Wednesday, February 7, 2007

OKWC competes in two Topeka meets

The Oskaloosa Kids Wrestling Club participated in two meets in Topeka over the past weekend.

Some club members participated in the Topeka Tornados Tournament on Saturday. Second place winners were Dillion Grother in the age 8 and under 61-lb. class and Dalton VanHoutan in the 8 and under 73-lb. class. Justin Cross was third in the 8 and under 95-lb. class. Fourth place winners were Carter Claxton in the 8 and under 55-lb. class, Tegan Bowers in the 8 and under 95-lb. class and Jason Warden in the 10 and under 82-lb. class. Participation recognition also went to Nicholas Courtney, Kelsey Willits, Kyle Herzberg and Dakota Cop.

OKWC members participated in the Shawnee Heights wrestling tournament on Sunday. First place winners were Easton Weems in the 6 and under 43-lb. class, Triston Hopkins in the 6 and under 49-lb. class, Jerod Shufflebarger in the 6 and under 49-lb. class, Jaxson Webb in the 6 and under 55-lb. class, Jared Miller in the 6 and under 58-lb. class, Zach Harvey in the 6 and under 70-lb. class, Dillion Grother in the 8 and under 61-lb. class, Dalton VanHoutan in the 8 and under 73-lb. class and Ben Harvey in the 8 and under 80-lb. class.

Second place winners at Heights were Kyle Hopkins in the 8 and under 73-lb. class and Justin Cross in the 8 and under 95-lb. class. Third place winners included Thaine Berends in the 6 and under 46-lb. class, Tegan Bowers in the 8 and under 95-lb. class, and Wyatt Troupe in the 10 and under 90-lb. class. Fourth place winners were Colby Peck in the 6 and under 55-lb. class and Brody Troupe in the 8 and under 64-lb. class. Participation recognition also went to Toby Berends, Carter Claxton, Nicholas Courtney, Cody VanHoutan, Cole Murphree, Mark Nickels and Dakota Cop.

On Jan. 27, club member Nicholas Courtney traveled to Wamego and took first place in the 8 and under 49-lb. class.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Hoops recaps from Feb. 2 games

Friday’s games (Feb. 2)
Boys
Perry-Lecompton 60, Santa Fe Trail 39
• The Kaws blew open a 5-point halftime lead to improve to 10-6. Senior Brian Hastert led the Kaws with 12 points while sophomore Joel Gantz and junior Caleb Denton scored 11 each and sophomore Andy Bowman scored 10.

Wathena 46, JCN 38
• The Chargers were dug into a 6-point hole after one quarter but came back to take a 2-point lead into the fourth quarter before Wathena got the win. JCN moved to 8-6. Senior Daniel Finley scored 14 points and senior Wes Weishaar scored 12 in the loss.

Hiawatha 53, Jefferson West 45
• The Red Hawks scored the first 16 points of the second half to surge ahead from a tie score at halftime and drop West to 6-9. Junior Tom Shirley scored 18 points and senior Derek Helton added 11 for West.

McLouth 62, Oskaloosa 49
• McLouth took a 7-point lead after one quarter and was able to pull away in the second half to win by 13 and drop Oskaloosa to 2-11. McLouth moved to 6-7. Senior Andrew Booth led the Bulldogs with 27 points and 14 rebounds while junior Mark Stewart added 13 points in the win. Oskaloosa was led by 15 points from sophomore Chase Tenpenny, 13 points from junior Derek Brey and 11 points from junior Brock McGinnis.

KC Christian def. Valley Falls
• The Dragons dropped to 0-14.


Girls
McLouth 46, Oskaloosa 42
• The Bulldogs avenged a Jan. 27 loss to the Bears in the JCN tourney by running to an 8-point lead entering the final quarter and holding off Oskaloosa. McLouth moved to 6-8 while the Bears dropped to 7-6. Senior Rachael Thompson scored 15 points and freshman Missy Rome scored 14 for McLouth. Junior Emily Heston scored 15 points for Oskaloosa in the loss.

Jefferson West 57, Hiawatha 46
• West improved to 6-10 with the win.

Santa Fe Trail 55, Perry-Lec. 34
• The Kaws were down only 3 points at halftime but Trail ran away with the game in the second half. The Kaws moved to 5-11. Sophomore Ashleigh Allam scored 9 points to lead Perry-Lecompton.

KC Christian 46, Valley Falls 37
• KCC blew open a 3-point halftime lead with an 11-4 third-quarter advantage and held off the Dragons to win by 9 to drop Valley Falls to 4-11. Senior Katie Brevitz scored 15 points and junior Rebekah Bunde added 14 in the loss for Valley Falls.

Wathena 41, JCN 30
• North dropped to 4-11 as Wathena grabbed control early and didn’t give it up. Freshman Mallory Grand Pre led JCN with 8 points.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Hoops recaps from Jan. 30 games (updated 2/1 with VF boys score)

Tuesday’s games (Jan. 30)
Girls
Oskaloosa 40, Jackson Heights 28
• The Bears pulled away in the second half to win by 12 and improve to 7-5. Junior Emily Heston scored 12 points in the win to lead Oskaloosa.

Troy 42, McLouth 26
• McLouth fell behind in the second quarter and couldn’t recover as Troy dropped the Bulldogs to 5-8. Junior Abby Annis led McLouth with 14 points.

Holton 54, Jefferson West 30
• Holton established a 19-4 lead after a quarter and coasted to the 24-point win. West dropped to 5-10. Junior Marcia Beecham led the Tigers with 8 points.

Wathena 52, Valley Falls 40
• Wathena inched away to some extent each quarter to win by 12 and drop Valley Falls to 4-10. Junior Rebekah Bunde led the Dragons with 10 points in the loss.

Doniphan West 46, JCN 42 (OT)
• North had a 4-point lead entering the fourth quarter but West forced overtime and got the win in the extra period. JCN moved to 4-10 with the loss. Freshman Mallory Grand Pre led JCN with 15 points and freshman Sara Navinskey added 10 in the loss.


Boys
Doniphan West 49, JCN 47
• North squandered a 10-point lead at the start of the second quarter by being outscored, 29-16, in the second half. Junior Luke Noll scored 15 points, senior Wes Weishaar scored 13 and senior Drew Kraxner scored 12 for North in the loss as the Chargers dropped to 8-5.

Holton 58, Jefferson West 56
• West came back from a 4-point halftime deficit to take a 1-point lead into the final quarter but couldn’t hold off the Wildcats. The Tigers dropped to 6-8. Junior Tom Shirley led the way for West with 28 points.

Troy 63, McLouth 51
• An 18-4 third quarter put it away for Troy as McLouth dropped to 5-7. Senior Andrew Booth led the Bulldogs with 15 points while senior Trevor Keling and junior Mike Rome scored 10 points each.

Jackson Heights 56, Oskaloosa 38
• Oskaloosa held an 11-point lead after a quarter but had lost it by halftime and was down by 12 entering the final quarter. The Bears moved to 2-10. Sophomore J.T. Thurston led Oskaloosa with 12 points.

Wathena 86, Valley Falls 44
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Valley Falls was down, 28-6, after one quarter and couldn’t recover. The Dragons dropped to 0-13. Sophomore Ray Cook scored 14 points to lead the team in the loss.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Hoops recaps from Jan. 27

Saturday’s games (Jan. 27)
Girls
JCN Tourney
Seventh place
JCN 51, Maranatha 31
• JCN salvaged seventh place in the tournament to which it plays host as a 16-2 third quarter advantage put the game away. The Chargers moved to 4-9. Freshman Mallory Grand Pre scored 14 points and senior Tara Hammerschmidt scored 11 in the win.

Fifth place
Perry-Lecompton 37, Valley Falls 28
• A low-scoring game saw Perry-Lecompton establish a 6-point halftime lead and the Kaws held off the Dragons in the second half to move to 5-10. Valley Falls dropped to 4-9. Sophomore Ashleigh Allam scored 15 points to lead the Kaws while senior Katie Brevitz scored 15 for Valley Falls.

Third place
Oskaloosa 41, McLouth 31
• McLouth trimmed Oskaloosa’s 3-point halftime lead to 1 early in the second half but the Bears pulled away to take third at JCN and move to 6-5. The Bulldogs dropped to 5-7. Sophomore Nicole Rockhold led Oskaloosa with 11 points while McLouth was led by 11 points from senior Rachael Thompson.

Championship
ACCHS 38, Rossville 33