Conservative Sports

Ryan Stonebraker, Sports Editor

February 19, 2014

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North Cedars Emily Hay (11) tries to get in position to pass the ball to a teammate in the Knights win at Tipton last week. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

Knights Split With RVC Teams

TIPTON The Tipton Tigers dropped their second straight game after winning two straight in a 43-37 loss to North Cedar at home. North Cedar used a 12-5 run to start the game and held a halftime lead of 17-14. The Knights fell back a little offensively in the second quarter, scoring just five points as the Tigers made up ground in the quarter, scoring nine points. North Cedar outscored Tipton 10 to 8 in the third quarter to maintain a 27-22 lead after three quarters. The fourth quarter proved to be the most offensive for both teams. North Cedar however matched Tiptons 15 points in the final quarter with 16 of their own to hold the Tigers at bay. Jordan Bendixen and Alison Malaby scored 12 points each to lead North Cedar in scoring. North Cedar held a 26 to 23 rebound advantage in the game. Jill Kofron turned in her fourth doubledouble in a row for the Tigers. Kofron had 15 points to lead Tipton and had 10 rebounds. Kara Gravert scored 10 points in the game.
Tuesday, February 11 at Tipton 1 2 3 4 Final North Cedar 12 5 10 16 43 Tipton 5 9 8 15 37 NORTH CEDAR (43): Emily Flockhart (g) 1-4 0-0 2, Cortlyn Kasik (g) 2-3 0-0 4, Jordan Bendixen (f) 4-11 4-5 12, Alison Malaby (g) 5-15 1-2 12, Allison Jensen (f) 3-10 1-2 7, Emily Hay 0-0 0-0 0, Meranda Thimmes 3-4 0-0 6, Steph Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-47 6-9 43. TIPTON (37): Jill Kofron (f) 6-12 3-4 15, Kara Gravert (g) 3-8 4-4 10, Jennifer Shaffer (g) 0-2 0-0 0, Carsyn Grage (g) 2-8 0-0 4, Ellie Siech (f) 2-3 1-2 5, Bailey Kepford 0-2 0-0 0, Katelin Mohr 0-1 0-0 0, Kelsey Lange 1-3 0-0 3, Caitlin Himes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-39 8-10 37. 3-Pt. FG: North Cedar 1-5 (Malaby 1-5), Tipton 1-9 (Lange 1-3, Grage 0-6). Rebounds: North Cedar 26 (Jensen 6, Thimmes 5, Malaby 5, Bendixen 4, Flockhart 3, Kasik 2, Hay 1), Tipton 23 (Kofron 10, Gravert 4, Lange 3, Siech 2, Kepford 1, Shaffer 1, Grage 1, Himes 1). Assists: North Cedar 8 (Hay 2, Malaby 2, Jensen 1, Thimmes 1, Bendixen 1, Kasik 1), Tipton 5 (Gravert 2, Grage 2, Kepford 1). Steals: North Cedar 14 (Bendixen 4, Jensen 4, Thimmes 3, Malaby 2, Kasik 1), Tipton 8 (Grage 3, Siech 2, Kofron 1). Blocked Shots: North Cedar: 4 (Jensen 2, Malaby 1, Bendixen 1), Tipton 3 (Siech 2, Kofron 1). Total Fouls: North Cedar 12, Tipton 13. Fouled Out: North Cedar: none. Tipton: none.

Tipton junior Jordan Challis, center, celebrates moments after beating Williamsburgs Mitchell Spenler, lower center, of Williamsburg by a 9-2 decision in the 182-pound final at the Marion district meet last Saturday. Challis and teammate Eric Lenz advanced to the state wrestling meet this week in Des Moines. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

Lenz, Challis Head To Des Moines

MARION Tipton junior Eric Lenz and junior Jordan Challis punched their tickets to the 2014 State Wrestling Tournament this week after their efforts at the district meet in Marion last Saturday. The Tigers took four wrestlers to the district meet. At the meet were Eric Lenz (106), Mitch Chapman (170), Jordan Challis (182) and Cameron Ihrig (195). Tipton coach Matt Nerem said that it was an exciting day for the Tigers. I dont think that they (Eric and Jordan) will be awestruck going down there. I hope that they are not just happy to be there. They can compete down there at state and they have to keep believing that they cant be stopped, he said. Nerem said that the day didnt start how he had thought it would with Lenz losing by a major decision. When Eric lost his first match, I didnt know what the day was going to be like at that point. It didnt set the tone we had wanted. We caught a break and Eric wrestled better each match. Jordan wrestled the best he has all year. Cameron was sick most of the week and he had a phenominal sectional meet and Mitch knew he had to win his first match to have a shot, because Ryan was not going to lose, he said. Nerem also said that the week leading up to the district meet was not how he had pictured it. We had a flat week, but, by the end of the week two of the guys were looking good, but, Eric and Cameron were fighting sickness last week and it wasnt the week we thought we were going to have, he said. Lenz came into the district meet ranked 5th at 106 in 2A. Lenz came into the district meet under the weather from being sick and right out of the gate found himself in an overtime match in the semifinals. There, the score was 2-2 after three periods with Derek Holschlag of Union. Holschlag scored two escapes while Lenz had a takedown. In overtime, Holschlag started first and scored five points to take a 7-2 lead. On Lenzs turn, Holschlag got three more points to score a 10-2 major decision. Lenz found a familiar opponent in the 3rd place match. There, he took on Jake Durgin of Mt. Vernon, a wrestler he beat at sectionals. In that match, Lenz took a 4-2 lead to the second period. Lenz took a 6-3 lead after a takedown with 51 seconds, but Durgin rallied to score two points on a takedown of his own to put the score at 6-5 after two periods. In the final period, Lenz put the match away, scoring two points helping lead to an 8-6 win. During his match, Holschlag beat 6th ranked Nick Meling of East Marshall setting up a wrestleback match for Lenz. In the match, Lenz got a takedown right away, but would trail 3-2 after one period. Lenz scored a takedown with 1:44 left in the second to take a 4-3 lead. Meling scored an escape point to tie the score at 4 before Lenz took the lead for good with 19 seconds left in the second when he scored another takedown for a 6-4 lead after two periods. In the final period, each wrestler scored two points putting the score at 8-6 in favor of Lenz. The victory sent Lenz to the state tournament. Its awesome accomplishing one of your goals. One of the reasons too was I wanted to get to state for my dad, said Lenz. There is a ton of emotion in this sport and I love every second of it. It was awesome to have all the support of my family, to reach that goal and have all the hard work pay off is a great feeling, he said. Lenz was very greatful for the chance to get to state after being in stacked sectional weight classes the past two seasons. This year, he made state in class 2A. Its just tremendous. After freshman and sophomore season being stuck in a loaded sectional you just crave it more and more and now Ive done it, he said. Challis came into the district meet ranked 10th at 182 in 2A. Challis wasted little time in his semifinal match with Trevor Rommann of CPU. There, Challis Marion District WR To Page 12.

North Cedars Josh Kintzel goes up for two points during a recent RVC game. The Knights won two RVC games last week. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

Knights Jump On Tigers Early In Win

TIPTON The North Cedar boys basketball team completed a sweep over rival Tipton last Tuesday with a 57-34 win in Tipton. The Knights narrowly escaped the Tigers at home back in January, but this time left no doubt. The win was the second RVC victory in as many nights for North Cedar. North Cedar used a 16-8 run in the first quarter and held a 29-13 lead by halftime. A comeback attempt by the Tigers was not enough in the third quarter despite playing almost evenly with the Knights in the quarter. The Tigers however, found themselves down 3921 after three quarters. North Cedar finished off the win with an 18-13 run in the fourth quarter. Jayden Johnson had a team high 14 points and 7 rebounds for North Cedar. Josh Kintzel scored 12 points, 6 steals and 5 steals. Derek Nebergall scored 11 and Mark Becker scored 9 points off the bench for the Tigers. Knights Use 24-Point First Quarter, 35-Point First Half In Wilton Win WILTON The North Cedar Knights slowed down one of the hottest teams in the River Valley Conference with a 69-40 win at Wilton last Monday. The Knights poured in 24 first quarter points in taking a 24-4 lead after one quarter. The Knights followed their first quarter outburst with an 11-5 run in the second quarter to take a 35-9 halftime lead. Wilton tried to rally in the third quarter with 18 points, but the Knights were right with them, scoring 22 points of their own. All five North Cedar starters reached double figures in the game led by Jacob Hay with 22 points.
Tuesday, February 11 at Tipton 1 2 3 4 Final North Cedar 16 13 10 18 57 Tipton 8 5 8 13 34 NORTH CEDAR (57): Josh Kintzel (g) 3-6 3-4 12, Jacob Hay (g) 3-11 3-4 11, Seth Hamilton (g) 2-8 1-2 5, Andrew Fields (f) 4-7 2-3 10, Jayden Johnson (f) 5-11 4-4 14, Nick Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Geff Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Bryan Kash 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Deerberg 1-4 0-0 2, Grant Pruess 0-3 1-2 1, Derrick Gray 0-0 0-0 0, Cole Hanson 0-1 0-0 0, Chandler Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Dalton Yutesler 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Bendixen 1-1 0-0 2, Noah Sander 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-52 14-19 57. TIPTON (34): Derek Nebergall (g) 4-5 3-4 11, Trent Schroeder (g) 0-8 0-0 0, Matt Pelzer (g) 3-13 0-1 8, Trevor Conrad (f) 1-5 0-0 2, Logan Ralston (f) 0-1 0-0 0, Adam Hermsen 0-4 0-1 0, Riley Ford 1-1 0-0 2, Mark Becker 3-6 0-0 9, Zack Howell 1-1 0-0 2, Brendan Claussen 0-1 0-0 0, Daulton Mente 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Moeller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 13-45 3-5 34. 3-Pt. FG: North Cedar 5-16 (Kintzel 3-4, Hay 2-7, Hamilton 0-3, Deerberg 0-1, Johnson 0-1) Rebounds: North Cedar 30 (Hay 7, Fields 7, Johnson 7, Kintzel 4, Hamilton 3, Pruess 1, Moore 1), Tipton 5-20 (Becker 3-7, Pelzer 2-7, Schroeder 0-4, Conrad 0-2, Claussen 0-1). Assists: North Cedar 10 (Kintzel 5, Hay 2, Hamilton 1, Deerberg 1, Pruess 1), Tipton 8 (Nebergall 2, Hermsen 2, Pelzer 2, Schroeder 1, Becker 1). Steals: North Cedar 9 (Kintzel 6, Fields 1, Pruess 1, Johnson 1), Tipton 1 (Ralston 1). Blocked Shots: North Cedar 3 (Kintzel 2, Deerberg 1), Tipton none. Total Fouls: North Cedar 15, Tipton 18. Fouled Out: North Cedar none. Tipton Ralston, Conrad. Monday, February 10 at Wilton 1 2 3 4 Final North Cedar 24 11 22 12 69 Wilton 4 5 18 13 40 NORTH CEDAR (69): Josh Kintzel (g) 5-6 0-0 11, Jacob Hay (g) 7-14 3-4 22, Seth Hamilton (g) 4-5 2-2 11, Andrew Fields (f) 4-6 2-3 10, Jayden Johnson (f) 5-12 0-2 10, Bryan Kash 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Deerberg 0-4 0-0 0, Grant Pruess 2-2 0-0 5, Derrick Gray 0-0 0-0 0, Chandler Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Dalton Yutesler 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Bendixen 0-1 0-0 0, Noah Sander 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 27-52 7-11 69. North Cedar Statistics: 3-Pt. FG: North Cedar 8-18 (Hay 5-10, Hamilton 1-1, Pruess 1-1, Kintzel 1-2, Deerberg 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Fields 0-1). Rebounds: North Cedar 28 (Johnson 7, Fields 7, Hay 5). Assists: North Cedar 13 (Kintzel 4, Hay 2, Hamilton 2, Fields 2). Steals: North Cedar 6 (Fields 3, Kintzel 1, Hay 1, Pruess 1). Blocked Shots: North Cedar none.

2014 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament Schedule (1A and 2A Only): Thursday, February 20 Session 1 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Class 2A 1st round and 1st round consolation matches. Session 3 - 7:00 p.m.-10:15 p.m. Class 1A 1st round and 1st round consolation matches. Friday, February 21 Session 4 - 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Class 2A & Class 3A quarter-finals; then Class 2A & 3A 2nd round consolations. Session 5 - 3:30 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Class 1A quarterfinals; Class 2A Semifinals & 3rd Round Consolations, & Class 1A 2nd round consolations. Session 6 - 9:35 p.m.-10:45 p.m. Class 1A Semifinals and 3rd round consolations. Saturday February 22nd Session 7 - 10:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. - Class 2A, 3A, 1A Consolation semifinals & finals. Session 8 - 5:45 p.m. Awards; 6:00 p.m. - Grand March and Finals for all classes.

Beavers Stun Knights, 51-47 WILTON The Wilton Beaver girls basketball team stunned the River Valley Conference last Monday with a big win over North Cedar, 51-47. The Beavers led 12-11 after the first quarter, but, North Cedar outscored the Beavers 13 to 6 in the second quarter to take a 24-18 lead to the halftime break. Wilton regained the lead in the second half. It started in the third quarter, by outscoring North Cedar 14 to 10 in the quarter to draw to within two points. Wiltons rally lasted into the fourth quarter where the Beavers scored 19 points to the Knights 13 to seal the four-point win. Grace Austin scored a team high 22 points and Olivia Reifert put up 11 points and 7 rebounds. Jenna Brammeier scored 9 points and had a team high 8 rebounds. The Beavers held a 33 to 28 rebounding advantage over the Knights. Alison Malaby scored 18 and Allison Jensen 14 in the win. Jensen recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds. Malaby had 4 rebounds and a team high 4 assists.
Monday, February 10 at Wilton NORTH CEDAR (47): Emily Flockhart (g) 2-5 1-3 5, Cortlyn Kasik (g) 1-4 0-0 2, Jordan Bendixen (f) 1-3 0-0 2, Alison Malaby (g) 8-18 0-0 18, Allison Jensen (f) 5-12 4-4 14, Emily Hay 0-1 0-0 0, Meranda Thimmes 3-9 0-0 6, Steph Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 20-52 5-7 47. WILTON (51): Olivia Reifert (f) 5-11 1-1 11, Hannah Christensen (g) 0-1 0-0 0, Jenna Brammeier 2-8 5-7 9, Grace Austin (g) 4-24 10-12 22, Sam Kokjohn (g) 2-10 1-2 5, Falloyn Grunder 0-2 0-2 0, Regan Scarboro 1-1 0-0 2, Megan Kublik 1-4 0-0 2, Caitlin Bisbey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 15-61 1724 51. 3-Pt. FG: North Cedar 2-8 (Malaby 2-8), Wilton 4-14 (Austin 4-11, Kokjohn 0-2, Grunder 0-1). Rebounds: North Cedar 28 (Jensen 10, Malaby 5, Bendixen 4, Thimmes 3, Kasik 2, Flockhart 2, Jones 2), Wilton 33 (Brammeier 8, Reifert 7, Kokjohn 7, Kublik 6, Scarboro 2, Austin 2, Christensen 1). Assists: North Cedar 9 (Malaby 4, Bendixen 2, Jensen 2, Hay 1), Wilton 7 (Kokjohn 4, Austin 1, Brammeier 1, Christensen 1). Steals: North Cedar 5 (Malaby 2, Jensen 1, Kasik 1, Flockhart 1), Wilton 13 (Reifert 3, Austin 3, Kublik 2, Kokjohn 2, Brammeier 1, Scarboro 1, Christensen 1). Blocked Shots: North Cedar 8 (Jones 2, Jensen 2, Bendixen 2, Flockhart 1, Malaby 1), Wilton 2 (Brammeier 1, Reifert 1). Total Fouls: North Cedar 19, Wilton 13. Fouled Out: North Cedar Malaby. Wilton none.

Tiptons Eric Lenz finished as the runner-up at the 106-pound weight class at last weeks district meet in Marion. For his efforts, Lenz will join teammate Jordan Challis at this weeks state meet in Des Moines. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

8 To State! Beavers Have Three District Champs

WILTON The Wilton district qualfying wrestlers gave the home fans something to cheer about last Saturday at one of the eight class 1A district meets held across the state. There, eight of the nine sectional qualifiers advanced to the state meet this week in Des Moines. Wilton finished with three district champions and five district runners-up. Only Alburnett has more individual qualifiers for the state meet (10). Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont has seven individual qualifiers. Winning district titles were Brady Ruden at 126, Koy Snider at 170 and Logan Reddick at 220. Ruden is top-ranked in class 1A at 126 and will enter the state meet with a gaudy 47-1 record. Ruden pinned Chase McLaughlin in the semifinals and won a 5-2 decision over Carter Carew of West Branch in the finals. Snider, ranked 4th at 170 in 1A, reached state with two major decisions. A 13-4 outcome in the semifinals and a 15-3 outcome in Wilton District To Page 12.