Sports

The following Iowa Mennonite students were named to the Southeast Iowa Super Conference All-Academic list for the 2009-2010 winter sports season. These students had to be a junior or senior athletic team member or support person earning a 3.25 GPA by the most recent grading period.
Students included were Mollie Ferguson, Aliese Gingerich, Nichole Hershberger, Kerri Hostetler, Kylie MIller, Linnea Slabaugh, Marija Topalovic, Carly Unruh, Nicole Yoder, Emma Yutzy, Carlie Bender, Ida Short, Blake Albright, Malachi Bontrager, Brant Kapple, John Nicholson, Stephan Peters, Sean Prihoda, Jacob Schaver, David Yoder, Jacob Yoder and Michael Yoder.

The Mid-Prairie Girls golf team will make a return trip to the State Meet in Adel by virtue of their runner-up finish at the Regional tournament held Monday, May 24 at the West Liberty Golf Club. The Golden Hawks shot a team score of 395 to Burlington/Notre Dame’s score of 391.
“Even though it may say “runner-up” on the score sheet, this is a big win for the girls,” said head coach Tracy McArtor. “To make it to the State Meet and to be only one of eight teams there is a great accomplishment in itself. To make it back in consecutive years is proof of how hard the girls have worked, they did an awesome job today.”
Kelsie Berg and Linsey Thomann started things off turning in front nine scores of 44 and 47 respectively, followed by Kate Yoder’s 52, Allison McArtor 54, Nicole Adams with 55, and Jordyn Kelso with 65. The heat and humidity took its toll on some of the kids on the back nine, but the girls battled thru it and maintain close to what they shot on the front. In fact, there was only a one shot difference as Mid-Prairie’s team score on the front was 197 and M-P turned in a 198 on the back.
“As brutal as the heat was on Monday,” said coach McArtor, “they really gutted it out and it’s something I’m proud of as a coach and they should all be proud of as athletes.”
Berg finished in a tie for 3rd in the individual race with a score of 89, followed close by Thomann who tied for 4th with 95. The Golden Hawks will travel to the River Valley Golf Course in Adel for the two day State Tournament held Tuesday and Wednesday, June 1 and 2. Only two teams from the four Regional meets qualify for state plus the top five individuals and ties.
“We’re looking forward to a fun couple days in Adel and will look to improve on our 4th place finish from last year,” said coach McArtor.
M-P Scores: Kelsie Berg – 44-45(89); Linsey Thomann – 47-48(95); Allison McArtor – 54-51(105); Kate Yoder – 52-54(106); Nicole Adams – 55-55(110); Jordyn Kelso – 65-62(127).
Team Scores: 1) Burlington/Nortre Dame – 391; 2) Mid-Prairie – 395; 3) Wilton – 417; 4) West Liberty – 419; 5) North Cedar – 427; 6) Pella Christian – 470

IMS 6, Danville 0
The IMS soccer team opened its season with a 6-0 win over Danville. With storm clouds gathering in the distance IMS began the game going into a strong breeze. In spite of the wind, forwards Truman Shetler and Jacob Yoder created several good scoring chances only to shots go wide, or to see the Danville goalie make some good saves.
Just over the half way point Brian Miller sent a corner kick into the box. Out jumping his defender, Shetler headed the ball into the back of the net. Four minutes later, Kyle Miller sent a pass into the box where Chance Miller ran on to the ball and slid it under the diving goalie for the 2-0 lead. Keeping the pressure on, Kyle Miller, playing in a defensive wing spot picked up a loose ball, took a couple of dribbles, then fired a shot into the goal from about 30 yards out. With three minutes left in the half Vince Rhodes found the back With the wind at their backs, Danville was able to create some offensive pressure, but anchored by John Nicholson, the back line of Kyle Miller, Chris Perez, and Marshall Schrock limited Danville to just three shots on goal.
The second half opened with IMS creating good pressure resulting in two more goals. The first came after a ball from midfield ran through the defenders. As Jacob Yoder ran down the ball and took the shot he collided with the goalie. As both Yoder and the goalie fell to the ground the ball ricocheted off the post where Truman Shetler was waiting to pass the ball into the goal. Brian Miller finished the scoring when he fired a shot from just outside the eighteen yard This was a game where we were able to get everyone into the game and to try people at a number of different positions. Danville players did not give up and created several good scoring opportunities but goalie Michael Darby made several good saves to record the shutout.

In JV action, the IMS JV played the Mid-Prairie JV to a 1-1 tie with both goals coming as teams played into the wind. IMS opened the scoring as Justin Boller sent a great ball across the front of the net where Matt Libby was waiting to redirect it into the goal. Though IMS created several good chances the ball could not find its way into the net. In the second half Mid-Prairie tied the score after receiving a direct kick from about 35 yards out. The direct kick came into the box where a Mid-Prairie player headed the ball over the head of the IMS goalie.

Brock Yotty of Kalona is participating in on the 2009-2010 Coe College baseball team. Yotty, a 2006 graduate of Mid-Prairie High School, is the son of Doug and Janice Yotty. The baseball team is under the direction of 14-year head coach Steve Cook. The Kohawks finished third in the Iowa Conference last year and are the preseason favorites to win the conference.

On a blustery chilly night Thursday, April 8, the IMS soccer team went on the road to play Highland.  Just minutes into the game IMS was able to create offensive pressure but struggled to put the ball into the net.  This changed as Truman Shetler fired a shot which the goalie could not handle cleanly.  The ball ricocheted to Dillon Bender who calmly redirected the ball into the net.
The rest of the half saw numerous shots saved by the Highland goalie, or saw the ball sailing high over the crossbar and through the football goalposts.  With seven minutes left in the half IMS was awarded a direct kick near midfield.  John Nicholson sent a ball knuckling towards the goal and watched as it curved by the goalie for the 2-0 half time lead.
The second half saw more of the same as IMS created many chances but found it difficult to tally the score.  Brian Miller took the ball, beat several defenders and rocketed a shot into the far corner.  Ten minutes later Miller took another ball into the box and slid it to his right where Truman Shetler was waiting to redirect the ball into the net for the
The back line of John Nicholson, Marshall Schrock, Kyle Miller and Chris Perez had a strong game limiting Highland to four shots.  In addition, goalie Ben Brenneman did a nice job helping to defend against some of Highlands dangerous long throws into the box.

JV
IMS 7, Highland 0
In JV action IMS defeated Highland 7-0. Justin Boller and Chris Perez each notched two goals and an assist.  Matt Libby tallied a goal and an assist, Peyton Thompson and Nicholas Yoder each added a goal, while Nathan Peters had two assists and Chance Miller had one.

The IMS soccer team opened its season with a 6-0 win over Danville.  With storm clouds gathering in the distance IMS began the game going into a strong breeze.   In spite of the wind,  forwards Truman Shetler and Jacob Yoder created several good scoring chances only to shots go wide, or to see the Danville goalie make some good saves.
Just over the half way point Brian Miller sent a corner kick into the box.  Out jumping his defender, Shetler headed the ball into the back of the net.  Four minutes later, Kyle Miller sent a pass into the box where Chance Miller ran on to the ball and slid it under the diving goalie for the 2-0 lead.  Keeping the pressure on, Kyle Miller, playing in a defensive wing spot picked up a loose ball, took a couple of dribbles, then fired a shot  into the goal from about 30 yards out.     With three minutes left in the half Vince Rhodes found the back With the wind at their backs, Danville was able to create some offensive pressure, but anchored by John Nicholson, the back line of Kyle Miller, Chris Perez, and Marshall Schrock limited Danville to just three shots on goal.
The second half opened with IMS creating good pressure resulting in two more goals.  The first came after a ball from midfield ran through the defenders.  As Jacob Yoder ran down the ball and took the shot he collided with the goalie.  As both Yoder and the goalie fell to the ground the ball ricocheted off the post where Truman Shetler  was waiting to pass the ball into the goal.  Brian Miller finished the scoring when he fired a shot from just outside the eighteen yard This was a game where we were able to get everyone into the game and to try people at a number of different positions.  Danville players did not give up and created several good scoring opportunities but goalie Michael Darby made several good saves to record the shutout.

In JV action, the IMS JV played the Mid-Prairie JV to a 1-1 tie with both goals coming as teams played into the wind.  IMS opened the scoring as Justin Boller sent a great ball across the front of the net where Matt Libby was waiting to redirect it into the goal.  Though IMS created several good chances the ball could not find its way into the net.  In the second half Mid-Prairie tied the score after receiving a direct kick from about 35 yards out.   The direct kick came into the box where a Mid-Prairie player headed the ball over the head of the IMS goalie.

The Mid-Prairie girls’ golf team opened their 2010 season with a 1 stroke loss to Wilton Friday, April 9, by a score of 196 to 197. Kelsie Berg led the way for the Golden Hawks with a score of 44 which was also good for meet medalist.
“Overall the kids played pretty well for the first meet of the year,” said Head Coach Tracy McArtor. “They all went back over their rounds and found places where they thought they could have made up that one stroke difference pretty easily.
“For the most part it sounds like their short game and putting is what gave them the most problems. We’ll take some extra time during practice this week and work hard on that part of the game. Otherwise, from tee to green things are not going too bad.”
Following Berg was Nicole Adams with 49, Linsey Thomann and Allison McArtor with 52’s, freshman Maddie Gent with 59 and Breanna McFarland with 67.
“We’ve got lot’s of good competition coming up on some good layouts for the girls to improve their games and have some fun,” said coach McArtor.
The girls’ JV squad came away with a 5 shot victory, 265 to 270. Kate Yoder was low with a score of 54, followed by Summer Gracey 65, Leah Parrott 72 and Shelly Palmer 74.

Six Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks competed at the Keokuk Relays Thursday, April 8.
Jaemin Powell and Ryan Hoffman competed in the open 100, 200 and 400 working on starts and getting some sprint work in. “I was very pleased with what these boys accomplished. It has been a tough week with cold weather and windy conditions and they faired well,” said Head Coach Steve Hollan.
Powell placed second in the 200 and 400 m dash at 24.27 and 55.21 respectively and finished third in the 100 m dash at 11.61. Hoffman finished first in the 400 m dash at 54.97, second in the 100 m dash at 11.56, and fourth in the 200 m dash at 24.82.
“Tanner Miller went with one goal and that was to drop his 400 last time and he did just that with no competition,” said coach Hollan. Miller went into the meet with a time of 55.35 and dropped it to 54.57 taking first place uncontested. Drake only takes the top eight in this event in the entire state over all classes. “Based on past years performances it looks to be a good enough time but we won’t until the end of this week,” said coach Hollan.
The only other event for the Golden Hawks was the 4×400 relay of Miller, Justin Hochstetler, Tyler Asbe and Quinn Hollan. “This group of guys went into the race with a time of 3:29.84, with the goal to drop the time and better their changes of getting into the Drake Relays with only 24 teams in the state invited,” said coach Hollan. They dropped their time to 3:29.32 for a first place finish but will have to wait to see if it’s good enough.
The Hawks will compete next at home in the Hawk Relays Friday, April 16.

IMS 4, Highland 0
On a blustery chilly night Thursday, April 8, the IMS soccer team went on the road to play Highland. Just minutes into the game IMS was able to create offensive pressure but struggled to put the ball into the net. This changed as Truman Shetler fired a shot which the goalie could not handle cleanly. The ball ricocheted to Dillon Bender who calmly redirected the ball into the net.
The rest of the half saw numerous shots saved by the Highland goalie, or saw the ball sailing high over the crossbar and through the football goalposts. With seven minutes left in the half IMS was awarded a direct kick near midfield. John Nicholson sent a ball knuckling towards the goal and watched as it curved by the goalie for the 2-0 half time lead.
The second half saw more of the same as IMS created many chances but found it difficult to tally the score. Brian Miller took the ball, beat several defenders and rocketed a shot into the far corner. Ten minutes later Miller took another ball into the box and slid it to his right where Truman Shetler was waiting to redirect the ball into the net for the
The back line of John Nicholson, Marshall Schrock, Kyle Miller and Chris Perez had a strong game limiting Highland to four shots. In addition, goalie Ben Brenneman did a nice job helping to defend against some of Highlands dangerous long throws into the box.

JV
IMS 7, Highland 0
In JV action IMS defeated Highland 7-0. Justin Boller and Chris Perez each notched two goals and an assist. Matt Libby tallied a goal and an assist, Peyton Thompson and Nicholas Yoder each added a goal, while Nathan Peters had two assists and Chance Miller had one.

The Golden Hawks had good performances under windy conditions at Williamsburg Tuesday, April 6, with individuals and in throws and the long jump.
“Relays did very well – Medley, 4×100 – in lowering their times,” said head coach Steve Hollan.
The 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams both placed first with times of 45.23 and 3:32.53 respectively. Jaemin Powell came away with second place in the long jump at 19’9” while Peter Swartz and Ryan Hoffman held seconds in the 1600 m run and 200 m dash respectively. Swartz’s time was 5:02.19 and Hoffman was at 24.08.
Swartz also got a third place finish in the 800m run at 2:11.07.
Mid-Prairie stats: Discus – Dillon Flynn 88’9”; Alex McKee Crow 92’7”. Shot Put – Dillon Flynn 37’, Gabe Yoder 34’4”. Long Jump – Powell 19’9” 2nd. 3200 m Run – Colton Swartz 11:32.40 5th. 100 m Dash – Hoffman 55.73 4th, McKee Crow 59.67 8th. 1600 m run – Peter Swartz 5:02.19 2nd, Colton Swartz 5:11.54 5th. 200 m dash – Hoffman 24.08 2nd. 1600 m Medley Relay – Powell (23.9), Justin Hochstetler (24.0), Miller (49.7), Hollan (2:03). 800 m run – P. Swartz 2:11.07 3rd, Ian McDowell 2:30.76. 4×100 Relay – Powell (11.09), Miller (11.79), Hochstetler (10.76), Cody Bontrager (11.45) 45.23 1st. 4×400 Relay – Miller (52.2), Hochstetler (53.4), Tyler Asbe (53.1), Hollan (53.8) 3:32.53 1st.

MP JV Stats: Discus – Gabe Yoder 72’9”. Shot Put – McKee Crow 32’3”. 4×800 Relay – Hoffman (2.16), McDowell (2:25), Swartz (2:10), McKee Crow (2:18). 4×100 Relay – Yoder (12.56), Elliot Runciman (13.25), McKee Crow (12.31), Colton Swartz (12.25) 50.37.

Mid-Prairie golfers opened the season Tuesday, April 6 with a quadangular meet at the Brown Deer Golf course in Iowa City. Mid-Prairie boys all shot below 50 to take the win.
Robby Mostek shot a 40 to help the Hawks win with a team score of 173. Regina came in second only 14 strokes behind Mid-Prairie. West Liberty finished third with 191 and Durant with 201.
Mid-Prairie Junior Derek Nicholson came away in second place with 42.
Mid-Prairie (173) – Aaron Smit 45, Nicholson 42, Mostek 40, Dylan Wertz 46, Oliver Hassman 49, Jared Gent 47.
Regina (187) – John Staak 41, Isaac Schropp 50, Chris Stauffer 51, Jacob Shultz 48, Patrick Helbing 51, Matt Gessner 48.
West Liberty (191) – Dillon Brooke 47, Mac Howes 48, Jake Boehme 52, Zach Newcomb 55, Andy Ruelas 63, Erik McKillip 44.
Durant (201) – Keith Sanders 45, Colt White 56, Vance Glaser 48, Garrett Porstmann 52, Greg Storjohann 57, Brett Lilienthal 56.

For the second straight night, the IMS Girl’s basketball team found themselves on a floor with a basketball between 10 people. This time, traveling to English Valleys High School to take on the Bears for a non-conference game.
First half of play was mostly even, with the Bears holding a slight advantage (6-3) at the end of the first quarter. However, in the second EV started to pull away, extending that lead to 23. Dismal shooting by IMS left them down 9-23 at half-time.
The shooting woes continued in the second half for Iowa Mennonite as they only managed to score five more points. However, it was not from a lack of effort. IMS had good open looks, just found the rims unforgiving. They would close out the night with a loss, 50-14.
Scoring, though bleak, was led by junior Carly Unruh with five, while juniors Mollie Ferguson, Mo Brenneman, Emma Yutzy and Aliese Gingerich added two a piece.
The schedule doesn’t get any easier for Iowa Mennonite, as the final week of regular season competition is heavy laden with SEISC teams. Monday, the teams travel to Lone Tree for a “pre-Christmas blizzard” reschedule. On Tuesday the ladies will travel east again to take on the Wildcats of Columbus, looking to avenge their three point loss on alumni night. After a day-long break, they travel to south division West Burlington for a junior varsity, varsity match up, and on Friday IMS will face Highland in the Husky territory.