 11-10 (7-4) as well in singles action. “Playing back-to-back in tough conditions against quality opponents was a good test and the kids responded with strong efforts. It also showed we aren’t quite physically ready yet and we lost close matches that we’ve won in prior years. I sense this will become a turning point in the season and we’ll look back at this day saying that really jump started us,” said Coach Matt Anderson. “Overall, we showed big improvements in our aggressive attacking doubles play and I’m confident we’ll find our footing in singles this coming week.” Monday, the Vikings hosted Cotter in a make-up match from early April and will host Oelwein Tuesday, April 23, at 4 p.m. They will wrap up the week at Winona Senior Friday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m., and at Onalaska Saturday, April 27, at 9 a.m. Decorah 4, W-SR 5 Singles: No. 1 Caden Branum (Dec) won 10-5 over Benny Ramker (W-SR); No. 2 Liam Chamberlain (Dec) lost 11-10 (7-5) to Luca Myers (W-SR); No. 3 Aidan Nalean-Carlson (Dec) lost 10-5 to Matthew Judka (W-SR); No. 4 Keaton NaleanCarlson (Dec) won 10-7 over Brady Wills (W-SR); Dec. 5 Seth Bolson (Dec) lost 10-4 to Luis Portillo (W-SR); No. 6 Tristan Hunter (Dec) lost 11-9 to Daniel Becker (W-SR) Doubles: No. 1 Branuam/K. Nalean-Carlson (Dec) won 10-7 over Ramker/Myers (W-SR); No. 2 Chamberlain/A. NaleanCarlson (Dec) won 10-5 over Judka/Portillo (W-SR); No. 3 Bolson/Hunter (Dec) lost 10-8 to Willis/Liam Jerome (W-SR) Decorah 3, Boone 6 Singles: No. 1 Caden Branum (Dec) won 10-4 over Joe Jordan (B); No. 2 Liam Chamberlain (Dec) lost 10-7 to Wesley Baber (B); No. 3 Aidan NaleanCarlson (Dec) lost 10-4 to Owen Schneider (B); No. 4 Keaton Nalean-Carlson (Dec) lost 11-9 to Devin Silbaugh (B); Dec. 5 Seth Bolson (Dec) lost 11-10 (74) to Lucas Thompson (B); No. 6 Gabriel Hiner (Dec) won 11-10 (7-4) over Wes Van Pelt (B) Doubles: No. 1 Branuam/K. Nalean-Carlson (Dec) won 10-6 over Baber/Schneider (B) No. 2 Chamberlain/A. Nalean-Carlson (Dec) lost 10-6 to Jordan/ Silbaugh (B); No. 3 Bolson/ Hunter (Dec) lost 11-9 to Tyler Lindahl/Van Pelt (B)

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Warriors capture triangular over Turkey Valley, Tripoli

Golfers for Turkey Valley, South Winn and Tripoli endured cold temps and wind gusts Friday in a triangular at Jackson Heights Golf Course. Pictured clockwise from top left are TV’s Braylen Byrne teeing off; the trio of (l-r) TV’s Oliver Schmitt Braiden Todd and Caleb Kurtenbach; South Winn’s Avery Luzum on the fairway, Trojan Morgan Vsetecka on the Hole 1 teebox; and Warrior Carson Streeter setting up to tee-off. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz)

Friday’s dual meet between Turkey Valley and Tripoli turned into a triangular after Thursday’s dual between the Trojans and South Winn was rained out. The teams converged on Jackson Heights against brutal northwest winds gusting 30-40 mph and temperatures hovering around 40 degrees. “The kids from ALL three schools showed grit and determination with wind chill temperatures in the upper 20’s and low 30’s at times,” said TV coach John Reicks. “They fashioned some pretty impressive scores despite the weather conditions.” Narrow margin for boys South Winn eked out a narrow six-stroke win over the Trojans, 182 to 188. Tripoli finished the night with a 195. Turkey Valley’s Nicholas Bernhard fired a 41 to take home top medalist honors. Cale Halverson (43) of Tripoli finished second and Warrior Cale Kleppe (44) placed third. With 45s Trojan Caleb Kurtenbach and SW’s Jordan Baumler tied for fourth. Also counting for the Warriors were Matson Winnings with a 46 and Carver Wenthold with a 47. Carson Streeter toured the course to finish with a 48, while Braiden Todd carved out a 50. Jackson Goltz carded a 47 while Gavin Thuente produced a 51 in JV Warrior action. “The conditions were rough as it was very cold and very windy - definitely not good scoring weather. But we talked ahead of time

about the importance of competing instead of scoring, and the boys did just that. They battled the conditions and competed well and it was good enough to get the win,” said SW coach Mike Wenthold. Oliver Schmitt (49) and Brady Blong (53) also counted for the Trojans. Logan Busta and Braylen Byrne each came in with a 54. Calen Franzen (58) and Bode Balk (67) found themselves on the JV scorecard. “Warrior coach Mike Wenthold has another real solid team this year, so this was a good test for us at a critical juncture in our schedule,” noted Coach Reicks. “It was good to see us battle both the Warriors and the weather. I am optimistic that when the weather conditions improve, so will our scores.”

third place overall. Trojan junior newcomer Delaney Busta continues to impress coming through with a 62, and veterans Sofia Rivera and Brooklyn Kuennen also scored for the Trojans with 64s. Sophomores Annika Bodensteiner and Karstyn Lukes each carded a 65 to round out the TV card. Emma Brincks (69) and promising freshman Kendall Kuennen (73) also toured the Jackson Heights course. “Anyone of our girls can be our low scorer on any given day. Now we just need to elevate our game and the victories will follow. I am really proud of our girls. They worked very hard on a night where I am sure that they would have rather been anywhere else,” added Coach Reicks.

SW girls sweep medals In the girls’ division, South Winn took the title with a 237, while the Trojans came through with a 251. Tripoli did not have enough girls to card a team score. SW senior Katrina Hageman had the best score of the night with a 55 for medalist honors with teammate Julia Carnesi fashioning a 58 for runner-up honors. Brooke Steffans carded a 61 with Avery Luzum completing the Warrior scorecard with a 63. Also on the course were Paige Jaster with a 67, Kendra Elsbernd with a 72 and Aubrey Hageman with a 60. Junior Morgan Vsetecka led the Lady Trojans with a 61, good for

Next up for both It’s a busy week for the Warriors as South Winn hosted North Fayette Valley Monday and will be at Waukon Tuesday, April 23, and at Postville Thursday, April 25. Monday, the Trojans welcomed Postville to Jackson Heights Golf Course. The TV boys will host Sumner-Fredericksburg and New Hampton Tuesday, April 23, at 4 p.m., and travel to Elkader to square off with Central Thursday, April 25, at 4 p.m. The week will end with a close of the Winneshiek County schools as the Warriors and Trojans battle Decorah at Oneota Golf and Country Club at 3 p.m.

SW girls third, boys sixth at NFV

Girls’ team scores 1. Crestwood 150; 2. SumnerFred 86; 3. South Winn 79; 4. Oelwein 73; 5. Starmont 69; 6. North Fayette Valley 64; 7. MFL MarMac 33 Boys’ team scores 1. Union 143; 2. Oelwein 122; 3. Sumner-Fred 77; 4. Maquoketa Valley 67; 5. North Fayette Valley 61; 6. South Winn 58; 7. Starmont 28; 8. MFL MarMac 25

Runners on the track at NFV Friday included Landen Schnuelle (above) and Alyssa Timp. (Photos courtesy of Marie Conway)

It was a cold and windy night of competition for teams at the North Fayette Valley invite Friday night. When the final race was complete, the South Winn girls’ track and field team racked up 79 points to finish third behind Crestwood (150) and SumnerFred (86). The Warriors boys accumulated 58 points to take sixth with Union (143) taking the team title, followed by Oelwein with 122 and SumnerFred with 77. Wagner wins gold The Lady Warriors survived the harsh conditions, claiming one gold, four silvers and four bronze. Already a 2024 Drake Relays qualifier, junior Abby Wagner won the high jump at a 4 feet, 8 inch bar height. She also claimed runner-up in the long jump, leaping 15 feet, 10.5 inches. Katie Shimek, Adele

Conway, Allison Hageman and Cloey Zweibohmer took second in the 4x200 relay, clocking in at 1:57.14. In the distance medley, a time of 4:46.44 earned Shimek, Zweibohmer, Annie Hageman and Ava Franzen silver. Sophomore Alyssa Holthaus grabbed two bronze medals individually in the high jump (4’6”) and long jump (15’0”). In the 400-meter hurdles it was Izzy Kuboushek coming home in 1:20.47 for her third-place finish. Crossing the finish line in 2:07.19 for bronze were Shimek, Zweibohmer, An. Hageman and Conway in the sprint medley relay.

Best for the boys Left without a champion, the SW boys had two field events win silver to lead the charge. Kaden Barton-Franzen continued to be a strong high jump contender with a leap of 5 feet, 6 inches. Senior Parker Timp sent the shot put weight 42 feet, 8 inches for his silver. Along with the two runnerup finishes, the Warriors a trio of events win bronze. Abe Conway crossed the finish line in 5:03.20 in the 1600-meter run for third. In the 4x400 relay it was Brennan Franzen, Brody Tieskoetter, Landen Schnuelle

and Szymon Kailnowski posting a time of 4:12.31, good for third. A time of 4:06.09 earned bronze for the distance medley relay of Chandler Riehle, BartonFranzen, Franzen and Conway.

This week’s action Tuesday, April 23, the SW boys will race at Osage at 4:30 p.m., then the Warrior squads will be hope for warmer weather Thursday, April 25, as they are set to compete at the Crestwood co-ed invite at 4:30 p.m. Girls’ event results High jump – 1. Abby Wagner 4’8”; 3. Alyssa Holthaus 4’6” Long jump – 2. Wagner 15’10.5”; 3. Holthaus 15’0” Shot put – 9. Emily Hovden 25’5”; 10. Jayden Timp 25’0”; 12. McKenna Looby 21’5.5” Discus – 4. Kelsey Timp 90’2.5”; 10. J. Timp 56’8”; 15. Looby 50’9”; 15. Hovden 50’1.5” 100m – 5. Allison Hageman 14.10; 11. Dhalia Trujilo 16.11; 17. Annika Becker 17.40 200m – 10. Alyssa Timp 33.82; 14. Becker 38.39 800m – 4. Annie Hageman 2:42.65; 8. Lauren Ondrashek 2:55.86 1500m – 6. Ava Franzen 5:40.89; 10. Tessa Phillips 6:24.35 400m hurdles – 3. Izzy Kuboushek 1:20.47 4x100 – 5. Britney Hageman, Holthaus, Trujilo, Timp, 1:00.15 4x200 – 2. Katie Shimek, Adele Conway, Al. Hageman, Cloey Zweibohmer, 1:57.14; 6. Josie Tollefsrud, B. Hageman, Karissa

Katie Shimek (right) hands off the baton to Cloey Zweibohmer in Friday’s sprint medley race at North Fayette Valley. (Photo courtesy of Marie Conway) Wenthold, Trujilo, 2:08.78 4x800 – 2. Wenthold, Kuboushek, Phillips, Ondrashek, 11:32.51 Sprint medley – 3. Shimek, Zweibohmer, Al. Hageman, Conway, 2:07.19; 7. Trujilo, Tollefsrud, B. Hageman, Timp, 2:15.61 Distance medley – 2. Shimek, Zweibohmer, An. Hageman, Franzen, 4:46.44 Boys’ event results High jump – 2. Kaden BartonFranzen 5’6”; 4. Irving Flores 5’2” Long jump – 6. Szymon Kailnowski 16’9.5” Shot put – 2. Parker Timp 42’8”; 4. Chandler Riehle 38’2”; 16. Shayde Wermers 29’7.5”; 18. Cody Bodensteiner 22’3” Discus – 5. Timp 120’7”; 7. Landen Schnuelle 101’10”; 13. Tristen Bodensteiner 89’4.75”; 24. Ray Lienau 61’4” 100m – 9. Flores 12.53; 12. Kailnowski 13.19; 20. Yahir Macario 14.71

200m – 11. Schnuelle 27.05; 15. Macario 31.05; 19. Eric Greve 41.56; 20. Tyler Fels 52.87 400m – 7. Gavin Feickert 1:00.53; 11. Brody Tieskoetter 1:01.67 800m – 12. Feickert 2:56.70 1600m – 3. Abe Conway 5:03.20 100m hurdles – 4. Lukas Weiss 16.74; 8. Brady Ohrt 18.59 400m hurdles – 5. BartonFranzen 1:07.81; 8. Landon Livingood 1:10.65 4x100 – 4. Ohrt, Timp, Weiss, Riehle, 47.36; 11. Macario, Feickert, Fels, Wermers, 59.06 4x200 – 5. Schnuelle, Greve, Livingood, Kailnowski, 1:47.79 4x400 – 3. Brennan Franzen, Tieskoetter, Schnuelle, Kailnowski, 4:12.31 Sprint medley – 6. Riehle, Ohrt, Greve, Franzen, 1:48.25; 10. Macario, Livingood, Tieskoetter, Conway, 1:54.76 Distance medley – 3. Riehle, Barton-Franzen, Franzen, Conway, 4:06.09

WEEKEND SPORTS WRAP-UP Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Vikes win Indian Relays Friday

ABOVE: Decorah’s Kelley Gates (right) and Kaiden Quandahl went 1-2 in the 100-meter dash Friday at Waukon. Gates broke the tape in 11.03 seconds, while Quandahl finished in 11.70 seconds. RIGHT: William Hahn warms up for the varsity shot competition. By a half-inch, the Viking finished runner-up with a throw of 46 feet, 7.5 inches. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Troendle/Waukon Standard)

Waukon Relays team scores 1. Decorah 200; 2. Waukon 147; 3. Osage 89; 4. Crestwood 56; 5. New Hampton 51; 6. Central Elkader 30

Picking up six titles pushed the Decorah boys’ track and field team to the top of the sixteam field at the Waukon Indian Relays Friday. The Vikings earned 200 points for the title over the Waukon Indians’ 147. Osage finished a distant third with 89 points. Kelley Gates was a twotime champion in the sprints, winning the 100-meter dash in 11.03 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 23.2 seconds. Dakota Johnson was the only other individual winner for Decorah. In 58.09 seconds, the senior won the 400-meter hurdles. Three relays also won gold. The night began with the sprint medley taking first in 1:44.67. Members of the winning relay were Peyton Webb, Cade Averhoff, Kaiden Youngblood and Kyle Pattison. In the shuttle hurdle relay, it was Joshua Adam, Tommy Sexton, Gavin Groux and Johnson breaking the tape in 1:02.84. Near the end of the evening, it was the 4x100 quartet of Adam, Brayden Hartl, Webb and Kaiden Quandahl joining forces for the win. They had a time of 45.64 seconds. Thirteen other events won silver including all four field events including Parker Low in the high jump, Montana Jump-Gerleman in the long jump, William Hahn in the shot put and Sexton in the discus. K. Quandahl was runner-up in the 100-meter dash, while Trev-

or Kuennen was second in the 200-meter dash and Groux had the second fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles. In the distance events, Davis Coppola took silver in the 1600-meter run while D’mitry Lesser collected second in the 3200-meter run. Relays crossing the finish line second were the 4x200, the 4x400, 4x800 and the distance medley. More this week Monday the Vikings competed at Mason City and will have two events compete this weekend at the Drake Relays including Kelley Gates in the 100-meter dash and the 4x100 relay. Varsity event results High jump – 2. Parker Low 5’2.5”; 4. Tanner Caddell 5’0” Long jump – 2. Montana Jump-Gerleman 18’9”; 6. Dakota VanGundy 15’7.5” Shot put – 2. William Hahn 46’7.5”; 3. Luke Franzen 42’1.5” Discus – 2. Sexton 112’10”; 4. Franzen 108’0” 100m – 1. Kelley Gates 11.03; 2. Kaiden Quandahl 11.70 200m – 1. Gates 23.2; 2. Trevor Kuennen 24.47 400m – 3. Max Grimstad 57.21; 7. Caden Malanaphy 1:00.27 800m – 3. Grant Zilka 2:11.39; 4. Garrett See 2:16.51 1600m – 2. Davis Coppola 5:20.64; 4. Landyn Hook 5:20.64 3200m – 2. D’Mitry Lesser 10:46.92; 4. Oliver Bollinger 11:19.06 100m hurdles – 5. Kyan Oftedahl 20.96; 6. Carter Riley 21.03 400m hurdles – 1. Dakota Johnson 58.09; 2. Gavin Groux 1:01.12 Shuttle hurdle – 1. Joshua Adam, Tommy Sexton, Groux, Johnson, 1:02.84 4x100 – 1. Adam, Brayden Hartl, Peyton Webb, K. Quandahl, 45.64 4x200 – 2. Jace Buddenberg, Kaiden Youngblood, Kyle Pattison,

A throw of 35 feet, 5.5 inches earned Decorah’s Lauren Luzum a fourth place finish at the Wahawk Invite Thursday. (Driftless Multimedia photo by Becky Walz) Archer Sims, 1:40.37 4x400 – 2. Sexton, Mitchell Stemper, Buddenberg, Mason Avila, 3:47.91 4x800 – 2. See, Bill Fullhart, Zilka, Thomas Hammell, 8:54.60 Sprint medley – 1. Webb, Cade Averhoff, Youngblood, Pattison, 1:44.67 Distance medley – 2. Hartl, Kuennen, Avila, Stemper, 3:59.91 JV event results High jump – 1. Thomas Davis 5’0” Long jump – 3. Noah Vilardo 15’0.25”; 4. Justin Fortman 14’10.25”; 6. Brayden Miculinich 13’11.5” Shot put – 1. Fisher Tweten 35’1”; 3. Mason Vote 34’4”; 5. Cash Riehle 34’1”; 9. Thatcher Brown 33’4”; 19. Nathan Rhodes 26’4” Discus – 1. Hahn 114’11”; 2. Tweten 104’10”; 12. Riley 71’7”; 19. Vote 62’11”; 20. Thatcher 61’6”; 22. Rhodes 55’9” 100m – 1. Averhoff 11.94; 2. Grant Remington 12.18; 4. Garrett Waskow 12.36; 7. Gunnar Sims 13.22; 11. Low 13.33; 15. Vilardo 13.89; 16. Zander McConnell 13.93; 18. Ryan Northup 14.15 200m – 11. McConnell 29.14 800m – 2. Spencer Christensen 2:37.37 4x100 – 1. Jump-Gerleman, Waskow, Justin Fortman, Caddell, 48.41; 4. Riehle, F Tweten, Franzen, Hahn, 52.14; 7. Riley, Brown, Rhodes, Vote, 1:01.64 4x200 – 1. Jump-Gerleman, Waskow, Fortman, Caddell, 1:42.14; 4. Miculinich, Kade O’Hara, Davis, G. Sims, 1:48.71 4x400 – 2. Malanaphy, Bollinger, Lesser, Hammel, 4:01.02; 3. VanGundy, Fullhart, Carson Bohner, Clarence Nimrod, 4:15.89 Sprint medley – 1. Grimstad, A. Sims, Fortman, Coppola, 1:50.32; 2. Davis, Miculinich, O’Hara, Hook, 1:53.19

Brayden Hartl blasts out from the starting block held by Kade O’Hara. Hartl started the distance medley that finished second Friday. (Photo courtesy of Jeremy Troendle/Waukon Standard)

Decorah girls finish third at Wahawk invite

Varsity team scores 1. Cedar Falls 115; 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie 108; 3. Decorah 102; 4. Mt. Vernon 93; 5. Dubuque Hempstead 62; 6. Dubuque Senior 57.50; 7. Waverly-Shell Rock 41.50; 8. Solon 38; 9. Denver 37; 10. New Hampton 24; 11. Cedar Rapids Washington 23; 12. Waterloo West 22; 13. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 9; 14. Waterloo East 6; 16. Marshalltown 3 JV team scores 1. Cedar Falls 147; 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie 100; 3. Denver 76; 4. Decorah 74; 5. Dubuque Hempstead 74; 6. New Hampton 43; 7. Cedar Rapids Washington 38; 8. Dubuque Senior 35; 9. Mt. Vernon 27; 10. Waterloo West 24; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock 24; 12. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 14; 13. Waterloo East 5; 14. Marshalltown 1

In a team race that separated first to third by 13 points, the Decorah girls’ track and field team finished third at the Wahawk 16-team invite hosted by Waterloo West Thursday. Cedar Falls claimed the title with 115 points, with Cedar Rapids second with 108. The Vikes finished the night with 102 points in the third. The junior varsity squad posted 74 points to finish fourth among 14 JV teams. Three champion events propelled the Vikes into the top three. Lillian Olson was the lone individual winner for Decorah. Olson ran the 400-meter hurdles in 1:09.12 to break the tape. Kelby Kerndt, Ava Holthaus, Audrey Essa and McKenzie Riley combined for the sprint medley relay for gold. The quartet posted a winning time of 1:53.02. The 4x200 relay also won gold in 1:49.05. Members of the winning 4x200 relay were Essa, Stella Pole, A. Holthaus and Riley. Silver went to four other events including Essa in the 100-meter dash in 12.70 seconds, Renae Wilson in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.94 seconds, the shuttle hurdle relay of Sydney Kipp, Kerndt, Kennady Riehle and Wilson in 1:11.90 and the distance medley relay of Liz Bucksa, Ella Stille, Claire Storhoff and Olivia Volkmann in 4:42.40. The 4x400 relay of Wilson, Riley, Pole and Essa won the lone bronze of the night for Decorah in 4:14.68.

Coming up Tuesday, the Vikes are at Waukon at 4:30 p.m., then will send to events to the Drake Relays this weekend. Renae Wilson will compete in the 100-meter hurdles, along with the 4x100 relay.

Varsity event results High jump – 8. Claire Storhoff 4’6”; 10. Brylee Hanson 4’4” Long jump – 15. Jerikah Dodd 12’11.5”; 19. Regine Hougen 12’3.25” Shot put – 4. Lauren Luzum 35’5.5” Discus – 4. Annika Schmelzer 107’10 100m – 2. Audrey Essa 12.70; 10. Hayley Stowe 13.52 200m – 7. Storhoff 28.66; 11. Lily Sandhorst 29.27 400m – 10. Dodd 1:08.91; 15. Hadley Alexander 1:10.79 800m – 4. Amelia Roe 2:31.87; 11. Olivia Volkmann 2:41.40 1500m – 8. Brinlee Courtney 5:36.15; 16. Grace Blikre 5:54.34 3000m – 5. Courtney 11:56.56; 11. Blikre 12:44.65 100m hurdles – 2. Renae Wilson 15.94; 6. Sydney Kipp 16.90 400m hurdles – 1. Lillian Olson 1:09.12 Shuttle hurdle – 2. Kipp, Kelby Kerndt, Kennady Riehle, Wilson, 1:11.90 4x100 – 4. Kerndt, Stowe, Ava Holthaus, Kipp, 52.13

4x200 – 1. Essa, Stelle Pole, A. Holthaus, McKenzie Riley, 1:49.05 4x400 – 3. Wilson, Riley, Pole, Essa, 4:14.68 4x800 – 6. Roe, Olson, Lauren Holthaus, Sandhorst, 10:01.72 Sprint medley – 1. Kerndt, A. Holthaus, Essa, Riley, 1:53.02 Distance medley – 2. Liz Bucksa, Ella Stille, Storhoff, Volkmann, 4:42.40 JV event results Discus – 5. Bucksa 80’0”; 13. Margaret Hahn 65’10” 100m – 1. Pole 13.22; 18. Emily Myers 15.37 200m – 2. Stille 29.75; 3. Bucksa 29.97 800m – 5. Deborah Hougen 2:49.46; 14. Jillian Volz 3:13.23 1500m – 6. Natalie Stevens 5:47.96 100m hurdles – 1. Kerndt 17.13; 4. Riehle 18.18 4x100 – 3. Riehle, Stille, R. Hougen, Olson, 54.79 4x200 – 12. Jayden Lundvedt, Lyla Lovstuen, Jenna Leuenberger, Stevens, 2:10.34 4x400 – 1. Sandhorst, L. Holthaus, Roe, Dodd, 4:25.45 4x800 – 8. Olivia Rissman, Rachel Spilde-Maki, Volz, D. Hougen, 12:01.95 Sprint medley – 5. Leuenberger, Willow Blair, Alexander, Natalie Goodner, 2:10.96 Distance medley – 5. Goodner, Hanson, Spilde-Maki, Rissman, 5:16.44

Peter Essa keeps possession of the ball for the Vikings during a tough night on the pitch for the Decorah boys’ soccer team (6-3) as the Vikes fell on the road to Dubuque Hempstead (9-1) Friday, 4-0. Monday, Decorah was at Hudson and will host North Fayette Valley Friday, April 26, at 5 p.m. (Photo courtesy of Heather Benzing)