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BPI hamburger feedreacts to backlash

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SIOUX CENTER—Two lines of hungry mouths stretched across parts of the Centre Mall parking in Sioux Center last Friday, not only for a free meal but more

importantly to show support for the Midwest beef. Beef producers have been deal-ing with a heavy dose of backlash in recent months by what some in the industry are calling a “smear campaign.” About 2,000 area residents were treated to free grilled hamburg-ers donated by embattled Dakota

See BPI on page A7

Only about a thirdactually are treated

B Y A L L I S O N S U E S S ES T A FF W RI T E R

SIOUX CENTER—Some 2 mil-lion individuals fall victim to a traumatic brain injury each year. Of that number, only about one-third seek treatment and about 52,000 victims die from related complications, accord-ing to statistics presented by Dr. Lance Reinke, a neurophysician based in the Chicago area. Reinke, a 1998 Sheldon High School graduate, presented

information about head injuries for psychology students and the public Monday at Dordt College in Sioux Center. With the prevalence of these

See INJURY on page A10

Petition regardingimmigration started

B Y L I N D S AY H O E P P N E RS T A FF W RI T E R

ORANGE CITY—One of the Bible’s most-repeated com-mands is to love your neighbor

as yourself. “It’s pretty clear to us that Christian teachings call for us to be concerned about all of our neighbors but especially those that are the most vulner-able among us — the stranger in our midst as is often said,”

See PETITION on A4

REGIONAL—The first coun-ty population estimates to be released following the 2010 U.S. Census show similar trends in N’West Iowa.

The county estimates for 2011 were published by the Iowa Data Center last week. Sioux County continues an upward tick in population according to the census data posted by the Iowa Data Center, but the highest populated county in N’West Iowa did not have the largest percentage increase. Lyon County had the 12th-highest estimated growth percentage in the

state at 0.8 percent, or 89 new resi-dents January 2010-July 2011. That bested Sioux County, which ranked 19th out of Iowa’s 99 counties with a growth rate of 0.6 percent or 196 new residents. Lyon County economic develop-ment director Steve Simons said there probably is a couple of reasons factor-ing into his county’s growth. “I would say things have been pick-ing up businesswise, so there could be additional employees choosing to live in Lyon County and the Grand Falls Resort Casino could have probably

See POPULATION on A7

Showing love for stranger in midst

Brain injuries suffered by many

Harold Heie of Orange City has organized a petition with a half-dozen fellow community members titled “Fixing our Immigration System: A Proposal from the Sioux County 100.” (Photo by Rylan Howe)

Chicago area-based neu-rophysician Lance Reinke discusses symptoms of concussions on Monday at Dordt College in Sioux Cen-ter. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Message: It’s beef

Karissa Roghair, Emily Meyer, Kaelley Meyer, Kellan Meyer, Marsha Meyer and Randy Meyer eat hamburgers during an event supporting Beef Products Inc. last Friday in Sioux Center. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Troy Ten Napel helps his 2-year-old son, Ian, negotiate a turn on his tricycle Monday during a walk near their home in Sioux Center. Sioux County’s population continues to grow, but Lyon County saw the biggest increase since the 2010 U.S. Census numbers were released.

Population estimates in Sioux, Lyon; not so in O’Brien, Osceola counties

??What’s up

Here’s where N’West Iowa’s counties rank in population growth since the 2010 U.S. Census was released:

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95thOsceola12th

Lyon

19thSioux 91st

O’Brien

TOP 10 COUNTIES IN GROWTH:1. Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0%2. Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6%3. Polk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6%4. Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4%5. Linn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3%6. Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1%7. Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1%8. Monroe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1%9. Dubuque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1%10. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1%

TOP 10 COUNTIES IN DECLINE:90. Keokuk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.3%91. O’Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.3%92. Audubon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.4%93. Floyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.4%94. Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.5%95. Osceola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.6%96. Pocahontas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.8%97. Emmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-1.9%98. Adair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-2.0%99. Decatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-2.0%

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NEWS

One of my favorite N’West Iowa REVIEW events was held this week. It started some time ago,

and it continues to amaze and delight me. The event focuses on 20 of the most talented, giving, and involved men and women under the age of 40 who we have living right here in this little corner of the state. Peter and I first became aware of an event similar to this many years ago being held in Des Moines. Of course, the always-optimistic-we-can-do-anything Peter was sure that maybe we couldn’t year after year come up with as many people as our capital city did, but we could certainly find and recognize 20 people under 40! And, thus our “20 Under 40” annual banquets began. And, needless to say, we’ve had no difficulty coming up with enough honorees. Every year, as we leave the banquet, we’re already being reminded of all the people that could have/should have been recognized this year, and when the time comes, if remembered, will be next year. This year’s morning breakfast occasion was held at the Northwest Iowa Lifelong Learning and Recreation Center on the campus of Northwest Iowa Community College. It was a lovely event catered by Hy-Vee and featuring cheesy potatoes, scram-bled eggs, a humongous array of fruits,

bacon and sausages, croissants, jams and jellies, peanut butter, coffee, milk and orange juice — a delicious feast. The only drawback is that it begins at 7:30 a.m., which is fine if you live in Sheldon but a little early if you are driv-ing from Sioux Center, Orange City or wherever. But noon doesn’t work for those with jobs and hopefully all of those successful types under 40 have jobs. Nights aren’t convenient either since everyone has more than enough to do in their evenings, so mornings it is. At the table I was sitting at were three of the winners — three clever, affable, talkative young men. One could easily understand why they were chosen. At my table was Adam Besaw, who is an Alumnus of the Year at NCC and a new products developer at Maintainer Corporation of Iowa in Sheldon. He shared a quote he had seen on a T-shirt and found interesting and very true to life. It read: “Hard work beats tal-ent, when talent doesn’t work hard.” I traced the author of that saying, and it was attributed to a Tim Notke, a high school basketball coach and used as a theme for his team. Who knows if it was original with him or came from some unknown? Another winner/person at the table was Corey Gergen from Jellema Con-struction in Alton, who was as comfort-able at the microphone as Peter who

was interviewing him. He told about the division at Jellema that he is involved with. He was in the area of concrete, and he explained all of the new and innova-tive ways that concrete was being used today, very interesting. Each of the winners was interviewed by either Peter or NCC president Alethea Stubbe that morning so everyone has the opportunity to know these winners and discover why they were chosen. It’s a fun and informal way of realizing the assets we have here at our back doors. Someone who had the entire room roaring with laughter was Ethan Hui-zenga, an attorney from Orange City and one of the founders of Orange City Growth Organization, or OCGO for short, which is a group of young business or professional people who do volunteer work, plan for the future, socialize and help with the needs of the community. When Ethan was asked what he did in his spare time, he responded, “I’m try-ing to get into smoking . . .” He hesitated there, the group burst into laughter, Alethea turned red and held her breath as he finished his sentence by saying, “meats.” I’m afraid all of us were imagin-ing many things he might be referring to. Matt Hanenburg, a successful Sheldon cattle feeder who when asked about the future of farming and ag-related busi-

nesses, commented that it was “good for guys our age because many of them have left the area and older guys like to work with us younger, new guys and want to see us succeed.” Wow, what an encouraging statement! When he was asked about spare time and hobbies, he said that his chores took all of his time. Then he was asked if his wife helped him with the cattle. He came back with an enthusiastic “Absolutely . . . not!” Another young man was Paul Hoogen-doorn, an investment person, who along with many other jobs, coaches lacrosse. Alethea baited him with the question of what is lacrosse? He quickly shot back that it is a cross between hockey and soccer, and “you get to hit people with sticks.” He also shared that there is a good climate here for small businesses — the work ethic is excellent and “people like to save.” There were many, many good stories shared by all of this year’s winners. And they all shared commonly that hard work is the norm and the family is most important here in N’West Iowa. God is so good.

Connie Wagner lives in Sibley.She is the co-publisher of The N’West Iowa REVIEW and may be reachedat [email protected].

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Authorities thinkBoer fell off dock


OKOBOJI—Relatives said a Sanborn man died “doing what he loved” after he apparently fell off a dock and drowned while fishing on West Okoboji Lake on Monday. Funeral services for 85-year-old Frederick Allen Boer were held Friday at Cornerstone United Reformed Church in

Sanborn. Burial was at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City, with military rites by the Earl T. Con-a w a y 3 1 8 A m e r i c a n Legion Post in Sanborn and Press-man Kosters 329 Ameri-can Legion P o s t i n Orange City. A r r a n g e -ments were handled by Sanborn Funeral

Home. Dickinson County sheriff Greg Baloun said the county’s com-munications center received a report at about 8:10 p.m. Mon-day of a missing person in the West Okoboji Harbor area. Baloun said Boer’s wife, Gerry, said Boer had left home at about 7 a.m. that day to go fishing at the Iowa Great Lakes and had not returned when expected. She and a friend eventu-ally located Boer’s pickup truck near the area he had been fishing but were unable to find

him. The sheriff said authorities determined Boer may have fallen from a dock. The Arnolds Park/Okoboji Dive Team was notified and began a search of the area with the Spirit Lake Fire Depart-ment. Divers recovered Boer’s body at about 9:40 p.m. in about six to seven feet of water at the end of a dock where it was thought he had been fishing earlier in the day. Boer said it took divers less than five minutes of searching

to find him. “We started the process of elimination by checking where we thought he would be fish-ing, and he was where we looked the first time,” Baloun said. Because Boer had been fish-ing alone, Baloun said it is unclear what happened. “We don’t even know how or why he fell in. Was it a medical issue or did he fall off the dock? No one was there with him,” Baloun said. “It ended tragi-cally.” Monday’s drowning was

the first incident this year at the Iowa Great Lakes after no occurrences of drowning were reported in 2011. Boer was an avid fisher, hunt-er and outdoorsman. He had farmed for a living and continued to operate a disc-sharpening business up until the time of his death. Boer is survived by his wife, four sons, two daughters, 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grand-children and one great-great-grandchild.. A complete obituary may be found on page B9.

Frederick Boer

Sanborn man drowns while fishing on West Okoboji


REGIONAL—With prom season approaching, high school girls already are busy preparing for the big night. This means searching for a dress, making plans with friends

and for some, seeking the perfect tan. For N’West Iowans, tanning during the late winter and early spring months means stop-ping into tanning salons, which have been gaining popularity across the country since they first were introduced to consumers in the 1980s, according to Greg De Jong, owner of Royal Tan tanning salons, which have locations in Sheldon, Sioux Center, Spirit Lake and Spencer. Throughout most of the year, individu-als under 18 years old are only 10 percent of Royal Tan’s total clientele, in February, March and April, the number of young cli-ents jumps to about 50 percent of the clien-tele, De Jong said. “You’ve got some that do it year-round. But the majority of it, kids are not abusing indoor tanning; I do not see that in the least,” De Jong said. Public concern still remains that teenagers are tanning more than ever, which is a cause for concern with doctors. Mayo Clinic recently released statistics from a study conducted in Olmstead County, MN, looking at first-time diagnosis of melanoma in patients ages 19-39 from the years 1970-2009. Researchers found that the occurrence of melanoma increased eight-

fold for women and fourfold

for men in Olmstead County. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that forms in the skin cells that produce pigment, according to a definition from the Mayo Clinic. Its exact cause is not known, but doc-tors maintain that it is linked to exposure to ultraviolet, or UV, light. “We don’t say that tanning is safe,” De Jong said. Instead, the tanning industry’s base belief is that “Moderate tanning for individuals who can develop a tan is the smartest way to maximize the potential benefits of sun expo-sure while minimizing the potential risks associated with either too much or too little sunlight,” according to information from the International Smart Tan Network. De Jong has owned tanning salons for 27 years, opening the first Royal Tan in Sheldon in 1985. He has seen the industry grow in popularity, and followed the public debate about whether tanning is safe. “I’ve really studied and looked into this industry with all my heart,” De Jong said. “If I didn’t believe in what I did, if I felt that what I did was harming people or wrong, hon-estly my integrity would tell me to get out of there.” The largest percentage of De Jong’s clients are women ages 40-60, and all clients are informed about how much wattage they should be using based on their skin type and how often they tan. Teens who are tanning for the first time are not recommended to tan in a bed that pro-duces more watts of UV lights — the same type of light the sun produces — for longer than it takes for them to develop a base tan without burning. “Sunburn is an injury,” De Jong said. “It’s

definitely an injury.” Hannah Jinkinson, a senior at Sheldon High School, said she typically tans more in the spring, around the time prom starts. “I go once or twice a week because I tan really easy,” Jinkinson said. The 17-year-old typically hops into a tan-ning bed after she exercises, because she said it is a way for her to relax. De Jong said people tan for a variety of rea-sons. Some want to have a tanned look for a special occasion, like prom, or simply just feel better when they look tan. Others stop in to get a “base tan” before they go out into the sun or go on vacation to a tropical area. Of course, De Jong said the key is to tan in moderation. “Too much of anything could cause poten-tial risk, too little of something could cause potential risk,” he said. “There are those who have a fear that what they’re doing is irresponsible and not a good thing. People need to do their own research and not take to heart everything they hear because where is that message coming from?” There is risk to going tanning, but “There’s risk with everything we do. We get in our cars every day and there’s risk,” De Jong said. Jackie Kramer, a nurse practitioner with Sanford Sheldon Medical Center, said that in some cases of skin disease, like pso-riasis, exposure to sunlight may be beneficial to the patients. How-ever, for those with normal skin, Kramer said it is best to opt out of lounging in the sun or in a tanning bed. “If you go about it intentional ly and exposing yourself to

a lot of extra sunlight, which includes UVA and UVB rays, you can get skin damage including aging and burning,” she said. And though the potential risk for damage is there, the temptation of sun-kissed skin will not likely evade teens who desire a certain look for prom or vacations. “That’s the thought pattern of the kids at the time,” Kramer said. “It’s hard to get kids to listen to that kind of information because of their thought processes and they all want to look nice in their dresses and prom out-fits, and it’s really not worth it if you look at the effect that cancer can have on your life.”

Fan of thetan?More teens seek it as prom, summer approaches

WHAT IS A TAN? A tan is the activation of melanin,

or the natural pigment that gives skin its color, in the epidermis.

When the epidermis is exposed toultraviolet — or UV — light, the body accelerates

the production of melanin. This extra melanin in

the body is what makes skin look tan. Tans are thebody’s natural way of

protecting skin from UVrays to prevent sunburn.

Too much UV light, however, causes sunburn,

which leads to complications like pain, itchiness or swelling.

“You’ve got some that do it year-round.But the majority of it, kids are not abusing indoor

tanning; I do not see that in the least.”—GREG DE JONG

Lisa Story cleans one of the tanning rooms Thursday at Royal Tan at Courtyard Fitness 24/7 in Sheldon. The salon’s clientele under the age of 18 shoots up from 10 percent during the course of the year to about 50 per-cent in February, March and April as students prepare for prom and spring break. (Photos by Rylan Howe)


NEWS

Hawarden man to besentenced for charges ORANGE CITY—A 25-year-old Hawarden man was found guilty April 12 by a jury in Sioux County District Court in Orange City of second-degree burglary as a habitual offend-er, a Class C felony; going armed with intent as a habitual offender, a Class D felony; and assault causing bodily injury, a serious misdemeanor. The case against Cory Daniel Jurrens arose about 2 a.m. Dec. 30 when he broke into a residence in Hawarden where his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend was having a sleep-over with friends, according to county attorney Cole-man McAllister. A verbal confrontation with the ex-girlfriend ensued inside the residence,and continued outside the home. Once Jurrens was outside the

home, he assaulted his ex-girlfriend by punching her in the face, caus-ing a black eye. Jurrens then left the area but returned a few minutes later armed with a knife, which he brandished toward his ex-girlfriend’s friends, causing them to flee the area to seek help from law enforcement. The Hawarden Police Department responded and Jurrens was ultimately arrested and charged with burglary, going armed with intent and assault causing bodily injury. Jurrens pleaded not guilty and a jury trial was held April 10-12. He is a habitual offender under Iowa law because of two prior felony convic-tions for willful injury causing bodily injury in 2007 and third-degree bur-glary in 2006. Sentencing is set for May 25. Jurrens faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison on each felony charge and one year in jail on the assault charge.

Members pleasedto reach that level


ROCK RAPIDS—Emotions were running high for Central Lyon High School Jazz Band members on Tuesday. Following the 21-member group’s 3:15 p.m. performance at the Veterans Memorial Con-vention Center in Des Moines during the 2012 Iowa Jazz Championships, director Sher-win Langholdt felt a sense of accomplishment. “The kids just played really well that day, so I was very happy with how they played, and I think they were also very happy with how they played,” Lang-holdt said. The ensemble, which per-formed Oliver Nelson’s “Eman-cipation Blues,” Jeff Jarvis’ “A Better Place,” Duke Ellington’s “Creole Love Call” and Victor Lopez’s “Chimps on the Loose,” was awarded third place in the Class 1A standings. “When everything was an -nounced, we were kind of super happy and super sad at the same time,” Langholdt said. “We were really hoping to make the finals after playing so well, but we were really excited to take third place. It would have been

really cool to play in the finals, though.” No matter, earning a perfor-mance slot at the Iowa Jazz Championships is an accom-plishment in itself. The annual event brings together 60 of the state’s finest high school jazz bands — 15 from each of the four Iowa High School Music Association enrollment-based classes — and serves as a culminating event on the high school music land-scape. To earn a performance spot at the competition, bands must either:

� Earn first or second place at the district competition, becom-ing automatic qualifiers. With six districts in the state, these bands fill 12 of the 15 perfor-mance slots.

� Earn a wild card spot. While they did not earn a top-two spot in districts, they might have placed higher than state quali-fiers in other independent jazz competitions. Only three bands earn one of these performing slots, and a special judging committee meets to determine which ensembles are most deserving. Central Lyon, which returned to the competition for its eighth appearance in the last 10 years, earned a state bid by placing first in the Class 1A rankings at the Northwest Iowa District Jazz

Band Festival on Feb. 1 in Sioux City. Although the ensemble un -doubtedly stood apart from other area bands, northeast and southeast powerhouses North Mahaska and Ventura proved too much for Central Lyon, as the groups finished in first- and second-place, respectively. “I didn’t listen to them because Ventura was right before us and North Mahaska was right after, but we had a number of parents that sat in and listened to them,” Langholdt said. Although Langholdt wanted his ensemble to be victorious, he said the high school musicians gain quite a bit by even being selected to perform at the jazz championships.

“We certainly hope they get an understanding and love of jazz music, but in addition, you go through a long season to get to this point, so there’s a lot of camaraderie and teamwork and building bonds that takes place too, so along with the music portion of it, there’s a lot of other portions, too.” While Central Lyon’s jazz band competition season has con-cluded, it still has one perfor-mance left at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Rock Rapids-based high school. “I just felt like we’ve had a really good year,” Langholdt said. “This has been a really fun group to work with, and it has been exciting to see them progress and see how they did.”

Nine area departmentshelp extinguish blaze


SIOUX CENTER—Crews from nine area fire departments battled an exte-rior fire last Saturday in rural Sioux Center. The Sioux County Communications Center received a report at about 3:20 p.m. that numerous round cornstalk bales had erupted in flames at 2320 400th St., seven miles west of Sioux Center. The property is owned by Pete Haverhals. The Sioux Center Fire Department initially was paged for the blaze, and as it progressed, crews from the Ireton, Hawarden, Rock Valley, Hull, Maurice, Orange City, Hospers and Hudson, SD, fire departments were called for assistance. The Sioux Center Ambulance, Ireton Ambulance and Sioux Center rehabilitation trailer also were dispatched to the scene.

Sioux Center fire chief Dave Van Hol-land said he is not sure what caused the blaze, but that it likely resulted from an old fire that had been smol-dering under the feedbunk fence line since Haverhals was grinding on Monday, April 2, that caught flame with last Saturday’s high winds. “We think the wind picked it up and brought it out from under, but we’re not completely sure,” Van Holland said. About 200 cornstalk bales were lost in the fire, which spread to the prop-erty’s hog building. “It ended up going to the building, but we stopped it,” Van Holland said. “We managed to control it from going in there.” About 70 firefighters helped to extin-guish the blaze with “a lot of water,” said Van Holland, adding that crews were on scene until about 8 p.m. One Sioux Center firefighter did suffer from heat exhaustion and was transported to the Sioux Center Community Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Van Holland said the firefighters has since recovered.

PETITIONContinued from page A1said 76-year-old Harold Heie of Orange City. “It’s our commitment to the Christian faith, and it’s not optional; this is something we’re called to do.” Heie, along with about six other Orange City residents, began realiz-ing such a concept was not being met in N’West Iowa, especially in relation to the growing Hispanic population in the four-county area. The group underwent a brainstorming session to determine what could be done to support its immigrant neighbors, and the culmination was an eight-week series on immigration issues at Amer-ican Reformed Church in Orange City last fall. During the series, Heie and other area residents talked with a number of their new Hispanic neighbors, as well as with clergy, educators, employers, social service providers and law enforcement officers who work closely with the Hispanic com-munity. “We had conversations not just with our Hispanic neighbors but also with those who work closely with them,” Heie said. What resulted was a deeper desire to seek reform in immigration laws, which Heie said is unlikely in the foreseeable future with the present political climate. He has determined, however, that incremental steps can immediately be taken to improve the country’s current laws in absence of comprehensive reform. As a result, Heie has launched a peti-tion, “Fixing our Immigration System: A Proposal from the Sioux County 100,” that can be accessed at www.ouriowaneighbors.org. The petition, which had 311 sig-natures as of Friday, supports three main goals in seeking immigration reform: � Protect families and children: Reform immigration law to be more “family friendly,” enabling immigrant families to stay together or reunite, and enabling immigrant families to flourish. � Grow small-town economies: Expand legal avenues for workers to enter our country and work in a safe and legal manner with their rights and due process fully protected and for workers who already are con-tributing to our economy through employment to continue to work while applying for legal status that reflects their contribution to our communities. � Practice smart law enforcement: Implement smart immigration law enforcement initiatives consistent with maintaining human dignity and respect that includes fostering posi-tive relationships with all local resi-dents while deterring and punishing criminal activity. Heie’s goal is for the petition to expand beyond Sioux County and garner at least 1,000 signatures. “Essentially, we want to catch the attention of our legislators,” he said. “We want them to realize there are a lot of people in Sioux County and beyond who really are deeply com-

mitted to fixing the needs of immigra-tion reform.” Heie especially wants officials in the newly drawn 4th Congressional District to take note. The new 39-county district covering most of western and northern Iowa is the most Republican-dominated congressional district in the country and will put U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) against his most formidable Democratic opponent in his 10 years in office, former Iowa first lady Chris-tie Vilsack of Ames. “Christie Vilsack and Steve King are going to be vying for that seat, and

we’re especially trying to get their attention,” Heie said. “Our dream if we can get their attention is to maybe get them to come up to northwest Iowa sometime in September and talk about these issues.” Heie said immigration reform is such an important issue that it can be embraced by both sides of the politi-cal aisle. “This petition is really nonpartisan; it’s a human being petition,” he said. “We like to think all people of good-will will realize we need to look out for all of our neighbors, including our Hispanic neighbors.”

Central Lyon jazz band takes third at state

Cornstalk bales go up in flames in rural fire

Jurrens is found guilty

Immigration reforms desired

Harold Heie of Orange City has organized a petition with fellow community members titled “Fixing our Immigration System: A Proposal from the Sioux County 100.” (Photo by Rylan Howe)

Members of the Central Lyon High School Jazz Band hold up their trophy after placing third in Class 1A at the 2012 Iowa Jazz Championships on Tuesday in Des Moines. (Photo submitted)

Nine area fire departments responded to a blaze that destroyed about 200 cornstalk bales about seven miles west of Sioux Center last Saturday. (Submitted photo)

OTHER ENTRIES: � Okoboji High School, the defending Class 2A champion, placed fifth in that division this year, while South O’Brien placed sixth. MOC-Floyd Valley placed sixth in the Class 3A field.

OUTSTANDING SOLOISTS: Eleven N’West Iowa musicians were recognized for their improvisational solos during the 2012 Iowa Jazz Championships, and South O’Brien senior Shaan Desai was named one of four outstanding performers in the Class 2A field: � Central Lyon: Jason Leuthold, senior, trumpet; Kendra Schleusner, senior, vibes; Nate Knoblock, junior, trombone; Jessica Roetman, junior, alto saxophone. � MOC-Floyd Valley: Andrew Schuiteman, junior, alto saxophone; Brendan Foughty, sophomore, trumpet; Zach Wright, junior, trombone. � Okoboji: Kiley Wermersen, senior, bass; Sydney Boeckholdt, junior, trombone; Tyler Ohl, sophomore, trumpet. � South O’Brien: Shaan Desai, senior, alto saxophone.

Orange City resident Harold Heie is a senior fellow at the Center for Christian Studies at Gordon College in Wenham, MA, where he served as founding director 1994-2003. He previously served as vice president for academic affairs at Messiah College in Philadelphia, 1988-93, and Northwestern College in Orange City, 1980-88. Prior to that, he taught mathematics at Gordon College, 1975-80, and The King’s College in New York City, 1963-75. Heie has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, NY, now the Polytechnic Institute of New York University; a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California; and a master

of arts and doctorate degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University. He has held a number of leadership positions at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, primarily focusing on leading national and regional faculty development workshops. Heie also is a member of the board of fellows for the doctorate program in organizational leadership at Eastern University in Harrisburg, PA. He has been active for many years with the Center for Public Justice in Annapolis, MD, including serving as a trustee for nine years. Since his semiretirement in 2003, Heie has been actively writing and speaking, mostly at Christian colleges, on themes related to “respectful conversation” and the “integration of faith and learning.”

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Audience members laugh during the “20 Under 40” recognition breakfast. The sixth annual event honored 20 busi-ness leaders from N’West Iowa under the age of 40. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

Lori Van Beek, office manager at Interstates Construc-tion Services Inc. in Sioux Center, explains what she does during the “20 Under 40” recognition breakfast, as Dave Krahling, the Interstates Companies vice presi-dent who nominated her, listens on Wednesday.

Iowa Information Inc. publisher Peter W. Wagner and Northwest Iowa Community College president Alethea Stubbe hand out award certificates during the “20 Under 40” recognition breakfast. Wagner and Stubbe interviewed each of the recipients during the awards presentation portion of the event held in Sheldon.

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2012 “20 UNDER 40” AWARD WINNERS: � Adam Besaw, Sheldon, product designer at Maintainer Corporation of Iowa � Jeremy Esser, Sheldon, owner of Ye Ohl Coffee Shoppe in Archer. � Corey Gergen, Alton, crew foreman at Jellema Construction in Alton. � Amber Groendyke, Sheldon, physical therapy assistant and athletic trainer in Sheldon. � Matt Hanenburg, Sheldon, owner of Southfork Feeders in Sheldon. � Kyle Hiemstra, Sioux Center, franchisee of Subway and Taco John’s in Sioux Center and Orange City. � Marie Hofmeyer, Orange City, owner of Holland House Interiors in Orange City.

� Paul Hoogendoorn, Sioux Center, investment executive at American State Bank in Sioux Center. � Ethan Huizenga, Orange City, attorney and owner of Huizenga Law Firm in Orange City. � Justin Jonas, Sheldon, CFO at Village Northwest Unlimited in Sheldon. � Kathi Knobloch, Hartley, applications administrator at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon. � Becky Marco, Sibley, Osceola County treasurer in Sibley. � Dave Mulder, Hull, sales representative at Automate Waste Systems in Hull. � Aaron Prewitt, Sheldon, certified

public accountant at Williams & Company in Sheldon. � Mark Rens, Ireton, co-owner of PR Construction in Ireton. � Bryan Rohlfsen, Sutherland, owner of B&R Excavating in Sutherland. � Greg Roos, Orange City, owner of Century Cabinets in rural Orange City. � Chris Sickelka, Sutherland, co-owner/manager of Sickelka Ag in Sutherland. � Mick Snieder, financial planner at Northwestern Bank in Orange City and Sheldon. � Lori Van Beek, Sioux Center, office manager at Interstates Construction Services in Sioux Center.

BUSINESS NEWSEMC INSURANCE LISTED ORANGE CITY—EMC Insurance Companies announced its 2012 “Leading Partners” and has distin-guished Van Engelenhoven Insurance Agency in Orange City as one of the highest-performing EMC agencies in the country, placing them in the top 15 percent of all EMC agencies in the United States. The annual award is based on key indicators including retention, profitability and growth, which are reviewed over a three-year period. EMC developed i ts s ignature

“Agency Performance Value” tool in 2005 to measure an agency’s performance against all other EMC agencies nationally. Agencies are evaluated on loss ration, premium volume, policy and premium growth, policy and premium retention and the position of EMC within the agency.

UITTENBOGAARD CITED SHELDON—Behlen Building Sys-tems recently named the winners of its annual Building of the Year con-test and Uittenbogaard Construction Inc. in Sheldon received honors for

two of the projects it completed last year. Uittenbogaard also received recog-nition for achieving $650,000 in sales volume with Behlen, a national metal building supplier, making it one of the top 15 building systems customers for 2011. Uittenbogaard was awarded first place in the vehicle dealership cat-egory for the O’Brien County Imple-ment building in Sheldon. Uittenbogaard also received an outstanding performance award in the office category for the Sawyer

Construction building in Sheldon.

PERSPECTIVE RECOGNIZED SHELDON—The IMT Group, a lead-ing provider of personal and commer-cial insurance products, announced its list of 2012 GEM Agencies and has distinguished Perspective Insurance in Sheldon as one of the qualifying recipients. IMT recognizes Perspective as one of the highest performing IMT agen-cies in its territory, which covers six Midwest states. Of the more than 800 independent IMT agencies eli-

gible for consideration, only the top 53 performing agencies received the GEM distinction this year. Last year, Perspective Insurance was one of the top 100 IMT agencies to produce a positive premium growth or policy count growth.

LINK ACQUIRES RAYDAN SIOUX CENTER—Link Suspensions of Canada, Limited Partnership, affili-ated with Link Manufacturing Ltd., has completed its acquisition of the assets of Raydan Manufacturing of Nisku, Alberta, Canada.

The Raydan acquisition further expands Link’s participation in the heavy and medium duty truck and trailer markets, along with other com-mercial and vocational vehicles as a component supplier to OEM’s and the aftermarket. The Raydan Division of Link Sus-pensions of Canada will continue production and chassis modifications operations in Nisku, Alberta. Link will provide engineering, manufacturing and management support from its headquarters in Sioux Center.

EMC INSURANCE LISTED ORANGE CITY—EMC Insurance Companies announced its 2012 “Leading Partners” and has distin-guished Van Engelenhoven Insurance Agency in Orange City as one of the highest-performing EMC agencies in the country, placing them in the top 15 percent of all EMC agencies in the United States. The annual award is based on key indicators including retention, profitability and growth, which are reviewed over a three-year period. EMC developed i ts s ignature

“Agency Performance Value” tool in 2005 to measure an agency’s performance against all other EMC agencies nationally. Agencies are evaluated on loss ration, premium volume, policy and premium growth, policy and premium retention and the position of EMC within the agency.

UITTENBOGAARD CITED SHELDON—Behlen Building Sys-tems recently named the winners of its annual Building of the Year con-test and Uittenbogaard Construction Inc. in Sheldon received honors for

two of the projects it completed last year. Uittenbogaard also received recog-nition for achieving $650,000 in sales volume with Behlen, a national metal building supplier, making it one of the top 15 building systems customers for 2011. Uittenbogaard was awarded first place in the vehicle dealership cat-egory for the O’Brien County Imple-ment building in Sheldon. Uittenbogaard also received an outstanding performance award in the office category for the Sawyer

Construction building in Sheldon.

PERSPECTIVE RECOGNIZED SHELDON—The IMT Group, a lead-ing provider of personal and commer-cial insurance products, announced its list of 2012 GEM Agencies and has distinguished Perspective Insurance in Sheldon as one of the qualifying recipients. IMT recognizes Perspective as one of the highest performing IMT agen-cies in its territory, which covers six Midwest states. Of the more than 800 independent IMT agencies eli-

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dordt.edu to reserve a spot at the table. Staal’s parents were foreign aid workers in the Mid-dle East and Africa, so she grew up as a Reformed Christian in a Muslim world.

Storm-spottingclass April 16-17 SHELDON—The Emergency Management Agencies from the four northwest Iowa coun-ties are cooperating to provide a free basic training course on storm spotting and weather observation 7-9 p.m. Monday, April 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in Build-ing A at Northwest Iowa Com-munity College in Sheldon. The program will teach the indi-vidual to identify threatening weather, including tornadoes, lightning and hail. Advanced registration is required by call-ing 1-800-352-4907.

LifeServe mobilesets blood drives REGIONAL—LifeServe Blood Center will hold a blood drive 9:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, April 16, at the Hospers Community Center; 1-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at Hull Community Center; and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Centre Mall in Sioux Center. For more informa-tion or to schedule a donation appointment, call 1-800-287-4903 or visit www.lifeserve-bloodcenter.org.

AEA directors toconsider salaries LEMARS—The Northwest Area Education Board of Direc-tors will consider management and support staff pay and benefits for 2012-13 among its agenda items at its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, in the Educa-tion Service Center in LeMars.

NCC trustees tomull faculty pay SHELDON—The Northwest Iowa Community College Board of Trustees will consider a collective bargaining agree-ment regard faculty pay for 2012-13 among its agenda items at its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, in NCC’s Building A in Sheldon. The board also will set bid letting dates for a road paving project and expansion of the bookstore.

Meetings slatedfor mental illness SPENCER—Laura Konkle-King, the Seasons Center peer support coordinator, will share about Peer Support Services when the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) meets at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16, at Spencer Hospital. The DBSA (Depression Bipolar Support Alliance will meet at 5:30 p.m. April 16 at the same location. For more information on the meeting, call (712) 262-9438.

Goodwill trailer toto make Hull stop HULL—The Ambassador trailer of Goodwill Industries Wall Street Mission in Sioux City will receive donations through April 17 in the lot beside Farmers Co-op Lumber

in Hull. Goodwill accepts cloth-ing, working small appliances, household goods, sporting goods and toys. The donations are processed and sold to sup-port programs and services for people with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions.

Goodwill trailer tovisit Rock Valley ROCK VALLEY—The Ambas-sador trailer of Goodwill Industries Wall Street Mission in Sioux City will receive dona-tions April 17-24 on the north side of Pioneer Methodist Church in Rock Valley. Good-will accepts clothing, working small appliances, household goods, sporting goods and toys. The donations are processed and sold to support programs and services for people with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions.

Call for neededimmunizations PRIMGHAR—O’Brien Coun-ty Public Health wil l not offer immunization clinics in Primghar the last two Wednes-days of the month, April 18 and 25. People seeking a vaccina-tion for themselves or a child can call the office at (712) 975-0105 to set up an appointment with the nurse to get needed immunizations.

Diversity subjectof film to be shown REGIONAL—The public is invited to watch a free film, “Welcome To Shelbyville,” fol lowed by a discussion about how communities are changing and becoming more diverse. The film and com-munity discussion will be held 12:30-2 p.m. Monday, April 23, in Building A at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon; 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, April 23, in Te Paske Theatre in Sioux Center High School; and 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Vermeer Dining Room of Northwestern College in Orange City.

Genealogy societyto gather April 23 S I O U X C E N T E R — Fra n k Postma will present “Making Rest Haven Visitor Friendly” when the Greater Sioux County Genealogy Society meets at 7

p.m. Monday, April 23, at Sioux Center Public Library. A pot-luck lunch will be served.

USAF Brass bandto play on April 20 SIOUX CENTER—The U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band’s Brass in Blue, a pioneer-ing symphonic brass ensemble, will present a concert at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, at Dordt Col-lege’s B.J. Haan Auditorium in Sioux Center. Free tickets are available at the Sioux Center city office, Sioux Center Public Library, All Seasons Center or the Dordt information desk.

Guest pianist toperform recital ORANGE CITY—Northwest-ern College will host a recital by acclaimed pianist May Phang as part of its McGilvra Artist Piano Recital series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, at Christ Chapel in Orange City. She is an assistant professor of piano at DePauw University in Green-castle, IN.

Symphonic Bandto present concert ORANGE CITY—Northwest-ern College’s Symphonic Band will perform a variety of con-temporary pieces during a con-cert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Christ Chapel in Orange City.

Late death notices:� Angie Termaat, 89, Rock

Valley, died Wednesday, April 11, at Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley. A memo-rial service will be 11 a.m. today (Saturday, April 14) at First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley. Burial will be prior at Hillside Cemetery in Doon, under the direction of Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.

� Loie Buyert, 82, Sioux Center, died Friday, April 13, at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center. Arrangements are being completed with Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

Corrections: The N’West Iowa REVIEW welcomes comments and sug-gestions as well as information about errors that call for a correction. Call (712) 324-5347 Ext. 5740 or e-mail [email protected].

SIOUX CENTER—The Dordt College Board of Trustees plans to announce Dordt’s new presi-dent at 1 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the Campus Center in Sioux Center. Dordt board president Lloyd Vander Kwaak will introduce the new president, who then will have an opportunity to talk to the campus community. The trustees will meet ear-lier that day to consider and approve the recommendation of the Presidential Search Com-mittee, which began its nation-wide search for candidates last year after current president Carl Zylstra announced that this would be his final year as president. Zylstra has served as presi-dent since 1996.

Memorial serviceslated for April 15 ORANGE CITY—Orange City Home Health and Hospice will host its annual Hospice Memo-rial Service at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. The service is a time for bereaved families, friends, Hospice staff and volunteers to remember those who have died under hospice care March 2011-March 2012. Those plan-ning to attend the service are asked to call (712) 737-5279.

Immunizationsoffered in region REGIONAL—Community Health Partners will provide immunizations for children through age 18 1-5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Hope Christian Reformed Church in Hull; 1-5:30 p.m. Wednes-day, April 25, at the Christian Reformed Church in Hawar-den; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at New Life Reformed Church in Sioux Center; 1-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at

Orange City Public Health; and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley. For more information, call (712) 737-2971, 1-800-435-3454 or visit www.siouxcountychp.org.

Speaker to shareunique perspective S I O U X C E N T E R — N o r a Staal will present “A Christian Perspective on Conflicts Over National Identity” at 11 a.m. Monday, April 16, at Dordt Col-lege’s B.J. Haan Auditorium in Sioux Center. She also will hold a general discussion with the History of the Muslim World class at 7:30 p.m. in the Ribbens Academic Complex. A round-table lunch discussion will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the Dining Hall for any students interested in govern-ment. E-mail bsutherland@

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BPIContinued from page A1Dunes, SD, company Beef Products Inc. The beef patties were made from lean finely textured beef, the product opponents have dubbed “pink slime.” “Basically, it’s been a smear cam-paign not only against BPI but against the beef industry as a whole,” said Ryan Dial, a BPI employee in research and development. “There’s been a lot of misinformation put out not only on prime-time media but also the Inter-net, blogs, Twitter. It’s just overwhelm-ing how it’s all come out.” Much of that misinformation has surrounded lean finely textured beef. Dial said the product in question comes from fat trimmings off roasts and steaks. When butchers trim away fat, they almost always trim off usable beef with it. BPI takes those trimmings, and through a process it developed, separates the usable beef from the fat and puts it back into use, mostly in ground beef. Dial said LFTB is 94 percent lean and is 100 percent beef without any filler additives. Concern has been voiced about the ammonium hydroxide used in the process. However, ammonium hydroxide is found naturally in all pro-teins and helps prohibit bacteria from forming. The negative publicity caused BPI to

temporarily close plants in Waterloo, Holcomb, KS, and Amarillo, TX, on March 26. Nearly 600 workers were laid off. A plant in South Sioux City, NE, is BPI’s only factory still in operation. Dial said company officials are not allowed to talk about specific groups targeting the beef industry, but they think there are several organizations involved. “We’re a small company in the beef industry compared to the larger com-panies, so maybe we were a little easier to access than some of the larger com-panies,” said Dial, who wore a white T-shirt reading “Dude it’s Beef” over his collared shirt. BPI had a similar burger feed in Sioux City on March 31 with about 15,000 people showing up in support of the company. The Sioux Center event was coordi-nated by Farmers Cooperative Society based in Sioux Center and received additional support from several other

businesses and media outlets. “Beef is very important to us as a company, us as a community,” said Stan Feekes, assistant general man-ager with FCS. “It’s been a good, solid industry for ages.” Feekes said there has been much misinformation fed to the world by people who “are not very knowledge-able about the food industry.” “If you’re associated with the beef industry or have grown up around it, you know what it’s like,” Feekes said. “You get removed from it, and you don’t understand what goes on. That’s when it’s easy to get persuaded the wrong way. There’s too many people that don’t know that give their opin-ion.” The cattle and larger livestock indus-try are pivotal in keeping N’West Iowa’s economy strong. Feekes said people around here know that and know BPI is a big part of that, too. “It’s good quality beef. That’s why we’re grilling them up and serving

them today,” Feekes said. U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) had hoped to be at the burger feed but was tied up at a town hall meeting. During a stop in Sioux Center two days earlier, King voiced his support for BPI. “The lean finely textured beef from BPI is a quality product,” King said. “It has an exemplary and stellar food safe-ty record. It’s not a filler in hamburger; it’s an enhancement to hamburger. It’s the tastiest hamburger in the country. They win taste test after taste test.” The congressman said BPI has been unfairly and inaccurately targeted. “This has been a smear campaign,” he said. “It’s damaged severely an important company that is an Iowa company. It’s a tragedy. It’s so unjust that a company like that can be tar-

geted with such specious, false smear attacks that three of the four plants would be shut down.” King said he has been in intense discussions with Congressman Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma), chairman of the House agricultural committee, to get a hearing on BPI to bring in company representatives, opponents who are responsible for the campaign and food safety experts. He thinks the individuals behind the negative campaign are ill-informed. “I suspect some of those people don’t really ever sit down to have a steak or hamburger,” King said. “If their motive is to clean up beef that they would never eat, I suspect they had another motive, which is to take beef off my plate, and I don’t like it.”

POPULATIONContinued from page A1had an impact on that, too,” Simons said. “There seems to be an increase of business start-ups and expansions.” He thinks the location of Lyon County has stability and nearby conveniences. “It’s agriculturally-based sta-ble communities, good schools and it’s close to the Sioux Falls metro area,” Simons said. The news was not all good, however. Osceola County continued to lose residents. The county lost 4.7 percent of its population during the first

decade of the new century. The most recent estimates had the Minnesota border county down 1.6 percent. The estimated 105 residents lost ranked it 95th in growth.

“We’re just not getting enough new businesses in,” said Osceola County economic development director Kirk Grau. “People go where there’s jobs. The other part is the ag

industry continues to have a major change. The number of farmers is fewer than we’ve had in the past. Corporate farms are growing.” Grau said individuals need

to be more positive about opportunities to get businesses to relocate or grow in Osceola County instead of offering neg-ativity on collaborative efforts to make that happen. “Instead of trying to go after huge businesses, maybe our real focus needs to be to grow from within,” Grau said. O’Brien County did not fair much better. Like Osceola County, O’Brien County lost 4.7 percent over the previous 10 years. The newly released figures had O’Brien County down 1.3 percent, which ranked it 91st in the state in growth — or in this case, negative growth.

Combined, the four counties that make up N’West Iowa had almost no detectable popula-tion change. Dallas County, which borders Des Moines on the west side, had one of the highest popula-tion changes in the country since the census. Its 5.0 percent growth ranked it the seventh-fastest growing county in the United States. No other Iowa counties have growth of more than 1.6 per-cent. Decatur County, which bor-ders Missouri in south-central Iowa, had the poorest show-ing with a decline of 2 percent since the census.

Lyon, Sioux see growth; O’Brien, Osceola see population decline

2010 July 1, 2011 County growthCounty U.S. Census estimate Change rank in IowaLyon .........................11,581 ..........................11,670 ...................89 ... (0.8%) ............................ 12O’Brien.....................14,398 ..........................14,210 ............... -188 ..(-1.3%) ............................ 91Osceola .....................6,462 ............................6,357 ............... -105 ..(-1.6%) ............................ 95Sioux ........................33,704 ..........................33,900 .................196 ... (0.6%) ............................ 19N’West Iowa ............66,145 ..........................66,137 ....................-8 ..(-0.0%) .............................—

Source: Iowa Data Center

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Employee at BPI: There’s beena lot of misinformation put out

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Kyle Donnelly of Beef Products Inc. holds a tinfoil pan as Steve Rehder of Sioux County Cattlemen’s Association hands him grilled hamburger during the event supporting BPI in the parking lot of Centre Mall in Sioux Center last Friday. Hundreds of people lined up for a free hamburger. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

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Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsyl-vania this week ended

his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. In doing so, he accepted two realities. First, it simply did not look possible for him to earn enough delegates to overtake former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Santorum’s best chance was to keep the race going until the GOP convention, but it appeared increasingly likely that Romney would have the necessary votes. Second, Santorum’s youngest daughter, Bella, was hospitalized recently. She suffers from a chronic medical condition. Santorum and his family decided that it would be best if he were home. It has been a remarkable ride for Santorum, who was mired in last place in most polls for months, only to end up collecting the most votes in the Iowa Caucuses. He won 10 states — 11 if Missouri’s nonbinding primary is included. Why did he do so well? Our theory is that Santorum was willing to discuss issues that other candidates weren’t. He talked about prenatal testing and the risk it poses to Down syndrome and handicapped babies. He talked about the danger in letting the federal government decide educational policy for local school districts. He talked

about the scourge of legal abortion. He talked about promoting abstinence as a birth control method. He talked about the importance of families. Why does this matter? The conservative writer George Will put it best: “We do know the social pathologies flowing from the fact that now more than 50 percent of all babies born to women under 30 are born to unmarried mothers. These pathologies, related to a constantly renewed cohort of adolescent males without fathers at home, include disorderly neighborhoods, schools that cannot teach, mass incarceration and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. We do not know how to address this with government policies, even though the nation has worried about it for almost 50 years.” Santorum chose not to ignore this important issue. He was roundly mocked for it, with some accusing him of being more interested in being Preacher in Chief than Commander in Chief. He ignored the critics, which is what leaders do. The problems of our culture are not going away, and they are not going to be solved by pretending they do not exist. Rick Santorum is not going to be the next president, but he had the courage to speak the truth. Let’s hope whoever is elected the next president heard him.

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Remember how I told you how great it was not to have cable television?

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the first place? You have not ordered Internet or phone service, but we are offering that anyway for free. There is, however, a $75 instal-lation fee, which you will pay every month for the life of the contract, which as we have pointed out earlier, covers the rest of your life. We will be installing several pieces of equipment in your home. There is a fee for this, depending on how much your credit report says you can afford. If the equipment breaks, or doesn’t work, we will charge you double. As part of our special promo-tion, you will be receiving every pay-TV channel, including HBO and Starz, for free for three months. After that, you will pay the full price, plus an additional charge to cover the three months we gave you this service for free. There is no free lunch, my friend. If you have questions, please call our toll-free number. What’s that you say? Your phone no longer works? Please be aware that a service techni-cian will be in your neighbor-hood sometime within the next six months. Please make sure you are home. If not, you will be charged a $125 “knocking” fee. Thank you for your business. You will be charged $50 for this phone call. I decided I could live a while longer without cable television. It was always more enjoyable to listen to Cardinals games on the radio, anyway.

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KEN FUSONLETTER FROM DES MOINES

Q: When do gravel trucks have to be tarped while driv-ing on the road?

A: Generally, this question surfaces after a motorist gets peppered with rocks from a truck run-ning down the highway. As the truck turns, brakes or hits a bump the load they are carrying can shift and be spilled onto the roadway. A chip on the windshield then has the motorist muttering a few choice words under their breath.

Instead of specifically addressing which type of load requires tarping, the Iowa Code stays general in its require-ment. Code Section 321.460 states the following: “A vehicle shall not be driven or moved on any highway by any person unless such vehicle is so con-structed or loaded or the load securely covered as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping or its load covering from dropping from the vehi-cle . . .” Other items that fall under this regulation are tree limbs, sticks, yard waste and other miscellaneous items in the bed of pickup trucks or on trailers.

If there is a possibility it could spill onto the road, it needs to be secured. Exceptions to this rule include hay, stover and other raw farm products or fer-tilizers. The bottom line you ask? If in doubt, tarp or otherwise secure your load. A violation of this code section carries a $330 fine. Regardless of what you are hauling, consider your fellow motorists when you secure it. Please drive defensively!

Vince Kurtz lives in Orange City and serves as the safety education officer for Iowa State Patrol Post 6 in Spencer. He may be reached at [email protected].

B Y T O M M I L L E R

If you own a home, you’re taking care of one of your life’s most important investments. Routine maintenance, making needed repairs and occasional improvements should help you protect and perhaps even increase your home’s value. Unfortunately, home repair and home improvement scams are among the Consumer Protection Division’s top con-sumer complaints. This type of fraud includes contractors who ask for sub-stantial up-front payments, do little or no work, or never finish the job right. It also can include contrac-tors who offer a low price and then unrealistically charge more as the job progresses, otherwise known as “lowball-ing.” And then there are “fly-by-night” traveling con artists working their roofing, paving, chimney repair and “green energy” improvement scams. Tree trimming and “storm chaser” con artists often show up in the wake of damaging storms. Consider these tips to finding a good contractor and avoiding home repair scams and dis-putes:

� Watch for scams at your doorstep, where someone shows up and says your drive-way needs repaving, or your

house needs new shingles — and they “just happen to have materials left over” at a big discount! Just say no to a deal that is based on “extra materi-als,” someone demanding an immediate decision or a con-tractor who only accepts cash.

� Check out and interview contractors before you sign a contract or pay any money. Request local references and contact them! Check on com-plaints with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office and check with the Better Business Bureau. Check to see if a contractor has been sued by unsatisfied cus-tomers (or sued them) — go to www.iowacourts.state.ia.us. Check on a contractor’s reg-istration and bonding (which doesn’t guarantee quality of work) at www.iowaworkforce.org/labor. Ask for a copy of the contractor’s liability insurance certificate. Be wary of a person or company not listed in the local telephone directory.

� Get several written esti-mates, choose the best, get a contract in writing and read the contract. Before work begins, agree on a written con-tract detailing terms including the work to be done, the brand and/or the specifications of the materials to be used, the price, who is responsible for permits, and that all change orders must be in writing. Put start and completion dates in writing, and the remedies if the

contractor fails to meet them. (Example: the contract could be nullified if the contractor doesn’t start on time.) If you’re filing an insurance claim to cover the costs of damages, negotiate the details with your insurance company directly and not through a contractor. It’s usually safer and a bet-ter deal to obtain financing through your local bank or credit union, rather than a contractor. If you sign a con-tract somewhere other than the contractor’s regular place of business, such as at your home, you have three business days to cancel the contract without penalty.

� Avoid paying large sums or the entire job up-front. If you need to make a partial advance payment for materials, make your check out to the supplier and the contractor. Insist on a “mechanic’s lien waiver” in case the contractor fails to pay others for materials or labor. For more information or to file a complaint, contact the Iowa Attorney General’s Con-sumer Protection Division at Hoover Building, 1305 E. Wal-nut St., Des Moines, IA 50319; (515) 281-5926; 1-888-777-4590; or [email protected]. Our website is www.IowaAttorneyGeneral.gov.

Tom Miller is the Iowa attor-ney general. He may be reached at [email protected].

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Way back in the good old days, the days of rock ’n’ roll, I was a

radio disc jockey. The strange thing is I was still attending high school at that time. I worked for KISD, a low-pow-er, locally-owned, non-network Sioux Falls, SD, station. It was one of four in Sioux Falls at that point. Today there are about a dozen Sioux Falls stations. KISD was a small operation owned by Verl Thompson, a former Chicago NBC announc-er who had come back home to own his own business. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. KISD was my second official announcing job. My first announcing position was with KIHO, the local Mutual Network station. I started there as a high school sophomore working from suppertime — Remember “The Bob and Ray Show?” — until sign-off at mid-night. Many nights the Mutual Net-work fed the affiliates a base-ball game. All I had to do was play an occasional recorded commercial and announce the FCC’s required station breaks every half hour. But some nights the baseball game would end early. Those nights I was expected to fill the remaining time playing

records until sign-off. The show was called “Castles in Your Dreams.” Castle was my mother’s maid-en name. The station required all the on-the-air personali-ties to use a pseudonym. That way they could easily replace you with someone using the same name and nobody should know the difference. My on-the-air name was Will (my middle name is William) Castle. But even hiding behind my mother’s last name didn’t save me. After just a few months the station replaced me. I shouldn’t have been surprised. I was only a high school student who had a lot to learn. The man that took my job was just out of radio announcing school

in Minneapolis. His real name was Jack Schafer. I don’t know what name they assigned him, but it wasn’t mine. My not-yet-professional broadcasting skills were something the own-ers hoped the listeners would soon forget. I was down, but not out. I haunted the KISD studios and office weekly looking for a sec-ond chance. KISD was a small operation even compared to KIHO. The owner managed the operation, sold most of the advertising, recorded the majority of the commercials and was the voice on the nightly 15-minute 10 p.m. newscast. Verl was the prefect employer for a teenager dying to get into the radio business. He didn’t expect much because he didn’t pay much. He didn’t have to. Most of the programming was rerecorded and repeated on a regular schedule. My two years working for him provided an exceptional education in the field of marketing and mass communications. This past Sunday Verl’s daughter, Ginger Thompson, contacted me with news of a KISD “old employees” reunion. It is scheduled for some time next week to celebrate the sta-tion’s installation into South

Dakota’s Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame. I would, I couldn’t help but think, qualify as both an old employee and quite by chance a participant in the little station becoming a rock ’n’ roll legend. I started working for Verl Thompson and his small band of broadcasters late in 1956 and continued working there until I left for college in the fall of 1958. KISD was formatted into 30- and 60-minute program segments when I joined the announcing team. One of my first regular programs was “Musical Mailbox” 5-6 each weekday evening. The program featured mailed-in post cards request-ing a special tune for some guy or gal, couple or group of kids. Elvis Presley was the most-often requested artist and Pat Boone came in second, a far second. Then, during my senior year Thompson spent a few days in Omaha, NE, sitting in a motel room listening to KOIL radio. Owned by Todd Storz, KOIL was bought for him by his brothers who didn’t think he’d ever make it in the beer busi-ness. Under his creative man-agement the station quickly grew to be one of the most

popular and profitable in the nation. Verl came back from that trip with tons of notes and the decision to turn KISD into a Top 40 operation. Over-night we went from six or seven employees to over 25 announcers, production spe-cialists and sales people. KISD became “The Big K” (King in South Dakota) and we started answering the telephone “Radio One, KISD.” Among the new employees was a program director out of WMNS, a rock ’n’ roll station in Minneapolis. His name was Vince Casey. He wanted to fire me immediately because I was just a high school kid. But Thompson told him, “The kid was here when you came and he’ll be here when you leave.” Casey ended up giving me the nightly drive time Top 40 show because it had a for-mat that didn’t need any real personality. It soon became the most listened to program of the day. The listening audience grew steadily the next months and KISD soon was the most listened to station in Sioux Falls. It even beat out KELO and KSOO. Eventually, Thompson decided to retire and sold KISD to a group from out of

state. That group continued with the rock ’n’ roll format for years before switching to what then was a more profitable country and western format. They also changed the call let-ters from KISD to something more matched to their new image. Soon after that a station in Luverne, MN, acquired the KISD call letters and continue to use them today. I won’t be able to attend the reunion celebration, but I doubt I’d know anyone there. Most of the guys I worked with were much older than me and are somewhere in their 80s or dead by now. But I was there in the begin-ning. I was there when rock ’n’ roll suddenly became the music of the day, and the night. Just the thought of it brings back memories of sock hops, weekly pick hits, hosting live concerts by Gene Vincent, The Everly Brothers, Bobby Vinton and more than a dozen differ-ent local bands. Those are memories I wouldn’t give up for anything.

Peter W. Wagner lives in Sibley. He is the founder and publisher of The N’West Iowa REVIEW and may be reached at [email protected].

PETER W. WAGNERPUBLISHER

Sioux Falls rock ’n’ roll station plans reunion

Democrats rejoicein our differencesTo The REVIEW: As a young boy I remember arriving at my maternal grand-parents’ farm north of May City for Sunday dinner. Riding up the lane I could see the beef and dairy cattle barn off to the right. The feedlot in the middle. The hog barn to the left. A granary north of the hog barn. A chicken coop north of the granary. Grand-ma’s vegetable garden and strawberry patch between the chicken coop and house. And grape vines and apple trees north of the house.

The house itself was a rickety wooden frame affair. When my mother was young, a corn cob stove heated the drafty abode. Quilts were much cherished. Before dinner, my grandfa-ther served small glasses of wine to the adults. I remember his calloused and beaten up hands. Evidence of decades of hard work. Today only a ranch-style house and machine shed remain on the place, with a few trees to break the wind. Farming has turned into agribusiness. Producers grow crops and raise livestock in confinements not only for the local economy and commu-nity, but to feed the world.

Less than 2 percent of our population is now directly involved in food production. A drastic change from 1960 when it was not uncommon to see two or three farms on a section of land. Technology, genetics and improved chemicals have turned agriculture into a whole new ballgame. Our human culture has seen similar changes. Medical tech-nology has extended lives and the Internet has demystified what we know. The moral boundaries seem to be blurred because we are no longer dependent on the whims of nature. What were acts of God now have scientific

explanations. This rapid cultural change is the fuel that ignites the flame of the religious right. The shock of a lost agrarian culture based on faith and a belief in a better future is not easy to comprehend for those of us with nostalgic memories. It’s easy to blame migrating minorities, alternative lifestyles and drug addiction for the loss of a culture which was so definitive. The conservatives play upon our fears that something other than science and technology is causing such a rapid cultural shift. For as leaders throughout his-tory have discovered, once you

can produce fear among citi-zens, you can manipulate that fear by identifying correctly or incorrectly the cause of that fear. This is how wars often start. This is a quick, though indis-criminate path to power. And it takes a strong-willed leader to recognize it and understand it. The progressive, dare I say, liberal members of the Democratic Party encourage an inclusive, openly public culture. One which recognizes and celebrates cultural differ-ences. This is why I am a Democrat.

Duane Kooistra,Sheldon

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In a last act of desperation, the Arabian princess Scheherazade weaves a fantastic story for her husband, the Sultan. At the end of the evening, she stops her story-telling with a cliff-hanger, leaving the Sultan wanting to hear more the next night, thus saving her own life and those of the Sultan’s kingdom. It is this story that NISO celebrates with some of the most evocative music for orchestra, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s fantastic Scheherazade that features solos for every section of the orchestra. Maxim Kozlov, principal cellist of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, joins NISO with a powerful performance of Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1.

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INJURYContinued from page A1types of injuries, knowing when to seek medical assis-tance, he said what level of traumatic brain injury a victim sustained and the recovery period is crucial. Besides the initial damage from the time of impact, a brain injury can lead to cogni-tive impairment and injuries as mild as a concussion can often take more than six months to heal, Reinke said. “Sometimes people don’t recognize or admit they’re hav-ing challenges. They say, ‘OK, I hit my head, I’ll be OK,’ and these later issues and problems come about and they do their best to just overcome them,” Reinke said. He said any trauma to the head warrants a visit to the doctor, and prolonging proper care can significantly increase the rate of recovery. Children under age 5, males age 15-24 and elderly adults are most susceptible for brain inju-ries. The chance of incurring a brain injury is two times more likely to happen to a male than female, and alcohol is a factor in nearly half of traumatic brain injuries, according to Reinke. Concussions are the most common and least severe brain injury, and require the least amount of recovery time. Upon initially sustaining a concussion, victims can experi-ence physical symptoms like headaches, nausea and vom-iting. However, the physical symptoms do not last as long as the cognitive symptoms, like difficulty thinking clearly and difficulty concentrating, which

often cause patients to pro-long finding care. The sooner patients find care, the quicker they will be able to recover. “Most recover quickly and fully, but you never get back to 100 percent,” Reinke said. “You can be 99.9 and maybe not tell, but anytime you have an injury to your brain, you’re going to have these complications that come about.” Mild traumatic brain injuries are the most common form of traumatic brain injuries, but often are the most misdiag-nosed. Mild traumatic brain injuries often are accompanied by a brief loss of consciousness and occasionally amnesia. These symptoms of brain trauma also are common with moderate and severe traumatic brain injuries.

When an individual visits the emergency room after hit-ting his or her head, typically the first thing a doctor will do, Reinke said, is take a CT scan, which often does not display mild traumatic brain injuries. “Two, three weeks later you still have symptoms and you think, ‘What’s wrong with me? They told me I would feel bet-ter,’” Reinke said. Often, victims of mild trau-matic brain injuries will return to work sooner than they should, which causes prob-lems because their cognitive functioning is not at its normal level. Reinke said about one-third of patients who suffered a mild traumatic brain injuries and returned to work before they have fully recovered have lost their job after six months.

“Unfortunately, with the majority of these cases that I see, that’s when I see them,” Reinke said, again emphasizing the importance of taking time to recover fully. However, the Americans with Disabilities Act awards the right for individuals who have suffered traumatic brain inju-ries to return to their same job position with certain accom-modations after their doctor has given them clearance to go back to work, Reinke said. With a moderate traumatic brain injury, a victim will be hospitalized for several weeks and will not be able to return to work until a year has passed following the initial trauma. “A lot of this has to do with the fact that they can’t complete independently that level of work,” Reinke said. With a moderate traumatic brain injury, a victim will be unconscious anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours. Patients often are placed in a medically-induced coma, in order to allow the brain to rest, which is

needed after a brain injury. When a victim sustains a moderate traumatic brain injury, the damage to the brain is more significant, and the recovery period will require hospitalization with a lengthy rehabilitation period. Victims of moderate traumat-ic brain injuries are unable to accomplish many activities of daily living, including cooking or managing a checkbook. “Physically, they tend to make some recovery, but cognitively, they have a lot of limitations,” Reinke said. Patients admitted to the hospital with severe traumatic brain injuries often can be unresponsive for up to 24 hours. Once they awake, they will have mental deficients and will require a recovery time of up to two years. Like moderate traumatic brain injuries, severe traumatic brain injuries will require a patient to undergo rehabilitation to help them work toward accomplishing activities of daily living. “It can be a very long and

arduous process,” Reinke said. The last type of traumatic brain injury is a catastrophic, or profound traumatic brain injury, in which a patient will be in a deep coma for several weeks or months, or even years. Patients will be unresponsive to their environment and will not be able to engage in much brain activity. When individuals hit their head, it is important for them to seek medical attention to determine what kind of brain injury they sustained, how severe it was, where the injury occurred and what they should do to heal. “A lot of individuals come in and say, ‘Yeah, I know I hit my head, but I don’t know if it was a concussion, I don’t know if it was a mild traumatic brain injury.’ And they also say, ‘What difference does it make?’” Reinke said. “It makes a lot of difference, when we talk about prognosis, or how long a recov-ery might take and the risk factors for having another head injury after.”

Sheldon native sharesinfo on brain injuries

Dr. Lance Reinke, a neurophysician, speaks about traumatic brain injuries Monday at Dordt College in Sioux Center. The Sheldon native said nearly 2 million people fall victim to traumatic brain injuries every year. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Lance Reinke grew up in Sheldon and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1998. He continued his education at Northwestern College in Orange City where he graduated with a degree in psychology in 2002 and was a member of the men’s basketball team. He later attended the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. To finish his education at the school of professional psychology, where he specialized in neuropsychology, he interned at University of Missouri in Columbia for one year and graduated from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2007. His dad, David Reinke, is a general surgeon based in Sheldon. Lance Reinke’s interest in medicine along with his interest and background in psychology inspired him to pursue neuropsychology. “Neuropsychology was that perfect mix between the medical aspect and the mental health,” he said. Reinke is executive director of his own practice, Neurocare & Family Services based in Wheaton, IL.

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FOOD & BEVERAGEBest Breakfast:

1. Cook’s Cafe, Sheldon2. Hy-Vee, Sheldon and Sioux Center3. J&B Bar, Sheldon

Best Buffet1. Pizza Ranch2. Jay’s Restaurant & Lounge, Sanborn3. Szechwan Inn, Orange City

Best Burger1. Hardee’s2. J&B Bar, Sheldon3. Hatchery Restaurant & Lounge, Orange City

Best Sandwich:1. Langer’s Bar & Grill, Sheldon2. Hatchery Restaurant & Lounge, Orange City3. J&B Bar, Sheldon

Best Fries1. McDonald’s2. Hardee’s3. J&B Bar, Sheldon

Best Ice Cream1. Dairy Dandy Drive-In, Sheldon2. Culver’s, Sioux Center3. Hardee’s

Best Chicken1. Pizza Ranch2. Dairy Dandy Drive-In, Sheldon3. Fin ’N’ Feather, Sheldon

Best Pizza1. Pizza Ranch2. Godfather’s3. Casey’s

Best Ribs:1. Cedar Cabin, Ashton2. Old 60 Steaks & Chops, Sheldon3. Blue Mountain, Orange City

Best Sit-Down Dinner:1. Old 60 Steaks & Chops, Sheldon2. Cedar Cabin, Ashton3. Blue Mountain, Orange City

Best Mexican1. Los Tulipanes, Sheldon and Sioux Center2. El Tio Nacho, Sibley3. Taco John’s

Best Steak House:1. Doon Steak House2. Old 60 Steaks & Chops, Sheldon3. Cedar Cabin, Ashton

Best Sunday Brunch1. Jay’s Restaurant & Lounge, Sanborn2. Grand Falls Casino Resort, Larchwood3. Sioux Golf & Country Club, Alton

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DOON—Although the town of Doon may be small, its steak house has a big reputation throughout N’West Iowa. The Doon Steak House has been a community tra-dition for decades. It boasts dozens of regulars, many of whom 30-year-old owner Travis De Weerd serves about once per week. The reason they keep coming back? The food, said De Weerd, who co-owns the restaurant with his wife Larscina. Kathy Te Slaa, 53, recalls stopping by the Doon Steak House when she and her husband first began dating about 30 years ago. She has continued to come back for “the best hash browns” she has ever had, the vegetable beef soup and the Salisbury steak.

Te Slaa, who now lives in Hull, grew up one mile south of Doon, and would go to the Doon Steak House on Thursdays with friends for bowls of chili. It was the place to be and hang out when she was in her 20s. “I think the Doon Steak House is a tradition,” Te Slaa said. The Doon Steak House remains a popular spot, and prime rib, sirloin and rib eyes — all certified Angus beef — are popular items. Each meal comes with a salad, dinner roll and relish tray, along with vegetable beef soup, which De Weerd crafts using a “secret” reci-pe developed by a previous owner, Dan Mulder. “Everybody loves it, even if they don’t like vegeta-bles,” De Weerd said. The hash browns, which also come with each meal, are a popular menu item. The spuds are homemade and can be served plain or with onions and cheese,

which is popular with cus-tomers. To keep up with the demand, De Weerd shreds about 250 pounds of hash browns per week. De Weerd took over oper-ations in 2009 after work-ing as a cook for about two and a half years under pre-vious owner Andy Ander-son. He was pleased to stay and take over because he enjoyed working with the other employees and customers, and hoped to one day be in charge of the establishment. The Doon Steak House underwent a remodeling in July. The effort included expanding the kitchen and putting in new restroom facilities as well as adding to the building to include a 72-person capacity party room, which has drawn large groups of guests to the restaurant. “I think that’s what brings a lot of people in,” De Weerd said. “We can seat a lot of big groups.” Laura Mulder, 52, of Doon has been visiting the

Doon Steak House about once per week for 35 years. She typically visits with a group or takes her fam-ily and orders her favorite item on the menu: steak cubes. “It’s good food and good service,” Mulder said.

The four-county region has developed a reputation for excellence in business,

leisure, food and service, but among those who excel, stand an even higher group, the superlative elite. The best. Who better to select the best than the consumers who use the products and services every day: Our readers. Today we honor the winners of the The N’West Iowa REVIEW’s 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Tradition continues

Garden centerblooming withideas for yardsSpring is busiesttime for business


SIOUX CENTER—Spring has sprung at Ground Effects in Sioux Center. The garden center, flower shop and landscape design business is hoping to watch the green roll in this spring in more than one way. The new year has been wel-comed with new growth, new projects and new ideas for 2012.

“Spring’s the best time,” said retail manager Justin Schuite-man. “People come in and say, ‘What’s new this year?’ People are always looking for some-thing new. It’s fun when you help them find something they really like.” The 15-year-old business has become a popular place for outdoor purchases. Last year, despite less-than-ideal weath-er conditions, the company increased sales by 20 percent. “For being kind of a crummy weather year with a lot of rain in the spring and really hot and no rain in the summer, we did pretty well as a company,” Schuiteman said.

Some of that can be attribut-ed to the diversity of offerings at Ground Effects. The com-pany consults with customers on landscaping needs, offers perennial and annual flowers, potted plants, trees, landscap-ing equipment and many other retail and wholesale products. “We do little bit of every-thing,” Schuiteman said. “We try to make it fun and excit-ing and try to have different things. I think that’s what we’re known for, and also good ser-vice.”

He hopes that people are coming back as much for the people as for the products. “A lot of people like the service we have,” Schuite-man said. “We have a lot of knowledgeable people who are friendly and want to help people succeed in gardening and landscaping. We have a lot of people who are really

talented.” The company blueprint is simple: Solve problems by offering instruction and expert advice, not by giving them the my-way-or-the-highway line. “We give the people what they’re looking for. We don’t just say, ‘Our way’s the best,’” Schuiteman said. “We want to try to make their landscape dreams come true.” He said customers often come into the store over-whelmed by the variety of options. It is important to meet

the customers and see what kind of needs they have and how they can best be served. Pottery continues to be a hot item this spring. Ground Effects has the most potted annuals and evergreens that it is ever had in the pottery because of the demand. A growing trend also has the company selling a lot of metal art. “It’s exciting to see what we’ve grown into and how many dif-ferent avenues we are now,” Schuiteman said.

The Doon Steak House offers many items, including a pork chop and beer-battered fries. The

restaurant was named best steak house by REVIEW readers. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

Ground Effects staffers Tommy Jones and Janelle Thomas pot apricot trees. The store offers a wide variety of trees, annual and perennial flowers, potted plants and landscaping equipment. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

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in July. The effort included expanding the kitchen and putting in new restroom facilities as well as adding to the building to include a 72-person capacity party

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leisure, food and service, but among those who excel, stand an even higher group, the superlative elite.

The Doon Steak House offers many items, including a pork chop and beer-battered fries. The

restaurant was named best steak house by REVIEW readers. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

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Eighteen-hole layout drawsmany from out of state, too


SIOUX CENTER—The Ridge Golf Club has not been around long in Sioux Center, but it already is making a name for itself. The 18-hole course and its finely manicured tee boxes, undulating fairways and smoothly rolling greens are making it a fan favorite for golfers across the region. “We get players from Omaha, Lincoln, a lot from Sioux City and Sioux Falls,” said Matt Nice, director of golf at The Ridge. “Our Sioux Center residents and people around have been pretty proud of it and have brought in guests from other areas.” The front nine got into the swing of it in April 2009, replacing the nine-hole Sandy Hollow Golf Club as the city-operated course. Two months later the back nine was ready for play. “Initially, people thought the back nine was going to be tougher, but we’re finding the aver-age score on the front nine seems to be a little higher,” Nice said. “The overall course is very balanced.” The Ridge offers far more than scenic views, ideal playing conditions and a great way to spend an afternoon or evening, it has made an impact on the community. “Not only is it a pretty good economic impact because people are coming into the commu-nity from outside, but you have the additional homes and you’re seeing growth in that indus-try,” Nice said. Perhaps the impact he has enjoyed watching

the most is growth of golf in Sioux County. “New people are playing golf,” Nice said. “We did 22,000 rounds last year, which is definitely higher than we expected and a lot higher than Sandy Hollow could have held. A lot of people are exposed. We have more women and juniors playing and just a lot of activity and pride in the community.” Nice cannot say The Ridge has a signature hole yet, but the one most people seem remember is the challenging par-3 12th that can play as far back as 240 yards over water. “It’s intimidating for sure,” he said. The course usually has tournaments or scram-

bles every month. The Ridge will host an Iowa Senior Women’s Tour event this year. Leagues are pretty much filled to capacity for this sum-mer. Golf lessons are taught by Nice and his assistant Carrie Plate. The Ridge also is an affili-ate with the First Tee program which seeks to support the growth of the sport among youth. The Ridge Grille, located in the clubhouse, serves golfers before or after their rounds. The warm spring has pushed the opening of the golf season up about two weeks earlier than normal and has made it a hot spot in Sioux Cen-ter during the past month. “Typically, we open around April 1; this year we opened March 19,” Nice said. “Not only that but usually when we open it’s upper 40s and blowing and raining. This has just been out-standing weather.” He said golfers can expect a great experience when teeing it up at The Ridge. “It’s not only a great golf course and one of the best conditioned golf courses you’re going to find in a large area, but we really enjoy having everyone out here,” Nice said. “We want it to be a warm, friendly, inviting environment that everyone can enjoy.”

Two restaurants canbe found at one site


SHELDON—One place. Two res-taurants. Langer’s Bar & Grill and Cook’s Cafe united a year and a half ago to transform the former Family Table Restaurant in Sheldon into a force to be reckoned with. “We wanted to make something new and exciting,” said co-owner Chad Lang. “We decided to change it up a bit.” Lang was born and raised into the Family Table Restaurant chain, which was started by his father, David, in 1968 with Villager Restau-rant in Storm Lake. The conglom-eration now boasts 15 restaurants throughout northwest Iowa. The Sheldon restaurant, however, provides a unique aspect to the Family Table tradition. “It’s the only place in town where you can walk down the hallway and have the option of two different restaurants,” Lang said. Lang, who co-owns the establish-ment with Adam Cook, focuses the majority of his attention on Langer’s, while Cook’s primary focus is on Cook’s Cafe. Although the businesses are two separate restaurants, the partners help each other out and one kitchen serves both portions.

And although the Sheldon eatery, which opened its doors in 1999, has changed its appearance, the food remains some of the same. The Langer’s menu features a range of appetizers, including the popular Family Table onion rings, boneless buffalo chicken and nacho grande. It has many gour-met burger and sandwich options, including four named after Lang’s four sons: The “TK” Wild Side, The “Levi” Burger, “G” Melt and The “Hunt” Dog. The menu also includes choices of 28-day aged steak cuts, including an 18-ounce rib eye on the bone, sirloin and filet mignon. People also can order seafood, pastas, salad platters and

several Family Table favorites. The restaurant also has a stocked bar with selections of beers and drinks. Cook’s Cafe has remained more similar in style to that of Family Table Restaurant with breakfast all day. A few new home-style meals such as meatloaf and fried chicken have been added. Lang said the new atmosphere for the two restaurants has been great for business. “We’ve done really well,” he said. Part of Langer’s success, however, can be attributed to the establish-ment’s sports bar feel and laid back nature, said Lang.

“It’s that bar atmosphere,” he said. “The way we do things is just fun.” And Lang does not only limit the fun to his employees. Rather, he engages customers in the excite-ment as well. “I enjoy all the people that come in and the advanced BS sessions we have,” Lang said. “I really enjoy the knowledge my customers bring to me every day.” He does not let all of the fun of Langer’s Bar & Grill and Cook’s Cafe get in the way of the two restau-rants’ mission, though. “We just like to put out good food,” Lang said.

Eateries offer food, fun, fellowshipLanger’s Bar & Grill co-owner Chad Lang pours beer for Lee and Amanda Nordgaard on Wednesday evening in Sheldon. Lang was named best bartender in N’West Iowa by REVIEW readers. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

New coursealready is afavorite ofarea golfers

Rick Altena of Sioux Center tees off on the 12th hole at The Ridge Golf Club in Sioux Center. The hole is a par 3 that can be played as far back as 240 yards and requires negotiating a pond to make it to the green. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

Server Cassi Covalt delivers food to a table of customers, including LeRoy Lesch and Fred Legler of Windom, MN, at Langer’s Bar & Grill on Wednesday evening in Sheldon. The business was voted best bar in N’West Iowa by REVIEW readers.

BESTof 2012

FOOD & BEVERAGEBest Dessert

1. Old 60 Steaks & Chops, Sheldon2. Cedar Rock Grill, Rock Valley3. Nederlander’s Grill, Orange City

Best Romantic Restaurant1. Blue Mountain, Orange City2. Old 60 Steaks & Chops, Sheldon3. Nederlander’s Grill, Orange City

Best Deli1. Hy-Vee, Sheldon and Sioux Center2. Subway3. Casey’s Bakery, Sioux Center

Best Grocery Store1. Fareway, Orange City, Sheldon and Sioux Center2. Hy-Vee, Sheldon and Sioux Center3. Don’s Food Center, Orange City

Best Meats1. Fareway, Orange City, Sheldon and Sioux Center2. Woudstra Meat Market, Orange City3. Hy-Vee, Sheldon and Sioux Center

Best Bar:1. Langer’s Bar & Grill, Sheldon1. J&B Bar, Sheldon3. The Ridge Golf Club, Sioux Center3. Eagles Club, Sheldon

Best Sports Bar:1. Langer’s Bar & Grill, Sheldon2. Budd-Z’s Sports Bar & Grill, Sheldon3. Sports Center, Larchwood

Best Beer Selection:1. J&B Bar, Sheldon2. Langer’s Bar & Grill, Sheldon3. The Back Door Lounge, Sioux Center

ENTERTAINMENTBest Place to Dance:

1. J&B Bar, Sheldon2. Budd-Z’s Sports Bar & Grill, Sheldon3. Cedar Cabin, Ashton

Best Karaoke Bar1. Budd-Z’s Sports Bar & Grill, Sheldon

Best Golf Course:1. The Ridge Golf Club, Sioux Center2. Landsmeer Golf Club, Orange City3. Sanborn Golf & Country Club

Best Sports Activity:1. Golf at The Ridge, Sioux Center2. Swimming/ice skating at All Seasons Center, Sioux Center3. Swimming at Sheldon Family Outdoor Aquatic Center

GOODS & SERVICESBest Health Club/Gym

1. Northwest Iowa Community College’s Northwest Iowa Lifelong Learning and Recreation Center, Sheldon2. Courtyard Fitness 24/7, Sheldon3. Snap Fitness, Sioux Center

Best Hotel/Motel1. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, Sheldon and Sioux Center2. Super 8, Sheldon and Orange City3. Dutch Colony Inn Motel, Orange City

Best Gift Shop1. Floral Expressions, Sioux Center1. Fantasia, Sheldon3. Holland House Interiors, Orange City3. The Porch on Main, Sibley

Best Shopping Destination Store1. Holland House Interiors, Orange City2. Ben Franklin, Sheldon3. Center Sports, Sioux Center

Best Antique Store1. Main Street Antiques, Rock Valley1. Paradox, Sanborn3. Bob & Jo’s Antiques & Collectables, Sheldon3. Tattered Treasures, Rock Rapids

Best Tanning Salon1. Royal Tan, Sheldon2. Courtyard Fitness 24/7, Sheldon3. Sun Seller, Orange City

Best Nursery/Garden Center:1. Ground Effects, Sioux Center2. Greenworld, Sioux Center3. Midwest Landscape, Sheldon



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INWOOD—A mere 20 years ago, Lake Pahoja Recreation Area was described by locals as a lake with a pasture. But in 2012, “The trees now have a heck of a nice canopy and shade,” said Craig Van Otterloo, director of Lyon County Conservation. What used to be mostly barren land has become a popular camping desti-nation for N’West Iowans. Lake Pahoja Recreation Area, located on the western side of Lyon County, draws about 90,000 visitors to its campground each year. Due to the high volume of patrons, campers interested in finding a site for a weekend excursion best claim a space on Thursday, Van Otterloo said. About 55 percent of all visitors are from Lyon and Sioux counties; howev-er, guests have traveled to Lake Pahoja from 37 different Iowa counties and 16 other states. The park was built in 1978 and was not half the camping destination it is now, according to Van Otterloo. The 210-acre park has undergone some major renovations in the past three years, including new restroom and shower facilities. Lyon County Conservation also made updates to many of the 71

campsites. Sixty-one of those sites have an electrical outlet for guests to hook up a radio, coffee pot or griddle, and 22 of the sites have been updated with increased electrical output. For the first time this year, Lyon County Conservation offered nine seasonal camp residences, which already have been booked through a lottery system implemented in the fall. For recreational vehicle enthusiasts, there are 10 sites for water and elec-tricity. Van Otterloo said it has been the goal at Lake Pahoja Recreation Area to keep on the cutting edge of campsite tech-nology. “It’s been a challenge to keep up with recreation enthusiasts through the year,” Van Otterloo said. “We try to stay ahead of the game.” For non-electrical fun, campers can take a swim, canoe, paddle boat and kayak at the lake or take a stroll or bicycle ride along the recreational path that circles the lake and skirts fields of native prairie grass. “They can see the native prairie grass, ducks geese shore birds,” Van Otterloo said. “You never know when you’re riding the bike trail what you’re going to see.” Guests also can find a disk golf course, horseshoe and volleyball courts and visit the wetland area. “I’m just proud of what it’s become,” Van Otterloo said. “It has a lot of differ-ent uses.”

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Lake Pahoja Recreational Area near Inwood has been named a favorite of REVIEW readers for the many year-round outdoor amenities it offers for the whole family. (File photos)

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ASHTON—The food industry was nothing new for Tom Cutsinger when he bought the Cedar Cabin in Ashton 18 years ago. In fact, Cutsinger actually worked at the eatery as a cook while he was a student at Sheldon High School. “I’ve been in food all my life,” said the Sheldon resident. Maybe that’s why Cedar Cabin is so well-regarded by its customers. Then again, maybe it’s because Cutsinger knows what he’s doing. Cedar Cabin’s specialties include a half rack of ribs and five different cuts of aged steak, which are all cut by Cutsinger on the restaurant prem-ises. “I have never bought pre-cut steak,” Cutsinger said. “I even bought a saw so I can cut my own T-bones.” If that does not make Cutsinger’s dedication evident, his Easter Sunday ritual should. “I peeled 100 pounds of potatoes for our Easter buffet,” he said. What’s more, Cutsinger also makes his special creations, including soups and dressings, from scratch. Besides Cedar Cabin’s more popularized menu options, the restaurant also features seafood, pork, sandwiches, burgers and prime rib spe-cials on Saturdays. The eatery also boasts a full bar. Entertainment also is a must for Cutsinger’s establishment. Off, Off Broadway of Ashton has produced two dinner theatre productions at the Cedar Cabin each year for more than 30 years. The group’s latest production, “The Foreigner,” will take the stage April 22-26. The comedy, written by Larry Shue, has become a staple of professional and amateur theatre, and is set in a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia. The plot revolves around two of the lodge’s guests, Englishman Charlie Baker and Staff Sgt. Froggy LeSueur. Charlie is so pathologically shy that he is unable to speak. As way of explanation, Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country who does not understand a word of English. Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front of him by other visitors. These include spoiled but introspective heiress and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the man to whom she is somewhat reluctantly engaged, and impregnated by, the Rev. David Lee, a seemingly humble preacher with a dark underside. Cath-erine’s younger brother, Ellard, a chubby and

somewhat “slow” boy, is a simpleton who tries to teach Charlie how to speak English. Owen Musser, the racist county property inspector, plans to oust property owner Betty Meeks and convert the lodge into a meeting place for the Ku Klux Klan.

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Waitress Paula Maxwell serves a table of customers Tuesday night at the Cedar Cabin in Ashton. The establishment has gained a loyal following over the years due to its ribs, steak, made-from-scratch menu items and dinner theatre entertainment from Off, Off Broadway. (Photo by Rylan Howe)

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Best Summer Camp:1. Lake Pahoja Recreation Area, rural Inwood2. Inspiration Hills Camp & Retreat Center, rural Inwood3. Northwestern College Basketball Camp, Orange City

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Rev. Bob Drenten. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Worship.

LIVING WATER COMMUNITY, 1005 Eighth St. S.E. (Highway 10). Pastor Jason Wyk. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

NEW HOPE EVANGELICAL FREE, 718 Florida Ave. S.W. Rev. Jeff Whitt. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Worship.

R E D E E M E R U N I T E D R E -FORMED, 302 St. Paul Ave. S.E., Rev. Todd DeRooy. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

TRINITY REFORMED , 310 Albany Ave. N.E. Rev. Jonathan Opgenorth, senior pastor; Rev. Jonathan Nelson, associate pas-tor. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship at Northwestern College’s Christ Chapel.

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, 103 W. Groesbeck St. Pastor Andrew Hilla. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

SILOAM LUTHERAN (ELCA), 204 S. Clark St. Rev. Elizabeth Pfei-fle. Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Worship.

ZION LUTHERAN (LCMS), 103 E. Bertha St. Rev. Daniel Wagner. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

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AMERICAN REFORMED, 280 First St. N.E. Rev. Dennis Hiet-brink. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 280 First St. N.W. Rev. John Byrd. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

GRACE LUTHERAN (ELCA), 380 N. Rerick Ave. Pastor Kim and Pas-tor Trudy Peterson. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quak-er), 5.5 miles south of Primghar on Highway 59. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC, 375 S. Green Ave. Father Tim Hogan. Sunday: 9 a.m. Mass.

UNITED CHURCH OF PRIM-GHAR, 465 N. Heritage. Pastor Cory Flanigan. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

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CHRISTIAN CHURCH DIS-CIPLES, 110 S. Greene St. Pastor Carolyn Salberg. Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Worship.

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 303 S. Bradley St. Rev. Dr. Clifford Hoek-stra. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 610 S. Third Ave. Rev. Dean Shelly. Sun-day: 10 a.m. Worship.

FAITH BAPTIST, 704 S. 12th Ave. Rev. Jeff Poppinga. Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED , 512 S. Union St. Rev. Dan Haggar and Rev. Katie Van Veldhuizen. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

HOLY NAME CATHOLIC, 1108 S. Carroll St. Father Jeffrey Schleis-man. Saturday: 6 p.m. Mass. Sun-day: 10:30 a.m. Mass.

I M M A N U E L L U T H E R A N (ELCA), 409 S. Third Ave. Rev. Dan Kordahl. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

PEACE LUTHERAN (LCMS), 902 S. Carroll St. Pastor Mark Hansen. Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Wor-ship Service.

UNITED METHODIST, 302 S. Carroll St. Rev. Anita Bane. Sun-day: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

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C A LV I N C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 1804 17th Ave. Rev. Gideon Wamala. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FAITH REFORMED, 1305 Sev-enth St. Rev. Mike Molenaar and Rev. Tom Smith. Sunday: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Worship.

F I R S T C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 1401 16th St. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 1501 16th St. Rev. Dr. Michael Van Hamers-veld. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

GRACE COMMUNITY, 1616 18th St. Rev. Joseph Terrell. Sun-day: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

LIGHTHOUSE, 1503 14th St. 11 a.m. Worship.

NETHERLANDS REFORMED, 1610 Main St. Rev. Peter L. Bazen. Sunday: 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Worship.

OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN (ELCA), 1921 12th St. Rev. James Demke. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

PIONEER UNITED METHOD-IST, 1030 18th Ave. Rev. Marshall Monthei. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, 1821 14th St. Father Douglas Klein. Saturday: 5:30 p.m. English Mass. Domingos: 5 p.m. Misa en Español (second and fourth Domingos).

TRINIT Y CHRISTIAN RE -FORMED, 2020 Eighth St. S.E. Rev. Mark Beernink. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

UNITED REFORMED, 2485 300th St. Rev. James Sinke. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

SANBORN

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 208 N. Western St. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

CORNERSTONE UNITED RE -FORMED, 805 Sunrise Ave. Rev. Dan Donovan. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, 410 Franklin St. Rev. Gregg Johnson, interim pastor. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 512 Summit St. Rev. Gary Hegstad. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Worship.

GRACE EVANGELICAL FREE, 210 N. Main St. Rev. Kenneth Carlson. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Wor-ship.

S T. A N D R E W ’ S U N I T E D METHODIST, 604 Sunrise Ave. Rev. Thomas Connors. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

ST. CECILIA’S CATHOLIC, 310 E. Fourth St. Father Tim Hogan. Saturday: 6 p.m. Mass.

S T. J O H N ’ S L U T H E R A N (LCMS), 305 Angie St. Pastor Jesse Burns. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

SHELDON

BETHEL REFORMED , 611 Seventh St. Rev. Troy Van Beek. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship; 3 p.m. Comunidad Cristiana Worship.

CALVARY BAPTIST, 823 10th St. Rev. Marcus Moffitt. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, 3011 Marsh Ave. Rev. David Love-all. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY (EFCA), Pastor Bob Donley. Office at 518 Park St. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship at Northwest Enterprises.

F I R S T C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 901 Ninth St. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 1101 Sev-enth St. Rev. David Brower. Sun-day: 8:30 a.m. Heritage Worship; 11 a.m. Hosanna Worship.

IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN RE -FORMED, 601 Union Ave. Rev. Kevin Muyskens. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

O U R S AV I O R LU T H E R A N (LCMS), 1225 S. Second Ave. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

PARKVIEW ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 516 Fourth Ave. Pastor Ken Snyder. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship; 6:30 p.m. Evening Praise.

ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC, 310 10th St. Father Allan Reicks. Sun-day: 9 a.m. Mass; 11 a.m. Spanish Mass. Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Mass.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (NALC), 1425 Pleasant Court. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 506 Eighth St. Rev. Marvin Lindley. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship; 11 a.m. Modern Wor-ship.

SIBLEY

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 115 Maple. Rev. Roger Bouwman, interim pastor. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Worship.

FAITH LUTHERAN, 700 11th Ave. (Meeting at United Methodist Church) Rev. Tim Nappe. Satur-day: 6:30 p.m. Worship.

FIRST BAPTIST, 402 Sixth St. Pastor Doug Noonkester. Sunday: 9 a.m. Traditional Worship; 11 a.m. Contemporary Worship. First Sunday of Month: 11 a.m. Com-bined Worship.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, 601 Sixth Ave. Rev. Terry Simm. Sun-day: 10 a.m. Worship.

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ALTON

PRESBYTERIAN, 311 12th St. E. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

REFORMED, 305 Eighth St. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, 609 10th St. Father Paul Eisele. Sun-day: 8:30 a.m. Mass.

ALVORD

CHRIST LUTHERAN (ELCA), 308 First St. Pastor Carla Jensen. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

ARCHER

REFORMED, 210 Locust St. Rev. Jeremy Wiersema. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 309 Harriman Ave. Rev. Doris Lindley. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

ASHTON

ASHTON BIBLE, 140 First St. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, 643 Sixth St. Father John Vakulskas. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. Mass. Second and Fourth Saturdays: 5 p.m. Mass.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, 419 Fourth St. Meeting at Jurrens Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dale Lint. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

BOYDEN

FIRST REFORMED, 901 Pleas-ant St. Rev. Matthew Draffen. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN (NALC), 3941 280th St. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN, 817 Lincoln St. Sunday: 9:25 a.m. Worship.

CALUMET

ZION UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 110 W. Third St. Pastor Barbara Weier. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

CARMEL

REFORMED, 2801 360th St. Rev. Mark Heijerman. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

DOON

FIRST REFORMED, 406 Barton Ave. Rev. Donald Baker. Sunday: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST, 201 Barton Ave. Pastor Steven Swenson. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

PROTESTANT REFORMED, 408 Sixth Ave. Rev. David Overway. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

UNITED REFORMED, 602 Rice Ave. Rev. Simon Lievaart. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

GEORGE

CENTRAL BAPTIST, 206 E. Min-nesota Ave. Rev. Harold “Harry” Anderson and Pastor Aaron Van’t Hul. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN, 300 E. Iowa Ave. Sunday: 9:25 a.m. Worship.

FIRST BAPTIST, 4102 190th St. Rev. Stephen May. Sunday: 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

HOPE REFORMED, 2251 Jay Ave. Rev. David Poppen. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship; 6:30 p.m. Bible Study.

I M M A N U E L L U T H E R A N (ELCA), 400 E. Iowa Ave. Rev. Tony Metz. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

LYON COUNTY FIRST PRES-BYTERIAN, 4140 230th St. Rev. Paul Fischer. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

TABERNACLE BAPTIST, 206 E. Indiana Ave. Pastor Bryan Ander-son. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Worship.

ZOAR PRESBYTERIAN, 2002 Log Ave. Rev. Dale Lint. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

GERMANTOWN

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN (LCMS), 5092 480th St. Rev. Donald Erick-son. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

GRANVILLE

ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC, 528 Elm St. Father Richard Ball. Satur-day: 4 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 9 a.m. Mass.

HARTLEY

ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC, 260 N. Fourth Ave. W. Father Tim Hogan. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Mass.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (LCMS), 60 N. Central Ave. Rev. David Ericksen. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 140 N. Fifth Ave. Rev. Jeffrey Filkins. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 361 N. Eighth Ave. W. Rev. Steve Camp-bell. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

HAWARDEN

A M E R I C A N L U T H E R A N (ELCA), 1417 12th St. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

ASSOCIATED CHURCH (UCC and Presbyterian), 719 10th St. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 1515 16th St. Sunday: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST BAPTIST, 1100 Central Ave. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

FRIENDSHIP ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 802 12th St. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

HAWARDEN COMMUNITY (RCA), 1700 Central Ave. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC, 1121 Avenue L. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Mass. Saturday: 5 p.m. Mass.

TRINITY LUTHERAN (LCMS), 1103 Central Ave. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship. Saturday: 6 p.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 803 13th St. Rev. Barb Joy. Saturday: 5 p.m. Worship. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

HOSPERS

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 110 Fourth Ave. N. Rev. Nicholas Davelaar. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN (Pres-byterian Church in America), 200 Elm St. Dr. Brian Janssen. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 501 Main St. Rev. Milton Sikkema. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC, 500 Elm St. Father Paul Eisele. Call (712) 752-8784 for Mass times.

HULL

AMERICAN REFORMED, 911

First St. Rev. Steve Bierly. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Worship Service.

C A LVA R Y P R O T E S TA N T REFORMED CHURCH, meet-ing in Boyden-Hull High School Theatre. Pastor Cory Griess. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship Service.

F I R S T C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 1121 Fifth St. Rev. Paul Hansen. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 911 Second St. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

HERITAGE REFORMED, 1204 Third St. Rev. Michael Fintelman. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

H O P E C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 1407 Sixth St. Rev. Todd Zuidema. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

PROTESTANT REFORMED, 1006 Hayes Ave. Rev. James Lan-ing. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (LCMC), 3483 290th St. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

INWOOD

B E T H L E H E M LU T H E R A N (ELCA), 302 N. Oak St. Pastor John Wolf. Sunday: 9 a.m. Wor-ship.

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 302 E. Madison St. Pastor Sam Krikke. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 414 North Oak St. Rev. Rob Horstman. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 709 S. Douglas St. Rev. Tim Lar-son. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN (LCMC), 2065 Birch Ave. Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Worship.

IRETON

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 301 Maple St. Rev. Norlyn Van Beek. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 502 Ash St. Rev. Douglas Van Aartsen. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN (LCMS), 602 Main St. Pastor Andrew Carl-son. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 502 Fifth St. Rev. Barb Joy. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

LESTER

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN, 510 Dove Ave. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Worship. 7:30 p.m. worship first and third Sundays.

BETHEL REFORMED , 2314 150th St. Rev. Donald Baker. Sun-day 9 a.m. Worship.

SEEDS OF FAITH UNITED METHODIST, 408 Main St. Rev. Don Nelson. Sunday 9:30 a.m. Worship.

LITTLE ROCK

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN, 503 Fisher St. Rev. Scott Burdsall. Sun-day: 10 a.m. Worship.

SALEM REFORMED, 123 First Ave. Rev. Brian Hellenga. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

MAURICE

FIRST REFORMED, 410 Main St. Pastor Don De Kok, preaching pastor. Pastor Harlan De Jong, congregational care pastor. Sun-day: 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

MAY CITY

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN (LCMS), 6665 Frederick Ave. Rev. Paul Johnson. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

MELVIN

A M E R I C A N L U T H E R A N (ELCA), 352 Center St. Pastor Judy Johnson. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 138 North St. Rev. Benson Den Hartog. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. Worship; 7:30 p.m. Worship (third Sunday).

UNITED METHODIST, 9534 Melvin Road. Rev. David Finley. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

MERIDEN

OAKDALE FREE, 1207 450th St. Rev. Clint Hogrefe, senior pastor; Mark Anderson, pastor of student ministries; Rev. Merle Wester, visitation pastor. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Midweek Worship.

MIDDLEBURG

FREE GRACE REFORMED , 3630 370th St. Rev. Stephen Breen. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Worship.

NEWKIRK

REFORMED, 4103 400 St. Rev. David Powers. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

OCHEYEDAN

CHRISTIAN REFORMED, 833 Fifth St. Rev. J. William Van Der Heide. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN (LCMS), 1075 Pine St. Rev. Russell Ander-son. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 687 Third St. Pastor Shannon Pascual. Sunday: 9 a.m. Worship.

ZION LUTHERAN (LCMS), 1307 Tanager Ave. Rev. Russell Ander-son. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

ORANGE CITY

AMERICAN REFORMED, 407 Albany Ave. S.E. Rev. Keith Krebs. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

CALVARY CHRISTIAN RE -FORMED, 709 Fifth St. S.E. Rev. David Heilman. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

CHURCH OF THE SAVIOR, 7530 Arizona Ave. S.W. Rev. Dr. Karen Wacome. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship. CORNERSTONE BAPTIST, 211 Third St. Rev. Jay Anderson. Sun-day: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

DOVER AVENUE ALLIANCE, 417 Third St. N.E. Rev. Jeffrey Keady. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Wor-ship.

FAITH LUTHERAN (LCMS), 710 Eighth St. S.E. Rev. David Daumer. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

F I R S T C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 408 Arizona Ave. S.W. Rev. Tim Ouwinga. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 420 Central Ave. N.W. Rev. Timothy Breen; Rev. Mark Haverdink, pastor of congregational life. Sunday: 9:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Worship.

H A R V E S T C O M M U N I T Y (Presbyterian Church of Amer-ica), 209 First St. N.E. Rev. James Hakim. Sunday: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN RE -FORMED, 1405 Albany Ave. N.E.


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Sims will be in pulpit in Sheldon

SHELDON—Sheldon native Nicole Haack Sims will return to the pulpit at Sheldon United Methodist Church on Sunday, April 15. She and her husband, Kirk,

are serving as missionaries in the United Kingdom. Sims will preach at both the 8:30 and 11 a.m. worship ser-vices. The couple will jointly lead an adult Sunday School class between the two services. Sims also will be the featured speaker for the United Meth-odist Women’s meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the church fellowship area. Community members are invited to all of the events.

Nicole Haack Sims

Missionary tooffer message


WEDDINGS

Matthew and Starr

Jones, Young say vowsin December ceremony SHELDON—Starr Jones of Sheldon and Matthew Young of Sergeant Bluff were mar-ried Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon, with the Rev. Ken Tenckinck officiating. Parents of the couple are Dr. Allen and Norma Jones of Sheldon and Doug and LeaAnn Young of Sioux City. Maid of honor was Elizabeth Schuster, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Alissa Van Meeteren, Karrie Plate and Brittni Cooper, friends of the bride. Flower girls were Den-ver Zierbel and Ava Jo Cooper, friends of the bride. Personal attendants were Kaysi Huffman and Ronicka Schottel, friends of the bride. Best man was Nathan Young, brother of the groom. Grooms-

men were Chad Hustedt, Jon Speed and Nick Paulsen, friends of the groom. Ushers were Kyle Koerselman and Kevin Koerselman, friends of the bride. A reception was held at the LeMars Convention Center. Following a cruise to Cozu-mel, Mexico, the couple is at home in Iowa City. The bride is a graduate of University of South Dakota in Vermillion and Univer-sity of Nebraska Omaha. She is employed by Iowa City Com-munity School District and Juvenile Court Services. The groom is a graduate of Morn-ingside University in Sioux City and Bellevue University in Nebraska . He is employed with the Iowa City Police Depart-ment.

Rebecca and Trevor

Boer, Boon share vows atBotanical Garden Center DES MOINES—Rebecca Boer and Trevor Boon were married Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at the Botanical Garden Center in Des Moines. Parents of the couple are Jason and Corilee Boer of Alvord and Arlyn and Twila Boon of Hull. Bridesmaids were Cassaun-dra DeBruin, Amanda Boer, Lana Snyders, Shaunae Boer,

Lauren Van’t Hof and Holly Van Roekel. Groomsmen were Taylor Van Engen, Jon Bierma, Dave Boon, Joel Barkel, Nathan Rider and Luke Larsen. The bride is studying social work at Northwestern College in Orange City. The groom is studying psychology at Dordt College in Sioux Center.

Cory and Ashlee

Raney, Welch exchangevows in Feb. 18 wedding NORTHBROOK, IL—Ashlee Renee Raney and Cory Allen Welch were married Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Pinstripes in Northbrook, IL, with the Rev. Pam Keckler officiating. Parents of the couple are Jay and Cyndi Sandholm of Shel-don and Kevin and Lisa Welch of Sheldon. Grandparents are Harold and Bev Kramme of Hartley and Arnold and Pearl Nielsen of Hull. Great-grand-mother of the bride is Hannah Morfitt of Hartley. Men of honor for the bride were her brothers, Jacob Sand-holm, Cole Sandholm, Gabe Sandholm and CJ Sandholm.

The grooms was attended by his brothers, Jeremy Welch and Mike Welch. Ring bearers were nephews Sullivan Sandholm and Ethan Welch. A dinner was held at Pin-stripes for family members attending. In May, the couple will celebrate with family and friends at a reception in Shel-don. The couple is at home in Wheeling, IL. The bride is employed by the state of Illinois as an early intervention coordinator. The groom is employed as a power lineman by the village of Win-netka, IL.

BIRTHS� Wyatt James Coulander,

son of Mike and Jill Coulander of Sheldon, was born Thurs-day, March 29, 2012, weighing 9 pounds, 8 ounces. He has a sister, Alison Coulander. Grandparents are Randy and Becky Klaus of Hawarden and Hank and Sherry Coulander of Sheldon. � James Kenneth Diaz, son of Bernardo and Jessica Diaz of Alton, was born Thursday, April 5, 2012, at Sanford Shel-don Medical Center, weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and mea-suring 19 inches. He has a sis-ter, Nayibe Diaz. Grandparents are Gary and Barb Hibma of Sheldon. Great-grandmother is Dorothy Nibbelink of Sioux Center.

� Kasen Jeffrey Kramer, son of Dustin Kramer and Lindsay Jurrens of George, was born Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at San-ford Sheldon Medical Center, weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measuring 21 inches. He has a sister, Mackenzie. Grandparents are Sonya Jur-rens of Little Rock and jeff and Joyce Kramer of George. Great-grandparents are Fred Jurrens of Little Rock and Daryl and Hermina Hilbrands of George. � Note: The N’West Io -wa REVIEW welcomes birth announcements. The infor-mation may be e-mailed to [email protected], faxed to (712) 324-2345 or mailed to P.O. Box 160, Sheldon, IA 51201.

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SIBLEY

FIRST REFORMED, 1010 Sixth St. Rev. Gary Van Heukelom; Mike Molettiere, director of youth and education. Sunday: 9 a.m. Corner-stone Worship; 11 a.m. Open Door Gathering Worship.

ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC, 708 Eighth St. Father John Vakulskas. First, Third and Fifth Saturdays: 5 p.m. Mass. Sunday: 10 a.m. Mass.

TRINITY LUTHERAN (ELCA), 704 Poplar Drive. Pastor James Berka. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL, 704 Fourth Ave. Rev. Larry Laskie. Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship.

UNITED METHODIST, 700 11th Ave. N.E. Pastor Shannon Pascual. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

SIOUX CENTER

AMISTAD CRISTIANA (Chris-tian Fellowship), 117 Third St. N.E. Rev. Gianni Gracia. Sunday: 3:30 p.m. Spanish Worship.

B E T H E L C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 341 S. Main Ave. Rev. John Lee. Sunday: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

BRIDGE OF HOPE MINIS-TRIES (an outreach ministry of the Christian Reformed Church meeting at Te Paske Theatre in Sioux Center High School). Sun-day: 10 a.m. Worship.

CENTRAL REFORMED, 113 N. Main Ave. Rev. Van Rathbun. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

CHRIST COMMUNITY (Evan-gelical Free Church) , 945 Seventh Ave. S.E. Pastor Randy Widbin; Dale Landegent, worship director; Tyler Parson, pastor of student, family discipleship. Sun-day: 9:30 a.m. Worship.

CHRIST THE KING CATHO-LIC, 501 Second Ave. S.W. Father Douglas Klein. Sunday: 9 a.m. English Mass. Domingos: 11 a.m. Misa en Español.

COVENANT CHRISTIAN RE -FORMED, 106 Second St. N.E. Rev. Herman Van Niejenhuis. Sun-

day: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

F A I T H C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 801 Ninth St. S.E. Rev. Bernie Haan. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

F I R S T C H R I S T I A N R E -FORMED, 321 Second St. S.E. Rev. Mark Verbruggen. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

FIRST REFORMED, 160 10th St. S.E. Rev. Roger Voskuil, Rev. Tan-ner Smith. Sunday: 9:30 a.m., 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Worship.

HOPE LUTHERAN (ELCA) , Highway 75 South. Pastor Tony Metz. Sunday: 8:45 a.m. Worship.

NETHERLANDS REFORMED, 435 Main Ave. Rev. Herman Hof-man Jr. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Worship.

NEW LIFE REFORMED, 232 16th St. S.E. Rev. Ray Tilstra, Rev. Dan Kruse, Rev. Rick Van Raven-swaay. Sunday: 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. Worship; 5 p.m. Praise and Prayer.

PEACE LUTHERAN (LCMC), 2512 380th St. Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Worship.

UNITED REFORMED, 744 N. Main Ave., Rev. Bradd Nymeyer. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship.

SUTHERLAND

CHURCH OF CHRIST, 203 S. Oak St. Pastor John Erickson. Sun-day: 10:45 a.m. Worship.

BETHEL LUTHERAN (LCMS), 502 Ash St. Rev. Leroy Riemer. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC, 204 W. Washington St. Father Tim Hogan. Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Mass.

UNITED METHODIST, 214 W. Second St. Rev. Kwang Song. Sun-day: 10:30 a.m. Worship.

Promotes hands-onactivities in class


SHELDON—Lab exercises do not always go as planned when dealing with science, but Sheldon High School science teacher Kris Groff can turn a flop of an experiment into a teachable moment. In his 29 years of experience as a science teacher, Groff has made it a goal to help students with the material by using a hands-on approach in the various science disciplines he teaches. Iowa Academy of Science recently awarded Groff with the 2011 Excellence in Science Teaching Award in the general/multiple sciences teaching cat-egory. He was one of seven Iowa sci-ence teachers honored with the award. “I like to try to make the area that I’m teaching practical to everyday life,” Groff said. “I want them to be able to see it and use it. I think that’s kind of the key.” He has been teaching chem-istry, physics, anatomy and physiology, and earth science at Sheldon High School for the past 18 years after teaching at Nishna Valley High School in Hastings for 11. His father, Clay, was a high school science teacher at Southeast Webster Grand High School in Boxholm, and that initially piqued Groff’s interest in academics. His father was a big propo-nent of participating in science fairs, and Groff developed an interest in fossils and earth science during the six years he participated in the competi-tions. “It gives you an opportunity to actually research areas of sci-ence you’re interested in; that was the one thing that really got me interested,” Groff said. Like his father, he hopes to keep his science classes engag-ing and fun. He has taken a slightly differ-ent approach to teaching his classes and has left textbooks out of his normal classroom repertoire in favor of getting

students out of their desks and working on hands-on labs and experiments. Groff recently facilitated a fermentation lab where the students tested different fruits, vegetables and sugars to see how much carbon dioxide was released from the fermenting process. The idea for the lab came from an externship that Groff participated in last summer at Poet Biorefining ethanol plant in Ashton. “That was a great opportunity for me, too, even though I’ve been teaching for 29 years,” he said. “Those are experiences I want the kids to be able to get involved in.”

Groff thought participating in the externship and working at the ethanol plant would benefit himself and his students. “Those are the types of things that I think gets kids interested in science,” he said. He emphasizes communica-tion in his classes and has his students show their findings in their experiments with Power-Point presentations. Throughout his experience teaching, one of the biggest facts he has learned is that adults — even teachers — are never actually done learning. “There’s always things that come up that just catch you off guard. Sometimes you think you’ve got everything

in perspective and that you know everything that’s going to happen, and something turns out where it’s not,” Groff said. “There’s always something to be learned.” He also has learned that his students appreciate being treated as equals, and he is not afraid to ask them for help or for them to teach him some-thing new. “That’s the big thing; you have to be able to communicate with the kids,” Groff said. “You have to give them the opportunity once in a while to say what they want to say, do what they want to do and roll with the punches, and I think that’s the key to being successful.”

CHURCH

NEWS

I can do all things

through him who

strengthens me.— Philippians 4:13

Groff cited for teaching excellence

Sheldon High School teacher Kris Groff recently found out that is a member of a small class. He was one of seven awarded with the 2011 Excellence in Science Teaching Award in the general/multiple sciences teaching category. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Name: Kris GroffAge: 51Residence: SheldonPosition: Science teacher at Sheldon High SchoolEducation: Received an undergraduate degree in biology from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville in 1983.Experience: Taught at Nishna Valley High School in Hastings for 11 years, has taught at Sheldon High School for the past 18 years.Family: Wife, Teresa; children, Alexa, Kace, Quinn and Bryn.Interests: Being involved in sports, especially umpiring softball, and spending time with family, especially his granddaughter, Taylor.

AT A GLANCE:


ENGAGEMENTS

V i c t o r i a Samaniego, 11, Hartley, h a s b e e n chosen as a state final-i s t i n t h e p r e t e e n division of N a t i o n a l A m e r i c a n Miss Iowa Pageant to be held April 28-29

in Waterloo.

Sam De Groot, Sioux Center, was one of nine vocal students at Dordt College in Sioux Cen-ter to perform at the National Association of Teachers of Sing-ing competition held March 30 at Dordt. He was one of six Dordt students who performed in the Honors Recital, the high-est honor awarded in the com-petition.

Ja y Ho f l a n d , Sa n b o r n , won $2,500 for the Sanborn Fire Department through the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program of the Monsanto Fund, which gives farmers the opportu-nity to support their favorite local nonprofit organization. Hofland chose to use the money to purchase grain rescue equipment and offer more training.

Winners of Sioux County Soil and Water Conservation District Lloyd Gayer Scholar-ship awards, based on lead-ership and academics, are Heath Huitink, Unity Chris-tian High School in Orange City, f i rst place, $1,000; Jared Dekkers, West Sioux High School in Hawarden, second, $750; and Kyle Pol-lema, Western Christian High School in Hull, third, $500.

May 26 weddingplans announced SIOUX CENTER—Verlyn and Nancy Raak, along with Gary and Deanne Den Herder of Sioux Center, announce the engagement of their children, Amanda Raak and Bradley Den Herder. The bride-to-be and her fiancé are graduates of Sioux Center High School. She is attending Northwestern Col-lege in Orange City, majoring in accounting and golfing with the Northwestern women’s golf team. He attended Dordt College in Sioux Center in 2009, and is involved in agriculture on the Den Herder family farm. A May 26 wedding ceremony is planned at First Reformed

Church in Sioux Center with a reception at Calico Skies Vine-yard and Winery. After their honeymoon, they will be living west of Sioux Cen-ter.

Bradley and Amanda

Spring weddingplans announced ESTHERVILLE— Katherine Terese Severson and Michael John Niemeyer of Thibodaux, LA, announce their engage-ment. Parents of the couple are Daniel and Jean Severson of Estherville, Harrietta Niemeyer of Hull and Gerrit Niemeyer of Yankton, SD. The bride-to be is a 2004 graduate of Estherville Lincoln Central High School in Esther-ville. She graduated from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City in 2008 with a bachelor of science and was a 2011 graduate of St. Luke’s College in Sioux City as a medical laboratory scientist. She is employed as a medical laboratory scientist at Terre-bonne General Medical Center in Houma, LA. Her fiancé is a 1999 graduate of Boyden-Hull High School in

Hull. He graduated from Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon in 2001 with a degree in manufacturing engineering technologies. He works as a manufactur-ing engineer at John Deere in Thibodaux, LA. A May 26 wedding ceremony is planned at St. Patrick’s Parish in Estherville.

Michael and Katherine

June 15 weddingplans announced ROCK VALLEY—Marv and LaDonna Van Den Top of Boy-den and Mike and Mary Ver Burg of Rock Valley announce the engagement of their chil-dren, Kelsey Van Den Top and Jackson Ver Burg. The bride-to-be and her fian-cé are both 2009 graduates of Western Christian High School in Hull. Kelsey will graduate from the dental hygiene program at University of South Dakota in Vermillion in May and then begin working for Hurst Family Dentistry in Hull. Her fiancé works on the fam-ily farm by Rock Valley and with

Rock Bottom Construction in Doon. A June 15 wedding is planned at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley.

Jackson and Kelsey

June 16 weddingplans announced LAGUNA BEACH, CA—Han-nah Haverhals of Hawarden and Benito Aguilera of Red-lands, CA, announce their engagement. Parents of the bride-to-be are Mike and Hazel Haverhals of Hawarden. The grooms parents are Rosie and Tony Ferreri and the late Benito Aguilera of Redlands, CA. Hannah and Benito will grad-uate in May from Northwest-ern College in Orange City. She will graduate with a bachelor in social work, and he with a bachelor in Christian education. A June 16 wedding ceremony is planned at 1 p.m. in Laguna Beach, CA, with a reception at Casa Moreno in Covina, CA.

A reception in Iowa will be held on July 7 at Car-mel Reformed Church in rural Orange City. Following the wedding, the couple will reside in Michigan, where Benito will complete a master of divinity at Western Seminary in Holland, MI.

Benito and Hannah

June 30 weddingplans announced SIOUX CENTER—Vern and Stacie Dykstra of Alton an -nounce the engagement of their daughter, Abigail Dykstra, to Taylor Dreise, son of Bill and Darci Dreise of Sioux Center. The bride-to-be and her fiancé are 2010 graduates of Unity Christian High School in Orange City. Abigail is a first-year nurs-ing student at Northwest Iowa Community College in Shel-don. Taylor is a junior at North-western College, majoring in athletic training and pre-phys-ical therapy.

A June 30 wedding ceremony is planned at 4:30 p.m. at Cen-tral Reformed Church in Sioux Center.

Abigail and Taylor

July 14 weddingplans announced SHELDON—Tom and Lisa Youngers of Sheldon and Jeff and Joyce Murphy of Granville announce the engagement of their children, Erin and Patrick. The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Sheldon High School and a 2007 graduate of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City. She will graduate in May with her master’s of science from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. She is employed as the K-12 school counselor and varsity volleyball coach at the Colo-NESCO Community School District. Her fiancé is a 2004 gradu-ate of Spalding Catholic High School in Granville and a 2007 graduate of Northwest Iowa Community College in Shel-don. He is taking classes at Des Moines Area Community Col-

lege for fire science. He is employed with the city of Ames as a firefighter. A July 14 wedding ceremony is planned at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sheldon. A reception will be held at Prairie Winds Event Center in Orange City following the ceremony. They will make their home in Roland.

Patrick and Erin

Aug. 4 weddingplans announced ROCK VALLEY—Greg and Char Haubrich of Rock Valley announce the engagement of their daughter, Gina Rae Haubrich, to Ryan Kestor Win-ter, son of Ron and Lori Winter of Avoca. The bride-to-be is a 2010 graduate of Rock Valley High School and is studying nursing at Morningside University in Sioux City. Her fiancé is a 2010 graduate of AHST High School in Avoca. He is employed at ICON Ag and Turf in Lawton. An Aug. 4 wedding is planned at Our Savior’s Lutheran

Church in Rock Valley, with a reception and dance at Top of the Cue in Rock Valley.

Gina and Ryan

Sept. 8 weddingplans announced TEA, SD—Darrell and Pam Kruger of Tea, SD, announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Zach Smith, son of Bill Smith and Shelia and James Kidd, all of Tea, SD. Elizabeth is the granddaugh-ter of Clara Bonestroo of Sheldon and John and Dolores Kruger of Sheldon. Zach is the grandson of Gary and Cindy Woessner of Sioux Falls, SD, and Fred Smith of Sioux Falls, SD. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Tea Area High School and University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She is a registered nurse at Avera McKennan Hos-pital in Sioux Falls, SD. Her fiancé also is a graduate

of Tea Area High School and is employed by Straight Lines Custom Restoration in Tea, SD, doing classic and muscle car restoration. A Sept. 8 wedding is planned. Following the wedding, the couple will reside in Tea, SD.

Elizabeth and Zach

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SANBORN—Frederick Allen Boer, 85, Sanborn, died Mon-day, April 9, in Spirit Lake. S e r v i c e s w e r e F r i -d a y, Ap r i l 13, at Cor-n e r s t o n e U n i t e d R e f o r m e d Church in S a n b o r n , w i t h t h e Rev. Daniel D o n o v a n officiating. Burial was at West Lawn Cem-etery in Orange City, with mili-tary rites by the Earl T. Conaway 318 American Legion Post in Sanborn and Pressman Kosters 329 American Legion Post in Orange City, under the direc-tion of Sanborn Funeral Home. Our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Frederick Allen Boer was born to Jacob and Ethel (Holtrop) Boer on Jan. 8, 1927, at Doon, IA. The Lord called him home to glory on April 9, 2012, while he was doing what he loved, fishing. He received his elementary education at country school near Doon, IA, and at the Doon Christian School. At age 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in Guam and the South Pacific until the end of World War II. After returning from military service, he began farming near Sheldon, IA. On May 6, 1949, he was united in marriage with Gerry Van Bruggen. God blessed this union with seven children, 22 grandchildren, 22 great-grand-children and a great-great-grandchild. This family was led through the joys of life, as well as the difficult times by his

unwavering faith in his Savior. He delighted in spending time with family and friends, espe-cially when it involved being outdoors in God’s beautiful creation hunting or fishing. Nothing pleased him more than taking care of his family and his wisdom and counsel were always appreciated. He continued to work in his disc sharpening business until his death, when not fishing or helping his family. He was a former elder in the Sanborn Christian Reformed Church and was an active member of the Cornerstone United Reformed Church in Sanborn, IA. Looking forward to a blessed reunion in glory are his wife, Gerry; four sons, Gary, and wife Lou Ann, Sioux Falls, SD; Jeff, and wife Jeannie, Hialeah, FL; Dave, and wife Cheryl, Sioux Falls, SD; and Mike, and wife Sherry, Long Beach, CA; and two daughters, Judy Van Engen, and husband Allen, Inwood, IA; and Sue Koele, and husband Terry, Littleton, CO; six broth-ers, Henry, and wife Corina; Jeen, and wife Joan; Ed, and wife Fran; Harlan, and wife Joan; Dale, and wife Karen, and Roger; three sisters, Myrtle Bootsma; Alvina Hiemstra; and Phyllis Steensma, and husband Andy; 22 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild, as well as a host of nieces and neph-ews. Preceding him in being called to glory were his parents, Jacob and Ethel; his brother-in-law Ralph Bootsma; his brother-in-law Gary Hiemstra; a son, Mark; and a grandson, Kirk Van Engen.

Frederick BoerJan. 8, 1927—April 9, 2012

Frederick Boer

SIOUX CENTER—Lyle Gene Nyhof, 51, rural Sioux Center, died Wednesday, April 4, at his residence. Services were Satur-day, April 7, at First Reformed

Church in Sioux Center. Burial was at Memory Gardens Cem-etery in Sioux Center, under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

Lyle NyhofOct. 10, 1960—April 4, 2012

HAWARDEN—Harold Wil-liam Simpson, 91, Groton, CT, formally of Hawarden, died Wednesday, April 4, in Groton, CT.

No services are planned. His cremated remains will be buried next to his parents at Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawar-den.

Harold SimpsonFeb. 12, 1921—April 4, 2012

LITTLE ROCK—Chris Kan-negieter, 28, Little Rock, died Thursday, April 5, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Services were Monday, April

9, at First Reformed Church in Rock Rapids. Burial was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Little Rock, under the direction of Jurrens Funeral Home in Rock Rapids.

Chris KannegieterJan. 13, 1984—April 5, 2012

ORANGE CITY—Norman Van Otterloo, 75, Orange City, died Thursday, April 5, at his resi-dence. Services were Monday, April 9, at American Reformed

Church in Orange City. Burial was at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City, under the direc-tion of Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Norman Van OtterlooDec. 4, 1936—April 5, 2012

GRANVILLE—Mar y Ann Antionette Penning, 94, Gran-ville, Iowa, died Saturday April 7, at Heritage House Nurs-ing Home in Orange City, IA. Services were Wednesday,

April 11, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Granville. Burial was a the church cemetery, under the direction of Fisch Funeral Home & Monument in Rem-sen.

Mary Ann PenningJuly 25, 1917—April 7, 2012

PAULLINA—Glen A. Jor-gensen, 83, Paullina, died Sunday, April 8, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center. Ser-vices were Thursday, April 12, at

Zion Lutheran Church in Paul-lina. Burial was at Prairie View Cemetery in Paullina, under the direction of Eldridge Family Funeral Home in Paullina.

Glen JorgensenAug. 26, 1928—April 8, 2012

L I T T L E RO C K — Jo h n L . Mammenga, 78, Little Rock, died Sunday, April 8, at the Good Samaritan Center in George. Services were Wednesday,

April 11, at First Baptist Church in rural George. Burial was at Evergreen Lawn Cemetery in George, under the direction of Jurrens Funeral Home in George.

John MammengaAug. 4, 1933—April 8, 2012

SIOUX CENTER—Theresa Marema, 94, Sioux Center, died Monday April 9, at Sioux Center Community Hospital. Ser-vices were Friday, 13, at First

Reformed Church in Sioux Cen-ter. Burial was at Memory Gar-dens Cemetery in Sioux Center, under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

Theresa MaremaAug. 20, 1917—April 9, 2012

SHELDON—William Hes-ebeck, 51, Orange City, died Tuesday, April 10, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. Services will be 10:30 a.m. today (Saturday, April 14) at

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sheldon. Burial will be at 9 a.m. at Hillside Cemetery in Merrill, under the direction of Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Shel-don.

William HesebeckJuly 31, 1960—April 10, 2012

Performance to beApril 19 at school SHELDON—Metales M5, one of Mexico’s finest young brass quintets, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the Sheldon High School auditorium in a performance is sponsored by the Sheldon Civic Music Association.

When one thinks about Mexi-can music, the first type that comes to mind is the mariachi band, which is somewhat simi-lar to the brass quintet Metales M5, except that the group plays not only mariachi music but all kinds of other music, including classical, jazz and pop. The ensemble’s programming is nicely balanced between classical pieces played in cos-

tume and jazz tunes including a segment of “007” music, also performed in costume, and finishing off with lots of rousing Mexican folk tunes, including a bullfight scene. Each member of Metales M5 has extensive professional background with his respec-tive brass instrument. Holding degrees from universities in Germany and Mexico City, the

musicians have played in the symphony orchestras of Bre-men, Berlin, Monterrey, Gua-najuato, Mexico City, Acupulco and Aguascalientes. Their unique style combin-ing fine chamber music with popular entertainment makes Metales M5 incomparable. For more information about the performance, contact Ber-nie Wissink at (712) 324-3965.

Brass quintet to give concert in Sheldon

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SP E N C E R — A f t e r r a i n pounded the area for much of the afternoon, not many people even expect-ed the Spencer Invitational girls track and field meet to

be held Friday. Not only was it held, but it provided some of the best weather of the sea-son for the N’West Iowa teams that took part. The athletes responded with some of their best times and

distances of the year. I n C l a s s 1 A , Hartley-Melvin-San-born placed third behind Sioux Central and West Bend Mal-lard. South O’Brien

finished fourth. “It was a pretty good night. Sioux Central and West Bend Mallard are tough teams. To place third was very good for us, especially with our young team,” said Hawk coach Nicole Dorhout. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn was led by one of its veterans. Katie Kno-block set a school record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11 minutes, 25.08 seconds. She also placed second in the 1,500 run and the 800 run and participated on the distance medley that took fourth. “She scored a lot of points for us,” Dorhout said. “We’re asking a lot of our distance runners right now. We’re having some of them run four events, and they are happy to do it.

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The Special Olympics’ Northwest Iowa Track and Field Spring Games will be held Saturday, April

21, at the Sioux Center athletic field. Opening ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., with the track and field events beginning at 9:35. The last relay is scheduled to take place at 1:15 p.m. If there is inclement weather, the event will move indoors to the Recre-ation Center on the campus of Dordt College. There are 446 athletes registered to participate. The ages for the com-petitors range from 8 to 70. The partici-pation numbers are up this year, accord-ing to Peggy Koele, director of Special Olympics, North-west Iowa. There also is a new event with the javelin throw being added this year. The athletes may participate in two events and run with one relay team. More than 125 volunteers will be on hand to help the meet run smoothly. First-place winners at the event will advance to compete at the Special Olympics State Summer Games, which will be held May 17-19 in Ames.

Dekkers sets recordTravis Dekkers became the Dordt

College baseball program’s all-time hits leader on April 7 with a single to left field in the second game of a double-header against Mount Marty College in Sioux Center. Dekkers is a Hawarden native who attended Unity Christian High School in Orange City. At the time of his record knock, he had 156 career hits. Dillon Peters had the previous record at 155. Dekkers started the season sixth on the Defenders’ all-time hit list. He already held the school record for dou-bles with 39, and he ranks second in total bases with 217. The first baseman ranks in the top five on Dordt’s all-time charts in six different offensive catego-ries. He also ranks first in career putouts on defense with 975. Dekkers also has proven to be durable. He has played in 144 out of a possible 146 games in his career. He has played in 128 straight games. The last time Dekkers was not in the Defender lineup was a March 20, 2009, doubleheader against Doane College.

Weather changes slate Not as many events as expected were called off do to cold and damp condi-tions late this week, but a few schedule items did get moved. The Western Christian girls golf team was supposed to host Spirit Lake and Cherokee in Lakes Conference compe-tition on Thursday, but that meet was postponed until April 19. The Wolfpack boys and Spirit Lake were supposed to venture to Cherokee on the same day, but that too got moved to April 19. A boys track and field meet at Estherville Lincoln Central that was to include Sheldon and Okoboji on Fri-day has been postponed indefinitely. The West Sioux boys soccer game at Storm Lake scheduled for Friday was moved to May 19. The West Sioux girls soccer home game with Storm Lake, also planned for Friday, was post-poned until May 21.

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SPENCER—MOC-Floyd Valley was prepared for another night of battling the elements, but got a pleasant surprise in terms of the weather during its 204-208 girls nonconference girls golf win at Spencer on Friday. “It was weird. Halfway there, one

of the girls got a call and they told her it was just pouring in Spencer. Where we were, you could see it had been raining,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Monte Tilgner. “We got there and they told us it rained sideways for a while. But it never rained while we were driving there, and by the time we got there it was sunny and the wind went down. It was the nicest night of the season.” He said the rain earlier in the afternoon did not seem to hurt the Spencer Country Club layout. “It’s a really nice course and they

have it in nice shape,” Tilgner said. “There wasn’t any casual water to deal with or anything. There are a lot of bunkers on the course and those were a little tough to deal with because they were wet, but it wasn’t too bad.” Kalyn Root did not seem to have much trouble at all, earning med-alist honors for MOC-Floyd Valley with a 46. Beyond that though, the Dutch were not able to reach the high bar

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MOC-Floyd Valley senior Mallory Simmelink watches her ball roll along the green on the 10th hole at Spencer Country Club on Friday. The Dutch bested the Tigers in a nonconference match. (Photo by Rylan Howe)

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Sheldon sophomore Marti Vogel clears the bar during the high jump at the Spencer Invitational on Friday. She won the event in Class 2A by topping a personal best of 5 feet, 1 inch. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

Okoboji freshman Olivia Albright takes the baton from sophomore Darby Jones during the 800-meter relay. The Pioneers competed with six other teams in the Class 2A competition.

“She’s a kid that just hates losing. A lot of people say that,but to her there is nothing worse than losing. You can just see it

in her eyes. That’s a good quality to have in an athlete.”— NATE DAU, OKOBOJI TRACK COACH ABOUT ANNA SEEGER, A MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER

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HINTON—The Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley girls track and field team still is not at full strength, but the Nighthawks powered through to a second-place finish in the Class A team standings at the Blackhawk Invitational hosted by Hinton on Friday. The home team took the crown with 158 team points. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley fin-ished at 100 even. “It was nice to run against some teams that we do not normally participate against,” said Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

coach Jacinda Zoet. “The girls gained some confidence after struggling at our last meet to score points.” The Nighthawks got off to a good start behind their throw-ers. Kaylee Van Voorst and C.J. Vander Zwaag finished first and second in the discus. Vander Zwaag also placed second in the shot. Jasmine Vander Bush then made sure the activity on the oval got started off right, win-ning the 3,000-meter run. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley later earned event wins from Jana Vermeer in the 100 dash and Kendra Van Meeteren in the 100 hurdles. “Kendra Van Meeteren is run-ning the hurdles and sprint races well for us. Jana Vermeer and Kensy Vande Hoef are

doing well starting the sprint races for us,” Zoet said. The coach said the meet was another opportunity for ath-letes who have been filling in for those who are banged up. “We still have girls out with injuries, so it was nice to have some other girls score points for us. We have several fresh-men that are consistently bringing their 800 times down,” she said. “We are very pleased with the effort that the girls gave us tonight.” West Sioux competed in the Class A division and placed eighth. Dana Weerheim placed third in the 400 dash and fourth in the 200 dash to lead the Fal-cons. Spalding Catholic competed in the Class B division and placed seventh. LeMars Gehlen

Catholic was the Class B team champion. “We saw near perfect weather. Freshman Kim Streff since run-ning in the CYO early in the season. She showed her ability to compete and appears to be goal-oriented,” said Spalding Catholic coach Scott Willman. “Madison Pottebaum contin-ues to put up solid finishes. She added the open 100 and the 400 hurdles is still what she is per-forming best at. Vanessa Nava knocked a minute off her best time in the 3,000.” Streff placed second in the 400 dash and third in the 100 dash. Pottebaum was second in the 400 hurdles.

Blackhawks InvitationalClass A team results

1. Hinton 158; 2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 100; 3. Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central

75; 4. Westwood 49; 5. Lawton-Bronson 42; 6. West Monona 28; 7. Akron-Westfield 24; 8. West Sioux 10.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 4. Allison Te Slaa (BHRV) 4-4. Discus — 1. Kaylee Van Voorst (BHRV) 94-8.5; 2. C.J. Van Der Zwaag (BHRV) 87-5. Shot — 2. C.J. Van Der Zwaag (BHRV) 30-1; 5. Jenna Ribbens (BHRV) 28-8.25. Long jump — 4. Katlyn Harman (BHRV) 14-2.25. 3,000 — 1. Jasmine Vander Bush (BHRV) 15:11.38. 3,200 relay — 3. South O’Brien 12:35.60. 100 — 1. Jana Vermeer (BHRV) 13;53. Shuttle hurdle — 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1:22.09. 800 relay — 2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 11:21.83. 100 hurdles — 1. Kendra Van Meeteren (BHRV) 17.17. 800 — 2. Elizabeth Rankin (BHRV) 2:44.20; 6. Katie Brandt (BHRV) 2:57.91. 200 — 4. Dana Weerheim (WS) 30.70; 5. Brooke Fick (BHRV) 31.25. 400 — 3. Dana Weerheim (WS) 67.06; 4. Brittany Schafer (BHRV) 68.77; 6. Kaitlyn

Mulder (BHRV) 72.18. 400 hurdles — 3. Katlyn Harman (BHRV) 76.07. Sprint medley — 5. West Sioux 2:09.00. 1,500 — 2. Sheri Boon (BHRV) 6:45.83. 200 relay — 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1:55.38; 6. West Sioux 2:04.49. 400 relay — 2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4:41.24. 1,600 relay — 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4:55.93.

Class B team results 1. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 156; 2. Remsen St. Mary’s 88; 3. Remsen-Union 67.5; 4. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 63.5; 5. Whiting 36; 6. River Valley 34; 7. Spalding Catholic 26; 8. Hinton 7.

N’West Iowa results 3,000 — 4. Vanessa Nava (SpC) 15:40.69. 100 — 3. Kim Streff (SpC) 14.28; 5. Madison Pottebaum (SpC) 15.22. 400 — 2. Kim Streff (SpC) 68.35. 100 hurdles — 5. Madison Pottebaum (SpC) 19.55. 400 hurdles — 2. Madison Pottebaum (SpC) 77.45. 400 relay — 4. Spalding Catholic 4:50.79.

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TRACKContinued from page C1As long as they are still improv-ing, that’s what we want to see. We’re trending in the right direction.” Dorhout said the 3,200 relay team taking second and Kian-na Rusch taking third in the high jump were highlights, and so was the weather. “It turned out about as well as we could have hoped. An hour before the meet, it was windy and raining hard. It definitely turned in the right direction,” she said. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn is in the process of sorting through all the new talent on its roster. “We’re still trying to figure out where everyone should be and get the right combinations. We’ll toy with it a bit more, but we’ve got more information now about what different girls can do,” Dorhout said. The weather forecast had South O’Brien’s coaches a little confused on what to do. The Wolverines are taking part in the Sioux City Relays today (Saturday, April 14) as well, but the weather outlook for that meet is not promising at this point. “The forecast wasn’t good for either one of those. Right now we’re planning on Casie (Rehder) in the 400 hurdles, we’re going to do the distance medley and Halee (Rahbusch) is going to run the 1,500 at Sioux City. I thought we were going to pull back on some of those kids today,” said South O’Brien coach Julie Paulsen. “But Casie has been hurt and she wanted to run it. The idea was to run today as kind of a preliminary to tomorrow. We weren’t going to run this one real hard.” When the weather cleared, that did change somewhat. Rehder won the 400 hurdles. Rahbusch won the 800 run. Each of them performed in season-best times. In the Class 2A division, Spencer took the team title with Spirit Lake Park in second. Sheldon finished fourth in the standings and Okoboji fol-lowed in fifth. Paige Van Wyk set the Shel-don school record in the 400 hurdles, winning the meet in 1:06.72. “As of right now, that time is seventh or eighth best in the state. It gives her a shot at making the Drake Relays. It would be a huge boost if she did. Getting to run on that sta-dium track before state is a big deal, not to mention that it is an honor just to qualify to run at Drake,” said Sheldon coach Kris Groff. Van Wyk also was on the win-ning shuttle hurdle relay team. Marti Vogel took first in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 1 inch. “She had never been over 4-10 before, so that was huge. Our shuttle ran their fastest time this year, and our 4-by-4 was right on their fastest of the year,” Groff said. The performance levels were impressive considering it was the third meet of the week for the Orabs. “You could tell about midway through the meet they were starting to get tired, but we handled it pretty well for the pounding we took this week,” Groff said. “We had a couple of girls sick and I had to pull one late. We’re inside a month to go now, so you can’t afford to get people hurt. We did pull back a little bit, but the girls came through it well. We’re scoring lots of points right now, and tonight we did it without scor-

ing in a few events we normally would have.” Okoboji coach Nate Dau went from thinking there was no way the meet would be held to thinking it was the nicest weather conditions the Pio-neers have had for a meet in a couple of years. He was fairly pleased with the performance of the squad at Spencer. “We were in Class 2A so we were going against a couple of really solid teams. We’re still trying to figure out our relays and get a couple of chemistry things straightened out,” Dau said. “I think with our sprint medley and our 4-by-1, we need to figure out who is going to be in those. The 4-by-1 and 4-by-2 are events I think we can get to state. Getting individuals in is great, but any time you can get four girls in a relay to state, that’s a great experience for them. We actually are hoping to make the Drake cut in the 4-by-1. If you can compete in a meet of that quality, it’s a special thing.” Okoboji finished second in the 400 relay with a time of 53.35 seconds. A few efforts caught Dau’s eye.

“We’ve got some young girls that are really pushing. Anna Seeger is a middle distance runner who is just going to be a joy to coach for the next three years. We could ask her to do any event and she wouldn’t question it. She’d just do it. And she’s a kid that just hates losing. A lot of people say that, but to her there is nothing worse than losing. You can just see it in her eyes,” Dau said. “That’s a good quality to have in an athlete,” he continued. “I changed up who was run-ning on that 4-by-1 at the last minute. Skyler Hansen found out she was running a 100 about 40 minutes before the race and she ran hard. Hannah Grovesnor is a young kid that is just raw ability right now. She doesn’t do anything else ath-letically, so it took a little longer to get her in shape. She is not a big kid, but she is so quick. Her feet are always moving 100 miles per hour. And she’s always happy.” Dau said the Okoboji throw-ers have remained consistent all year and added that Darby Jones was close to a higher finish in the high jump in her return to the lineup.

Spencer InvitationalClass 1A team results

1. Sioux Central 194; 2. West Bend Mallard 155; 3. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 108; 4. South O’Brien 84; 5. Clay Central-Everly 24; 6. Forest Ridge 9.

N’West Iowa results Discus — 4. Sierra Matthews (SOS) 82-11; 6. Emily Elgersma (H-M-S) 78-11. Shot — 2. Sierra Matthews (SOS) 29-5; 4. Michele Beving (H-M-S) 27-2. High jump — 3. Kianna Rusch (H-M-S) 4-6; 4. Rachel Struve (SOS) 4-4; 5. Libby Wagner (SOS) 4-2. Long jump — 4. Brett Struve (SOS) 13-9.5; 5. Hailey Rusch (H-M-S) 13-5.75. 3,000 — 1. Katie Knoblock (H-M-S) 11:25.08; 5. Megan Jordan (H-M-S) 13:12.00; 6. Karissa Langland (SOS) 14:15.57. 3,200 relay — 2. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 11:12.09; 4. South O’Brien 11:43.31. Shuttle hurdle — 3. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1:24.11. 100 — 3. Taylor Sweeney (H-M-S) 13.74; 5. Jenna Heemstra (SOS) 14.39. Distance medley — 3. South O’Brien 4:38.60; 4. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 4:46.96. 400 — 3. Brett Struve (SOS) 1:09.85; 5. Kirsten Elyea (H-M-S) 1:11.90; 6. Bianca Shriver (H-M-S) 1:14.88. 800 relay — 2. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1:57.71; 5. South O’Brien 2:08.05. 100 hurdles — 4. Karlene Negus (SOS) 19.10; 6. Hailey Rusch (H-M-S) 21.26. 800 — 1. Halee Rahbusch (SOS) 2:36.21; 2. Katie Knoblock (H-M-S) 2:37.14; 5. Kirsten Elyea (H-M-S) 2:44.39; 6. Patricia Zubrod (SOS) 2:58.06. 200 — 4. Taylor Sweeney (H-M-S) 29.08; 5. Katie Mills (H-M-S) 29.45. 400 hurdles — 1. Casie Rehder (SOS) 1:12.71.

Sprint medley — 3. South O’Brien 2:10.55; 6. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 2:19.52. 1,500 — 2. Katie Knoblock (H-M-S) 5:32.76; 5. Megan Jordan (H-M-S) 6:18.17. 400 relay — 3. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 56.78; 4. South O’Brien 56.93. 1,600 relay — 3. South O’Brien 4:31.37; 4. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 4:39.35.

Class 2A team results 1. Spencer 165; 2. Spirit Lake 143; 3. Estherville 91; 4. Sheldon 88; 5. Okoboji 49; 6. Storm Lake 38; 7. Emmetsburg 15.

N’West Iowa results Discus — 3. Caoena Krivolavy (Oko) 93-6; 5. Abby Taylor (Oko) 90-5. Shot — 3. Autumn Wahl (She) 31-10. High jump — 1. Marti Vogel (She) 5-1; 4. Darby Jones (Oko) 4-8. Long jump — 5. Katie Kneifl (She) 14-9; 6. Shanti Addengast (She) 14-1. 3,000 — 4. Clare Eckard (Oko) 11:54.30. 3,200 relay — 4. Sheldon 11:47.46.

Shuttle hurdle — 1. Sheldon (Caitlin Cain, Paige Van Wyk, Callie Hatting, Crystal Rodger) 1:09.02 100 — 5. Allegra St. Clair (She) 13.65. Distance medley — 2. Sheldon 4:40.00; 5. Okoboji 4:57.09. 400 — 3. Anna Seeger (Oko) 1:06.00; 6. Katie Kneifl (She) 1:11.85. 800 relay — 3. Okoboji 1:54.34; 5. Sheldon 1:58.48. 100 hurdles — 2. Paige Van Wyk (She) 16.5; 3. Caitlin Cain (She) 16.8. 800 — 6. Clare Eckard (Oko) 2:46.91. 400 hurdles — 1. Paige Van Wyk (She) 1:06.72; 2. Crystal Rodger (She) 1:11.62; 6. Olivia Albright (Oko) 1:14.23. Sprint medley — 4. Okoboji 2:02.94; 5. Sheldon 2:03.39. 400 relay — 2. Okoboji 53.35; 5. Sheldon 54.98. 1,600 relay — 3. Sheldon 4:25.12; 5. Okoboji 4:33.68.

Athletes chase down several best marks for season

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn freshman Morgan Dodd leaps an obstacle during the shuttle hurdle relay at the Spencer Invitational on Friday.

South O’Brien sophomore Halee Rahbusch heads into the second lap on her leg of the distance medley relay Friday at the Spencer Invitational. The Wolverines fin-ished in third place in the event for Class 1A.

Competitors head into the far straightaway during the 800-meter run Friday at the Spencer Invitational. The Tigers hosted a dozen teams in two classes for the 36th run-ning of the track and field meet. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

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Warrior boys settlefor second at home


S I O U X C E N T E R — M O C -Floyd Valley kept the pedal to the floor on the girls side of the meet while Unity Christian got its engine running at closer to full tilt on the boys side at the Sioux Center Relays on Thurs-day.

MOC-Floyd Valley ran away with the girls team title, fin-ishing 80.5 points ahead of runner-up LeMars.

On the boys side, Unity Chris-tian was able to top meet host Sioux Center by 29 team points to capture the crown.

Dutch girls score bigMOC-Floyd Valley won eight

events and had two scorers in six of the individual events on its way to 184 team points in the girls standings.

The field events and the dis-tance runs provided the biggest highlights for MOC-Floyd Val-ley.

The Dutch won three of the four field events. Bethany Dyk-stra won both the 3,000 and 1,500-meter runs.

“In the discus both Brook Jacobsma and Lauren McDon-ald had tremendous nights. Brook set a new meet record and Lauren threw farther than a previous school record her mother held for 19 years until it was broken in 1999. I’m sure her mom was happy to see Lauren top her accomplish-ments,” said MOC-Floyd Val-ley coach Lori Wolf. “Another new meet record was set by Bethany Dykstra in the 3,000. She shaved five seconds off a record that had stood for over 20 years. Bethany has been running strong all year. She has run a personal best in the 3,000 every time she has stepped on the track this year.”

Jacobsma threw 130 feet, 1.5 inches in the discus and McDonald’s toss was 120-11.5. Dykstra ran the 3,000 in 11 minutes, 31 seconds.

Wolf said Ali Achterhof and Daphne Heimensen each set personal best 400 splits during relay events.

She was pleased to see the mental toughness shown by the Dutch on a very cold, slightly wet evening.

“As coaches we were very happy to see our athletes com-pete hard. When the forecast looks bad, it is often tough for athletes to be mentally tough enough to go out and give it their all, but ours definitely did,” Wolf said.

Central Lyon was not putting much emphasis on the meet, but still came in third.

“We never put a lot on this meet. We’re just coming off our own meet and we have the Sioux City Relays this weekend, so we generally look at it as a training meet,” said Lion coach Toby Lorenzen. “I was really pleased considering we only put about 10 girls on the track. We had one girl go down after the shuttle hurdle and another that was supposed to be in a couple of relays that was sick. We had to move some things around, but the kids performed really well.”

Tina Ageson finished third in the discus, but her throw of 117-2 was the best in Class 1A so far this year.

“She had a good toss. She’s really thrown consistently well all year,” Lorenzen said.

Sibley-Ocheyedan was fourth, but coach Keith Swenson had other items on his mind.

“I don’t ever go in knowing where we are going to finish. I really don’t even pay atten-tion to the team score. When I was a younger coach, I used to calculate the points as we were going. Now I’ve learned to just enjoy the meet and have fun,” he said.

Relay events were especially good to the Generals. They won three of them and took third in two others.

“Getting three to win is always fun. Even our third-place relays were so close to second. They all ran very nice times and were really competing there,” Swen-son said.

Meet host Sioux Center was sixth, just behind Unity Chris-tian.

“I was really impressed with the way the girls competed. The weather conditions were less than favorable, but they didn’t let it distract them,” said Sioux Center coach Kadrian Harder-sen. “No, our times didn’t drop in too many events, but that was the case for every team there.”

He was impressed with the efforts of Payton Boer. “She won her first event of the year in the 400 lows and looked very strong doing it. She’s been a terrific newcomer this year. She also anchored our third-place 4-by-200,” Hard-ersen said. “She has shown a lot of toughness so far, fighting through a shin injury without complaint.”

Knights take long lookUnity Christian boys coach

Karl Kaemingk kept a watchful eye on the proceedings and liked a lot of what he saw from the Knights. “I am glad we got the meet in. Despite the cold, wind and rain, we learned some things about our team,” he said. “We tried some different combina-tions and again young guys stepped up to show their desire and hard work.” Kaemingk said it helped immensely that Unity Chris-tian was able to fill the roster a little better than it had in recent weeks. “We have made a significant stride toward being healthy again,” he said. “Some guys that have been out of competition ran tonight. That was a relief and added to our success.” Trevor Kauk got the Knights started with a win in the high jump. Unity Christian scored a win on the track in the 3,200 relay. Jake Floen won the 200 and 400 dashes and anchored the winning 400 relay. Dalton C. De Haan won the 100 dash and was second to Floen in the 200. He also was on the winning 400 relay team. Robbie Vander Veen won the 400 hurdles and Nathan Reichert took first in the 1,600 run. “The 4-by-100 relay ran very well. Robbie Vander Veen ran a solid time in the 400 hurdles. Dalton De Haan had a great night in the 100 and 200. Jake Floen made progress in the open 400 and was impressive in the 200,” Kaemingk said. Sioux Center coach Brock Lehman also was pleased to get the work in. “It was a deal where the coaches thought we were lucky to get the meet in, but I don’t know if the kids thought so. The wind around that first turn was pretty brutal,” he said. “Even though the wind was howling, it was cold and it was spitting rain, we still had a few season’s bests.” Lehman said wins in the shuttle hurdle and 1,600 relays were quality performances by the Warriors.

“The 4-by-4 wasn’t as stacked as it could have been with MOC-Floyd Valley and Unity leaving some of their better guys out, but for our guys to run that time by ourselves in the dark and with that wind was very good,” he said. “Our shuttle team looked a lot bet-ter. That is a really young group that is getting better. Our young throwers had a good day, too.” Most of all, Lehman liked the toughness shown by the War-riors. “It’s a continuous process. You have to get better week by week, culminating with districts and if you are lucky, state,” he said. “To go out on a night like this and still improve shows that the guys want to be out there and want to be com-peting.” MOC-Floyd Valley had a num-ber of strong performances. Dutch coach Joel Bundt was especially pleased with the distance medley. “That group has been chas-ing after qualifying for Drake in that event and they were able to improve on their own school record, increasing their chances of qualifying for Drake,” Bundt said. “In the discus, Drew Rupp threw for a personal best as did Lawton De Jong. Lawton was able to increase his personal best by 20 feet and had a strong perfor-mance in the shot put as well.” Sibley-Ocheyedan placed fourth in the team standings. Grant Greenfield again led the way with wins in the shot put and discus. “Our field events again are scoring well. Grant Greenfield had a fantastic night throwing, and so did Josh Earll and Ethan Stofferan. Dillon Thies con-tinues to improve in the long jump,” said Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Peter Carlson. “For run-ning, Casey Hertz ran a great 100, and Owen Wiese is bring-ing down his times in the 400 hurdles.” Central Lyon placed sixth in the team standings. West Sioux was eighth.

Sioux Center RelaysGirls team results

1. MOC-Floyd Valley 184; 2. LeMars 103.5; 3. Central Lyon 76; 4. Sibley-Ocheyedan 67; 5. Unity Christian 56.5; 6. Sioux Center 48; 7. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 38.5; 8. Akron-Westfield 14.5.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 2. Katie Landhuis (MOC-FV) 4-10; 4. Sarah Halse (CL) 4-6. Discus — 1. Brook Jacobsma (MOC-FV) 130-1.5; 2. Lauren McDonald (MOC-FV) 120-11.5; 3. Tina Ageson (CL) 117-2. Shot — 1. Brook Jacobsma (MOC-FV) 36-11.5; 2. Chantelle De Haan (UC) 34-7.5; 3. Ira De Jong (MOC-FV) 34-5; 5. Bridget Block (S-O) 33-1; 6. Jen Willemssen (S-O) 30-7.

Long jump — 1. Katelyn Probst (MOC-FV) 15-1.5; 2. Ali Achterhof (MOC-FV) 15-0; 4. Nicole Rozeboom (S-O) 14-6.5; 5. Emily Te Grootenhuis (SC) 14-4; 6. Allison Reisma (SC) 14-0. 3,000 — 1. Bethany Dykstra (MOC-FV) 11:00.31; 2. Leah Seivert (S-O) 11:18.35; 3. Kayla Byl (UC) 11:31.81; 4. Salli Valdez (MOC-FV) 11:38.90; 5. Danae Doornink (SC) 12:10.00. 3,200 relay — 1. Central Lyon (Angel Rasumussen, Ivy Sieperda, Kori Schulte, Tori Figge) 10:41.12; 2. MOC-Floyd Valley 10:44.61; 4. Sioux Center 10:52.05; 6. Unity Christian 11:15.34. Shuttle hurdle — 1. Central Lyon (Lexi Ackerman, Mikayla Miller, Jodi Vanden Hoek, Kelsey Ackerman) 1:13.68; 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 1:14.31; 4. Unity Christian 1:22.27. 100 — 2. Rebekah Muilenburg (MOC-FV) 13.69; 3. Jillian Estes (SC) 14.34; 4. Shelby Fastert (CL) 14.83; 6. Kinza Brue (UC) 15.03. Distance medley — 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan (Michaela Wolter, Clara Meyer, Kim Cuadros, Amy Dreessen) 4:42.50; 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 4:50.14; 4. Sioux Center 4:58.52; 6. Unity Christian 5:07.80. 400 — 1. Alexis Conaway (MOC-FV) 1:02.25; 2. Kori Schulte (CL) 1:06.47; 3. Kayla Byl (UC) 1:06.90; 5. Sarah Halse (CL) 1:07.55; 6. Mariah Hulstein (SC) 1:09.02. 800 relay — 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan (Erin Swenson, Bridget Doeden, Alyssa Hibbing, Nicole Rozeboom) 1:54.84; 3. Sioux Center 1:56.80; 4. Central Lyon 1:57.03; 5. MOC-Floyd Valley 1:57.66. 100 hurdles — 1. Kelsey Ackerman (CL) 17.80; 2. Faith Vander Voort (MOC-FV) 17.92; 4. Amy Dreessen (S-O) 18.85; 6. Bailey Vande Vegte (SC) 19.35. 800 — 2. Salli Valdez (MOC-FV) 2:42.93; 4. Samantha Bandstra (UC) 2:43.13; 5. Miranda Mouw (SC) 2:44.04; 6. Jasmine Moulton (SC) 2:44.61. 200 — 2. Rebekah Muilenburg (MOC-FV) 27.66; 3. Daphne Heimensen (MOC-FV) 27.93; 4. Jill Schouten (UC) 28.75; 5. Alyssa Hibbing (S-O) 28.97; 6. Jillian Estes (SC) 29.98. 400 hurdles — 1. Payton Boer (SC) 1:11.49; 2. Samantha Wielenga (MOC-FV) 11:13.99; 3. Karissa De Jong (UC) 1:16.59; 5. Mikayla Miller (CL) 1:20.36; 6. Bailey Vande Vegte (SC) 1:20.88. Sprint medley — 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan

(Michaela Wolter, Bridget Doeden, Clara Meyer, Nicole Rozeboom) 2:00.94; 2. Unity Christian 2:03.29; 4. Central Lyon 2:05.67; 5. Sioux Center 2:06.74. 1,500 — 1. Bethany Dykstra (MOC-FV) 5:18.17; 3. Kayla Byl (UC) 5:19.41; 4. Leah Seivert (S-O) 5:19.91; 5. Jaycee Vander Berg (MOC-FV) 5:31.57. 400 relay — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Rebekah Muilenburg, Ali Achterhof, Jade Hansen, Alexis Conaway) 52.46; 2. Central Lyon 54.42; 3. Sibley-Ocheyedan 54.43; 5. Sioux Center 56.28. 1,600 relay — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Jade Hansen, Daphne Heimensen, Ali Achterhof, Katie Landhuis) 4:18.51; 3. Sibley-Ocheyedan 4:22.21; 4. Central Lyon 2:22.48; 5. Sioux Center 4:25.82; 6. Unity Christian 4:35.46.

Boys team results 1. Unity Christian 152; 2. Sioux Center 123; 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 96; 4. Sibley-Ocheyedan 86; 5. Akron-Westfield 52; 6. Central Lyon 27; 7. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 11; 8. West Sioux 3.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 1. Trevor Kauk (UC) 5-6; 2. Grant Kobza (UC) 5-2; 3. Abel Duden (SC) 4-10. Discus — 1. Grant Greenfield (S-O) 158-10; 2. Zach Landhuis (MOC-FV) 149-4; 3. Collin Korver (MOC-FV) 142-7; 4. Drew Rupp (MOC-FV) 136-0; 5. Ethan Stofferan (S-O) 127-4; 6. Kyle Den Herder (SC) 124-3. Shot — 1. Grant Greenfield (S-O) 51-8.25; 2. Lawton De Jong (MOC-FV) 49-11; 3. Josh Earll (S-O) 44-5; 5. Brody Van Roekel (SC) 39-11.5. Long jump — 1. Trey Achterhoff (MOC-FV) 20-5.5; 2. Spencer Fritz (SC) 19-9.5; 3. Dillon Thies (S-O) 19-9; 4. Andrew O’Donnell (SC) 19-3; 5. Clayton Blythe (MOC-FV) 18-5.5; 6. Dalton Frick (S-O) 18-4. 3,200 — 2. Coleman McAlister (MOC-FV) 10:56.77; 3. Joe Tolsma (MOC-FV) 11:03.27; 4. Tyler Reck (S-O) 11:18.55; 5. Ben Broers (UC) 11:19.31; 6. Josh Olvera (SC) 11:21.58. 3,200 relay — 1. Unity Christian (Caleb Bakker, Alex Schoonhoven, Mitchell Ten Napel, Cody Gradert) 8:56.77; 2. Sioux Center 8:56.92; 3. Central Lyon 9:28.99; 4. MOC-Floyd Valley 9:42.74; 6. Sibley-Ocheyedan 10:40.00. Shuttle hurdle — 1. Sioux Center (Travis Vermeer, Dylon Van’t Hof, Christian Rozeboom,

Chase Reichle) 1:05.02; 3. Unity Christian 1:07.43; 4. Sibley-Ocheyedan 1:07.99. 100 — 1. Dalton C. De Haan (UC) 12.00; 2. Casey Hertz (S-O) 12.05; 3. Spencer Fritz (SC) 12.14; 5. Lucas Haack (S-O) 12.49; 6. Derek Hooyer (SC) 12.58. 400 — 1. Jake Floen (UC) 51.50; 2. Miles Kleinhesselink (SC) 54.22; 3. Logan Schoonhoven (UC) 54.60; 4. Tyler Newman (S-O) 55.51; 5. Jon Jansen (MOC-FV) 57.02; 6. Caleb Schreiver (CL) 59.37. 800 relay — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Clayton Blythe, Trey Achterhoff, Casey Guthmiller, Alex Van Roekel) 1:34.58; 2. Sioux Center 1:39.97; 3. Central Lyon 1:40.71; 4. Unity Christian 1:44.03; 5. West Sioux 1:46.33. 110 hurdles — 1. Dylon Van’t Hof (SC) 16.67; 2. Jordan Everson (UC) 17.76; 5. Asa Visser (MOC-FV) 18.38; 6. Owen Wiese (S-O) 18.48. 1,600 — 1. Nathan Reichert (UC) 4:54.04; 3. Mitchell Ten Napel (UC) 5:07.53; 4. Joe Tolsma (MOC-FV) 5:14.56; 5. Travis Vermeer (SC) 5:21.11; 6. Haile Duden (SC) 5:21.26. 200 — 1. Jake Floen (UC) 22.94; 2. Dalton C. De Haan (UC) 23.71; 3. Spencer Fritz (SC) 24-11; 4. Clayton Blythe (MOC-FV) 24.69; 5. Lucas Haack (S-O) 24.89; 6. Jack Hooyer (SC) 25.15. 400 hurdles — 1. Robbie Vander Veen (UC) 59.86; 2. Owen Wiese (S-O) 1:01.33; 3. Dylon Van’t Hof (SC) 1:04.73; 5. Chase Reichle (SC) 1:06.77; 6. Tyler Reck (S-O) 1:08.10. 1,600 medley — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Casey Guthmiller, Alex Van Roekel, Trey Achterhoff, Kyle Anderson) 3:39.81; 2. Central Lyon 4:00.33; 3. Sioux Center 4:08.58; 4. Unity Christian 4:19.97; 6. Sibley-Ocheyedan 4:32.10. 800 — 1. Mitchell McDonough (MOC-FV) 2:10.81; 2. Nathan Reichert (UC) 2:11.89; 3. Ross Rozeboom (SC) 2:14.64; 5. Andres Ortiz (SC) 2:25.97; 6. Josh Van Westen (S-O) 2:26.44. 400 relay — 1. Unity Christian (Dalton C. De Haan, Josh Heynen, Logan Schoonhoven, Jake Floen) 45.55; 2. Sioux Center 46.90; 3. Sibley-Ocheyedan 47.28; 4. Central Lyon 47.92; 6. West Sioux 49.21. 1,600 relay — 1. Sioux Center (Brett Rozeboom, B.J. O’Donnell, Andrew O’Donnell, Miles Kleinhesselink) 3:38.21; 2. Sibley-Ocheyedan 3:44.26; 3. Unity Christian 3:49.73; 4. MOC-Floyd Valley 3:55.89; 5. Central Lyon 3:59.28.

Dutch girls, Knight boys receive loudest cheers

Sioux Center senior Paige Foreman, junior Maddie Dubs, sophomore Morgan Van Maanen and junior Denae Doornink cheer on the Warriors during the boys 800-meter relay at the Sioux Center Relays on Thursday in Sioux Center. The Warrior boys finished second in the team standings while the girls settled for sixth. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

Junior Spencer Fritz of Sioux Center flies toward the pit during one of his long jump attempts at the Sioux Center Relays. He claimed second place in the event.

Central Lyon junior Kelsey Ackerman clears the final hurdle before racing to the fin-ish line Thursday at the Sioux Center Relays. Ackerman took first in the 100-meter hurdles, helping the Lions to a third-place finish in the overall team standings.

Track officials watch the finish line as runners cross during a heat of the 100-meter dash on Thursday eve-ning at the Sioux Center Relays. Athletes, officials and spectators all dealt with chilly, windy, rainy conditions.

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TWO MORE INK WITH NWC ORANGE CITY—MOC-Floyd Val-ley High School senior Lauren McDonald and West Sioux High School senior Dana Weerheim have signed letters of intent with Northwestern College and will join the Red Raider women’s basketball program. McDonald is a three-year let-terwinner for the MOC-Floyd Valley hoops squad. The 6-foot post aver-aged 8.3 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for the Dutch as a senior, helping her team to a 27-1 record and a second place finish at the Class 3A state tournament. She was a two-time all-conference selection in basketball. McDonald also was an all-conference volleyball player and is a two-time state qualifier in track and field. Weerheim is a 5-7 guard who was a three-year letterwinner for West Sioux. She averaged 13.9 points, five rebounds and five assists per game in her senior year, earning all-state second-team honors. She led the Falcons to a 25-2 record and the Class 1A state semifinals. Weer-heim was on the all-tournament team at state and is a three-time all-conference selection.

BERKLAND SIGNS AT NWC ORANGE CITY—Spirit Lake High School senior Whitney Berkland has announced she will attend Northwestern College, where she will be a part of the Red Raider vol-leyball program. Berkland, a Lake Park native, is a 5-foot-5-inch setter who lettered three times for Spirit Lake. She lofted 516 assists, earning a first-team all-conference nod as a senior. She served at 92 percent with 59 ace serves and averaged 3.1 digs per set for a team that made it to the Class 3A regional finals and finished 22-7. She was honorable mention all-conference in 2009 and second-team al l -conference in 2010.

NWC TAGS DEFENDERS SIOUX CENTER—Northwestern College cooled off rival Dordt Col-lege in Great Plains Athletic Confer-ence softball April 10, sweeping a twinbill in Sioux Center. The host Defenders had won six in a row coming into the day, but that streak was snapped in an 8-2 loss in game one. Jill Kleinhesselink had two hits, two runs and one RBI in the game. One of her hits was a homer. Shelby Johnson belted a three-run shot. Heidi Esdohr had two hits and two runs. Kara Nonnemacher had two hits and one run. Keeley Bracelin got the pitching win. Megan Huizenga homered, singled, drove in two runs and scored once for Dordt. Kacy

Oberfoell took the pitching loss. Northwestern triumphed 5-0 win in the second game thanks to the long ball. Johnson had two hits, two RBIs and a run for the Red Raiders. One of her hits was a home run. Kleinhesselink and Nonnemacher each hit solo homers for the guests and had two hits on the day. Kami Kuhlmann had two hits and scored two runs. Katie Vander Voort was the winning pitcher. Oberfoell had two hits for the Defenders. Sidney Larson took the pitching loss.

DORDT FALLS IN EXTRAS PERU, NE—Peru State College out-lasted Dordt College 6-5 in 10 innings in nonconference baseball on April 11. Dustin Brisel was 3-for-5 with a and drove in three for Dordt.

RUNNER SELECTS DORDT SIOUX CENTER—Kathryn Smit, a senior at Manhattan Christian High School in Montana, has declared her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender track and field and cross country programs. Smit competed in the 400-meter relay and the 1,600 relay along with the 400 run, the 800 run and the triple jump at Manhattan Christian. She has been a part of state-qualifying teams in both relays and qualified for state as an individual in the 400 and 800. She helped her team to a fifth-place finish at the state cross country meet by placing fourth as an individual.

SOCCER PLAYER SIGNS SIOUX CENTER—The Dordt College men’s soccer program has added Austin Lindemulder to its latest list of recruits for the 2012 season. Lindemulder is a senior at Illiana Christian High School in Illinois, where he played midfielder and defender. He tallied four goals and registered eight assists as a senior for the Vikings.

PREP JOINS RAIDERS ORANGE CITY—Emily Bain, a senior at Oak Harbor High School in Washington, has decided to attend Northwestern College and participate in cross country and track and field at the school. Bain lettered four years in cross country at Oak Harbor. She was received all-conference honorable mention last year.

SOFTBALL TEAM ADDS ONE ORANGE CITY—Clare Ipema of Crete, IL, has signed a letter of intent and will play softball at Northwest-ern College. Ipema is an outfielder who lettered four times for Illiana Christian High School. She batted .344 last season.

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DUTCHContinued from page C1they set for themselves in terms of scoring. “I would say we are struggling with consistency right now. Having three meets in a week, it’s difficult to improve on some of those areas you are struggling with. And it’s different things for different girls,” Tilgner said. “I would say none of them are real happy yet with how we are perform-ing. That’s good. It shows they are competitive and want to improve.” Tilgner said the biggest key for the team going forward is to avoid the one bad hole that seems to be tripping the golfers up. He said it is a matter of refo-cusing after a poor shot and settling down quickly.

MOC-Floyd Valley 204, Spencer 208 MOC-Floyd Valley cards: Kalyn Root 46; Megan Mousel 50; Mallory Simmelink 53; Bri Van Ravenswaay 56; Kenzie Mulder 57; Larkin De Haan 57.

Sweeney’s steady playpropels Wolverine boys LEMARS—The steady hand of Aus-tin Sweeney helped South O’Brien overcome an off night for some of its other golfers as the Wolverines earned a 172-180 War Eagle Conference boys golf win against LeMars Gehlen Catholic on Friday. Sweeney won the medalist honors with a 39. He has turned in the same score in all three of South O’Brien’s contests this year. “Austin golfed well. He’s been very steady for us,” said Wolverines coach Noah DeYager. The Wolverines No. 1 golfer, Shaan Desai, had a rough day. Desai, who was 13th at the Class 1A state golf tour-nament last year, shot a 44. “He struggled with everything today, but the short game was his worst. He chipped poorly and putted poorly,” DeYager said. The weather was a concern for most of the day, but turned out to be no fac-tor. “The weather turned out awesome. The sun came out right as we got on the bus to leave and it got fairly warm. The wind was maybe 10 to 15 miles per hour, but it was not much of a fac-tor,” De Yager said. “That course is dif-ficult though. The greens were playing very slowly and they have the pins in some really tough locations.” Still, DeYager said the Wolverines need to pull it together quickly con-sidering they play today (Saturday, April 14) at the Landsmeer Invitational hosted by Unity Christian in Orange

City. “We shot a 158, then a 163 and now a 172. We’re definitely not happy with adding nine strokes to what we did last night,” DeYager said. “We’re going to need to take at least 10 off that to even be competitive Saturday.” Dylan Kneip of LeMars Gehlen Catholic and Zane Roberts of South O’Brien were the next golfers behind Sweeney on the leaderboard, with each shooting a 43.

South O’Brien 172, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 180 South O’Brien cards: Shaan Desai 44; Austin Sweeney 39; Zane Roberts 43; Nate Struve 46; Kody Nelson 53; Brice Goosen 49.

South O’Brien girls notchone-stroke win over host LEMARS—South O’Brien got a vic-tory, but did so in less than spectacular fashion on Friday in a 220-221 War Eagle Conference girls golf match hosted by LeMars Gehlen Catholic. Coach Lynn Cole was a bit disap-pointed in the score by her Wolverines. “That was a real high score for the

girls,” Cole said. “That course might be the hardest we play. Hinton is pretty tough, too, but this ranks right up there. On holes 5 and 6, they have to cross the creek twice. There is water on every hole except 1 and 8. I mean, we have a creek at Primghar, but this is more like a river.” While South O’Brien has an expe-rienced team, the experience at the course was quite different this time. “The girls I have playing varsity now played junior varsity two years ago when we were here. On JV the War Eagle has the 6-4 rule, where you can only take six shots to get it to the green or you pick it up and walk it there, and you can only putt four times,” Cole said. “So this was their first time really playing the course.” The weather was not to blame either as the sun came out by the time the round started and the winds were mild. LeMars Gehlen Catholic’s score high-er than it might have been because one of its golfers was disqualified. Emma Sweeney had the low score for

the Wolverines with a 53. Junior varsity golfer Erin Cullison earned a chance at playing varsity in the next meet, firing a 49.

South O’Brien 220, LeMars Gehlen Catholic 221 South O’Brien cards: Jaynee Smith 54; Emma Sweeney 53; Mikayla Campbell 63; Shelbi Holtkamp 58; Naomi Petrich 55; Tayla Coady 60.

MOC-Floyd Valley girls still looking for consistency

MOC-Floyd Valley junior Kenzie Mulder reads the green while waiting her turn to putt on the 11th hole at Spencer Country Club. The Dutch took a 204-208 win over the Tigers in a nonconference match Friday in Spencer. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

Junior Kalyn Root of MOC-Floyd Valley chips from just off the green at Spencer Country Club. Root was the medalist with a 46.


SPORTS

Hosts, not stormsbring the thunder


SHELDON—Thunderstorms threatened to postpone the Siouxland Conference Girls Golf Tour stop at Sheldon Golf & Country Club on Thursday, but organizers decided to ignore the forecast. The host squad could not be happier they did. The Orabs upset traditional power MOC-Floyd Valley on a fifth score tiebreaker, winning the league meet on their home course. It was indeed a cold and damp night, but there was no light-ning in the sky, and the rain that fell was not deemed hard enough to stop play. “The weather conditions were a definite challenge again today. We debated about even postponing the meet,” said Sheldon coach Jan Sneider-man. “Fortunately for the golf-ers, the rain held off quite a bit more than we anticipated.” Sheldon and MOC-Floyd Val-ley both recorded a team score of 199, forcing the tiebreaker. Jenna Kruger’s round of 55 ended up being the card that gave the Orabs the win. “The team is really gaining confidence and beginning to play the kind of golf that they are capable of playing. They have been scoring well in prac-tice rounds, so it was just a mat-ter of time before the gals could start lowering their scores during the meets,” Sneiderman said. “This was a fun meet for the girls. They showed a lot of excitement about being able to break 200 for their team total. Since the outcome of the meet came down to the fifth golfer’s score, it was even more of a team effort.” Sneiderman said several teams in the Siouxland are capable of going low on any given night this year. “There is a lot of balance in the conference this year, so every meet will be a battle,” she said. MOC-Floyd Valley coach Monte Tilgner said the Dutch need to continue to grind to work down the scores. “For such great weather ear-lier this spring, we have had bad weather in each of our first two meets,” he said. “We need to continue to knock strokes off our individual scores to drive down our team score. The girls have been working very hard, and I’m confident that we will do so.” Sioux Center also made a solid move down in its team score. The Warriors had all four of their scoring players within four strokes of each other. Sioux Center finished with a team total of 206, paced by a 49 from Kalee Den Herder. O k o b o j i f re s h m a n A l e x Mankle, playing in just her second meet, won the medalist award with a 41. Carrie Wahl-strom of Sheldon was second with a 42. The Pioneers finished just ahead of a hard-charging Boyden-Hull team for fourth in the team standings. Comet coach John Olson said his team did improve. “We were happier with the way we played, and we show improvement. We spent a lot of time Tuesday night working on the things the kids wanted help with,” Olson said. “We still finished fifth, but the five teams were bunched together within 15 strokes. Callie (Van Holland) medaled, and Kylie (Sipma) and Kasey (Olson) shot better rounds, and all three had one terrible hole. Thankfully, they held things together mentally to move on and shoot decent scores.” S i b l e y- O c h e y e d a n a l s o brought its scoring down sub-stantially, trimming 15 strokes and getting to 219. “We played better. The winds were down some, and Shel-don’s greens are much easier to manage than Otter Valley’s,” said Generals coach Marvella Harberts. “We’d still like to be closer to 210. You can’t always go by where you place in the meet. You have to look at your num-bers. We want to be closer to the 210 range and go from there, so we’ll keep plugging away, I guess.”

Siouxland Girls Golf Tourat Sheldon Golf & Country Club

Team standings (after two events): 1. MOC-Floyd Valley 19; 2. Sheldon 17; 3. Okoboji 16; 3. Sioux Center 16; 5. Boyden-Hull 12;

6. Central Lyon 9; 7. Sibley-Ocheyedan 8; 8. Rock Valley 6; 9. West Lyon 3; 10. George-Little Rock 2. Sheldon 199: Erin Abele 57; Carrie Wahlstrom 42; Lindsay Nilles 50; Katherine Bomgaars 53; Jenna Kruger 55; Brittany Van Gorp 54. MOC-Floyd Valley 199: Mallory Simmelink 51; Kalyn Root 49; Kenzie Mulder 52; Megan Mousel 62; Larkin De Haan 62; Bri Van Ravensway 47. Sioux Center 206: Kalee Den Herder 49; Maggie Dykshorn 52; Maria Vander Plaats 53; Carol Kooiker 52; Katrina Kruse 57. Okoboji 211: Kiley Wermersen 49; Alex Mankle 41; Sara Mayer 58; Mikael Adolph 63; Erin Richey 76. Boyden-Hull 213: Callie Van Holland 47; Alicia Kleinwolterink 58; Kylie Sipma 54; Alex Sietstra 61; Alida Savage 56; Kasey Olson 56. Sibley-Ocheyedan 219: Shannon Van Beest 53; Jurnea Harberts 53; Ashley Lemke 58; Susie Linquist 59; Shelby Stanton 55; Shannon Michelson 65. Central Lyon 229: Karmin Vogt 54; Kendra Schleusner 52; Sydney Peterson 56; Kate Timmer 69; Shannon McCarty 67. Rock Valley 232: Jenna Cannegieter 58; Ashley Vonk 52; Kaela Vonk 62; McKenzie Eichmann 60; Courtney Vonk 66. West Lyon NA: McKayla Kramer 55; Kayla Roemen 69. George-Little Rock NA: Amber Stettnichs 54; Kassie Peters 64.

Wolverines’ startbrings higher goals

PRIMGHAR—South O’Brien and Unity Christian both over-came shaky weather condi-tions to record solid scores, but it was the host Wolverines who came away with a 207-216 War Eagle Conference girls golf vic-tory on Thursday. Rain, wind and cold made for a tough night, but both teams were able to respond. “Those were miserable con-ditions, and the girls came through. It’s so exciting to have Naomi (Petrich) shoot 49 and the other girls in the 50s,” said South O’Brien coach Lynn Cole. “Shooting 207 was great for the conditions. I am so proud of the hard work the girls have been putting in. It’s great that the scores have been reflecting that hard work.” Mackenzie Geels of Unity Christian was the meet medal-ist with a 45. Petrich was the runner-up. “Ma k e n z i e G e e l s h a d a breakthrough round for us, and Sarah Bos also had a good round,” said Unity Christian coach Ross Bouma. “The girls shot their best round of the year despite the weather and an unfamiliar course. It’s good to see that improvement, and we hope that continues for us.” The good start has Cole and the Wolverines thinking big for the rest of the season. “It’s going to be a very exciting year. We have great expecta-tions for what we will do in the War Eagle Conference,” Cole said. “I have four girls with a wealth of experience and then some junior varsity players who have improved from last year. It’s exciting to have three new players on the team that all have been playing well.”

South O’Brien 207, Unity Christian 216 South O’Brien cards: Naomi Petrich 49; Emma Sweeney 51; Mikayla Campbell 52; Shelbi Holtkamp 55; Jaynee Smith 57. Unity Christian cards: Kara Harthoorn 58; Makenzie Geels 45; Sarah Bos 51; Amber Klynsma 77; Lindsey Klynsma 62; Dana Ter Haar 68.

Spartans growingwith each contest

ALTON—Spalding Catholic’s inexperienced girls golf team took another step along its journey Thursday, falling to Remsen-Union 228-275 in War Eagle Conference play. It was only the second time this season the Spartans fielded a full squad. They had not had a team at all in the past few years, instead sharing a program with Remsen St. Mary’s. “The girls keep improving, which makes me excited,” said Spalding Catholic coach Mela-nie Babcock. “The last two meets we had different girls rise to the occa-sion, and that is fun to see. I am just really proud of their perfor-mances, and their scores keep going down.” There was a bit of wind and some chilly temperatures to go along with the April shower that dampened Sioux Golf & Country Club in Alton. Stacie Bortscheller of Rem-sen-Union did not seemed to be bothered by the weather. Her round of 46 was eight strokes better than runner-up medalist Vanessa Wolf, her teammate. Bortscheller and Wolf were the only girls to make it under 60 on the day. Sarah Konz had the low round for the Spartans with a 63.

Remsen-Union 228, Spalding Catholic 275 Spalding Catholic cards: Leah Bunkers 69; Sarah Konz 63; Megan Haupert 73; Cara Jungers 77; Leah Schroeder 70.

Ball control helpsin win over ’Pack


ORANGE CITY—Elli Kros-schell broke the seal over the Western Christian goal late in the first half, and Unity Chris-tian kept it going after the break, topping its rival 3-0 in girls soccer Thursday.

The game was scoreless through the first 37 minutes, but Unity Christian coach Tim Kamp was sensing the Knights were about to break through.

“We put a lot more offensive pressure on Western than I thought we would be able to right from the start. Our mid-field and offensive front were clicking pretty well tonight,” Kamp said. “The midfield is supporting the forwards, and the transition game has been going very well.

Krosschell scored unassisted, chipping the ball to the far post from 24 yards out on the right side in the 38th minute.

“We had our issues at first getting shots to finish. West-ern’s defense is pretty good at collapsing in the goal area and keeping shots out. Elli’s first goal helped because it came from outside the box and basi-cally went over the mass of players in the box,” Kamp said.

Krosschell sent a back pass to Autumn Pluim 19 minutes into the second half that Pluim was able to convert on to make it 2-0. Pluim rang the bell again 30 minutes into the second half, this time set up by a cross from Adrienne Wesselius.

“On those two, we finally got enough of a drop pass and quick ball movement to set up some shots to finish.”

Western Christian coach Jeanie Elgersma said the errors were correctable for the Wolf-pack.

“Their first goal came when we left a man unmarked. Unity scored two more in the second half after the defense didn’t get the zone cleared. Those are small things we can coor-dinate in practice with better communication,” Elgersma said.

In fact, she thought the score was misleading.

“It was a great night for the Western girls soccer team. The score may look lopsided, but the team has finally started to develop in the midfield with Megan Van’t Hul and Lauren Eekhoff helping control and create play for the front line. Forwards Kenzie Bousema and Abby Pollema started making attacking runs that left Unity’s defense scrambling,” Elgersma said. “Overall, the

whole team had a strong game. We look forward to the girls learning to better recog-nize the play as it unfolds on the field.” Kamp said the Knights were helped by a return to health after having several girls out with illness and injury in recent games. He said the defense was strong as well. “The back three are starting to gel well. We fixed a couple of issues from the last couple of matches. The passing and communication between the three is going very well now,” Kamp said. “Western has a couple of girls with some good speed as forwards that made some good runs. Their keeper had a nice night, too. She made several good saves that kept it close for a while.” Unity Christian took 16 shots in the game and put 14 of them on goal. Unity Christian keeper Shannell Nieuwendorp was credited with four saves. Western Christian keeper Alexa Gulker was credited with 13 saves.

Dutch recover aftermisfiring early on

HAWARDEN—MOC-Floyd Valley was foiled in its first few attempts, but the Dutch kept at it and eventually were rewarded with a 4-1 girls soc-cer victory over West Sioux in Hawarden on Thursday. MOC-Floyd Valley had a chance to grab the momen-tum immediately on a cold, windy and damp night. “It took us a while to get going. We missed on a couple of wide open chances about five minutes into the game. Those were just opportunities we floundered away,” said Dutch coach Blake Wieking.

MOC-Floyd Valley got on the board on a broken play. A cross got sent into the box and bounced around until Caitlin Van Es got control of it long enough to boot it home 20 minutes into the first half. The real surge came for the Dutch late in the first half. With 1:30 left, Bre Harmelink stole the ball at the top of the box, shook a defender and put a shot in net. One minute later, Skyler Hill-Norby made a nearly identical play to put the score at 3-0. “That was a good way to end the half. We had a ton of scor-ing chances the entire game,” Wieking said. “Controlling possession was a little tough because they like to kick and chase, but we did a pretty good job of keeping it on our half of the field. Defensively, it was hard for the girls to keep focus because they only had a few opportunities where we really had to step up and defend, but we did pretty well. Any time you score four goals, that’s good, and we limited their opportunities.” Jaylen Blankenship got West Sioux on the board midway

though the second half on a powerful shot from the middle of the scoring area. MOC-Floyd Valley got its final goal with 10 minutes remain-ing. Van Es sent in a cross, and Ana Sachs was able to control it and beat the keeper. West Sioux was a bit short on numbers in the contest. “We were down three varsity players going into the game, and then we had three more who got cleated during the game. One of them stayed in, but she was hurting pretty good when it happened,” said West Sioux co-coach Tiffany Millikan. Millikan said the Falcons had trouble with the Dutch offen-sive front. “I would say the speed of their forwards was an advan-tage for them and their ball handling was very good,” Mil-likan said. “We need to work to improve as far as having our three forwards remain in position and not pull back so much so that we can get a bet-ter attack.” Emily McDonald was cred-ited with five saves in goal for the win for MOC-Floyd Valley.

Goal by Krosschell ignites offense for Unity Christian

Orabs strike in Siouxland play

THURSDAY GIRLS GOLF

Unity Christian junior Elli Krosschell shoots through Western Christian senior Jami Driesen and junior Brittany Ryk on Thursday. Krosschell had one goal in the game.

Western Christian junior Traci Kats and Unity Christian junior Adrienne Wesselius battle over the ball Thursday in Orange City. The Wolfpack lost to the Knights 3-0. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

THURSDAY GIRLS SOCCER

Junior Alexa Gulker of Western Christian covers the ball after a shot on goal Thursday against Unity Chris-tian in Orange City. The host Knights triumphed 3-0.


SPORTS

Hawks get better,but still stumble


HARTLEY—Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn was significantly bet-ter than it was the day before, but it was not enough to catch LeMars Gehlen Catholic in a 179-188 War Eagle Confer-ence boys golf loss Tuesday in Hartley. The Hawks had struggled mightily in tough conditions at Hinton the day before. The weather may have been even more challenging Tuesday. “The wind was around 25 miles per hour, and it was only 45 degrees out. It certainly wasn’t ideal,” said Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn coach Tom Thompson. “But I think if you get too worried about that and complain about it, your golf game suffers.” The Hawks did have some bright spots at the top end of the scoreboard. Travis Enger won a three-way playoff with Blake Wiltgen and Dustin Kneip of LeMars Gehlen Catholic to take the medal-ist honor. All of them carded rounds of 43. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s James Van Oort was next in line with a 45. “We did play better. We improved our team score quite a bit,” Thompson said. “Travis played pretty well and won the playoff. James Van Oort’s score was really good to see. He improved by more than 20 strokes from the day before. He played a lot smarter and a lot better, and it showed on his scorecard.”

LeMars Gehlen 179, H-M-S 188 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cards: Travis Enger 43; Hank Voss 50; Devin Young 50; Evan

Metzler 50; Brady Ahmann 58; James Van Oort 45.

DeBoer hangs toughin difficult weather

HARTLEY—Tressa DeBoer turned in a strong outing, but the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls golf team had its share of struggles Tuesday in a 198-240 War Eagle Conference loss to LeMars Gehlen Catholic. The Hawks had to deal with cold and wind for the second day in a row. Despite playing on its home course, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn’s team total jumped up from where it was under similar conditions the day before at Hinton. “C o n d i t i o n s w e r e n o t conducive for golf, but the kids hung in there and did their best. Our scores were not good other than Tressa’s medal round of 46,” said Hawk coach Julee Burns. “Some of them had personal bests at the meet on Monday and were disappointed with their scores on Tuesday. They continue to struggle with the short game around and on the greens. We lack varsity experi-ence and consistency.” DeBoer’s score was one stroke better than LeMars Gehlen Catholic’s Shannon Smith, earning the medalist award for DeBoer. The Jays had three players shoot 50 or below. The Hawks’ best score other than DeBoer was a 63. “The girls remain positive and want to do better,” Burns said. “Hopefully, they will improve each meet and reach some of their team and per-sonal goals they have set.”

LeMars Gehlen 198, H-M-S 240 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cards: Tressa DeBoer 46; Haley Morfitt 66; Alexa Albert 63; Val Treimer 65; Val Taylor 74; Katie Decker 81.

Generals smart inbreezy conditions


LARCHWOOD—The top five teams on the second stop of the Siouxland Conference Boys Golf Tour were exactly the same as the first, though the scores did generally come down during the event Thursday at Meadow Acres Golf Course in Larchwood.

The battle for the top spot was a heated one. Five teams got under 170 despite rugged weather conditions. However, Sibley-Ocheyedan was the only team to break 160, carding a 159 to take the win. General coach Rick Braby considered that to be quite a feat.

“In those conditions that is tremendous scoring. It was rainy; the wind was blowing; it was cold — basically all the nasty things you don’t want to happen during a golf meet,” Braby said. “That’s a pretty open course. It’s basically a links course, and getting set up for those greens was tough. There is a lot of undulation. We wanted to make sure we stayed below the hole so we could make sure we could run a putt at it, and for the most part, we did that.”

Finding the target was not as easy as just knowing that was the game plan.

“You still had to hit some quality shots into those greens. You had to allow for the wind. You had to decide if maybe you needed to club up or club down,” Braby said. “You had to be thinking all the way through where you wanted to put the ball.”

MOC-Floyd Valley coach Brady Baker, who saw the Dutch finish just two strokes back, was impressed by the Generals.

“My hat is off to Sibley-Ocheyedan with a great team score. I was excited for them and coach Braby, who does a great job with those kids,” Baker said. “Our team score improved by six shots, so I am very pleased with the progress we are making. Guys are work-ing hard and are willing to make some changes in order to get better later in the season. Mitch (McDonough) and Ryan (Christy) are off to a solid start to the year.”

Okoboji has finished third in each of the first two meets.

“I’m not unhappy with our scores being in the 40 to 45 range. I kind of expect that to stay right there,” said Pioneer coach Randy Rohlfsen. “I know our No. 1 and 2 man are solid. We just need to get our 3, 4, 5 and 6 down. Then we’ll be con-tenders. Right now, we’re just runners-up.”

He said the players need to stay on task.

“I ’ve been ver y pleased with the way our kids have performed so far. It looks like Sibley-Ocheyedan and MOC-Floyd Valley have some kids that can really turn it on and go low,” Rohlfsen said. “But we can’t be concerned with them and what they do. We just have to keep trying to lower our own

scores.” Boyden-Hull made one of the biggest moves by any team on the day, improving by 26 shots over its score from Monday’s meet in Sheldon. “We were able to eliminate the big scores and for the most part managed the course better as a team,” said Comet coach Bruce Keizer. “The guys played smarter and improved a lot. We mixed up our lineup a bit, and it seemed to work well for the guys. It gave some guys more confidence in the spots they were playing.” Sheldon coach Gene Bom-gaars said it was a disappoint-ing round for the Orabs, who shot a 186. “We didn’t play very well. We’ve got to get back to work,” he said. “We have to get back on the driving range and figure out what we need to do to get our scores down. We need to be in the 160s to be competitive. This was the course that we shot our best round on last year, and I think it’s easier than ours, so this was kind of a missed opportunity.” Christy of MOC-Floyd Valley won a playoff with Grant Juber of Sibley-Ocheyedan for the medalist award after each shot 37. McDonough shot a 38 for the Dutch. Ty Hanna of Sibley-Ocheyedan and Scott Westra of Rock Valley each carded a 39.

Siouxland Boys Golf Tourat Meadow Acres Golf Course

Team standings (after two events): 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan 18; 2. MOC-Floyd Valley 16; 3. Okoboji 14; 4. Rock Valley 12; 5. West Lyon 10; 6. Boyden-Hull 6; 7. Sheldon 5; 7. Sioux Center 5; 9. Central Lyon 4; 10. George-Little Rock 0. Sibley-Ocheyedan 159: Ty Hanna 39; Tristen Roetzel 41; Joe Storbakken 43; Grant Juber 37; Brent Reed 42; Harrison Feldkamp 47. MOC-Floyd Valley 161: Mitch McDonough 38; Ryan Christy 37; Keifer Te Grootenhuis 45; Brett Bomgaars 42; Pieter Swart 46; Collin Pennings 44. Okoboji 166: James Halbur 41; Weston Burgeson 42; Tyler Ohl 40; Mike Luhrs 43; Ben DeMuth 44; Cody Louscher 45. Rock Valley 167: Zach Bliek 41; Luke Keeble 40; Scott Westra 39; Jarod Hansen 47; Austin Gregg 48; Nick Elgersma 47. West Lyon 169: Brandon Snyder 41; Nate Roemen 42; Scott Er ickson 41; Cole Grotewold 45; Zach Sauers 52; Dylan Whalen 54. Boyden-Hull 178: Kaleb Vis 53; Taylor Francis

40; Evan Marra 47; Riley Francis 45; Kirk Prostrollo 46; Garrett Vander Witt 63. Central Lyon 180: Cole Schleusner 48; Luke De Jong 45; Allen Stillson 45; Kyler Huisman 42; Kalen Eckenrod 49; Mike Postma 58. Sioux Center 181: Brent Sneller 49; Ty Brink 41; Braden DeBoer 43; Josh Moret 48; Kyle Cleveringa 52; Steven Kragt 51. Sheldon cards 186: Tom Brown 42; Peter Fonkert 46; Benjamin Lichty 52; Brennan Vote 49; Garrett Lang 49; Andrew Sterk 49. George-Little Rock cards: Aaron Korthals 43; Brenden Riefers 55.

Desai, Sweeney setpace for Wolverines

PRIMGHAR—South O’Brien knew it would have to be on its game with a talented Unity Christian team coming to town, and despite weather conditions that kept scores from darting too low, the Wolverines still had enough to pick up a 163-166 War Eagle Conference boys golf win Thursday in Primghar. “It started raining on us right away, but the rain subsided for most of the meet,” said South O’Brien coach Noah DeYager. “The boys played well for the conditions. Shaan (Desai) shot a solid 36, I was very pleased with that.” Still, he was not convinced when the score came in it would be good enough. “I didn’t think we could beat Unity with a 163, but it turned out to be enough. We’ll see them again soon and we’ll probably need to be in the 150s to beat them,” DeYager said. “I was really proud of our guys today.” Blake Zomermaand paced Unity Christian, finishing as the runner-up to Desai. He fired a 38. “Blake had another great round for us. He as been really consistent so far this year,” said Unity Christian coach Terry Beimers. He said it was a challenging day for the Knights. “This is a tough course, espe-cially if you are not familiar with it. It requires you to use a variety of golf shots and to really think a couple of shots ahead. The weather conditions were not great and that might have played a role, but we can’t

use that as an excuse,” Beimers said. “But, overall, it wasn’t a bad round though. We had some kids shoot really good rounds.” South O’Brien’s Austin Swee-ney joined Desai and Zomer-maand in breaking 40, turning in a 39 for the day.

South O’Brien 163, Unity Christian 166 South O’Brien cards: Shaan Desai 36; Austin Sweeney 39; Nate Struve 42; Zane Roberts 46; Kody Petrich 49; Kody Nelson 52. Unity Christian cards: Blake Zomermaand 38; Joel Groeneweg 41; Micah Roos 45; Tanner Vander Stoep 47; Eric Fedders 42; Mat Grossman 49.

Spartans improve,but still come up shy

ALTON—Spalding Catholic’s boys golf team kept it competi-tive in its latest round, but did not have the top end scores to match Remsen-Union in a 185-194 War Eagle Conference loss at Sioux Golf & Country Club in Alton on Thursday. The Spartans were consistent, with all four scorers turning in either a 48 or a 49. For some, that was a major improvement over their previous outing. “Zac (Kinney) picked up a medal for fourth, and as a team we shaved a bunch of strokes off our last outing,” said Spalding Catholic coach J.D. Hunt. “Hopefully, they can keep working and continue to move in that direction going forward.” Hunt said while it was over-cast and rained on and off throughout the round, it was not a bad day to score low. “Saw some rain to start the night and some wind to go with it. It turned out to be a pretty cool evening for the first time this year,” Hunt said. “The course was wet, but in very nice condition.” Kyler Howard of Remsen-Union was the medalist with a 44. Cam Kuchel shot a 46 for the Rockets and Zach Stock a 47. Kinney and Ashton Thompson turned in 48s for the Spartans.

Remsen-Union 185, Spalding Catholic 194 Spalding Catholic cards: Zac Kinney 48; Grant Schuver 49; Tyler Konz 49; Ashton Thompson 48; Kyle Hunt 64; Blake Hansen 72.

Sibley-Ocheyedan boys go low to fend off MOC-Floyd Valley for win

Rock Valley senior Zach Bliek reacts after seeing the wind take his approach shot in Sheldon on Monday. The Rock-ets placed fourth in each of the first two Siouxland Conference Boys Tour events. (Photos by Scott Byers)

West Lyon sophomore Brandon Snyder looks high in the air as he lobs a shot toward the green on the second hole Monday at Sheldon Golf & Country Club. The Wildcats sit in fifth in the Siouxland Boys Golf Tour team standings after the first two events.

THURSDAY BOYS GOLF

TUESDAY GOLF

Enger wins playoff for medalist honor in War Eagle test

COLLEGEGRAPPLER TO RAIDERS ORANGE CITY—Sioux City East High School senior Tyler McWil-liams has selected Northwestern College and will continue his wrestling career with the Red Raid-ers. McWilliams, a 5-foot-9-inch, 133-pounder, recorded 89 pins in his career and was a three-time placewinner at the Iowa state tour-nament. He won two conference championships, was twice named a team captain and was named the team’s outstanding wrestler follow-ing his junior season.

DEFENDERS ADD GROSS SIOUX CENTER—Kyla Gross, a senior at Valley Christian High Schoo l in Chand le r, AZ , has announced she will attend Dordt College and participate in the Defender women’s soccer program. Gross is a midfielder and forward who had seven goals and seven assists for the Trojans in 15 games during her senior season. She was a second-team all-division pick.

SANDBULTE TO RAIDERS ORANGE CITY—George-Little Rock High School senior Colin Sandbulte has signed a letter of intent to attend Northwestern Col-lege and play baseball for the Red Raiders. Sandbulte is a four-year letterwinner who has batted .273 over the course of his career for the Mustangs. He has 25 runs, 15 stolen bases and 12 runs batted in. He helped the Mustangs to a state tournament bid last season. The Red Raiders also signed Lincoln, NE, native Jason Willet. Willet attends Norris High School in Firth, NE. As a pitcher, he has gone 7-1 with a 2.67 earned run average and 40 strikeouts in 42 innings in his career. He has a career batting aver-age of .361. Norris placed seventh at the Nebraska state tournament last year.

DE JAGER INKS WITH DC SIOUX CENTER—Marcus De Jager, a senior at Western Chris-tian High School, has announced he will attend Dordt College and play baseball for the Defenders. De Jager pitched and played center field for the Wolfpack last summer. He batted .284 with six doubles, five home runs and 21 RBIs. De Jager is a multi-sport athlete at Western Christian, also earning all-district and third-team all-state honors in football. The Defenders also picked up a commitment from Geno Maule, a senior at Norway High School in Michigan. Maule batted .333 last season with a home run, three doubles and seven RBIs in a season that was cut short due to a broken thumb. Maule has played catcher and in the outfield.

SIX VENTURE TO DORDT SIOUX CENTER—The Dordt Col-lege football team showed off its expanded reach with the six latest recruits that have signed on for the 2012 season. � Zach Stiemsma is a senior at

Heritage Christian School. The New Berlin, WI, native is a 5-foot-9-inch, 145-pound defensive back that was selected his team’s MVP on that side of the ball last season. � Danny Guerra is a senior at Ribet Academy. The Los Angeles, CA, native is a 5-10, 165-pound slot back who played three seasons of varsity football. He had 680 yards receiving, 300 yards rushing, six rushing touchdowns and six receiv-ing touchdowns last season. � Chris Soodsma is a senior at West Central High School in Alberta, Canada. He is a 6-foot, 195-pound athlete who played run-ning back, split end and defensive back. His team won the Lions Bowl Championship and took third in the Alberta provincials. He was his team’s most valuable player. Soodsma also was his team’s MVP in hockey, and he will play that sport at Dordt as well. � Jesse Chenge, a senior at Calvary Christian Academy in Cali-fornia, is a 6-foot, 260-pound offen-sive and defensive lineman. He was second-team all-league in his junior and senior seasons, averaging just over three tackles per contest. � Joshua Perez-Chenge, a graduate of Calvary Christian Acad-emy in California, played a variety of positions in his high school career including running back, quarterback, safety and cornerback. He was the athlete of the year at Calvary Christian in 2008 and was a first-team All-Sunrise League pick in 2009. He was the team MVP in both of those seasons. � Ethan Kovatch, a senior at McKinney Christian Academy in Texas, is a 6-1, 260-pound offensive and defensive lineman. He earned all-district honors on offense and was second team all-district on defense in his senior season.

ATHLETES SIGN ON ORANGE CITY—A trio of two-sport athletes recently announced their commitment to Northwestern College. � Alex Van Roekel of Orange City will play football and par-ticipate in track and field for the Red Raiders. Van Roekel is a 6-foot-1-inch, 185-pound wide receiver who lettered twice in football at MOC-Floyd Valley High School. He also played safety for the Dutch. In track and field, he is a four-year letterwinner who specializes in the sprint events. � Charles Friedl of Goldfield will play football and basketball for the Red Raiders. A 6-2, 215-pound athlete, Friedl lettered three times as a wide receiver and safety at Humboldt High School. He was a two-time all-district selection. � Brennan Dorsey is a 5-11, 175-pound long snapper and line-backer. The Victorville, CA, native played three years at Hesperia Christian High School. He was named a team captain in 2011 and earned first-team all-league honors as a senior. He also will participate in track and field at Northwestern.


SPORTS

N’West Iowa teamspushed by Indians


SPIRIT LAKE—The Oko-boji boys track and field team saw its fiercest competition of the season Tuesday at the Spirit Lake Invitational but still cleared the century mark in team scoring at the meet. The Pioneers scored 101.5 team points, placing them behind only meet host Spirit Lake Park, which scored 153.5. The competition marked the first meet that Okoboji has par-ticipated in that it did not win this season. “Spirit Lake has a nice team. They are very deep, and they are strong where we are strong, which makes it difficult to score in some events where we are used to getting first or second,” said Okoboji coach Brad Peter. “South O’Brien has a nice team, and Sioux Central and Clay Central-Everly have some very good hurdlers. But, we’re in the business of getting better, so this was a good opportunity to get pushed.” Peter said the cold and wind were factors, although not huge ones. He did say it was much colder

toward the end of the night. “Our guys did a really nice job of staying loose and staying warm. They were constantly walking, stretching or doing different drills,” Peter said. “Even when we don’t have the best conditions, when we are looking at our performance levels, we always look at the clock. That’s our bottom line. Admittedly, it wasn’t the best night to be a sprinter, but we also got nipped at the finish line a few times. That can’t happen come conference and district time.” The Pioneers also had a sub-stantial amount of points that did not make the trip in the form of Zach Jones and Joe Hil-sabeck, who both were playing with the Okoboji jazz band in the Iowa Jazz Championships. “Those are two of our lead-ers, and not having them, we did have to move some stuff around. But that’s not the reason we didn’t win,” Peter said. “We still got a lot of good

performances, too. A lot of guys stepped up nicely.” The Pioneers got a win in the high jump from Dalton Syverson, then finished the night off with a victory in the 1,600-meter relay. South O’Brien charged to third at the meet, leading a tightly bunched field in the middle of the pack. The Wolverines had run the previous night at Kingsley-Pierson and placed second.

“The competition was a lot better at Spirit Lake. We did not win a single event, so that means we can make improve-ments,” said South O’Brien coach Brandt Goodchild. “The weather was cold and windy, not ideal track conditions. So the times were not as well as they could have been. Coming off back-to-back meets, we were not as fresh as we would have liked, but we competed fairly well.” Bret Puhrmann placed sec-ond in the long jump, and Cole

Ebel was second in the 100 dash. The Wolverines also were sec-ond in the 400, 800 and 1,600 relays. Okoboji’s girls placed fourth in the field behind three Lakes Conference schools — Spirit Lake Park, Spencer and Esther-ville Lincoln Central. “It was a bitter night in Spirit Lake, and we ran well con-sidering. Our girls need to be prepared for situations like that when it’s cold and warm up properly,” said Okoboji coach Nate Dau. The Pioneers were second in the 400 and 800 relay. Their highest finish in any individual event was third. “I am still waiting for one of our relays or individual girls to run to their full potential, and we have come close, but we are capable of so much more,” Dau said. “The discus throw-ers — Abby Taylor and Caoena Krivolavy — have been throw-ing very well as of late. Coach (Hank) Grant has been working them hard, and it’s paying off. We will be having some runoffs this week to see what girls are our best in the 100 and 200. This season is already in full swing, and we need to get some consistency with our relays as well.” Halee Rahbusch led South

O’Brien for the second night in a row, placing second in the 800 run. She also anchored the Wol-verine distance medley to a second-place finish. South O’Brien took sixth in the team standings after plac-ing third at Kingsley-Pierson the previous night, but coach Julie Paulsen said the Tuesday night effort was much better. “Considering the cold and the wind, our performances were better Tuesday than Monday. There were a lot bigger schools at Spirit Lake than there were at Kingsley, and that helped push us,” Paulsen said. “But mainly, I think the girls just decided they needed to run better and perform better. It’s good that we’re continuing to improve, and we’re looking forward to the Sioux City Relays this week-end.”

Spirit Lake InvitationalGirls team results

1. Spirit Lake Park 214.5; 2. Spencer 172; 3. Estherville Lincoln Central 123; 4. Okoboji 76; 5. North Union 69.5; 6. South O’Brien 41; 7. Forest Ridge 10; 8. Clay Central-Everly 8.

N’West Iowa results Discus — 3. Caoena Krivolavy (Oko) 98-2; 4. Abby Taylor (Oko) 93-7. Shot — 5. Abby Taylor (Oko) 30-3.25. 3,000 — 4. Clare Eckard (Oko) 11:52.48; 6. Karissa Langland (SOS) 14:23.03. 3,200 relay — 4. South O’Brien 11:35.74. 100 — 6. Regan Miklo (Oko) 14.02. Distance medley — 2. South O’Brien 4:46.89; 4. Okoboji 4:55.72. 800 relay — 2. Okoboji 1:56.61.

800 — 2. Halee Rahbusch (SOS) 2:38.24. 400 hurdles — 3. Olivia Albright (Oko) 1:14.54; 5. Faith Bartlett (Oko) 1:15.53. Sprint medley — 4. Okoboji 2:05.69; 6. South O’Brien 2:09.62. 1,500 — 3. Elizabeth Ellrich (Oko) 5:36.45. 400 relay — 2. Okoboji 55.30; 6. South O’Brien 59.13. 1,600 relay — 3. South O’Brien 4:43.45; 4. Okoboji 4:46.08.

Boys team results 1. Spirit Lake Park 153.5; 2. Okoboji 101.5; 3. South O’Brien 88; 4. Sioux Central 74; 4. Emmetsburg 74; 6. Clay Central-Everly 69; 7. Estherville Lincoln Central 68; 8. North Union 32.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 1. Dalton Syverson (Oko) 6-0; 5. Adam Paulsen (SOS) 5-6. Discus — 3. Jacob Sauter (Oko) 123-1; 4. Austin Kolegraff (Oko) 115-8. Shot — 4. Jacob Sauter (Oko) 44-11.5. Long jump — 2. Bret Puhrmann (SOS) 19-6; 3. Alex Koepp (Oko) 19-8.75; 6. Jacob Hand (Oko) 18-1. 3,200 — 5. Daniel Patterson (SOS) 11:06.67; 6. Colby Kraninger (Oko) 11:07.24. 3,200 relay — 2. Okoboji 8:51.56; 4. South O’Brien 9:35.33. Shuttle hurdle — 4. South O’Brien 1:08.12. 100 — 2. Cole Ebel (SOS) 11.73; 4. Alex Koepp (Oko) 11.85. 400 — 3. Adam Paulsen (SOS) 53.84; 4. Matt DeVos (SOS) 54.37; 5. Jordan Hanna (Oko) 54.84. 800 relay — 2. South O’Brien 1:39.69; 5. Okoboji 1:45.44. 1,600 — 4. Daniel Patterson (SOS) 5:11.53. 200 — 3. Alex Koepp (Oko) 23.89; 6. John Gray (SOS) 25.16. 400 hurdles — 4. Chris Albright (Oko) 57.43. 1,600 medley — 2. Okoboji 3:54.27. 800 — 2. Jordan Hanna (Oko) NTA; 4. Adam Paulsen (SOS) NTA. 400 relay — 2. South O’Brien 46.69; 3. Okoboji 48.29. 1,600 relay — 1. Okoboji (Taylor Cody, Chris Albright, Mark Nielsen, Jordan Hanna) 3:39.18; 2. South O’Brien 3:44.33.

The competition was a lot better

at Spirit Lake. We did not win a

single event, so that means we can make

improvements. Brandt Goodchild SOS TRACK COACH

‘‘Spirit Lake Park clubs keep meet championships homeTUESDAY TRACK: SPIRIT LAKE INVITATIONAL

MOC-Floyd Valley getsin sync in second half


ORANGE CITY—Kory McMahan scored a hat trick, finding holes in a bunched up West Sioux defense to lead MOC-Floyd Valley to a 3-1 boys soccer win over the Falcons on Thurs-day in Orange City. The Dutch outshot the Falcons 36-5 in the contest. “Overall, we really dictated the play throughout the match. We had mul-tiple scoring chances and put the game out of reach early in the second half,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Mike Mulder. “West Sioux dropped a lot of numbers throughout the contest, and as a result, a lot of our shots were blocked before they reached the net. As the game wore on, our combina-tion play improved and Kory was on the beneficial end of a few well-placed crosses.” McMahan was the first to strike in the game, scoring off a pass from Rafael Sanchez with just 1:49 left in the first half. “I don’t think that goal brought us down that much,” said West Sioux coach Chris Avery. “The main thing was that we made a couple of defen-sive mistakes that led to their second goal. That really seemed to take the wind out of our sails.” McMahan scored on a header off an assist from Matt Roghair 14 minutes into the second half. Four minutes later, Stefan Kinsinger set up McMa-han’s third tally of the contest. “After we got down 3-0, we went into an aggressive mode and started to pressure them at the other end,” Avery said. “In the first half we had been going against the wind and we had some issues getting the ball down field. We did start to pass the ball around a little better in this game. Our ball movement was better. We just are still having a few issues with commu-nication among our defenders.” West Sioux did get on the board with about 1 minute left in the game. Eddie Armenta pushed the ball through the Dutch defense and dropped a pass off to Josua Arriola, who tapped it in for the goal. Mulder said it was a good day for the Dutch. “This game allowed us to put people in different positions on the field and to play with a couple of differ-ent formations that may be valuable to us down the road,” Mulder said. “The kids put forth an excellent effort all night. We need to continue to approach each game and practice with an mentality for improvement. If we do, we will continue to take steps forward in our play and understand-ing on the field.” Derek Vandermyde was credited with four saves in goal for the Dutch.

Geels tallies go-aheadgoal for host Wolfpack HULL—Eric Geels knocked in the go-ahead goal 30 minutes into the sec-ond half as Western Christian survived a 2-1 victory over rival Unity Christian in boys soccer Thursday. The teams played a scoreless first half. Western Christian had a good scoring chance less than one minute before the break as Michael Den Herd-er took a diving header on a pass from J.D. Boer, but Dylan Hoekstra came up

with a big save for Unity Christian. “Even thought we didn’t score, we felt like we had the momentum going into the half,” said Western Christian coach Justin Negen. That would prove to be the case. Den Herder gave Western Christian a 1-0 lead, scoring 13 minutes into the half. “Our offense did a great job of keep-ing up the pressure today. We passed the ball really well in the offensive zone and put some quality shots on goal. Unity’s keeper made some outstanding saves to keep them close throughout,” Negen said. “I thought our guys up front caused a lot of turnovers with their effort and intensity. Even if they didn’t get the steal, they forced some bad passes that our midfield was able to intercept. We’ve been talking about that quite a bit in practice lately, so it was good to see the guys bring that into the game.” Unity Christian brought the game back to even with a marker 26 minutes into the second half. Nick Wielenga netted the goal for the Knights. “It was a hard-fought game. We came out flat in the first half, but played better in the second half,” said Unity Christian coach Cody Harskamp. Geels came up with the eventual game-winner just four minutes after Wielenga’s tally. “We had a couple of breakdowns which allowed them to get open shots on goal. We fought hard to end the game and gave ourselves many chanc-es, but we couldn’t find the back of the net,” Harskamp said. Negen said some strategic changes paid off for the Wolfpack.

“We’ve made a couple of defensive changes since our last game and the guys did a really good job of adjust-ing tonight. Davis (Fenchel) wasn’t challenged much early on, but Unity definitely picked up the intensity in

the second half. Davis had to make a couple of key saves in the last 10 min-utes after we scored the go-ahead goal. Our entire defensive unit was solid tonight. I thought Evan (Geels) in par-ticular had a very nice game. He made

great decisions, making runs when the opportunity was there and clearing the ball under pressure.” Fenchel made 15 saves in the contest for Western Christian. Hoekstra came up with 10 stops in net for the Knights.

THURSDAY BOYS SOCCER

McMahan tickles twine three times in triumph

MOC-Floyd Valley senior Colin Ascherl puts a shot on the goal Thursday in Orange City. The Dutch defeated West Sioux by a 3-1 score.

MOC-Floyd Valley senior Keegan Mulder deflects the pass from West Sioux sophomore Jose Montes Thursday in Orange City. The Dutch beat the Falcons 3-1. (Photos by Josh Harrell)


SPORTS

Wolfpack scoringspread throughout


ROCK RAPIDS—Western Christian and Sheldon finished first and second in both the girls and boys sections of the Central Lyon Relays on Tuesday in Rock Rapids.

Western Christian scored 148 points to win the girls division. Sheldon had 101.5. On the boys side, the Wolfpack had 128, and the Orabs finished with 98.

’Pack finds more pointsWestern Christian got the

points it depends on from its leaders but also scored in several other areas. Wolfpack coach Dan Kroeze said scoring 29 points in the field events was a good start.

“Coming out of the field events with that many points is a big plus. Mark Fenchel has the shot and discus athletes competing very well. Kelsey Meyer had a nice throw in the shot and has improved several feet from last year. Robin Vis is very consistent in both the shot and discus. Mariah Kleinwolt-erink is doing very well in the discus for a freshman,” Kroeze said. “Another freshman, Ema Altena, has been getting us points in the high jump with-out a lot of time spent practic-ing it.”

Brooke Wolterstorff set a meet record in the 100-meter dash for the Wolfpack with a time of 12.33 seconds. She also anchored three winning relays. Kim Kroeze won a tight race with Kendra Van Meeteren of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley in the 100 hurdles and captured the 400 hurdle title as well. She also anchored a pair of relay wins. Josie Kollis claimed the 400 dash for the Wolfpack. Erika Douma broke the tape in the 1,500 run.

“Brooke ran a nice 100 meters in setting the meet record. We got close to several other records, but the weather wasn’t ideal for great times,” Kroeze said.

Sheldon was not fully loaded at the meet due to it being the second straight night of com-petition for the Orabs.

“The girls ran extremely well considering the weather condi-tions and the fact we ran back-to-back nights,” said Sheldon coach Kris Groff. “I tried to limit some of the races for girls to keep the injuries down.”

The Orabs’ lone win was in the shuttle hurdle relay. Shel-don did take second in six events.

“The hurdlers ran well again, and our field event people are starting to gain momentum,” Groff said, pointing out that the Orabs scored 31.5 points in field events and 32 in hurdle races. “We switched some dif-ferent people into the hurdles to get a look at what the others can do, and they responded well. Allegra St. Clair contin-ues to impress people in the sprints. Our distance runners are starting to improve their times.”

Central Lyon coach Toby Lorenzen said that although it was cold, the wind stayed down enough that the teams were able to record good per-formances. The host Lions fin-ished third on the girls side of the meet. Lexi Ackerman won the high jump, Tina Ageson the discus and Kori Schulte the 800 run. The Lions also took first in the distance medley.

“We’re dealing with a few inju-ries and some kids being gone, but we’re still piecing together times and improving daily,” Lorenzen said. “Western Chris-tian and Sheldon are two good teams. We thought we could have done more, but we still had a good night, and it’s good to get a meet in.”

He likes where the Lions’ strengths seem to be lining up.

“Our strength is in the mid-distances — the 200s to 800s,” Lorenzen said. “We can mix and match a little with those kids. We’ve got five or six girls coming back that have ran at the state meet before, so they have competed at a very high level and know what it is like.”

Katie Knoblock of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn won the 3,000 run, helping the Hawks to fifth place at the meet. Jes-sica Hilbrands had wins in the long jump and the 200 dash for George-Little Rock, which placed sixth.

Western boys consistentThe Western Christian boys

team was able to get on the board early and often in the

meet. “We had a great team meet. Our field events did a great job starting out the meet and getting us points. Then, throughout the night, we had some great individual efforts in our open events and our relays,” said Wolf-pack coach Travis Kooima.

Western Christian took up the first two spots in the discus with Drake Van’t Hul and Ethan Fenchel. It went first and third in the high jump with Jordan Folkerts and Sam Van Ginkel. Heath Bonestroo won the 200 dash, Kyle Fopma took the 800 run, and the Wolfpack broke the tape first in both the 400 relay and the 800 relay. “We have a good core of sprinters that are really mesh-ing well together in our 4-by-100- and 4-by-200-meter relays. It seems our handoffs are getting crisper and our times are getting better,” Kooima said. “Individually, Heath Bonestroo and Sam Van Ginkel had great meets. Heath did well in his opens and also starting off our two relays that got first. Sam had a good night jumping and also did a great job of anchoring those same two relays and taking first place in the 110 hurdles. Our throw-ers keep getting better every meet.” Kooima said the win was something that helps the Wolf-pack build a little momentum. “I am very pleased with our effort so far early on this season. We are working hard in practice,” he said. “We just have to stay healthy and keep improving with each practice and meet.” Sheldon also was looking at its performance as something that can help propel the team going forward. “It was a good night for us tonight. We ran well, and the athletes did a nice job of com-peting in their events,” said Orab coach Jason Groendyke. “Tonight, we definitely got better as a team. It is always encouraging to see the athletes improving from the previous meet. I know that coach (Jus-tin) Albers and myself hope the athletes use this meet as a stepping stone and they will continue to improve with each meet.”

Sheldon had just one win, that being Chris Balster in the long jump, but piled up points due to depth. “We had some very good performances tonight. Chris Balster is becoming a very con-sistent long jumper for us. The exciting thing is Chris has got-ten better in each of the last two meets,” Groendyke said. “Cody Hatting had a nice night for the team as well. He placed second in both the 400 hurdles and 110 hurdles, and both times were personal bests. Dallas Ennema had a personal best in the high jump, and we also found out he ran an open 200. His time was good considering it was his first time running the event. It was another gutsy performance by Mark Ahlers. He was in the open 800, and with about 300 meters to go, he took off on a dead sprint and was able to move up from ninth to fourth.” Groendyke said other per-sonal bests for the Orabs came from Chad Den Hartog in the 1,600 run, Travis Nelson in the 400 hurdles and Clayton Scheibler in the shot. Sioux Center got its only win of the night in the final event, the 1,600 relay. The Warriors placed third. “It was cold. I don’t know if the kids were ready for that after such a nice March. One of the kids on our medley said he had trouble gripping the baton because he couldn’t feel his hands,” said Warrior coach Brock Lehman. “As a coach, you are terrified on a night like that because that’s when you get the pulled hamstrings and stuff like that, but we came out of it OK. Considering the weather wasn’t real conducive for it, we had a pretty good number of season’s bests and personal bests.” Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley was next. The Nighthawks got wins from Logan Steins in the 100 dash, the shuttle hurdle team and the medley team. “I was very encouraged with how everything went on our first night out,” said Nighthawk coach Brian Moser. “We were able to score some points with consistency throughout the meet, which was great. That is one of the things we’ve been hoping to improve on, and I thought this was a good start.” West Lyon got a win from its

3,200 relay team. “Those guys ran a good race. They improved their time from the dual we were at last week,” said West Lyon coach Mark Rentschler. “As far as the meet overall, it was a good one to start the year. There was a lot of good competition. It lets you kind of see what’s out there and gives you an idea of what you’ve got to work on.” George-Little Rock had some great top-end performances. Adam Sohl won the 3,200 and 1,600 runs. Terron Geerdes won the shot and Jesse Heinrichs won the 400 dash.

Central Lyon RelaysGirls team results

1. Western Christian 148; 2. Sheldon 101.5; 3. Central Lyon 79; 4. Sioux Center 70; 5. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 64; 6. George-Little Rock 49; 7. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 46; 8. West Lyon 31.5.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 1. Lexi Ackerman (CL) 5-0; 2. Marti Vogel (Sh) 4-10; 2. Ema Altena (WC) 4-10; 4. Allison Te Slaa (BHRV) 4-8; 5. Kianna Rusch (H-M-S) 4-6; 6. Tarah Meyer (WL) 4-4; 6. Emily Johnson (Sh) 4-4. Discus — 1. Tina Ageson (CL) 107-10; 2. Kaylee Van Voorst (BHRV) 105-9; 3. Autumn Wahl (Sh) 102-10; 4. Robin Vis (WC) 94-4; 5. Mariah Kleinwolterink (WC) 92-0; 6. C.J. Van Der Zwaag (BHRV) 79-10. Shot — 1. Kelsey Meyer (WC) 33-0; 2. Autumn Wahl (Sh) 30-3; 3. Robin Vis (WC) 29-9.5; 4. Courtney Woelber (SC) 29-9; 5. Shalee Gesink (SC) 28-10; 6. Brittany Dieters (WL) 28-3.5. Long jump — 1. Jessica Hilbrands (G-LR) 17-7.5; 2. Katie Kneifl (Sh) 15-0; 3. Emily Te Grootenhuis (SC) 14-5; 4. Aszhia Albrecht (WL) 14-4; 5. Shanti Addengast (Sh) 14-3; 6. Hailey Rusch (H-M-S) 14-2. 3,000 — 1. Katie Knoblock (H-M-S) 11:50.61; 2. Miranda Moss (SC) 12:21.60; 3. Megan Jordan (H-M-S) 13:00.99; 4. Macie Wessels (G-LR) 13:30.63; 5. Katelyn Holtrop (Sh) 13:42.33; 6. Shelby Serbus (WL) 14:03.81. 3,200 relay — 1. Western Christian (Shae De Jager, Josie Kollis, Erika Douma, Kim Kroeze) 10:25.72; 2. Sioux Center 10:42.46; 3. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 11:19.03; 4. Central Lyon 11:20.50; 5. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 11:39.71; 6. Sheldon 11:50.15. Shuttle hurdle — 1. Sheldon (Caitlin Cain, Paige Van Wyk, Callie Hatting, Crystal Rodger) 1:09.58; 2. Central Lyon 1:11.59; 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 11:16.53; 4. West Lyon 11:16.88; 5. Western Christian 1:21.16; 6. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1:25.55. 100 — 1. Brooke Wolterstorff (WC) 12.33; 2. Rachel Simons (WL) 13.23; 3. Jana Vermeer (BHRV) 13.28; 4. Taylor Sweeney (H-M-S) 13.39; 5. Kenzie Vande Vegte (WC) 13.41; 6. Allegra St. Clair (Sh) 13.45. Distance medley — 1. Central Lyon (Claire Snyder, Shelby Fastert, Kori Schulte, Tori Figge) 4:32.06; 2. Sioux Center 4:32.07; 3. Western Christian 4:42.79; 4. Sheldon 4:45.18; 5. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4:54.12; 6.

George-Little Rock 5:00.06. 400 — 1. Josie Kollis (WC) 1:05.61; 2. Camielle Visser (WC) 1:07.79; 3. Madison Henning (G-LR) 1:07.80; 4. Brenna Sweeney (H-M-S) 1:09.17; 5. Emily Te Grootenhuis (SC) 1:10.35; 6. Brittany Schafer (BHRV) 1:10.83. 800 relay — 1. Western Christian (Kenzie Vande Vegte, Kelli Boer, Elissa Jansma, Brooke Wolterstorff) 1:49.34; 2. Sheldon 1:55.44; 3. Central Lyon 1:56.79; 4. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 1:57.49; 5. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1:59.30; 6. West Lyon 2:00.22. 100 hurdles — 1. Kim Kroeze (WC) 16.17; 2. Kendra Van Meeteren (BHRV) 16.18; 3. Caitlin Cain (Sh) 16.77; 4. Callie Hatting (Sh) 17.35; 5. Marissa Childress (WL) 17.53; 6. Kelsey Ackerman (CL) 17.57. 800 — 1. Kori Schulte (CL) 2:35.46; 2. Katie Knoblock (H-M-S) 2:35.84; 3. Kirsten Elyea (H-M-S) 2:40.35; 4. Mariah Hulstein (SC) 2:40.67; 5. Jasmine Moulton (SC) 2:42.65; 6. Shae De Jager (WC) 2:44.38. 200 — 1. Jessica Hilbrands (G-LR) 26.78; 2. Teyha Graham (G-LR) 27.81; 3. Allegra St. Clair (Sh) 27.41; 4. Rachel Simons (WL) 28.05; 5. Taylor Sweeney (H-M-S) 28.21; 6. Haley Sitzmann (SC) 28.99. 400 hurdles — 1. Kim Kroeze (WC) 1:06.12; 2. Paige Van Wyk (Sh) 1:09.38; 3. Payton Boer (SC) 1:10.76; 4. Caitlin Cain (Sh) 1:15.28; 5. Mikayla Miller (CL) 1:17.98; 6. Allison Te Slaa (BHRV) 1:18.07. Sprint medley — 1. Western Christian (Elissa Jansma, Ema Altena, Kelli Boer, Brooke Wolterstorff) 1:56.32; 2. Central Lyon 2:00.67; 3. Sheldon 2:04.05; 4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 2:04.86; 5. Sioux Center 2:06.05; 6. West Lyon 2:07.14. 1,500 — 1. Erika Douma (WC) 5:33.39; 2. Katie Knoblock (H-M-S) 5:33.60; 3. Danae Doornink (SC) 5:34.58; 4. Miranda Moss (SC) 5:40.73; 5. Megan Jordan (H-M-S) 5:52.91; 6. Hope Bosler (WL) 6:2.42. 400 relay — 1. Western Christian (Kenzie Vande Vegte, Kelli Boer, Elissa Jansma, Brooke Wolterstorff) 52.19; 2. Sheldon 54.42; 3. George-Little Rock 54.61; 4. West Lyon 55.10; 5. Central Lyon 55.70; 6. Sioux Center 56.34. 1,600 relay — 1. Western Christian (Ema Altena, Josie Kollis, Kenzie Vande Vegte, Kim Kroeze) 4:17.52; 2. Central Lyon 4:23.69; 3. Sioux Center 4:32.03; 4. George-Little Rock 4:32.69; 5. Sheldon 4:32.93; 6. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 4:59.39.

Boys team results 1. Western Christian 128; 2. Sheldon 98; 3. Sioux Center 86; 4. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 85; 5. West Lyon 73; 6. George-Little Rock 56; 7. Central Lyon 21; 8. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 10.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 1. Jordan Folkerts (WC) 6-3; 2. Dallas Ennema (Sh) 6-2; 3. Sam Van Ginkel (WC) 6-2; 4. Bryce Moss (BHRV) 6-0; 5. Charles Stai (WL) 5-10; 6. Collin Wolthuizen (Sh) 5-6. Discus — 1. Drake Van’t Hul (WC) 132-7; 2. Ethan Fenchel (WC) 131-6; 3. Brett Waechter (H-M-S) 125-3; 4. Terron Geerdes (G-LR) 123-9; 5. Kyle Den Herder (SC) 114-5; 6. Dalton McQueen (Sh) 103-7. Shot — 1. Terron Geerdes (G-LR) 44-3; 2. Mitchell McDonald (Sh) 42-11; 3. Clayton Scheibler (Sh) 42-8; 4. Tyler Dolieslager (BHRV) 42-5.5; 5. Tanner Van Middendorp (WL) 41-8; 6. Brett Waechter (H-M-S) 40-4. Long jump — 1. Chris Balster (Sh) 20-9; 2. Ethan Erickson (WL) 20-3; 3. Spencer Fritz (SC)

19-11; 4. Andrew Van Ginkel (BHRV) 19-9; 5. Andrew O’Donnell (SC) 19-8; 6. Brandt Van Roekel (BHRV) 19-1. 3,200 — 1. Adam Sohl (G-LR) 10:45.18; 2. Micah Bajema (WL) 10:55.37; 3. Josh Schreiver (CL) 10:58.78; 4. Quinn Groff (Sh) 11:00.13; 5. Kevin Steiger (WC) 11:00.97; 6. Haile Duden (SC) 11:15.58. 3,200 relay — 1. West Lyon (Louis Castillo, Micah Bajema, Connor Blum, Kyle Standley) 8:47.77; 2. Sioux Center 8:54.44; 3. Sheldon 9:13.63; 4. George-Little Rock 9:21.67; 5. Western Christian 9:27.48; 6. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 9:38.48. Shuttle hurdle — 1. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (Bryce Moss, J.C. Koerselman, Brandt Van Roekel, Nathan Alexander) 1:02.86; 2. West Lyon 1:03.68; 3. Sheldon 1:04.22; 5. 100 — 1. Logan Steins (BHRV) 11.47; 2. Heath Bonestroo (WC) 11.50; 3. Mason DeVries (WC) 11.68; 4. Josh Hunt (CL) 11.69; 5. Omar Mejia (BHRV) 11.73; 6. Jacob Moser (WL) 11.79. 400 — 1. Jesse Heinrichs (G-LR) 53.03; 2. Ross Te Slaa (WC) 54.42; 3. B.J. O’Donnell (SC) 54.78; 4. Jake Rosburg (Sh) 55.62; 5. Drew Kortlever (SC) 55.77; 6. Grant Weaver (Sh) 57.05. 800 relay — 1. Western Christian (Heath Bonestroo, Kyle Fopma, Jacob Van Ginkel, Sam Van Ginkel) 1:34.92; 2. Sioux Center 1:35.45; 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 1:35.46; 4. West Lyon 1:36.59; 5. Central Lyon 1:38.71; 6. Sheldon 1:39.27. 110 hurdles — 1. Sam Van Ginkel (WC) 15.56; 2. Cody Hatting (Sh) 15.91; 3. Bryce Moss (BHRV) 16.00; 4. Dillon Van’t Hof (SC) 16.26; 5. James Dubbelde (WL) 16.77; 6. Charles Stai (WL) 16.80. 1,600 — 1. Adam Sohl (G-LR) 4:54.59; 2. Josh Olvera (SC) 5:02.49; 3. P.J. Kooima (WC) 5:07.27; 4. Kevin Steiger (WC) 5:08.62; 5. Josh Schriever (CL) 5:08.73; 6. Mitchell Hooyer (SC) 5:10.18. 200 — 1. Heath Bonestroo (WC) 23.02; 2. Spencer Fritz (SC) 23.67; 3. Josh Hunt (CL) 23.67; 4. Ross Te Slaa (WC) 23.93; 5. Dallas Ennema (Sh) 23.95; 6. Jacob Moser (WL) 24.21. 400 hurdles — 1. Kyle Standley (WL) 59.22; 2. Cody Hatting (Sh) 1:00.17; 3. J.C. Koerselman (BHRV) 1:00.43; 4. Travis Nelson (Sh) 1:00.77; 5. Travis Vermeer (SC) 1:00.98; 6. Dillon Van’t Hof (SC) 1:02.47. 1,600 medley — 1. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley (Kyle Jensen, Taylor Zeutenhorst, John Ver Mulm, Nathan Alexander) 3:53.8; 2. Sioux Center 3:54.94; 3. Sheldon 4:00.83; 4. West Lyon 4:03.15; 5. Western Christian 4:07.13; 6. George-Little Rock 4:17.55. 800 — 1. Kyle Fopma (WC) 2:14.68; 2. Nathan Alexander (BHRV) 2:15.56; 3. Andrew Kruger (G-LR) 2:16.47; 4. Mark Ahlers (Sh) 2:19.17; 5. Marcus Post (SC) 2:19.83; 6. Andres Ortiz (SC) 2:20.83. 400 relay — 1. Western Christian (Heath Bonestroo, Kyle Fopma, Ross Te Slaa, Sam Van Ginkel) 45.85; 2. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 56.29; 3. Sheldon 46.49; 4. West Lyon 46.63; 5. Sioux Center 46.88; 6. Central Lyon 46.94. 1,600 relay — 1. Sioux Center (Rylan Stewart, Brett Rozeboom, B.J. O’Donnell, Andrew O’Donnell) 3:39.26; 2. West Lyon 3:39.90; 3. Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 3:44.36; 4. Sheldon 3:46.78; 5. Western Christian 3:49.03; 6. George-Little Rock 3:51.01.

TUESDAY TRACK: CENTRAL LYON RELAYS

Western and Sheldon go 1-2 for boys and girls

George-Little Rock sophomore Jessica Sandbulte takes off after received the handoff from junior Abigail Eben during the distance medley at the Central Lyon Relays on Tuesday in Rock Rapids. The Mustangs placed sixth in the event. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

West Lyon senior Louis Castillo rounds the bend, lead-ing the 3,200-meter relay at the Central Lyon Relays on Tuesday in Rock Rapids. The Wildcats won the event.

Sheldon sophomore Caitlin Cain and Central Lyon junior Lexi Ackerman clear hur-dles during the shuttle hurdle. The Orabs won the event and the Lions were second.


SPORTS

Pioneers put pressureon with top two scorers


GEORGE—The top section of the Siouxland Conference Girls Tour stop at Otter Valley was more closely con-tested than it has been some years, but traditional power MOC-Floyd Valley still wound up as the winner Monday in George.

MOC-Floyd Valley had a 31-match Siouxland win streak snapped on May 9 last year when Okoboji won at Shel-don. The Dutch then claimed the last two Siouxland events of that year.

It was again Okoboji that pushed MOC-Floyd Valley the hardest in the first meet of 2012. The Dutch shot a 209. Okoboji was three strokes back at 212. Sioux Center carded 216 and Shel-don 219.

“This meet at Otter Valley is prob-ably the most difficult every year for our team. The course has a lot of trees, and the greens have a lot of break on them,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Monte Tilgner. “The winds were howl-ing at 20 to 25 miles per hour, and there is no protection with the course being in the middle of the country.”

He said the Dutch had times where they got in trouble, but the team’s depth helped overcome that.

“A couple of good days of practice this week and, hopefully, we can get those really big numbers that everyone had on a hole or two down by a stroke or two,” Tilgner said.

Okoboji had the individual medalist and the runner-up. Alex Mankle shot a 44 and Kiley Wermersen a 45. Mankle is a freshman who was playing in her first meet.

“Alex and Kiley both did well, but they both can do a little better still. They each had a couple of double bogeys in there,” said Pioneer coach Bill Alex-ander. “We’ve just got to get the others to care about playing and actually just act like they want to play. It really helps when you have two girls that you know can go low every meet. Alex is only a freshman, but she plays a lot in the summers and will do well all year. I was disappointed all our other kids were in the 60s. I told them all they had to do is shoot 56 or 57, which is a double bogey every hole. They can do that. They just have to concentrate better.”

He said one golfer who may rise quickly for the Pioneers is Alex Adams,

who also was playing in her first meet. Alexander said Adams struggled on her first two holes, then played very well over the last seven. Adams started on hole No. 7 and then played No. 8, and Alexander said those holes were a problem for everyone. “Seven is a long par 5 for the girls, and on 8, there was a crosswind and there are trees on the right that ended up catching a lot of balls,” Alexander said. Sheldon coach Jan Sneiderman said the combination of the wind and the course made for a tough day. “I’m not unhappy at all with our scores. It was gusty and cold. Those greens there are always pretty slick. There is a lot of roll to them,” Sneider-man said. “I think every girl out there on all the teams could think of ways that they could have cut strokes. That’s just how it is with those conditions.” She said the story likely would have been similar even if the weather was ideal. “We’re capable of better, but it was the first night, and that’s an interesting course to start on,” Sneiderman said. “Those are very large greens, and they are tough. There are trees out there and water and out of bounds. It’s a fun course to play, but I think the scores were higher than you are going to see most of the season.” Carrie Wahlstrom finished fourth at the meet to pace the Orabs. She came in with a round of 48. “It was a good night for our whole team. We were only 10 strokes away from first,” Sneiderman said. “We know we can compete with any of the teams in the conference. We just need to keep working on our game and keep shooting for par, and we’ll see where we go with it.” Boyden-Hull finished solidly in the middle. All four of the Comets’ scoring golfers recorded 56s. “It was our first meet, and some kids were nervous. Our score was OK, but we were a little disappointed, and the girls understand why,” said Boyden-Hull coach John Olson. “We have six girls that can shoot in the 50s consis-tently. When we get two or three of the six girls putting together rounds in the 40s, then we will be very competitive.” The bottom half of the chase was just as competitive. Only two strokes sepa-rated Central Lyon, Rock Valley and Sibley-Ocheyedan. “I was fairly happy with the results. I was hoping for better, but it was our first meet, and it was pretty windy out there,” said Rock Valley coach Lynelle

Schwien. “It seems we struggled with our short game, which seems like what I was saying for a lot of last year.” Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Marvella Harberts said the higher scores were partly due to the wind and partly due to it being the first meet of the year. “Our team has some experience, but it was still the first meet, and in the first meet if things start to fall apart, it becomes a real mental game,” Harberts said. “That course has a lot of mature trees, and we seemed to have trouble with that. If you get in them you just have to punch out rather than waste a stroke trying to get through. It’s always difficult putting on someone else’s greens for the first time, too. You see that there were three teams within two strokes, and we were unfortunately on the bottom of that. When that happen,s you start thinking about what if I made that one putt or something like that, but that’s just the way it is.”

Siouxland Girls Golf Tourat Otter Valley Golf Course

Team standings (after one event): 1. MOC-Floyd Valley 10; 2. Okoboji 9; 3. Sioux Center 8; 4. Sheldon 7; 5. Boyden-Hull 6; 6. Central Lyon 5; 7. Rock Valley 4; 8. Sibley-Ocheyedan 3; 9. West Lyon 2; 10. George-Little Rock 1. Team results: 1. MOC-Floyd Valley 209; 2. Okoboji 212; 3. Sioux Center 216; 4. Sheldon 219; 5. Boyden-Hull 224; 6. Central Lyon 232; 7. Rock Valley 233; 8. Sibley-Ocheyedan 234; 9. West Lyon 264; 10. George-Little Rock NA. MOC-Floyd Valley cards: Kalyn Root 48; Mallory Simmelink 51; Megan Mousel 54; Bri Van Ravensway 56; Kenzie Mulder 61; Larkin De Haan 61. Okoboji cards: Alex Mankle 44; Kiley Wermersen 45; Sara Mayer 61; Dani Anderson 62; Mikael Adolph 69; Alex Adams 73. Sioux Center cards: Maggie Dykshorn 46; Kalee Den Herder 52; Maria Vander Plaats 58; Carol Kooiker 60; Katrina Kruse 65. Sheldon cards: Carrie Wahlstrom 48; Lindsay Nilles 56; Erin Abele 57; Katherine Bomgaars 58; Brittany Van Gorp 58; Jenna Kruger 60. Boyden-Hull cards: Callie Van Holland 56; Alicia Kleinwolterink 56; Kylie Sipma 56; Alida Savage 56; Kasey Olson 63; Alex Sietstra 70. Central Lyon cards: Karmin Vogt 53; Kendra Schleusner 58; Kate Timmer 59; Sydney Peterson 62; Shannon McCarty 76. Rock Valley cards: Jenna Cannegieter 57; Ashley Vonk 57; McKenzie Eichmann 57; Kaela Vonk 62; Courtney Vonk 62. Sibley-Ocheyedan cards: Jurnea Harberts 53; Susie Linquist 57; Shannon Michelson 60; Ashley Lemke 64; Joanna Kruger 64; Shannon Van Beest 67. West Lyon cards: Mackenie Ball 63; Tiffany Ripperda 66; McKayla Kramer 67; Kayla Roemen 68; Tressa Munger 73. George-Little Rock cards: Amber Stettnichs 53; Kassie Peters 57.

Bos earns medalist honoras Knights beat Spartans

ORANGE CITY—No one was really able to tame the wind at Landsmeer Golf Club on Monday, but meet host Unity Christian was able to come up with a 244-261 victory over Spalding

Catholic in War Eagle Conference girls golf. A 25 mph wind whistled through the course, making for an uncomfortable round in more ways than one. Unity Christian coach Ross Bouma was happy to get through it with one in the win column.

“Sarah Bos shot a good round for us. She has been very consistent so far this year for us,” Bouma said. “Our team score was a little high due to the wind. Considering the conditions, it was a decent round, and we’re happy to have another win.” Bos won the meet medalist honor with a 57. Megan Haupert of Spalding Catholic was the runner-up at 58. “Monday went really well. It was our first time that we had enough girls there to actually compete,” said Spald-ing Catholic coach Melanie Babcock. “I think the girls were a little nervous, but I was really proud of their perfor-mance. They have improved greatly over the past few weeks and hopefully we will just keep on getting better.”

Unity Christian 244, Spalding Catholic 261 Unity Christian cards: Sarah Bos 57; Mackenzie Geels 60; Lindsey Klynsma 63; Dana Ter Haar 64; Amber Klynsma 65; Kara Harthoorn 66. Spalding Catholic cards: Megan Haupert 58; Leah Bunkers 63; Sarah Konz 65; Cara Jungers 75; Leah Schroeder 88.

Van Den Berg goes lowas Falcons defeat hosts

MARCUS—Bailey Van Den Berg did not allow the conditions to get in the way of a solid round of golf, earning medalist honors and leading West Sioux to a 210-215 victory over Mar-cus-Meriden-Cleghorn in War Eagle Conference girls golf Monday. Van Den Berg fired off a 44 on a cold, windy day in Marcus. That was six strokes better than runner-up medal-ist Kayla Theisen of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn. “Bailey’s round was very impressive,” said West Sioux coach Brad Klaren-beek. “She was pretty consistent all day. Courtney (Hummel) probably

had one of her worst days, but I’m OK with that because like I’ve said, if you have played golf at all, you’ve had one of those days. If you say you haven’t, you’re crazy. She’ll bounce back. Our No. 3 (Calie Petersen) improved, and Makayla (Hemmelrick) had her score count for the first time. She was a girl who had never played before and didn’t even have her own clubs. We’ve got her fixed up with some equipment now, and for her score to count in a win, she was excited about that.” Klarenbeek said the total score was good for the conditions, and the team responded to competition. “A 210 in that weather is not bad,” he said. “Marcus came in 2-0 and shot its best round of the year, but we still won, so I was pretty pleased.”

West Sioux 210, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 215 West Sioux cards: Bailey Van Den Berg 44; Courtney Hummel 52; Calie Petersen 52; Makayla Hemmelrick 62; Rylee Negaard 67; Grace Egenes 75.

Hawks gain experiencevs. solid Blackhawk team

HINTON—Hartley-Melvin-San-born’s inexperienced group of girls golfers found out all about the perils of Deer Run Golf Course in Hinton on Monday as the Hawks dropped a 198-228 decision to the Blackhawks in War Eagle Conference play. “This was the first time any of the kids had played the Hinton course,” said Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn coach Julee Burns. “It was a very windy day and a much hillier course than we are used to playing.” The Hawks did show some ability to make adjustments. The most experienced player on the roster, Tressa DeBoer, had the most success. She finished as the runner-up medalist with a 48 despite strong winds that added to the difficulty of the Deer Run layout. “Some of the girls shot personal bests. We showed improvement over our previous meet,” Burns said. “Hopefully, they can continue to improve and better their scores even more. As long as they stay positive and keep working to improve, we can expect better days ahead.” Katie Clausen of Hinton was the meet medalist with a 46. She was one of three Blackhawks who carded rounds of 50 or lower.

Hinton 198, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 228 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cards: Tressa DeBoer 48; Haley Morfitt 60; Alexa Albert 60; Val Treimer 60; Val Taylor 66; Katie Decker 66.

Vandermyde’s netplay keeps it close


SPENCER—MOC-Floyd Val-ley keeper Derek Vandermyde and the Dutch defense denied Spencer as much as they could, but eventually the Tigers won a shootout to wrap up a 2-1 boys soccer victory Tuesday in Spen-cer.

“What a defensive battle for our club tonight. Our team defense was very good throughout the contest,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Mike Mulder. “Spencer has a great club and presents many chal-lenges defensively for any team. Our kids gave a great effort and nearly pulled this one out down the stretch.”

MOC-Floyd Valley stuck with Spencer stride for stride despite the Tigers possessing the ball for much of the con-test.

Spencer put 24 shots on goal in the game while the Dutch had just three.

“In the whole scheme of things, this game forced us to improve defensively. Spencer has the personnel to attack from many different places on the field, and we adjusted and responded to the call all night long,” Mulder said. “Derek Vandermyde, Caleb De Haan, Sam Frerichs, Josh Wilson and Rafael Sanchez really played well as a unit in the back.”

All of the offensive action took place in a quick burst in the opening half. Spencer’s Cole Loehr scored at the 25-minute mark on a free kick from 30 yards out.

MOC-Floyd Valley got its goal less than a minute later. Collin Ascherl was taken down in the box, and Keegan Mulder con-verted the penalty kick.

“Our response to Spencer’s goal was fantastic. We did not put our heads down. We merely kept playing,” Mulder

said. “Offensively, we created a few opportunities and chances but never connected well with the ball to create that break we needed down the stretch.” The score remained 1-1 at halftime, through regulation and through two overtimes. That set up the shootout. MOC-Floyd Valley missed its first shot, and Spencer made its attempt. Both teams were true on their next two shots, but an MOC-Floyd Valley miss followed by a Tiger goal in the fourth round clinched the out-come. “We are going to take this game and utilize it as a learn-ing experience as we move forward,” Mulder said. “Playing great opponents will only ben-efit us down the road.” Vandermyde made 23 saves for MOC-Floyd Valley.

Flurry of goals allowsTigers to top Dutch

ORANGE CITY—MOC-Floyd Valley stuck with a solid Spen-cer squad well into the second half, but a quick Tiger flurry resulted in a 3-1 girls soccer victory for the guests Tuesday. “It went OK. They have a really good team,” said MOC-Floyd Valley coach Blake Wiek-ing. “We were able to take a lot of positives out of it.” The game was scoreless in the first half and remained that way until 20 minutes into the second half. Spencer then scored three times in a 10-minute span. “The first one they set us up and kind of pulled our defend-ers away from the middle of the field, then took advantage of it. On the second one, our keeper got a hand on it. It went off her hand, off the post and straight down,” Wieking said. “Emily (McDonald) grabbed it right away, but the ref said it had crossed the line. On the third one, they had a nice com-bination play.” MOC-Floyd Valley was un -

able to find the net in the first half with the wind at its back, which put a lot of pressure on its defense after the break. “We got a little tired, and we might have lost focus for a little bit,” Wieking said. “They had most of the possession for about the last 30 minutes. It seemed like we were just trying to hang on.” The Dutch got on the score-board in the closing minutes when Caitlin Van Es stole the ball at midfield and dribbled all the way in to put away the goal. Wieking saw several areas where the Dutch improved. “I thought we worked hard on defense, and we did a pretty good job of breaking things up and keeping them from getting in a flow,” he said. “Offensively, we were able to build the ball up a little, though I do think our middles can play a little better. Emily had seven saves, and a few of their players hit the ball with some pretty good pace, so that was good.”

At this same point last season, Spencer thrashed MOC-Floyd Valley 8-0.

“This was very much a step in the right direction,” Wieking said. “It should give us more

confidence as we go to play some of the other teams on our schedule.”

TELLING NUMBERMPH of the wind at Landsmeer Golf Club on Monday during a Spartan, Knight matchup

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Dutch start off where they left off, winning on Siouxland tourMONDAY GIRLS GOLF

Host Spencer edges MOC-FV 2-1in boys shootout

TUESDAY SOCCER

Senior Matt Roghair of MOC-Floyd Valley moves up the field as West Sioux sophomore Fernando Topete looks for an opportunity to challenge him Thursday in Orange City.

MOC-Floyd Valley junior Rafael Sanchez dribbles past West Sioux freshman Alex Montes on Thursday in Orange City. The Dutch beat the Falcons 3-1 after having defeated Spencer 2-1 on Tuesday. (Photos by Josh Harrell)


SPORTS

Reichert places secondin 3,200 for top finish


LEMARS—The Unity Christian boys track and field team would have had a hard time at the Don Schilling Invita-tional on Monday even if it was at full strength.

It wasn’t. The Knights finished sixth in an eight-team field in the meet, which was hosted by LeMars. “This was a tough meet for us. Most of the schools are huge, and nothing comes easy,” said Unity Christian coach Karl Kaemingk. “We are battling injuries in the ranks, and we had to make some significant adjustments to the lineup. The good news is we were able to see some young talent step up

and fill the gaps.” Unity Christian scored just 36.5 team points. Its best event was the 3,200-meter run, where Nathan Reichert finished second and Mitchell Ten Napel placed fourth. “Nathan Reichert posted a solid 3,200 time despite the winds and cool temps,” Kaemingk said. The Knights did have some good news on the health front, but in most cases, with winds well over 20 mph

and cool temperatures, Kaemingk decided to proceed with caution. “Caleb Bakker ran his first outdoor race after fighting injuries for the last few weeks,” he said. “But we need to get healthy if we are going to reach our goals.”

Don Schilling InvitationalTeam results

1. Sioux City Heelan 146; 2. Spencer 101.5; 3. LeMars 100; 4. Sioux City West 65; 5. Sioux City East 50; 6. Unity Christian 36.5; 7. Cherokee 36; 8. Sioux City North 22.

Unity Christian results High jump — 5. Trevor Kauk 5-4. 3,200 — 2. Nathan Reichert 10:32.23; 4. Mitchell Ten Napel 10:57.10. 3,200 relay — 4. Unity Christian 8:56.41. Shuttle hurdle — 4. Unity Christian 1:10.67. 100 — 5. Jake Floen 11.55. 800 relay — 5. Unity Christian 1:36.50. 110 hurdles — 6. Jordan Everson 19.28. 1,600 — 6. Nathan Reichert 4:58.48. 1,600 medley — 5. Unity Christian 4:06.26. 800 — 5. Caleb Bakker 2:04.09. 400 relay — 6. Unity Christian 47.68. 1,600 relay — 4. Unity Christian 3:39.21.

Knights battle injuries, big schools at LeMars meetMONDAY BOYS TRACK: DON SCHILLING INVITATIONAL

Reed medalist infirst league outing


SHELDON—After having beautiful weather for all of March to prepare, the first day of the Siouxland Conference Boys Golf Tour turned out to be a mental and physical test Monday at Sheldon Golf & Country Club.

The golfers were greeted by temperatures in the low 50s and stiff, steady, northwest winds.

S i b l e y- O c h e y e d a n w a s the team that survived the round with the lowest team total, shooting a 164 for first place. MOC-Floyd Val ley finished three strokes back.

“It was a good score for us. Those were some tough con-ditions. It was cold, and the wind blew all day,” said Sibley-Ocheyedan coach Rick Braby. “Those are the conditions that you would have thought we would have earlier in the year, but we got through it.”

He said the Generals’ experi-ence helped immensely.

“Our kids have played that course. It was in great shape for this early in the year. The greens were hard, but you knew they would be. You just had to play smarter and stay below the hole,” Braby said. “Our guys did a nice job of remembering that they are playing against the course, not against the guys in their group. Every kid that counted had a real good day.”

MOC-Floyd Valley coach Brady Baker said those condi-tions are pretty much the norm for N’West Iowa, so the golfers will just have to get used to that.

He thinks the Dutch can be a contender in the league again this year.

“You really just set the bar the first meet and try to get better from there. Sibley-Ocheyedan will certainly be a favorite in the conference this year with Okoboji and Rock Valley being in the mix as well. We hope to be somewhere in that group as well,” Baker said. “I have a great group of guys to work with again this year. They have been very coachable and encourag-ing of one another. Our goals are to just get a little better each day and be a mentally tough group.”

Okoboji and Rock Valley fin-ished third and fourth, respec-tively. Rocket coach Randy Slobe hoped his team would make better choices on the course than it did.

“We talk about managing the course all the time. I told them I can follow you in practice and give you tips to guide you, but what you do once you get on the course is up to you,” Slobe said. “On a day like that, it takes more courage to leave the driv-er in the bag and just make sure you stay in the fairway. There are a lot of trees on that course and a lot of out of bounds that comes into play. We did OK, but it was not as good as I expected. We should be able to shoot bet-ter than that, but it didn’t hap-pen.”

Rock Valley turned in a 179 on the day.

Meet host Sheldon was sixth with a 188.

The Orabs were just happy to get the season started.

“They were ready to play a round. When we got out there, even though it was cold, they were ready to go,” said Shel-don coach Gene Bomgaars. “I imagine once they got out there for a while, they were ready to

get back in because it was cold. But it was good to get them out there playing.” The combination of the wind and some hard greens changed the way the players had to think on approach shots. “On most holes, it was a cross-wind. You had to try to guess how much it would hold it up or how much it might push it depending on where you were. If the wind was mostly behind you, it was probably a two-club wind,” Bomgaars said. “The greens were rolling good, but it’s been so dry, they weren’t holding. The kids had to play it in front and let it roll up. The shots that I saw that landed on the green ended up 40 or 50 feet past it.” Sibley-Ocheyedan had three of the six lowest scorers on the day, including meet medalist Brent Reed, who shot 39.

MOC-Floyd Valley also had three in the top six. Ryan Chris-ty placed second for the Dutch with a 40.

Siouxland Boys Golf Tourat Sheldon Golf & Country Club

Team standings (after one event): 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan 9; 2. MOC-Floyd Valley 8; 3. Okoboji 7; 4. Rock Valley 6; 5. West Lyon 5; 6. Sheldon 4; 7. Sioux Center 3; 8. Boyden-Hull 2; 9. Central Lyon 1; 10. George-Little Rock 0. Team results: 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan 164; 2. MOC-Floyd Valley 167; 3. Okoboji 173; 4. Rock Valley 179; 5. West Lyon 184; 6. Sheldon 188; 7. Sioux Center 199; 8. Boyden-Hull 204; 9. Central Lyon 207; 10. George-Little Rock NA. Sibley-Ocheyedan cards: Brent Reed 39; Grant Juber 40; Joe Storbakken 42; Ty Hanna 43; Tristen Roetzel 46; Harrison Feldkamp 49. MOC-Floyd Valley cards: Ryan Christy 40; Mitch McDonough 41; Brett Bomgaars 42; Keifer Te Grootenhuis 44; Mitch Van Es 48; Pieter Swart 56. Okoboji cards: James Halbur 42; Tyler Ohl 42; Weston Burgeson 44; Mike Luhrs 45; Ben DeMuth 45; Cody Louscher 46. Rock Valley cards: Luke Keeble 43; Scott Westra 43; Zach Bliek 45; Austin Gregg 48; Dave DeBruin 51; Jarod Hansen 52; . West Lyon cards: Brandon Snyder 43; Scott Erickson 43; Cole Grotewold 49; Zach Sauers 49; Nate Roemen 51; Dylan Whalen 52. Sheldon cards: Tom Brown 43; Benjamin Lichty 47; Peter Fonkert 48; Garrett Lang 50; Brennan Vote 51; Andrew Sterk 52. Sioux Center cards: Kyle Heemstra 48; Ty Brink 49; Kyle Cleveringa 50; Brent Sneller 52; Josh Moret 52; Braden DeBoer 57. Boyden-Hull cards: Riley Francis 49; Evan Marra 50; Taylor Francis 51; Kaleb Vis 54; Kirk Prostrollo 62; Austin Loges 69. Central Lyon cards: Cole Schleusner 51; Kalen Eckenrod 51; Kyler Huisman 52; Allen

Stillson 53; Luke De Jong 54; Mike Postma 57. George-Little Rock cards: Aaron Korthals 52; Brenden Riefers 61.

Knights easily handlecourse and Spartans

ORANGE CITY—Unity Chris-tian navigated its home course just fine despite less than ideal conditions, but Spalding Catholic was puzzled by the Landsmeer Golf Club layout as the Knights bested the Spartans 161-218 in War Eagle Confer-ence boys golf Monday. The Knights were led by Blake Zomermaand, who was the medalist with a 37. Teammate Micah Roos was second with a 39. “Blake shot another excellent round. Micah and Joel (Groe-neweg) also shot good rounds, especially considering the con-ditions,” said Unity Christian coach Terry Beimers. “Most scores were a little higher due to the wind. We are excited to have another win.” The meet was played under sunny skies with a tempera-tures in the mid-50s, but a wind that was steadily over 20 mph made play a little more tricky. That was especially true for the Spartans. Ashton Thomp-son had a good round with a 45, but the next lowest score for Spalding Catholic was a 56. “The course was in wonder-ful shape, and the temperature

was really pretty nice for early April in Iowa. The wind was blowing pretty well to start, and it kept going until we finished. It made several of the holes pretty tough for a bunch of guys that are not very familiar with Landsmeer,” said Spalding Catholic coach J.D. Hunt. “The guys made some mistakes that added to a lot higher score than we were shooting for tonight, but they are ready to get back on the course in Alton Tuesday night and get geared up for our first home meet. Hats off to the guys from Unity Christian. They put up some really nice scores on a pretty tough night on the course.”

Unity Christian 161, Spalding Catholic 218 Unity Christian cards: Blake Zomermaand 37; Micah Roos 39; Joel Groeneweg 41; Tanner Vander Stoep 44; Eric Fedders 44; Mat Grossman 45. Spalding Catholic cards: Ashton Thompson 45; Grant Schuver 56; Tyler Konz 58; Zac Kinney 59; Blake Hansen 61; Adam Konz 62.

Falcons miss anotherchance to claim dual

MARCUS—The door was open again for West Sioux to get on the board with a War Eagle Conference boys golf vic-tory, but the Falcons again were unable to walk through as an early season slump continued in a 175-180 loss to Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn on Monday. The Falcons have come up short in three straight outings.

Adding to the frustration was that with the scores the oppo-nents have posted, coach Brad Klarenbeek thought his squad easily could have won all three. “Once again, we were very disappointed in our score. The Marcus course is maybe even easier than Hawarden,” he said. West Sioux did have the meet medalist as Mitch Hulshof came around in 37. “I’ve got to tip my hat to Mitch. Going 1-over on a day when we got off the bus and the wind was whipping 30-40 miles per hour; in those conditions, that’s a fantastic score. He even had one out of bounds. If you take that away, he had a very good chance at being under par,” Klarenbeek said. The rest of the squad, how-ever, was not on target. “Our 2 to 6 kids have got to be lower. I can’t even point to one kid because really, our 5 and 6 golfers are as good as our 2 and 3. Those guys have all shown they can do it in practice,” Klarenbeek said. “We need to get mentally prepared and take that into a meet. They are frus-trated right now, and I’m frus-trated about it, too. The really frustrating thing is we know the other teams have been posting scores we can beat. I just hope this doesn’t get to be a mental thing.” Zach Specht of Marcus-Mer-iden-Cleghorn was the runner-

up medalist with a 39.Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 175, West Sioux 180

West Sioux cards: Mitch Hulshof 37; Tony Winn 46; Tyler Kelly 48; Jacob Sanow 49; Austin Benda 49; Steve Marienau 52.

Hawks struggle withhilly layout and wind

HINTON—Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn had a rough time at the links Monday, seeing its scores rise during a 181-200 loss at Hinton in War Eagle Conference boys golf. “That’s a challenging course with the hills and the wind. It was a tough day,” said Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn coach Tom Thompson. “It was very differ-ent than what we are used to. The greens were fast. The guys struggled around the green and had trouble with penalty strokes. There are a lot of little things we can work on.” Travis Enger took the runner-up medal for the Hawks with a 46, but Thompson said even he had his struggles. “Travis didn’t have a great day, but he did get second,” Thomp-son said. “Even after it was over, he said he had a pretty tough day out there.” Jason Vander Kooi of Hinton was the medalist with a 39.

Hinton 181, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 200 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cards: Travis Enger 46; Hank Voss 50; Devin Young 51; Evan Metzler 54; Brady Ahmann 57; James Van Oort 66.

Generals overcome conditions, Siouxland fieldMONDAY BOYS GOLF

Boyden-Hull senior Kaleb Vis follows through after flipping up a chip on the par-3 third hole at Sheldon Golf & Country Club on Monday. The Comets placed eighth on the opening day of the Siouxland Conference Boys Golf Tour. (Photos by Scott Byers)

Sheldon junior Tom Brown and Sibley-Ocheyedan sophomore Ty Hanna take a load off while waiting for the Sioux-land Conference group ahead of them to finish the fourth hole at Sheldon Golf & Country Club on Monday.

COLLEGECHRISTIANS JOINING DC

SIOUX CENTER—Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School senior Elliott Christians has announced he will attend Dordt College and play bas-ketball for the Defenders. Christians

is a 6-foot-7-inch, 230-pound post player who averaged 9.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a senior. He made 49.2 percent of his shots from the field and averaged 1.5 blocked shots, 1.3 steals and 1.0 assists per

game.

DAU TO PLAY AT NWC ORANGE CITY—Spirit Lake High School senior Adam Dau has decid-ed to attend Northwestern College

and will play basketball for the Red Raiders. Dau is a 6-foot-5-inch forward who earned two letters for the Indians. He averaged six points and four rebounds per game as a senior,

shooting 60 percent from the field. He was an honorable mention all-district selection. Dau is joined on the recent list of recruits by Ben Guhl of Lindenhurst, IL. Guhl is a 6-7 post player who let-

tered twice at Grayslake North High School. He was named his team’s most improved player after averag-ing six points and four rebounds per game and helping the squad go 19-9 and reach the regional finals.


SPORTS

Ebel and Rahbuschrace to gold medals


KINGSLEY—South O’Brien had a productive day on both sides of the Panther/Wildcat Relays track and field meet on Monday, placing second in the boys standings and third in the girls grouping. The Wolverine boys scored 117 team points, finishing behind only meet host Kings-ley-Pierson/Woodbury Central, which totaled 194 to run away with the title. “Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central has a great team. It is hard to match up with the tal-ent they have in each event,” said South O’Brien boys coach Brandt Goodchild. He was pleased with the per-formance levels for the Wolver-

ines, particularly the sprinters. “We had some good times for the conditions and the time of the year,” Goodchild said. “Cole Ebel was the only first-place finisher we had, and that was in the 100-meter dash, and Bret Puhrmann got second, so that was a particularly good event for us. We had a lot of second-place finishes that were good performances.” The winds were gusting at well over 25 mph for the bulk of the meet. The South O’Brien girls scored 80.25 team points. The Wolverines were led by Halee Rahbusch, who won the 1,500 run and placed second in the 800. “Halee has been running strong and confident. Our distance medley has also been doing well,” said South O’Brien girls coach Julie Paulsen. However, Paulsen thought for the most part, the Wolverines

could have done even better. “I think the long weekend had something to do with it. When you have the day off of school, it’s hard to get back into the grind,” Paulsen said. “I was pleased with where we finished. I just thought that even with the conditions, some of the times could have been a little better.” Spalding Catholic’s boys team finished seventh at the meet. Michael Grady placed third in the 3,200 and 800 and fifth in the 400 hurdles for the Spar-tans. “Michael Grady had a good meet for us. The hurdle race was one where he had a two-second improvement in time. The options remain open, and he’s working on all three events to see which provide him with the best opportunities,” said Spalding Catholic coach Scott Willman. Erik Willman competed for

the first time this season, and coach Willman, his father, sees great potential for him, espe-cially in the discus. Coach Willman also thought Matthew Holzman did a good job after shifting from distance races in previous meets to sprints this time around. The br ight spot for the Spalding Catholic girls was a second-place run by Madison Pottebaum in the 400 hurdles. It was just the second time she had run in the event. “It was a solid run on a night that featured a strong head-wind at the finish,” coach Will-man said.“We had some other members of the team that continue to make improve-ments, most notably, Saman-tha Newborg in the long jump. She improved her performance by a foot. The meet was a com-petitive meet that saw some nice times and distances. That made it an accomplishment to

crack the top six.”Panther/Wildcat Relays

Girls team results 1. Hinton 145.75; 2. Kingsley-Pierson/Wood-bury Central 137; 3. South O’Brien 80.25; 4. Newell-Fonda 77; 5. Remsen-Union 61; 6. Westwood 53; 7. Akron-Westfield 27; 8. Spalding Catholic 8.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 3. Rachel Struve (SOS) 4-6. Discus — 6. Terran Ebel (SOS) 67-7. Shot — 4. Sierra Matthews (SOS) 28-8. Long jump — 4. Brett Struve (SOS) 13-4.75. 3,000 — 3. Karissa Langland (SOS) 14:01.24; 5. Aislinn Hofmeyer (SOS) 15:24.64. 3,200 relay — 3. South O’Brien 12:35.60. 100 — 4. Jenna Heemstra (SOS) 14.11. Distance medley — 3. South O’Brien 4:46.58. 800 relay — 4. South O’Brien 2:04.30. 100 hurdles — 4. Karlene Negus (SOS) 18.02. 800 — 2. Halee Rahbusch (SOS) 2:40.61. 200 — 5. Jenna Heemstra (SOS) 31.17; 6. Karlene Negus (SOS) 31.42. 400 hurdles — 2. Madison Pottebaum (SpC) 1:15.52; 3. Casie Rehder (SOS) 1:17.40. Sprint medley — 5. South O’Brien 2:11.21. 1,500 — 1. Halee Rahbusch (SOS) 5:28.21. 400 relay — 6. South O’Brien 59.36. 1,600 relay — 3. South O’Brien 4:42.42.

Boys team results 1. Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central 194;

2. South O’Brien 117; 3. Hinton 105; 4. Akron-Westfield 48; 5. Remsen-Union 39; 6. Newell-Fonda 29; 7. Spalding Catholic 17; 8. Remsen St. Mary’s 5.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 3. Adam Paulsen (SOS) 5-8. Discus — 3. Eric Magnussen (SOS) 126-8; 6. Erik Willman (SpC) 106-4. Shot — 5. Zac Lund (SOS) 39-0; 6. Will Friedrichsen (SOS) 38-4.5. Long jump — 3. Bret Puhrmann (SOS) 19-8.75. 3,200 — 4. Daniel Patterson (SOS) 11:13.36. 3,200 relay — 3. South O’Brien 9:22.42. Shuttle hurdle — 3. South O’Brien 1:07.61. 100 — 1. Cole Ebel (SOS) 11.42; 2. Bret Puhrmann (SOS) 11.45. 400 — 3. Adam Paulsen (SOS) 54.78; 6. Erik Willman (SpC) 59.20. 800 relay — 5. South O’Brien 1:44.86. 110 hurdles — 2. Hunter Fiddelke (SOS) 16.14. 1,600 — 5. Sam Weber (SOS) 5:18.46. 200 — 2. Cole Ebel (SOS) 25.14; 3. Bret Puhrmann (SOS) 25.37. 400 hurdles — 2. Matt DeVos (SOS) 59.20; 5. Michael Grady (SpC) 1:03.24. 1,600 medley — 2. South O’Brien 4:01.68. 800 — 3. Michael Grady (SpC) 2:16.90. 400 relay — 2. South O’Brien 46.02. 1,600 relay — 2. South O’Brien 3:41.08.

Goslinga finds nettwice in 4-1 victory


ORANGE CITY—Unity Chris-tian trailed but made sure the deficit did not last long Monday as the Knights raced to a 4-1 win over Sergeant Bluff-Luton in boys soccer. The visiting Warriors got on the board with 22 minutes left in the first half. Nick Wielenga evened the score with 7:04 left in the first half, knocking in a loose ball in the box for the Knights. “That was a great hustle and effort play by our guys. Five guys got a foot on the ball, and they did a nice job of saving those shots, but our guys were persistent,” said Unity Chris-tian coach Cody Harskamp. Just over two minutes later, Unity Christian took a lead it did not give back. Jason Gos-linga pounded in a shot from 25 yards out. The Knights took the 2-1 lead to intermission. “We had a letdown for about 15 minutes in the first half, but it was nice to see us bounce back and increase our effort and intensity,” Harskamp said. Goslinga dialed up the power boot again just three minutes into the second half, crushing a shot from 30 yards out that found the net. Unity Christian added one more tally with 16:34 left on a goal by Dylan Bartles. “It was a nice win for our guys coming back from Easter break. It was nice to see them execute the things we have been work-ing on in practice,” Harskamp said. “I thought we passed the ball really well for the first and last 10 minutes of the first half and the whole second half. Our offense, defense and pass-ing improved throughout the game, which is very encourag-ing.” Unity Christian took 20 shots in the contest and put 14 on goal. Dylan Hoekstra came up with six saves in earning the win in goal.

Indians tame wind,Falcons in shutout HAWARDEN—Spirit Lake used its experience to tame the wind, playing well in both halves of a 4-0 boys soccer win at West Sioux on Monday. West Sioux had the strong wind to its back in the open-ing half but still went in to the intermission trailing 2-0. Falcon coach Chris Avery said both of the Indians’ first-half goals were the result of the Fal-cons’ inexperience. “Spirit Lake is good, and they have a lot more experience than we have. We started a goalie that had never played. On their first goal, he was just a little bit leery about leaving the net and coming out to stop the run,” Avery said. “On the second one, our defense got a little bit confused. They put a ball through and got it down to get the shot for the goal.”

West Sioux did have a few scoring chances of its own as the possession time was almost even in the first half. “We weren’t able to capitalize on the opportunities we had for set plays, and that was due to our lack of experience up front,” Avery said. Avery spent halftime talk-ing about the importance of communicating on defense. He was especially concerned with helping out on Spirit Lake standout Zubeen Azari. “We had to make sure we knew where certain players were all the time. We played a little tighter defense in the second half, but he was able to maneuver the ball to our side of the playing field for them,” Avery said of Azari. “They also had the wind that half, and that helped them even more.” Avery was concerned that he didn’t see great improvements from the first game to the sec-ond for the Falcons. “We were kind of stagnant compared to the first game. We didn’t communicate as well,” he said. He did, however, point out the good work done by a pair of Falcon defenders. “We had a couple of guys who played a good share of the field for us. Jose Montes is one of our captains. Fernando Topete was the one I had on their No. 1 player. He had to shadow him and did a lot of running. I would say those two stood out,” Avery said. Donald Jennings played the first 10 minutes and the last eight minutes in goal. Alejan-dro Ballesteros handled the work between the pipes the rest of the time for the Falcons.

Tigers sail by hostsas seven shots score HULL—Spencer sailed past Western Christian in boys soc-cer Monday, riding the wind to five second-half goals in a 7-0 victory in Hull. The visiting Tigers had more shots find the back of the net than the Wolfpack put on goal. Spencer took 17 shots and scored seven times. Western Christian put just five shots on net, and Tiger keeper Nigel

Nielsen stopped them all. Western Christian had the wind at its back in the first half but did not take advantage. In fact, Spencer scored just two minutes into the game and never looked back. The Tigers were up 2-0 at halftime. “It was very windy tonight. We had the wind in the first half and held the ball in our offen-sive zone for a good portion of the first 40,” said Western Christian coach Justin Negen. “Our guys had a couple of very nice crosses that we almost scored on. In the second half, going against the wind, Spen-cer definitely controlled the field of play. We had a difficult time putting much together on our offensive end.” The Wolfpack defense was not able to hold up under the constant attack from Spencer in the second half. “We played pretty well until midway though the second half. The old saying, ‘When it rains, it pours,’ was very true in our game tonight. Spen-cer scored four goals in five minutes at right around the 60-minute mark,” Negen said.

“Davis (Fenchel) had some really nice saves in goal to keep us hanging around, but they put us away quickly with those goals midway through.”

Tanner Viedenkamp and Cole Loehr each had two goals in the contest for the Tigers. “They have some very skilled strikers, and their offensive

pressure broke through in the second half.” Fenchel had 19 saves in the contest for Western Christian. Evan Geels added two saves.

Wolverine boys place second, girls third at KingsleyMONDAY TRACK: PANTHER/WILDCAT RELAYS

Knights kick itinto gear aftertrailing early

MONDAY BOYS SOCCER

West Sioux sophomore Fernando Topete knocks the ball away from MOC-Floyd Valley senior Collin Ascherl on Thursday in Orange City. The Falcons lost to Spirit Lake on Monday. (Photos by Josh Harrell)

Sophomore Jesus Rivera of West Sioux and senior Keegan Mulder of host MOC-Floyd Valley battle for possession of the ball in a soccer match Thursday in Orange City.

‘‘That was a great hustle and effortplay by our guys.

Five guys got a foot on the ball, and they did a nice job of saving those shots, but our

guys were persistent.

Cody HarskampUNITY CHRISTIAN SOCCER COACH

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 n THE N'WEST IOWA REVIEW/SHELDON, IA C12

SPORTS

Horstmann scoresoff Wesselius assist


SERGEANT BLUFF—Ser-g e a nt Bl u f f - Lu t o n b ro k e through the stingy Unity Chris-tian defense just often enough Monday, hanging on for a 2-1 girls soccer victory over the Knights.

Sergeant Bluff-Luton deliv-ered the game’s first blow just three minutes into the contest. Kennedy Brand scored on a cross to make it 1-0.

Unity Christian coach Tim Kamp said that did not reflect how the rest of the game was played.

“This was played mostly in the middle of the field. Neither team got very many really good shots off. Both defenses were strong,” Kamp said. “The real battle was in the middle tran-sition zone. Both teams did a good job with distribution of passes, and it was a fairly even game for much of the time.”

The Warriors did take a 2-0 lead in the 17th minute. Paige Pappadackis made an unas-sisted run down the middle for the tally.

Unity Christian’s defense held strong after that.

“Both freshman outside defenders are developing really well. Emily Wielenga had another strong game, and on the other side, Kendra Kroese had a very good game, too,” Kamp said. “Stacy Van Regen-morter was very consistent at the sweeper position and does an excellent job of directing the defense.” Unity Christian got on the board in the 28th minute of the second half. Adrienne Wesse-lius sent a corner kick to Mary

Beth Horstman, who was able to finish the play. The Knights only had one other shot on goal after inter-mission. Sergeant Bluff-Luton outshot Unity Christian 7-4 in the contest. “This was a fun game to watch because it was played well between two fairly evenly matched teams,” Kamp said. “Sergeant Bluff-Luton had a bit better ball control and passing than we did, and so got a few more shot opportunities.”

Shannell Nieuwendorp made five saves in net for the Knights.

Falcons limit foes,but not by enough HAWARDEN—West Sioux tried to pump up the pressure on Spirit Lake in the second half, but the Falcons’ come-back effort was denied by the Indians in a 2-0 girls soccer loss Monday. West Sioux co-coach Tiffany Millikan said strong winds were a major factor in the contest. Spirit Lake scored both of its goals in the first half with the wind at its back. Stephanie Ter-rillion and Sarah Hussong had the tallies. “ I t h o u g h t b o t h t e a m s struggled with the wind. We went into halftime thinking it would be to our advantage in the second half, but it’s hard to judge the ball. We had our midfield and forwards slide a little more to the right or center of the field because the ball just wasn’t going to end up on the left,” Millikan said. “We also wanted to be willing to try to score sooner and from further away from the goalie box where we could let the wind help us.” Spirit Lake keeper Stevie Spencer made nine saves in recording the shutouts. Mil-likan said a little more than

half of those shots for the Fal-cons came in the second half, including a couple of prime chances. Despite the loss, Millikan said the improvement was evident, noting that at this point last season Spirit Lake beat West Sioux 9-0. “Our aggressiveness was high. Our spirits were high,” Millikan said. “And for the most part, we had good passes. The majority of them were right on target. We still need to work on our crosses, and you have to con-tinue to get better overall with the passing, but we’re eager to meet our next opponent. We’ve got a team we feel will continue to improve.” Carissa Anderson and Sandra Topete each took three shots for the Falcons. West Sioux keeper Jessica Gar-cia was credited with one save.

Tigers put Wolfpackon defensive all day SPENCER—Spencer made Western Christian’s defense work from beginning to end, dominating the shot charts in a 3-0 girls soccer victory Monday. Spencer put 20 shots on goal during a blustery day on the pitch. Western Christian forced the Tigers to make a save on

just one shot. Western Christian had the wind at its back in the opening half, but the Tigers scored on a transition play at the 25-min-ute mark to go ahead 1-0. “The girls played with a strong northwest wind in the first half and were able to create some good ball movement through the midfield,” said Western Christian coach Jeanie Elgers-ma. “Spencer gained momen-tum as the period went on by making right-handed runs and crosses.” The second half was a much different story. “Spencer played with the wind in the second half and dominated play,” Elgersma said. The Tigers found the net twice, both on balls that were not cleared from in front of the Western Christian net. Jessica Walvoort had a busy day as the Wolfpack keeper, making 17 saves. “Overall, it was a good game for learning to work as a team, learning to anticipate ball movement and learning to sup-port the midfield,” Elgersma said. “Jessica Walvoort did well in goal, keeping the score man-ageable.” Traci Kats was credited with the only shot on goal for the Wolfpack.

Squads compete incold, strong winds


ORANGE CITY—MOC-Floyd Valley finished on top in seven individual events and three relays, rolling to the Class A team title at the Unity Chris-tian Invitational on Monday in Orange City. The Dutch won three of the four field events, marking the first time this season MOC-Floyd Valley had not swept the field events. The Dutch did come close, with Brook Jacob-sma and Ira De Jong placing second and third, respectively, in the shot. Coach Lori Wolf said there were standout per-formances from Katelyn Probst in the long jump and Lauren McDonald in the discus. Bethany Dykstra won both the 3,000- and the 1,500-meter runs for MOC-Floyd Valley. “Despite the windy condi-tions, Bethany Dykstra ran an outstanding 3,000. Not only did she run a PR, but she also beat Leah Seivert from Sibley-Ocheyedan, who beat her at the Dutch Relays last week. Beth-any also won the 1,500 fairly convincingly and anchored our distance medley,” Wolf said. Wolf said Rebekah Muilen-burg, who ran the opening leg on the 800 relay team that set a meet record along with win-ning the 100 dash and leading off the winning 400 relay team and the third-place sprint med-ley, had a big day on the track. She said Sam Wielenga also was solid. However, Wolf said over-all it was an inconsistent meet for the Dutch. “Tonight had a variety of per-formances and energy levels. It appeared that there was a lack of energy early in the meet. The effect of the long weekend was apparent,” Wolf said. “Many girls performed well and won

their events, but our perfor-mances did not match ear-lier results. Hopefully, we will regain some of our focus and raise our level of competition in the next few outings.” Sheldon was second in the team standings. The Orabs again were paced by their hurdlers. Paige Van Wyk ran on the winning shuttle hurdle team and won the 100 and 400 hurdles. Teammate Caitlin Cain was second in the 100 hurdles. Crystal Rodger was third in the 400 hurdles. “That’s a lot of points in the hurdles when you start look-ing at it,” said Sheldon coach Kris Groff. “Allegra St. Clair was second in the 100 and the 200, and that’s real good for a fresh-man when you look at who she is running against. Marti Vogel got second in the high jump and went up another 2 inches.” The conditions were not ideal, with stiff winds of more than 20 mph making the temperatures, which were in the low 50s, seem even cooler. “The times were not as good as they could have been, but the wind was a factor. That’s just something you have to battle. It was the same as it was for everybody else,” Groff said. “Our times were just about as good as the other night (at MOC-Floyd Valley), and the wind was a lot worse, so I feel like we made strides.” He said the meet was run effi-ciently. “When it’s cold like that, there is really no cool down. You have to stay loose for your next event,” Groff said. “And this was a very quick meet. That’s good in that you get home early. It’s bad in that you don’t have the recovery time. The big thing for us will be how we come back from it. We’ve got a big week this week with three meets. I’m not as concerned with stand-ings points right now as I am finding the right combinations of people to run on relays and

to work more on our timing on the handoffs. Still, this was a good meet for us. I thought we ran well, from the seniors all the way down to the freshmen. When you can say that, you’ve had a good night.” Unity Christian placed third, led by Kayla Byl. She won the 800 and anchored the winning 3,200 relay and distance med-ley. “It was good to pick up a couple of wins in the relays. Kayla Byl had an outstanding anchor in the distance medley, taking us from fourth to first,” said Unity Christian coach Mark Kauk. “Karissa De Jong and Jackie Eekhoff also gave us good legs in the 4-by-8.” He said other highlights for the Knights included personal bests by both Chantelle De Haan and Caroline Mulder in the discus, Justine Van Sloten in her first try at the 400 hurdles, and Jill Schouten and Lindsey Broek in the sprints. “I thought we did well to fin-ish third in the team standings, but we know that we can con-tinue to get better as we build more depth with our squad and everyone becomes more comfortable with their events,” Kauk said. Sibley-Ocheyedan placed fourth in the team standings. “We tried to do some different stuff. This whole month I’ll let the girls try to run some differ-ent events and have fun. They all like to run in the relays, and of course, they all want to be in the same ones, so I’m going to give them a chance,” said General coach Keith Swenson. “They are all running well. It’s very competitive. It’s competi-tive as far as how we’re running against other teams, and it’s competitive as far as compar-ing our girls with each other.” Swenson said the job of com-paring times was made tougher by the wind. “When you are trying to figure out those relays, and one per-

son is running with the wind, and the other is against the wind, that’s not really fair. Some of that we’ll have to figure out in practice,” he said. Swenson said he was pleased with the shot and discus throw-ers. He also noted Alyssa Hib-bing had a strong night on the track. Six other teams competed in the Class B division, including a junior varsity group from Shel-don. “This meet gave us a chance to run a lot of kids and see what they could do,” Groff said. “Running in division A and B, we got a lot of kids into events they might not normally run, which is good because some-times people can surprise you.” West Sioux placed sixth in Class B. The Falcons were led by Dana Weerheim, who placed second in the 200 and 400.

Unity Christian InvitationalClass A team results

1. MOC-Floyd Valley 198; 2. Sheldon 115; 3. Unity Christian 88; 4. Sibley-Ocheyedan 75; 5. Storm Lake 58; 6. Cherokee 46.

N’West Iowa results High jump — 1. Alexis Conaway (MOC-FV) 5-4; 2. Marti Vogel (Sh) 4-10; 3. Katie Landhuis (MOC-FV) 4-10. Discus — 1. Brook Jacobsma (MOC-FV) 123-2; 2. Lauren McDonald (MOC-FV) 110-10; 5.

Autumn Wahl (Sh) 94-1; 6. Chantelle De Haan (UC) 91-5. Shot — 2. Brook Jacobsma (MOC-FV) 36-8.5; 3. Ira De Jong (MOC-FV) 36-1.5; 5. Chantelle De Haan (UC) 34-0.5; 6. Autumn Wahl (Sh) 33-1.25. Long jump — 1. Katelyn Probst (MOC-FV) 16-2.25; 4. Nicole Rozeboom (S-O) 15-4; 5. Ali Achterhof (MOC-FV) 14-8.75; 6. Justine Van Sloten (UC) 14-7.25. 3,000 — 1. Bethany Dykstra (MOC-FV) 11:01.01; 2. Leah Seivert (S-O) 11:18.86; 3. Jaycee Vander Berg (MOC-FV) 11:48.97; 5. Tara Tilstra (UC) 13:09.08; 6. Jennie Droog (UC) 13:24.22. 3,200 relay — 1. Unity Christian (Karissa De Jong, Samantha Bandstra, Jackie Hoogland, Kayla Byl) 10:54.40; 2. Sheldon 11:31.20. Shuttle hurdle — 1. Sheldon (Caitlin Cain, Paige Van Wyk, Callie Hatting, Crystal Rodger) 1:10.57; 2. MOC-Floyd Valley 1:14.43; 4. Unity Christian 1:24.10. 100 — 1. Rebekah Muilenburg (MOC-FV) 12.71; 2. Allegra St. Clare (Sh) 13.34; 4. Daphne Heimensen (MOC-FV) 13.74; 5. Lindsey Broek (UC) 13.88. Distance medley — 1. Unity Christian (Kenza Brue, Heather Kaemingk, Karissa De Jong, Kayla Byl) 4:39.20; 2. Sibley-Ocheyedan 4:42.42; 3. Sheldon 4:49.11; 4. MOC-Floyd Valley 4:57.50. 400 — 1. Katie Landhuis (MOC-FV) 1:03.80; 2. Jill Schouten (UC) 1:04.79; 3. Jade Hansen (MOC-FV) 1:07.71; 4. Katie Kneifl (Sh) 1:09.29; 5. Samantha Bandstra (UC) 1:10.13; 6. Frannie Feekes (Sh) 1:17.87. 800 relay — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Rebekah Muilenburg, Ali Achterhof, Sam Wielenga, Alexis Conaway) 1:50.22 (meet record); 2. Sibley-Ocheyedan 1:51.11; 4. Unity Christian 2:02.11; 5. Sheldon 2:02.48. 100 hurdles — 1. Paige Van Wyk (Sh) 16.68; 2. Caitlin Cain (Sh) 16.79; 3. Faith Vander Voort

(MOC-FV) 17.53; 4. Tayler Wasmund (S-O) 17.79; 5. Teagan Hill-Norby (MOC-FV) 18.18; 6. Amy Dreessen (S-O) 18.58. 800 — 1. Kayla Byl (UC) 2:35.27; 2. Salli Valdez (MOC-FV) 2:36.37; 3. Jaycee Vander Berg (MOC-FV) 2:43.30; 4. Samantha Bandstra (UC) 2:47.20; 6. Brittany Van Wyk (Sh) 3:00.58. 200 — 1. Alyssa Hibbing (S-O) 29.01; 2. Allegra St. Clare (Sh) 29.08; 4. Daphne Heimensen (MOC-FV) 29.13; 5. Jill Schouten (UC) 29.87; 6. Lindsey Broek (UC) 30.02. 400 hurdles — 1. Paige Van Wyk (Sh) 1:09.56; 2. Sam Wielenga (MOC-FV) 1:12.11; 3. Crystal Rodger (Sh) 1:12.36; 4. Justine Van Sloten (UC) 1:15.60. Sprint medley — 1. Sibley-Ocheyedan (Michaela Wolter, Bridget Doeden, Erin Swenson, Nicole Rozeboom) 2:04.42; 2. Sheldon 2:06.82; 3. MOC-Floyd Valley 2:08.34; 4. Unity Christian 2:10.64. 1,500 — 1. Bethany Dykstra (MOC-FV) 5:20.75; 2. Kayla Byl (UC) 5:28.99; 3. Leah Seivert (S-O) 5:30.95; 5. Kaitlyn Holtrop (Sh) 6:19.36. 400 relay — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Rebekah Muilenburg, Ali Achterhof, Jade Hansen, Alexis Conaway) 52.62; 2. Sibley-Ocheyedan 54.94; 3. Sheldon 55.24; 4. Unity Christian 55.78. 1,600 relay — 1. MOC-Floyd Valley (Katie Landhuis, Ali Achterhof, Jade Hansen, Alexis Conaway) 4:19.64; 2. Sibley-Ocheyedan 4:30.33; 3. Sheldon 4:31.35; 4. Unity Christian 4:37.34.

Class B team results 1. LeMars Gehlen Catholic 218; 2. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 124; 3. Remsen St. Mary’s 98; 4. Lawton-Bronson 56; 5. Sheldon JV 38; 6. West Sioux 21.

N’West Iowa results 100 — 4. Kara Schmidt (WS) 14.38. 400 — 2. Dana Weerheim (WS) 1:07.14. 200 — 2. Dana Weerheim (WS) 29.63; 6. Callie Schmidt (WS) 32.45.

Unity Christian senior Michaela Rodenburgh dribbles through Western Christian junior Brittney Ryks, senior Jami Driesen and sophomore Tairin Van Tol on Thurs-day in Orange City. The Knights and Wolfpack played other opponents Monday. (Photo by Josh Harrell)

Early goal helps Warriors hold off late-rally attempt by KnightsMONDAY GIRLS SOCCER

MOC-Floyd Valley senior Lauren McDonald launches the discus during one of her throws Thursday at the Sioux Center Relays. McDonald took second place in the event behind junior teammate Brook Jacobsma. They also placed 1-2 in the event at the Unity Christian Invitational on Monday. (Photos by Rylan Howe)

Sibley-Ocheyedan senior Alyssa Hibbing high-fives sophomore Bridget Doeden after the distance medley relay Thursday at the Sioux Center Relays. The Generals also ran at the Unity Christian Invitational in Orange City on Monday.

Dutch dominate Class A, Orabs girls place second

MONDAY TRACK: UNITY CHRISTIAN INVITATIONAL

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