Sports

In its second win in two weeks, the Highland Huskies football team shut out New London 28-0 Friday, October 16, at Riverside.
In the first quarter, Skyler Houseal scored on a one-yard run. Riley Kleopfer connected with Dakoda Flory for a two-point conversion, and the Huskies led 8-0.
In the second quarter, Flory scored twice on Kleopfer passes – one a 39-yard play and the other a nine-yard play. The two-point conversion attempts were no good.
There was no score in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Flory scored again, this time on a five-yard pass from Kleopfer. Houseal ran for two points for the final 28-0 score.
The Huskies had one turnover, and WMU had six, two fumbles lost, and four interceptions. Highland had 280 yards offense, 151 passing. Winfield had 226 total yards, 170 rushing.
Highland stats: Rushing: Dakoda Flory 8/16 yards; Cody Boyd 6/30 yards; Riley Kleopfer 5/12 yards; Trey Brenneman 3/15 yards; William Greiner 7/30 yards; Skyler Houseal 10/27 yards, 1 TD. Passing: Kleopfer 21-10-1, 3 TDs, 151 yards. Receiving: Flory 9/144 yards; Tyler Brenneman 1/7 yards. Kick offs: Boyd 3/98 yards. Punt returns: Flory 1/7 yards. Tackles: Flory 4 solo, 4 assisted, 1 interception/12 yards; Logan Serum 1 solo, 2 assisted, 1 tackle for loss; Jesse Kleopfer 3 assisted, 2 interceptions; Boyd 1 solo, 1 assisted, 1 tackle for loss; Blake Ossman 2 solo, 4 assisted, 2 tackles for loss; Trey Brenneman 1 assisted; Jesse Hahn 1 solo; Greiner 3 assisted; Dylan Reed 4 solo, 3 assisted; Ryan Schneider 3 solo, 4 assisted, 1 tackle for loss, 1 fumble recovery; Austin Arnold 3 solo, 3 assisted, 3 tackles for loss, 1 interception/6 yards; Houseal 3 solo, 3 assisted, 3 tackles for loss; Troy Gant 2 assisted; Tyler Brenneman 1 assisted.

The North Tama football team came to Lone Tree Friday, October 2, and won 41-0. North Tama scored 14 in the first, 13 in the second, and 14 in the third. There was no score in the fourth quarter.
The Lions had 90 total yards of offense, about evenly divided between rushing and passing. North Tama had 469 total offensive yards, all but 21 on the ground.
Lone Tree stats: Rushing: Quinn Rayner 6/-8 yards, Austin Ronan 22/59 yards; Jackie Moore 1/1 yard; Levi Reitzler 4/-8 yards; Jordan Quigley 1/2 yards. Passing: Rayner 6-13-2/41 yards. Receiving: Ronan 1/0 yards; Bryan Forbes 3/21 yards; Reitzler 3/23 yards. Kick returns: Moore 1/4 yards, Harry Miller 1/6 yards, Lucas Sieverding 1/0 yards; Reitzler 1/17 yards. Kick offs: Ezrah Menzer 1/45 yards. Punts: Lucas Zeman 5/188 yards. Tackles: Colin Gibson 1 solo, 2 assisted; B. Forbes 1 solo, 1 assisted, 1 interception; Rayner 1 assisted; Ronan 4 solo, 1 assisted; Moore 1 solo Reitzler 9 solo, 1 assisted, 1 interception; Quigley 2 solo, 1 assisted; Miller 3 solo, 7 assisted; Ian Menzer 1 solo, 3 assisted; Zak Loving 1 assisted; Tyler Reynolds 3 solo, 1 assisted; Jacob Sexton 2 solo, 1 assisted; Logan Forbes 2 solo, 1 assisted, 1 tackle for loss; Spencer Stumpf 1 assisted.

By Mary Zielinski
Regardless of the outcome, the three Highland students who wrestled on the USA team in Australia this month knew they were winners just in being selected for the 21st annual Down Under Sport Tournament, Coming back with the gold made it just that much better.
Cousins Todd (Toddy) Hahn, Jesse Hahn and Jake Walton were part of the team that competed in Queesland in the event held by the International Sports Specialists, Inc. (ISSI) against Australians who were determined to take back the championship.
But, “We beat them,” said Toddy.
He added that it was all freestyle. There also was Sumo style wrestling on the beach, a competition which they also won.
“I think they were surprised,” said Todd Hahn Senior who was their as team coach, noting that the competition had some top national wrestlers who had scored wins in European competition as well. Even more, the Australian team was a packed one that ruled a \wrestler (who had pinned the national champion and placed third overall as not good enough.”

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For full game details and statistics see the July 2 edition of The Current.
June 22, LT softball team defeated Highland, (8-6).
June 22, LT baseball team swept WACO in a double header, (22-0) and (10-5).
June 24, LT baseball team split a double header with Columbus, (2-3) and (14-3).
June 25, LT softball team lost to Winfield-Mt. Union (4-6).
June 26, LT softball team lost (0-12) to New London in three innings.
June 27, LT softball team split at Winfield-Mt. Union (19-0) in five innings, and (4-7).

For full game details and statistics see the July 2 edition of The Current.
June 22, Highland baseball team lost twice to Pekin, (1-3) and (15-22).
June 22, Highland softball team lost to Lone Tree (6-8).
June 24, Highland softball split with Louisa-Muscatine (3-2) and (3-5).
June 24, Highland baseball team defeated Burlington-Notre Dame on the road (10-2).
June 25, Highland softball team defeated Wapello, (9-1).
June 26, Highland softball team shut out Winfield-Mt. Union, (15-0) in six innings.
June 26, Highland baseball team defeated Mediapolis in two games (6-4) and (13-9).

The Highland coed soccer team won its first game ever April 21, 4-2, in a shootout after two scoreless overtimes.
The score was 2-2 at the end of regulation. There was no score in two overtimes. In the shootout, Highland goalie Zach Miller stopped one and Danville missed one. The fifth shot was not taken.

The Highland girls’ track and field team placed third in the Mid-Prairie track meet April 21 at Wellman.
In the field events, Anna Sweeting finished in fifth place in the discus with a throw of 83′ 1″. Katie Seaton had a throw of 52′ 5″.
Lexy Rozmus placed second in the shot put with a throw of 32′ 10″. Sweeting had a throw of 29′ 2.25″ in the shot put for third place.
Mekenzie Bean-Scarff placed sixth in the long jump with a jump of 13′ 3.5″. Heather had a jump of 13′ 1″.
In the relay events, Brittany Gerot (:29.12), Kayla Schneider (:27.43), Brittany Stewart (:27.43), and Mollie Kleopfer placed first in the 4 x 200 with a time of 1:50.49.
The team of Kleopfer (:13.74), Rozmus (:13.61), Gerot (:28.43), and Stewart (1:05.46) was first in 2:01.18.
Cole (:29.92), Renee Megchelsen (:28.98), Cheyenne Flory (1:11.90), and Alison Sojka (2:47.94) finished in second place with a time of 4:58.74.
Schneider, (1:08.82), Flory (1:09.60), Sojka (1:08.11), and Kleopfer (1:07.34) placed second in 4:33.87.
Highland had a third place finish in the 4 x 100 with Cole (:14.77), Sweeting (:14.16), Megchelsen (:14.07), and Rozmus (:13.26), finishing in :56.26.
In the 100 meter dash, Stewart finished in :13.99 for fourth place. Gerot finished in :14.32.
Molly Bohannon finished the 100 meter hurdles in :21.65. She placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:28.18.
In the 200 meter dash, Kleopfer finished first in :28.11. Schneider placed fourth in :28.92.
In the 800 meter run, Flory placed second in 2:44.35. Tiffany Cole finished the race in 3:10.85.
In the 1500 meter run, Cole placed fourth with a time of 6:33.47.

The Highland boys’ track team participated in the Mid-Prairie track and field meet at Wellman April 21.
Two events placed for the Highland boys. Jacob Seaton placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 44′, 10.5″.
The team of William Greiner (12.75), Cody Boyd (:12.32), Matt Yeggy (:11.69), and Tom Rohret (:11.25) placed sixth in the 4 x 100 with a time of :48.01.
In the high jump, Yeggy had a jump of 5′ 4″. Troy Gant had a throw of 31′ 4″ in the shot put.
In the discus, Seaton had a throw of 104′ 9″, and Gant had a throw of 75′ 5″.
In the 100 meter dash, Greiner finished in :13.07 and Rohret in :12.79.
Elijah Halstead finished the 400 meter dash in 1:20.45. Aaron Swailes finished with a time of :57.59.
In the 4 x 200, Boyd, Ryan Schneider, Yeggy, and Dakota Flory finished in 1:45.60.
In the 200 meter dash, Rohret finished in :25.24, and Schneider finished the race in :27.81.
In the 1600 medley race, Greiner (:26.80), Boyd (:25.77), Yeggy (:59.99), and Flory (2:28.97), had a time of 4:21.53.
Swailes finished the 800 meter run in 2:15.90.
In the 4 x 400 relay, the team of Rohret (:59.99), Swailes (:59.99, Schneider (1:03.93), and Flory (1:01.42).

The Highland girls’ track team participated in the Chad Gates meet at West Branch April 24.
In the field events, Anna Sweeting placed third in the discus event with a throw of 80′ 2″. Katie Seaton had a throw of 59′ 5″.
Lexy Rozmus was fourth in the shot put with a throw of 31′ 10″, and Sweeting was sixth with 29′ 9″.
In the long jump, Mekenzie Bean-Scarff placed sixth with a jump of 13′ 8.25″. Heather Cole had a jump of 13′ 1″.
In the relay races, the 4 x 800 tea of Cheyenne Flory (2:46.10), Alison Sojka (2:48.55), Bean-Scarff (3:03.25), and Tiffany Cole (3:15.23) placed fifth in 11:53.13.
The team of Cole (:31.18), Bean-Scarff (:29.08), Renee Megchelsen (1:09.40), and Cole (3:12.12) finished in 5:21.78 in the distance medley race.
In the 4 x 200, Highland finished second. Team members were Brittany Gerot (:28.87), Kayla Schneider (:27.66), Brittany Stewart (:27.39), and Sojka (27.49).
Cole (:14.38), Sweeting (:14.09), Megchelsen (:13.84), and Rozmus (:13.77) finiished the 4 x 100 in :56.08 for fifth place.
Sojka (1:08.20), Flory (1:08.86), Schneider (1:06.81), and Mollie Kleopfer (1:05.12) placed third in the 4 x 400 with a time of 4:28.99.
Schneider and Gerot finished second and third in the 100 meter dash with times of :13.67 and :!3.68, respectively.
Kleopfer earned a first-place finish in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:02.93.
In the 100 meter hurdles, Molly Bohannon finished the race in :21.15. She finished in 1:26.80 in the 400 hurdles.
Flory earned fifth place in the 800 meter run, finishing with a time of 2:40.39.
In the 200 meter dash, Megchelsen finished in sixth place in :30.04. Bean-Scarff finished with a time of :30.68.

The Highland coed soccer team lost to Notre Dame in double overtime Thursday, April 16. They lost to IMS 0-8 Tuesday, April 14.

The Highland girls’ track team placed fourth at the West Branch meet Thursday, April 16.
The girls had two first place finishes, a second place, and a third in the relay races. Brittany Gerot, Kayla Schneider, Brittany Stewart, and Mollie Kleopfer placed first in the 4 x 200 in 1:51.66. The team of Gerot, Lexy Rozmus, Schneider, and Kleopfer was first in the sprint medley, finishing in 1:57.96.
Schneider, Stewart, Cheyenne Flory, and Kleopfer were second in the 4 x 400 with a time of 4:28.65.
In the distance medley race, Mekenzie Bean-Scarff, renee Megchelsen, Alison Sojka, and Flory teamed up for a third place finish with time of 4:52.50.
Gerot placed second in the 100 yard dash in a time of :13.53. Sojka finished in fourth place in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:39.71. Stewart was third in the 200 meter dash with a time of :28.05.
In the field events, Anna Sweeting placed third in the discus with a 79′ 10″ throw.
Bean-Scarff placed third in the long jump with a jump of 14′ 8.25″.

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by Coach Clint Jones
Jake wrestled at the annual Iowa State Wrestling Tournament last week held at the Wells Fargo Arena. This marks the 4th year that Wells Fargo has hosted the event. It sure was a roller coaster ride, but one marked with many memorable moments. Jake opened the tournament against Joe Sievert, the eventual State Champion. Sievert was an amazingly tough opponent. He controlled all of his opponents en route to his state championship. Jake had a hard time stopping Sievert.
In Jake’s first wrestleback match, Sommerlot took Jake down late in the first period off of Jake’s attempt at a foot sweep. Jake lost his balance and Sommerlot took advantage of it. Sommerlot escaped at the start of the second period, to extend his lead 3-0 over Jake. However, opportunity struck when Jake stepped in and hip-tossed Sommerlot to his back for a five point move. Jake
totally caught Sommerlot off guard with that hip-toss, and changed the complexion of that match. Jake secured two more takedowns in the third period to win 10-6. It was good for Jake to get the sails right back on course.

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