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WINTER’S BEST
The 2015 All-Hawk Eye
winter sports teams
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Mediapolis High School’s
Steven Holloway, the wrestler
of the year
THE ALL-HAWK EYE TEAMS: WRESTLING
Bulldogs, Bloodhounds were best in show
Mediapolis won state
title; Fort Madison had
four medalists.
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By MATT LEVINS
mlevins@thehawkeye.com
The 2014-15 high school wrestling season perhaps can best be
summed up as the year of the
dogs.
Mediapolis won its fifthstraight SEI Superconference
Tournament title, advanced to
the State Dual Team Championships for the third straight year,
finishing third in Class 2A, and
the Bulldogs capped the year by
winning its first Class 2A state
team championship, capped by
senior Steven Holloway’s second
straight 195-pound state championship.
Meanwhile, Fort Madison
advanced to regional duals for
the first time since 1993, then the
Bloodhounds sent five wrestlers
to the state tournament, bringing home four medals.
By the time the final match
had ended, the area had 30 state
qualifiers and 17 state placewinners, brought home one state
champion and two team trophies.
That balance is reflected in
the 2015 All-Hawk Eye wrestling
team, which is spearheaded by
Mediapolis’ seven first-team
selections. To put the icing on
the Bulldogs’ cake, Holloway
was named Wrestler of the Year
and Dan Cummings was voted
Coach of the Year.
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Josh Keller, Jr.,
Columbus/W-MU
Keller had a banner season,
advancing all the way to the
Class 2A state championship
match before falling to Michael
Millage of Crestwood, 6-3. Keller
won conference and sectional
titles along the way and finished
second at districts. Keller finished with a 43-4 record.
Of his four losses, two came
against Class 3A seventh-place
finisher Harlan Steffensmeier
of Fort Madison. His other loss
came to Gabe Rupeke of Chariton, 11-6, in the finals at districts. Keller has a 114-24 record
with 70 pins through his first
three seasons.
Coach of the year
The All-Hawk Eye wrestling team
New London — Reno Chiri, Sam
Loyd, Tyler Mettler, Julian Wikoff.
FIRST TEAM
106: Josh Keller, Jr., Columbus/Winfield-Mount Union. 113:
Brant O’Shea, So., Keokuk. 120:
Brennan Swafford, Fr., Mediapolis.
126: Shea Swafford, Jr., Mediapolis. 132: Tanner Hocker, Sr., Fort
Madison. 138: Mason Buster, Jr.,
Mediapolis. 145: Logan Grimm,
Sr., Wapello. 152: Garrett Grimshaw, Sr., Burlington. 160: Cole
Erickson, Sr., Mediapolis. 170:
Tucker Morrison, So., Columbus/
Winfield-Mount Union. 182: Dakota Shaw, Sr., Keokuk. 195: Steven
Holloway, Sr., Mediapolis. 220:
Gage Jarrett, Jr., West BurlingtonNotre Dame/Danville. 285: Avery
Jacobs, Sr., New London. Utility: Harlan Steffensmeier, Fr., Fort
Madison. Utility: Bradley Conley,
Sr., Mediapolis. Utility: Luke Erickson, Jr., Mediapolis. Utility:
Broihson Turner, Sr., Burlington.
Wrestler of the Year — Holloway.
Coach of the Year — Dan Cummings, Mediapolis.
HONORABLE MENTION
Burlington — Mason Hartman,
Kellen Kemp, Spencer Sherwood.
Columbus/W-MU — Kyle Da-
vis, Austin Edwards, Mitchell Griffin, Keaton Pallister.
Fort Madison — Matthew Derr,
Nick Otte, Chase Seaney.
Illini West — Gabe Castillo,
Dustin Huss, Christian Peacock,
Jeffrey Ufkes, Hunter Wilde.
Keokuk — Tyler Bitting, Ryan
Egley, Cam Sadeghi.
Louisa-Muscatine — Hunter
Connor, Austin Leopard, Darion
Subbert.
Mediapolis — Cody McNeil,
Ethan Timmerman, Dillon Wagner.
Mount Pleasant — Colten
Mertens.
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Brant O’Shea, So., Keokuk
record with 24 pins.
matches before suffering three
of his 10 losses on the season
at the Ed Winger Classic, one of
the premier tournaments in the
state. Hocker lost in the state
quarterfinals to Nate Sands of
Waverly-Shell Rock, who would
end up beating him again for
fifth place. Hocker ended his
career with a 64-24 record with
36 pins.
season, he took second at both
Mediapolis
conference and sectionals and
was third in a loaded bracket at set this season. Erickson, a Unidistricts. He finished the season versity of Iowa recruit, finished
with a 39-9 record with 16 pins. the season with a 58-1 record
with 31 pins. For his career, he
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Garrett Grimshaw, Sr., Burlington was 180-13 with 109 pins.
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Mason Buster, Jr., Mediapolis
Morrison has made a name for
himself on the freestyle circuit
and has become one of the state’s
top folkstyle wrestlers, as well. He
was 41-6 this season with 14 pins.
He finished first at conference,
second at sectionals and first at
districts before finishing eighth
at state. He was best known for
his monumental battles with
Mediapolis junior Luke Erickson,
going 3-2 in those matches, three
of which went into overtime. For
his career Morrison is 77-18 with
35 pins.
O’Shea, after narrowly missing a trip to state as a freshman, punched his ticket to Des
Moines this year, racking up
a 33-8 record with 21 pins. He
won a district championship,
then went 1-2 at state. His losses
at state came to state runnerup Triston Lara of Fort Dodge
and third-place finisher Nate
Lendt of Southeast Polk. O’Shea
has a 66-11 record with 38 pins
through his first two seasons.
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Brennan Swafford, Fr.,
Mediapolis
The fourth Swafford brother
to come through the Mediapolis program, Brennan Swafford
burst on the scene in much the
same way his older brother,
Justin, did over a decade ago.
Swafford lost his first match of
the season, then won eight in a
row before dropping two of his
next three.
After going 3-3 at The Clash
in early January, Swafford
turned it up another notch down
the stretch, winning 17 straight
matches. Swafford finished second in the conference tournament, then won sectional and
district titles.
He finished sixth at state and
had eventual state champion
Brock Rathbun of Center PointUrbana on his back in the semifinals before losing. Swafford
ended the season with a 49-11
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Shea Swafford, Jr., Mediapolis
Swafford, built in the same
mold as his older brother, Justin, may have been the most
improved wrestler in the area
this season. Swafford was nothing short of dominating most of
the season. He won his first 34
matches of the season before
falling to West Hancock’s Will
Lucie, 3-0, in the finals of the
Quincy Tournament.
Swafford went undefeated
at The Clash, one of the toughest tournaments in the country.
He went on to finish second
at conference before winning
sectional and district titles. He
advanced to the state semifinals
before losing to eventual state
champion Ryan Leisure of Clear
Lake and finishing fourth. Swafford ended the season with a 51-5
record with 16 pins. Through his
first three seasons, Swafford is
122-36 with 52 pins.
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Tanner Hocker, Sr., Fort Madison
Hocker came up with his
best season as a senior, racking up a 32-10 record with 19
pins and winning a district
championship. He was part of a
Bloodhounds’ lineup which was
formidable through the middle
weights and helped the Bloodhounds reach the regional duals
for the first time since 1993.
Hocker won 24 of his first 25
Van Buren — Hunter Coffman,
Dakota LaRue.
WACO — Joshua Shumaker.
Wapello — Rogan Pforts, Hunter Walker.
West Burlington-Notre Dame/
Danville — Tristan Garcia.
West Hancock — Caleb Adams, Devin Beaston, Josh Espinoza, Kendall Hall, Brett Hammel,
Jacob Lowman, Will Lucie.
Grimshaw was the heart and
soul of the Grayhounds, a leader
on the mat and in the practice
room. He was a two-time state
qualifier, narrowly missing a trip
to state as a sophomore. This
season, Grimshaw was 39-12
with 17 pins and finished third in
the Mississippi Athletic Conference. All but three of his losses
came to eventual state qualifiers. The other three came to an
Assumption wrestler who was
ranked second before suffering
a broken leg late in the season.
Grimshaw ends his career with
a 91-40 record with 46 pins
Buster quietly has become
one of the top wrestlers in the
state, having placed in the top
four at the state tournament all
four years. This season Buster
was ranked in the top five all
year. He won his first 18 matches
before suffering his first loss at
The Clash. He won conference,
sectional and district titles, then
finished third at state for the
second time in three seasons.
Buster closed the season with 160
a 55-5 record with 23 pins. For Cole Erickson, Sr., Mediapolis
his career, Buster has a 147-22
Erickson can lay claim to
record with 65 pins
being one of the best wrestlers
ever to strap on a Bulldogs sin145
glet. He was a three-time conLogan Grimm, Sr., Wapello
ference, sectional and district
Grimm was a solid performer champion and a four-time state
for the Indians the last three sea- placewinner, finishing fourth,
sons, racking up a 94-43 record second, fourth and third. He
over that span, but never quali- is the program’s career record
fied for the state tournament. holder for takedowns with 362
Grimm has top four finishes and is tied for the career record
at the conference and district in near falls with 254. He holds
tournaments each of the last school single-season records for
three years and was second at takedowns with 165, technical
sectionals all four years. This falls with 11 and wins with 58, all
Dan Cummings
170
Tucker Morrison, So.,
Columbus/Winfield-Mount Union
182
Dakota Shaw, Sr., Keokuk
Shaw, after missing the first
half of the season with a broken hand, was nothing short of
dominating until the state quarterfinals. He took a 28-0 record
into the state tournament before
losing in the quarterfinals to
eventual state champion Mitch
Otto of Sioux City East. He also
lost to the eventual third-place
finisher before falling in the seventh-place match.
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THE ALL-HAWK EYE WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
Holloway did what was expected
that I’m going to go out there
and I’m going to wrestle my
match. I don’t really pay any
attention to rankings or any of
that. I just wrestle my match
and do what I can do and hopefully it all plays out for me.”
With the state championship
hanging in the balance, there is
no one else Cummings would
rather send out on the mat than
Holloway.
And Holloway delivered a 9-2
victory, sealing Mediapolis’ first
state team championship.
With Holloway on the mat,
there was never any doubt.
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cool, collected. Dan was a
little nervous. He was pacing
up and down the tunnels, ‘You
sure you’re ready? You need to
bounce around a little more.’ I’m
the kind of wrestler that I get
warmed up, but I don’t like to
overdo it. I knew what I needed
to do and I knew I could do it.
As it was going on, the matches
were going our way. He came
over and said, ‘All you need to
do is win, baby.’ He smacked
me on the butt and sent me out
there.
“I like to relax and just hang
out. You can’t focus on the
match too much, especially a
big match. Your nerves will get
to you. You just have to focus on
something else until that time
comes and then the adrenaline
will kick in and you’ll be ready
to go. I’m just the kind of guy
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sectionals and 7-2 in the finals
at districts.
The pressure mounted as
the day wore into night and the
time ticked toward Holloway’s
By MATT LEVINS
match. Things began to fall into
place for the Bulldogs to make
a final surge at their first state
EDIAPOLIS — Steven
team title.
Holloway stood in the
And as the pressure
center of the mat at Wells
mounted, Holloway ... went into
Fargo Arena, both arms raised
the warm-up area and took a
in the air, two fingers extended
nap.
on both hands.
There was plenty of pressure,
The Mediapolis High School
but Holloway wasn’t feeling any
senior ran over to head coach
of it.
Dan Cummings, hugged him,
“Before the finals I was down
then planted a kiss on his head.
in
the
tunnel and all the heavyHe then ran over to assistant
weights and 195-pounders were
coach Jim Drain and hoisted
Josh Newell/The Hawk Eye
all warming up. I took a nap
him in the air.
Mediapolis High School’s Steven Holloway brings down Denver
from 106 to 145. I woke up and
Winning one state championstarted moving around, started
Tripoli’s Izaak Shedenhelm in the Class 2A state semifinals.
ship was sweet for Holloway.
getting warm,” Holloway said.
Winning a second was even
a lot. He did everything we
came his toughest match of
“I was relaxed and calm. Calm,
nicer.
asked this year. The one match the tournament against Izaak
And to put the icing on the
he lost was to a great kid from
Shedenhelm of Denver-Tripoli,
cake, his victory clinched
Minnesota. They bumped up
whose older brother had beaten
Mediapolis’ first state wrestling to wrestle him. We welcomed
Holloway in the 182-pound
team championship.
the match because he needed
state championship match two
What better way to walk off
matches like that at the time.
seasons ago. It proved to be Holthe mat after your final high
He got beat by one point. It was loway’s toughest match of the
school match than with a seca heck of a match,” Cummings
tournament, but he came away
ond straight championship and said.
with a 6-4 win to reach the state
winning one for the team? For
finals for the third straight year.
Holloway, who beat Carter
Holloway, it was all he expected Isley of Albia, 3-2, to win the
“That kid, I think he was one
and then some.
Class 2A 195-pound state cham- of the better kids in the bracket.
“That was just the heat of the pionship last year, felt no presHe was a big brute. He kept
moment. All the emotions are
sure coming into this season.
coming at me and head-butting
running through you. I wasn’t
He was ranked No. 1 all season me. There was a lot of injury
thinking about it. I just did it. It
and for the second straight year time. I threw him into the table
feels good. I like the atmosphere dominated the competition in
and he threw me out of bounds.
of the Iowa state tournament,
Iowa.
We were throwing each other
all those fans. It’s sold out and
all around and the coaches
Over
the
last
two
years,
Holyou look up and see all the
were getting into it. It was a
flashing lights and you get your loway was 75-0 against instate
foes.
His
only
two
losses
during
tough match. He pushed me to
hand raised. They put you in a
that period came to eventual
the limit. I’m glad that I could
circle and you see all the fans
score early and hold onto that
and they’re cheering. It’s a great Illinois Class 3A third-place
finisher Andre Lee of Oak Park lead,” Holloway said. “I let off
feeling,” said Holloway, The
the gas a little too much. I just
Hawk Eye’s Wrestler of the Year River Forest, 5-2, and to evenkind of coasted and quit trying
for the second straight year. “I’ll tual Minnesota Class A 182pound state champion Keegan
to score. He was a big, strong
cherish that forever. It’s one of
Moore
of
Jackson
County
Cenkid and I felt like he could have
the greatest moments of my life
tral, 4-3. Both of those losses
thrown me if I got out of posiso far. Hopefully there’s a lot
came
at
The
Clash,
one
each
of
tion. Other than that, his shot,
more to come.”
the last two seasons.
I could see them coming a mile
“Defending a title is pretty
Holloway has never been one away. He didn’t really have that
high expectations and there’s
to shy away from a challenge. In much.”
a lot of pressure. Steven never
fact, he thrives on pressure. The
That set up a fourth and final
showed any effects of feeling
bigger the match, the better Hol- match with Washington’s Brad
the pressure or being nervous
loway performs.
Skubal, who was ranked second
or anything. He just went right
most of the season. Holloway
Nowhere was that better
along. What we all like about
handled Skubal with ease the
Stevens is that, win or lose, he’s illustrated than at this year’s
first three times, winning 12-3
state tournament. Holloway
still the same old Steven. He’s
pinned his first two opponents, in the finals of the Mediapolis
pretty much got the same look
on his face. He doesn’t show
each in the first period. Then
Tournament, 9-3 in the finals at
Mediapolis senior won
a state title, and helped
his team clinch crown.
THE ALL-HAWK EYE TEAMS: GIRLS BASKETBALL
The expected — and the unexpected
The first team
Nikes and Bullettes
made it to state, but
other teams stepped up.
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By CHAD DRURY
cdrury@thehawkeye.com
Going into this girls high
school basketball season, there
weren’t many surprises.
As it moved into the hard
winter months, many more
emerged.
It was no secret that seniordominated Class 1A champion
Notre Dame was gearing for
another run with a loaded roster, or that veteran 3A power
Mediapolis was taking a run at
its first five-player championship with four starters returning. Both came up agonizingly
short this season in reaching the
state semifinals in their respective classes despite combining
to finish 49-3.
Then again, there were a few
surprises along the way.
Who would have thought Van
Buren’s Kaitlyn Johnson would
turn into one of the premier
scorers in 1A? Or that Columbus’ Kelsey Pretz would come
out of nowhere to become a
20-point-per-game scorer with a
well-rounded game and all-state
honors to boot? Who’d have figured that Mount Pleasant, with
coach Dave Hutchcroft returning to the bench, would see an
18-win season despite the team
losing a pair of starters from last
year’s team?
The season began with a
quartet of teams in the rankings — Notre Dame, Mediapolis,
Central Lee and Keokuk. Central Lee fell out quickly, while
Keokuk hung on for half of the
season before a midseason
slump. Mount Pleasant came on
strong at the end to jump into
the rankings, losing three of
their five games to state qualifiers across three classes.
This year’s All-Hawk Eye
team, which has just one underclassman, reflects the success
of many teams and individuals.
Mediapolis’ Andrea Larson was
selected as the All-Hawk Eye
Player of the Year. The talented
center, who is on her way to
NCAA Division II Wayne State
(Neb.) next season, became
Heidi Hillyard
Mediapolis
Kelsey Pretz
Columbus
Player of the year
Taylor Hickey
Notre Dame
Coach of the year
Kaitlyn Johnson
Van Buren
Kelsey Pretz, Columbus, Sr.
Pretz had the kind of season
most seniors could only hope to
have, and she saved it for her last
one. The Columbus all-stater
averaged 19.4 points per game
and shot 53 percent from the
floor. She also averaged almost
eight rebounds per game and
had 89 steals. Columbus won 16
games, one of its best seasons in
years.
GUARDS
Taylor Hickey
Notre Dame, Sr.
Darby Massner
Mediapolis
one of the dominant posts in the
state, averaging almost 22 points
per game and pulling down 10
rebounds per contest.
Hutchcroft was named the
coach of the year in his second stint with the program.
Having to implement a new
system for veteran players,
the Panthers didn’t disappoint. They finished second
in the Southeast Conference
and proved to be one of the
best teams down the stretch
by infusing veterans with talented younger players.
girls basketball team:
Andrea Larson
Mediapolis
Dave Hutchcroft
Mount Pleasant
FORWARDS
Andrea Larson
Mediapolis, Sr.
per Association after leading
Mediapolis to a school-record
finish of 25-1.
A steadily improving center
throughout her career, Larson
emerged as one of the top post
players in any class this season. The Bullettes’ all-time fiveplayer leading scorer averaged
21.7 points and 10.3 rebounds
per game despite missing three
games to injury. She was named
all-state by at least three different organizations, including
first-team by the Iowa Newspa-
Heidi Hillyard, Mediapolis, Sr.
The Northern Iowa-bound
small forward could do it all for
the Bullettes. Hillyard averaged
just under 10 points per game,
but pulled down 11.4 rebounds
and was solid pushing the ball
up the floor and played excellent
defense. She was a second-team
all-state selection by the INA.
The do-it-all point guard was
the focal point of much of the
Nikes’ offense in helping them to
a third straight state tournament
appearance. She got stronger as
the season progressed, averaging 19.3 points per game to go
along with 43 percent 3-point
shooting and 82 percent from
the free-throw line. She also
had 179 steals and 138 assists.
Hickey was named first-team
all-state by the INA for the second year in a row. Notre Dame
finished 24-2, with losses to
Mediapolis and state champion
Newell-Fonda.
Riley Kilbride
Notre Dame
teammates combined. Johnson,
a second-team all-state selection, was one of the top 3-point
shooters in the state, sinking 74
threes this season, averaging
20.1 points per game and shot 82
percent from the free-throw line.
Her 442 points were the fifthmost in the area. She made nine
threes in consecutive games,
and was able to take over some
games that were in doubt in the
fourth quarter.
Riley Kilbride
Notre Dame, Jr.
Kilbride merely set the table
for what should be an excellent senior season. The Nikes’
junior and only All-Hawk Eye
non-senior averaged 17.1 points
per game and missed shot 91
percent at the line (85-of-93),
the best percentage in the state
among players with at least 50
attempts. She scored 33 points
in the Nikes’ regional final win
over English Valleys.
UTILITY
Darby Massner
Mediapolis, Sr.
Massner may have been the
Bullettes’ most consistent performer this season. She always
Kaitlyn Johnson
seemed to fall into that 15- toVan Buren, Sr.
20-point category each night,
Simply, Johnson was the War- and she finished with 17.6 points
riors’ offense this season and at per game.
one point, averaged more points
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per game than the rest of her
THE ALL-HAWK EYE GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
‘Urgency’ helped spark Larson to big year
Mediapolis senior led
team to state semifinals.
By CHAD DRURY
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John Gaines/The Hawk Eye
ticularly late in the season. She
had a 39-point, 20-rebound performance against Davis County
in the regional semifinals, and
it seemed when she struggled
to score, she was on the glass.
Coach Todd Rogers has said
there was more “urgency” to her
game, and Larson agreed.
“I think I had a different outlook at the game (after the surgery),” she said. “I became more
tenacious and played more
vigorously. I just wanted to play
harder. What I went through
makes you want to lay it all out
there for everyone.”
Larson also made 66 percent
of her shots from the floor, so
any time the ball went to her in free-throw line.
“They played a great defenthe post, it was almost always
sive game, but we couldn’t hit
an automatic basket.
“That just comes from playing a lot of basketball, and I
trusted myself and my moves
enough to score,” she said. “The
Mount Pleasant girls were tall.
The Nevada girls were tall, but
you can’t let that intimidate you.
A lot of it is just mentally bearing down for those battles.”
The Bullettes were undone by
poor shooting and foul trouble
in the semifinal against Nevada,
but Larson put the team on her
back. She scored 24 points and
12 rebounds in the seven-point
loss, but was just 8-of-18 at the
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The 6-foot Larson, who will
play basketball for NCAA Division II Wayne State (Neb.) next
season, was arguably the best
post player in 3A. She averaged
21.7 points and 10.3 rebounds
per game for the Bullettes, who
went through the regular season undefeated for the first time
in the five-player era, and set
a school record with 25 wins.
Along the way, Larson passed
Renae Roelfs as the school’s
career five-player scoring leader
and finished with 1,513 points.
“All season it just felt like we
were climbing a mountain,” she
said. “We finished the regular
season undefeated, but that
didn’t tell the whole story.
Everything we’d went through
with injuries, etc., just showed a
lot about our team.”
Yet, maybe the area where
Larson improved the most this
season was rebounding, par-
Mediapolis High School’s Andrea Larson (20), shown here defending against Nevada’s Kati Cassabaum in the Class 3A girls state
basketball tournament, averaged 21.7 points and 10.3 rebounds this season.
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ediapolis High School
basketball player Andrea
Larson had already
established herself as one of the
best players in the state.
Then came the three games
in January, when the Bullettes
and Larson had to do some soul
searching.
Oh, the Bullettes beat
Keokuk, Iowa Mennonite
School and Highland during
that stint, but did so without
Larson, who had an emergency
appendectomy.
“It was extremely hard for
me, one of the hardest things
that’s happened to me. I thought
I was kind of letting the team
down,” said Larson, this year’s
All-Hawk Eye Girls Basketball
Player of the Year. “But there
was a different role I could
play. I could be on the bench
cheering for my teammates. We
won those games, but it wasn’t
pretty.”
What transpired after the
surgery certainly was. She
scored more than 30 points in
two of three games, then continued her strong play throughout
the Class 3A state tournament,
where the Bullettes lost to state
champion Nevada in the semifinals. While Larson was pleased
with her own performance this
season, she was disappointed
in the overall outcome; this was
supposed to be the year to take
the next step, especially with
four starters returning from last
year’s semifinalist.
Larson had 14 20-point
games, three 30-point games
and 11 double-doubles this
season. Her season was that
much more impressive because
for much of it, four players averaged in double figures.
“We still didn’t get as far as
we wanted, but I think with
time, it won’t hurt as much
and we’ll realize how much we
accomplished,” Larson said.
“There’s a lot to reflect on. The
seniors lost only seven games,
and that says a lot about who
I’ve played with and the coaches
we have.”
a shot and I couldn’t hit free
throws,” she said. “I put a lot
of it on us. There was a lot that
went into the game, and they
were the only team that would
match up with us. I have a lot of
respect for what they did, but
it’s still disappointing that we
weren’t playing for the title.”
Larson was named to the alltournament team and first-team
all-state by the Iowa Newspaper
Association for the second year
in a row, and her career is full
of many more ups than downs.
The wins, the school records?
She admits she’s just a part of it.
“I couldn’t have done those
things if I was the only player
on our team,” she said. “There
are so many people that added
to my success. We were really
like a family, and had great
chemistry. We were together all
the time, and there was never
any drama.
“That’s what I will miss the
most.”
THE ALL-HAWK EYE TEAMS: BOYS BASKETBALL
Danville makes most of a state run
The first team
Bears survived to finish
fourth in Class 1A.
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By CHAD DRURY
Last year, four high school
boys basketball teams had a
chance to reach the state tournament, and all came up a win
short.
This year, one of them made
sure that was the only a blip.
Danville returned to the state
tournament for the fourth time
in five seasons, finishing fourth
in Class 1A despite being undefeated heading to Des Moines.
Fort Madison, also one of those
teams on the cusp a season ago,
almost had its 39-year state tournament drought end. The Bloodhounds were in control at times
against Williamsburg in a 3A
substate game, only to lose by a
point in overtime.
The Bears (26-2) and Bloodhounds (21-3) were the class
of the area this season. But the
teams after them also got better.
Keokuk (19-4), led by Stephen
F. Austin recruit Jonny Dahl,
shared the Southeast Conference with Fort Madison, and lost
an epic overtime district final to
the Bloodhounds. Notre Dame,
with Dan Kies at the helm, didn’t
skip a beat and put together a
solid 18-4 season.
One of the biggest surprises,
however, was West Burlington.
The Falcons made a spirited run
to the 2A substate final before
losing to Iowa City Regina. It
was an important postseason
for the Falcons, who have been
building for a strong finish for a
while.
There was also plenty of
individual talent on hand this
season. Many of this year’s
members of the All-Hawk Eye
team were all-state selections
by at least one different source,
including first-team all-stater
Miles Wentzien of Fort Madison, the All-Hawk Eye Player
of the Year for the second year
in a row. Wentzien missed two
games early in the season, and
they’d be the only two losses for
the Bloodhounds in the regular
season.
Holy Trinity’s Blake Hellweg
was one of the top all-around
Connor Hoelzen
Danville
Garrett Saunders
Van Buren
players in Class 1A, while Danville’s balanced lineup is represented as well. For the second
year in a row, Fort Madison’s
Jon Schmitz earned coach of the
year honors from his peers, taking the Bloodhounds to heights
not seen in some time even if the
end results was another painful
substate loss.
boys basketball team:
FORWARDS
Connor Hoelzen, Danville, Sr.
Xavior Williams
Notre Dame
Player of the year
Blake Hellweg
Holy Trinity
Coach of the year
Miles Wentzien
Fort Madison
Jon Schmitz
Fort Madison
career points in the regular-season finale against Lone Tree. He
was a second-team all-state selection by the INA and was named
to the Class 1A all-tournament
team at the state tournament.
He scored in double figures in all
three games at state, helping the
Bears to a fourth-place finish. For
the season, he averaged a teambest 15.3 points per game and
grabbed 5.9 rebounds per contest.
ward was one of the toughest
matchups around because of his
superb athleticism and jumping
ability. Williams averaged 18.3
points per game and was one
of the top scorers in the area.
He also improved greatly at the
free-throw line (65 percent) and
shot 56 percent from the floor.
He averaged six rebounds per
game and had 58 steals and 58
assists.
Xavior Williams
Blake Hellweg
Hoelzen was one of four double Notre Dame, Jr.
Holy Trinity, Sr.
figure scorers for the Bears this
Like Williams, Hellweg was
season, and he surpassed 1,000
At 5-foot-11, the Nikes’ for-
Jonny Dahl
Keokuk
considered one of the toughest
matchups by coaches. He was
one of the top rebounders in
Class 1A despite being 6-3, and
he could score by driving to the
basket or hitting 3-pointers. He
scored career-high 39 points in
a game against New London this
season. His signature game was
a 39-point, 17-rebound performance against New London. For
the season, the second-team allstater averaged 15.6 points and
10.2 rebounds per game, and
dished out 5.6 assists per contest as the Crusaders reached a
district final.
GUARDS
Jonny Dahl, Keokuk, Sr.
The Stephen F. Austin recruit
finished his career with a fine
senior season, as the Chiefs
shared the Southeast Conference crown with Fort Madison.
Dahl, a second-team all-state
selection in Class 3A, averaged
18.3 points per game and was
adept at making threes (46 percent) and free throws (79 percent). However, he also was an
unselfish player, averaging 6.4
assists per game and pulling
down eight rebounds per contest.
Mason Speer
Danville
Miles Wentzien
Fort Madison, Sr.
Wentzien had another stellar season despite missing two
regular-season games early
(the only regular-season games
the Bloodhounds lost). When
he returned, it was business as
usual for the first-team all-state
selection in 3A. Wentzien finished as the area’s leading scorer
(21.6 points per game), while he
also had eight rebounds per contest. He was named the SEC’s
co-most valuable player with
Dahl after the teams shared the
league title. Fort Madison fell by
a point in overtime to Williamsburg in the substate final.
Mason Speer, Danville, Sr.
After years of steadily improving his game from reserve to
leader, Speer became one of
the top point guards in the state
this season. He was one of four
Bears to average in double figures (14.5 points per game) and
made 44 percent of his threes
(73-for-168), but also was one of
the area’s most unselfish players. He averaged an area-high 7.1
assists per game.
Speer was named first-team
all-state this season after earning third-team honors last season.
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THE ALL-HAWK EYE TEAMS: BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Wentzien added more milestones to career
I
Many questions were floated
about Wentzien’s future all season. He received surprisingly
few looks from colleges despite
a well-rounded and respected
game. However, he’s worked to
get some NCAA Division I looks,
but there have also been Division II and junior college offers.
He said he wants everything
— basketball, education, housing, etc. — to be the best fit.
“Maybe playing juco could
get me to Division I, but then
again, Division II is way better
than I ever thought,” he said.
“It’s not going to be just about
basketball. I don’t really have
a timetable, but I will probably
know in the next month.”
CO N G R ATS
Fort Madison High School’s Miles Wentzien (left) ended his career as the school’s all-time leading scorer.
more dominating than his teammates, but that’s where it ended.
He said every player bought
into the defense-first mentality,
and an offense that wasn’t onedimensional.
“We had five players who
were capable of scoring 20
points per game,” he said. “That
made us hard to guard. Every
one was willing to sacrifice his
own personal numbers. Playing
defense was not an option for
us and everyone was willing to
do it.”
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t was a harmless nonconference boys basketball game
against Illini West on Feb. 17.
Then, officials at Fort
Madison High School abruptly
stopped it.
“At first, I didn’t think it was
that big of a deal,” Fort Madison
guard Miles Wentzien said.
“Then they announced I’d broken the record. Looking back,
that was pretty amazing.”
That night was the crowning achievement in a career of
outstanding ones for Wentzien.
It was the night he scored his
1,509th career point, breaking former NBA player Ryan
Bowen’s school record of 1,507.
Wentzien finished his career
with 1,570 points.
“I know how great he is,”
Wentzien said of Bowen. “Passing someone who played in the
NBA is unbelievable.”
Wentzien has been the catalyst for the rise of the Bloodhounds’ program over the last
couple years, and for the second
consecutive season, he was
named All-Hawk Eye Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
Yet, he insists he’s only a
small part of the success.
“We brought the community
together, and just had an unbelievable following and support
from our town,” he said. “I think
we showed a lot of the younger
kids what it takes to get to
where we were at. I can’t take
all the credit.”
But he can take much of
it. The Bloodhounds pieced
together a 21-win season that
ended in the Class 3A substate
against Williamsburg, which
hit a 3-pointer with seven seconds left in overtime to deny
Fort Madison a trip to the state
tournament for the first time in
39 years.
Wentzien had another allstate season, as he was selected
first team by the Iowa Newspaper Association. He averaged
21.6 points per game, eight
rebounds and averaged five
assists per game. His stats were
“Coach Schmitz just does the
right thing and he works really
hard preparing us,” he said.
“He’s also straight-forward, and
lets you know what to expect.
His best interest is with our program, the same way it is with all
the coaches.”
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and you don’t always see that. It
was so fun, just a great team to
be around.
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made it to the big stage at Wells
Fargo Arena, he admitted Williamsburg was better when it
mattered.
“We really thought we were
going to make it this year
because we had a lot of experience and older players,” he said.
“It was a well-played game. Williamsburg hit some big shots. It
was a fun game to watch and be
a part of. They wanted it just as
bad as we did.”
Wentzien’s game has transformed throughout his career.
He is 6-foot-3, but can play four
positions on the floor. When
he started out, he was a shooting guard, then he added the
point-guard role. He played both
this season, but could be whatever the Bloodhounds wanted
depending on the opponent.
“I’ve always felt it was important to have a well-rounded
game,” he said. “I could use my
height against smaller teams,
but most of the matchups were
on defense.”
Wentzien gave plenty of
credit to his coach, Jon Schmitz,
who has engineered the program’s turnaround. Great chemistry with teammates didn’t
hurt either.
“I appreciate the fact they
would keep their heads up when
I got on them,” Wentzien said.
“They did things that sparked a
winning culture, anything from
offseason workouts and just
improvement on their games.
We were like a family out there,
Fort Madison senior
became school’s all-time
scoring leader.
THE ALL-HAWK EYE BOYS BOWLER OF THE YEAR
Palar’s leadership led to success
Senior helped
Mount Pleasant make a
return trip to state.
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By CHAD DRURY
Given his success and leadership, Mount Pleasant High
School senior bowler Brock
Palar was almost like an extension of coach Troy Mears.
But he also wasn’t a bad
bowler and, for the second consecutive season, was named the
All-Hawk Eye Boys Bowler of
the Year.
Palar saw improvement
throughout his game this season
in helping the Panthers become
a force in the area and make a
repeat trip to the state tournament.
“The season went really
good. We got back to state, and
that was our goal,” said Palar,
who goes to school in Danville.
“I’ve kind of been looked at as
a leader all four years, but this
year was our most new team.”
Palar had a total pinfall of
5,079 this season, rolling an
average just under 212 per game
and a 423 series. Mount Pleasant
finished 9-0 in dual meets and
fifth in the Class 2A state tournament. Bowling was expanded to
three classes this season. Mount
Pleasant finished as just one of
three teams (Fort Dodge and
Council Bluffs Lewis Central) to
go undefeated in dual meets.
“It was quite a bit tougher that
way, but it also challenged us
more,” he said of the expanded
classes. “And we were still able
to make it to state.”
Palar attributed his own success to simple consistency.
“My games weren’t as high or
as low as they could have been,”
he said. “I just kept focused
throughout the year. I’d bowl
Saturday morning in a youth
league in Mount Pleasant, but a
lot of times, I’d bowl for fun.”
Palar was the anchor bowler
during the Baker games, which
meant he would finish games
for the team. The Panthers’ dual
with Keokuk came down to how
he bowled the final three frames.
Mount Pleasant was trailing by
eight pins and Palar rolled the
Brock Palar made his second consecutive state tournament appearance with the Mount Pleasant High School bowling team. Palar goes to Danville High School.
Panthers to victory to keep the
undefeated streak intact.
“I think being in those tough
situations like state helped quite
a bit,” he said. “I’ve just done it so
many times. At first, I would be
nervous, but now it’s just kind of
normal. You can’t over-focus, or
you’ll do something wrong.”
The Panthers won the Southeast Conference meet, but it
wasn’t one of Palar’s best showings. He rolled a 406 series,
which was good for just third on
the team that day.
However, when it came to
the state-qualifying meet, he
regained his edge. He shot games
of 214 and 246 for a 460, second
to teammate Clayton Sammons.
However, four games over 200
in the Baker games helped send
the Panthers back to state.
“It seemed like everyone had
one bad game that day,” he said.
Mount Pleasant went into
the state tournament with the
highest pinfall (3,256). A repeat
performance by the team would
have been good enough for a
state championship, but it didn’t
work out that way. The Panthers
shot a 2,924 for fifth, almost
300 pins behind champion Fort
Dodge. The Baker games made
up for a sluggish individual performance, as the Panthers got
each game only to fall short in
the end. Palar’s 368 series was
only third-best on his team that
day.
“We really wanted to go up
there and win, but again, everyone had one bad game,” he said.
“J.P (Jordan Phomsouvandara)
and I were happy to make it
back.”
Still, around the middle of the
season, Palar said the Panthers
built good team chemistry. Most
of his teammates found time to
get better.
“We’d practice a couple times
a week, but during the postseason we started to play together
as a team,” he said. “We had
everyone back from varsity
last year, and we’ve had a lot of
same guys multiple years, so the
chemistry is really good.”
As for being a leader, Palar
has grown comfortable with
that. When Mears is stretched
thin as the only coach of the
team, Palar is one who helps out.
“He kind of relied on me to
do that,” he said. “A lot of times
I just say something as far as an
adjustment goes.”
Palar hopes to continue bowling in college. Few programs
offer it outside the club level,
but he hopes to participate if it’s
offered where he goes to school.
“I’ll probably get in some
leagues in college,” he said. “You
don’t just do it for your team.
You do it for the school. It’s just
something I enjoy doing.”
THE ALL-HAWK EYE TEAMS: GIRLS BOWLER OF THE YEAR
Burlington’s May sticks to the basics
May was more surprised than
anyone, especially considering it was the first competitive
series of her life.
“That was one of my best
memories,” May said. “I shocked
everybody. Coach was just
shocked. I didn’t know I had
that in me. It was great to know
I had that ability.”
But the best memory of all?
Well, that’s easy.
“It was so much fun just
being with Stormy and all the
other girls. I could talk to all of
them and we were all friends,”
May said. “I’ve played other
sports before and there were
always cliques. In bowling there
weren’t any cliques. It’s sad that
I won’t be able to bowl with
them next year. I made a lot of
friendships with the underclassmen. We see each other in the
hallways and we say hi and stop
and talk. That’s what I really
liked about it.
“I’m going to SCC next year,
but I’m going to go out there
when BHS is practicing and see
how much they progress next
season. I can’t way to see how
much they improve.”
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Burlington High School’s Sierra May was one of the leaders of a young team this season.
Year. “I really came out just to
be with my friend (Johnson) just
so we would have something to
do together. I really didn’t care
if I even made the varsity team.
But once we got going, we had
so much fun.”
“For a lot of these girls, this
is their one opportunity to be
a Grayhound, their one opportunity to be in a group of other
athletes,” first-year BHS coach
Scott Mason said. “This team
really bonded. Sierra did well.
She was a great team leader.
She could have not taken people
under her arms and help them
the way she did, but she is a
great leader and you could
really tell that right away. You
could tell that she played other
sports because she is such a
great leader.”
May, in her first year of bowling, stuck to basics. Instead of
trying to spin the ball and curve
it into the pocket, she instead
took a more direct approach.
Nothing fancy, but very effec-
tive.
“Coach Mason worked with
me some and gave me some
pointers. I looked at other
people’s styles and tried doing
things other people did, but it
just didn’t work for me,” May
said. “I throw a straight ball,
which is unusual because I
don’t curve it. I just started out
simple. I tried to curve the ball,
but I never could master it.
“I tried to look at the floorboard and the different tones
and aim for one. My one arm
moves left or right sometimes,
so I would move over a board
or two. I got used to the way
my arm works and adjusted my
floorboard accordingly.”
“Sierra was very steady. She
would have some games where
she was a little below her average, but you could always count
on her being around the 140s
and 150s,” Mason said. “She was
our first bowler in singles and
Baker games. She was someone
we could count on to get around
140 every night.”
With the young BHS program
still trying to build a tradition,
sometimes the best competition came among teammates.
Nowhere was that more evident
than between May and Martindale, who developed a friendly
rivalry over the course of the
season. In the end, it made both
of them better, which in turn
made the team stronger.
“Emily and I would go back
and forth to see who could do
better,” May said. “It was a lot of
fun to compete with ourselves.”
“When Sierra first came out,
she didn’t look at herself as a
premier bowler. She just wanted
to make some friends and have
fun,” Mason said. “Emily is a
competitive bowler and she
needed someone to push her.
Sierra did that. Emily got better because of it and Sierra got
better because of it. Sometimes
when you are a young team like
ours, intrasquad competition is
the best competition.”
May made an immediate
impact for the Grayhounds. In
the season opener at Champion
Bowl in Ottumwa, May rolled a
151 game to start, then followed
that with a 173 for a 324 series.
S
ierra May had never picked
up a bowling ball before,
other than at a few birthday
parties here and there.
So when she decided to try
out for the Burlington High
School girls bowling team this
season as a senior, she really
didn’t have any expectations,
other than to have fun and
make a few new friends.
May did all of that and then
some in her only season on
the BHS bowling team. She
got to spend more time with
her close friend, fellow BHS
senior Stormy Johnson. And
she made plenty of new friends
on the team, from fellow senior
Katelyn Miller to juniors Emily
Martindale, Madison Osborn
and Krista Ryner to sophomore
Baylee Howell and freshmen
Danielle Gutowski and Rachel
Mason.
In the process, May not only
helped make her teammates
better, she became a team
leader, even taking some of the
younger players under her wing
and encouraging them.
Fun? Yeah, there was plenty
of that to go around.
Oh, and on the lanes? Well,
May more than held her own
there, too. She bowled her best
game in her first competitive
match, rolling a 173 game. She
averaged 128.8 per game and
257.7 per series, tops on the
team, and had a 324 high series.
Not bad for someone who
hadn’t picked up a bowling ball
in over six months and had
never bowled a competitive
game in her life.
In fact, May just might have
been on the team which helped
turn the corner for the Grayhounds’ program, setting the
standard for future BHS teams
to aim for.
“I was really surprised out
how well everything turned out.
My scores and my relationships
I built on the team were just
incredible,” said May, The Hawk
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young team.
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Holloway
practice because it was getting
monotonous and everyone was
complaining so I said, ‘I’ll run
Continued from page 3
it.’ It’s a lot harder than it looks.
But it was fun. It’s a great group
“It’s a friendly rivalry
between me and (Skubal). He’s
of guys. This season was a lot
a good kid and he’s a good wres- of fun,” Holloway said. “There’s
tler. We’re from the same area,
a couple middle schoolers and
just like last year with Carter
even younger kids, they’ll come
Isley. We just got pitted against
in because their youth practice
each other a bunch. Before the
match you want to go out there is after ours. They’ll come in
and beat him as bad as you can. early to get a little extra work
Then after the match we’re get- in. That’s what I did when I was
ting dressed and sweaty, trying younger. It does a lot for you.
to cool off. We’re just talking
Sometimes you’re a little bit
and he’s asking me what colmore advance than youth praclege I’m going to next year. I’m
tice, so you can get a little faster
asking him what his plans are.
pace with the high schoolers.
We’re friends,” Holloway said.
Just don’t get crushed.”
“We felt pretty good about
that match. I didn’t talk much
Now, Holloway will choose a
with him about it. He wasn’t
college where he plans to major
nervous at all. He knew that if
in exercise science and perhaps
we needed more than a regular pursue a career as a physidecision, he could have done it.
cal therapist. And, of course,
We were just a takedown away
from a major. He just controlled wrestle.
“I’m going to wrestle at an
the match and did exactly what
he had to do. One thing about
undetermined college. My top
Steven is rarely does he ever
choices right now are UNI,
make mistakes that cost him a
Iowa State and Ohio. The UNI
match. Rarely has he ever done
coaches came down to my
that in all the years I’ve watched
him. There are very few people house and talked. They came in
my room and saw how messy
on my team I’d rather put out
it was. I’m going to go on visits
there. We’ve got some others.
But when it came down to Steand see what I can get and then
ven, I felt pretty confident that
make my decision,” Holloway
we were probably going to bring said.
home that first-place trophy
“He’s a three-time finalist, a
and his first-place medal,” Cumfour-time state qualifier, twomings said.
time champion. He’s about as
Holloway left his mark as
high up as you can go, as far as
one of the best wrestlers ever
to strap an the orange and
I’m concerned. I’m not going to
black singlet for Mediapolis. He start naming names because
was just the sixth wrestler to
we’ve had some great wrestlers
win four SEI Superconference
here. But Steven is way up there
Tournament championships.
He also won four sectional titles on that ladder in every catand three district titles. He was egory. He’s standing pretty tall
on that ladder in this school,”
a four-time state qualifier and
Cummings said. “He’s come so
a three-time state finalist. Holloway finished his senior season very far. First of all he’s such a
with a 55-1 record with 32 pins
tremendously talented athlete.
and was 181-11 with 120 pins for I really think this kid could play
his career.
about any sport. He’s very, very
He also helped pave the way
for a new generation of Mediap- skilled. He could play about any
olis wrestlers who will one day sport at a high level. But wreschase the records he put on the tling, he improved so much. His
quickness, his strength. Just his
wall.
“I really liked our team this
athletic ability. To me, wrestling
year. We took care of busiis his sport. I’m anxious to see
ness, but we had fun doing it.
what his decision is collegiately.
It wasn’t just a serious attitude
I hope to see him go somewhere
all the time. It wasn’t just go,
where I could go watch him
go, go. There were times when
once in a while. He is just a phewe relaxed and played games
nomenal athlete. Not just wresin the wrestling room. One
tling. He’s a great athlete.”
day the coaches let me run
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Central Lee — Hayley Edwards
Columbus — Bailey Stroud
Danville — Carlee Kelly, Kinsey
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Holy Trinity — Nicole Wilkens,
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Illini West — Michaela Gronewold
Keokuk — Lakyn Boltz
Louisa-Muscatine — Lexi
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Mediapolis — Ashley Hedges
Mount Pleasant —Natalie Ita,
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Utility — Darby Massner,
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Coach of the year — Dave
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SECOND TEAM
Forwards — Morgan Christner,
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Guards — Karlie Wade, Winfield-Mount Union, Sr.; Michaela
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was a second-team all-state Panthers this season after the
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in the offseason. Hutchcroft
COACH OF THE YEAR
guided a team that graduated
a pair of starters to a four-win
Dave Hutchcroft
improvement this season, as
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant finished 18-5.
The veteran coach returned The Panthers finished second to
for a second stint with the Fairfield in the Southeast Con-
Massner made 74 threes to
finish among the state leaders,
but also was a solid rebounder
despite 5-foot-9 size. Massner
New London — Victoria Noel,
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Notre Dame — Courtney Coffin, Kori Mesecher
WACO — Jennie Greene
Wapello — Kristen Keen,
Ashley Hahnbaum
West Central — Joni Lafary
ference race, but played its best
basketball at the end, winning 16
of its final 19 games, and losing
three games to state qualifiers
Mediapolis (3A), Iowa City West
(5A) and Cedar Rapids Xavier
(4A).
The All-Hawk Eye boys basketball teams
FIRST TEAM
Forwards — Connor Hoelzen, Danville,
Sr.; Xavior Williams, Notre Dame, Jr.; Blake
Hellweg, Holy Trinity, Sr.
Guards — Jonny Dahl, Keokuk, Sr.; Miles
Wentzien, Fort Madison, Sr.; Mason Speer,
Danville, Sr.
Utility — Garrett Saunders, Van Buren, Sr.
Player of the year — Miles Wentzien, Fort
Madison
Coach of the year — Jon Schmitz, Fort
Madison
SECOND TEAM
Forwards — Jeff Giannettino, Notre Dame,
Boys
Sr.; Brad Wachtel, Louisa-Muscatine, Sr.; Sam
Jennings, Winfield-Mount Union, Jr.
Guards — Brady Sartorius, Mount Pleasant, Fr.; David Nagel, Fort Madison, Sr.; Zach
Davis, Winfield-Mount Union, Jr.
Utility — Da’Shon Johnson, West Burlington, Sr.
HONORABLE MENTION
Central Lee — Tyler Bryant, Evan Doyle
Columbus — Chase Finke
Danville — Hunter Peebler, Kolton Jackson
Fort Madison — Camden Chrisman,
Bryson Abbey, Fort Madison
Holy Trinity — Nick Hopper, Connor Con-
rad, Tanner Kelch
Illini West — Nolan Ard, Braden Bennett,
Colton Mellinger
Keokuk — Chris Ailes-Jones
Mediapolis — Keaton Keitzer, Tristan Timmerman, Tyler Rogers
New London — Quincy Porter
Van Buren — Brandon Plecker, Will
Mertens
WACO — Braden Blake
Wapello — Holden Brockway, Tariq Green
Winfield-Mount Union — Garret Baker
the Bloodhounds, helping them the most unforgiving defenses
to another Southeast Conference championship, which they in the state this season, allowing
shared with Keokuk. Fort Madi- just over 40 points per game.
son finished 21-3 and reached
UTILITY
the Class 3A substate final for
Garrett Saunders
the second year in a row, this
COACH OF THE YEAR
Van Buren, Sr.
time losing to Williamsburg by
Jon Schmitz, Fort Madison
a point in overtime on 3-pointer
Overall, Saunders’ numbers
For the second year in a row, with seven seconds left.
were a bit down, but mostly
The Bloodhounds had one of
Schmitz
did a solid job with
because more was expected of
him this season after the Warriors’ lost both post players to
graduation.
He still turned in a solid season, one that saw him earn
second-team all-state honors
and help lead Van Buren to a
16-win season. Saunders led
three Warriors in double figures
at 16.8 points per game, but he
was solid at the free-throw line
(73 percent) and could create off
the dribble or sink the perimeter
shot. He had 102 assists this season (4.4 per game).
Area standings
Mississippi Athletic Conference
Conf
North Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
Pleasant Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Davenport Assumption . . . . . . 14-2
Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Davenport West . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Davenport North. . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Bettendorf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Muscatine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Davenport Central . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16
Southeast Conference
Conf
Fort Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Keokuk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Mount Pleasant . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
SEI Superconference
North Division
Div
All
Lone Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2
Highland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3
Iowa Mennonite School. . . . . . 12-6
Winfield-Mount Union . . . . . . . 12-6
Louisa-Muscatine. . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
WACO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Pekin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Mediapolis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Wapello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
South Division
Div
Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-0
Notre Dame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2
Van Buren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Holy Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
West Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Cardinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
New London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Central Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Maharishi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-18
Lincoln Trail Conference
Conf
West Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
West Central Conference
North Division
Div
Illini West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
West Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5
All
23-3
23-3
17-6
14-10
9-13
9-14
8-16
7-15
5-16
1-22
All
21-3
19-4
7-15
6-16
6-16
18-6
18-5
14-9
13-10
13-10
10-13
8-13
7-15
2-20
2-20
All
26-2
19-4
16-7
16-8
14-11
11-11
9-14
6-17
2-21
0-21
All
7-18
All
19-10
12-17
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Mediapolis High School’s Steven Holloway lifts assistant coach Jim Drain while celebrating his Class 2A 195-pound championship.
The win gave the Bulldogs the team title.
May
“This is a really tight-knit
group and we had a lot of fun.
Our team doesn’t win and
nobody expects anything out of
us because we are such a young
program. We kind of have that
‘us against the world’ mentality,” Mason said. “At regionals
we set a new school standard
to aim for. We set the standard
for future teams and players to
aim at.
“I told the girls that when this
program turns the corner —
and it will — people are going
to point to the 2014-15 team to
where it all started. They should
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Mississippi Athletic Conference
Conf
All
Pleasant Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
18-5
North Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
18-5
Davenport North. . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
17-6
Davenport Assumption . . . . . . 12-4
14-9
Bettendorf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 12-11
Muscatine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 10-13
Davenport West . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
9-12
Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
3-19
Clinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
3-18
Davenport Central . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
1-21
Southeast Conference
Conf All
Fairfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
17-6
Mount Pleasant . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
18-5
Keokuk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
15-8
Fort Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 11-11
Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-8
6-16
SEI Superconference
North Division
Div
All
Mediapolis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-0
25-1
Pekin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-2
19-3
Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
16-7
WACO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6
16-8
Highland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
15-8
Lone Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
8-14
Wapello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
8-15
4-18
Winfield-Mount Union . . . . . . . 3-15
3-19
Iowa Mennonite School. . . . . . 2-16
5-18
South Division
Div All
Notre Dame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-0
24-2
Central Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
15-8
Holy Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 14-10
New London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 11-12
Van Buren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 10-13
Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
9-13
Cardinal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 10-12
West Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
3-19
Harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-16
1-22
Lincoln Trail Conference
Conf
All
West Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 12-15
West Central Conference
North Division
Div
All
Illini West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 21-10
West Hancock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5
8-18
Boys basketball
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Girls basketball
THE ALL-HAWK EYE TEAMS: WRESTLING
The first team
Josh Keller
Columbus/W-MU
Shea Swafford
Mediapolis
Brennan Swafford
Mediapolis
Brant O’Shea
Keokuk
Tanner Hocker
Fort Madison
Logan Grimm
Wapello
Mason Buster
Mediapolis
Garrett Grimshaw
Burlington
Luke Erickson
Mediapolis
Dakota Shaw
Keokuk
Tucker Morrison
Columbus/W-MU
Gage Jarrett
WB-ND/Danville
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Wrestler of the year
Bradley Conley
Mediapolis
Harlan Steffensmeier
Fort Madison
Broihson Turner
Burlington
Avery Jacobs
New London
Cole Erickson
Mediapolis
Steven Holloway
Mediapolis
195
Steven Holloway, Sr.,
Mediapolis
Harlan Steffensmeier, Fr.,
Fort Madison
Holloway simply dominated
Iowa competition the last two
years, going 75-0 against instate
foes. His only two losses during
that period came to eventual
Illinois Class 3A third-place
finisher Andre Lee of Oak Park
River Forest, 5-2, and to eventual Minnesota Class A 182pound state champion Keegan
Moore of Jackson County Central, 4-3. Both of those losses
came at The Clash, one each of
the last two seasons. Holloway
was just the sixth wrestler to
win four SEI Superconference
Tournament championships.
He also won four sectional titles
and three district titles. He was
a four-time state qualifier. Holloway finished his senior season
with a 55-1 record with 32 pins
and was 181-11 with 120 pins for
his career.
Steffensmeier proved to be
one of the top freshmen around
by beating some of the top
106-pounders in the state. The
son of former two-time Fort
Madison state champion and
Northern Iowa All-American
Gary Steffensmeier, Harlan
carved his own niche as a firstyear varsity wrestler. He beat
Keller twice early in the season,
then went on win a district title.
Three of his losses came to
eventual Class 3A state champion Brody Teske of Fort Dodge,
including the state quarterfinals.
Two of his other losses came
to Class 3A fourth-place finisher Marcus England of Cedar
Rapids Prairie and fifth-place
finisher McGwire Midkiff of
Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. Steffensmeier finished the
season with a 35-6 record with
15 pins.
220
Gage Jarrett, Jr.,
WB-ND/Danville
Utility
Bradley Conley, Sr.,
Mediapolis
Jarrett, who missed part of
the last two seasons with illnesses, qualified for the state
tournament for the first time
this season. Jarrett, after missing nearly three weeks — including the conference tournament
— won 11 straight matches
before losing to eventual state
champion Carter Isley of Albia
at districts. He then went 1-2 at
state.
Conley quietly went about his
business the last four years, piling up some impressive numbers
along the way. Conley, who placed
eighth at state as a junior, moved
back up to 152 this season after
cutting all the way to 138 last year.
He was a three-time conference
champion and four-time sectional
winner. He finished second at districts this season. He won his first
20 matches of the season and all
four of his losses came against
state qualifiers. Conley finished
the season with a 47-4 record with
36 pins and was 176-30 with 113
pins for his career. He set Mediapolis career records for reversals in
a season with 24 and a career with
107 and set the single-season pin
record with 36.
285
Avery Jacobs, Sr., New London
Finally healthy after ACL surgeries the previous two seasons,
Jacobs proved he is one of the
top heavyweights in the state. IN
fact, Jacobs had a record-setting
year for the Tigers, going 53-3
to break the school record for
single-season wins. Jacobs, who
qualified for state last year, won
conference, sectional and district championships this year.
He saved his best for the state
tournament, where he pinned
his way into the Class 1A semi-
Utility
Luke Erickson, Jr.,
Mediapolis
Erickson, after spending
most of the previous season as
a backup to Adam Drain, didn’t
miss a beat in regaining a start-
Utility
Broihson Turner, Sr., Burlington
Turner is perhaps the most
improved wrestlers in the area
over the last four years, going
from zero wins as a freshman
to becoming a state qualifier
as a senior. Turner split a pair
of matches with Jarrett and his
two losses in the conference
tournament came to eventual
state placewinners. Turner took
third at conference and second
at districts. All but four of his
losses came against state qualifiers. Turner finished the season
with a 35-16 record with 17 pins.
Coach of the Year
Dan Cummings, Mediapolis
For Cummings, his 36th season as head coach of the Bulldogs proved to be the best. He
led the Bulldogs to their fifthstraight SEI Superconference
Tournament championship and
back to regional duals, where
they qualified for state duals for
the third straight year, finishing
third. The Bulldogs, with eight
state qualifiers and six state
placewinners, won their first
Class 2A state team championship, sealed when Holloway won
his second straight state championship. Over the last three
seasons, the Bulldogs are 79-12
in duals, five of those coming
against Davenport Assumption,
the only Iowa team to beat them
in three years. Over the last
three seasons, Mediapolis has
had 25 state qualifiers, 19 state
placewinners, had five wrestlers
in the finals and brought home
three individual state champions. Cummings is 460-167-3 in
dual meets in 36 years, moving
him to fourth on the all-time
wins list.
Wrestling leaders
FINAL
106 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Keller, Columbus . . . . . . 43-4
Loyd, New London . . . . .43-10
H.Steffensmeier, FM . . . 35-6
Walker, Wapello . . . . . . .35-11
Wilde, Illini West. . . . . . .28-13
Briggs, WB-ND/D. . . . . .19-14
Reynolds, L-M. . . . . . . . . 7-6
113 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Hammel, West Hancock 30-3
O’Shea, Keokuk . . . . . . . 33-8
Griffin, Columbus. . . . . .34-10
Meeker, Wapello. . . . . . . 24-8
Donaldson, Burlington. .22-18
Krieger, New London . . .30-21
Spencer, Columbus . . . . 5-5
120 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Beaston, West Hancock 32-7
B.Swafford, Mediapolis 49-11
Cline, Wapello . . . . . . . . .30-13
Quiroz, Columbus. . . . . .26-10
Noel, New London . . . . .30-19
D.Seaney, Fort Madison 15-11
126 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Lucie, West Hancock . . . 46-4
S.Swafford, Mediapolis 51-5
Sadeghi, Keokuk. . . . . . . 33-8
Mertens, Mt.Pleasant . . 31-6
Pallister, Columbus . . . . 25-8
Wickoff, New London . .32-19
Castillo, Illini West . . . . .25-15
White, Burlington . . . . . .25-19
132 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
McNeil, Mediapolis. . . . .43-13
Hocker, Fort Madison. . .32-10
Leopard, L-M. . . . . . . . . .34-14
Ponce, Wapello. . . . . . . .32-18
Lowman, West Hancock ... 26-17
Eads, Mt.Pleasant . . . . .25-16
Santos, Columbus . . . . .13-12
138 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
C.Seaney, Fort Madison 26-6
Buster, Mediapolis . . . . . 55-5
Chiri, New London . . . . .39-11
Subbert, L-M. . . . . . . . . .31-10
Huss, Illini West . . . . . . . 17-9
Nicol, Illini West . . . . . . . 9-4
Willey, WB-ND/D . . . . . .22-19
145 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Grimm, Wapello . . . . . . . 39-9
Edwards, Columbus. . . .38-10
Garcia, WB-ND/D . . . . . .31-18
Derr, Fort Madison . . . . .27-16
Coffman, Van Buren. . . .20-14
Hanks, Illini West . . . . . .23-16
Pins
34
19
15
20
18
6
3
Pins
NA
21
16
12
19
9
1
Pins
NA
24
17
9
13
10
Pins
NA
16
20
12
12
18
9
10
Pins
19
19
9
18
NA
13
7
Pins
14
23
30
11
10
0
10
Pins
16
19
13
10
14
13
The deadline to submit
baby’s names for Sunday’s
newspaper is noon Thursday. Announcements may
be mailed to:
Baby’s names
c/o The Hawk Eye
P.O. Box 10
Burlington, Iowa 52601
or sent via email to
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with “Baby’s name”
in the subject line.
THE HAWK EYE
Peterson, Burlington . . .15-13
Carter, New London . . . .22-19
Pohren, Mt.Pleasant . . . 13-9
152 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Conley, Mediapolis. . . . . 47-4
Bitting, Keokuk . . . . . . . . 27-7
Grimshaw, Burlington . .39-12
Fuller, Van Buren. . . . . . .32-10
Otte, Fort Madison . . . . .31-13
Pforts, Wapello. . . . . . . .33-16
Ramos, WB-ND/D . . . . .14-12
160 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
C.Erickson, Mediapolis . 58-1
Sherwood, Burlington . .36-12
Conner, L-M. . . . . . . . . . . 29-8
Adams, West Hancock. .30-12
Dickinson, Van Buren. . .25-15
Bloomquist, Columbus .20-15
G.Nelson, Fort Madison 7-7
Shipley, WB-ND/D . . . . .18-18
Schneider, New London 11-11
170 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Morrison, Columbus . . . 41-6
L.Erickson, Mediapolis . 50-9
Espinoza, West Hancock 30-10
K.Kemp, Burlington . . . .28-18
Alberts, Keokuk . . . . . . .13-12
Masterson, WB-ND/D . .15-15
182 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Shaw, Keokuk . . . . . . . . . 30-3
Stockwell, Van Buren. . . 28-7
Timmerman, Mediapolis 38-13
Mettler, New London . . .29-12
Hartman, Burlington . . .26-21
Peacock, Illini West . . . .21-19
195 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Holloway, Mediapolis. . . 55-1
Ufkes, Illini West. . . . . . . 21-9
5
12
7
Pins
36
9
17
16
20
20
9
Pins
31
20
16
NA
17
10
4
12
2
Pins
14
25
NA
16
8
8
Pins
18
14
18
15
19
14
Pins
32
10
Briscoe, Keokuk . . . . . . .26-16
15
Wheeler, L-M. . . . . . . . . .22-16
11
220 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Pins
Jarrett, WB-ND/D. . . . . . 29-6
24
Turner, Burlington . . . . .36-16
17
LaRue, Van Buren. . . . . .30-13
13
Crawford, L-M. . . . . . . . .24-12
8
Giese, Columbus . . . . . .19-12
11
Noble, New London . . . . 17-13
5
Charboneau, Fort Madison . . 11-11
8
Crile, Mount Pleasant. . . 5-5
1
285 pounds
Wrestler, school
W-L
Pins
Jacobs, New London . . . 53-3
27
Davis, Columbus . . . . . . 39-6
16
Egley, Keokuk . . . . . . . . . 37-11
26
Wagner, Mediapolis . . . .34-17
27
Kelley, Mt.Pleasant. . . . .30-11
16
Shumaker, WACO. . . . . .20-16
10
Collier, L-M . . . . . . . . . . . 16-9
9
Hall, West Hancock . . . .19-18
NA
Dual records
School
Record
Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1
Mediapolis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-5
Fort Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
Wapello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6
New London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-10
Van Buren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7
Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Keokuk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14
Illini West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Mount Pleasant . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
WB-ND/Danville . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Congratulations
to allthe m em bers of this
year’s AllH aw k Eye Team s.
Your dedication
to excellence
has paid off.
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proud of
you all!
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Shaw was a two-time state
qualifier, placing fourth as a
junior. Shaw finished his senior
season with a 30-3 record with
12 pins and was 79-21 with 45
pins over the last four seasons.
Utility
ing spot this season. After losing
his first match of the season,
Erickson came back to win
eight straight matches. Three
of his losses came to Morrison,
whom he beat, 2-1, in the ultimate tiebreaker in the seventhplace match at state. He went 5-1
at The Clash, his only loss coming to Paden Moore of Jackson
County Central, the eventual
Minnesota Class 1A 160-pound
state champion. He also went
4-1 at the Quincy Tournament,
his only loss coming to Cole Witzig of Triad, 3-2, in a tiebreaker.
Witzig went on to finish second
in Class 2A in Illinois. Erickson
finished the season with a 50-9
record with 25 pins.
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finals before dropping a onepoint decision to top-ranked and
eventual runner-up Joe Ricker of
Mount Ayr. Jacobs came back to
register a pin in his next match,
then winning his final match to
take third place. Jacobs ends his
career with a 144-26 record with
84 pins.
417188
Wrestling
Area basketball leaders
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Girls
FINAL
SCORING
(Minimum 10.0 points per game)
Player, school
G Pts Avg.
Larson, Mediapolis . .
23 500 21.7
Johnson, Van Buren. .
22 442 20.1
Pretz, Columbus. . . . .
23 447 19.4
Hickey, Notre Dame . .
26 502 19.3
D.Massner, Mediapolis
26 457 17.6
Kilbride, Notre Dame .
25 427 17.1
Phipps, Mount Pleasant
22 329 15.0
Wade, W-MU. . . . . . . .
22 297 13.5
K.Bryant, Central Lee.
23 288 12.5
Brown, WACO. . . . . . .
21 261 12.4
Petersen, Danville. . . .
21 258 12.3
Coffin, Notre Dame. . .
26 307 11.8
Davis, Keokuk . . . . . . .
20 233 11.7
Christner, New London
23 265 11.5
Boltz, Keokuk . . . . . . .
20 209 10.5
Leffler, Fort Madison .
22 226 10.3
Keen, Wapello. . . . . . .
23 229 10.0
Edwards, Central Lee.
22 220 10.0
FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE
(Minimum 4 attempts per game)
Player, school
FG-ATT
Pct.
201-306 65.7
Phipps, Mount Pleasant 129-203 63.5
103-182 56.6
192-346 55.5
Ita, Mount Pleasant . .
58-108 53.7
170-320 53.1
115-218 52.8
Hillyard, Mediapolis . .
103-197 52.3
Mesecher, Notre Dame
91-174 52.3
157-304 51.6
Pezley, Keokuk . . . . . .
68-138 49.3
Koelker, Notre Dame .
63-139 48.9
68-141 48.2
145-308 47.1
Me.Trimble, Fort Madison 73-157 46.5
Kelly, Danville . . . . . . .
77-167 46.1
83-181 45.9
Leichty, WACO . . . . . .
68-148 45.9
Brown, WACO. . . . . . .
106-236 44.9
Rogers, Mediapolis . .
83-185 44.9
Lynch, Burlington. . . .
53-118 44.9
Porter, Burlington. . . .
44-99 44.4
Thornburg, Van Buren
40-93 43.0
Moffett, Mount Pleasant 46-107 43.0
Allender, Mount Pleasant 61-143 42.7
Moore, W.Burlington .
39-95
41.1
Myers, Notre Dame . .
77-188 41.0
Jarrett, Danville . . . . .
41-100 41.0
Filson, Van Buren . . . .
60-147 40.8
Becker, Mount Pleasant 80-196 40.8
Hedges, Mediapolis . .
83-205 40.5
Kissell, WACO. . . . . . .
38-94 40.4
108-269 40.1
Sporkman, Holy Trinity 63-159 40.0
FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE
Player, school
FT-ATT
Pct.
85-93
91.4
74-88
84.1
84-102 82.4
75-92
81.5
68-85 80.0
Moffett, Mount Pleasant 50-64
78.1
83-112 74.1
41-59
69.5
Phipps, Mount Pleasant 68-98 69.4
Greene, WACO . . . . . .
45-66 68.2
Gerling, W.Burlington
40-59
67.8
Noel, New London . . .
58-86
67.4
Becker, Mount Pleasant 38-60 65.0
105-165 63.6
75-118 63.6
Kayvan, Keokuk . . . . .
37-59
62.7
97-155 62.6
Schmitt, W.Burlington
58-93 62.4
37-60
61.7
Me.Trimble, Fort Madison 45-73
61.6
30-49
61.1
Wilkens, Holy Trinity .
36-59
61.0
Kirchner, Central Lee .
26-43 60.5
Flowers, Burlington . .
26-43 60.5
44-73
60.3
Warner, Burlington. . .
59-99 60.0
THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE
(Minimum 1.5 attempts per game)
Player, school
3FG-ATT Pct.
37-75
49.3
Brinck, Holy Trinity. . .
34-73
46.6
74-159 46.5
D.Massner, Mediapolis 75-171 43.9
Allender, Mount Pleasant 42-96 43.8
43-101 42.6
Myers, Notre Dame . .
45-108 41.7
Boeding, Holy Trinity .
22-53
41.5
52-136 38.2
M.Krehbiel, Central Lee 47-123 38.2
Wade, W-MU. . . . . . . .
29-76
38.2
44-117 37.6
Prottsman, New London 18-48
37.5
11-30
36.7
Gerling, W.Burlington
26-71
36.6
15-42
35.7
Reittinger, Fort Madison 27-77
35.1
Heiserman, Van Buren
14-40
35.0
69-198 34.8
Marshall, Fort Madison 24-69 34.8
Des Jardins, W.Burlington 35-110 31.8
50-166 30.1
A.Massner, Mediapolis
15-50
30.0
26-87 29.9
Becker, Mount Pleasant 17-57
29.8
A.Krehbiel, Central Lee
14-47
29.8
14-47
29.8
11-38
28.9
43-149 28.9
Hamilton, Columbus .
14-49
28.6
Johnson, New London
22-78
28.2
Clampitt, Keokuk . . . .
18-64
28.1
Mathison, Central Lee
17-62
27.4
Noel, New London . . .
27-105 25.7
Gates, Burlington . . . .
14-55
25.5
11-44
25.0
Kayvan, Keokuk . . . . .
21-84
25.0
Grothe, Danville . . . . .
15-60
25.0
Jepson, WACO . . . . . .
21-85
25.0
Orr, Columbus. . . . . . .
12-48
25.0
REBOUNDING
(Minimum 5 per game)
Player, school
G Reb Avg.
23 324 14.1
Filson, Van Buren . . . .
23 279 12.1
26 296 11.4
20 210 10.5
23 239 10.3
23 196 8.5
Shaffer, Holy Trinity . .
22 185 8.4
26 209 8.0
22 174 7.9
23 182 7.9
23 182 7.9
Moore, W.Burlington .
21 165 7.9
Sporkman, Holy Trinity
23 167 7.3
21 149 7.1
22 150 6.8
Me.Trimble, Fort Madison 22 150 6.8
Steahr, L-M . . . . . . . . .
22 147 6.7
Mincks, Columbus . . .
23 152 6.6
22 139 6.3
Lynch, Burlington. . . .
21 131 6.2
Thomas, Van Buren . .
23 142 6.2
Leichty, WACO . . . . . .
23 40 6.1
21 121 5.8
Brown, WACO . . . . . . .
26 148 5.7
20 114 5.7
22 125 5.7
Guldenpfennig, L-M . .
22 125 5.7
23 131 5.7
S.Jamison, W-MU . . .
22 125 5.7
Moffett, Mount Pleasant
23 129 5.6
Wagler, WACO . . . . . .
23 124 5.4
Krieger-Coble, W-MU.
22 117 5.3
Keen, Wapello. . . . . . .
23 117 5.1
Hudson, Harmony . . .
22 113 5.1
Walters, Keokuk . . . . .
20 102 5.1
Heiserman, Van Buren
22 111 5.0
ASSISTS
(Minimum 2.5 per game)
Player, school
G Asts Avg.
26 200 7.7
26 179 6.9
Steffensmeier, Fort Madison 21 97 4.6
26 108 4.5
26 114 4.4
Stroud, Columbus . . .
23 101 4.4
14 58 4.1
Hahnbaum, Wapello. .
23 85 3.7
Marshall, Fort Madison
22 79 3.6
23 77 3.3
22 70 3.2
21 67 3.2
Becker, Mount Pleasant
23 63 2.7
26 70 2.7
23 58 2.5
20 50 2.5
20 49 2.5
STEALS
Player, school
G Stls Avg.
26 138 5.3
Hahnbaum, Wapello. .
23 111 4.4
23 89 3.9
26 98 3.8
20 74 3.7
26 88 3.4
21 71 3.4
25 85 3.4
26 82 3.2
22 68 3.1
14 42 3.0
23 66 2.9
20 56 2.8
Wade, W-MU. . . . . . . .
22 62 2.8
Marshall, Fort Madison
22 55 2.5
26 64 2.5
Reimers, L-M . . . . . . .
22 55 2.5
23 55 2.4
26 59 2.3
22 50 2.3
Warner, Burlington. . .
20 45 2.3
Stroud, Columbus . . .
23 51 2.2
21 47 2.2
Greene, WACO . . . . . .
23 50 2.2
McCoy, Central Lee . .
22 48 2.2
Boyd, Columbus . . . . .
23 50 2.2
22 47 2.1
22 47 2.1
Randolph, Holy Trinity
21 44 2.1
Becker, Mount Pleasant
23 48 2.1
Brinck, Holy Trinity. . .
23 45 2.0
BOYS
SCORING
(Minimum 10.0 points per game)
Player, school
G Pts Avg.
Wentzien, Fort Madison
22 475 21.6
Finke, Columbus. . . . .
22 411 18.7
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
23 421 18.3
Williams, Notre Dame
21 385 18.3
Saunders, Van Buren .
23 386 16.8
Wachtel, L-M. . . . . . . .
23 371 16.1
Hellweg, Holy Trinity .
23 358 15.6
Je.Giannettino, Notre Dame 21 324 15.4
Hoelzen, Danville . . . .
28 428 15.3
Mertens, Van Buren . .
23 344 15.0
Speer, Danville . . . . . .
28 405 14.5
Bennett, Illini West . . .
28 400 14.3
Ard, Illini West . . . . . .
29 412 14.2
Bryant, Central Lee. . .
19 257 13.5
Jennings, W-MU. . . . .
23 303 13.2
Sartorius, Mount Pleasant 22 286 13.0
Nagel, Fort Madison. .
24 312 13.0
Wallingford, Harmony
23 295 12.8
Johnson, W.Burlington
22 275 12.5
Baker, W-MU. . . . . . . .
23 281 12.2
Davis, W-MU. . . . . . . .
23 280 12.2
Dentlinger, New London
20 239 12.0
Rodgers, WACO . . . . .
22 263 12.0
Peebler, Danville. . . . .
28 336 12.0
Moeller, New London.
20 238 11.9
Porter, New London. .
19 225 11.8
Leach, L-M. . . . . . . . . .
22 246 11.2
Jackson, Danville . . . .
27 303 11.2
Plecker, Van Buren . . .
23 248 10.8
E.Doyle, Central Lee. .
19 205 10.8
Selmon, W.Burlington
22 235 10.7
Blake, WACO. . . . . . . .
21 222 10.6
Mellinger, Illini West. .
29 302 10.4
N.Hopper, Holy Trinity
23 236 10.3
Ailes-Jones, Keokuk. .
23 230 10.0
Chrisman, Fort Madison
24 240 10.0
Siefken, W.Burlington
24 240 10.0
FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE
Player, school
FG-ATT
Pct.
Wachtel, L-M. . . . . . . .
163-249 65.5
Sanchez, Danville . . . .
94-158 59.5
120-210 57.1
150-267 56.2
130-232 56.0
Dentlinger, New London 91-163 55.8
Wentzien, Fort Madison 168-304 55.3
Je.Giannettino, Notre Dame 120-217 55.3
173-330 52.4
Merschman, Holy Trinity 76-146 52.1
100-196 51.0
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
144-283 50.9
80-158 50.6
144-286 50.3
98-196 50.0
Earhart, Notre Dame .
51-102 50.0
119-241 49.4
119-241 49.3
Timmerman, Mediapolis 85-173 49.1
Achen, WACO . . . . . . .
72-147 49.0
86-176 48.9
Snodgrass, W.Burlington 69-143 48.3
Baker, W-MU. . . . . . . .
111-232 47.8
Chrisman, Fort Madison 87-183 47.5
Howren, Keokuk . . . . .
69-146 47.3
85-180 47.2
114-246 46.3
Conrad, Holy Trinity . .
51-112 45.5
64-141 45.4
144-319 45.1
Janecek, WACO . . . . .
59-131 45.0
83-185 44.9
111-249 44.6
Garrett, Van Buren . . .
59-133 44.4
Boyd, Keokuk . . . . . . .
46-105 43.8
Abbey, Fort Madison .
69-158 43.7
81-189 42.9
Flowers, New London
50-117 42.7
Kadel, New London . .
58-136 42.6
113-266 42.5
Massner, Burlington. .
73-172 42.4
Keitzer, Mediapolis. . .
65-154 42.2
Gerst, Mediapolis . . . .
42-100 42.0
112-269 41.6
Hoschek, Notre Dame
47-113 41.6
Ferguson, Notre Dame
66-161 41.0
138-339 40.7
Robison, W-MU . . . . .
77-190 40.5
Miller, L-M . . . . . . . . . .
45-111 40.5
Sartorius, Mount Pleasant 98-244 40.2
Kelch, Holy Trinity . . .
84-212 40.0
FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE
Player, school
FT-ATT
Pct.
Sartorius, Mount Pleasant 60-73
82.2
81-99
81.8
Je.Giannettino, Notre Dame 68-104 80.2
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
84-107 78.5
Galle, Central Lee . . . .
59-76
77.6
98-130 75.4
36-48 75.0
53-71
74.6
74-101 73.3
72-99
72.7
110-152 72.4
Baker, W-MU. . . . . . . .
57-83
68.7
56-82 68.3
63-122 68.0
Dentlinger, New London 38-56
67.9
84-124 67.7
Davis, W-MU. . . . . . . .
92-137 67.2
63-94
67.0
50-75
66.7
68-104 65.4
32-49 65.3
59-91 64.8
44-68 64.7
33-51
64.7
Colby, Columbus . . . .
39-61 63.9
41-85
63.1
Kohorst, Mount Pleasant 36-58
62.1
36-58
62.1
Bohling, L-M . . . . . . . .
39-63
61.9
Magnani, Mount Pleasant 42-69 60.9
30-50 60.0
THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE
(Minimum 1.5 attempts per game)
Player, school
3FG-ATT Pct.
29-55 52.7
Delaney, Holy Trinity .
34-68 50.0
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
49-107 45.8
Dentlinger, New London 19-43 44.2
Sartorius, Mount Pleasant 30-68
44.1
39-89 43.8
39-89 43.8
73-168 43.5
Chrisman, Fort Madison 47-110 42.7
40-95
42.1
51-125 40.8
Douglas, Illini West . .
28-69 40.6
C.Hopper, Holy Trinity
15-38
39.5
Foster, Mount Pleasant 12-31
38.7
62-161 38.5
Richardson, Fort Madison 14-37
37.8
54-144 37.5
Boles, New London . .
16-43
37.2
Ferguson, Notre Dame
32-86
37.2
Pickard, WACO . . . . . .
30-85 35.3
Mosena, Burlington . .
18-52
34.6
Magnani, Mount Pleasant 25-73
34.2
Staley, Mediapolis . . .
13-38
34.2
Davis, W-MU. . . . . . . .
28-83 33.7
Je.Giannettino, Notre Dame 11-33
33.3
Counts, Harmony . . . .
12-36
33.3
Rodgers, WACO . . . . .
61-186 32.8
Royal, Wapello . . . . . .
32-98
32.7
Mulford, Mount Pleasant 25-78
32.1
58-181 32.0
32-100 32.0
T.Green, Wapello . . . .
12-38
31.8
13-41
31.7
Oard, Burlington. . . . .
40-126 31.7
Brockway, Wapello. . .
27-86
31.4
26-83
31.3
Bartholomew, Van Buren 24-77
31.2
19-61
31.1
12-39
30.8
Heinzel, W-MU . . . . . .
12-39
30.8
Townsend, Harmony .
43-140 30.7
37-121 30.6
14-47
29.7
14-48 29.2
20-69 29.0
Starnes, Van Buren . .
19-66
28.8
36-125 28.8
DeVore, L-M . . . . . . . .
10-35
28.6
Miller, L-M . . . . . . . . . .
10-35
28.6
30-105 28.6
Hoenig, W.Burlington.
30-106 28.3
17-60
28.3
Blake, WACO. . . . . . . .
25-89
28.1
Bohling, L-M . . . . . . . .
16-59
27.1
14-52
26.9
Hoschek, Notre Dame
19-72
26.4
17-65
26.2
Burgess, Central Lee .
23-88
26.1
Ensminger, Mediapolis
13-51
25.5
Randall, Burlington . .
10-40
25.0
REBOUNDING
(Minimum 5 per game)
Player, school
G Reb Avg.
23 234 10.2
23 219 9.5
23 194 8.4
22 183 8.3
Baker, W-MU. . . . . . . .
23 187 8.1
Je.Giannettino, Notre Dame 21 171 8.1
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
23 183 8.0
Dentlinger, New London
20 152 7.6
22 161 7.3
T.Green, Wapello . . . .
20 146 7.3
Wachtel, L-M. . . . . . . .
23 169 7.3
Keitzer, Mediapolis. . .
22 161 7.3
Ramirez, Columbus . .
22 154 7.0
24 167 7.0
23 157 6.8
Achen, WACO . . . . . . .
21 134 6.4
19 120 6.3
21 126 6.0
28 166 5,9
Pickard, WACO . . . . . .
22 127 5.8
24 139 5.8
28 161 5.8
21 119 5.7
19 108 5.7
Townsend, Harmony .
23 130 5.7
Brockway, Wapello. . .
20 112 5.6
Miller, L-M . . . . . . . . . .
23 127 5.5
Kadel, New London . .
20 105 5.3
Leach, L-M. . . . . . . . . .
22 116 5.3
22 116 5.3
Kohorst, Mount Pleasant
15
Howren, Keokuk . . . . .
23 114 5.0
77 5.1
ASSISTS
Player, school
G Asts Avg.
28 200 7.1
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
23 148 6.4
23 129 5.6
23 123 5.3
22 112 5.1
29 147 5.1
23 102 4.4
Blake, WACO. . . . . . . .
21
24 104 4.3
92 4.4
Fogle, W.Burlington . .
23
Bohling, L-M . . . . . . . .
23
93 4.0
78 3.4
21
68 3.2
28
87 3.1
23
72 3.1
Fletcher, Mediapolis. .
22
67 3.0
23
69 3.0
Timmerman, Mediapolis
22
64 2.9
28
80 2.9
24
69 2.9
Leach, L-M. . . . . . . . . .
22
61 2.8
21
58 2.8
Magnani, Mount Pleasant
20
53 2.7
Dye, Harmony. . . . . . .
23
61 2.7
22
57 2.6
Sanchez, Danville . . . .
27
69 2.6
STEALS
Player, school
G Stls Avg.
28 103 3.7
Dahl, Keokuk. . . . . . . .
23
68 3.0
29
83 2.9
22
62 2.8
21
58 2.8
23
65 2.8
28
68 2.4
22
53 2.4
Sartorius, Mount Pleasant 22
50 2.3
23
54 2.3
22
49 2.3
Fogle, W.Burlington . .
23
50 2.2
28
59 2.1
23
48 2.1
23
46 2.0
21
43 2.0
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Mediapolis High School’s Andrea Larson (20) and Darby Massner (2) block the lane against Nevada’s Kati Cassabaum in the
semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament. The Bullettes went through the regular season undefeated before losing at the state
tournament.
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