The Iowa Sports Connection Magazine Volume 13 Issue 4

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The Fonz BringsHappy Days to Principal ParkThe Fonz BringsHappy Days to Principal ParkSoriano rehab stint lifts I-Cubs’ spirits

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High SchoolSoftball Rankings

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Al onso Sorianograces the rontcover o our 13thannual baseball editiono the Iowa SportsConnection as hespent a ew days onrehab with the IowaCubs. I know that Ihave lost any shred ocredibility with my stawith the byline “TheFonz Brings HappyDays to PrincipalPark,” however, I took owner’sprivilege as they all rolled theireyes at my ancient carcass.There were two reasons that

they eel I should head to therocking chair with this statement.The rst is they have never seenone episode o the 70s sitcomHappy Days and had no idea

who the “Fonz” was portrayed as the James Dean o the show byHenry Winkler and the number

two reason was Soriano’s playwhile in Des Moines was moreAA than major league caliber.

I do stand by the statement though as a ormer employeein the sales and marketingdepartment o the Iowa Cubs as“butts in the seats” was always

the objective as we anxiouslyawaited any starter to return toIowa and entice Chicago Cubs

ans to come out more than they would during the course

o the season. There is theexplanation or a very unusualheadline as it was “Happy Days atPrincipal Park” or Sam Bernabeand Michael Gartner while the

turnstiles and the Soriano jerseysfocked to Principal Park! Therehab stints rom Wrigley to Iowagenerate much more interest

rom the ans than the tweeners that are in that constant pursuito that “cup o co ee” in the Bigs,as they pursue that one shot atplaying success ully in Wrigley,securing a permanent view o theivy in the out eld o the “Friendly

Con nes.”Regardless o who’s playing this season I implore you i youlive in Iowa get to the “FriendlyCon nes” o Principal Park andwatch the uture o the ChicagoCubs play a spectacular level obaseball in arguably the nestpark in all o AAA baseball. I relish

the ew times a year that I amable to sit in my season ticketsright behind rst base and theglorious golden dome o the statecapital over center eld and theDes Moines skyline directly in

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8 Prep Connection

8 Minor But Major

23 Collegiate Corner

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he Iowa Sports Connection is published once per month with copies available by subscription. The magazine can also beound at all Casey’s General Stores across the state in addition to a ew select locations in Iowa. All stories and picturesroduced by ISC sta © 2011 Iowa Sports Connection. All rights reserved. Stories, pictures and other content producedy contributors © 2011 their respective owners, with limited reprint rights reserved by the Iowa Sports Connection. The

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ontributing Writers: Jackson Teeling, Kristopher Mattoon, Mike Ferlazzo, Larry Happel,niversity of Iowa Sports Information, Bill Wright, Matthew DeWall

over: Alfonso Soriano warms up before an Iowa Cubs game at Principal Park. Soriano wasn a rehab assignment. (Photo by Chris Donahue / Iowa Cubs)

Prose From the Pub

Al onso “The Fonz” Soriano Generates Energy andTicket Sales or “Happy Days” in Des Moines!

ront o me over le tThis view is spectaculaat sunset and you mixsome superb baseball iwith the upgrades mad

to the park and next toWrigley it’s a Cub anparadise.

The year is hal ovand man is it fying bywith the 2010-2011

Iowa high school sposeason winding dowwith boys baseball

and girls so tball complete in the next three weeks. However, this all season actually beginson August 19th with the rst

ootball games literally kickingo the 2011-2012 high schoolsports year. This upcoming allwe will expand our Friday NightLive coverage urther than any

year in our 13-year history. TheIowa Sports Connection RadioNetwork with 29 a liates acrosIowa reaches all 99 counties and

this year will include our our Tpartners into our real live scoringpartnership with WHO TV -13.2in Des Moines and KCRG 9.2 inCedar Rapids. The award winninFriday Night Live radio and TVbroadcasts will parallel eachother or six hours every Fridaynight during ootball season asTony Atzeni and Mike Ferlazzo,both recognized by the IowaBroadcast News as the best in

their cra t at covering Iowa highschool sports, will lead our teamrom the studio this all.

In addition to the state’s besthigh school coverage this all,we will also launch our new lookwebsite “iowasportsconnection.com” in August along with the13th anniversary o the PigskinPreview which will be out on

the stands on August 16 withevery team that puts on thepads in Iowa included, rom

the 8-man high school teams to the Hawkeyes in Iowa City.The Pigskin Preview will also be

available in our digital ormat to examine all season long as your source or Iowa high schoo

ootball.I thank you or taking the tim

to pick up our 13th anniversarybaseball edition o the IowaSports Connection. Have aChampionship month! God Bles

You and God Bless America!

M.V.P: Mary Villhauer, Iowa City Boys BaseballMary Villhauer has been involved with the Iowa City Boys Baseball

league since 1960. Currently concession stand operator, secretaryand treasurer or the league, Villhauer tells o how the league hasimproved and grown over the years.

High School Baseball and So tball RankingsThe Iowa Sports Connection ranks Iowa high school baseball andso tball teams or all classes. Turn to page 8 to see our baseballrankings and page 10 or our so tball rankings. Rankings are updatedweekly online at Iowasportsconnection.com.

Mike Rickord ISC Publisher

Minor League Baseball Report

We’ve got mid-season reports or every minor league baseball teamin Iowa as they reach the hal way point o their seasons. From theMidwest League reports on pages 18-19, to the Iowa Cubs report onpage 20, read about how your avorite team’s season has gone andhow it will do in the second hal o the year.

Beating Her Toughest OpponentISC correspondent Mike Ferlazzo tells the story o Luther so tballplayer and Southeast Polk High School grad Abby Christian, who had

to ace one o the biggest challenges o her li e during her junior year.

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M.V.P.: Mary Villhauer, Iowa City Boy’s Baseball

In 1956, the Iowa City Boys Baseball organizationegan as a league to serve Iowa City youth by givinghem the opportunity to learn baseball, teamwork nd meet new riends. In 1960, Howard and Maryillhauer joined the organization. Mary has been with

he organization since, now serving as the concessionmanager at the little league complex in City Park n Iowa City where the teams play. She is also theague’s secretary and treasurer.

Not only is Mary highly involved in the league, buter entire amily has also been a central part or manyears. Her grandson, Nick Jackson, currently servess the president o Iowa City Boys Baseball. Theillhauers had fve sons go through the program ander grandsons have gone through the program too.’s sort o been a amily deal rom the start.

Mary frst got involved with the league when herusband Howard wanted to coach a team. He decided help another coach with a team his frst year and

hen become a head coach the next season so heould coach their oldest son.

Back then, the boys’ felds weren’t as impressive ashey are now—a testament to how much the leagueas grown and improved over the years. Now, theoys play on eight diamonds at Bobby Oldis felds andillhauer operates her concession stand out o a niceubhouse.

Villhauer recalls what it was like or the boys whenhe began:

“There were only two diamonds. There was norass, it was just sand. People parked their carsround the diamond, maybe a oul ball would comeack and break a windshield.”

Things were also di erent at that time or theboys who participated in the league. The 16 teams

in the league had to share between just two bags oequipment. “Each boy had to carry his own water,” says

Villhauer. “You had to buy your own uni orm.”A ter a ew years, the league continued to

make improvements on the feld and provide moreopportunities or the boys. Then, Villhauer hit the

jackpot with an idea: “I said, ‘I think we need aconcession stand.’ So I talked to the board membersand they said, ‘Yes, that would be nice.’”

Starting modestly, the organization brought in asmall shed or Villhauer out o which she could sell herconcessions. Villhauer would set up shop outside the

shed during games and then store things inside when there were no ball games.

A ter Bobby Oldis, son o Bob Oldis, the ormerMajor League Baseball player and current scout or

the Flordia Marlins, passed away rom musculardystrophy, the league received many donations. Bobbyhad helped the league as an assistant coach or one o

the teams. The league decided to put the money rom those donations toward a new clubhouse at the felds.

Villhauer was very impressed with the new acility.“I thought I was in heaven (when) I got in that building,”she says.

Un ortunately, the building burned down. Villhauerdoesn’t know the exact year. Three years lat er,however, the organization built a new clubhouse. Maryhas been selling concessions out o that clubhousesince.

The Iowa City Boys Baseball organization hasdefnitely grown rom where it started. From twodiamonds to eight, two bags o equipment to one or

every team and a shed to a clubhouse—the evidenceo the league’s improvement over the years iseverywhere.

The league is always looking to work with thecity and local businesses to fnd ways to improve

the playing conditions or the boys. Villhauer enjoyswatching the organization grow and improve.“It’s so encouraging,” she says. “We try to makeimprovements every year. To see it evolve as it has, it’s

just wonder ul.”To learn more about the Iowa City Boys Baseball

league, visit its website at Iowacityboysbaseball.org.

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owa High School Baseball Rankings

he Iowa Sports Connection ranks high schoolaseball teams in all our classes. New rankingsre released every Monday morning during theegular season at iowasportsconnection.com.

As well as ranking teams, The Iowa Sportsonnection puts together a Watch List. These areams that could become ranked or could haven impact in the post-season.

isted below are the rankings in all our classes.

011 ISC Iowa High School Baseball RankingsAs o June 20

lass 4A-Mason City-Cedar Rapids Kennedy-Ankeny-Dowling Catholic-Davenport Central-Southeast Polk -North Scott (Eldridge)-West Des Moines Valley-Pleasant Valley0-Cedar Rapids Xavier

Watch List: Council Blu s Abe Lincoln, DesMoines Roosevelt, Dubuque Hempstead, FortDodge, Iowa City West, Johnston, Ottumwa, Sioux

ity East, Western Dubuque (Epworth)

Class 3A1-Solon2-Glenwood3-DubuqueWahlert4-DavenportAssumption5-Waverly-ShellRock 6-Norwalk 7-Clear Lake8-Charles City9-Central Clinton (DeWitt)10-Boone10-Dallas Center-Grimes

Watch List: A-D-M (Adel), Atlantic, Bishop Heelan(Sioux City), Carlisle, Chariton, Decorah, Harlan,Knoxville, MOC-Floyd Valley, Mount Pleasant,Sergeant Blu -Luton, Storm Lake, Washington Class 2A1-Kuemper Catholic (Carroll)2-St. Edmond (Fort Dodge)3-Davis County (Bloomfeld)4-Van Buren (Keosauqua)5-Beckman (Dyersville)6-Logan-Magnolia7-North Fayette (West Union)7-Treynor8-West Branch

9-Spirit Lake10-Eddyville-Blakesburg

Watch List: Albia, Alta/Aurelia, Central Springs(Manly), Columbus Catholic (Waterloo), Durant-Bennett, Gilbert, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Highland(Riverside), Iowa Falls-Alden, Iowa City Regina,Lake Mills, Lawton-Bronson, Monticello, NewHampton, North Polk, Ogden, PCM-Monroe,South Winneshiek (Calmar), Van Meter, WestLyon (Inwood) Class 1A1-Martensdale-St. Mary’s2-Newman Catholic (Mason City)3-Don Bosco (Gilbertville)4-North Tama (Traer)5-Coon Rapids-Bayard)6-St. Mary’s (Storm Lake)7-NUH-Cedar Falls8-Kee (Lansing)9-Clay Central-Everly10-Dunkerton

Watch List: Bishop Garrigan (Algona), Earlham,Keota, Montezuma, North Butler (Greene),North Mahaska (New Sharon), North SentralKossuth, Remsen-Union, Southeast Warren(Liberty Center), St. Mary’s (Remsen), Walnut,Woodbury Central (Moville)

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Shelby Houlihan (Sr., Sioux City East):Houlihan, who graduated this spring rom Sioux City East,competed in the Jim Ryun High School Adidas Dream Mile held inNew York City. The top 5 fnishers were all within :00.96 seconds o

the winner, Camille Chapus, who won in 4:42.71. Houlihan fnishedourth in 4:43.64.

Fran Strub (Jr., Clear Creek-Amana): Strubleads the state with her .697 batting average. She leads the statewith 47 runs scored, is second in Class 3A with 46 hits and is thirdin Class 3A with 30 stolen bases.

Austin Christensen (Sr., Cedar RapidsKennedy): Christensen leads Class 4A with a batting averageo .639, 39 hits and 12 HRs.

Emily Dunbar (Sr., Central Springs, Manly): Dunbar leads Class 2A with a lights-out 0.30 ERA and a record o11-0.

Drew Utterback (Sr., Sigourney): Utterback leads the state with a batting average o .644 and is

third in Class 1A with 7 doubles. He’s also third in Class 1A witha 5-0 record, is third with 67 strikeouts and is ourth with a 0.40ERA.

A quick look at some of the State’s best performances from the Missouri to the Mississippi

Reliable - Utterback has been Sigourney’smain player since eighth grade. You can put himanywhere on the feld.

Confdent - He goes to the plate with a purposeand takes the mound confdently, knowing that hehas what it takes to help his team.

Down-to-Earth - Utterback doesn’t get caught in the moment and he always moves orward tohelp the team.

Eager - He’s eager to succeed and lead the team.

Supportive - Sigourney can always count onUtterback to pump them up and back them upwith both his o ensive and de ensive skills.

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owa High School So tball Rankings

he Iowa Sports Connection ranks high schoolo tball teams in all our classes. New rankingsre released every Monday morning during thegular season at iowasportsconnection.com.

s well as ranking teams, The Iowa Sportsonnection puts together a Watch List. These areams that could become ranked or could haven impact in the post-season.

isted below are the rankings:

011 ISC Iowa High School Softball Rankingss o June 20

lass 4A-Des Moines East-Burlington-Bettendor-Cedar Rapids Je erson-Sioux City East-Ottumwa-Iowa City West-Muscatine-Ankeny0-Cedar Rapids Xavier

Watch List: Des Moines Lincoln, Dowling Catholic,ubuque Hempstead, Dubuque Senior, Johnston,orth Scott (Eldridge), Southeast Polk, Waterlooast, West Des Moines Valley

Class 3A1-Clear Creek-Amana2-Carlisle3-Chariton4-West Delaware(Manchester)5-Dallas Center-Grimes6-Sergeant Blu -Luton7-Winterset8-Creston9-Mount Vernon10-Waverly-Shell Rock 10-Charles City

Watch List: Algona, Bishop Heelan (Sioux City),Boone, Carroll, Decorah, Glenwood, Harlan,Humboldt, Keokuk, Solon, Spirit Lake Class 2A1-Central Springs (Manly)2-Bondurant-Farrar3-Durant-Bennett4-Iowa City Regina5-Wilton6-Logan-Magnolia7-Alta/Aurelia8-West Burlington9-Emmetsburg10-Missouri Valley10-Albia

Watch List: East Marshall (LeGrand), Estherville-Lincoln Central, IKM-Manning, Interstate 35(Truro), Je erson-Scranton, Jesup, Maple Valley-Anton-Oto, Mediapolis, Mid-Prairie (Wellman),Monticello, North Fayette (West Union),Northeast (Goose Lake), Odebolt-Arthur/BattleCreek-Ida Grove, PCM-Monroe, Pella Christian,Prairie Valley (Gowrie), Ridge View, Sumner-Fredericksburg, West Branch, West Marshall(State Center) Class 1A1-Akron-Westfeld2-Martensdale-St. Mary’s3-North Sentral Kossuth/Armstrong-Ringsted4-Janesville5-Earlham6-Preston7-Hinton8-Don Bosco (Gilbertville)9-Lynnville-Sully10-Des Moines Christian Watch List: Alburnett, BCLUW (Conrad),Clarksville, Highland (Riverside), Newell-Fonda,Newman Catholic (Mason City), North Mahaska(New Sharon), North Tama (Traer), Treynor, VanMeter, West Bend-Mallard, Westwood (Sloan),Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka, Woodbury Central(Moville), Woodward-Granger

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Champions Across Iowa

Senior Aaron Armen t had a s uccess ul s ta te track

mee t , tak ing the Class 2 A

t i t le in the 10 0 -me ter dash

and 2 0 0 -me ter dash or the

second s traigh t year. He also

anchored the Wes t Marshall

4 x10 0 rela y championship

team. (Pho to b y Tim

Weideman / ISC)

T r a c k & F ie ld

Name: Aaron Armen t

School: Wes t Mar s hall

Clas s : 2 A Ellio t t

Bak er, a senior, won the

Class 2 A bo ys s ingles tennis

championship, de ea t ing

r iend and prac tice par tner,

Na veen Na th, o Des Moines

Roose vel t . Bak er won 6 -0 , 6 -1.

(Pho to cour tes y o Des Moines

Regis ter)

Name: Ellio t t Baker

School: Do wling Ca t holic

Clas s : 2 A ( Tennis )Pe th, the senior track s tar

rom Wa ver l y -Shell Rock High

School, reall y blossomed

this year a t S ta t e Track . She

won the 10 0 -me ter dash,

2 0 0 -me t er dash and the

10 0 -me t er hurdles in Class

3 A. She also anchored the

champion shu t t le hurdle rela y

team or Wa ver l y -Shell Rock .

(Pho to cour tes y o Wa verl y

Ne wspapers )

Name: Rachel Pe t h

School: Wa ver l y - Shell Rock

Clas s : 3 A O ver t wo da ys , senior Vic tor ia

Gras so took the Class 1 A gir ls

gol indi vidual ti t le wi th scores

o 7 9 and 74 (15 3 ). Tha t was

three ahead o the second -

place f nisher. (Pho to cour t es y

o Rick W ilson)

Name: Vic t or ia Gras s o

School: Anken y Chr is t ian Academ y

Clas s : 4 A

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he Iowa Sports Connection keeps track o statisticaleaders during the season. Check out iowasportsconnection.om or even more weekly updated stats.

tats as of June 22aseball

Hitting (Minimum o 50 Plate Appearances)atting Average Leaderslass 4A - 1-Austin Christensen, Sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy -

639; 2-Blake Wilson , Sr., Pleasant Valley - .542; 3-Tyler Evans,r., Ottumwa - .538lass 3A - 1-Nick Day, Sr., Solon - .608; 2-Henry Krieger-Coble,r., Mount Pleasant - .592; 3-Zach Nielsen, Sr., Marion - .591lass 2A - 1-Ben Stutt, Sr., Monticello - .632; 2-Cale Henke,

r., Hudson - .620; 3-Lucas Kemp, Sr., Louisa-MuscatineLetts) - .610lass 1A - 1-Andrew Utterback, Sr., Sigourney - .644; 2-Coltonormann, So., Preston - .625; 3-Tyler Cizek, Sr., North Tama

Traer) - .574Home Run Leaders

lass 4A - Austin Christensen (Cedar Rapids Kennedy) - 12;Adam Prybil (Iowa City High) - 8; Blake Wilson (Pleasant

alley) - 7lass 3A - Nick Day (Solon), David Kerian (Bishop Heelan,ioux City) - 9; Je Reimer (Dubuque Wahlert - 7lass 2A - Cale Henke (Hudson) -12; Logan Murry (Westranch) - 11; Josh Martsching (Davis County, Bloom eld) - 9;lass 1A - Collin Judkins (Southeast Warren, Liberty Center)8; Andrew Stone (NUH-Cedar Falls), Andrew Utterback

Sigourney), Brian West (Remsen-Union), Blake LouscherNewman Catholic, Mason City) - 7itching (Minimum 25 Innings Pitched)arned Runs Average Leaderslass 4A - 1-Andrew Hedrick, Sr., Ankeny - 0.34; 2-Connor

Alberhasky, Sr., Iowa City High - 0.50; 3-Brad Lombard, Sr.,ort Dodge - 0.84lass 3A - 1-Tom Nodur t, Sr., Central Clint (DeWitt) - 0.30;-Louis Cain, Jr., Williamsburg - 0.69; 3-Ben Seehusen, Sr.,

Waverly-Shell Rock - 0.80lass 2A - 1-Tom Bouwkamp, Sr., Pella Christian - 0.23;


owa High School Baseball and So tball Statistical Leadersowa Sports Connection, IHSAA, IGHSAU

2-Zach Cashin, Jr., BCLUW (Conrad) - 0.552-Trevor Molitor, Sr., Osage - 0.55Class 1A - 1-Tyler Klingenberg, Sr., Gerorge-Little Rock - 0.21;2-Jordan Reed, Jr., Lenox - 0.22; 3-Ethan Westphal, Sr.,Martensdale-St. Mary’s - 0.28Win LeadersClass 4A - Adam Bernsdor (Southeast Polk) (5-0); DillanDwyer (Pleasant Valley (5-0); David Stagg (West Des Moines

Valley) (5-0)Class 3A - Zach Brautigam (Dubuque Wahlert) (6-0); TylerMitchell (Charles City) (6-0); Brandon Shulista (Solon) (6-0)Class 2A - Chris Halbur (Kuemper Catholic, Carroll) (6-0)Jared Riemenschneider (West Marsall, State Center) (4-0)AJ Reuter (Monticello) (6-0)Class 1A - Dakota McFatridge (Montezuma) (7-0); JoeSanho (St. Mary’s, Storm Lake) (6-0); Isaac Gribben(Newman Catholic, Mason City) (5-0)

SoftballHittingBatting Average Leaders (Minimum o 40 At Bats)Class 4A - 1-Aly Cappaert, Jr., Ankeny - .688 (including 30walks); 2-Hillary May, Sr., Burlington - .586; 3-Jadyn Spencer,Sr. Waterloo West - .580 (including 31 walks)Class 3A - 1-Fran Strub, Jr., Clear Creek-Amana - .697;2-Caitlyn Wnek, Jr., Clear Creek-Amana - .672; 3-PeytonBockholt, So., Union (LaPorte City) - .619Class 2A - 1-Allie Oberg, So., St. Edmond (Fort Dodge) - .643;2-Jayden Ott, Sr., Central Springs (Manly) - .567; 3-Jenny Bair,Fr., Clarinda - .561Class 1A - 1-Brittney Roby, Fr., Twin Cedars (Bussey) - .577;2-Hannah Ko ron, Sr., Woden-Crystal Lake-Titonka - .561;3-Kadie Subbert, Sr., Stanton - .558Home Run LeadersClass 4A - Hannah Koerperich (Dubuque Hempstead), JadynSpencer (Waterloo West) - 12; Morgan Lintz (Bettendor ) -10; Riley Fisher (Des Moines East) - 9;Class 3A - Lisa Berns (Chalres City) - 9; Macey Wol e, (DallasCenter-Grimes) - 8; Paige Krause (Spirit Lake), Layne Grgurich(Chariton) - 7; Seyerra DuBois (Carlisle), Jackie Hoyme

(Decorah), Fran Strub (Clear Creek-Amana), Kari Martin(Mount Vernon) - 6Class 2A - Kaitlyn Caston (West Burlington) - 10;Shannon Laing (West Branch), Felisha Durfinger(Cardinal, Eldon) - 8; Vicky Kinney (Tri-Center, Neola) - 7Kaitlyn Matzen (Central Springs, Manly), Josie Heesch(St., Edmond, Fort Dodge) - 6Class 1A - Nicole Dobernecker (Charter Oak-Ute), ColletHaag (North Sentral Kossuth) - 7; Kelcie Bormann(Preston) - 6; Regan Fraise (Danville), Taylor Bowling(Danville), Britt Schoon (Des Moines Christian), AnnetteBosman (Des Moines Christian) - 5Pitching (Minimum 50 Innings Pitched)Earned Runs Average LeadersClass 4A - 1-Miranda Kramer, Sr., Burlington - 0.34;2-Janie Smith, Jr., Des Moines East - 0.50; 3-MackenzieLaux, Jr., Iowa City West - 0.76Class 3A - 1-Kenzie Flaws, Jr., Carlsile - 0.34; 2-MadisonFrain, Jr., Creston - 0.56; 3-Arren Weeces, Jr., Solon -0.69Class 2A - 1-Emily Dunbar, Sr., Central Springs (Manly)- 0.30; 2-Malory Christiansen, So., Tri-Center (Neola) -0.40; 3-Bethany Isaacson, Jr., Central Springs (Manly)- 0.47Class 1A - 1-Emma Michaels, Jr., Martensdale-St. Mary’s- 0.27; 2-Michaela Mogler, Fr., Bed ord - 0.28; 3-KelcieBormann, Sr., Preston - 0.41Win LeadersClass 4A - Michaela Weaver (Sioux City East) (19-4); RileFisher (Des Moines East) (12-1); Hannah Koerperich(Dubuque Hempstead) (12-1)Class 3A - Paige Lowary (Dallas Center-Grimes) (17-3);Madison Frain (Creston) (16-3); Mackenzie Sie ken(Algona) (15-3)Class 2A - Alexa Hotopp (West Marshall, State Center)(16-3); Kelsey Lough (Jesup) (16-8); Paige Compton(Durant-Bennett) (15-1)Class 1A - Kelcee Bormann (Preston) (16-2); ShelbyMurley, Sr., Janesville (16-2); Nicole Niehaus (Edgewood-Colesburg) (15-3)

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Academic Honors:West High School Valedictorian, Governor’s Scholar Award,National Honor Society Member, National Honor Society ExecutiveBoard Member, Academic All-State - Basketball, KBBG RadioScholar o the Year, Student Senate Member, West High SchoolStudent o the Month

Athletic Honors:So tball: All-Metro, All-Con erence, All-District, All-State Selection

8th-11th grade, MVC Athlete o the Week, Team Captain, holdsmultiple WHS So tball School records.Basketball: All-Metro, All-Con erence, All-District: 9th-12th grade,IGCA-INA-IGHSA-DMR-KGRG All-State selection: 10th-12th grade,MVC Athlete o the Week, Team Captain, 1000 point clubTrack: 7-time State Qualifer and 8-time Drake Relays Qualifer,WHS School Records in Shot Put and Sprint Medley Relay, Track Meet Records in 55M and Shot Put: Luther College, Wahawk Relays & Cedar Falls Invite, MVC Shot Put Champion

Community Service:Allen Women’s Health Department Volunteer, Food Bank

Volunteer, Community Meals Volunteer & Youth SundayParticipant - Zion Lutheran Church, Salvation Army volunteer,

Volunteer Coach or 12U Cedar Valley Blackhawks So tball Teamand Volunteer at Together or Youth Service Learning Projects

College Plans: Attend University o Alabama and play so tball

Jadyn Spencer

High School: Solon High SchoolClass: 2011 Grad

GPA: 3.7Sport: Baseball, Soccer, Basketball and Track

How can you show that you are serious aboutcademics?

Graduated with High Honors, pursuing an Engineering de-ree in college.

How would people in the community describe you?Hardworking, responsible, trustworthy

Athletic Honors:Baseball: 1st team All Con erence (WaMaC), 1st team All

tate, Louisville slugger pre-season All-Americanoccer: 4 year team captain, 4 year All con erence honors,011 All tournament team

Basketball: 2 time All con erence (WaMaC)Track: 2 time Drake Relays medalist (High Jump), 3 time

tate qualifer (High Jump) fnishing 2nd in 2010, 3rd in011, and 10th in 2009, placed in 4 events at 2011 Staterack meet (high jump, long jump, 4x100, 4x200), Schoolecord holder in High Jump (6’9”)

College Plans:University o Iowa - majoring in Engineering and playingaseball

Quick Facts:Favorite Food: Steak and MushroomsRole Model: My parentsFavorite Movie: The Dark KnightFavorite Athlete: Derrick Loveless

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High School Soccer: Boys State Tournament Recap

There was no shortage excitement this year

t the boys state soccerurnament. Thursday’suarterfnal matches broughtousands out to James W.ownie Soccer Park, along

with stand still tra fc. Friday’semifnal action took eachass’s feld rom eight down our teams still vying orState Title. Championshipaturday brought big crowdsong with a shocking heat

ndex, but that didn’t seem toect any o the teams that

rought home the title.Class 1-A eatured a heated

astern Iowa rivalry betweenhe Regals o Iowa City Regina, who came into thehampionship with a record o 18-2-1, versus thepartans o Solon at 17-2-1. The frst hal saw bothams play conservatively looking or chances toounter attack, however, ew opportunities werereated. Regina had the run o play throughout theame and Solon looked to use their size to theirdvantage by playing physical. The second halpened up and each side began having quality lookst goal. As time wounded down, both teams started press orward to fnd a late winner. Regina fnallyroke the deadlock with 1:19 to play on a goal by

unior Chris Nott assisted by senior Zach Pechous.Iowa City Regina is now the three-time de ending

hampion in class 1-A. When asked about winningis third state title, Class 1-A All-Tournament Team

ackson Teeling Sta WriterCaptain JohnnyRummelhart simplysaid, “It’s amazing.”

Class 2-A kickedo shortly a ter the1-A title game andprovided a similar typeo game. Norwalk,owning a 12-7 record,matched up against16-2-1 Cedar Rapids

Xavier. The frsthal provided goodsoccer but no goals.

Xavier looked topossess the ball, whileNorwalk ound theiropportunities o ocounter attacks and set

pieces. Both keepers had to make saves to keep the score level. Norwalk appeared to tally the frstgoal until it was called o sides.

Second hal was a mirror image o thefrst hal until Xavier opened up the scoring at

the 34:39 mark on a penalty kick by junior LoganBouchette. The game really opened up a ter thefrst score. Norwalk stopped sitting back andstarted to press orward to fnd an equalizer.Both teams continued to have chances, but in theend Norwalk was unable to fnd the back o thenet. Cedar Rapids Xavier captured their secondconsecutive title and their f th in school history

The previous two games led up to the fnale oDowling Catholic vs. West Des Moines Valley, themost heated rivalry in the state. Dowling at 18-3

beat Johnston in a penalty shootout to advance to the fnal, while Valley at 22-1 moved past Iowa CityWest 3-1 to advance to the championship. These

two teams had met previously during the seasonand Valley got the better hand o Dowling beating

them 5-2. This game was a di erent story.Dowling had an absolutely stunning frst hal

per ormance scoring three goals in less thanseven minutes. The game was even throughout

the frst twenty minutes until senior Logan Marvinstruck frst o a great ball by ellow senior DavidLyle. Marvin then returned the avor fve minuteslater by assisting Lyle, who scored the secondgoal rom a bending strike just outside the penaltyarea. Not even a minute a t er, senior Jake Zenk added the third goal rom a cross by junior BenAvery. At this point Valley was shell-shocked anddidn’t seem to have a response or the quick scoring spree Dowling had just put on. Dowlingentered the break with a commanding 3-0 leadand would not give that up in the second hal .

Zenk gave Dowling a 4-0 lead in ashion bydribbling past the Valley goalkeeper o a ball

rom David Lyle. Valley scored late to make 4-1o a goal by Eric Williams assisted by AustinHayden. This was Dowling Catholic’s second statechampionship. They won their frst title in 2008and now add another trophy to their case. Valleyis now tied with Iowa City West or most state titleappearances in state tournament history. This

year also marked the frst time that three catholicschools won the title since boy’s soccer moved to

three classes.

Dowling forward dribbles away from Val-ley goalkeeper. (Photo by Jean Lyle)

High School Soccer: Girls State Tournament Recaplass 3A

Ankeny captured its frst-ever girls stateoccer crown Saturday as the top-rankedawkettes de eated Ankeny in a shootout.

Ankeny outshot the Women o Troy, 16-2 but werenable to score in regulation or the two overtimes.

Allie Rudesh, Maggie Ri ley, Julia Adler, Meredithoung, Marissa Hurt and Katherine Young all

made penalty kicks or the Hawkettes, who end theeason at 21-1. Iowa City West ends its season at9-3.

lass 3A All-Tournament Teamicole Rondeau, Iowa City Westrenna Gray, Iowa City West

Abby Zimmerman, BettendorKatie Moore, Bettendor

T Waggoner, West Des Moines Valleyannah Turner, West Des Moines Valley

Maggie Riley, Ankenyikkie Inskeep, Ankeny

Meredith Young, AnkenyKatherine Young, AnkenyAlyssa Williamson, Ankeny (Captain)

lass 2AKayla Armstrong and Annie Dale scored goals

lead top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier to its

GHSAU

sixth-straight state soccer title with a 2-1 victoryover second-ranked Waukee in the Class 2Achampionship. The victory is the 18th straight or

the Saints in state tournament play dating back to 2005.

A ter a scoreless frst hal , the Saints scored74 seconds into the second on Armstrong’s goalwith Dale giving Xavier a 2-0 with a goal in the53rd minute. Katy Cavanaugh scored Waukee’slone goal with nine minutes remaining in thematch.

Dale was named the captain o the all- tournament teams or the second-straight year.

Cedar Rapids Xavier ends the year with a 19-2record while Waukee fnishes 15-4.

Class 2A All-Tournament TeamMegan Konchar, Cedar Rapids XavierKatie Olson, WaukeeMakenzie Evans, GlenwoodSydney Gutschenritt er, GlenwoodKera Linn, Pleasant ValleyStephanie D’Cruz, Pleasant ValleyAlyssa Hewitt, WaukeeTori Shepard, Cedar Rapids XavierMary Levett, Cedar Rapids XavierKatie Cavanaugh, WaukeeAnnie Dale, Cedar Rapids Xavier (Captain)

Class 1ADavenport Assumption captured its third state

soccer championship as the Knights stopped top-ranked Union, 3-1, in the Class 1A championship.Assumption scored quickly when Lexi Flynn scoredon a corner kick at the seven minute mark. KaleyGrosse tied the score or Union with a goal at the31 minute mark with an unassisted goal.

Allison Bush scored Assumptions’ go-aheadgoal at 59:22 with Rose Ripslinger adding anothergoal with three seconds remaining in the match.

Assumption ends its year 21-1. The Knightsalso won state championships in 2002 & 2003.

Union, 1A runners-up or the second-straight year, ends its year at 18-1.

Class 1A All-Tournament TeamMary Kate Fennelly, Davenport AssumptionBrittany Frush, Union (LaPorte City)Regan McLaughlin, Columbus Catholic (Waterloo)Kirsten Gobell, Bishop Heelan (Sioux City)Brooke Herbst, Bishop Heelan (Sioux City)Ashlee Sinnott, Columbus Catholic (Waterloo)Danielle Moore, Davenport AssumptionWhitney Blunt, Union (LaPorte CityHaley Fox, Davenport AssumptionKylie Powell, Union (LaPorte City)Rose Ripslinger, Davenport Assumption (Captain)



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D espite the low batting average,Harris has been the Kernel's best

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Burlington Beesominate the Midwesteague

Midway throughhe season, no team is

laying better baseballhan the BurlingtonBees.

They own ataggering 41-23ecord (a healthy fvend a hal games ahead

their closest oe)n large part to whatas been a dominantitching sta .

“Our pitching’s been antastic,” said ManagerAaron Nieckula. “It starts with having solidndividuals. They are just great character guys, theyre very coachable.”

The Bees have been unhittable this year as theyead nearly every relevant pitching statistic. Theirta has the lowest ERA at a jaw-dropping 2.92.

They are second in the league in walks and hitsllowed. The Bees have allowed the least amount

runs and home runs and lead the league inhutouts.

Amazingly enough, the Bees still could be a lotetter. The squad has combined or a .238 battingverage, good or the f th-worst mark in the league,nd are second-to-last in home runs.

But the Bees rely on timely hitting and executionnd Nieckula believes their o ense has done a fne

ob despite o what some numbers might suggest.

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Minor League Baseball Report: Midwest League

The Bees rank sixthin the league in runsscored.

“Everybody talksabout our batting

average and howlow it is but you have to look at our runsscored,” Nieckulasaid. “We improvedour approach andour selectivity. Whenwe get runners onbase we put them on

the scoreboard.”As long as the Bees continue

to execute on o ense andcontinue to pitch the way theyhave, Burlington will be in goodposition come playo time.

“Any time you have acompetitive season you look toquali y or the playo s in hopeso winning a championship,”Nieckula said. “At the end o the day it’s aboutgetting better and teaching these kids how to play

the game.”

Clinton looks to rebound after slow startReigning Western Division champion Clinton

never seemed to get o and running in the 2011season. The Lumberkings lost seven o their frsteight games back in April and endured losingstreaks o eight and fve games in May respectively.

Manager Eddie Menchacabelieves his young squad shouldn’tworry too much about their record.

“I don’t get too caught up with therecord,” Menchaca. “We are here

to develop baseball players to get them to the next level and eventually to the big leagues.”

Quite simply, the Lumberkingshave had a rough season. Theirpitching sta has struggled, postinga 4.33 ERA, which is last in theleague.

The batting hasn’t been there,either. They own a .231 team battingaverage, the second worst mark in

the league.“The way I go about it is continue

to work with them. I’m here tomake them better,” Menchaca said.

“I know that as they get better asballplayers, the wins will take care o themselves.”

However, the Lumberkings seem to be catching some steam heading into the mid-point o the season. They own a winning record inJune and have been more consistent across theboard.

“Everybody was just trying to carry the teaminstead o just playing team baseball,” Menchacasaid. “I think now the chemistry is there and theystarting t o play team baseball.”Even i the playo s seem like a longshot, theLumberkings are clawing to improve their league


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Doug Landaeta, LF, is batting .291with 10 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR and 41 RBI.(Photo courtesy o Burlington Bees)

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worst record o 21-43.“The biggest thing is to make

hem understand that we canwin,” Menchaca said. “We areoing to play 27 outs and were going to play hard and we’ll

ee what happens a ter theallgame.”

uad Cities looks to contendor Midwest Leaguehampionship

It’s easy to overlook theuad Cities River Bandits. They

re, a ter all, ve and a halames back o division-leadingurlington.

But that doesn’t mean theiver Bandits aren’t legitimate contenders. Theyo own the league’s second best record and couldasily claim to be one o the most balanced squads

n the Midwest League.“We are actually in the same spot we were last

ear at this same time,” said Manager Johnnyodriguez. “For us it doesn’t really matter, just get

n.”Pitching has been a huge part o the River

andits’ success. They are second in the league with3.21 ERA and have allowed the least amount oome runs and hits.

“We got three or our guys that can really spine ball and throw above 92 (MPH),” Rodriguez said.Having our guys like that, it gives you a chancevery day in the ballpark.”

Along with their superb pitching, the River

Bandits rank in the middle o the pack inbatting average and runs scored. Clutchhitting has de nitely been an important

actor or Quad Cities.“Pitching and de ense and timely

hitting, i you’ve heard that be ore,”

Rodriguez said.That’s what usually gets the job done

in baseball and with a 35-28 record, theRiver Bandits are poised or anotherplayo run.

“I challenged the club last year andsaid ‘just win the division’ in the secondhal and we did,” Rodriguez said. “Getin the playo s and hope ully win thedivision in the second hal to get somemomentum going.”

Cedar Rapids trying to stay alive for playoff pushThe Cedar Rapids Kernels have hovered around

.500 all season, playing decent baseball to keep

their playo chances alive, but not good enough topull ahead o the pack.

Manager Brent Del Chiaro believes their recordis a refection o the learning process his squad isundergoing.

“We haven’t played our most consistentbaseball as o yet, “Del Chiaro said.” We are stilllearning to play the game. I’m hoping to play moreconsistently and undamentally sound as theseason goes on.”

The Kernels might be 11.5 games back odivision-leading Burlington, but they are still wellwithin reach o a playo spot. Despite a recent2-8 skid, they remain close to .500 with a 29-34

record.Improving their

hitting will be a mainocus or the Kernels

in the second hal o

the year. They havescored the th leastamount o runs in

the league and aredead-last in battingaverage.Del Chiaro weighed inon how Cedar Rapidsmight be able to turn

that around.“More consistent,

quality at-bats. Notswinging at so manypitches outside o

the zone,” Del Chiaro

said. “With the runners on scoring position, weneed to drive those guys in. We are going to needa total team e ort or that to happen.”

The pitching has been solid or the Kernels, as they have posted a 3.86 ERA during the rs t halo the season.

I the Kernels are able to manu acture somemore runs in the second hal and take care o

the little things, they might just stick around longenough or a playo push.

“We need to continue to learn and play betterbaseball, “Del Chiaro said. “Not making so manymental errors, that’s kind o what has been hurtingus lately and do some damage here in the secondhal coming up.”

Kevin Siegrist, P, is 8-1with a 1.15 ERA. (Photoby Names Around TownPhotography)

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Max Russell, P, haspitched 81.2 inningsand has 58 strikeouts.(Photo courtesy oCedar Rapids Kernels)

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Bats Lead the Way or the Iowa Cubs

With the frst hal ohe season coming toclose, the Iowa Cubs

emain within striking

istance o divisionading Omaha in theCL American Northivision. An astonishing

ccomplishmentonsidering the type

season the Cubsitching has endured.

“The bottom line iswe need our pitchers

go out and make theitches,” said Managerill Dancy. “With the

eason being as long asis, we know you land

he hot streaks and youand the cold streaks.”The Cubs currently

ad the league withhe highest team ERA at 6.74. They own theecond worst WHIP, have allowed the mostome runs in the league and have walked theourth highest amount o batters. All tellingatistics o a pitching sta ’s success.

Yet, despite their pitching shortcomings,he Cubs are still alive in the playo chasemost entirely or the way the team has been

winging the bat all year.“All year we’ve had the call-ups o our outfeld

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and we really haven’t missed a beatswinging the bat,” Dancy said. “And

they’ve been scoring runs and keepingus in a lot o ballgames. We’re still in

the hunt and that’s a plus.”Le t-felder Lou Montanez got calledup earlier this season or the ChicagoCubs. He was having a great yearhitting .369 with fve home runs and43 RBI’s.

Still, the Cubs are batting .288 or the year and are eighth in home runsin the league and they have enjoyedincredible contributions rom frstbaseman Bryan LeHair.

LeHair is batting .356 to go alongwith 16 home runs and 49 RBI’s.

“Right now, Bryan LeHair is probably the guy that you want at the plate with

your runners on,” Dancy said.With a 28-35 record, the Cubs areseven games back rom Omaha, but

there is still plenty o baseball to beplayed and still a lot o head-to-head matchesbetween the two squads.

Improving their pitching is going to be themain ocus or the Cubs in the second hal o

the season. A ter all, they have shown they haveenough frepower to keep this team alive up to

this point.“I think the key is going to be our pitching. As

long as they keep us in the ballgames we havea good opportunity to win the ballgame,” Dancy

said.Dancy is confdent that this team will continue

to improve and believes his squad will continue toget better.

“I we play the game the right way, run thebases hard, get the pitching and play de ense, weare going to swing the bat,” Dancy said. “We justhave to get better rom where we are now and

that will be good.”

Soriano

returns to

Iowa

Al onsoSoriano, ReedJohnson andJe Baker

joined the

I-Cubs or abrie periodwhile on MajorLeague rehabassignmentswith theChicago Cubs.

This wasSoriano’ssecond timeplaying or

the I-Cubs buthis frst timeplaying at Principal Park.

Lou Montanez (Photo by ChrisDonahue/Iowa Cubs)

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Al onso Soriano (Photo by ChrisDonahue/Iowa Cubs)

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The United States Hockeyeague announced that the Cedarapids RoughRiders have beenoted by their ellow Member Clubss the 2010-11 USHL Organization

the Year and that the t eam’sresident, Je Jauch, has beenelected as the 2010-11 Dave TylerSHL Executive o the Year. It is

he frst time that the RoughRidersave earned either award.

“There’s no question that theedar Rapids RoughRiders are one the good news stories in all o

ockey,” said USHL Commissionerkip Prince. “With the support

owner Tony Sdao, they’ve exemplifed what t he USHLands or – both on and o the ice. In only his secondear with the team, President Je Jauch has led aoung sta that is as driven on the business side as thelayers are under Mark Carlson (Coach o the Year) –

while at the same time providing an unmatched level contribution and commitment to the Cedar Rapids

ommunity. To Je , as USHL Executive o the Year, and toe entire organization – the League’s best or 2010-11 –

we o er both congratulations and thanks.”The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders had one o their most

uccess ul seasons in the history o the organization bothn and o the ice. They welcomed nearly 90,000 ans to

he Cedar Rapids Ice Arena during the regular season,which was an improvement o more than 300 ans per

ame rom the previous season. It was the highestttendance or the RoughRiders since the 2003-04eason. The organization has made numerous updatesnd improvements to the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena overhe past two seasons and has created one o the most

Cedar Rapids RoughRiders Named USHL Organization o the Yearrian Werger USHL

exciting and an- riendly game nightexperiences in the USHL.

On the ice, they fnished theregular season with the best recordin the USHL at 42-12-6 (90 points)

to capture the second Anderson Cup title in team history. They equaled a team record or victories (42) andsetting a new club record or points in

the standings (90). Brady Hjelle wasnamed the USHL Goaltender o the

Year and set a new League record ora goaltender by winning 40 games thisseason. He along with orward JaysonMegna were also named to the All-USHL First Team. Head Coach Mark

Carlson earned his 400th victory on March 22nd vs. DesMoines, becoming just one o seven coaches to reach

that milestone in their USHL careers.The RoughRiders continue to develop players or the

next levels o hockey as 17 players who spent time inCedar Rapids this season have commitments to NCAADivision I programs. RoughRiders alumni also excelled

this season as eight ormer players took the ice in theNHL, including three that made their NHL debut – AlexStalock (San Jose Sharks), Tommy Wingels (San JoseSharks), and Richard Bachman (Dallas Stars). Another

ormer RoughRider earned college hockey’s top individualaward as Miami University senior Andy Miele was named

the 2011 recipient o the Hobey Baker Award, the ourthUSHL alumni to win the award.

The team had a ground-breaking outreach e ort whenit worked with the local ABC television a fliate, KCRG-TV, to produce the frst-ever live television broadcasto a RoughRiders game this season when it aired theFebruary 26th game versus the rival Waterloo Black

Hawks. It was a 3-2 win or the RoughRiders inront o a sold out crowd in addition to the televisi

viewership throughout eastern Iowa. Being one o the highest scoring teams in theUSHL also beneftted the local community as theRoughRiders teamed up with CarePro HealthServices to help the Horizons “Meals on Wheels”program. For each o the 236 goals scored by theRoughRiders over the regular season and playo sCarePro Health Services made a $5 donation thatwas used to provide meals or senior citizens. Notonly did they score the goals, RoughRiders playershelped deliver the meals each week to homes in theCedar Rapids area.

Additional community outreach e orts by theRoughRiders included special jersey auctions

throughout the 2010-11 season that benefttedmultiple charitable organizations – ALS, theAmerican Cancer Society Relay or Li e, WoundedWarriors Foundation, and Camp Courageous.

Leading the RoughRiders’ e orts this season wPresident/CEO Je Jauch. It was his second seasoin the USHL as part o the group that purchased

the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in May o 2009.Jauch has strong ties to the Cedar Rapids areaas his ather, Ray Jauch, was an assistant ootballcoach and student-athlete at nearby University oIowa. Je Jauch attended the University o NorthDakota and was inducted into the UND Sports Hallo Fame as a member o the 1970 Fighting Sioux

ootball team. Prior to coming to Cedar Rapids, hehad spent more than 20 years developing business

throughout the USA, Europe, and China along withmultiple community organizations supporting athletprograms or the betterment o youth.

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AIB College Celebrates 90th Year; Breaks Ground on Gym Expansion or AthleticsKris Mattoon AIB Marketing Coordinator

“This is truly an exciting year or the College,” saidancy Williams, President o AIB College o Business. “We

re celebrating 90 years o educational excellence asell as breaking ground on a $1.5 million addition to theIB Activities Center as we continue to grow our athleticrogram in the National Association o Intercollegiatethletics (NAIA).”

The groundbreaking ceremony or the Activities Centerxpansion drew media attention and local dignitaries suchs Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie and State Senator

Matt McCoy. Martha Willits, President o the Greateres Moines Partnership, pointed out that “this addition

means a great deal to the economy o this community.”ongressman Leonard Boswell observed, “It’s been a thrillor me, as I drive back and orth to the airport constantly, see the changes and the growth and the things that

appen here at AIB”AIB’s week o 90th anniversary estivities began with

raduation Exercises or the Class o 2011 at the Polk ounty Convention Complex. The groundbreaking cameext, and then an exclusive scholarship undraiser waseld at the abulous home o George Cataldo in Glen Oaks.President’s Picnic closed out the week, bringing togetherIB alumni, students, aculty and sta or ood, un, games

nd a chance to visit with sprint car driver and recent AIBraduate Jamie Ball o Knoxville. The planned AIB Eaglesol Classic was rained out but will have a make-up date oeptember 15.

“The 90th celebration couldn’t arrive at a better times AIB continues to grow its athletics program,” stated

Williams.“AIB has made a commitment to building a competitive

hletic intercollegiate program,” said Terry Wilson, AIBice President or Student Li e and Athletics Director.With the addition o athletics, AIB has taken the next stepn o ering the student body a more well-rounded collegiatexperience. The expansion o the athletics program isure to usher in an era o excitement and unity or the

entire college.”AIB College o Business has a rich heritage

o women’s basketball which began in the1930s. AIB was the rst Iowa team toplay in the national Amateur Athletic Union

tournament, and, under Coach ReubenBechtel, the team never ailed to win less

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Luther College junior Abby Christian emembers the date when she got the news. It wasan. 23 – just six weeks be ore the start o the

o tball season.The doctor told her she had non-Hodgkin’symphoma – a blood cancer that would requirehemotherapy promptly in order to treat it and putin remission. That was di fcult news or Christian,

who was preparing or the so tball season a tereing named All-Iowa Con erence and All-Midwestegion in her frst two seasons at Luther. As a

ophomore, she led the con erence with 14 doublesnd 58 runs batted in.

But rather than let hersel be devastated by theiagnosis, Christian decided she wouldn’t let theancer or debilitating chemo treatments derail hereason.

“The frst thing I said when the doctor le t, I told

my mom, ‘I’m going back to school and I’m going tolay so tball,” said Christian, a Southeast Polk Highraduate. “O course, she [mom] wasn’t too thrilledbout it, but it’s [Luther] defnitely my home awayrom home and my amily [the so tball team] up

here, i you will.“Between my treatments, I’ve defnitely struggled

nd it’s been very hard on me. But with the greatupport that I’ve had, I’ve had nothing but amazingeople behind me with my own amily and the girlst the school,” she continued. “It’s been very hard,ut I came out on top. I couldn’t ask or bettereople. So I think it’s been a lot more o the best omes over what’s been the worst o times.”

Not only did she play asa designated hitter whileundergoing a series o six

chemo treatments everyother Friday, but she alsocontributed in a big wayas Luther won its regionaland advanced to the NCAADivision III ChampionshipTournament or a second-straight year be orefnishing 41-6. Christianbatted .400 in the regional

tournament as she earneda spot on t he 15-player all-

tournament team. Finding strength or

another fne seasonFor the season, shebatted .328 with fvedoubles, three home runsand 26 RBIs while earningall-con erence honorsagain. One o those homeruns remarkably came in

the team’s season openeron March 5 – just one day a ter a regular Fridaychemo treatment – helping her team to a 5-0 winat host Augsburg College in Minneapolis.

“That [the season opening tournament indoorsat Augsburg] was di fcult to make the drive back up

there mysel . I don’t know how I did it,” she said. “I think there was a little help rom someone up aboveand defnitely some support rom the team and I

ound some strength. And once I got back up there,I wasn’t playing out on the feld – I was just...Continued on next page

Beating Her Toughest Opponent: Southeast Polk Grad Abby ChristianBeats Cancer, Helps Luther Make D3 So tball Championship FieldMike Ferlazzo Iowa Sports Connection Correspondent

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Abby Christian stands in the batter’s box, ready or a pitch during Luther’sStrikeout Cancer game against St. Mary’s University. Christian battled cancer

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black t-shirts with the words “Play Cure Win”printed across the ront, while her teammatesbroke out even more lime green to their usual royalblue and white uni orms when Luther hosted aStrikeout Cancer game April 10 against St. Mary’sUniversity. The Strikeout Cancer program is aNational Fastpitch Coaches Association initiative tohelp raise money or cancer research.

“We wore lime green socks and we had balloons

trictly DHing or the year – butound strength to at least go upbat. And you don’t think you canake it because when you’re goingrough treatments, it’s pretty rough

nd knocks you on your tushy. But weade it back up there on a Saturday

nd I played and that was rough ande got it done.

“And somehow, I got back up therend I got a bit o extra strength andnocked one over the le t feld ence,”hristian said. “And when you’rep there to bat, you don’t just haveoursel but you have all 17 members

the team behind you. They keepelping push with you. So yeah, thatas a great weekend.”

Christian was greeted atugsburg by a host o supportersrom her hometown. And herammates also showed their

upport with some uni orm accentslime green – the o fcial support

olor or lymphomas.“They [her teammates] surprised

e when I got back up rom my treatment thateekend up in Minneapolis,” Christian said. “Thecond game we had, they were all wearing lime

reen headbands and a lot o them had written one inside o them on the elastic o them, ‘Play 4er.’ And the 4 was my jersey number, so it was veryuching and awesome at the same time.”

Her growing legion o ans were back wearing


and ribbons in our hair,” Christian said.“The girls still wear lime green fngernailpolish a lot – and that’s really cool. I was

told that I was in remission and when you’re sitting in the dugout and youlook over and one o your teammatesstill has lime green nails, it still toucheshome or you. It shows they’re stillsupporting you, even though you’ve been

told that your fght’s been good and you’re in remission.”

Giving the team strength tooIn a way, Christian’s fght to beat

cancer became a rallying point or her team. Her determination to continue toplay while undergoing chemo treatmentsprovided inspiration to her teammates

to persevere through the toughest times too.

“Abby’s fght this season defnitelyimpacted our season rom day one,” saidLuther Head So tball Coach Renae Hart“She ound out about her diagnosis justdays be ore our frst o fcial practice andwe began our season in a team meeting

with her announcement on January 31. The other17 girls were hit hard with her news and Abby had

to deal with their emotions on top o her own.“She battled through February and March –

missing several days o school and many practices to attend to her chemo sessions,” she continued.“She was very tired, but re used to admit that shewas. We would have conditioning components o

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Abby Christian and her brother, Adam, who is wearing t he “Play. Cure. Win.” t-shirt that many Luther ans sported during the season, pose or a picture a ter Luther’sStrikeout Cancer game against St. Mary’s. (Photo by Kevin Hacker)

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“I’ve gotten so many great letters romeverybody in the Southeast Polk community,” shesaid. “Even Central College in Pella, Iowa, I receiveda personal handwritten note and signed by thewhole entire team. That just played so much into mysupport. It’s been just amazing.”

ractice that she just would not take hersel out ond those were the moments that truly inspired herammates and the coaching sta .”

But while the team may have been drawingnspiration rom Christian, she was fnding it muchoser to home – rom her amily, including her

mother, Deb, who has had her own ongoing fghtwith breast cancer.

“Oh yeah, my mom’s my best riend and I elt theupport o my mom – and my dad and my brothers.ut with my mom, I saw her go through her breastancer and her treatments and I saw her gohrough some o the hardest experiences I think nyone could go through,” Christian said. “I kneweeing her go through all that that I – in a way this

may sound odd – was kind o blessed when I wasiagnosed at the phase that I was at. Being a 1Athe lowest that I could be. So just the number o

eatments that I had to go through, in a way I waslessed that I didn’t have to go through anything asi fcult as a lot o others have to go through.

“So just having been there with my mom whenhe went through everything, I wasn’t going toomplain because I didn’t have it as bad and shest gave me the most amazing suppor t ever,”

he continued. “She was there with me throughverything – every single question I had, everyeatment. And it was the same with my dad and

my brother, my grandparents, uncles and everybodyn my amily.”

Christian’s determined fght has had annspirational impact on everyone she’s touched. Andhey’ve given her strength through their ongoingupport too.

Amazing best describes Christian’s story operseverance, which has already had a happyending this season. But now with her cancer inremission and the prospects o one fnal healthyseason ahead o her, the fnal chapter with an evenhappier ending is still waiting to be written.

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Buena Vista’s Magical Season Comes to an Endauren Smith Sta Writer

For the Buena Vista University baseballam, the 2011 season was a long time coming.or the frst time in their history, the BVUeavers, rom Storm Lake, Iowa, qualifed or the

NCAA Division III College World Series.

Held in Appleton, Wisconsin, making it tohe College World Series and an opportunityo contend or the national baseball title wasomething an Iowa school hasn’t had the chanceo do since Wartburg in 2005. For the Beavers,

meant advancing this deep into the postseasonor the frst time in over 40 years.

BVU won their frst game in the CollegeWorld Series against 12th ranked University oWisconsin-Whitewater as senior Mike Ho manhot a line drive single into center with two outs inhe bottom o the ninth to clinch a 5-4 victory.

The Beavers continued their winning streak y de eating Pennsylvania’s Keystone College-5. However, their luck came to an end in theollowing two days o play, losing 5-1 to top-ranked

Marietta College and then 3-2 to ChapmanUniversity the next day. Thus, ending their seasonwith a 34-18 record.

Despite their halted end to their frst Worlderies berth, the Beavers are anything butisappointed.

“It was a really ulflling year,” said BVU baseballlayer alum and ourth year Assistant Coachyan Dupic. “Everybody just really came togethernd we’re so thank ul to have the chance to keeplaying. It was as a rewarding year as we’ve hadnce I’ve been here.”

For Storm Lake nativeand 11th year Head CoachSteve Eddie, one o the most

ulflling moments o the entireprocess was the support they

received rom the University andsurrounding community.

“[The support] wasabsolutely unbelievable. Theentire community watchedgames on the computer, listened

to our local play-by-play guy. Theywere always getting updates,”Eddie said.

The Beavers certainlyenjoyed every moment o theirCWS run.

“It was the most incredible experience ever.Maybe something our players didn’t realizebecause once we got back they le t campus, butme being here all year round, it’s just absolutelyunbelievable,” Eddie said.

Eddie also noted that the support and work ethic provided by the community and the teamitsel will be a distinctive catalyst to push the BVUbaseball team to great things again next season.

“I think the ocus will go back to winning…theIowa Con erence. It’s hard to win our con erence,but i you do so you’re going to be in good shape.I anything, that’s what we really have to ocus on,”Eddie said.

Both Dupic and Eddie agreed on what the team needs to work on or next season.

“Really, it’s just getting back to playingundamental baseball,” Eddie said.

Dupic added that the Beavers excelled at

improving as the year went along.“We kind o take a lot o pride in the programo just ocusing on what’s in ront o us,” Dupicsaid. “It’s kind o a process, we’re just going to

ocus on wherever we’re at in the year.”Who knows, perhaps the culmination o a

World Series berth and the competitive instinctso key players will lead to yet again another

antastic season or the Beavers.“We had a lot o great things happen to our

guys,” Eddie said. “[They] played well when thepressure was on.”

The BVU Beavers pose with their trophy after defeating CarthageCollege 7-6 in the Central Regional Championship(Photo courtesy of Ryan Dupic/Buena Vista University)

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Wares Making History at Centralarry Happel Central College Sports In ormation Director

He came to Pella to be a high school boys’asketball coach.

Now 27 years later, Central College’s GeorgeWares is the winningest so tball coach in NCAA

Division III history.A 3-2 NCAA Division III tournament win overAnderson (Ind.) at Pella May 15 moved Wares tohe pinnacle, surpassing the late Donna Newberry

Muskingum (Ohio), who compiled a 906-419-1mark over 36 years. Wares now stands at 909-

02-3 (.750).Already a member o the National Fastpitch

oaches Association Hall o Fame, Wares hasther plaque-worthy numbers. He’s piloted the

Dutch to our NCAA national titles (1988, 1991,993, 2003) with two runner-up fnishes and2 national top-fve showings. Central has made3 NCAA tournament appearances and wonr shared 11 Iowa Con erence titles. The Dutch

were 39-9 in 2011, placing second in their NCAAegional behind eventual national champion LinfeldOre.).

A 1976 Central graduate, Wares returned toella in 1984 as a highly regarded boys’ basketballoach, having spent the previous seven years at

NESCO High School in Zearing. He then serveds Pella High School’s coach or 11 seasons andosted a 259-106 career basketball record, withour state tourney berths.

But he meanwhile developed a passion oro tball, having guided NESCO to a 214-94 mark

with three state tournament appearances in

seven years, andexpressedan interest

in coachingat his almamater.Central’shall o ame

ootballcoach, then-athleticsdirector RonSchipper,decided togive Waresa shot at

turningaround whatwas then

the school’sweakestprogram.The Dutchhad posted

just onewinning record in the so tball program’s 11-yearexistence.

No one anticipated what was to come—andcertainly not what came so quickly. In 1985,Wares’ frst season, a ter a 0-8 start, theDutch caught fre, winning the Iowa Con erence

tournament and closing at 19-14.That was a surprise. The ollowing year was

a shock. Wares had to miss the team’s springbreak trip while he was coaching basketball and

the Dutch went 0-9-1. But Central roared to a 35-10 mark the rest o the way, an NCAA regional

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Wares and associate head coach Alicia O’Brien meet with Rachel Whiteside (le t), Holly VonFumetti (right) and teammates during an o ensive huddle. The Dutch won an NCAA DivisionIII tournament game against Anderson (Ind.) May 15 to make Wares the winningest so tballcoach in NCAA Division III history. Wares’ current record now stands at 909-302-3 (.750).(Photo courtesy o Central College)

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hampionship and aational runner-up fnish. Aynasty was born.t was the frst o sixtraight national top- ournishes and 19 consecutive

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ppearances.The whirlwind

urnaround was testamento Wares’ motivationalkills, which remain anntegral reason or hisuccess. But success alsoomes because Centralo tball is about morehan wins. Among Wares’mantras is to show awillingness to take risks, ino tball and in li e. Dreamsre never achieved bylaying it sa e, he preaches. That’s evidencedn the feld by Central’s no-holds-barred style olay. In 2011 the Dutch held a mammoth 119-13dvantage in stolen bases and previous years’otals are equally lopsided.

“His coaching style is unlike any other,” saidreshman shortstop Annie Sarcone, a ormer

Dowling Catholic High School all-stater, in a DesMoines Register interview. “He never lets you beverage. He always challenges us to be the best.”

More important is to put team be ore sel ,Wares said.

Laura Olson, a 1993 Central graduate, waspart o two national championship teams

at Central be ore going on to coach a pair o

Minnesota state title winners at Loyola HighSchool in Mankato. She’s done so by passingalong the lessons she learned as a player.

“Playing or Coach Wares is an experience that is more than learning how to hit, feld and throw,” Olson said. “It is an experience that that teaches you how to live, love and succeed.”

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trophies.“The relationships that are built over the years

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Hawkeyes Finish 10th in the Country at NCAA Men’s Gol Championships

The University of Iowa men’s gol teamnished tied or 10th place at t he 2011 NCAA

Championships, the highest fnish at the NCAAChampionships in the history o Hawkeye men’s

ol . Iowa fred a team score o +5 (296) andwas one o only eight squads in the 30-team feldo record a single-digit over par score in the thirdound. Iowa’s three-round tot al o +28 (892)

was just three strokes shy o eighth place todvance to match play competition.

“We defnitely put ourselves in a hole the frstay,” Head Coach Mark Hankins said. “It wasn’the entire frst day, just a ter the turn. We did aetter job staying in the present the rest o theournament and we battled hard today to almostet the job done. ”

Even though the Hawkeyes came up short match play, Hankins was pleased with his

quad’s per ormance throughout the NCAAChampionships.

“It proves our ranking,” Hankins said o hiseams’ top-10 fnish. “You couldn’t ake it outere; you had to play great gol . I’m so proud our guys today. We got o to a great start andad a shot all the way until the 18th hole. Weeeded three birdies on the 18th and we justouldn’t get it.”

Junior Chris Brant led the Hawkeyes at the011 NCAA Championships, recording a T20nishing with a 54-hole total o +4 (220). Branthot a +2 (74) in the third round, recordingirdies on 14 and 18. The Hawkeyes start ed

Thursday’s round on the back nine, and Brantmade the turn at even par. Two bogeys on the

ront nine led to his +2 fnish.

Brant, who will be asenior next season, nowhas a wealth o experienceheading into next year a tera top-20 fnish at the NCAAChampionships.

“There were bright spots this week,” Brant said. “I’ll take a lot o experience outo this year. We played insome great tournamentsagainst some great teams.We aced the best teams in the country righthere and fnished 10th. We didn’t want to fnish10th, we wanted to beat them. We have a goodcore coming back, but we are losing two studs.We want to come back next year and make thecut.”

Senior Brad Hopfnger fnished t he 2011NCAA Championships T38 at +7 (223).Hopfnger carded a +5 (77) in the third round,with six bogeys and a birdie on his ninth hole.

Junior Barrett Kelpin carded the second-lowest round o the day at the 2011 NCAAChampionships with a -1 (71). Kelpin started hisround with a par on 10 and then a birdie on 11.A ter our-straight pars, Kelpin birdied the par-416th, but ollowed with a bogey on 17 and a paron 18 to make the turn at -1. Kelpin birdied oneand bogeyed fve to fnish with a 71. He fnished

the tournament T56 at +9 (225).With a +20 (228), senior Vince India fnished

T81 at the 2011 NCAA Championships. A ter abogey-birdie start to his round, India rattled in11-consecutive pars be ore a bogey on the ninth

hole. India recorded pars onsix and seven, a bogey on eightand fnished with a par to shoota +2 (74).

Junior Jed Dirksen roundedout the Hawkeye roster at the2011 NCAA Championshipswith a T121 fnish at +20 (236).Dirksen’s third round score o+6 (78) was highlighted by aneagle on the par -5 18th hole.

The 2011 NCAAChampionships was the fnal collegiatecompetition or India and Hopfnger, who leave as

two o the top players in Iowa men’s gol history.Both were two-time PING All-Region honoreesand were also frst team All-Big Ten selections asseniors this season.

“This was the best year o gol I’ve had in along time,” India said. “It was also the best our

years o gol , with a great team, the best coachesI’ve ever been around and the best guys and

riends I’ve ever been around.”“It’s been really good,” Hopfnger said. “Be or

this weekend started, we had done more thanany other gol team at Iowa. That means alot, especially or me and Vince. Being able toaccomplish what we have as a team means a lot

to us.”The ocus now shi ts to summer amateur

competition, with the Hawkeyes competing innumerous tournaments rom June to August. Besure to check hawkeyesports.com and the o fcialIowa men’s gol Facebook page or updates on

the Hawkeyes throughout the summer.

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Swindell Tastes Victory, Redemption with World o Outlaws at KnoxvilleSammy Swindell

an’t take back hismis ortune in the 50thAnniversary KnoxvilleNationals in 2010. He

id the next best thing,owever, by taking theead rom Jason Sidest the hal way point oaturday night’s 25-

ap World o OutlawsMediacom Shootout at Knoxville Raceway andeading the rest o the way to record his 46thareer eature victory here. The win came aboardhe Big Game Treestands #1 Parker poweredMaxim. Dennis Moore Jr. won or the rst time ineveral seasons in the companion 360 class.

The eature got o to a rough start with aair o separate incidents. At the rst drop o

he green, Kevin Swindell, Cody Darrah and Kerry

Madsen hit the berm in turn one and turned over.No one was injured, but all were done. The same

appened on the next try, when Craig Dollansky andteve Kinser ound themselves upside down in theame corner.

The third try at green was a charm, as it wenton-stop or 25 laps. Pole-sitter, Sides, grabbed

he early advantage and pulled away with JasonMeyers and Brooke Tatnell chasing him. Lap elevenwas huge or Sammy, who swept by Tatnell andMeyers in turns three and our to grab the runner-

p spot.Three laps later, he worked by Sides in tra c,

nd the race or second was on behind him. Sides

and Meyers traded second on thenineteenth lap in some great raceaction, but none came close to

threatening Sammy, who led themajority o last year’s Knoxville

Nationals be ore losing a le t rear tire.

“You get to stand up herewhen you lead the last lap,” saidSammy. “Last year, we didn’t get

to do that because we lost a tire.It’s great or Big Game Treestands, and everyonewho is with us. We are learning a lot right now. This

team is rock solid.”“When you are out ront, you aren’t sure where

to run,” said Sides, who held on or second. “I was trying to save the tires a bit. Un ortunately, thatdidn’t work and we got beat by one o the best in

the business.”Meyers completed the podium. “We had trouble

chasing Jason early, and as the uel load burnedo , we had to get the wing back and the car gotdown on the le t rear. We’ve been really close lately.We’re getting there, and my guys are working their

tails o .”Donny Schatz passed Tatnell with two to go to

snare ourth. Following Tatnell, ast quali er, BradSweet, Terry McCarl, Chad Kemenah, Kraig Kinserand Joey Saldana rounded out the top ten. Tatnell,Sides, McCarl and Paul McMahan won the heats.Josh Schneiderman took the B main, while Sidesclaimed the dash.

A scary crash marred the third heat race whenDarrah clipped Josh Higday, taking him out and

sending him into a wicked series o fips. No onewas injured in the night’s accidents.

Excitement also ruled the 360 eature onSaturday. Matt Moro led over Russ Hall in the earlygoing. Dennis Moore Jr. was on the move rom row

three, and took third rom Jamie Ball on lap our.Behind him, two-time and de ending track champ,Clint Garner, moved into ourth two laps later.

At the hal way point, Moore Jr. put Doc Sloan’sMoyler powered #D12 into the second with a passo Hall, and Garner ollowed him into third. The racappeared to be going green to checker, when AlanZoutte got upside down in turn two to set a green,white, checker nish. Moro lead Moore Jr., Garner,Humston and Hall back to green fag racing, butanother fip, this one rom Tasker Phillips, would setup a white-checker nish.

Moro got a good restart, but Moore Jr. sizedhim up down the backstretch and used the bottomo turns three and our to grab his third career

360 win, and his sixth overall at Knoxville. “I messedup a bit on the rst (green, white, checker) restart,”said Moore Jr. “I was able to hit the bottom therein three and our, and I knew I had miles per houron him. It’s been a long time. I think I have one winsince my injury and that was in Cali ornia. This is agood thing or the amily and or my team. We’vegot a good car.”

Moro was second, ahead o Garner, Humstonand Hall. Jon Agan, Nate Van Haa ten, Jamie Ball,hard-charger, Justyn Cox and David Hall roundedout the top ten. Humston posted quick time, whileMoore Jr., Van Haa ten and Russ Hall took heatwins. Casey Friedrichsen won the B.

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Back Pain in Athletes

Low back pain is a veryommon complaint, in theeneral population and

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