May 7 Weekend Sports Wrap-up by Driftless Multimedia

MAY 7, 2024 EDITION SPORTS EDITOR: BECKY WALZ + BECKY.WALZ@DRIFTLESSJOURNAL.COM

SW linksters top Central Honoring its 10 seniors, the South Winn golf teams defeated Central Elkader Friday at Silver Springs Golf & Country Club. The SW girls won 214 to 235, claiming the top two spots. Katrina Hageman shot a 50 to earn medalist honors, while fellow senior Annie Ondrashek fired a 52 as the runner-up. Coming through with a 54 was Brooke Steffans with Avery Luzum completing the home team’s scorecard with a 58. Bailee Frana (65) and Paige Jaster (68) also toured the Ossian course for South Winn. For the boys it was South Winn coming out on top 165 to 208. Topping the leaderboard with a 40 was Carson Streeter with Cale Kleppe and Matson Winings on his heels with 41s. Fashioning a 43, Jackson Goltz wrapped up the scoring for South Winn. Jordan Baumler and Braiden Todd also came through with 43s as every SW linksters finished ahead of Central’s best. “This was a good final way to finish out the season on senior night. The boys had two seniors who have been with the program since their freshman year. Jordan

Baumler and Brady Lensing have had terrific careers. They both are multiple-time letter winners, and both have won all-conference accolades. They both are leaving the program better than they found it, and for that, I’m very thankful,” said boys’ coach Mike Wenthold. Time for postseason The South Winn boys were at Guttenberg Monday for the Upper Iowa Conference Meet. Wednesday, May 9, the Warriors will host a Class 1A Sectional at Silver Springs Golf and Country Club at 10 a.m. Other teams competing there will be Central Elkader, Clayton Ridge, Starmont, Turkey Valley, Wapsie Valley and West Central. The girls will wait until Tuesday to take the course at Big Rock Country Club in Fayette for their UIC meet at 10 a.m. South Winn will host the Class 1A Region 3C meet at Silver Springs Golf and Country Club Friday, May 10, at 10 a.m. Teams competing in Ossian besides the Warriors are Beckman Catholic, Clarksville, Dunkerton, Tripoli, Turkey Valley, Wapsie Valley and West Central.

FAR LEFT: Katrina Hageman was the medalist in the regular season dual against Central Friday with a 50. LEFT: Carver Wenthold tees off in a recent Warrior contest. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz)

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May 7 - SW/TV g golf at UIC (Fayette), 9 a.m. May 8 – Dec b ten host districts (Luther College), 9 a.m.; Dec b golf at sectional (Manchester), 10 a.m.; SW/TV b golf at sectional (Ossian), 10 a.m. May 9 –Dec g/b tr at statequalifying (Clear Lake), 4 p.m.; SW/ TV g/b tr at state-qualifying (Osage), 4 p.m.; Dec b/g soc vs. Denver, 5 p.m. May 10 – Dec g ten at team regional (Luther), 9 a.m.; SW/TV g golf at regional (Ossian), 10 a.m.; Dec g golf vs. Caledonia, 4 p.m. May 11 – Dec b ten at substate (Luther), 10 a.m.; May 13 – Dec/W b golf at districts (Waverly), 10 a.m.; Dec g soc at regional (TBA), 7 p.m. May 14 – Dec g ten at regionals (Luther), 9 a.m. May 15 – Dec g golf at regionals (Manchester), 10 a.m.; SW/TV g golf at regional final (Nashua), 10 a.m.; Dec b ten at substate (TBA), 10 a.m.; Dec g soc at regional (TBA), 6 p.m.

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TV boys top Cadets in finale

Finally getting a nice honors. night for golf the TV golf Trojan junior Sofia teams split a pair of nonRivera (48) shot a conference meets with career low to take Crestwood at a wet, but home the runner-up playable Cresco Country medal. Meanwhile Club Friday. Thursday’s classmate Morgan UIC finale against Clayton Vsetecka took Ridge was rained out. third place with The Trojan boys had a 53. Juniors great balance among their Delaney Busta top three scorers in the 176 (57) and Brooklyn to 181 victory. Freshman Kuennen (58) also Nicholas Bernhard (41) counted for the edged TV teammates Caleb T r o j a n s , Kurtenbach (42) and Oliver while Annika Schmitt (42) to claim Bodensteiner (62), overall medalist honors. Kendall Kuennen Kurtenbach and Schmitt (67) and Kartstyn along with Cadet Owen Lukes (73) also Korsmo tied for second, toured the scenic and all with 42s. Things got a testy Cresco Country little too close for comfort Club course. as the scorecards were “We may have being tallied before Trojan let one get away as sophomore Logan Busta there was a myriad (51) turned in the secondof ways to close the to-last varsity card of the four-stroke gap,” night to turn the tide in the Delaney Busta looks to chip the ball said Coach Reicks. Trojans’ favor. Brady Blong onto the green in the recent triangular “It was nice to see (53) and Braylen Byrne (58) with Decorah and South Winn. (Drift- Sofia and Morgan also appeared on the Turkey less Multimedia photo by Becky Walz) near the top of the Valley scorecard. leaderboard. Now “We are still waiting for someone to step we just need our other girls to help close the up and take over the fourth scoring spot with gap as we head into post-season play.” authority. The nine-stroke gap between our No. Monday, the Trojans were at Guttenberg to 3 and No. 4 golfers needs to get narrowed up as compete in the Upper Iowa Conference meet. we turn our attention to the postseason. Logan, The TV girls will swing the clubs at Big Rock Braylen and Brady are all more than capable Country Club in Fayette Tuesday for the UIC of scoring low. They just need to have a little title. more self-confidence in their abilities,” said The season is on the line for the TV boys Coach John Reicks. Wednesday, May 8, as they compete in the The TV girls dropped a heartbreaker as they Class 1A sectional meet at Silver Springs Golf finished just four strokes behind the Cadets & Country Club at 10 a.m. The girls will also 216 to 212. Crestwood star sophomore Ainsley compete at Silver Springs Golf & Country Teeling was the difference-maker as she fired Club in the first round regional Friday, May 10. a blistering 39 for the Cadets to grab medalist

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Vikes stand atop North Central Conference

NCC team scores At No. 1 it was Evon Leitz com1. Decorah 43; 2. Osage 28; ing up a champion. The senior de3. Charles City 27; 4. Waverly- feated Kaitlyn Olson of Osage 7-3, Shell Rock 26; 5. Oelwein 11 then Charles City’s Rylee Deboest 8-2. Leitz shut out Kendra RechTeams of the North Central kemmer of Oelwein 10-0 and her Conference were finally granted a match versus Maddie Leary of warm, calm day at Luther College Waverly-Shell Rock ended at 5-5 Wednesday for the annual confer- with the title wrapped up for the ence tournament. Vikings. Played in round-robin style, Olivia Huinker won the title this flighted tournament, includ- at No. 2, winning all four of her ing Decorah, Osage, Charles City, matches. First in Huinker’s way Waverly-Shell Rock and Oelwein, was Oelwein’s Mackenzie Palmer has each singles participant play 10 who was disposed of 10-0 by the games against each opponent and Viking. Next was a pair of 8-2 wins each doubles team play eight games for the Decorah netter as Huinker against each opponent. Winners are defeated Natalie Beck of Waverdetermined in a number of ways — ly-Shell Rock and Sofia Alina of first, any player/doubles team who Charles City. Her singles competiwins every match in their flight is tion wrapped up on the court with a considered an automatic champion. 6-4 victory over Kendall Olson of If an automatic champion cannot Osage. be declared due to a tie, then total In the No. 4 slot, Kaitlyn Bjork games won determines the champi- dominated the courts winning 9-1 on. If a tie still exists, head-to-head over Emily Bittinger of Wavercompetition scores are considered, ly-Shell Rock. Bjork went on to and then finally, as needed, a match win 10-0 over Rylie Tabbert of tie-breaker is played. Osage, Jada Litterer of Charles City and Hannah Scott of Oelwein. Individual competition Jaidyn Duval easily won at No. Decorah had a stellar perfor- 5 in a trio of 9-1 matches over mance up and down the line-up Marley Kerrick of Osage, Anya crowning five singles champi- Ruzicka of Charles City and Emily ons, along with a pair of doubles Taylor of Oelwein. Duvel topped champs. Waverly-Shell Rocks Bella Feldhake 10-0. Wrapping up the singles title at No. 6 was Leah Holland with a 9-1 victory over Osage’s Taylor Swenson and Charles City’s Alexis Eaves. Macy Schulmeister of Oelwein dropped her match to L. Holland 10-0 who went on to defeat Maddy Van Kley of Waverly-Shell Rock 9-1. Decorah’s Camryn Holland was on track to win at No. 3, with wins over Jacelyn Schwartz of Oelwein (6-4) and Brooklyn Brock of Osage Olivia Huinker was one of five (7-3). However, it was Charles singles champions crowned by City’s Hannah Hoffman who won Decorah at the North Central the first-place tiebreak 6-10. Addie Conference tennis tournament Huisenga of Waverly-Shell Rock Wednesday. (Driftless Multime- also fell to C. Holland 8-2 to give dia photo by Becky Walz)

the Viking second place.

In doubles At the end of day, the Vikings came away with two of the three doubles champions. Bjork teamed up with Klaara Short in the No. 2 position for the Vikings defeating Osage’s Brock and Tabbert duo 7-1. The Charles City duet of Alina and Litterer made it a match but ultimately lost to the Decorah pair 5-3. Bjork/ Short finished the day with a 7-1 victory over Schwartz/Scott of Oelwein. At No. 3 Duvel and L. Holland took the court to defeat Feldhake/ Van Kley of W-SR 7-1. Ruzicka/ Eaves of Charles City dropped the match to Duvel/L. Holland 5-3, while Taylor and Schulmeister of Oelwein fell 7-1. The competition ended with Osage’s Kerrick/Swenson with a 6-2 win for Decorah. Leitz and Huinker earned second at No. 1 after falling in a firstplace tiebreaker to returning state champions Kaitlyn and Kendall Olson of Osage 7-1. The Viking duo had defeated Leary/Beck of Waverly-Shell Rock 5-3 and DeBoest/Hoffman of Charles City 7-1 as well as receiving a default from Oelwein. Postseason The Vikings hosted the Individual State Qualifier meet Monday, May 6 at Luther College. This single elimination tournament includes all teams in the region — each team is allowed to enter two singles players and two doubles teams into the competition, and ultimately the champion and runner-up qualify for the Individual State Tournament played May 2425 in Iowa City at the University of Iowa Tennis Center. This year, singles entrants for Decorah are Camryn Holland and Kaitlyn Bjork FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Evon and doubles teams are Evon Leitz/ Leitz, Leah Holland, Kaitlyn Olivia Huinker and Jaidyn Duvel/ Bjork. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz) Leah Holland.

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Warriors, Trojans shine at UIC meet Thursday in Calmar

sent the shot put 46 feet, 4.75 inches for gold. Six events came home runner-up for the SW as well, including Lukas Weiss in the 110-meter hurdles (16.09), Gavin Feickert in the long jump (18’6”), shuttle hurdle relay (1:06.50), the 4x100 relay (46.30), 4x200 relay (1:41.30) and 4x800 relay (9:23.71).

UIC girls’ team scores 1. South Winn 184.5; 2. Kee 114; 3. North Fayette Valley 102; 4. Central Elkader 80.5; 5. Turkey Valley 69; 6. MFL MarMac 61; 7. Clayton Ridge 59; 8. West Central 35; 9. Postville 2 UIC boys’ team scores 1. MFL MarMac 171; 2. North Fayette Valley 145; 3. South Winn 144; 4. Central Elkader 77; 5. West Central 53; 6. Clayton Ridge 45; 7. Kee 42; 8. Turkey Valley 33; 9. Postville 7

The postseason ramped up with the Upper Iowa Conference track and field meet hosted by South Winn Thursday. At the end of the night, it was the Warrior girls rising to the top of the team standings with 184.5 points. Turkey Valley finished with 69 points in fifth place. For the boys it was MFL MarMac claiming the UIC title with 171 points. North Fayette Valley was the runner-up with 145, while South Winn was third with 144. The Trojans collected 33 points for eighth place.

ABOVE: South Winn’s Cloey Zweibohmer (left) and Allison Hageman went 1-2 in the 100-meter dash at the UIC Meet Thursday. BELOW: Hazel Nieman (left) takes the baton from Kinsey Reicks in the Trojan sprint medley relay that went on to win gold in 1:59.55. Other team members were Ryann Schmitt and Bella Stika. (All-UIC photos by Leah Kruse)

The top Warriors The SW girls won nine titles on their way to the team championship. Abby Wagner rose above the high jump and long jump fields. The junior finished at 4 feet, 10 inches in the high jump and sailed 16 feet, 2.5 inches in the long jump for gold. Sophomore Cloey Zweibohmer was also a double individual champion in the sprints. Zweibohmer broke the tape in 13.53 in the 100-meter dash and 27.65 seconds in the 200-meter dash. The Warriors swept the distance races as well with Ava Franzen winning the 1500-meter run in 5:29.55, while Tessa Phillips crossed the finish line first in 3000-meter run in 12:31.49. Three relays claimed the top spot. In the 4x800 relay it was Karissa Wenthold, Izzy Kuboushek, Franzen and Annie Hageman with the winning time of 11:03.84. Alyssa Holthaus, Josie Tollefsrud, Allison Hageman and Britney Hageman won the 4x100 relay in 54.78 sec- Shimek, Zweibohmer, Addy Con- for the Warrior boys as Kaden Barton-Franzen won the high jump at 5 onds. Clocking in at 4:30.69 in the way and Josie Tieskoetter. 4x400 relay for the title were Katie It was a pair of field event wins feet, 10 inches. Senior Parker Timp

TV golds Three events won gold for the Lady Trojans. Freshman Bella Stika was the lone individual winner as she broke the tape in the 800-meter run in 2:46.71. It was Ryann Schmitt, Kinsey Reicks, Hazel Nieman and Stika posting the best sprint medley and distance medley relay times in the field. In the sprint medley, the quartet had a time of 1:59.55, and stopped the clock at 4:33.71 in the distance medley event. In the 3000-meter run, junior Layni Schuchhardt posted a time of 12:56.08, good for runner-up. Rounding out the top three finishes for the TV girls was Nieman in the 400-meter dash in 1:08.89, the 4x100 relay of Schmitt, Reicks, Nieman and Jenna Throndson in 55.28 seconds and the 4x200 relay of Throndson, Reicks, Schuchhardt and Halle Weber in 2:03.40. For the boys it was the 4x800 and 4x400 relays who were golden. Posting a time of 8:51.74 in the 4x800 were Hugo Busta, Burke Busta, Russell Nieman and JD Kruse. The night ended with the 4x400 title in 3:45.03. Members of the winning relay were Kaden Schmidt, B. Busta, H. Busta and JD Kruse. The distance medley also had a top-three finish. In 4:08.89, Schmidt, Logan Busta, JD Kruse and Nieman took bronze. State-qualifying Thursday The South Winn and Turkey Valley teams will be at state-qualifying at St. Ansgar Thursday, May 9, at 4 p.m. The state-qualifying meets determine who will compete at state,

which is Thursday through Saturday, May 16-18, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The top performances at all sites qualify for state, followed by the 14 next best times/ distances from across the state, for a total of 24 per event.

Brody Tieskoetter picks up his pace after taking the stick from Brad Dahl in the Warrior’s 4x800.

JD Kruse (right) hands off the baton to Russell Nieman in the Trojans’ third-place distance medley relay.

TV’s Hugo Busta battles Warrior Abe Conway for the lead in the 4x800 at the UIC meet in Calmar Thursday.

Girls results High jump – 1. Abby Wagner, SW, 4’10”; 4. Alyssa Holthaus, SW, 4’4” Long jump – 1. Wagner, SW, 15’9”; 3. Holthaus, SW, 14’11” Shot put – 4. Ellaney Bodensteiner, TV, 30’2.75”; 7. Emily Hovden, SW, 29’8.75”; 9. Grace Baker, SW, 27’7”; 10. Raelen Manderfield, TV, 25’11” Discus – 5. Kelsey Timp, SW, 85’4”; 6. Jenna Throndson, TV, 84’0”; 8. Jayden Timp, SW, 77’10”; 10. Manderfield, TV, 73’7” 100m – 1. Cloey Zweibohmer, SW, 13.53; 2. Allison Hageman, SW, 13.82; 11. Halle Weber, TV, 15.33; 14. Ava Kuennen, TV, 16.20 200m – 1. Zweibohmer, SW, 27.65; 2. Katie Shimek, SW, 28.25; 6. Ryann Schmitt, TV, 29.54; 9. Throndson, TV, 31.08 400m – 3. Hazel Nieman, TV, 1:08.89; 5. Tessa Phillips, SW, 1:11.80; 7. Alyssa Timp, SW, 1:13.44; 10. Kuennen, TV, 1:26.32 800m – 1. Bella Stika, TV, 2:36.71; 2. Izzy Kuboushek, SW, 2:42.42; 4. Karissa Wenthold, SW, 2:45.36 1500m – 1. Ava Franzen, SW, 5:29.55; 2. Annie Hageman, SW, 6:01.13; 7. Layni Schuchhardt, TV, 6:29.04 3000m – 1. Phillips, SW, 12:31.49; 2. Schuchhardt, TV, 12:56.08; 3. Lauren Ondrashek, SW, 12:58.98 100m hurdles – 7. Aubrey Willey, SW, 18.81 400m hurdles – 5. Willey, SW, 1:21.32 4x100 – 1. Holthaus, Josie Tollefsrud, Al. Hageman, Britney Hageman, SW, 54.78; 3. Schmitt, Kinsey Reicks, Nieman, Throndson, TV, 55.28

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4x200 – 2. Maddy Jansen, B. Hageman, Dhalia Trujilo, Al. Hageman, SW, 2:00.10; 3. Throndson, Reicks, Schuchhardt, Weber, TV, 2:03.40 4x400 – 1. Shimek, Zweibohmer, Conway, Josie Tieskoetter, SW, 4:30.69 4x800 – 2. Karissa Wenthold, Kuboushek, Franzen, An. Hageman, SW, 11:03.84 Sprint medley – 1. Schmitt, Reicks, Nieman, Stika, TV, 1:59.55; 3. Willey, Tollefsrud, B. Hageman, Tieskoetter, SW, 2:04.59 Distance medley – 1. Schmitt, Reicks, Nieman, Stika, TV, 4:33.71; 2. Shimek, Jansen, Conway, Tieskoetter, SW, 4:35.61 Boys results High jump – 1. Kaden Barton-Franzen, SW, 5’10”; 3. Irving Flores, SW, 5’6” Long jump – 2. Gavin Feickert, SW, 18’6”; 3. Lukas Weiss, SW, 18’0.5” Shot put – 1. Parker Timp, SW, 46’4.75”; 5. Chandler Riehle, SW, 40’10.25”; 11. Traejin Keel, TV, 22’2.5” Discus – 6. Landen Schnuelle, SW, 112’6”; 7. Tristan Bodensteiner, SW, 107’11” 100m – 5. Eric Greve, SW, 11.85; 6. Flores, SW, 12.21; 14. Tucker Tlusty, TV, 14.73; 15. Wyatt Maklenburg, TV, 17.95 200m – 4. Timp, SW, 24.17; 5. Greve, SW, 24.55; 15. Tlusty, TV, 29.80 400m – 4. Brennan Franzen, SW, 57.41; 9. Feickert, SW, 1:01.27; 14. Brayden Hoffert, TV, 1:10.30 800m – 3. Abe Conway, SW, 2:10.66; 5. Brody Tieskoetter, SW, 2:19.61; 7. Avery Franzen, TV, 2:21.18 1600m – 5. Brad Dahl, SW, 5:28.02; 9. Hoffert, TV, 5:49.25 110m hurdles – 2. Weiss, SW, 16.09; 7. Brady Ohrt, SW, 18.82 400m hurdles – 5. Barton-Franzen, SW, 1:06.89; 7. Landon Livingood, SW, 1:10.63 Shuttle hurdle – 2. Weiss, Timp, Barton-Franzen, Ohrt, SW, 1:06.50 4x100 – 2. Ohrt, Timp, Weiss, Riehle, SW, 46.30 4x200 – 2. Riehle, Schnuelle, BartonFranzen, Greve, SW, 1:41.30; 6. Isaiah Wheeler, Hugo Busta, Burke Busta, Tlusty, TV, 1:49.47 4x400 – 1. Kaden Schmidt, B. Busta, H. Busta, JD Kruse, TV, 3:45.03; 3. Franzen, Tieskoetter, Ohrt, Conway, SW, 3:48.10 4x800 – 1. H. Busta, B. Busta, Russell Nieman, JD Kruse, TV, 8:51.74; 2. Conway, Dahl, Tieskoetter, Franzen, SW, 9:23.71 Sprint medley – 6. Macario, Livingood, Greve, Szymon Kailnowski, SW, 1:54.47; 7. Wheeler, Logan Busta, Schmidt, Franzen, TV, 2:01.17 Distance medley – 3. Schmidt, L. Busta, JD Kruse, Nieman, TV, 4:08.89; 6. Riehle, Schnuelle, Livingood, Dahl, SW, 4:21.98

Halle Weber was the anchor of the TV 4x200 relay that finish third.

Ryann Schmitt exploded from the blocks in the Lady Trojans’ winning sprint medley and distance medley relays.

South Winn’s Tessa Phillips won the UIC 3000-meter title in TV’s Jenna Throndson led off the 12:31.49. third-place 4x200 relay Thursday.

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Viking harriers reign supreme at NEIC meet

ABOVE: The Decorah boys track and field display its NEIC title following Thursday’s meet in Charles City. (Photo courtesy of Amy Averhoff) LEFT: Viking freshman Bill Fullhart had a good carry in the second-place 4x800 relay. RIGHT: Fisher Tweten launches the shot put. The senior finished 10th with a throw of 38 feet, 9 inches. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz) snared both titles. The boys’ collected first with 194 points over Waverly-Shell Rock who came through with 137. For the girls, Decorah easily wrapped up the team title with 185 points with Crestwood finishing a distant second with 96.

NEIC boys’ team scores 1. Decorah 194; 2. Waverly-Shell Rock 137; 3. Waukon 84; 4. Charles City 68; 5. Crestwood 63; 6. New Hampton 30 NEIC girls’ team scores 1. Decorah 185; 2. Crestwood 96; 3. Charles City 89; 4. Waverly-Shell Rock 88; 5. New Hampton 79; 6. Waukon 45

Many things were in the athletes’ favor Thursday as the Decorah girls’ and boys’ track teams dominated the Charles City track at the Northeast Iowa Conference meet. Combined with near perfect weather conditions, the Vikings

11 event wins There was no shortage of champions on the boys’ track team as the Vikes won 11 of the 19 events. The night began with a trio of field events shining bright. Clearing 6 feet even, Peyton Webb won the high jump, while Kaiden Quandahl won gold in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 9.5 inches. In the shot put, William Hahn sent the weight 52 feet, 8.75 inches to win. Kelley Gates was a double individual champion as the senior won the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In the shorter event, Gates went the length of the track in 10.89 seconds. Later in the evening, he broke the tape in 21.75 seconds to win the 200-meter race. Also winning double gold individually was Dakota Johnson in hurdle events. Johnson conquered the 110-meter hurdles in 15.13 sec-

onds and the 400-meter hurdles in 55.64 seconds. Four relays also bested the NEIC field. The night opened with the sprint medley quartet of Johnson, Gavin Groux, Gates and Brayden Hartl winning in 1:35.06. In 1:01.01, the shuttle hurdle relay were champions. Members of the winning quartet were Josh Adam, Tommy Sexton, Groux and Johnson. In the 4x200 relay it was Jace Buddenberg, Adam, Webb and

K. Quandahl crossing the finish line first in 1:32.97. Adam, Gates, Groux and K. Quandahl finished the night with a gold medal performance in the 4x100 relay. The foursome posted a time of 43.31 seconds.

Exploding out of the blocks in the 100-meter dash are Decorah’s Kaiden Quandahl (far left) and Kelley Gates. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz)

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Girls go for gold It was 11 conference titles for the girls’ squad as well, including a clean sweep of the relay events. Winning two individual titles was freshman Audrey Essa. The sprinter won the 100-meter dash in 12.72 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 26.14 seconds. McKenzie Riley won the final sprint event, circling the oval in 1:00.53 to win the 400-meter dash. In the 800-meter run, Amelia Roe won in 2:28.59. Drake Relay qualifier Renae Wilson claimed gold in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.83 seconds. Ava Holthaus, Hayley Stowe, Riley and Lillian Olson broke the tape of the sprint medley relay in 1:53.23. Next on the track for gold was the 4x800 quartet of Roe, Lily Sandhorst, Olivia Volkmann and Lauren Holthaus, winning in 9:57.98. Teaming up in the shuttle hurdle relay were Sydney Kipp, Kelby Kerndt, Kennady Riehle and Wilson, posting the best time of 1:07.43. In 4:28.91, Ella Stille, Jerikah Dodd, Claire Storhoff and Roe won the distance medley relay. Taking the 4x200 relay title in 1:49.74 were Stowe, A. Holthaus, Kerndt and Stella Pole. In the 4x100 relay it was Kerndt, Stowe, A. Holthaus and Kipp crossing the finish line in first with a time of 51.62 seconds. Capping off the night with a win in the 4x400 were Wilson, Riley, L. Holthaus and Essa. The foursome’s winning time was 4:10.29. Prepping for state The Vikings are at Clear Lake for the state-qualifying meet Thursday, May 9, at 4 p.m.

The top two place winners in each event at every state qualifying site automatically advance to state. The next eight best times/distances throughout the state also qualify, making 24 total entries for each event. Boys’ results High jump – 1. Peyton Webb 6’0”; 7. Parker Low 5’4”; 8. Tanner Caddell 5’4” Long jump – 1. Kaiden Quandahl 21’9.5”; 5. Trevor Kuennen 18’11.5”; 7. Montana Jump-Gerleman 18’1.25” Shot put – 1. William Hahn 52’8.75”; 5. Luke Franzen 44’6”; 10. Fisher Tweten 38’9” Discus – 3. Tommy Sexton 142’5”; 5. Hahn 132’3”; 6. Franzen 127’6” 100m – 1. Kelley Gates 10.89; 5. K. Quandahl 11.65 200m – 1. Gates 21.75; 5. Webb 23.68 400m – 3. Brayden Hartl 51.76; 4. Kuennen 52.55; 9. Landyn Hook 57.37 800m – 3. Thomas Hammell 2:06.32; 4. Bill Fullhart 2:07.33 1600m – 2. Grant Zilka 4:43.94; 5. Garrett See 4:46.47 3200m – 3. Zilka 10:12.00; 4. Davis Coppola 10:19.72 110m hurdles – 1. Dakota Johnson 15.13; 3. Kaiden Youngblood 16.73 400m hurdles – 1. Johnson 55.64; 4. Ashton Saltou 59.49 Shuttle hurdle – 1. Josh Adam, Sexton, Gavin Groux, Johnson, 1:01.01 4x100 – 1. Adam, Gates, Groux, K. Quandahl, 43.31 4x200 – 1. Jace Buddenberg, Adam, Webb, K. Quamdahl, 1:32.97 4x400 – 3. Hartl, Kuennen, Mason Avila, Mitchell Stemper, 3:29.74 4x800 – 2. See, Hammel, D’mitry Lesser, Fullhart, 8:30.74 Sprint medley – 1. Johnson, Groux, Gates, Hartl, 1:35.06 Distance medley – 4. Cade Averhoff, Garrett Waskow, Kyle Pattison, Stemper, 3:49.21 Girls’ results High jump – 6. Brylee Hanson 4’8”; 7. Claire Storhoff 4’4”; 9. Lauren Holthaus 4’2” Long jump – 7. Ava Holthaus 14’9.75”; 8. Sydney Kipp 14’1”; 10. Jerikah Dodd 13’6”

Shot put – 2. Lauren Luzum 38’6”; 14. Margaret Hahn 31’1.5” 15. Annaleissa Arnold 30’10.5” Discus – 3. Arnold 108’8”; 5. Annika Schmelzer 103’0”; 15. Camielle Wiedow 71’4” 100m – 1. Audrey Essa 12.72; 4. A. Holthaus 13.40 200m – 2. Essa 26.15; 2. Stella Pole 26.86 400m – 1. McKenzie Riley 1:00.53; 2. Lillian Olson 1:01.88 800m – 1. Amelia Roe 2:28.59; 3. Olivia Volkmann 2:38.33 1500m – 2. Lily Sandhorst 5:18.47; 6. Brinlee Courtney 5:34.97 3000m – 4. Courtney 11:47.15; 6. Grace Blikre 12:35.43 100m hurdles – 1. Renae Wilson 15.83; 4. Kipp 16.60 400m hurdles – 4. Olson 1:10.72 Shuttle hurdle – 1. Kipp, Kelby Kerndt, Kennady Riehle, Wilson, 1:07.43 4x100 – 1. Kerndt, Hayley Stowe, A. Holthaus, Kipp, 51.62 4x200 – 1. Stowe, A. Holthaus, Kerndt, Pole, 1:49.74 4x400 – 1. Wilson, Riley, L. Holthaus, Essa, 4:10.29 4x800 – 1. Roe, Sandhorst, Volkmann, L. Holthaus, 9:57.98 Sprint medley – 1. A. Holthaus, Stowe, Riley, Olson, 1:53.23 Distance medley – 1. Ella Stille, Dodd, Storhoff, Roe, 4:28.91

FROM TOP: For the 19th straight season, the Decorah girls’ track and field team won the NEIC title. Audrey Essa and Ava Holthaus get started in the 100-meter dash. Lily Sandhorst carries the baton in the 4x800 relay. (Driftless Multimedia photos by Becky Walz)

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Decorah girls finish week 1-2 Getting a few matches in between rain showers last week, the Decorah girls’ soccer team (3-8) collected one win.

At home Thursday night, Union (6-9) came out blazing and had the Vikes on their heels for the first 10 minutes, scoring two goals. As the half wore on, Decorah started to gather themselves and made some attacks on offense. The second half was fairly even with one attack that looked like it would result in a goal, but through some miracle, the ball never crossed the goal line. Union sent one long shot from a wide angle that somehow did find the Vikes’ net in the second half. “Our girls need to come out of the gate with more fire — meet the challenge head on instead of always counter punching after being scored on,” said Coach Loren Hendricksen. Decorah had seven shots on goal with Nora Lesmeister and Ana Simon each sending a pair toward the net. With one apiece were Gabbi Dixon, Sara Johanningmeier and Vivian Searcy. Clara Hjelle came up with eight saves during her time in the goal. Saturday tournament In action Saturday at the Wa-

verly-Shell Rock tournament, the Vikes came away with a split day, defeating Regina Catholic (6-7) on penalty kicks and falling to Bondurant-Farrar. Coach Hendricksen noted that the game versus Regina was likely the Vikes’ best team performance this season. Decorah and Regina each scored a goal in the second half with Simon scoring for the Vikings. “The girls had good possession, good passing and good attacks. I felt we were controlling the game pretty well. An unfortunate mistake near the end allowed Regina to tie, but our girls came through in PKs to capture the win,” said the coach. Scoring PKs for the Vikes were Dixon, Johanningmeier, Lesmeister and Simon. Decorah had eight shots on the goal including three by Dixon and two by Simon. With one a piece were Johanningmeier, Lesmeister and Amelia Wadsworth. Game two was a stark contrast to the first as Decorah battled Bondurant-Farrar (6-9) with little energy to lose 7-0. “We seemed to have lost all the energy we had in the first game. Give Bondurant-Farrar credit for playing well, but we could have done much better. I think this grueling stretch of four games in five days caught up with us,” concluded Coach Hendrickson.

Decorah’s Ana Simon scored the lone goal and a penalty kick to lift the Vikings over Regina Catholic Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Stello) Hjelle came up with 15 saves in goal as Decorah was held off from firing shots on the goal. Coming up In the final week of the regular

season, the Vikes were at North Fayette Valley Monday and will host Denver Thursday, May 9, at 5 p.m.

No. 4 Vikes shut out teams at W-SR tourney

The Decorah boys’ soccer team (12-3) showcased its strength on the pitch Saturday, winning a pair of matches at the Waverly-Shell Rock tournament. First up for the Vikings was Northeast Iowa United (012) which proved to be no competition. Decorah scored five goals in the first half and added four in the second to win 9-0. Game two was closer as Decorah defeated Hampton-Dumont-CAL (6-6) in a 3-0 battle, scoring once in the first half and twice in the second. Lincoln Bishop controls the ball away from a Hampton-Dumont-CAL player in game two of Saturday’s tournament at Waverly-Shell Rock. (Photo courtesy of Heather Benzing) Additional coverage of Decorah, South Winn and Turkey Valley Sports can be found in the Public Opinion Newspaper print & digital editions SUBSCRIBE ONLINE AT DECORAHNEWSPAPERS.COM OR CALL 563-382-4221