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2013 Fall Sports Preview

A comprehensive look at teams from: • Newton • Colfax-Mingo • Prairie City-Monroe • Lynnville-Sully • Collins-Maxwell-Baxter • Pella Christian

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Senior leadership is a strong suit for the 2013 Newton Senior High football squad. Senior members of the team are (left to right), front row, Mac Icenbice, Jake Huizenga, Will Brock, Derek Wrage, Ray Schroder, Ryan Thompson, Troy Exley; back row, Jake Smith, Earl Kimmel, Colton Hansen, Daquan Allen, Nick Glotfelty, Devon Wolf, Dillon Constant, Levi Michener, Joe Wright. Seniors not pictured: Brandon Fisher, Alex Morgan.

Cardinals are running on the edge

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor Running a balanced offensive attack is what Newton Senior High’s Cardinals are about in 2013.

They’ve had a soaring passing attack the past few years because of personnel.

Cardinal head coach Ed Ergenbright knows the personnel he has on this season’s football team and he wants to run the football with more consistency.

Ergenbright is counting on his young backfield of juniors and a sophomore to execute a new offense.

“We have our starting quarterback returning.

Tyler Wood did a steady job with our offense last year. We had some growing pains early, as he was a sophomore, but came into his own late in the season,” Ergenbright said.

“Tyler has the experience to guide the new offense, which is called the gun rocket. An issue the past three years is we’ve not run the ball with consistency against the best teams on our schedule. The lack of the ability to run the ball has been overshadowed by our strong passing game.

“We won’t get back to where we want to be — deep into the playoffs or a run at a state title — until we can line up and run the football at people you

need to run against.”

Newton opened the 2012 season at 1-4. The Cardinals responded with four straight wins to reach the playoffs out of Class 3A, District 4. They lost in the first round of playoffs to finish 5-5.

“Our district is always tough with Grinnell, Dallas Center-Grimes, Boone and Ballard with strong tradition. Grinnell will be highly ranked in 3A with the players they have coming back,” Ergenbright said. “Our first two games are non-district, starting with Norwalk, which is a tremendous program.”

“Right out the gate, we’ll find out what our weaknesses are and what we’ll need to work on,” he added.

To run the football, a team needs an offensive line to control the line of scrimmage. The Cardinals have senior guards Will Brock (6-0, 210) and Jake Huizenga (6-0, 200) to anchor the interior of the offensive line. Starting offensive tackles are juniors Alex Bartels (6-0, 190) and Mason Bowes (6-2, 275).

Battling for the starting center position are senior Derek Wrage (6-2, 240), who is back out for football after two years away from the sport, and junior Patrick Murphy (5-11, 180). Ergenbright said Wrage is a very good athlete with size and Murphy is young and an intelligent player. Either player will provide steady play at the center spot.

“We feel good about our personnel from tackle to tackle. This is a good front line group, plus we have some younger kids who will develop into good linemen playing at the junior varsity level,” Ergenbright said.

Bowes played every down for the Cardinals during their 5-5 season a year ago. Bartels was a parttime starter as a tackle. He did play in the Cardinals’ playoff game.

“They give us experience at the tackle spots and have come into camp ready to work. Will Brock is our best player on the team. He was a first-team All-District linebacker last year, but is just as good of an offensive guard. He had really big games on both sides of the ball for us,” Ergenbright said. “Jake Huizenga is just like Will. They both have good quickness and are very strong.”

Playing at the tight end positions are 6-1, 185-pound senior Dillon Constant, 6-4, 190- pound junior Jordan Travis, 6-1, 200-pound Jake Smith and 6-5, 250-pound Ryan Thompson. Ergenbright said all four are working well and Thompson can play offensive tackle.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Senior leadership is a strong suit for the 2013 Newton Senior High football squad. Senior members of the team are (left to right), front row, Mac Icenbice, Jake Huizenga, Will Brock, Derek Wrage, Ray Schroder, Ryan Thompson, Troy Exley; back row, Jake Smith, Earl Kimmel, Colton Hansen, Daquan Allen, Nick Glotfelty, Devon Wolf, Dillon Constant, Levi Michener, Joe Wright. Seniors not pictured: Brandon Fisher, Alex Morgan.

Cardinals are running on the edge

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor Running a balanced offensive attack is what Newton Senior High’s Cardinals are about in 2013.

They’ve had a soaring passing attack the past few years because of personnel.

Cardinal head coach Ed Ergenbright knows the personnel he has on this season’s football team and he wants to run the football with more consistency.

Ergenbright is counting on his young backfield of juniors and a sophomore to execute a new offense.

“We have our starting quarterback returning.

Tyler Wood did a steady job with our offense last year. We had some growing pains early, as he was a sophomore, but came into his own late in the season,” Ergenbright said.

“Tyler has the experience to guide the new offense, which is called the gun rocket. An issue the past three years is we’ve not run the ball with consistency against the best teams on our schedule. The lack of the ability to run the ball has been overshadowed by our strong passing game.

“We won’t get back to where we want to be — deep into the playoffs or a run at a state title — until we can line up and run the football at people you

need to run against.”

Newton opened the 2012 season at 1-4. The Cardinals responded with four straight wins to reach the playoffs out of Class 3A, District 4. They lost in the first round of playoffs to finish 5-5.

“Our district is always tough with Grinnell, Dallas Center-Grimes, Boone and Ballard with strong tradition. Grinnell will be highly ranked in 3A with the players they have coming back,” Ergenbright said. “Our first two games are non-district, starting with Norwalk, which is a tremendous program.”

“Right out the gate, we’ll find out what our weaknesses are and what we’ll need to work on,” he added.

To run the football, a team needs an offensive line to control the line of scrimmage. The Cardinals have senior guards Will Brock (6-0, 210) and Jake Huizenga (6-0, 200) to anchor the interior of the offensive line. Starting offensive tackles are juniors Alex Bartels (6-0, 190) and Mason Bowes (6-2, 275).

Battling for the starting center position are senior Derek Wrage (6-2, 240), who is back out for football after two years away from the sport, and junior Patrick Murphy (5-11, 180). Ergenbright said Wrage is a very good athlete with size and Murphy is young and an intelligent player. Either player will provide steady play at the center spot.

“We feel good about our personnel from tackle to tackle. This is a good front line group, plus we have some younger kids who will develop into good linemen playing at the junior varsity level,” Ergenbright said.

Bowes played every down for the Cardinals during their 5-5 season a year ago. Bartels was a parttime starter as a tackle. He did play in the Cardinals’ playoff game.

“They give us experience at the tackle spots and have come into camp ready to work. Will Brock is our best player on the team. He was a first-team All-District linebacker last year, but is just as good of an offensive guard. He had really big games on both sides of the ball for us,” Ergenbright said. “Jake Huizenga is just like Will. They both have good quickness and are very strong.”

Playing at the tight end positions are 6-1, 185-pound senior Dillon Constant, 6-4, 190- pound junior Jordan Travis, 6-1, 200-pound Jake Smith and 6-5, 250-pound Ryan Thompson. Ergenbright said all four are working well and Thompson can play offensive tackle.

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Cardinals: Defensive front has solid experienced players returning for Newton Continued from Page 3C “We just need to execute our base plays in the new offense and take what the defensive alignment is giving us.

We have enough speed to get the ball on the edge. We want to run the ball on the perimeter. You establish that, and it opens up the inside run game,” Ergenbright said.

Directing the gun rocket offense, is 6-1, 175-pound junior Tyler Wood.

Wood completed 105 of 189 passes last year for 1,299 yards. He threw eight touchdown passes and 13 interceptions. Wood earned Class 3A, District 4 honorable mention.

In the backfield with Wood are juniors Deonne Harris and Tristan Peters as the wingbacks and junior Jeff ( J.T.) Thongvanh and sophomore Joseph Banfield. Harris and Peters played a lot last year as receivers for the Cardinals. Thongvanh and Banfield made their marks in junior varsity action.

“Deonne is 6-3 and a state qualifier in the high hurdles in track. He is explosive and is a player you want to get

the ball to in space. Tristan is a tough inside runner for his size and blocks well,” Ergenbright said. “J.T. is smaller (5-11, 175) but put together well and has done work in the weight room. Joseph is a hard, physical runner.”

The receiving corps is young led by juniors Michael Barr (6-2, 180) and Nick Easley (5-10, 165). Ergenbright said Easley has demonstrated he can be a threat on the outside for the Cardinals, running strong passing routes and having outstanding hands to catch the ball. Barr has good size and understands the offense well, plus also runs good routes and a steady pass catcher.

Easley is Newton’s All-District 4 place kicker, who was 17-for-20 in point-after-touchdown kicks and hit 5 of 7 field goal attempts a year ago.

His longest field goal was 35 yards.

He punts for the Cardinals also, with a 31-yard average.

DEFENSE is where the bulk of the Cardinal senior returning players are established.

Starting along the defensive line are

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Thompson at defensive end and honorable mention District 4 selection Ray Schroder as defensive lineman.

They anchor the front of the defense.

“Ryan can be as good as he wants to be as defensive end. With his size, he presents problems for opposing teams up front. Ray is a wrestler, and at 5-8, 205, he is extremely strong. We look for him to be a force in the middle,” Ergenbright said.

Zakk Weatherly is a 5-11, 215-pound sophomore, who is working on the interior of the defensive line. Ergenbright said he likes Weatherly’s quickness, “but he has to mature into the position, knowing the proper gap to take and understanding to do all the little things right.”

Ergenbright said Constant, Travis and Smith are working for the other starting defensive end spot. He said the Cardinal coaches are trying to find the best fit for players so the Cardinals can two-platoon as much as possible this season. Those three are vying for a tight end spot offensively.

Leading the linebacker corps is Brock. Brock, who earned All-District 4 first-team honors, returns as the top inside linebacker, coming off a season of 45 solo tackles and two quarterback sacks. Nick Glotfelty, a 5-8, 185-pound senior back out for the team this season, worked hard in the off-season and will provide strong

play along side Brock.

Senior Joe Wright and sophomore Duncan Lee are backup linebackers.

At strong safety, senior Levi Michener (5-10, 165) recorded 31 solo stops and four quarterback sacks a year ago, earning district honorable mention. Daquan Allen is a 6-1, 180-pound senior, who started as a safety late in the season a year ago.

“We have speed on defense and our guys pursue the football pretty well,” Ergenbright said. “Colton Hanson is our returning free safety. Colton has great size at 6-2. With a year of varsity play under his belt, we expect him to have a good senior season.

At cornerback, junior Jeff Stanton is back with good skills as a defensive back. First-time out sophomore Mike McCormick is working as a cornerback.

“One concern we do have going into the season is our secondary, only because of the lack of game experience.

We have some young kids working in those positions to give us depth.”

Easley is a strong special teams weapon for the Cardinals. Grant Davidson, a senior, can also kick and punt and Thompson can kick off the football. The Cardinals are working on finding a new long snapper. Retuning kickoffs and punts will be Harris, Peters, Easley and Banfield.

The Cardinals open the 2013 season on the road Aug. 31 at Norwalk.

Pack: State-qualifier Coen is back for NHS Continued from Page 2C “Grace was our No. 1 runner last year and she’s looking strong again this season. Anna and Hailey are our team captains,” Tipton said. “Our returners will be our leaders and are coming into the season with confidence.”

Tipton is also confident. She said she sees the potential for team contention in meets this season for the Cardinals.

“I’m excited that we have a group of runners that will give us good pack running in meets and allow us to contend for team honors in meets and in the conference,” Tipton said.

Coen, Coy, Barr and Knight led the Cardinals to third place at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet last

year. Coy finished 19th with Barr and Knight in 21st and 22nd.

Junior Autumn Hunt and sophomore Sara Cook are expected to be up there in that pack. Hunt placed 28th and Cook was 39th in the conference meet. Senior Haley Doland is a solid performer for the Cardinals. The other senior of the team is Marianna Ulrey.

Other members of the squad are junior Marissa Modlin, sophomore Amanda Laube and freshmen Michaella Cope, Ellie Horn, Jordyn Soule and Megan Van Dalen.

Newton opens the cross country season Thursday, Aug. 29, in the Gilbert Invitational on the Iowa State University cross country course in Ames. The meet begins at 5:30 p.m.

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Senior-laden Cardinal volleyball sets high goals

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor

Confidence and expectations are at a high level for the 2013 Newton Senior High volleyball team. And they should be.

Seven seniors return — five were starters — for the Cardinals, who went 22-15 in 2012. That was two shy of the NHS volleyball record for match victories. The Cardinals were second in the Little Hawkeye Conference behind Grinnell (25-11).

“This is IT. Let’s see what We Can Do.” is the Cardinals’ mantra for 2013.

The senior-laden team is guided by longtime head coach Kim Florke.

Florke announced this is her final season as NHS volleyball coach, after having teams amass a 239-240-22 record in 14 years FLORKE as head coach.

“This is my 15th season as head coach here and 26th season overall. I just decided it Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News was a good time to retire and go out Their time is now.

Newton Senior High’s seven returning seniors are set on having a banner year on the volleyball court. Most were with this group of seniors. Most of starters last year for the Cardinals, who went 22-15. Back for the Cardinals are (left to right) Kacy Cazett, Michaela Bleeker, Jennifer these girls will be three-or four-year Ventling, Bailey Beaderstadt, Amber Karsten, Sydney Bergman and Holly Vander Pol. starters for us,” Florke said.

Goals for 2013: win a conference title, break the 24-match victory freshman Megan Pressgrove. was a Class 4A All-Southeast District last season. She said the 5-10 middle school record and qualify for the Class “We have a great team chemistry. first-team selection. blocker had a good summer of work to 4A state tournament. Since the NHS These seniors worked well as a group Vander Pol is Newton’s other sea- improve her game. Ventling, who was volleyball program was established in and get along well on and off the soned outside hitter as a three-year a LHC honorable mention selection, 1992, no Cardinal team has made the court. It’s going to be an exciting sea- starter. The 5-7 senior put down 165 delivered 123 kills last year and had state tournament. The program has son and fun to watch this team play,” kills at the net. She also served at a four solo blocks along with 26 assisted had just three head coaches in that Florke said.

95-percent clip and had 56 service blocks. She served up 22 aces.

Beaderstadt is a two-year starter span.

Bleeker is a 6-foot outside hitter, aces. Vander Pol earned LHC honoras a 5-9 middle blocker. She rang up “I told the girls on the first day of who was second in Class 4A in kills able mention. summer workouts that the 24-match (428). Bleeker is a four-year starter Working as the right-side hitter is eight solo blocks and 28 assisted blocks record needs to go down and they who earned Class 4A All-State hon- Karsten, who is 5-7 and had 77 kills a year ago and had 52 kills. She was a agreed. Our conference is tough. Pella orable mention and was a first-team and nine assisted blocks at the net. 93-percent server with 22 ace serves.

The 5-2 Cazett is the defensive Christian is a traditional powerhouse All-Little Hawkeye Conference selec- Defensively, Karsten came up with specialist for the Cardinals playing in Class 2A. Pella is always good and tion. She led Newton in defensive digs 276 digs. She served 26 aces.

Grinnell is tough to beat because they with 323 and service aces with 58. She “Amber is a very good athelte and the libero position in the back row. keep the ball in play,” Florke said. had six solo blocks at the net and 16 we’re looking for her to step up and be She averaged 2.52 digs per set last Seniors returning to the court for assisted blocks. more offensive this season. Holly just year, which amount to 249 digs for the Cardinals are Michaela Bleeker, “Michaela has put in the time in does things right out there. She gets the season.

Holly Vander Pol, Jennifer Ventling, the off-season and this is her year to to the right spot and is a strong hitter Amber Karsten, Baily Beaderstadt, really show how good she is. She had at the net,” Florke said.

GOALS Kacy Cazett and Sydney Bergman. a great season last year and we expect Florke said Ventling is the most See Page 7C They will be joined on the varsity by more this year,” Florke said. Bleeker improved player on the team from

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Experienced young runners power Newton boys’ cross country team

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton boys’ cross country team has five returning varsity runners for the 2013 season. They are (left to right) Jwan Roush, Justin Simms, Jacob Thomas, Christian Laube and Chase Dykstra.

Youth powers the Newton boys’ cross country team in 2013.

The Cardinals have veteran junior leadership, but no seniors back on the squad.

Newton did lose its No. 1 runner from a year ago — then-freshman Cooper McDermont qualified for the 2012 Iowa Class 4A State Cross Country Meet. McDermont moved from Newton.

“We have six or seven kids who have put in a lot of miles during summer conditioning. I see us contenders for the conference championship,” said Tom Bartello, who takes over as head coach from his father John Bartello. John Bartello isn’t far away, he is back as an assistant

coach this season.

Juniors Christian Laube and Jacob Thomas are the top runners back on the course for the Cardinal cross country team.

Laube led the Cardinals to a fifth-place finish at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet last year, earning All-Conference honors for his seventh-place finish in 17 minutes, 4 seconds for the 5K distance. Laube placed 17th in the Class 4A district meet.

“Jacob and Chistian have the potential of running with the leaders in every meet we go to this season plus qualifying for the state meet,” Bartello said. “We also have two sophomores back who ran well as freshmen in Jwan Roush and Chase Dykstra.”

Bartello coached the

Newton Middle School cross country boys the past three years. He is the NHS boys’ track coach.

Others back on the squad this season are juniors Justin Simms, Grant Osborn and Zach Thies.

The Cardinals gain the Little Hawkeye Conference middle school champion in freshman Brennan Dodd.

“We’re expecting about 20 kids out this season. We have several other younger runners who could step up and run well. They will have to get used to the longer high school distance,” Barello said.

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Aquagirls go after second straight conference title

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor Breaking through to win its first outright North Central Iowa Conference championship in 2012, the Newton-Colfax-Mingo-Pella swim team is ready to defend that title in 2013.

The NCMP Aquagirls are well equiped to do that with five state qualifiers among its 30 returning swimmers. NCMP head coach Sarah Patterson enters her 20th season guiding the team and is excited about the upcoming season.

“We have great senior leadership with 12 seniors on the roster. We have a strong group of state qualifiers back. With 40 out for the team, we’re excited about the newcomers and developing not just swimmers but young women with strong leadership skills,” Patterson said.

Senior Carly Colville, juniors Hannah Scotton and Rachel Prendergast and sophomores Samantha Hedrick and Sydney Jenkins are back in the pool for NCMP. The five qualified in five events at the state swim meet last year.

Scotton is a two-time state qualifier and holds the NCMP record in the 100-yard butterfly race. She was the lone NCMP state medal winner, claiming fifth in the 100 butterfly. Scotton won the event at the district meet, plus was on the third-place 200yard freestyle relay team for the Aquagirls, which went to state.

Hedrick was the district champion in the 100yard freestyle and placed second in the 50-yard freestyle race. She also went to state as a member of the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.

Colville competed in four events at the state meet. At district, she was third in the 100- yard butterfly and in the 200-yard freestyle individual races.

She was also on the NCMP two relay teams.

Prendergast and Jenkins qualified for state in the 400-yard freestyle relay, which was second at district. Prendergast also was on the 200-yard freestyle relay team.

Patterson pointed out all five swimmers are team record holders in either individual or relay events.

“Our goal is to take all three relays to state. We missed qualifying the medley relay ( Jenkins, Scot-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News The 2013 edition of the Newton-Colfax-Mingo-Pella swim team has 12 seniors on it. Competing in the pool for the Aquagirls this season are (left to right), Cassi Fitzgerald, Grace Perrin, Ellie Rethmeier, Kaitlyn Sorensen, Emily Forsyth, Jandi Westendorf, Carly Colville and Brooke Hamand; up the steps are Amy Roberts, Madeline Wellik and Hannah Marston. Not pictured: Paige Reed.

ton, junior Sara Martin and sophomore Sierra Griffth) by just a hair,” Patterson said. “We want as many state qualifiers as possible each year.”

The other seniors on the squad are Cassi Fitzgerald, Emily Forsyth, Brooke Hamand, Demi Osborn, Grace Perrin, Paige Reed, Amy Roberts, Ellie Rethmeier, Kaitlyn Sorneson, Madeline Wellik and Jandi Westerndorf.

The Aquagirls captured their first conference championship since tying with Decorah in 2005, which was the first year NCMP was in the NCIC. Decorah had won the conference title the other years, but the Aquagirls won seven of the 11 swimming events at the conference meet to claim the title.

“That was huge for us,” Patterson said. “We were 9-1 in dual meets last year, losing to Dowling. So our goals are to defend our conference championship and go 10-0 in dual meets.”

One drawback for NCMP in competition is for the second year, it won’t score points in diving events. Not having a regulation diving board at home in the Newton YMCA pool, the Aquagirls cannot compete in the diving events.

“We give up an automatic 13 points every time we go to an away meet because of the diving meet, which is tough,” Patterson said.

NCMP has four home meets in 2013, starting with the season-opener Aug. 27 against Linn-Mar at the Newton YMCA.

Goals: Cardinals open 2013 season at home with invitational tournament Continued from Page 5C “Kacy was trained as a setter, but we put in the libero spot last year. She gained a lot of confidence playing the back row. She is quick and gets to the ball plus passes the ball well,” Florke said.

The one big void the Cardinals had to fill was at setter. Newton lost AllConference second-team and two-year starter Katelyn Camp.

“Sydney Bergman, who is 5-2, will be our back-row setter. She is a great leader and great competitor. Then we have freshman Megan Pressgrove, who will be

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Florke said the Cardinals need to stay healthy because they don’t have much depth this season.

“We’re excited to get going and see what we can do. We had a good summer of work and are ready to play matches,” she said.

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New coach leads Tigerhawks with new team attitude

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer Tigerhawk football endured some trying times last season. The Colfax-Mingo football team got out to a nice 2-1 start to the season, but six straight losses to finish the year brought the team down from its early-season highs.

New head coach Jeff Lietz hopes his speed on defense, combined with a revised scheme, leads to some more victories for the Tigerhawks “I’m really excited coming into my first year as a head coach. I’ve been an assistant coach here for a while, and I’m familiar with how everything runs,” Lietz said. “On offense, we’re still going to run a spread, but I’m changing up the defense to a 3-5 scheme. We have great speed on defense, particularly in our linebackers and defensive backs.”

One big coup for this team is that its leading tackler from last season, Jake Lietz, returns for his sophomore season. As a freshman, Lietz racked up 125 total tackles, topping all other Raiders including senior Dylan Albright, who had 119.

“Jake was the leading tackler in the (Heart of Iowa) conference last season as a freshman. So, we’ve got him back, and he should be big for us this year,” Lietz said.

The Tigerhawks return 11 seniors for this season, but much of the team’s returning offense from last season is still heavily reliant upon underclassmen, specifically sophomores Jared Myers and Blake Summy.

Myers took over as the starting quarterback at the beginning of his freshman season, but a broken collar bone sidelined him the remainder of the year. As expected, the freshman Myers experienced some struggles throwing the football with eight interceptions to two touchdowns, but he went through the growing pains that all young football players must endure. Although he did struggle at times, Myers also posted a completion percentage above 50 percent to go along with 453 yards passing on 68 pass attempts.

Dustin Turner/Daily News Colfax-Mingo volleyball player Jade Lewis warms up with teammates Dakota Brodka and Olivia Maggard before the team’s camp on Aug. 8. Lewis led the Tigerhawks in kills last season.

C-M volleyball looks for upswing

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer Dustin Turner/Daily News Colfax-Mingo’s sophomore quarterback Jared Myers works on his release during the Tigerhawks’ pre-season camp in Colfax. Myers had a solid start to his freshman season, until it was derailed by a broken collarbone. He leads a young offense unit into the 2013 football season.

Summy was one of just four Tigerhawks to catch a touchdown pass last season, and at six receptions, he is the leading receiver returning from the 2012 squad.

“Jared was playing really well last year until he got hurt,” Lietz said.

“It’s nice to see him back and working hard.

“Blake is our leading receiver coming back from last season. Having him back will be big for us too.”

Those position battles will shake themselves out by the Tigerhawks’ first game, which is Aug. 30 at Saydel High School.

“I just love their attitude,” Lietz said of his players. “It’s going to be a new attitude and a new level of intensity. The kids have a great work ethic.

Staff writer Dustin Turner may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 440, or at dturner@newtondailynews.com.

Colfax-Mingo’s 2012 volleyball season was one to forget. The Tigerhawks struggled to win games, let alone matches throughout the campaign. After a season that saw C-M win only one set in its first 17 matches, the Tigerhawks hope some younger blood will allow them to bounce back in 2013.

“It was really tough,” Tigerhawk head coach Brian Warrick said of last season. “One of the reasons it was so tough was because we lost Anna Baldwin, who was our best hitter in the back, to a torn ACL before the season. So, having her back, we’re already ahead of where we were.”

Despite having six seniors on the team in 2012, the Tigerhawks posted just two victories, both of which came late into the season. The good news for the Colfax-Mingo faithful is that senior Jade Lewis, who led the team in kills (128), sets (69) and blocks (22), returns to help a younger group of Tigerhawk ballers forget about 2012.

“Jade is back, and from what I’ve seen, she’s better than ever,” Warrick said. “She really stepped up for us last season.”

Kayla VanDusseldorp will be one

of the other senior leaders in 2013.

Her 37 kills in 2012 were fifth on the team. She picked up nine blocks as well, good for second o the team.

Juniors Rylee Thompson, Sara Lahart and Allison Teed are all a year older and should bring some fire to their games after having to drudge through the rough season that was 2012.

Thompson tied for third on the team last season with 49 kills and only 31 errors. Thompson also contributed six blocks, 69 sets and six aces. She will be asked to fill a bigger role this season with the absence of three key seniors from last year — Jessica Kolo, Sydnie Fahrney and Rebecca Jensen.

Lahart had the fourth-most digs on the team with 31 last year. Teed’s seven assists were fifth among Tigerhawk players.

“We have a very talented freshman class that should fill some of the holes left by our graduating players,” Warrick said. “We need to find some setters, because three out of our four best setters from last season are gone, but Rylee, Sara and Olivia Maggard bring some experience. Olivia really stepped up as a defensive specialist for us last season.”

The Tigerhawks begin their season Aug. 29 at Madrid.

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C-M girls’top runner back; boys fielding team

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer The Colfax-Mingo cross country team returns this fall with some promising distance runners looking to make the leap, possibly all the way to the state level.

In 2012, sophomore Tigerhawk runner Kennedi Hostetter put together a terrific fall campaign. Hostetter’s season included a top-10 finish in the 4,000-meter run at the Lake Keomah Invitational, with a time of 17 minutes, 56 seconds. Her time of 17:56.92 was good for 31st at the Heart of Iowa Conference Championships, and she represented the navy and orange proudly at the Class 1A regional meet at Marshalltown, where she ran a 18th place time of 17:28.00.

She spent this past spring running for the Tigerhawks’ track team in the 1,500 and the 3,000. She had a solid season, placing ninth in the 1,500 and fifth in the 3,000 at the Class 2A District Championships in May. Now a junior, Hostetter will look to improve on her times from last year, and her coach, Zach Tomas, seems to

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Dustin Turner/Daily News The Colfax-Mingo cross country team consists of (front row, from left) Carley Hodgson, Sydney McLaughlin, Breawna Schroeder, Donita Fatland, McKenzie Cogley, Cameron Lantry, (second row) Cassie Craig, Kennedi Hostetter, Iva Moore, Sara Lahart (back row) Dakota Hostetter, Adam Teed and Will Dunsbergen Not Pictured: Jimmy Abell & Chris Stuva

think she has what it takes to break through to the next level.

“Kennedi is probably out most talented runner. She is certainly our most decorated,” Tomas said. “She had a really good season on the track this past spring, and her 2012 season for us was great. We’re happy to have her back” Hostetter will head a group of strong C-M girls, and the Tigerhawks’ distance crew looks promising in 2013.

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year. A team with six total runners last year has the potential to nearly triple in size.

“We had six girls last year, but this year it looks like we’re going to have anywhere from 10 to 15 potential runners,” Tomas said. “We only had one middle schooler on the boys team, but two-time state wrestler Jimmy Abell will be running for us this season, along with some seniors who have never run before. I’m proud of how the program is growing.”

Tomas credits much of the growth of the pro-

gram to senior Carley Hodgson. Hodgson was a swimmer for two years, but she switched over to cross country last season, and Tomas believes her personality has helped some students become more comfortable with the program.

“I think that Carley is such a positive person. People see how much she likes it, and that has been a huge recruiter for us. For the seniors, I think they see their time here winding down, and they’re looking for opportunities to do something with their friends,” Tomas said.

Collins-Maxwell/Baxter High School had an incredibly successful cross country season in 2012, and it came on the backs of two individuals in particular. Seniors Hayley Leonard and Aaron Ward were two of the best distance runners in the Heart of Iowa Conference last season.

Leonard showcased her abilities at both the HOI Championships and the Class 2A District meet at Panorama. At the HOI Championships, Leonard placed seventh overall in the girls’ 4,000-meter run with a time of 16 minutes, 38.85 seconds. She shaved off nearly a full second for the meet at Panorama, finishing third with a time of 16:38.00. She carried that momentum to a 21st place finish at the Iowa State Championships.

Ward also ran his best under the bright lights.

His time of 18:32.71 at the HOI Championships placed him 12th in the boys’ 5,000, and he posted a remarkable time of 18:15.00 at the Panorama meet. Ward took 46th in the state meet, as well.

“Those two are going to be tough to replace,” CMB coach Jerry Meinerts said. “It’s going to be a tough void for us to fill. Those two were great leaders, and they put up very good number.”

Although the Raiders will miss these two stellar competitors, there is plenty to be excited about this season.

Returning for the Raiders will be sophomore Chasity Moody, who brings plenty of experience in her own right. Moody placed 69th at the state championships as a freshman.

“Chasity Moody is probably the one I’m expecting the most from this year,” Meinerts said.

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Raiders riding late-season momentum into 2013

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer They say, “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” The 8-14 Raiders’ volleyball team had to cling to these words all through last season.

A shaky start to 2012 cost the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter volleyball team a shot at a winning season, but the way the team closed bodes well for the fall of 2013. The Raiders lost their first six matches of 2012, but a string of five victories in seven matches fueled an 8-8 finish that included a 3-2 victory over Prairie CityMonroe in the Class 3A regionals.

“The kids just started to gel really well. Their passing got a lot better,” CMB coach Scott Ranck said. “We had some medical issues with the team and were forced to make a few lineup changes. So, I kind of shuffled things around, and the girls responded really

well.”

The Raiders will lose plenty of the senior leadership that allowed the 2012 team to keep its head up. Seniors Cheyanne Warne, Shelby Berg, Jenna Ziesman and Becky Williams were crucial to the string of victories the Raiders put up last season, but four of the top players from last year will return hoping to make some improvements.

Senior Abbie Haupert led the team in kills last season with 181, almost 70 more than Warne, who was second on the team with 112. Those 181 kills placed Haupert ninth in the Heart of Iowa Conference, and she’ll be looking to build on that for this season.

“She’s probably one of our strongest players returning,” Ranck said of Haupert. “She was mainly our middle hitter last season, but she’s someone we’ll be able to move around to different positions. She’s a good athlete, and she hits

the ball really hard. She also passes the ball well” Juniors Abbey Applegate, Mackenzie Schmitz and Alex Hiavacek should fill out the starting squad along with Haupert, and each of them brings something to the table.

Applegate was second on the team in 2012 with a .158 kill effectiveness ration. She also racked up 19 aces.

Schmitz led the team with a 91.6 serve percentage, and her 70 sets were also first amongst the Raider ballers.

Hiavacek’s 28 kills were sixth on the team.

“She blew out her knee playing basketball in the winter,” Ranck said of Shcmitz.

‘She was able to play softball, and she’s staring to come around on the health front.”

The team doesn’t have a whole lot of returners and some of the girls who played sparingly last year will be asked to handle a bigger load.

“We had a good class come

Dustin Turner/Daily News Getting back into the swing of things is returning Collins-Maxwell student Abbie Haupert. Haupert will be relied upon for much of the deciding points as the Collins-Maxwell/Baxter volleyball team heads into it’s 2013 season on the court.

through, but we have some fresh, young faces,” Ranck said. “They’re excited about volleyball, and they want to get better. The biggest thing is that they listen. It’s gonna take some time before they’re

used to it, but we need them to step up and be a good supporting cast for some of our more experienced players.

The Raiders’ season will begin on Sept. 3 at LynnvilleSully.

CMB: Deutsch leads Raiders Continued from Page 9C Klemme and Stephanie Twohey have all done a good job this summer of running and staying in shape. They should all have solid seasons as well.”

Also returning for CMB will be junior runner Mark Deutsch. Deutsch placed 20th at the HOI championships in his sophomore season with a respectable time of 19:08.27. He will look to make some strides toward the top of the conference as a junior in 2013.

“Mark is our best runner coming back,” Meinerts said. “He was just behind Aaron Ward last season as far as our top runners goes, but we have some good young runners as well. Calvin Jones, in particular, is a freshman coming in that I’m expecting some good things out of this year. He ran well in junior high.

Obviously, it’s a big jump that he’s going to have to make, but I think he’s going to be very good for us.”

Dustin Turner/Daily News At left, Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s Mark Deutsch (left) leads a group of Raiders on a run across the football field in a pre-season workout in Baxter. Deutsch will be the most accomplished returning runner for the boys on the CMB cross country team this season.

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Dustin Turner/Daily News Some of the younger players in Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s offense gets a crash course in head coach Rob Luther’s spread scheme. The Raiders put up plenty of points last season with a high-powered attack, and they have plenty of returners looking to repeat that performance this year.

Raiders look to cash in on summer work on fall gridiron

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer Following a 4-6 season that ended strong, the CollinsMaxwell/Baxter Raiders will be looking to continue their momentum on the football field.

The Raiders began the year with a big 42-35 win over North Polk in Alleman, but five consecutive losses — most of them by two scores or less — derailed the Raiders’ hopes for a Heart of Iowa Conference title. However, CMB ended the 2012 campaign with three wins in its last four regular season games, and with a senior-loaded

2013 roster, the Raiders hope to contend this year.

The Raiders had a strong summer, fairing very well in some 7-on-7 football at the University of Notre Dame’s facility in Indiana, where they competed against some of the top high school teams in the state. They even came away with a winning record.

“We’re excited, like every team probably is at this point of the year because we haven’t played a game yet,” head coach Rob Luther said. ”We had a very strong summer with a lot of success in 7-on-7 football. The kids have gotten stronger in the weight room, and overall we have had a

good offseason program.”

The Raiders return an option attack that was very fruitful last season. Senior Zach Samson will be back behind center to man the quarterback spot. He passed for more than 1,900 yards last season and rushed for 1,090 yards, accounting for 30 of the 45 touchdowns for the Raider offense. His added year of experience and athleticism should give CMB a nice boost on the offensive end.

“With our offense, we certainly rely on our quarterback to do a lot,” Luther said. “Zach has been asked to do a lot in the past, and he has proven that he’s more than capable of

running our offense.”

The Raiders also return Samson’s favorite target — Bryce Kemp. The now-junior Kemp had 712 yards receiving last season on 33 catches, nine for touchdowns.

Zach Huffaker, who led the team with 39 catches last year, will be entering his senior season.

“We have a lot of great athletes coming back on the offensive side of the ball,” Luther said. “We’ve got Zach (Huffaker), Kemp, Samson and Austin Moorman.

There’s four kids right there we feel you can build an offense around. We certainly believe we’re going to put up

plenty of points.”

The problem for CMB last season was on the defensive side of the ball, a problem Luther hopes the team can correct with a few tweaks.

“We changed our scheme up a little bit,” he said. “We really struggled on defense last season, and we don’t want to go into games hoping that we can just outscore the other team. We need to find some kids that really want to defend and can do it well. That’s where we need to improve the most.”

The Raiders will hold a scrimmage Aug, 23 and open their season on Aug. 30 at home against Gilbert.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Lynnville-Sully High’s Hawks are preparing for another strong season on the football field. They are being led by these players, who are (left to right), back row, Brandon Dunsbergen, Payton Scandridge, Baker Zegers, Sage Ehresman, Caden Doll, T.J. Cunningham, Noah Engle, Darin Hofer, Kyle Van Dyke; front row, Noah Zylstra, Daniel Zimmerman, Payton Haack, Bailee Samson, Melick Meyer, Lucas Rozendaal, Zack Kaldenburg, Blake Werhle.

Returning trio powers Hawks on both sides of football

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor SULLY — Lynnville-Sully High football is building a winning tradition. The Hawks have had backto-back winning seasons after seven straight losing ones.

The 2013 edition of Hawk football is out to put another winning season on the books for Lynnville-Sully. The Hawks are coming off a 9-3 season and are the Class A, District 6 defending champions.

“We’re working on our identity for this season,” said Mike Parkinson, who is in his third season as Hawk head coach. “We lost some quality seniors to graduation, but we’ve got a lot of talent returning also.

“This group is hungry. We walked away from the end of last season knowing we still have more to do as a program.”

The hardest-hit area by graduation was along the line of scrimmage.

The lone returning offensive lineman is junior Blake Wehrle, who is 5-10 and 200 pounds. Parkinson said the Hawks have work to do up front offensively to be successful.

Lynnville-Sully powered past opponents last year with a running game led by Bailee Samson. Samson is back as a 5-11, 160-pound senior running back. Samson led the Hawks with 1,379 yards on 145 carries a year ago.

He scored 17 touchdowns plus made

seven catches for 109 yards.

But, the Hawks don’t have just one returning ball carrier in 2013. Samson is joined in the backfield by senior Caden Doll (5-11, 165), who rushed for 707 yards on 112 carries and scored 15 touchdowns. Daniel Zimmerman played fullback a year ago, but the 5-8, 180-pound senior moves to the offensive line this season.

“Daniel is strong and blocks well.

He will help Blake anchor the offensive line. We have had some younger guys working along the line. We began seeing people stepping up during our team camp, and that’s encouraging,” Parkinson said.

Another important role to fill is quarterback. Parkinson said the Hawks have a strong competition going on in camp between senior Brandon Dunsberger and sophomore Noah Engle.

Dunsberger was the back-up to Cale Van Wyk, who threw for almost 900 yards and 11 touchdowns last year.

Engle led the L-S junior varsity to an undefeated season a year ago.

Whether it is Dunsberger or Engle leading the Hawks’ I-formation offense, T.J. Cunningham will be a target to throw to in the passing game.

Cunningham was the Hawks’ secondleading receiver a year ago with 12 catches for 48 yards and one touchdown. Darin Hofer returns as a 6-4, 185-pound senior tight end. Hofer had three receptions for 32 yards and two touchdowns.

“We’ll have to develop our passing game again. Both Brandon and Noah know the offense, and either one will do a good job back there for us. Again, it comes down to younger guys stepping up to fill voids in the receiving corps,” Parkinson said.

As potent as the Hawk offense was a year ago, it was defense that drove the Hawks to the quarterfinals of the Class A playoffs. Reaching the quarerfinals was the deepest a LynnvilleSully team had gone into the playoffs since the Hawks won a state championship in 1986.

Lynnville-Sully had five straight shutouts to end the 2012 season. The Hawks did not give up a point from Sept. 14 until the playoffs, outscoring opponents 250-0.

Samson was a Class A All-State defensive lineman, finishing third in

the state in tackles-for-loss with 19 and he rang up 10 quarterback sacks.

As a first-team All-District defensive lineman, Samson had 85 tackles and made four fumble recoveries.

Doll led Class A, District 6 in tackles with 159 on the season as the Hawks’ linebacker. Zimmerman and Hofer are linebackers also. Zimmerman was credited with 86 tackles and three fumble recoveries a year ago.

Earning All-State Class A secondteam honors as a defensive back was Cunningham. He led the team and district with eight interceptions.

“We have OK size, but we’re really fast on defense. We plan on using our team speed in all phases of the game,” Parkinson said.

The Hawks open the season Aug. 30 in a non-district contest at Pella Christian.

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Lynnville-Sully Hawk volleyball team ready to soar in 2013

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor SULLY — Lynnville-Sully High School’s Hawks have high goals for the 2013 volleyball season. Yes, the team lost four seniors to graduation from a 15-12 squad, but...

“We have lots of talent returning.

We’ll have a pretty solid team for this year,” said Heather James, LynnvilleSully head coach. “We have many players who can play very well in the front row and back row. This gives us many options as we sort out positions.”

The Hawks have 10 returning players who earned varsity letters a year ago. The group is divided evenly with five seniors and five juniors.

Leading the Hawks will be senior middle hitter Cassie Cullen, senior setter Jade Van Rees, senior right side hitter Macy Lanser and senior defensive specialists Lyndsay Terpstra and Kristal Beyer.

The juniors are middle hitter Lysandra James, setter Riley Rockwell and outside hitters Shelby Davis, Taylor Vander Leest and Madison Rasmusson.

Lynnville-Sully High photo Van Rees was second in set as- Returning players for the Lynnville-Sully High volleyball team are (left to right), Riley Rockwell, Taylor Vander Leest, Cassie Cullen, sists with 464 among South Iowa Jade Van Rees, Macy Lanser, Lyndsay Terpstra, Lysandra James. Not pictured: Kristal Beyer, Madison Rasmusson, Shelby Davis.

Cedar League setters. Cullen led the Hawks, the SICL and all Class 1A in Sully’s leading hitter returning. She Terpstra finished at 92.7-percent pearance in conference play this year,” ace serves with 82. The two L-S play- amassed 194 kills last year plus put up serving with 40 aces for the Hawks. James said. “We have some very talers earned South Iowa Cedar League 28 solo blocks and assisted on 23 more Lysandra James had 21 kills and 13 ented players, who should be able to honorable mention. blocks at the net. Cullen had 103 digs assisted blocks. Lanser rang up 47 step up nicely and perform well for Van Rees finished with 66 service and served 89.5 percent. kills during the season. us.”

Lynnville-Sully opens the 2013 aces and was a 91.2 percent server.

“Jade has a goal to be at the top of The Hawks lost in the 1A regional She was credited with 136 digs and 21 the set list this year,” James said. tournament semifinal match a year season in the Newton Invitational on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Matches begin at kills.

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Pella Christian Eagles set to play with a purpose in 2013

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor PELLA — “One Mind. One Purpose.”

There are 13 players on the Pella Christian High volleyball team but they plan to play as one unit for one purpose in 2013. The Eagles are after a trip to the Iowa Class 2A State Tournament.

Winning a Little Hawkeye Conference title along the way wouldn’t be bad either. The Eagles are out to better their 16-18 mark of a year ago.

“These girls are of one mind as they work together. We have strong senior leadership on the team and the

girls came up with the motto after our team retreat last weekend,” said Cindy Nikkel, PCHS head coach.

Leading the way are the team’s three seniors — Logan De Graaf, Lauren Jungling and Morgan De Ruiter. De Graaf is the team’s middle blocker and right-side hitter, who had 75 kills and 53 block assists last year.

Three-year starting setter Jungling had 586 assists for the Eagles last year.

She also was credited with 129 digs and 56 service aces. Jungling worked the net with 86 kills and 30 assisted blocks.

De Ruiter is coming off shoulder surgery so will be playing in the back row as a defensive specialist.

Junior Becca Gritters returns as an outside hitter and she led the Eagles with 224 kills last year. Laura Nicholson is another junior outside hitter.

Abby Pleima is a 6-2 junior setter.

“Our strengths this season are our blocking ability at the net and our aggressive serving. We’ll move the ball around on the serve and our girls are pretty solid from the service line,” Nikkel said. “We have work well at the net to set blocks.”

Nikkel said the Eagles were delivered a bit of a blow when sophomore outside hitter Andrea Horstman tore her ACL late this summer.

“We do have some competition among some of our other players to

play defensive roles on the back row,” Nikkel said.

“Our conference could be up for grabs this season. There’s quite a few new coaches in the conference. Oskaloosa and Grinnell are strong and Newton has a lot of people back. I believe we have just as good an opportunity to win it as any other team.”

Pella Christian opens the 2013 season Aug. 26 at Marshalltown. It holds its home tournament Sept. 28.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Pella Christian High’s volleyball team is ready to get started in 2013. Members of the varsity are (left to right) front row, Lauren Jungling, Becca Gritters, Julia Dykstra, Alyssa Starkey, Laura Nicholson; back row, Morgan De Ruiter, Christa Veenstra, Andrea De Bruin, Logan De Graaf, Abby Pleima, Rachel Ver Meer, Hannah Beltman, Lydia Bandstra, Andrea Horstman. Not pictured: Michaela Chapman.

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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Pella Christian High’s Eagles head into the 2013 football season led by 14 returning players for the varsity team. They are (left to right), Josh Posthuma, Zach Van Zee, Dillion Branderhorst, Mason Howerzyl, Andrew Vander Hart, Carson Digger, Jake De Ruiter; back row, Connor Milligan, Zach Arkema, Nate Haveman, Jacob Brouwer, Tyler De Bruin, Colton Collins, Zach Rozendaal.

Line play is strong suit for Pella Christian Eagles

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor PELLA — Veteran offensive and defensive linemen, team speed and a returning starting quarterback are counted as strengths for the 2013 edition of Pella Christian High football.

“We have a nice nucleus of players coming back with 15 returning upperclassmen. We have most of our offensive line back and our defensive front returns in force,” said Richard Kacmarynski, Eagle head coach.

The Eagles opened the 2012 season strong, going 5-0, but injuries two their starting running backs knocked them off track. Kacmarynski said Pella Christian couldn’t regain its stride after that and ended up at 6-4 overall.

Pella Christian, which plays in Iowa Class 1A, District 7, has to replace its whole backfield except for senior quarterback Colten Collins. The

6-4, 180-pound signal caller threw for 1,068 yards, completing 66 of 142 passes. He had 15 touchdown passes and was intercepted seven times.

“Colten was the second-leading passer in the district. He is quite the athlete and with his experience, we except him to be a dual threat as our quarterback. He throws the ball well ,but also can hurt teams with his running ability,” Kacmarynski said.

After the Eagles lost their two starting senior running backs last year, Mason Howerzyl was pressed into service in the backfield. Howerzyl, a 5-9, 170-pound senior, rushed for 678 yards on 150 carries and scored three touchdowns.

Juniors Carson Dugger (6-0, 165) and Dillon Branderhorst (5-9, 170) were the Eagles’ feature running backs at the junior varsity level last year.

They step up to the varsity.

“Mason responded well for us when he had to play full-time on offense.

Carson and Dillon had strong junior varsity seasons. We’re confident the three will be very, very good as they gain more experience,” Kacmarynski said.

Providing the push up front for the Eagles is an offensive line of five seniors and one junior. Zach Arkema, a 6-5, 240-pound senior, is aback at left tackle while Zack Rozendaal, a 6-2, 200-pound senior, is playing tight end.

Zach Van Zee is a two-year starter at guard. The senior is 6-foot and 190 pounds.

Conner Milligan is a 5-11, 240-pound senior and senior Andrew Vander Hart is 6-1 and 185 pounds.

They fill in the other guard and tackle spots. Junior Tyler De Bruin (6-2, 180) is the Eagles’ center.

Josh Posthuma leads the receiving corps for the Eagles. Posthuma is a big target at 6-4 and 180 pounds. Another new receiver is Jake De Ruiter at 5-11 and 160 pounds. Jacob Brouwer

is a 6-2, 170-pound junior, who is a backup tight end.

“We’re encouraged with what we’ve seen from Josh and Jake as receivers.

They’re developing quickly,” Kacmarynski said.

Rozendaal, Arkema and 6-3, 205-pound junior Nate Haveman are the returning defensive line for the Eagles. Van Zee and Howerzyl return as starting linebackers on the defensive side.

“Again, up front on defense we’re solid. Our secondary has to develop,” Kacmarynski said.

On special teams, Brouwer is the placekicker while Howerzyl and Haveman are working on the punting duties. Kacmarynski said the Eagles’ kicking game is solid.

“We have good team speed and it will be our calling card,” he said.

The Eagles open the 2013 season Aug. 30 at home against LynnvilleSully in non-district play.

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Jocelyn Sheets/ Daily News Leading the Pella Christian High cross country teams back onto the course in 2013 are (left to right) front row, Max Shannon, Marina Shannon, Damaris Worthington, Jonathan Beltman; back row, David Dykstra, Jacob Lensing, Jackson Schelhaas.

Pella Christian builds cross country programs on younger runners

By Jocelyn Sheets Daily News Sports Editor PELLA — Pella Christian High School’s cross country teams compete in Iowa Class 2A district meets but they run in the Little Hawkeye Conference, against mainly 3A and 4A teams. Jocelyn Meinders, head cross country coach for the Eagles, believes the tough competition throughout the season will help the PCHS squads when it comes to the 2013 Class 2A district meet.

“The conference is tough. We have mainly juniors and freshmen on our teams this year, so I expect to see improvement among our returning runners and our new athletes progress as the season goes along,” Meinders said.

The Eagle boys and girls open the 2013 cross country season at an invitational meet hosted by Pella Community High School at Central College in Pella on Saturday, Sept. 7. The races begin at 11 a.m.

Pella Christian has two returning varsity runners

and three returning runners from the junior varsity for the Eagle girls. Juniors Marina Shannon and Darmaris Worthington ran on the PCHS varsity.

Junior Alicia Munoz, who was a transfer student a year ago and could only run junior varsity, is expected to give the Eagles a boost on varsity this season.

Briana Van Donselaar and Chinese foreign exchange student Xu Yadi, both sophomores, ran junior varsity a year ago. Senior Haylie Van Maanen is out for the team as are juniors Morgan Anderson and Danielle Nardini.

Sophomore Abby Van Soelen is another addition to the team. Freshmen Andrea Carballo and Chloe Demski round out the team going into the season.

“We’re excited about the numbers we have out for the girls’ team this year. We should be able to run a full varsity team in meets. We weren’t able to do that last year,” Meinders said.

FOR THE EAGLE BOYS, four varsity runners are back in juniors Jacob Lensing, Jonathan Beltman, Jackson Schelhaus and Max Shannon. David

Dykstra is the lone senior on the team and he ran junior varsity a year ago.

“Our juniors had a good year as sophomores. Jacob was our No. 1 runner all season with Jonathan right behind him. The two are tough competitors and refuse to quit out there,” Meinders said.

Pella Christian has one sophomore on the team in Zack Shen. Then it comes down to nine freshmen. They are Samuel Dahm, Scott Haveman, Ryan Howey, Lucas Jansen, Max Kolb, Sam Lensing, Colin Stravers, Jaden Wilson and Grant Dunsbergen.

“There’s a lot of potential in the mix of juniors and freshmen for the boys. We saw such an improvement in our four juniors a year ago so we expect that to happen with this group of talented freshmen,” Meinders said. “We could be good this year, but next year, could be a very good season.

“They will be bigger and stronger. They’ll know how to train over the summer and this season is one of them learning how to race at the high school level.”

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Keitges takes reins of Mustang volleyball program

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer Last season, the Prairie City-Monroe volleyball team was stacked with

upperclassmen, but the Mustangs limped away with an 8-18 record.

This year, there is a new sheriff in town in head coach Mollie Keitges, and with the help of a couple of senior

Dustin Turner/Daily News During the first practice in the tenure of new Prairie City-Monroe coach Mollie Keitges, returning kills leader Abbi Gilson shows off her spiking ability. Gilson and fellow returner Lexi Kain will be asked to lead an inexperienced group of girls for the Mustangs in 2013.

leaders, she intends to change that in a hurry.

“We’re going to be doing things a little bit differently. We have a couple senior leaders that we need to step up in Lexi Kain and Abbi Gilson. They will be our big hitters,” Keitges said of this year’s squad. “Mostly, right now we’re looking to work on the basics and the fundamentals of the game.”

Although the starting lineup for the Mustangs will lose graduating seniors Alex Samson, Kelsey Townsend, Kaitlyn Wilkie and Payge Edwards, there are several more than capable girls who appear ready to step up.

Abbi Gilson will lead this year’s squad. Arguably the Mustangs’ greatest asset on the court last season, Gilson led the team in kills (136), sets (76), kills per set (1.79) and aces (54).

Now a senior, Gilson will need to be the leader on and off the court to make some of the girls who played sparingly last year feel more comfortable in this year’s starting lineup.

Assisting her in the leadership role will be seniors Lexi Kain, Cassidy

VanVeen, Megan Winager, Taylor Davenport and Ashlee Kain. Of those seniors, Lexi and Taylor were the only ones who saw significant playing time in 2012.

“Abbi and Lexi are both great athletes,” Keitges said. “They work hard, and we need them to be our leaders.

Abbi will play more up-front and in the middle, and we’re going to rely on Lexi to put some pressure on from the back line.”

Courtney VanHouweling was very effective as a sophomore, contributing 60 kills and 20 aces. Look for her to have an increased role in the Mustangs’ attacking plays.

“My biggest hope for the girls is just to improve. I understand it takes some time to adjust to a new way of doing things, and I’m going to change things up from the way they’ve done things in the past. It’s going to be a new style of play for them. If we improve with every meet, I’ll be happy with them,” Keitges said.

The Mustangs’ season will begin on Aug. 27 with a tournament at Dallas Center-Grimes High School.

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Consistency is mark Mustangs striving for on the field

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer Prairie City-Monroe’s football team rode both the highs and lows of a roller coaster season in 2012, and the Mustangs will be looking for some increased consistency this year.

After starting out the year with a thrilling, one-point victory on the road at Roland-Story, the Mustangs lost three straight games, including a 44-6 hammering at the hands of Pella Christian. Even though the team took three wins in four weeks toward the middle of the season, its three straight losses to finish the year left a bad taste in the Mustangs’ mouths.

They’re looking to change that this season.

“It looks like we’re going to be quite a bit better than last season,” said Bonnett. “We have a lot of returning players, and they’re already ahead of where we were at this point last year.”

The Mustangs return plenty of their contributors from last season.

Both of the team’s leading rushers — Zach Uhlenhopp and Blake McWilliams — will be entering their senior seasons and ready to carry the load on the ground for PCM. Uhlenhopp was also the secondleading receiver from last year’s squad, and with Ethan Kain gone, he will likely be asked to shoulder the load through the air.

Although, Uhlenhopp was also the back-up quarterback to now-graduated starter Nate VandeWall, Bonnett has other ideas in store for the senior.

“Zach was a big part of our offense last year. He did a lot of things for us at receiver and running back” Bonnett said. “We’ve got him locked in at wide receiver on offense right now, and he’s going to be playing some free safety on defense for us.”

Replacing the dynamic combination of Kain and VandeWall will probably be the biggest task at hand for Bonnett, but he sounded confident that this change of pace style would compensate for the loss.

“We don’t have a quarterback this season that has the same type of pinpoint accuracy that (Nate) had last season for us,” Bonnett said. “It’s go-

Dustin Turner/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Zach Uhlenhopp skies for a ball over the defender during the Mustangs’ camp on Aug. 8. Uhlenhopp should be one of the major targets this season for PCM.

ing to be a totally different offense this year. We’ve put in some new formations with two tight-end sets. We want to establish the run a lot more this season. We’re going to be running out of the I-formation a lot more, us-

ing two running backs and looking to grind out some games.”

With McWilliams returning to the backfield, that will probably prove to be a very fruitful strategy for the Mustangs. McWilliams posted 404 rush-

ing yards and six touchdowns in 94 attempts on the ground, averaging 4.3 yards per carry.

The Mustangs will start their 2013 campaign on Friday, Aug. 30, at Knoxville.

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Mustangs ready to run cross country courses

By Dustin Turner Daily News Sports Writer

File Photo Prairie City-Monroe’s Rachel Peter grinds out a long run early in the 2012 cross country season for the Mustangs.

She headlines the crop of returners for PCM this season

Wikipedia describes a mustang as a “free-roaming horse that is very hardy and a living symbol of the pioneer spirit of the West.”

The Prairie City-Monroe cross country team will certainly attempt to channel its inner-mustang when the season begins this August.

The Mustangs were well represented at the state track championships in May, and they are hoping that success on the track will translate to some longer distance races this Fall. The success of some of the athletes on the track will no doubt translate to the distance events, but what is probably most remarkable about the program is its growth. The year prior to head coach Eric Karr taking over the program, there were seven distance runners for the Mustangs. Last year, that number grew to 17, and this year Karr is expecting around 30.

“That’s been the biggest thing as far as I’m concerned,” Karr said of the program’s growth. “The time I’ve spent at the middle school teaching has allowed me to build some interest in the program. It’s all about having fun and interacting with the kids, and with the athletes PCM has, there’s no reason we can’t turn an appearance at state a yearly tradition.”

That state tradition is something Karr hopes to start this season. Among the strongest returning runners for the Mustangs is junior Rachel Peter. Peter was one of the best 4,000-meter runners in the Heart of Iowa Conference last season, and her year was capped off by a 37th-place finish at the HOI championships. Her time of 18 minutes, 28.91 seconds in the 4,000 was tops on the team, more than three minutes ahead of teammate Jenna Little and more than four minutes faster than Hannanh Vignovich, both seniors last year.

“Rachel is one of my strongest runners,” Karr said of Peter. “She had a lot of success in the spring on the track, and she’s come in running very well.”

For the boys, senior Matt Chizek may be one of the runners who benefited from a strong spring season on the track, running in the Class 2A district championships in May. Chizek is the fastest returning runner for the team, and he was less than 20 seconds behind last year’s senior runner Rhett Gainey in the 5,000-meter run at the North Polk Invitational. Gainey and Chizek finished 15th and 25th at the HOI championships, respectively.

“He’s probably going to be my number one runner,” Karr said of Chizek. “He put in a lot of time this summer working, and I’m expecting him to do very well for us this fall.”

The Mustangs will kick off their season on Sept. 7 at Central College in Pella.