Showing posts with label softball. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Cooklin, Gannon Earn Diamond ‘High Honors’
EG PITCHER NAMED ALL-STATE SECOND TEAM
Graduated seniors Tyler Cooklin and Katlynn Gannon closed out the summer baseball and softball seasons for East Greene by earning all-state recognition. Cooklin joined an elite group of baseball athletes by being named to the Class 1A All-State Second Team by the Iowa Newspaper Association.
Gannon, a catcher and senior leader on a young East Greene softball squad that saw great improvement throughout the season, was named All State Honorable Mention by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Cooklin, an outfielder and pitcher, helped lead the Hawks to their third straight 1A District baseball title and a berth in the substate game at Marshalltown, where they came up two runs short of advancing to the state tournament. Unheralded English Valleys (North English) beat the Hawks 6-4 and advanced to the tourney at Principal Park where they gave heavily favored Martensdale-St. Mary’s a run for its money, falling 2-1 in the opening round. MSt.M continued on with its nation’s longest unbeaten streak—set and broke during the district and substate rounds—to win its second straight 1A tourney with a 5-4 win over Kee (Lansing) in the championship game.
The Hawks struggled early in the season, dropping a number of conference games they were expected to handle, and finished in sixth place among eight teams in the Rolling Hills Conference with a 5-9 mark. However, they were just behind Orient-Macksburg and Glidden-Ralston at 6-8, so a win in their season finale over co-champion Iowa Christian (a shared program with Ankeny Christian) would have put them in tie for fourth-place and technically an “upper division” finish in their inaugural season in the Rolling Hills. Alas, Iowa Christian got the upper hand and won 8-4 to tie Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira (another shared program) for the Rolling Hills title with a 12-2 mark.
As it was, the Hawks put together a four-game winning season and won four of five games heading into district tourney action. The Hawks had the home field advantage, hosting the first round games and a semifinal matchup at Walt Anderson Field in Rippey, which moved them on to State Center where they upset state-ranked Northern University (Cedar Falls) to win the district title, 6-4.
And the Rolling Hills proved to be a group of formidable opponents. Orient-Macksburg, Walnut and East Greene all won district titles and advanced to substate, with O-M downing Nishnabotna, 13-3, to make it on to state. Nishnabotna was a qualifier in last year’s state tournament. Walnut fell to state-ranked Coon Rapids-Bayard, 2-0, which ended years of frustration in post-season setbacks, to return to the state tournament for the first time since 2007. It was the Crusaders’ fourth state tournament appearance. CRB won its first round game at state and almost upended MSt.M in the semifinals, falling by just one run, 5-4.
The Hawkettes ended their season on a high note with a two-game winning streak, a come-from-behind win 6-5 over O-M that ended on a sharp “heads up” double-play between Gannon and first baseman Jolee Wessling, and a drubbing of rival Glidden-Ralston, 14-2 in 3 innings.
EG hosted a first-round regional softball game at Dutton Field in Grand Junction against Ar-We-Va “under the lights” and put forth a good effort, falling 11-9, to end the season at 4-13.
Gannon was named second team all-conference in the Rolling Hills and freshman outfielder Chelsi Wilkens was named all-conference honorable mention. Gannon was also named to the Class 1A All-District Team for the Central District by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Twenty players are honored in each of six geographic districts by the IGHSAU in Class 1A: Central, West Central, North Central, Northeast, South and Southeast.
The Hawks reaped a number of post-season honors. Rolling Hills All-Conference recognition went to: Cooklin, senior, first team, outfielder; Wes Onken, senior, first team, first baseman; Aaron Lyons, senior, second team, outfielder; and Reed Ostrander, honorable mention.
Three of the Hawk seniors were also named to the all-district team. Similar to the IGHSAU, the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association names all-district teams, honoring 15 players on the first team and 15 on the second team for five geographic districts: Northeast, Northwest, Central, Southeast and Southwest.
Cooklin and Onken were both named first-team Central All-District and Lyons was named to the second team. Cooklin was named as an outfielder. He batted .478 for the season. Onken was named to a utility position, which honors his performance as both a pitcher and first baseman. He batted .380 and was 4-4 on the mound. Cooklin was 5-4 as a pitcher. Down the tournament trail, he was the winning pitcher against Colo-Nesco in the first round at Rippey and in the upset of Northern University in the district championship. Onken got the win in the semifinal round victory over Madrid at Rippey and Cooklin took the loss against English Valleys.
Lyons was named to the second all-district team as an outfielder and was known for his clutch plays from centerfield in key games. His batting average for the season was .373.
Onken will be heading to Coe College in Cedar Rapids this fall where he will be a member of the KoHawks baseball team. Coe finished the 2011 season ranked No. 27 among all NCAA Division III baseball teams this season.
EYE ON GJ SAYS: Hats off the all the Hawks and Hawkettes for great seasons. Along with Gannon, senior Jasmine Kinney was a steady force at shortstop for the Hawkettes along with seniors Tia Lowe, who played the first part of the season, and Molly Neese, who played third base for the latter two-thirds of the season. Great job, seniors, and thanks for all your efforts wearing on behalf of East Greene in softball, track, volleyball, basketball and cheerleading.
EG bids farewell to Cooklin, Lyons, Onken and fellow seniors Zach Dearborn (pitcher and shortstop) and Rob Ritchie, a key reserve on the baseball team. They have been part of a remarkable run in EG Hawk athletic success along with seniors Schyler Bardole in football, track and basketball; Bret Kersey in football and wrestling (as part of the JS/PC/EG shared team); and Nic Nicolaisen in football and basketball that saw the Hawks finish third among eight teams in District 7 8-man football and qualify for the state playoffs; finish as runner-up in the Rolling Hills to state tourney qualifier Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira in the basketball with a 15-3 conference record and 18-5 overall; score points at the state track meet for the first time in many years; and win a third straight district baseball title and a trip to the substate. These senior baseball players played key roles on the EG state tournament team of 2009, when they were sophomores. EG’s track points this year were earned by Ostrander, but Dearborn, Bardole and Lyons were standout sprinters for the Hawks and were part of the successful 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay titles for EG the last several track seasons.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
SEASON FINALE
Hawkettes End Regular Season at GR
East Greene takes on Glidden-Ralston tonight, Monday, July 6, at Glidden in the final conference and final regular season softball game of 2009.
The game is actually the last West Central Conference softball game ever between EG and Glidden-Ralston, and GR’s last appearance in the West Central Conference in girls high school competition. The Wildcats baseball team is playing in a similar finale tonight against EG in Glidden.
When school opens in the fall for 2009-2010, GR will be competing in the Rolling Hills Conference, along with longtime rival Paton-Churdan and six western Iowa teams--Adair-Casey, Orient-Macksburg, CAM (Anita), Exira, Elk Horn-Kimballton and Walnut. Two suburban Des Moines Schools, Ankeny Christian and Iowa Christian Academy in West Des Moines, round out the 10-team league.
East Greene and Glidden-Ralston have been conference opponents since the formation of the Central Valley Conference in the late 1970s. After the Central Valley was disbanded a decade later, both schools became original members of the Coon River Valley Conference and then both moved to the West Central Conference in the 1996-97 season.
EG was hoping to head to Glidden as the spoiler in the Wildcats’ effort to leave the West Central as conference champions, but Earlham earned that honor with a 6-2 win over GR at the Lady Wildcat Tournament in Glidden on Friday, which counted as a make-up game for a game rained out earlier in the season. GR went into that game with a 11-4 conference mark, just behind Earlham at 13-3.
Earlham clinched the league crown, however, with the win, upping its conference mark to 14-3, while GR dropped to 11-5. Earlham has no make-up games on its schedule, so tonight’s game at Van Meter will just be icing on the cake for the Cardinals, as a loss would drop them to 14-4 but still keep them ahead of second-place GR. Des Moines Christian’s title hopes were dashed when it dropped a 1-0 game to Madrid on Friday. The Lions fell to 10-6 and were mathematically eliminated with that loss and Earlham’s win over GR.
EG and Glidden-Ralston tangled earlier in the season with GR winning 9-5 in Grand Junction. The Hawkettes will be out to revenge that loss and get some momentum going for the regional tournament. EG opens regional play Wednesday against Coon Rapids-Bayard in Coon Rapids. GR drew a first-round bye and will face the EG-CRB winner on Friday in quarterfinal action in Coon Rapids.
GR has a makeup game with Panorama which could be played Tuesday as GR does not have a Wednesday regional opening round game as do the other conference schools who play in Class 1-A and Panorama, a 2-A school, does not open regional play until Thursday.
West Central Conference Standings (through 7-4)
Earlham 14-3
Glidden-Ralston 11-5
Des Moines Christian 10-6
Madrid 9-7
Van Meter 9-7
Guthrie Center 8-8
Panorama 7-9
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5-10
West Central Valley 5-10
East Greene 2-15
East Greene takes on Glidden-Ralston tonight, Monday, July 6, at Glidden in the final conference and final regular season softball game of 2009.
The game is actually the last West Central Conference softball game ever between EG and Glidden-Ralston, and GR’s last appearance in the West Central Conference in girls high school competition. The Wildcats baseball team is playing in a similar finale tonight against EG in Glidden.
When school opens in the fall for 2009-2010, GR will be competing in the Rolling Hills Conference, along with longtime rival Paton-Churdan and six western Iowa teams--Adair-Casey, Orient-Macksburg, CAM (Anita), Exira, Elk Horn-Kimballton and Walnut. Two suburban Des Moines Schools, Ankeny Christian and Iowa Christian Academy in West Des Moines, round out the 10-team league.
East Greene and Glidden-Ralston have been conference opponents since the formation of the Central Valley Conference in the late 1970s. After the Central Valley was disbanded a decade later, both schools became original members of the Coon River Valley Conference and then both moved to the West Central Conference in the 1996-97 season.
EG was hoping to head to Glidden as the spoiler in the Wildcats’ effort to leave the West Central as conference champions, but Earlham earned that honor with a 6-2 win over GR at the Lady Wildcat Tournament in Glidden on Friday, which counted as a make-up game for a game rained out earlier in the season. GR went into that game with a 11-4 conference mark, just behind Earlham at 13-3.
Earlham clinched the league crown, however, with the win, upping its conference mark to 14-3, while GR dropped to 11-5. Earlham has no make-up games on its schedule, so tonight’s game at Van Meter will just be icing on the cake for the Cardinals, as a loss would drop them to 14-4 but still keep them ahead of second-place GR. Des Moines Christian’s title hopes were dashed when it dropped a 1-0 game to Madrid on Friday. The Lions fell to 10-6 and were mathematically eliminated with that loss and Earlham’s win over GR.
EG and Glidden-Ralston tangled earlier in the season with GR winning 9-5 in Grand Junction. The Hawkettes will be out to revenge that loss and get some momentum going for the regional tournament. EG opens regional play Wednesday against Coon Rapids-Bayard in Coon Rapids. GR drew a first-round bye and will face the EG-CRB winner on Friday in quarterfinal action in Coon Rapids.
GR has a makeup game with Panorama which could be played Tuesday as GR does not have a Wednesday regional opening round game as do the other conference schools who play in Class 1-A and Panorama, a 2-A school, does not open regional play until Thursday.
West Central Conference Standings (through 7-4)
Earlham 14-3
Glidden-Ralston 11-5
Des Moines Christian 10-6
Madrid 9-7
Van Meter 9-7
Guthrie Center 8-8
Panorama 7-9
Coon Rapids-Bayard 5-10
West Central Valley 5-10
East Greene 2-15
Monday, July 6, 2009
SOFTBALL
EG Loses Heartbreaker to WCV
A trip to Stuart on Thursday, July 2, resulted in a tough 2-1 loss to West Central Valley, leaving the Hawkettes mired at the bottom of the West Central Conference standings at 2-15.
EG had a good defensive outing, limiting the Wildcats to just the 2 runs off 3 hits, despite giving up 6 walks. WCV’s Molly Cox proved to be formidable on the mound though, as she gave up just 4 hits while striking out 12 Hawkette batters. Cox didn’t get much defensive backup from her teammates as WCV committed 5 errors.
It was not a good week all around for the Hawkettes as they got thumped by Coon Rapids-Bayard 12-3 on Tuesday, June 30, and Guthrie Center got the measure of EG with a 13-1 pasting called after 3 innings the previous night. Guthrie pounded out 14 hits in that game.
The Hawkettes had generated some momentum just the week before, winning 3 out of 4 games including solid wins over conference foes Madrid and Panorama. The Hawkettes fell to league-leader Earlham 10-0 on June 22 but came back two nights later to win 7-6 over Rockwell City-Lytton in non-conference action on the road.
EG lost another close one to Des Moines Christian the following night, Thursday, June 25. EG had played DMC tough on the Lions’ home field in Urbandale on June 4, dropping a well-played 6-3 game and was ready for some payback when DMC headed north to Grand Junction.
The Lions, who made it the state tournament the last two years and finished as runner-up game to Madrid in the conference last year, were contending for the league crown again this year. DMC was just a half game behind Glidden-Ralston going in to the EG game.
Despite racking up 15 hits in the game, the Hawkettes fell 8-7. DMC shortstop Hannah Heilskov drove in the winning run with a single in the top of the seventh. The Lions’ Britt Schoon notched her third home run of the season in the game.
Ashley Thorpe was pitched 4 innings and Malarie Gilley was on the mound for 3. Combined, they gave up 9 hits and 5 walks, while striking out 3. Gilley was 3-4 at the plate while Heidi Kiner went 2-3. Katylnn Gannon and Molly Neese were both 2-4 with 2 RBI’s apiece.
The win over RC-L helped up the Hawkettes overall win tally. Heading into tonight’s game at Glidden-Ralston the Hawkettes are 4-17.
A trip to Stuart on Thursday, July 2, resulted in a tough 2-1 loss to West Central Valley, leaving the Hawkettes mired at the bottom of the West Central Conference standings at 2-15.
EG had a good defensive outing, limiting the Wildcats to just the 2 runs off 3 hits, despite giving up 6 walks. WCV’s Molly Cox proved to be formidable on the mound though, as she gave up just 4 hits while striking out 12 Hawkette batters. Cox didn’t get much defensive backup from her teammates as WCV committed 5 errors.
It was not a good week all around for the Hawkettes as they got thumped by Coon Rapids-Bayard 12-3 on Tuesday, June 30, and Guthrie Center got the measure of EG with a 13-1 pasting called after 3 innings the previous night. Guthrie pounded out 14 hits in that game.
The Hawkettes had generated some momentum just the week before, winning 3 out of 4 games including solid wins over conference foes Madrid and Panorama. The Hawkettes fell to league-leader Earlham 10-0 on June 22 but came back two nights later to win 7-6 over Rockwell City-Lytton in non-conference action on the road.
EG lost another close one to Des Moines Christian the following night, Thursday, June 25. EG had played DMC tough on the Lions’ home field in Urbandale on June 4, dropping a well-played 6-3 game and was ready for some payback when DMC headed north to Grand Junction.
The Lions, who made it the state tournament the last two years and finished as runner-up game to Madrid in the conference last year, were contending for the league crown again this year. DMC was just a half game behind Glidden-Ralston going in to the EG game.
Despite racking up 15 hits in the game, the Hawkettes fell 8-7. DMC shortstop Hannah Heilskov drove in the winning run with a single in the top of the seventh. The Lions’ Britt Schoon notched her third home run of the season in the game.
Ashley Thorpe was pitched 4 innings and Malarie Gilley was on the mound for 3. Combined, they gave up 9 hits and 5 walks, while striking out 3. Gilley was 3-4 at the plate while Heidi Kiner went 2-3. Katylnn Gannon and Molly Neese were both 2-4 with 2 RBI’s apiece.
The win over RC-L helped up the Hawkettes overall win tally. Heading into tonight’s game at Glidden-Ralston the Hawkettes are 4-17.
Monday, June 8, 2009
SPORTS
Hawkettes Drop County Rivals, 9-8, in Ogden Tourney
East Greene broke into the win column for the 2009 season with a 9-8 victory over Jefferson-Sranton in the Bob Morgan Classic at Ogden on Saturday, May 30.
Ashley Thorpe got the win for the Hawkettes, giving up 9 hits, striking out 1 and allowing no walks. Laura Neal and Jennifer Kennedy shared mound duties for J-S with Kennedy taking the loss. Combined they gave up 7 hits, walked 5 and struck out 7. The game was a bit sloppy as EG had 5 errors and the Rams 4.
In other games at the Ogden tourney, the Hawkettes fell to the host school, 12-0, in 3 innings and to Madrid, 9-7, an improvement over their five-run loss to the Tigers earlier in the week in the conference opener at Madrid. J-S bounced back from the EG loss to beat Ogden, 5-0, and South Hamilton, 10-2. Boone won the championship with a 6-2 win over Odgen.
The Hawkettes had all kind of problems with Ogden as Thorpe gave up 12 hits and the defense had a whopping 9 errors. Heidi Kiner got the lone hit for East Greene with a single.
Things went more smoothly against Madrid, as EG pounded out 13 hits with Malarie Gilley going 2-3 with a triple and 2 RBIs. Kaitlynn Gannon went 3-4 with 2 RBIs and Megan Johnston was 2-3 with 2 RBIs. Liz Koch was 2-3 and Molly Neese smacked a double.
Thorpe and Gilley shared mound duties, giving up 8 hits, 4 walks and striking out 3. Sarah Kleinwort got the win for Madrid, giving up 13 hits walking 4 and striking out 5.
EG showed improvement on defense, whittling their errors down from 7 in their first game against Madrid to 4. Madrid played errorless, while in the first matchup with EG they had just one.
East Greene had faced Panorama in a make-up game on Friday, the night before the tournament, falling 10-3. Thorpe took the loss, giving up 15 hits, 4 walks and striking out 4. Sarah Meinecke got the win for the Panthers. She gave up 11 hits, walked 8, and struck out 2. EG had 4 errors and the Panthers were guilty of 2 miscues.
The Hawkettes ran into some tough pitching from Earlham's Amber Logemann, a freshman, as she struck out 10 EG batters to help the Cardinals to a 16-0 win in 6 innings in Grand Junction on Monday. Logemann have up just 2 hits and no walks. Thorpe took the loss for EG, giving up 11 hits, walking 2 and striking out 2. Earlham played an errorless game while the Hawkettes racked up 4 errors.
After Tuesday's game at Van Meter was rained out, the Hawkettes returned to action Thursday where they dropped a tough battle to Des Moines Christian, 6-3, on the Lions' home diamond in Urbandale. The Hawkettes were leading 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning, but DMC's Natalie Morris hit a double and drove in the tying and go-ahead runs. DMC added two more runs to run its conference mark to 3-0. EG fell to 0-4 in the West Central and 1-6 overall.
J-S won over Roland-Story, 3-0, in Jefferson on June 1 and then fell to North Polk, the top-ranked team in Class 2-A, in a heartbreaker on the road, 1-0, on June 2 to even their conference record to 2-2. The next night the Rams lost another tough one, falling to CMB (Collins-Maxwell/Baxter) 2-0 in 14 innings in Jefferson. Kayla Promes was on the mound for J-S and she racked up 14 strikeouts. The loss dropped J-S to 2-3 in Heart of Iowa play and to 4-5 overall.
SCOREBOARD
West Central Conference Standings (thru 6-4)
GLR 4-0
EAR 3-0
DMC 2-0
MAD 2-1
VMR 2-1
PAN 2-3
CRB 1-2
WCV 0-2
GTH 0-3
EGR 0-4
Friday and Saturday, June 5-6:
WC Non-Conference Scores
DMC 11, Lone Tree 1
Louisa-Muscatine 17, DMC 8
West Branch 3, DMC 0
EAR 5, East Union 0
Area Scores:
Odgen 6, Southeast Webster-Grand 4, SWG ranked #10 in Class 1A
Thursday, June 4:
Conference Scores
DMC 6, EGR 3
EAR 4, GTH 3 (10 inn.)
GLR 2, CRB 1
MAD 4, PAN 3
VMR 4, WCV 2
Area Scores
CMB 2, JS 0 (14 inn.)
Boone 10, Norwalk 0 (6 inn.)
SWG 4, Northeast Hamilton 1
West Bend-Mallard 16, Prairie Valley 7
Wednesday, June 3:
Conference Scores
DMC 15, GTH 5 (5 inn.)
Non-conference Games
PAN 6, Prairie Valley 3
Area Scores
CMB 3, Ogden 0
Alta 15, RCL 3 (3 inn.)
Carroll 9, Perry 0
Tuesday, June 2:
Conference Scores
GLR 2, PAN 1
Area Scores
North Polk 1, J-S 0, NP ranked #1 in Class 2A
Newell-Fonda 12, RC-L 2 (5 inn.) NF ranked #4 in Class 1A
SWG 7, CAL 3
Monday, June 1:
Conference Scores
EAR 16, EGR 0 (6 inn.)
GLR 10, MAD 1
PAN 8, CRB 4
VMR 6, GTH 4
East Greene broke into the win column for the 2009 season with a 9-8 victory over Jefferson-Sranton in the Bob Morgan Classic at Ogden on Saturday, May 30.
Ashley Thorpe got the win for the Hawkettes, giving up 9 hits, striking out 1 and allowing no walks. Laura Neal and Jennifer Kennedy shared mound duties for J-S with Kennedy taking the loss. Combined they gave up 7 hits, walked 5 and struck out 7. The game was a bit sloppy as EG had 5 errors and the Rams 4.
In other games at the Ogden tourney, the Hawkettes fell to the host school, 12-0, in 3 innings and to Madrid, 9-7, an improvement over their five-run loss to the Tigers earlier in the week in the conference opener at Madrid. J-S bounced back from the EG loss to beat Ogden, 5-0, and South Hamilton, 10-2. Boone won the championship with a 6-2 win over Odgen.
The Hawkettes had all kind of problems with Ogden as Thorpe gave up 12 hits and the defense had a whopping 9 errors. Heidi Kiner got the lone hit for East Greene with a single.
Things went more smoothly against Madrid, as EG pounded out 13 hits with Malarie Gilley going 2-3 with a triple and 2 RBIs. Kaitlynn Gannon went 3-4 with 2 RBIs and Megan Johnston was 2-3 with 2 RBIs. Liz Koch was 2-3 and Molly Neese smacked a double.
Thorpe and Gilley shared mound duties, giving up 8 hits, 4 walks and striking out 3. Sarah Kleinwort got the win for Madrid, giving up 13 hits walking 4 and striking out 5.
EG showed improvement on defense, whittling their errors down from 7 in their first game against Madrid to 4. Madrid played errorless, while in the first matchup with EG they had just one.
East Greene had faced Panorama in a make-up game on Friday, the night before the tournament, falling 10-3. Thorpe took the loss, giving up 15 hits, 4 walks and striking out 4. Sarah Meinecke got the win for the Panthers. She gave up 11 hits, walked 8, and struck out 2. EG had 4 errors and the Panthers were guilty of 2 miscues.
The Hawkettes ran into some tough pitching from Earlham's Amber Logemann, a freshman, as she struck out 10 EG batters to help the Cardinals to a 16-0 win in 6 innings in Grand Junction on Monday. Logemann have up just 2 hits and no walks. Thorpe took the loss for EG, giving up 11 hits, walking 2 and striking out 2. Earlham played an errorless game while the Hawkettes racked up 4 errors.
After Tuesday's game at Van Meter was rained out, the Hawkettes returned to action Thursday where they dropped a tough battle to Des Moines Christian, 6-3, on the Lions' home diamond in Urbandale. The Hawkettes were leading 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning, but DMC's Natalie Morris hit a double and drove in the tying and go-ahead runs. DMC added two more runs to run its conference mark to 3-0. EG fell to 0-4 in the West Central and 1-6 overall.
J-S won over Roland-Story, 3-0, in Jefferson on June 1 and then fell to North Polk, the top-ranked team in Class 2-A, in a heartbreaker on the road, 1-0, on June 2 to even their conference record to 2-2. The next night the Rams lost another tough one, falling to CMB (Collins-Maxwell/Baxter) 2-0 in 14 innings in Jefferson. Kayla Promes was on the mound for J-S and she racked up 14 strikeouts. The loss dropped J-S to 2-3 in Heart of Iowa play and to 4-5 overall.
SCOREBOARD
West Central Conference Standings (thru 6-4)
GLR 4-0
EAR 3-0
DMC 2-0
MAD 2-1
VMR 2-1
PAN 2-3
CRB 1-2
WCV 0-2
GTH 0-3
EGR 0-4
Friday and Saturday, June 5-6:
WC Non-Conference Scores
DMC 11, Lone Tree 1
Louisa-Muscatine 17, DMC 8
West Branch 3, DMC 0
EAR 5, East Union 0
Area Scores:
Odgen 6, Southeast Webster-Grand 4, SWG ranked #10 in Class 1A
Thursday, June 4:
Conference Scores
DMC 6, EGR 3
EAR 4, GTH 3 (10 inn.)
GLR 2, CRB 1
MAD 4, PAN 3
VMR 4, WCV 2
Area Scores
CMB 2, JS 0 (14 inn.)
Boone 10, Norwalk 0 (6 inn.)
SWG 4, Northeast Hamilton 1
West Bend-Mallard 16, Prairie Valley 7
Wednesday, June 3:
Conference Scores
DMC 15, GTH 5 (5 inn.)
Non-conference Games
PAN 6, Prairie Valley 3
Area Scores
CMB 3, Ogden 0
Alta 15, RCL 3 (3 inn.)
Carroll 9, Perry 0
Tuesday, June 2:
Conference Scores
GLR 2, PAN 1
Area Scores
North Polk 1, J-S 0, NP ranked #1 in Class 2A
Newell-Fonda 12, RC-L 2 (5 inn.) NF ranked #4 in Class 1A
SWG 7, CAL 3
Monday, June 1:
Conference Scores
EAR 16, EGR 0 (6 inn.)
GLR 10, MAD 1
PAN 8, CRB 4
VMR 6, GTH 4
Monday, June 1, 2009
Softball
Hawkettes Drop Season Opener to Madrid, 8-2
East Greene opened the 2009 softball campaign with an 8-2 loss at Madrid on Thursday.
It was the conference and season opener for the Hawkettes putting them at 0-1 in the league with Madrid starting the conference campaign at 1-0.
The Hawkettes will be out to improve on their 6-18 record last year and their 2-16 conference mark, which saw them finish last in the West Central Conference. Leading the team this year are seniors Ashley Thorpe and Megan Johnston and junior Malarie Gilley. Other letter winners returning are junior Heidi Kiner and sophomores Molly Neese and Katlynn Gannon.
Thorpe was a first-team all conference pick two years ago and was named to the second team as an infielder last year. She is projected to be the starting pitcher this year, taking over for the Jess Sillyman, who graduated in 2008, along with Emily Neese, Emily Gilley and Lacey Heater. Malarie Gilley, a junior, is a two-time all-conference honorable mention pick.
EG may have finished last in the league in 2008, but they were competitive with all the teams, rarely losing by more than three to four runs, with very close losses to top teams CR-B 9-8, DMC 5-3, and GR 8-5. Only one game was shortened by the 10-run rule, an 11-1 loss to Panorama at Panora, which was called after 5 innings. Twice the Hawkettes triumphed over two foes in games shortened by the 10-run rule: 11-1 over Adair-Casey in non-conference action and a 10-0 shutout of league foe Guthrie Center.
A few breaks and last year's record could have been much different as the Hawkettes lost tough one-run games to Panorama and West Central Valley and fell by just two runs to Van Meter in Grand Junction and by three runs to the Bulldogs in Van Meter. EG stayed with league champ Madrid, losing by just five and six runs in their home-and-home series. The Hawkettes ended the season in first round regional play at Madrid with another tough loss to Van Meter, this time by one run, 3-2.
The highlight of last season was a 2-1 win over Jefferson-Scranton at the Bob Morgan Tournament in Ogden, giving the Hawkettes and Hawks a clean sweep in baseball and softball in 2008 over their much larger rivals and neighbors to the west.
The high level of competition in the West Central was evidenced by EG's 4-1 non-conference record (with the exception of the regional first-round loss to Van Meter). In addition to the wins over J-S and Adair-Casey, the Hawkettes beat Southern Cal and Newman of Mason City, and lost to Ogden.
Madrid won the West Central championship with a 17-1 record. Des Moines Christian and Glidden-Ralston tied for second place at 15-3. Madrid made it to the regional finals before falling to Southeast Webster-Grand, 10-0. SWG advanced to the state tournament at Fort Dodge where they finished fifth.
SWG and Madrid have emerged as area softball powers in the last few years, supplanting Woodward-Granger, Coon Rapids-Bayard and Earlham. SWG competes in the Twin Lakes Conference and Woodward-Granger in the Heart of Iowa small school division. But W-G moves to the West Central next year, replacing Glidden-Ralston, as the Wildcats will be members of the Rolling Hills Conference next year, joining Paton-Churdan, which left the WC for the RH in 2007-08.
Glidden-Ralston could make its last year in the league its best ever as the Wildcats return both first team all-conference pitcher, Hallie Schon, and first-team all-conference catcher, Krystin Winkler, along with senior infielder Madison Ball. All three are seniors, giving G-R solid veteran leadership.
Earlham and Coon Rapids-Bayard look to be contenders for the conference crown too. Earlham returns seniors Rachel Gilmore, pitcher, and Jamie Imboden, infielder, both second-team all-conference picks last year. CR-B is having a phenomenal year in girls sports, as its volleyball, basketball and golf teams have all advanced to state, giving the Crusaders an across the board sweep in fall-winter-spring. They could make it a clean sweep of fall-winter-spring-summer with their softball squad this season as veterans Heidi Esdohr, Taylor Hilgenberg, Lindsey Reis and Gentry Sheer, all seniors, return to the diamond for their final appearances in a CR-B uniform. Eisdohr is a three-time, first-team all-conference pick. Hilgenberg was a first team wild card pick last year, while Eisdohr was picked as infielder.
Des Moines Christian can't be counted out as they have developed a strong tradition, winning conference champions in 2006 and 2007, the same year they advanced to the state tournament and finished as consolation champions (fifth place), ending the season 38-3.
Southeast Webster-Grand has been to the state tournament three of the last four years. Earlham made it to state in 2006, as did Madrid, competing then in the Heart of Iowa Conference.
WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE
(through 5-28)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 1-0
Des Moines Christian 1-0
Earlham 1-0
Glidden-Ralston 1-0
East Greene 0-1
Guthrie Center 0-1
Panorama 0-1
Van Meter 0-1
West Central Valley 0-1
Conference Scores, Tuesday, May 28:
CRB 3, GC 2
DMC 5, VM 3
EAR 4, PAN 0
GR 2, WCV 1
MAD 8, EG 2
Area Scores, Tuesday, May 28:
J-S 9, Gilbert 4
SWG 11, CWL 0
WG 11, Roland-Story 1
East Greene opened the 2009 softball campaign with an 8-2 loss at Madrid on Thursday.
It was the conference and season opener for the Hawkettes putting them at 0-1 in the league with Madrid starting the conference campaign at 1-0.
The Hawkettes will be out to improve on their 6-18 record last year and their 2-16 conference mark, which saw them finish last in the West Central Conference. Leading the team this year are seniors Ashley Thorpe and Megan Johnston and junior Malarie Gilley. Other letter winners returning are junior Heidi Kiner and sophomores Molly Neese and Katlynn Gannon.
Thorpe was a first-team all conference pick two years ago and was named to the second team as an infielder last year. She is projected to be the starting pitcher this year, taking over for the Jess Sillyman, who graduated in 2008, along with Emily Neese, Emily Gilley and Lacey Heater. Malarie Gilley, a junior, is a two-time all-conference honorable mention pick.
EG may have finished last in the league in 2008, but they were competitive with all the teams, rarely losing by more than three to four runs, with very close losses to top teams CR-B 9-8, DMC 5-3, and GR 8-5. Only one game was shortened by the 10-run rule, an 11-1 loss to Panorama at Panora, which was called after 5 innings. Twice the Hawkettes triumphed over two foes in games shortened by the 10-run rule: 11-1 over Adair-Casey in non-conference action and a 10-0 shutout of league foe Guthrie Center.
A few breaks and last year's record could have been much different as the Hawkettes lost tough one-run games to Panorama and West Central Valley and fell by just two runs to Van Meter in Grand Junction and by three runs to the Bulldogs in Van Meter. EG stayed with league champ Madrid, losing by just five and six runs in their home-and-home series. The Hawkettes ended the season in first round regional play at Madrid with another tough loss to Van Meter, this time by one run, 3-2.
The highlight of last season was a 2-1 win over Jefferson-Scranton at the Bob Morgan Tournament in Ogden, giving the Hawkettes and Hawks a clean sweep in baseball and softball in 2008 over their much larger rivals and neighbors to the west.
The high level of competition in the West Central was evidenced by EG's 4-1 non-conference record (with the exception of the regional first-round loss to Van Meter). In addition to the wins over J-S and Adair-Casey, the Hawkettes beat Southern Cal and Newman of Mason City, and lost to Ogden.
Madrid won the West Central championship with a 17-1 record. Des Moines Christian and Glidden-Ralston tied for second place at 15-3. Madrid made it to the regional finals before falling to Southeast Webster-Grand, 10-0. SWG advanced to the state tournament at Fort Dodge where they finished fifth.
SWG and Madrid have emerged as area softball powers in the last few years, supplanting Woodward-Granger, Coon Rapids-Bayard and Earlham. SWG competes in the Twin Lakes Conference and Woodward-Granger in the Heart of Iowa small school division. But W-G moves to the West Central next year, replacing Glidden-Ralston, as the Wildcats will be members of the Rolling Hills Conference next year, joining Paton-Churdan, which left the WC for the RH in 2007-08.
Glidden-Ralston could make its last year in the league its best ever as the Wildcats return both first team all-conference pitcher, Hallie Schon, and first-team all-conference catcher, Krystin Winkler, along with senior infielder Madison Ball. All three are seniors, giving G-R solid veteran leadership.
Earlham and Coon Rapids-Bayard look to be contenders for the conference crown too. Earlham returns seniors Rachel Gilmore, pitcher, and Jamie Imboden, infielder, both second-team all-conference picks last year. CR-B is having a phenomenal year in girls sports, as its volleyball, basketball and golf teams have all advanced to state, giving the Crusaders an across the board sweep in fall-winter-spring. They could make it a clean sweep of fall-winter-spring-summer with their softball squad this season as veterans Heidi Esdohr, Taylor Hilgenberg, Lindsey Reis and Gentry Sheer, all seniors, return to the diamond for their final appearances in a CR-B uniform. Eisdohr is a three-time, first-team all-conference pick. Hilgenberg was a first team wild card pick last year, while Eisdohr was picked as infielder.
Des Moines Christian can't be counted out as they have developed a strong tradition, winning conference champions in 2006 and 2007, the same year they advanced to the state tournament and finished as consolation champions (fifth place), ending the season 38-3.
Southeast Webster-Grand has been to the state tournament three of the last four years. Earlham made it to state in 2006, as did Madrid, competing then in the Heart of Iowa Conference.
WEST CENTRAL CONFERENCE
(through 5-28)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 1-0
Des Moines Christian 1-0
Earlham 1-0
Glidden-Ralston 1-0
East Greene 0-1
Guthrie Center 0-1
Panorama 0-1
Van Meter 0-1
West Central Valley 0-1
Conference Scores, Tuesday, May 28:
CRB 3, GC 2
DMC 5, VM 3
EAR 4, PAN 0
GR 2, WCV 1
MAD 8, EG 2
Area Scores, Tuesday, May 28:
J-S 9, Gilbert 4
SWG 11, CWL 0
WG 11, Roland-Story 1
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