HAWKS ROLL 11-2; HAWKETTES WIN BY ONE
East Greene scored a baseball-softball sweep at Glidden on Thursday, June 16, with the Hawks rolling over Glidden-Ralston, 11-2, in baseball, and the Hawkettes picking up a 9-8 softball win.
Wes Onken was on the mound for EG, striking out 14 Wildcat batters while giving up 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run and walking 5 in 6 innings of work. Reed Ostrander pitched one inning to help shut down the Wildcats, giving up 1 hit.
The Hawks had their bats working with 11 hits against GR. Ostrander hit a 3-run homer run and Tyler Cooklin had three hits in four trips to the plate. Onken went 2-3 with a double, and Tory Beger and Alex Gordon each had a double.
The Wildcats’ offense came from Zack Rohrbeck with 2 hits and Nate Christian with one hit and 2 RBIs.
The win over GR moved the Hawks to 2-3 in the Rolling Hills and 6-5 overall. GR evened its league mark at 3-3.
Hannah Onken got the win on the mound for the Hawkettes. She gave up 9 hits, 8 runs, 6 earned runs, and 7 walks, while striking out 6 GR batters.
East Greene had one of its best offensive nights of the season. Hannah Gunn had 3 hits, including a double and 2 RBIs. Jolee Wessling had 2 hits with Bailey Godwin, Katlynn Gannon, Molly Neese and Onken with 1 hit each. Godwin, Neese, Kinney and Onken each had an RBI.
The Hawkettes got on base with 9 walks from the GR pitcher, and heads-up play resulted in four stolen bases.
It was the first Rolling Hills Conference softball win for EG. The Hawkettes are now 1-4 in the league and 2-6 overall. Glidden-Ralston fell to 1-4 in the conference.
HAWKS FALL IN AR-WE-VA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
EG had a good showing in the Ar-We-Va Tournament on Saturday, June 11, with a 4-3 win over East Sac, a Class 2A school, which put them in the championship game against Newell-Fonda, which had advanced with an 11-7 win over host Ar-We-Va, a finalist in last year’s Class 1A state tournament.
Newell-Fonda got by the Hawks in the championship game, 10-7, to improve to 3-13 for the season. East Sac drubbed Ar-We-Va 15-2 in 4 innings in the consolation game to move its season mark to 10-4. Ar-We-Va started the season with a win but has since lost 10 straight games.
EG was rained out Monday, June 13, at home against Walnut. On Tuesday, the Hawks fell to Orient-Macksburg on the road, 4-3.
Rolling Hills Baseball
Through Thursday, June 16:
Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 5-1
Walnut 5-2
Orient-Macksburg 3-2
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 3-2
Glidden-Ralston 3-3
East Greene 2-3
Adair-Casey 1-6
CAM (Anita) 0-4
Rolling Hills Softball
Through Thurs., June 16:
Walnut 5-0
Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 3-1
CAM (Anita) 3-2
dair-Casey 2-3
Orient-Macksburg 2-3
Glidden-Ralston 1-4
East Greene 1-4
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
EG Patrons Comment on Whole Grade Sharing
ACADEMICS, MUSIC SHARED; SEPARATE EG, J-S SPORTS
Parents, teachers and district residents got a first-hand look at the proposed whole grade sharing arrangement between East Greene and Jefferson-Scranton school districts at a public hearing held at the East Greene school board meeting Wednesday, June 8, in the high school band room in Grand Junction.
The public hearing is part of process of moving toward a whole grade sharing (WGS) arrangement between the two districts. The WGS plan calls for East Greene to send its 7th through 12th grade students to Jefferson-Scranton and for Jefferson-Scranton to send its 5th and 6th grade students to East Greene. Each district will maintain its own kindergarten through 4th grade school.
The WGS agreement would take effect for the 2012-13 school year and be effective for two years. Each district is eligible for additional state funding by participating in the sharing arrangement. No further additional funds are available past the two years, but additional funding would be available should the two districts agree to reorganize into one school district.
WGS approval needs only the approval of each school board, while reorganization would require an election within each district, and both districts must approve.
East Greene Superintendent Mike Harter outlined the sharing proposal at the start of the hearing to 35 people assembled in the band room. The hearing would normally have been held in the gym but it was being used for a district-wide “garage sale” planned for the following three days.
Essentially, East Greene junior and senior high students will attend classes in Jefferson-Scranton but remain “East Greene students.” Seventh and eighth graders from EG will attend classes at the J-S Middle School at 203 West Harrison Street in Jefferson and EG high school students (9-12) will attend classes at J-S High School on the south edge of Jefferson. EG high school students are already attending some classes at J-S and have been shuttling back and forth between the two high school buildings for several years.
As part of the proposed two-way sharing, J-S will send all its 5th and 6th grade students to the Grand Junction building.
This past school year, EG and J-S shared two extracurricular activities—vocal music and wrestling. Next year, that will be expanded to include instrumental music. That will continue when WGS goes into effect the following year (2012-13), but the two districts will continue to operate separate athletic programs.
That component sparked some comments at the hearing, with several questioning why the WGS agreement does not include high school and middle school sports.
Other activities at the high school level will be shared however, such as the yearbook, prom and graduation ceremonies. Homecoming—which traditionally is centered around football in the fall—will be held separately by each district.
The two students will be presented diplomas at the same commencement but each graduating class will maintain its own class rankings.
Several teachers in attendance questioned how evaluations are to be handled as the language in the overview shared at the hearing indicates they will be evaluated “by the building principal of the building in which the teacher spends most of their day” but the “ultimate responsibility for the evaluation of the employees shall remain with the employing district.”
Harter noted that “each district will maintain its own master contract and negotiation” with its respective teachers’ association. Beyond that, if there is reorganization, “the master contract of the larger district is in effect.”
There were questions and comments on transportation between and within the two districts, and some grumbling about how decisions regarding weather and roads in one district might not impact the other and how starting would times each day be aligned between the two districts. Harter pointed out that the two districts have been coordinating weather-related school closures for several years.
Tim Bardole, EG board member and former board president, noted that high school students from EG have been traveling back and forth to Jefferson every period of the day for the last few years—some at two different times of the day—so this would actually streamline the travel with all the students headed to Jefferson at the same time, and subsequently returning at the same time.
Not addressed at the meeting was the use of the Rippey building, which is currently the K-5 building for East Greene, as the 6-12 students attend classes in Grand Junction. A consultant hired by both districts presented his recommendation in April that showed how combining the high school students from both districts in the Jefferson buildings at putting all 5th and 6th graders in Grand Junction would leave the district with an abundance of available classroom space in five attendance centers for the needs of 1,300 students.
He recommended the Grand Junction building handle EG’s kindergarten through fourth grades along with the two districts fifth and sixth grades, and the Rippey building be “phased out.”
But it was not clear from his “on paper” calculation if the Grand Junction building could handle all the 5th and 6th graders from both districts (212) plus the students at the elementary in grades K-4 (approximately 90 students).
That would put about more than 300 students in a building that presently is housing 152.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: It was good input from a cross-section of school district residents at the public hearing. The WGS plan itself looks solid. And the decision to keep sports separate from WGS will serve as a good transition. It will also help sort out the future needs of the school buildings and the infrastructure. This might be a good compromise as far as use of the two school buildings. Keeping sports at East Greene like volleyball and basketball for at least two more years and baseball at the Rippey diamond gives support to fully using the Rippey building—the gym for high school athletics and the classrooms for elementary grades. Essentially, the same format in use this school year and next.
Then, as WGS gets underway, the two districts can bet a better handle on how to use facilities together in the years ahead if it looks like reorganization is on the horizon.
Plus, putting 300+ students in one building seems like a tight fit. Perhaps the consultant was thinking more down the line that if enrollment continued to decline, then perhaps the use of the Rippey building would be phased out.
Parents, teachers and district residents got a first-hand look at the proposed whole grade sharing arrangement between East Greene and Jefferson-Scranton school districts at a public hearing held at the East Greene school board meeting Wednesday, June 8, in the high school band room in Grand Junction.
The public hearing is part of process of moving toward a whole grade sharing (WGS) arrangement between the two districts. The WGS plan calls for East Greene to send its 7th through 12th grade students to Jefferson-Scranton and for Jefferson-Scranton to send its 5th and 6th grade students to East Greene. Each district will maintain its own kindergarten through 4th grade school.
The WGS agreement would take effect for the 2012-13 school year and be effective for two years. Each district is eligible for additional state funding by participating in the sharing arrangement. No further additional funds are available past the two years, but additional funding would be available should the two districts agree to reorganize into one school district.
WGS approval needs only the approval of each school board, while reorganization would require an election within each district, and both districts must approve.
East Greene Superintendent Mike Harter outlined the sharing proposal at the start of the hearing to 35 people assembled in the band room. The hearing would normally have been held in the gym but it was being used for a district-wide “garage sale” planned for the following three days.
Essentially, East Greene junior and senior high students will attend classes in Jefferson-Scranton but remain “East Greene students.” Seventh and eighth graders from EG will attend classes at the J-S Middle School at 203 West Harrison Street in Jefferson and EG high school students (9-12) will attend classes at J-S High School on the south edge of Jefferson. EG high school students are already attending some classes at J-S and have been shuttling back and forth between the two high school buildings for several years.
As part of the proposed two-way sharing, J-S will send all its 5th and 6th grade students to the Grand Junction building.
This past school year, EG and J-S shared two extracurricular activities—vocal music and wrestling. Next year, that will be expanded to include instrumental music. That will continue when WGS goes into effect the following year (2012-13), but the two districts will continue to operate separate athletic programs.
That component sparked some comments at the hearing, with several questioning why the WGS agreement does not include high school and middle school sports.
Other activities at the high school level will be shared however, such as the yearbook, prom and graduation ceremonies. Homecoming—which traditionally is centered around football in the fall—will be held separately by each district.
The two students will be presented diplomas at the same commencement but each graduating class will maintain its own class rankings.
Several teachers in attendance questioned how evaluations are to be handled as the language in the overview shared at the hearing indicates they will be evaluated “by the building principal of the building in which the teacher spends most of their day” but the “ultimate responsibility for the evaluation of the employees shall remain with the employing district.”
Harter noted that “each district will maintain its own master contract and negotiation” with its respective teachers’ association. Beyond that, if there is reorganization, “the master contract of the larger district is in effect.”
There were questions and comments on transportation between and within the two districts, and some grumbling about how decisions regarding weather and roads in one district might not impact the other and how starting would times each day be aligned between the two districts. Harter pointed out that the two districts have been coordinating weather-related school closures for several years.
Tim Bardole, EG board member and former board president, noted that high school students from EG have been traveling back and forth to Jefferson every period of the day for the last few years—some at two different times of the day—so this would actually streamline the travel with all the students headed to Jefferson at the same time, and subsequently returning at the same time.
Not addressed at the meeting was the use of the Rippey building, which is currently the K-5 building for East Greene, as the 6-12 students attend classes in Grand Junction. A consultant hired by both districts presented his recommendation in April that showed how combining the high school students from both districts in the Jefferson buildings at putting all 5th and 6th graders in Grand Junction would leave the district with an abundance of available classroom space in five attendance centers for the needs of 1,300 students.
He recommended the Grand Junction building handle EG’s kindergarten through fourth grades along with the two districts fifth and sixth grades, and the Rippey building be “phased out.”
But it was not clear from his “on paper” calculation if the Grand Junction building could handle all the 5th and 6th graders from both districts (212) plus the students at the elementary in grades K-4 (approximately 90 students).
That would put about more than 300 students in a building that presently is housing 152.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: It was good input from a cross-section of school district residents at the public hearing. The WGS plan itself looks solid. And the decision to keep sports separate from WGS will serve as a good transition. It will also help sort out the future needs of the school buildings and the infrastructure. This might be a good compromise as far as use of the two school buildings. Keeping sports at East Greene like volleyball and basketball for at least two more years and baseball at the Rippey diamond gives support to fully using the Rippey building—the gym for high school athletics and the classrooms for elementary grades. Essentially, the same format in use this school year and next.
Then, as WGS gets underway, the two districts can bet a better handle on how to use facilities together in the years ahead if it looks like reorganization is on the horizon.
Plus, putting 300+ students in one building seems like a tight fit. Perhaps the consultant was thinking more down the line that if enrollment continued to decline, then perhaps the use of the Rippey building would be phased out.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Hawks Fall to AC; Even League Mark at 1-1
OPEN SEASON WITH NO-HITTER AND 4-GAME WIN STREAK
After putting a four-game win streak together, East Greene has dropped two straight in baseball action to move its season record to 4-2.
The Hawks fell to Adair-Casey, 12-7, in Adair on Monday night, June 6, to even their Rolling Hills Conference record at 1-1. EG had won its league opener last Thursday, June 2, over CAM in Anita, 9-5.
The CAM win was the fourth straight, but the Hawks fell to Madrid in Rippey the following night, 12-10, for their first loss of the season.
EG opened the season in a big way with a 10-0 win over Grandview Park Baptist in Des Moines behind the no-hit pitching of Wes Onken. The game ended after six innings because of the 10-run rule. EG then beat Guthrie Center, 3-1, in its home opener on May 31, followed by a road win at Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg), 3-1, the following night.
The Hawks will look to get back on the winning track tonight in Rippey against Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira. EG takes on league-leading Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian Thursday night in Rippey.
Rollings Hills Baseball
Standings through Monday, June 6
Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 2-0
East Greene 1-1
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 1-1
Glidden-Ralston 1-1
Adair-Casey 1-1
Orient-Macksburg 1-1
Walnut 1-1
CAM (Anita) 0-2
Monday, Jun 6:
Adair-Casey 12, EG 7
ICA/ACA 3, Glidden-Ralston 1
Orient-Macksburg 6, EHKE 4
Walnut 12, CAM 1 (5 inn.)
Thursday, June 2:
ICA/ACA 16, AC 1
EHK-Exira 7, Walnut 5 (8 inn.)
EG 9, CAM 5
Glidden-Ralston 8, Orient-Macksburg 6
After putting a four-game win streak together, East Greene has dropped two straight in baseball action to move its season record to 4-2.
The Hawks fell to Adair-Casey, 12-7, in Adair on Monday night, June 6, to even their Rolling Hills Conference record at 1-1. EG had won its league opener last Thursday, June 2, over CAM in Anita, 9-5.
The CAM win was the fourth straight, but the Hawks fell to Madrid in Rippey the following night, 12-10, for their first loss of the season.
EG opened the season in a big way with a 10-0 win over Grandview Park Baptist in Des Moines behind the no-hit pitching of Wes Onken. The game ended after six innings because of the 10-run rule. EG then beat Guthrie Center, 3-1, in its home opener on May 31, followed by a road win at Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg), 3-1, the following night.
The Hawks will look to get back on the winning track tonight in Rippey against Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira. EG takes on league-leading Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian Thursday night in Rippey.
Rollings Hills Baseball
Standings through Monday, June 6
Iowa Christian/Ankeny Christian 2-0
East Greene 1-1
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 1-1
Glidden-Ralston 1-1
Adair-Casey 1-1
Orient-Macksburg 1-1
Walnut 1-1
CAM (Anita) 0-2
Monday, Jun 6:
Adair-Casey 12, EG 7
ICA/ACA 3, Glidden-Ralston 1
Orient-Macksburg 6, EHKE 4
Walnut 12, CAM 1 (5 inn.)
Thursday, June 2:
ICA/ACA 16, AC 1
EHK-Exira 7, Walnut 5 (8 inn.)
EG 9, CAM 5
Glidden-Ralston 8, Orient-Macksburg 6
Hawkettes Beat Guthrie Center, 8-7
EG SPLITS BACK-TO-BACK EXTRA INNING GAMES
A come-from-behind 8-7 thriller over against Guthrie Center that went to 8 innings on Tuesday, May 31, at Dutton Field in Grand Junction put East Greene in the victory column for the first time this season, but the “extra inning magic” failed two nights later as the Hawkettes fell to CAM at Anita in the conference opener, 11-10, in 9 innings.
East Greene pounded out 8 hits in the loss to CAM on Thursday June 2, which was its second extra-inning game in a row. Eighth grader Hannah Onken took the loss, giving up 11 runs on 4 hits, seven walks and three strikeouts.
CAM’s Michaela Schwenke got the win, giving up 10 runs on 8 hits, seven walks and six strikeouts.
Against Guthrie Center, the Hawkettes fell behind early but kept chipping away at the Tigerettes’ lead to knot things up at 7-7 in the bottom of the seventh inning. It looked like Guthrie had the game firmly in command with a 6-0 lead in the top of fourth but the Hawkettes mounted a rally to cut that down to 6-5. Each team scored a run in the sixth to keep the Hawkettes within striking distance.
After tying things up in the bottom of the seventh, the momentum was clearly in EG’s favor. Onken retired the order in the top of the eighth and the Hawkettes’ offense got in gear as they put together three singles, the last a two-out base hit by Emily Jacbosen that scored pinch runner Hannah Gunn.
Onken got her first win on the mound, giving up 7 runs on 4 hits, 6 walks, and 5 batters hit by pitch while striking out 8. Claire Thompson took the loss for the Tigerettes, giving up 10 hits and walking 7. She struck out 8 EG batters.
The win over Guthrie was a big turnaround from the EG’s losses to Southeast Webster-Grand, 17-2, and Des Moines Christian, 15-0 in, that opened the season the previous week.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: EG had several scoring chances that slipped away in the last inning, but the team looked confident on both offense and defense heading into the 8th inning, where it played its best defense and offense the entire game.
The seniors on the squad—Katlynn Gannon, Tia Lowe and Jasmine Kinney—are starting to gel and showing great leadership for the rest of the squad, which is comprised of freshmen and 8th graders. The younger players are playing with more confidence and they all have solid softball skills so look for this team to show improvement throughout the season.
The Rolling Hills Conference race looks to be wide open this season as pre-season favorite Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira was upset by Walnut, 3-1, last Thursday. Orient-Macksburg edged Glidden-Ralston 4-3 in the league opener for those teams.
HAWKETTES FALL AT ADAIR
Adair-Casey beat the Hawkettes last night, Monday, June 6, in Adair, 11-3, to drop EG to 0-2 in the Rolling Hills. Elsewhere in the league, Elk Horn-Kimballton beat Orient-Macksburg, 14-2, in 4 innings and Walnut got by CAM, 4-3, to move into first place with a 2-0 record.
Rolling Hills Softball
Through Mon., June 7:
Walnut 2-0
Adair-Casey 1-0
CAM (Anita) 1-1
Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 1-1
Orient-Macksburg 1-1
Glidden-Ralston 0-1
East Greene 0-2
EG takes on Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira tonight at 5:30 p.m. in Grand Junction.
A come-from-behind 8-7 thriller over against Guthrie Center that went to 8 innings on Tuesday, May 31, at Dutton Field in Grand Junction put East Greene in the victory column for the first time this season, but the “extra inning magic” failed two nights later as the Hawkettes fell to CAM at Anita in the conference opener, 11-10, in 9 innings.
East Greene pounded out 8 hits in the loss to CAM on Thursday June 2, which was its second extra-inning game in a row. Eighth grader Hannah Onken took the loss, giving up 11 runs on 4 hits, seven walks and three strikeouts.
CAM’s Michaela Schwenke got the win, giving up 10 runs on 8 hits, seven walks and six strikeouts.
Against Guthrie Center, the Hawkettes fell behind early but kept chipping away at the Tigerettes’ lead to knot things up at 7-7 in the bottom of the seventh inning. It looked like Guthrie had the game firmly in command with a 6-0 lead in the top of fourth but the Hawkettes mounted a rally to cut that down to 6-5. Each team scored a run in the sixth to keep the Hawkettes within striking distance.
After tying things up in the bottom of the seventh, the momentum was clearly in EG’s favor. Onken retired the order in the top of the eighth and the Hawkettes’ offense got in gear as they put together three singles, the last a two-out base hit by Emily Jacbosen that scored pinch runner Hannah Gunn.
Onken got her first win on the mound, giving up 7 runs on 4 hits, 6 walks, and 5 batters hit by pitch while striking out 8. Claire Thompson took the loss for the Tigerettes, giving up 10 hits and walking 7. She struck out 8 EG batters.
The win over Guthrie was a big turnaround from the EG’s losses to Southeast Webster-Grand, 17-2, and Des Moines Christian, 15-0 in, that opened the season the previous week.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: EG had several scoring chances that slipped away in the last inning, but the team looked confident on both offense and defense heading into the 8th inning, where it played its best defense and offense the entire game.
The seniors on the squad—Katlynn Gannon, Tia Lowe and Jasmine Kinney—are starting to gel and showing great leadership for the rest of the squad, which is comprised of freshmen and 8th graders. The younger players are playing with more confidence and they all have solid softball skills so look for this team to show improvement throughout the season.
The Rolling Hills Conference race looks to be wide open this season as pre-season favorite Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira was upset by Walnut, 3-1, last Thursday. Orient-Macksburg edged Glidden-Ralston 4-3 in the league opener for those teams.
HAWKETTES FALL AT ADAIR
Adair-Casey beat the Hawkettes last night, Monday, June 6, in Adair, 11-3, to drop EG to 0-2 in the Rolling Hills. Elsewhere in the league, Elk Horn-Kimballton beat Orient-Macksburg, 14-2, in 4 innings and Walnut got by CAM, 4-3, to move into first place with a 2-0 record.
Rolling Hills Softball
Through Mon., June 7:
Walnut 2-0
Adair-Casey 1-0
CAM (Anita) 1-1
Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 1-1
Orient-Macksburg 1-1
Glidden-Ralston 0-1
East Greene 0-2
EG takes on Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira tonight at 5:30 p.m. in Grand Junction.
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