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Cardinal girls focus on working hard top four in the conference,” Sharp said. “We are going to have to stay process-driven as a team.”

Newton began the season last weekend, going 1-1 and taking second in the Newton Cardinal 2016 Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament. The Cardinals played at Perry Tuesday. They open LHC action Dec. 2 at Indianola.

Sharp’s coaching staff includes Kim Powers, Erick Zehr, Eric Vander Velden, Michaela Wood, Lizzie Stock and Carrie Garrett. Stock is a volunteer coach. She and Wood are former Newton High players.

Other players for the Cardinals are junior Original Tesfay, sophomores Abbie Barr, Lakin Jenkins, Teddie Brunsmann, Anna Coyle, Skai Swan, Maddi Thayer, Emily Valtman and Peyton Maher. Freshmen on the team are Mackenzie Baker, Kameron Nehring, Priscila Amador, Tes Schuster, Molly Coy, Jenna Smith, Liv Whitten, Courtney Dawson, Malarie Zach, Lilly Busch and Kameron Johnston.

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Four seniors lead the way for Newton High’s girls heading into the 2016-17 basketball season. The Cardinals graduated four starters from last year’s 12-11 team, but don’t count this year’s team out of contention at any time on the court.

“We have some adjustments to make with just four returning varsity players, but the juniors are stepping up. We’re taking forward strides each day in practice,” senior guard Courtney Jacobsen said.

Work is not something members of the 2016-17 Newton girls’ basketball team shy away from according to sixthyear head coach Brandon Sharp. He said Jacobsen and fellow seniors Ryanne Rausch, Taylor Shipley and Ellie Horn have great leadership skills.

“Those four know what to expect and how intense we need to practice to be competitive in games,” Sharp said.

“They are helping the juniors and sophomores learn. We are going to have to come ready to play every game.”

Rausch is a 5-foot-6-inch guard who was the team’s fourth-leading scorer last year with 137 points. She was second on the team with 41 steals, and she had 28 assists. Rausch was fourth in rebounding with 85.

Rausch shot 32 percent, 51of-161, from the field overall, hitting six 3-pointers. She shot 58 percent, 29-of-50, from the free-throw line.

“It is different this year, but I’m looking forward to being a leader with the rest of the seniors,” Rausch said. “We all know we have a lot of work to do. We’re improving every day. We are working on our conditioning, so we can use our speed. Our defense re-

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High senior guard Ryanne Rausch, left, picks the pocket of a Bondurant-Farrar player for a steal in the Cardinals’ 2016-17 season opener on Nov. 18 at home.

mains a main focus for us.”

Jacobsen is a 5-foot-7-inch guard who scored 115 points.

She was second on the team in 3-point field goal shooting, knocking down 31-of-72 attempts for 43 percent. She had 20 rebounds and nine steals.

Another 5-foot-7-inch guard is Shipley, who pulled down 68 rebounds coming off the Cardinal bench last year.

Shipley shot 35 percent from the field, scoring 62 points. She had 26 steals and 21 assists.

Leading the Cardinals with 20 blocked shots last year was Horn, a 6-foot-2-inch post player. She scored 48 points and shot 52 percent from the

free-throw line.

Newton is counting on contributions from seven juniors and a sophomore stepping up to the varsity level. Providing depth at the guard spots are juniors Randi Walters, Marcelina Marvelli, Taylor Ryan, Harlie Durr and Anna Forsyth and sophomore Rachel Rhoads. Juniors Ali Bestell and Addy Blom are expected to see action in the post spot.

“We are going to be very small overall. Se have to be very sound defensively and on the boards,” Sharp said.

“We will have growing pains throughout the year, but we believe we have the potential

to be playing a high level of basketball come tournament time.”

Newton finished fourth in the Little Hawkeye Conference with a 5-7 mark last year.

The LHC is once again loaded with four teams ranked in the preseason polls — Pella, Grinnell and Dallas Center-Grimes ranked No. 1, No. 6 and No. 8 in Class 4A and conference newcomer Indianola ranked No. 2 in Class 5A. “Over half of our games are scheduled to be against top-15 ranked teams this season. Newton, Norwalk, Pella Christian and Oskaloosa will be competing to break into the

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at 641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com Newton High Girls Basketball 2016-17 Varsity Schedule Nov. 20 — NHS tournament Nov. 21 — NHS tournament Nov. 22 — Perry, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 2 — Indianola, 6:15 p.m.

Dec. 8 — Marshalltown, 6:15 p.m.

Dec. 9 — Dallas Center-Grimes, 6:15 p.m.

Dec. 16 — Grinnell, 6:15 p.m.

Dec. 20 — Oskaloosa, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Pella, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Knoxville, 3:30 p.m.

Jan. 10 — Norwalk, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 13 — Pella Christian, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 17 — Boone, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 20 — Indianola, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 24 — Dallas Center-Grimes, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 27 — Grinnell, 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Chariton, 6 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Oskaloosa, 6:15 p.m.

Feb. 3 — Pella, 6:15 p.m.

Feb. 7 — Norwalk, 6:15 p.m.

Feb. 9 — Pella Christian, 6:15 p.m.

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Newton boys set for strong run in 2016-17

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s Cardinals made people sit up and take notice during the 2015-16 basketball season. The Newton boys put together the best season in the program’s history since 1985, going 15-9 to reach a Class 3A substate championship game.

“We’re not going to be a surprise to anyone this season,” second-year Newton High head coach Bill Liley said. “That’s fine with us. Our expectations for ourselves are very high this season. I expect my players to strive for those high goals of a conference championship, and not just reaching the playoffs but winning a state championship.”

Newton has two of the better guards in the state returning as the top scorers from a year ago. Senior Connor Gholson, who was a second-team Class 3A All-State selection and first-team Little Hawkeye Conference selection, and junior Garrett Sturtz, a second-team LHC selection, lead Newton High Boys’ Basketball 2016-17 Varsity Schedule Nov. 29 — Boone, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 2 — Indianola, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 6 — Nevada, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 — Marshalltown, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 9 — Dallas Center-Grimes, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 16 — Grinnell, 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 — Oskaloosa, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Pella, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Knoxville, 5 p.m.

Jan. 10 — Norwalk, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 13 — Pella Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 20 — Indianola, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 24 — Dallas Center-Grimes, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 27 — Grinnell, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 30 — Chariton, 7:15 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Oskaloosa, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 3 — Pella, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 7 — Norwalk, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 — Pella Christian, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 13 — Winterset, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 16 — Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, 7:30 p.m.

Home games in bold

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Newton High junior Garrett Sturtz (4) scores two points in a game last season. Sturtz returns as the Cardinals’ point guard.

the Cardinals into the 201617 season.

The Cardinals have two other players among their returners with varsity starting time in senior forwards Josh Ventling and Morgan Maher.

Seniors Trey Vanderlaan and Josh Gulling, juniors Grayson Graham and Grant Garvis and sophomore Aaron Bartels round out the top nine on the roster.

Gholson, a 6-foot-3-inch guard, led Newton in scoring with 461 points, which is a 19.2 points per game average.

His scoring total was 12th in 3A and second in the Little Hawkeye Conference.

Gholson moved to No. 5 on the Cardinals’ career scoring list with 882 points. The 461 points was the third best single season total for NHS, and his per game average is fifth best.

Gholson was Newton’s top 3-point field goal shooter, hitting 67-of-212 attempts, which was fourth in 3A. He is third on Newton’s 3-point field goals made in a season list and third in career 3-pointers made at 150.

Overall, Gholson shot 42 percent, 151-of-360, overall from the field. He shot 79.3 percent, 92-of-116, from the free-throw line. He was second on the team in free throw shooting behind Sturtz.

Gholson was second on the team in rebounding with a 123 rebounds — 114 came off the defensive glass. He led the Cardinals with 35 steals, which was tied for fifth in the conference, and had a team-leading 14 blocked shots. Gholson had 32 assists.

Sturtz, Newton’s 6-foot3-inch point guard, not only led the team in free throw

shooting but the Little Hawkeye Conference. Sturtz sank 127-of-151 foul shots for 84 percent, which is fifth in Class 3A. He moved to second on the Newton single-season made free throws list and fourth on the career (163-of196), Sturtz is third on the NHS free throw single-season percentage list and first on the career free throw percentage list at 83.2.

Sturtz led the team in rebounding with 141, taking 112 off the defensive glass. He was fourth in rebounding for the Little Hawkeye Conference.

Sturtz dished out a team-leading 71 assists, which was fifth in the conference. He had 27 steals and 10 blocked shots.

“We have a group of young men who have been playing together since they were third or fourth graders,” Liley said.

“They are very competitive.

They had a good summer playing a lot of basketball against quality players. They aren’t intimidated by anyone.”

After one season in Class 3A, the Cardinals move back up into Class 4A competition for the postseason. The Cardinals won a district championship for the first since 1992 last year.

Maher is a 6-foot-5-inch forward who scored 107 point, hitting 12 3-points on the season, and had 47 rebounds. Maher was credited with 35 assists and 17 steals.

Ventling is a 6-foot-2-inch forward who scored 45 points, grabbed 47 rebounds and had 21 assists. Vanderlaan is a 6-foot-3 inch guard, who knocked d-wn 10 3 pointers last year.

Graham, Gulling, Garvis and Bartels were top contributors to the Cardinal junior varsity team last year, which went 14-6 overall. The junior varsity was 6-5 in LHC play.

“We have great shooters on

this team. Our players are unselfish and share the basketball with great passes to the open man for the best shots,” Liley said. “We have a high basketball IQ as a team. This group of players picked up the college level game I brought in here last year really quick.”

Liley is also looking for 6-foot-5-inch freshman Quintrail Coley, sophomores Jonathan Vergeon and McKenna Davis and freshman Kyle Long to see varsity playing time this season.

Newton has good team size but still will be smaller inside than most of the teams it faces this season, Liley said. Having three 6-foot-3 guards who can handle the basketball to make drives to the basket or shoot it from 3-point range will present match-up problems for Cardinal opponents, he said.

“We’ll see how we can match up with the big kids in our opener against Boone.

They are huge with a 6-foot-6 kid and a 6-foot-10 post player,” Liley said.

Newton begins the 201617 season Tuesday at home against Boone. The night is billed as Newton Winter Classic with junior varsity and varsity wrestling before the varsity boys’ basketball team takes the court. The freshman and junior varsity basketball teams play earlier in NHS’s Lower Gym. Wrestling begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Upper Gym. The varsity basketball game is set for 7:30 p.m.

“We’re ready to take on the challenges of our non-conference opponents and the highly competitive Little Hawkeye Conference opponents this season. It’s going to be a fun season,” Liley said.

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New coach, new team nametag for boys’ swimming

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Boys’ swimming for 2016-17 has some changes. The two big changes are a new head coach and a new team name.

Sarah Patterson, who has coached the Newton/Colfax-Mingo/Pella Aquagirls team for 25 years, moved into an assistant coaching role for the Newton boys’ team two seasons ago. Patterson takes over the head coaching duties for the boys’ high school swim team this season.

With swimmers from Newton, Colfax-Mingo and Pella on Patterson the boys’ team in 201617, it was decided to go

by NCMP Swimming. Patterson said it was a way to incorporate all of the team’s schools.

Quin Knepper is the new assistant coach for the NCMP boys. Knepper competed in high school swimming

for four years in the Sioux City area.

“The first week of practice went really well. The boys are working really hard. Coach Knepper and I have been impressed,” Patterson said. “Quin is a great person to have on board. He was high school swimmer and is not afraid to jump right in there. It works out well because he can take half of the practice and I can take the other half.”

Senior Logan Heisdorffer is a returning state qualifier for NCMP. He was on the 200-yard medley relay team, which finished 12th at state in a season’s best 1 minute, 39.54 seconds.

Heisdorffer is joined by seniors Paul Maharry, Clay Trotter, Spencer Elbert, Nick Ver Steeg and Logan Zaabel as leaders on the team.

“I know Logan Heisdorffer would like to get back to the state meet again this year. The seniors have done a great job of leading by example and encouraging others,” Patterson said.

There are 20 swimmers out this season. Juniors on the team are Joe Busch, Caleb Gaylor and Grant Hamand and sophomores out are Carter Briggs, Mitchell Faidley, Adam Hunter, Ma-

NCMP Boys’ Swimming 2016-17 Schedule Nov. 22 — Indianola Nov. 29 — Des Moines Lincoln, Oskaloosa, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 3 — Newton Invitational, 10 a.m.

Dec. 6 — Des Moines East, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 — Boone, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 10 — Marshalltown Invitational, noon Dec. 15 — Dowling Catholic, Marshalltown, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 20 — Des Moines Roosevelt, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Waterloo West Invitational, 11 a.m.

Jan. 14 — Fort Dodge Invitational, 12:30 p.m.

Jan. 19 — Grinnell, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 28 — NCIC meet, 10 a.m.

Home meets in bold

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News NCMP senior Paul Maharry swims in a breaststroke race last season.

son Lee, Deklan Lewis and James Westbrook.

Freshmen on the team are Dakota Borger, Clay Meyer, Isaak Miller, Jacob Nedder and Parker Sherwood.

“We have several returners on the team along with a few guys who swim club, some guys who have done YMCA swimming and quite a few athletes who are new to the sport,” Patter-

son said. “We are working to develop a close team where everyone supports each other whether they have been swimming since they were little or just started their senior year.”

NCMP finished third in the North Central Swim Conference meet a year ago. Maharry, Heisdorffer, Lee and Lewis combined for sixth in the 200 medley relay race while Maharry, Heisdorffer, Hunter and Lee were sixth in the 400 freestyle relay race.

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Cardinal bowling teams ready to roll

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Newton High’s girls and boys have a strong tradition on the bowling lanes.

The Cardinal squads are the defending Little Hawkeye Conference champions. Newton’s girls have been LHC title holders since 2006 and the Newton boys have six conference titles.

The Cardinal bowling teams have a new head coach for the 2016-17 season. Seth Banwell has been coaching the NHS Banwell bowling teams since 2006, when bowling became a sanctioned high school sport.

Banwell coached eight years as head coach and was the assistant coach the past two years. He stepped back into the head coaching position this season.

Christie Hughes is Banwell’s assistant coach this season.

“We’ll keep working hard to give us the edge to come out on top in each competition,” Banwell said. “Each season is so unpredictable. All we can do Newton High Boys and Girls Bowling 2016-17 Schedule Dec. 1 — Marshalltown, 3:45 p.m.

Dec. 12 — Des Moines North, 3:45 p.m.

Dec. 17 — Pella, 9 a.m.

Jan. 5 — Clarke, 3:45 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Pella Christian, 1 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Bondurant-Farrar, 9 a.m.

Jan. 21 — Norwalk, 9 a.m.

Jan. 28 — Oskaloosa, 9 a.m.

Feb. 4 — Knoxville, 11 a.m.

Feb. 11 — Little Hawkeye Conference meet, Cardinal Lanes, 9 a.m.

Home meets in bold

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Sam Supino, left, and Alexis Etter, right, are seniors on the Newton High bowling teams for 2016-17.

is perform our best and shoot lists of strikes and pick up our spares.”

Newton’s girls return four bowlers of their seventh-place Class 2A state tournament team. The Cardinal girls were 10-0 in regular-season dual action.

They also have four back from the 2016 Little Hawkeye Conference title team.

Seniors Lizzy Coyle and Alexis Etter were on both the conference and state teams for the Cardinal girls.

Coyle finished 42nd at the 2A state tournament with a 287 score and Etter was 45th with a 271.

Juniors Kaytie Hughes and Kayla Sopher were on the state team with Hughes finishing 37th with a 209 and Sopher was 46th with a 245. Hughes and junior Alyssa White are back from the conference winning team. Sophomore Alicia Miller is the other return-

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“I’m thrilled to see the program grow this season. We almost doubled our girls’ roster size from last year,” Banwell said. “It’s great to see so many student athletes participate this year.”

Newton’s girls graduated their two top bowlers from a year ago, but Banwell said the returning varsity bowlers bring a lot to the table. Coyle and Hughes are the team captains, showing great leadership, he said.

“We’ve had a great start to the season and the new bowlers show a lot of potential.” Banwell said.

For the Cardinal boys, five of the six varsity bowlers are back on the lanes this season. Seniors Reid Miller and Sam Supino are the team’s captains and were the team’s top two bowlers in the district tournament last year.

Miller rolled a 382 for fifth place and Supino had a 362 for ninth.

They are joined by juniors Reece Thurmond and Shaiden Simmons and sophomore Cutter Benac, who finished 12th, 13th and 16th, respectively, in the district tournament. All five were on the boys’ Little Hawkeye Conference championship team.

“The boys have very high expectations.

This will be the strongest boys’ team in the history of the program,” Banwell said.

“They come with a lot of experience and drive to keep improving. The morale and work ethic has been very solid in practices, so I’m excited for what this season has in store for the boys.”

The girls’ team has been to back-toback state tournaments and have had six trips to state in nine years. Newton boys’ team went to state in 2014 taking eighth.

Other members of the girls’ team are juniors Mariah Wolfe and Alyssa Carlock, sophomores Taylor Johnson, Chloe Butler, Keely Birkenholtz and Danielle Ambers and freshmen Gabby Pickerell, Kaitlyn Noel and Ashley Loehr.

Other members of the boys’ team are seniors Joe Malsom, Derek Landgrebe and Zion Dickey, juniors John Ross, Austin Johansen, Michael Hodnett and Tayler Hernandez, sophomores Devon Young, John Ladewig, Devon Hobbs and Alex Burkett, and freshmen Alex Wolfe, Carter VanderSchel, Nate Keith, Eli Ingle and Alex Frymoyer.

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Depth driving force for Newton wrestling

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News Competitive depth in the wrestling room is always a good thing for a team.

Newton High’s Cardinals have 15 returning letterman on their squad of 43 wrestlers for the 2016-17 season.

Fourth-year head coach Andy Swedenhjelm said the Cardinals have a lot of kids who work really hard starting with the offseason weight room work.

“Our kids worked hard in the weight room, and I’m looking forward to see how that translates to the mat.

We have a strong group of returners, but also a lot of kids who will be able to push our starters in practice and win a lot of matches on the junior varsity level,” Swedenhjelm said.

The Cardinals open the new season Tuesday at home against Boone.

It is part of the Newton Winter Classic with the junior varsity and varsity wrestling starting at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively, followed by the NHS varsity boys’ basketball game against Boone at 7:30 p.m.

Back on the mat for the Cardinals are seniors Aren Sorensen at 113 pounds, Brady Smith at 182 pounds, Caleb Kite at 285, Jon Lawton at 145, Reed Shepard at 182, Tanner Petro at 170 and Logan Zibert at 145. Junior returners are Ross Hull at 126, Blayden Rhone at 170 and Tristin Langmaid at 152.

The sophomore returners are Blake Cockerton at 113, Coltin Whitten at 145, Joe Carolus at 126, Josh Miller at 160 and Jaise Gulling at 195.

At the 2016 Class 3A district tournament action, Kite finished one spot Newton High Wrestling 2016-17 Varsity Schedule Nov. 29 — Boone, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 1 — Indianola, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 3 — NHS Cardinal Invitational, 10 a.m.

Dec. 9-10 — Lewis Central tournament Dec. 13 — Carlisle, Pella, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 15 — Norwalk, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 17 — Fort Dodge Invitational, 10 a.m.

Dec. 20 — PCM, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 5 — Oskaloosa, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 7 — Ottumwa Invitational, 9 a.m.

Jan. 13-14 — Bettendorf Invitational, TBD Jan. 19 — Grinnell, 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 26 — Knoxville, Dallas Center-Grimes, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Des Moines Lincoln, Ames, 5:30 p.m.

Home meets in bold

Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Junior Ross Hull is one of 15 returning varsity wrestlers for Newton High’s Cardinals in the 2016-17 season. The Cardinals have a squad of 43 with plenty of competitive depth to push each other to succeed on the mat.

out of state qualification. Kite finished third in the 220-pound division. Smith was fourth at 170 and Cockerton took sixth at 106.

Petro claimed second place at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet in the 160-pound division a year ago.

Taking third in their weight classes were Cockerton, Kite and Hull at 106, 220 and 120. Placing fourth at the conference meet were Sorensen at 126, Whitten at 145, Smith at 170 and senior Alex Miller at 285.

“Our conference will still be a tough one,” Swedenhjelm said. “On the western side of the state, it is hard to think of many conferences much tougher besides the CIML. Indianola joining the conference only adds to the competitiveness of the Little Hawkeye Conference.”

Swedenhjelm said Indianola, Dallas Center-Grimes, Norwalk and Grinnell are always tough, hard-nosed programs. He said it will be a dog fight for the conference title.

“I’m excited to see how our kids compete against these teams,” S w e denhjelm said.

Swedenhjelm said he has seen this year’s upperclassmen responding well in becoming team leaders. He said this senior class has never really been put in the position to be leaders, but through the preseason work it has stepped up to the challenge.

“I think we will be a solid dual team. When you look at our potential lineups, I don’t see any places where I would consider there to be a hole in the lineup,” Swedenhjelm said. “I believe we have kids at every weight who will go out there and compete to the best of their abilities. They’ve put in the necessary work in the offseason to be successful.”

Under Swedenhjelm, the Cardinals have a 30-27 dual record over the past three years. Last year, the Cardinals were 2-3 in LHC duals, taking fourth place, and finished third at the conference tournament. Swedenhjelm’s assistant coaches this season are Adam Hale and Mike Kremer.

Newton opens Little Hawkeye Conference dual action on Dec. 1 at Indianola. It hosts the NHS Cardinal Invitational on Dec. 3.

Look for seniors Skyler Tool at 132 pounds and Noah Hammer at 160 and juniors Landon Hansen at 220 and Sonny Swank at 170 to be contending for a spot on the varsity team.

Newton has a large sophomore class — 16 — and those wrestlers are among the ones Swedenhjelm expects to push the upperclassmen at weights. Sophomores on the team are Austin Romberg, Tristan Rethmeier and Thomas Cox at 170; Reece Caves, Ethan Braaksma and Dalton Cupples at 138 pounds; Ike Bebout at 220; Eston Ross at 195; Lazarus Frish at 182; Damir Gumerov at 160; and Colby Jones at 106.

Freshmen on the team are Noah Cook, Seth Briley and Carter Hol at 126 pounds; Destin Schroder and Jeremiah Johnson at 160; Gage Linahon and Cayden Harper at 220; Zane Kohlmeyer at 138; Blake Iske at 120; Dillon Harlow at 106; Max Kliegel at 285 and Gabe Hoen at 195.

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Hawk winter sports squads ready to get out and go

By Jocelyn Sheets Newton Daily News SULLY — Lynnville-Sully High’s basketball teams are again guided by longtime coaches Jerry Hulsing for the girls and Nick Harthoorn for the 2016-17 season. The Hawk wrestling team has a new coach for the 2016-17 season in Jason Walston.

Hulsing and Harthoorn were named 2016 South Iowa Cedar League coaches of the year. Hulsing begins his 25th season as the head coach for the Hawk girls’ basketball program. Harthoorn is in his 10th season as head coach of the Lynnville-Sully boys’ basketball program.

Walston is starting his head coaching career. The Oskaloosa native spent the past two seasons as junior high wrestling coach and assistant high school coach at North Mahaska. Walston is the sec-

Hulsing

Harthoorn

ond first-year head coach the Lynnville-Sully wrestling program has had in two years.

All three programs are ready to take on the challenges of the 2016-17 season on the courts and mats.

Girls’ Basketball Team is always the focus for Lynnville-Sully’s girls on the basketball court. The Hawks know their one returning starter from last year — senior Brenna Lanser — will draw a lot of attention from opponents.

“Brenna will be our leader,

but we have a team approach and we’re, good enough in the other four spots for someone else to step up and give us what we need Walston during a game — a basket, a steal, a rebound or whatever,” Hulsing said.

Lanser is a 5-foot-10-inch forward who led Lynnville-Sully with 337 points, which was fourth best in the South Iowa Cedar League, and shot a team-leading 44 percent, 121of-273, from the field. She hit 16-of-50 3-pointers and went 79-of-123, 64 percent, from the free-throw line.

Lanser led the Hawks in blocked shots with 18, which was eighth in the conference. She had a team-leading 62 steals, ninth in the SICL.

Lanser was second on the team in rebounding with 197 rebounds and had 56 assists.

Lanser earned Class 1A allstate third-team honors along with being named to the Class 1A Region 3 team, the Class 1A All-Southeast District team. Hulsing was the Class 1A Southeast District coach of the year, the Iowa girls’ coach of the year and the national girls’ basketball coach of the year in 2016.

Lynnville-Sully’s only other senior on the 2016-17 squad is Jelissa Rozendaal, who played as a sophomore but had to sit her junior year out because of an injury. Hulsing said Rozendaal gives the Hawks a physical and strong player who can go inside and provide strong defense in the post spot.

“Jelissa is excited about being back out on the court with us. We’ll depend on her to really hit the boards and rebound for us,” Hulsing said.

Other returning letter winners for Lynnville-Sully are juniors Camryn Russell, Hailey Scandridge, Mariah Vos, Jataya Meyer and Christine Nikkel and sophomore Carson Fisk. Hulsing said his longtime assistant coach Jeff Corbett and he have seen great attitudes from the players in preseason practices.

“They have been working extremely hard in practices.

We’re about its the next person in and everyone has to be ready to contribute,” Hulsing said. “We’re moving in the right direction.”

The Hawks went 21-3 overall last year. They were 15-1 winning the SICL West Division and finished second overall in the conference. Hulsing said Montezuma and Sigourney are the SICL conference favorites with Lynnville-Sully right in the mix.

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Hawks Continued from Page 7 Vos scored 93 points and pulled down 116 rebounds last year. She also had 29 steals. Russell tossed in 80 points, going 18-of-45 from 3-point range. She had 36 assists and 27 steals.

Fisk scored 23 points.

Lynnville-Suilly does not have a lot of size on the roster.

“We’ll rely on our athleticism to put on ball pressure and our quickness to get into the passing lanes to make it hard for teams to get the ball inside on us. We’ll be scrappy at both ends of the court,” Hulsing said.

“Camryn Russell is our point guard, but we’ll do a lot of it by committee simply because we want to get out and go. We have good athletes and can handle the ball well.”

Sophomores Shiloh Cunningham and Kaylee Maasdam are expected to provide depth on the varsity team.

Others on the Lynnville-Sully squad Lynnville-Sully 2016-17 Varsity Basketball Schedule Nov. 20 — Iowa Valley (girls) Nov. 29 — BGM, 6 p.m.

Dec. 2 — North Mahaska, 6 p.m.

Dec. 3 — Eddyville-BlakesburgFremont, 4 p.m.

Dec. 6 — HLV, 6 p.m.

Dec. 9 — Montezuma, 6 p.m.

Dec. 13 — Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

Dec. 16 — Keota, 6 p.m.

Dec. 20 — Belle Plaine, 6 p.m.

Dec. 22 — East Marshall, 6 p.m.

Jan. 3 — Tri-County, 6 p.m.

Jan. 5 — CMB, 6 p.m.

Jan. 10 — Sigourney, 6 p.m.

Jan. 13 — English Valleys, 6 p.m.

Jan. 17 — BGM, 6 p.m.

Jan. 20 — North Mahaska, 6 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Albia, 6 p.m.

Jan. 24 — HLV, girls, 6 p.m.

Jan. 27 — Montezuma, 6 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Iowa Valley, boys, 6 p.m.

Feb. 3 — SICL girls cross-over games, TBD Feb. 7 — HLV, boys, 6 p.m.

Feb. 10 — SICL boys cross-over games, TBD Home games in bold

Swim Continued from Page 4 Maharry turned in a sixth place finish in the 100 breaststroke. He also placed eighth

are junior Nele Hobohm and freshmen Abby Gruver, Brittney Hansen, Mallory Loftus, Janelle Rozendaal and Kaleah Ehresman.

The Hawk girls opened their season Friday with a win over SICL opponent Iowa Valley.

Boys’ Basketball Lynnville-Sully’s boys graduated three players who provided a lot of production on the floor from last year’s 23-2 run to a Class 1A substate final. Don’t count the 2016-17 Hawks out of making another run just like a year ago.

“I am excited about the guys we have out this season. They worked hard over the summer to get ready for this season,” Harthoorn said. “Hopefully, we can stay healthy and do the little things to make it a successful season.”

Leading the way for the defending SICL champions are senior guards Tyler Van Zante and John Trettin, senior forward Ryan Hofer, junior forward Jesse Van Wyk and sophomore forward/center Rylan James. Van Zante and Van Wyk earned SICL second-team honors a year ago.

Van Zante was the Hawks’ second-leading scorer last year with 282 points, hitting a team-high 38 3-point field goals. He shot 46 percent from the field overall and went 44-of-61 from the free-throw line. He was second in assists with 69 and led the team with 42 steals.

Van Wyk led Lynnville-Sully with 73 assists, he was second in rebounds with 212 and in blocked shots with 20 and was third in steals with 37. He was the team’s third-leading scorer with 265 points, shooting 44 percent from the field overall. He nailed 22 3-pointers and downed 45-of-66 free throw attempts.

James came off the bench to score 173 points and grab 92 rebounds.

Trettin delivered 76 points, hitting 14 3-pointers, and he dished out 30 assists. Hofer had 31 points, 24 rebounds and nine assists.

in the 200 individual medley with Lewis taking 10th in the event. Hunter and Heisdorffer went fifth and ninth in the 500 freestyle. The 200 freestyle relay team of Lee, Lewis, Heisdorffer and Hunter was

Look for juniors Corey McCoy and Tanner Foster at 6-foot-4-inches and 6-foot-5-inches, to be in the mix for the Hawks’ inside game. Van Wyk and James are both 6-foot-3-inches tall. Providing depth at the guard spot will be junior Brevin Hansen and sophomore Tyson Vander Linden while juniors Kemper Lukehart and Drake Ehresman and sophomore Grant Wehrle are expected to see action as forwards.

The Hawks went 16-1 in SICL play, winning the SICL West Division.

They won the cross-over SICL championship game.

“The conference looks to be strong again this year. In order to compete for the conference title, you have to come ready to compete and improve each night,” Harthoorn said. “We look forward to the competition our conference provides.”

Other members of the Hawk team are sophomores Cale Foster and Gage Vander Leest and freshmen Blaize Kuhlmann, Bray Harder, Ethan Wyma, Gage Schilling, Kinnick McFarland, Logan Ingersoll, Zane Fraker and Slater Young.

Harthoorn has Kurt Harthoorn, Joel Harthoorn and Logan Vos on his coaching staff.

Lynnville-Sully’s boys tip off their season with the Hawk girls in a SICL doubleheader against BGM Tuesday at home in Sully.

Wrestling Ten of the 11 wrestlers on the Lynnville-Sully 2016-17 roster are returners wrestling team. Walston is a new head coach for the Hawks.

Junior Carson Dunsbergen finished fourth at a Class 1A district tournament last year at 132 points. Junior Josh Dunsbergen was a Class 1A state tournament qualifier as a freshman, but finished third at sectionals at 120 pounds last year.

Carson Dunsbergen is back wrestling at 145 or 152 for the Hawks this season while Josh Dunsbergen moves

seventh.

“The biggest thing we are working on is developing a balanced lineup where we have swimmers in all events,” Patterson said. “That is why we train some individual

up to 126 pounds. Two seniors are back for Lynnville-Sully in Caden Dunsbergen at 138 pounds and Bryson Barnett at 170 pounds.

Junior Sage Zylstra is at 160 pounds while fellow juniors Cadyen Johnson and Aaron Van DeKrol will compete at 145/152 division and the 220-pound division, respectively.

Also back on the mat for the Hawks are sophomores Ty Breeden (126 or 132 pounds) and Caleb Barnett at 220 or 285 pounds.

Sophomore Eyon Moore is slated to wrestle at 182 for the Hawks.

Freshman Jacob DeHoedt is Lynnville-Sully’s 106-pounder.

Walston said he wrestled for Oskaloosa High School then competed one year at the college level for William Penn. After his coaching stint the past two years at North Mahaska, he said he decided to go back to William Penn to earn his teaching degree.

“I’m back in college full-time now and enjoying my first year as a high school wrestling head coach at Lynnville-Sully,” Walston said.

Lynnville-Sully hosts a SICL triangular with Belle Plaine and North Mahaska on Dec. 1.

Lynnville-Sully High School Varsity Wrestling 2016-17 Schedule Dec. 1 — Belle Plaine, North Mahaska, 6 p.m.

Dec. 3 — Montezuma Invitational, 10 a.m.

Dec. 10 — Saydel Invitational, 10 a.m.

Dec. 13 — Tri-County quadrangular, 6 p.m.

Dec. 17 — Lynnville-Sully Invitational, 10 a.m.

Jan. 5 — Colfax-Mingo triangular, 6 p.m.

Jan. 7 — PCM Invitational, 9 a.m.

Jan. 12 — BGM, Iowa Valley, 6 p.m.

Jan. 14 — Wayne Invitational, 9 a.m.

Jan. 19 — Colfax-Mingo triangular, 6 p.m.

Jan. 21 — Colfax-Mingo Invitational, 10 a.m.

Jan. 24 — Chariton quadrangular, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 26 — Pleasantville triangular, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 28 — North Mahaska Invitational, 10 a.m.

Home meets in bold

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Four state qualifiers return as PCM grapplers have high expectations Mustang hoops teams look for top finishes in HOIC

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News With four returning state qualifiers and four other returning starters, Prairie City-Monroe wrestling coach Cory Waddell has his best team from top to bottom in his five seasons at the helm.

The numbers are low — 22 wrestlers are out this year — but Waddell fully expects to fill every weight class, which wasn’t the case last season.

Senior Xavier Miller (145) and sophomores Wes Cummings (152), Jarron Trausch (170) and Lucas Roland (160) headline the roster after advancing to the state meet last season.

Miller went 42-8 a year ago and has more than 100 career victories, while Roland climbed onto the podium at 138 pounds last February.

Roland finished 43-4, Cummings was 36-5 and Trausch went 38-7.

Roland is the only one who won’t return to last year’s weight class. He has gotten much bigger and will fill the 160-pound slot. That gives Waddell four straight weight classes with returning state qualifiers.

“You can’t dodge four kids in a lineup,” Waddell said.

“That should be an advantage for us.”

Waddell expects to be in the mix, along with Saydel, Gilbert and Roland-Story, for the Heart of Iowa Conference title. The Mustangs’ goal is to win the dual title and tournament title this season.

“The football success has carried over into the room,” Waddell said. “The guys have matured a lot. We won’t have

Troy Hyde/Daily News Prairie City-Monroe senior Xavier Miller returns to the mat this season after finishing 42-8 a year ago. Miller has more than 100 victories in his career and finished last season at the state wrestling tournament.

a lot of depth, but the depth we have is solid.”

Returning to the starting lineup will be senior Jakeb Fenton at 106, junior Chace Palm at 113 and junior Dalton Schlangen at 182.

Fenton finished 28-18 and Palm was 17-10 last season.

Senior Leevi Telfer is back after missing all but one match last year with an injury. He’ll wrestle at 195 this season, while senior Clayton Welch is at 220 and freshman Jayce Smith should be the heavyweight.

The rest of the lineup, from 120 to 138 pounds, is still being figured out.

“It’s still up in the air, but those guys won’t have a lot of experience.” Waddell said.

“This is my best team in my five years as head coach, and we will embrace the target that we will likely have on our backs.”

Girls Basketball The Mustang girls basketball team was one of the best defensive teams in the HOIC last season in Jeff Lindsay’s first season.

That resulted in a fourth place conference finish. For that finish to be a better, Lindsay knows his squad will have to be better at the other end of the floor.

“I don’t fear our defense.

I think that will always be there because of the work

ethic these kids have,” Lindsay said. “It’s going to come down to putting the ball in the basket, and if we can find a balance between inside and outside, then I think it’s going to be a fun ride.”

Lindsay returns four all-conference players and welcomes in talented freshman point guard Regan Freland. With only two seniors graduating from last year’s team, Class 3A No. 15 PCM expects to be in the mix for a conference championship.

Senior Kayla Jennings was a first-team all-conference player last year after averaging 12 points, 4.2 rebounds, four steals and 2.17 assists per game. She was third in scoring and led the HOIC in steals per game.

Her senior teammates — Katie Vande Wall and Rachel Stafford — also are back after earning all-conference honors.

Vande Wall was a second-teamer after averaging 7.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. Vos and Stafford were both honorable mention selections.

Vos scored 7.3 points and dished out three assists per contest last year, but she’ll most likely be out for the season after suffering a quadriceps injury in the fall.

Stafford scored four points and grabbed four rebounds

per game.

Helping with the PCM offense will be Freland, who did not play like a freshman in the Mustangs’ easy win over Colfax-Mingo Jennings in the team’s Jamboree on Nov. 21. Freland led the team in scoring on that night.

Lindsay said seniors Kaylee Townsend and Bailey Brodersen have gotten better inside the lane and senior Lexi Timmins provides the Mustangs with another shooter. Sophomore Camryn Wignall could see significant minutes in the backcourt.

PCM, which averaged 41 points per game both offensively and defensively, finished 13-10 overall and 11-5 in conference play. The only team in the HOIC which graduated most of its production from last year was Saydel.

Boys Basketball With only one senior on the roster, the PCM boys basketball team will rely on a plethora of inexperienced players.

The Mustangs return just two starters from last year’s team, which placed third in the HOIC with a 10-6 conference mark.

But that doesn’t deter head coach Fred Lorensen from keeping his annual goal of competing for a HOIC title.

“We always think we can be in the hunt to win a conference title,” Lorensen said.

“We also hope to be playing our best basketball at the end of the season.”

That wasn’t the case last year when PCM ended the season with four straight losses. That team included firstteam all-conference forward Logan Gilman, who graduated. It also included several ju-

PCM 2016-17 Varsity Basketball Schedule Nov. 19 — Knoxville (Girls) Nov. 22 — Greene County (Girls) Nov. 29 — Roland-Story Dec. 2 — Saydel Dec. 5 — Pella Christian Dec. 6 — CMB Dec. 13 — Gilbert Dec. 16 — South Hamilton Dec. 17 — Knoxville (Boys) Dec. 20 — Nevada Jan. 6 — North Polk Jan. 10 — Greene County Jan. 13 — Roland-Story Jan. 14 — Pella Jan. 17 — Saydel Jan. 19 — Fairfield Jan. 20 — CMB Jan. 26 — South Tama County Jan. 27 — Gilbert Jan. 31 — South Hamilton Feb. 3 — Nevada Feb. 7 — North Polk Feb. 10 — Greene County (Boys) Home games in bold

PCM 2016-17 Varsity Wrestling Schedule Dec. 3 — DCG tourney Dec. 6 — Bondurant-Farrar/ Sigourney-Keota/Pleasantville Dec. 8 — North Polk (Nevada) Dec. 10 — Ankeny Centennial Tourney Dec. 15 — Roland-Story (Gilbert) Dec. 17 — North Polk Tournament Dec. 20 — Newton Dec. 22 — Solon Tournament Jan. 7 — PCM Tournament Jan. 12 — Greene County/South Hamilton Jan. 14 — Centerville Tournament Jan. 19 — CMB (Saydel) Jan. 21 — North Polk (HOIC) Jan. 24 — Moravia Jan. 26 — BGM (Colfax-Mingo) Home meets in bold

niors who are not on the roster as seniors.

The lone senior is Mark Bruxvoort, who averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. That earned him honorable mention recognition.

Sophomore Andrew Van Ryswyk broke into the starting lineup midway through last season and earned honorable mention all-conference honors after averaging 4.5 points and four boards per contest.

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Tigerhawk wrestling expectations rise with growing numbers C-M hoops look to improve in year two of SICL

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News Erin Hume ended his first season as Colfax-Mingo wrestling coach with a fourthplace finish at the South Iowa Cedar League tournament.

The Tigerhawks finished one point back of third place and wasn’t too far off a runner-up finish, either. The key to the entire day was the team brought only nine wrestlers to the meet.

That likely won’t be an issue in 2016-17 as the Tigerhawk grapplers begin the season with high numbers and no open weight classes.

Colfax-Mingo will begin the season with 33 wrestlers, 23 of which will be freshmen and sophomores.

“The numbers are up and the attitudes are up,” Hume said. “The guys have been excited about wrestling season since school started. I haven’t always seen that. They are just taking the sport more seriously.”

The roster features 10 returners from last year. That includes district qualifier Ben Mead at heavyweight, SICL 132-pound champion Adam Teed and junior Colton Lourens, who was the SICL runner-up at 182.

Sophomore Cauy Fitch is back, too. At 26-3, he finished one win shy of the school’s freshman wins record and missed the second half of the season. Fitch is expected to move up 113 this season.

Teed was 31-20 at 132 last season. He was third at sectionals but moves up to 138 in his senior season.

Lourens finished 28-15 at 170/182 last year. The Tiger-

Troy Hyde/Daily News Colfax-Mingo’s Adam Teed, left, won 31 matches and won a South Iowa Cedar League championship at 132 pounds last season. The Tigerhawk senior will move up to 138 in his final year.

hawk junior hit the weights hard in the offseason and may move up two weights. Hume expects Lourens to start at 220 but could be the 195-pounder, too.

Mead, a senior, was a district qualifier at 220 last season. He finished 15-8 at that weight, but will be a small heavyweight this season.

The roster also includes freshmen Cyden Fitch and Zach Barnes at 106, sophomores Kyla Lampman and Mollie Greve at 120, freshman Tim Carroll at 126, freshman Josh Smith at 132 and senior Will Dunsbergen and sophomore Jordan Lescaleet at 152.

Junior Nick Barnes is expected to be the starter at 195, senior Cameron Warner and sophomore Skyler Aiken are battling at 160 and several wrestlers are competing for the starting spots at 145, 170 and 182.

“We will take it one meet at a time and see how we can do,” Hume said.

Girls Basketball When Larry Roberts was hired as the new Colfax-Mingo girls basketball coach, he knew there were plenty

of successful athletes in the school that could help put the program on the right track.

The Tigerhawks’ softball team has been solid for years and most of this year’s basketball players were coming off strong volleyball and cross country seasons. Roberts hopes that allows his squad to get a little bit of confidence in themselves, and that confidence shifts over to the hardwood.

“The kids have worked really hard,” Roberts said. “We are throwing a lot of a stuff at them. The beginning of the year could be rough. We are learning a lot of new stuff, but the girls are receptive to it.”

Roberts takes over for Michelle Grant, who resigned over the summer after guiding the Tigerhawks to 6-16 overall and a 6-11 mark in their first year in the SICL. Roberts has two returning all-conference players, but one of them may be out for awhile with an ankle injury.

Junior Ries Wilson injured her ankle during volleyball season. She is now in a boot for at least three weeks, and Roberts won’t push her to

come back too soon.

Wi l s o n led the team and was third in the SICL in rebounding last year at 9.7 boards per game. She averaged sevRoberts en points per game, too.

The other honorable mention all-conference player back is senior Dakota Hostetter, who led the team in scoring at 7.6 points per game a year ago. Hostetter also ranked sixth in the league in rebounding at 8.7 boards per contest and led the team with 2.5 steals per game.

The Tigerhawks also brings back junior McKeely Tjaden, who averaged nearly seven points and 4.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Senior Amy Russell joined the squad after the holiday break last year and averaged nearly five points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Sophomore Payton Rhone scored 4.6 points per game last year. The top six scorers and top seven rebounders are back this year for Colfax-Mingo.

“I want to be better. If that translates into more wins, that’s great,” Roberts said.

“I would like to get us to the .500 level. I don’t think that’s unrealistic with all the returners we have back.”

Boys Basketball Junior Jarod Nichols has proven himself on the hardwood during his first two seasons at Colfax-Mingo.

As a freshman, Nichols averaged 7.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Those numbers grew to 10.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per tilt as a sophomore. This season, with so many seniors lost to graduation, it’s now Nichols’ team,

Colfax-Mingo 2016-17 Varsity Basketball Schedule Nov. 18 — Martensdale-St. Marys (Girls) Nov. 29 — North Mahaska Dec. 2 — HLV Dec. 3 — CMB Dec. 6 — Montezuma Dec. 9 — BGM Dec. 13 — Lynnville-Sully Dec. 20 — Tri-County Dec. 22 — English Valleys Jan. 3 — Iowa Valley Jan. 6 — Sigourney Jan. 10 — Belle Plaine Jan. 13 — Keota Jan. 17 — North Mahaska Jan. 19 — Grand View Christian Jan. 20 — HLV Jan. 24 — Montezuma Jan. 27 — BGM Jan. 31 — Lynnville-Sully Feb. 3 — SICL Girls Cross-Over Game Feb. 6 — E-B-F Feb. 9 — Southeast Warren (Boys) Feb. 10 — SICL Boys Cross-Over Game Home games in bold Colfax-Mingo 2016-17 Varsity Wrestling Schedule Nov. 29 — Pleasantville/ Woodward-Granger Dec. 1 — Iowa Valley Dec. 3 — Woodward-Granger Tourney Dec. 8 — Saydel (Roland-Story) Dec. 13 — Belle Plaine (BGM/ Montezuma) Dec. 17 — Lynnville-Sully Tournament Jan. 5 — Lynnville-Sully/HLV/ Sigourney Jan. 7 — PCM Tournament Jan. 10 — CMB Jan. 12 — Montezuma (English Valleys/ North Mahaska) Jan. 21 — Colfax-Mingo Classic Jan. 26 — BGM (PCM/Twin Cedars) Jan. 28 — North Mahaska Tournament Feb. 4 — Sectionals Feb. 11 — Districts Home meets in bold

and first-year coach Nick Noring is excited to see what his best player can do in an expanded role.

“He’ll draw a lot of attention,” Noring said. “He needs to get the new guys to mesh with his style of play. I am eager to see how it goes.”

Noring inherits essentially a brand new roster from former coach John Borts, who retired last season after 35 years at the helm.

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Familiar faces take over CMB hoops programs Raider grapplers begin third year under Leslie

By Troy Hyde Newton Daily News The Collins-Maxwell/Baxter girls’ basketball team lost a huge piece to the Raiders’ puzzle before last season even began.

The expectations going into 2015-16 season were much higher than winning only two games, but the loss of sophomore Brianda Bane during the volleyball season forced the standout to miss all of last year’s basketball campaign.

With Bane back in the mix, and a plethora of other key returners, the Raiders could match last year’s win total before winter break.

“That was a tough injury for the team,” CMB coach Eric Padget said. “But I think those that played last year without (Bane) will be better players because of it.”

Padget returns to the Raider bench after a two-year hiatus. He regained control of the program after Jamie Zabel resigned in the offseason.

Padget was CMB’s girls basketball coach from 20072013.

“I’ve really enjoyed getting back into the gym,” Padget said. “The girls are working hard and showing a lot of improvements. They’ve been well coached the last two years so my transition back in has been easier than I thought.”

Bane earned all-conference honors as a freshman when she led the Heart of Iowa Conference in rebounding (9.2 per game) and was fourth in scoring (12.6).

Bane gives the Raiders an inside-outside option as

she made 44 percent of her 3-point attempts that season.

With Bane unable to play last year, post players Kathleen Baldwin and Mikayla Eslinger became focal points of the offense down low.

Now seniors, Baldwin, an honorable mention all-conference player last year, led the team in scoring last year, while Eslinger ranked second in the league in rebounding.

Baldwin averaged six points per game and ranked ninth in rebounding at 6.6 boards per game.

Eslinger scored 5.3 points per game and grabbed eight rebounds per contest.

“With Bridget Hurley missing a big chunk of the season, we really bring back our entire frontcourt,” Padget said. “I am looking for big things out of (Baldwin and Eslinger).”

Senior Sydney Ziesman also is back after averaging four points and four rebounds per game a season ago.

Other key returners include seniors Heather Jessen and Megan Ritter, junior Sailor Hinegardner and sophomore Josie Wierson.

Another player returning from injury in 2016-17 is senior point guard Emily Coughenour. Junior Ashlee Johnson joins the roster after transferring in from West Marshall in the spring.

CMB finished 2-19 overall and 1-15 in league play last year.

“We are hoping to finish in the top half of the conference,” Padget said. “If we stay healthy and catch a break here and there, we can get it done.”

Boys Basketball The Raider boys will have a new head coach this season, too. But like the girls, the program has a familiar face at the helm.

Zach Hasselbrink takes

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Troy Hyde/Daily News Collins-Maxwell/Baxter junior Brianda Bane returns this season after missing all of last year with an ACL injury. She averaged 12.6 points and nine boards for the Raiders as a freshman.

over the program after serving that last four years as an assistant.

S e n i o r guard Hunter McWhirter and sophoHasselbrink more center Will Clapper are back as returning starters.

Clapper averaged 10.2 points and 4.7 rebounds per game last season as a freshman.

McWhirter, who played through a few injuries, averaged five points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

“He’ll draw attention, and

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we’ll need a lot from him,” Hasselbrink said of Clapper.

“One of his goals is to be an all-conference player.”

The transition from former coach Scott Brummel to Hasselbrink has been a smooth one, mainly because the Raider players know what they are getting with Hasselbrink.

Hasselbrink, and his coaching staff, are focusing on teaching the fundamentals in the early practices.

“We haven’t changed a lot from last year,” Hasselbrink said. “There is a lot of teaching and learning right now.

We want to do a lot of the little things.”

After Clapper and McWhirter, CMB, which finished 3-18 overall and 2-14 in the HOIC last year, will need a big season from junior point guard Travis Lindemoen.

Sophomore Ian Thomson is expected to have a bigger role, too, after making the varsity roster as a freshman last season.

The rest of the roster includes seniors Jack Cheville, Ben Gunderson and Robert Williams, juniors Braydon Aker, Bryce Bacon and Noah Galloway.

Freshman Cole Damman has caught Hasselbrink’s eye, too, and is expected to play a significant role.

“We play in a pretty strong league,” Hasselbrink said. “There is a lot of talent around our league, and there are no easy games. We’ll have to earn everything we get.”

Wrestling With just 10 Raiders on this year’s squad, third year coach Mike Leslie will put most of his focus on trying to get better as the season progresses and send as many wrestlers to the state tournament as possible.

Seniors Archer McFadden and Evan Bianchi are back as

CMB 2016-17 Varsity Basketball Schedule Nov. 18 — Woodward-Granger (Girls) Nov. 22 — Nevada at Maxwell (Girls) Nov. 29 — Greene County Dec. 2 — Roland-Story Dec. 3 — Colfax-Mingo Dec. 6 — PCM Dec. 9 — Gilbert Dec. 10 — Grand View Christian Dec. 13 — Saydel Dec. 16 — North Polk Dec. 20 — South Hamilton Jan. 5 — Lynnville-Sully Jan. 7 — Colo-NESCO Jan. 10 — Nevada Jan. 13 — Greene County Jan. 17 — Roland-Story Jan. 20 — PCM Jan. 24 — Gilbert Jan. 27 — Saydel Jan. 31 — North Polk Feb. 3 — South Hamilton Feb. 9 — Woodward-Granger at Maxwell (Boys) Feb. 10 — Nevada at Maxwell (Boys) Home games in bold Home games played in Baxter unless otherwise noted CMB 2016-17 Varsity Wrestling Schedule Dec. 3 — Bondurant-Farrar Tournament Dec. 8 — Gilbert (Greene County, ADM) Dec. 10 — Saydel Invitational Dec. 15 — South Hamilton (North Polk) Dec. 17 — North Polk Invitational Jan. 7 — BCLUW-South Hardin Tourney Jan. 10 — Colfax-Mingo Jan. 12 — Nevada (Roland-Story) Jan. 17 — Roland-Story (IF-A) Jan. 19 — PCM/Saydel Jan. 21 — HOIC meet at North Polk Jan. 26 — Southeast Warren Feb. 4 — Sectionals Feb. 11 — Districts Home meets in bold Home meets in Maxwell

the only returning wrestlers who had a winning record last year.

McFadden will be the team’s heavyweight for the third straight season. He has 60 career wins. McFadden finished 27-8 as a sophomore and 22-9 last season.

“He has a good handle on what he wants to accomplish this year,” Leslie said. “He’s worked hard at it. He feels like this is a year that he can make a run.”

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Junior Jonathan Jacobs is the only other Tigerhawk besides Nichols, a second-team all-SICL player, who saw significant minutes last season. He’ll likely find his way into the starting lineup.

Filling the other three spots will be a combination of juniors Alex Lewis, Misha Seebeck and Reegan Van Dyke, sophomore Holister Koenig and freshman Brady Berkey.

“We have expectations to be conference champions,” Noring Nichols Noring said.

“Every game in the SICL will be a dogfight, and Lynnville-Sully and Montezuma will be the top dogs. We want to knock those teams out.”

Lynnville-Sully likely will be preseason ranked in Class 1A. Montezuma also returns nine of its top 10 scorers.

The Hawks and Braves both went 16-1 in league play last season.

The Tigerhawks went 13-10 overall and 10-6 in the SICL. Colfax-Mingo won a playoff game against Twin Cedars before falling in the second round to state-ranked Grand View Christian.

“Mark is a good all around player,” Lorensen said.

“He is not great at anything but good at everything.

We’ll need his leadership this season.

“Andrew is a five-man that can shoot it. He knows how to play the game. We’ll need a big year out of him.”

The rest of the varsity lineup includes a few players who saw court time last year. Juniors Elijah Sperfslage and Jackson Thomas both had a bright moments last year but will be asked to do more Bruxvoort this season.

PCM also will count on juniors Dayton Boell and Noah Lanphier for extended minutes.

“We have some kids that can play,” Lorensen said. “The key for us is how we play defensively.”

Lorensen expects to fill out the rest of his varsity roster with junior Colton Warrick and sophomores Nick Dredge, Cole Dustin, Brayton Van Dyke, Preston Van Wyk and Reed Worth.

Sophomore Isaac Telfer would have been a varsity player, but he’ll miss significant time after suffering a knee injury during the football season.

Bianchi finished 20-11 last year. He’ll start in the 160-pound slot this season.

“I think he’ll have a great senior season,” Leslie said. “He’ll be at a more comfortable weight, too.”

Sophomore Caleb Fullerton showed promise last year before finishing 1617. This season, he moves up to 132 or 138.

Junior Tate Ewing is expected to take a big step McFadden forward, according to Leslie.

The rest of the roster includes freshmen Carter Davis (106), Simon McKinney (138), Jordan Barrett (126/132), sophomore Andrew Esqueda (145) and Austin Good (152) and junior Cody Galbraith (195).

“We won’t worry much about the team duals this season,” Leslie said. “I feel confident in the guys we have. Hopefully we can get to a point where we can be at our best at the end of the season.”

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