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Kayla Cornwell sank two free throws with 10.7 seconds remaining to lift visiting Waco to a 58-56 victory Tuesday evening against Iowa Mennonite School in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference girls basketball game.

Olivia Yutzy’s jumper near the free three line clanked out on IMS’ final possession.

The Warriors led by four points with 1:44 remaining, but a steal and bucket by Laura Hochstetler and another swipe near midcourt and a subsequent layup by Kristen Davis with 17 seconds left knotted the game at 56-all.

Read the Dec. 1 issue of the Wellman Advance for the complete story and photos.

Laura Hochstetler of IMS attempts to put a move along the baseline against Ashley Sutton of Waco.

Wind and cold were factors to be dealt with as the Mid-Prairie boys competed at the Kalona Golf Course Monday, April 18 against guests Regina, Vinton and Clear Creek.
Dylan Wertz led the Golden Hawks with 43 and Jared Gent and Caleb Lampe tied with 46 strokes.
The boys placed third with 185 strokes. Meet medalist was Jacob Schultz of Regina with 39. Meet runner-up was a tie between Nile Ekerman of Clear Creek and Chris Stzuffer of Regina with 42.
MID-PRAIRIE (185): Dylan Wertz 43, Wyatt Murphy 50, Jared Gent 46, Caleb Lampe 46, Trevor Owens 51, Tyler Davis 57.
REGINA (169): John Staak 43, Chris Stauffer 42, Jacob Schultz 39, Alex Kroeze 45, Kenyon Browning 51, Sam Puikrabek 56.
VINTON (181): Seth Inwan 50, Jake Dyson 40, Alex Jassen 50, Trevor Brown 53, Dylan Ripple 48, Daniel Ervin 43.
CLEAR CREEK (189): Nile Ekermann 42, Keegan Walters 48, Kam Kahler 49, Jacob Klingeman 50, Harris Johnston 58, Lee Herr 54.

Mid-Prairie Tommy Stumpf led the junior varsity squad with 52.
MID-PRAIRIE (52): Tommy Stumpf 52, Ryan Davis 66, David Lindemann 63.
CLEAR CREEK (51): AJ Liddell 54, Anthony Miller 51, Derek Davis 55.

The Golden Hawks competed April 14 at the Lowden 330 Club in North Cedar. Wyatt Murphy and Caleb Lampe led the team with 50.
MID-PRAIRIE (210): Dylan Wertz 55, Murphy 50, Lampe 50, Trevor Owens 55, Tyler Davis 63, Ryan Davis 56.
NORTH CEDAR (172): Kyle Jackson 38, Charlie Cox 45, Jordan Hay 44, Nate Dewell 46, Nick Fisher 45, Jordan Kintzel 51.
CALAMUS-WHEATLAND (187): Jeff Mente 50, Lanon Luepker 46, Seth Patterson 47, Drew Jacoby 46, Landon Goettsch 48, Austin Fort 52.

Mid-Prairie boys played their first round of 18-holes at the Williamsburg Invite April 13. They competed against Mt. Vernon, Anamosa and Williamsburg. Freshman Trevor Owens led the Golden Hawks with a 94, with 43 strokes after the first 9-holes.
MID-PRAIRIE (375: 187-188): Dylan Wertz 95 (48-47), Wyatt Murphy 96 (48-48), Jared Gent 96 (50-46), Caleb Lampe 95 (48-47), Trevor Owens 94 (43-51), Tyler Davis 118 (56-62).
MT. VERNON (348:178-170): Marshall Kray 79 (39-40), Lucas Hansen 86 (44-42), Tyler Hansen 90 (45-45), Kyle Durgin 101 (53-48), Keanon Shannon 102 (59-43), John Edge 95 (50-45).
ANAMOSA (336:166-170): Adam Corpstein 88 (45-43), Nico Costa 79 (38-41), Nik Schulte 88 (46-42), Spencer Barnes 99 (52-47), Kevin Schpanski 83 (39-44), AJ Lenger 89 (44-45).
WILLIAMSBURG (306:154-152): Drew Slings 75 (38-37), Austin Hilligas 75 (38-37), Brad Klosterboer 81 (40-41), Corbin Blythe 77 (39-38), Brent Klosterboer 79 (39-40), Dan Ackerman 91 (45-46).

The Mid-Prairie boys golf team traveled to Washington Tuesday, April 12 for a triagular against host Washington and Columbus. The Golden Hawks finished in second place with 187 strokes.
MID-PRAIRIE (187): Dylan Wertz 48, Wyatt Murphy 45, Jared Gent 45, Caleb Lampe 49, Trevor Owens 50, Tyler Davis 56.
COLUMBUS (206): Tanner Travis 48, Zac Howell 46, Alex Mincer 51, Eli Sents 63, Zach Gerot 61, Jared Todd 69.
WASHINGTON (153): Joseph Harris 35, Alex Thode 37, Brock Kimball 40, Dillion DePerrot 41, Michael Hall 47, Jake Dickinson 50.

The Mid-Prairie girls soccer team garnered another win Tuesday, April 12 at the Wellman Rotarian Soccer complex, with a win over Washington Demons 10-3.
The Redlinger sisters set the tone of the game early on with two goals within the first seven minutes of play. Kattie Redlinger scored the first point for the Golden Hawks when she took the ball from the outside for the goal in under three minutes. Meghan Redlinger followed taking the ball up the middle past the Washington defenders for a goal at the seven minute mark. With .
Kattie sent two more in for goals and an assist while Meghan scored another goal to end the half with Mid-Prairie ahead 5-1.
Mid-Prairie stoppers Bailie Harris and Caroline Allen were hit with yellow and red cards respectively. Allen received hers with 17 seconds left in the first half causing Mid-Prairie to play the second half missing a player. The Demons were able to capitalize on the fouls by scoring two goals, but it wasn’t enough to catch up with the Golden Hawks.
Mid-Prairie answered the Demons with four more goals. Freshman Kira Kirkove scored her first varsity goal of her career.
“Even playing with one player down, Mid-Prairie showed the stuff that good teams are made of,” said head coach Bristol Harris.

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks upset 15th ranked Monticello for their first ever win over a ranked opponent in Wellman.
The 5-2 win came Monday, April 18 at the Wellman Soccer Complex.
“I have pushed these girls, telling them that size matters not, and that was put to the test with the size of the Monticello players,” said head coach Bristol Harris.
The teams went head to head under cold, windy conditions.

“Missing key midfielder Caroline Allen had the team on edge but the girls made the right moves and are off to their best season start,” said coach Harris.
Meghan Redlinger speed down field passing to Kattie Redlinger for the first goal, just five minutes into the game. Meghan added two more goals in the first half. One off a pass from Kattie across the goal.
Monticello was able to race in and catch the headwind that helped the ball bend past Mid-Prairie senior goal keeper Aimee Moberly from the leftside for their first goal of the night.

“I have pushed these girls, telling them that size matters not, and that was put to the test with the size of the Monticello players,”

Mid-Prairie was up 3-1 at the half.
In the opening drive, Kattie Redlinger got an assist when she hit Emma Lampe who scored for the Golden Hawks.
Kattie nailed the final goal running the ball on the outside, down half the length of the field for the final goal of the game.
Monticello was not to be held back and scored one more, but the Golden Hawks defenders held them to only two to clinch the win.

The IMS soccer team stepped onto the field on a cold blustery evening April 18 against a tough Columbus team and came away with a hard fought 1-0 win.
In the first half, play went back and forth as both teams sought to establish and maintain possession of the ball. It soon became apparent both teams had skilled defensive players and that finding goals would be difficult. The IMS back line of Marshall Schrock, Chris Perez, Lukas Yoder and Levi Schrock along with Tommy Rhodes held steady, thwarting Columbus runs into the box.
The best scoring chance of the first half came on an IMS direct kick as Marshall Schrock sent the ball into the box where it was one touched into the goal but in the midst of the celebration the line judge raised the flag for offside nullifying the goal. At half the score was knotted 0-0.
In the second half, IMS midfielders John Nicholson, Kyle Miller, Seth Miller, Dillon Bender, and Nathan Peters upped their work rate resulting in more possession and more scoring opportunities. However, Columbus had the best chance to score when they were awarded a penalty kick with 18 minutes left in the game. The Columbus player stepped to the ball but struck it wide where it deflected off the post and out of bounds.
Pushing the ball forward the IMS midfield got the ball to Chance Miller just outside the box. Gathering in the ball and turning, Miller burst by the defender and struck the ball into the net with 12:47 left on the clock.
Columbus responded by bringing players forward and creating several chances. The back line stepped up their game and held strong, knocking many balls out of the box. Goalie Ben Brenneman gathered in those balls which made it through resulting in 9 saves for the game.
IMS is 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference.

Iowa Mennonite girls and boys golf teams placed third in a triangular at the Kalona Golf Course Monday, April 18. IMS girls was led by Mischa DeJesus with 75 strokes. Following close on her heels, was Jess Miller with 76.
The boys were led by Aaron Warner with 40 strokes, followed by Tanner Leydon with 55.
Girls stats:
IMS (312): Mischa DeJesus 75, Jess Miller 76, Rachel Schrock 80, Mallory Martens 81.
LOUISA-MUSCATINE (257): Haley Sprague 50, Niki BarthenHagen 67, Amber Smith 70, Taylor Tompkins 70.
LONE TREE (258): Katy Ruth 59, Kimberly Yedlick 64, Averey Edwards 66, Kennedi Buser 69, Eileen Westfall 71, Bridget Furmeister 75.
Boys stats:
IMS (240): Aaron Warner 40, Tanner Leydon 55, Thaddeus Yoder 71, Randy Ropp 74.
LOUISA-MUSCATINE (178): Lucas Kemp 43, Logan Osborn 43, Dexter Bieri 44, AJ Steahr 48.
LONE TREE (226): Levi Saterfield 45, Andy Dodson 47, Matt Waldschmidt 64, Mitch Mckusiak 70.

IMS traveled to Solon April 14 to take on the number three ranked and undefeated Spartans. With strong winds blowing across the field both teams took time adjusting to the wind and the other teams style of play. Solon would hold its undefeated title leaving IMS scoreless at 0-4.

Thursday April 14, the Mid-Prairie girls traveled to North Cedar and the 3/30 Golf Club to take on host North Cedar, West Branch and Calamus Wheatland. Mid-Prairie posted a team score of 220 strokes to finish in first place, just ahead of Cal/Wheatland at 221, West Branch at 223 and North Cedar who didn’t have enough participants to field a team score.
Allison McArtor lead the Golden Hawks with a score of 52, followed by Jordyn Kelso and Leah Parrott with 55, Breanna McFarland 58, Shelly Palmer 62 and Summer Gracey with 63.

Iowa Mennonite girls/boys golf teams competed at Wapello April 13 under really windy conditions.
IMS (214): Aaron Warner 36, Tanner Leyden 49, Randy Ropp 62, Thaddeus Yoder 67.
WAPELLO (189): Gage Carpenter 42, Jordan Shoonover 43, Collin Mcbeil 49, Ruger Carpenter 55, Trey Kaufman 55, Blake Odle 55.

The Mid-Prairie girl’s golf team competed in a triangular meet at the Washington Golf and Country Club Tuesday, April 12 against host Washington and Columbus. The girl’s finished second, posting a team score of 232 to Washington 187 and Columbus at 238.
Allison McArtor paced the Golden Hawks with a score of 50, followed by Jordyn Kelso with 52, Summer Gracey 63, Breanna McFarland 67 and Sydney Scarff with 77.

The IMS track teams competed well at the Lone Tree Invitational Tuesday night, April 11.
Team stats: 1) Lone Tree 137, 2) Wapello 90, 3) Highland 77, 4) Keota 70, 5) New London 57, 6) Louisa-Muscatine 47, 7) WACO 43, Tri-County 30, 9) IMS 25
Individual stats: 3000m Run – Elana Gingerich 13:24.62, 7th. 100m Dash – Michaela Prihoda 13.77, 3rd. 100m Hurdles – Anya Slabaugh 19.74; Abbie DeWild 21.54. 800m Run – Elysia Stastny 2:53.28, 3rd. 200m Dash – Anya Slabaugh 30.38, 6th. 4x100m Relay – Michaela Prihoda (13.98), Abbie DeWild (15.52), Elysia Stastny (14.54), Anya Slabaugh (13.35) 57.46. 4x400m Relay – Alaina Beatty (1:20.01), Nicole Roetlin (1:31.79), Tamara Vukovikl (1:19.95), Elysia Stastny (1:14.30) 5:26.05. Long Jump – Michaela Prihoda 13’2”. High Jump – Anya Slabaugh 4’8”. Shot Put – Jacayla Litwiller 22’; Alaina Beatty 18’. Discus – Alaina Beatty 57’.
Zoran Stojanovic joined Jesse Shetler to double the size of the boys team from the English Valleys meet. Stojanovic placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 31’9”. Shetler was second in the 3200 meter run with a time of 11:48.
Team Standings: 1) Louisa-Muscatine 123, 2) Lone Tree 99, 3) WACO 82, 4) Keota 80, 5) New London 69, 6) Tri-County 55, 7) Highland 32, IMS 8.
Individual Stats: 3200m Run – Jesse Shetler 11:47.92, 2nd. 1600m Run – Shetler 5:26.51. 800m Run – 2:33.28. Shot Put – Zoran Stojanovic 31’9”, 6th. Discus – Stojanovic 58’.

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk boys’ track team competed in the Washington Indoor track meet at the University of Iowa Friday, March 11. Thirty-one teams participated.
Mid-Prairie Individual Results: Shot Put – Alex McKee-Crow 40’ (43rd), Clint Schwerin 33’9” (66th), David Aldeman 32’5” (71st); 60 Dash – Jaemin Powell 7.15 (31st), Canaan Powell 7.68 (69th), Jack Draper 7.74 (75th); 4×800 Relay – (A) Draper, Ty Feigenspan, Dayton Hall, Peter Schwartz 9:15.58 (16th). (B) Zeb Schwartz, Evan Wild, Caleb Miller, Dakota H 10:02.97 (32nd). 200 Meter Dash – Ryan Hoffman 24.14 (13th), Jones 24.49 (24th), Aldeman 27.10 (71st); 800 Meter Run – Hochstetler 2:04.67 (2nd), Alex Thurman 2:22.71 (32nd), Jonah Van Roekel 2:35.03 (52nd); 1600 Run – Draper 5:09.79 (26th), Zeb Schwartz 5:29.60 (47th), Feigenspan 5:45.85 (60th); 1600 Meter Medley – J. Powell, Jones, Hoffman, P. Schwartz 3:53.68 (2nd); 4×400 Relay – (A) Hochstetler, Hoffman, J. Powell, Jones 3:38.15 (10th); (B) C. Powell, Reid Miller, Thurman, Hall 4:01.09 (41st).