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Contributed photo by MEG HAINES, M PhotographyAs Kenny Chesney sings in his song, “The Boys of Fall,” it’s that time of year to kick off the season, and “You mess with one man you got us all” is an appropriate verse for the 18-member senior class on the Creston/Orient-Macksburg team. Shown from left are seniors Tayler Pettit (57), Jordan Thompson (75), Bryce Briley (82), Chad Lamb (51), Jake MIller (58), Alex Nielsen (7), McClain Haines (15), Sam Hartsock (4), Conner Pals (2), Tyson Tucker (3), Cory Rathe (59), Connor Kinkace (31), Alex Tamerius (40), Christian Groumoutis (5), Jake Gutschenritter (65) and a jersey representing the late Dalton Hribal (71). Not pictured, Spencer Wray and manager Tanner Webb.

Panthers bring experience to new district lineup Dallas Center-Grimes, Winterset join new District 8

By LARRY PETERSONCNA sports writer • [email protected]

Two years ago, Creston/O-M had to re-place the likes of then-Iowa State recruit Collin Bevins, now a starting defensive line-man at Northwest Missouri State.

Last year, the Panthers had to fill the shoes of playmaker Luke Neitzel, Briar Ev-ans and all-state lineman Keaton Hulett, also at Northwest Missouri State as a de-fensive line candidate. Evans, sidelined by a knee injury, is at Morningside College along with former Panther Alan Smith.

So, with the Panthers having to replace 2013 stars such as all-state linebacker Trevor Frain, all-state center Nate Haley, 1,000-yard rusher Adam Baker, quarter-back Brandon Phipps, receiver Maxx Wal-ters and linebackers Gavin Leith and Levi Eblen, head coach Brian Morrison finds himself in familiar territory this fall.

“When you look at it, we lost all of our (offensive) numbers,” Morrison said. “But to stay a quality program, new people have to step up. Harlan loses those numbers every year, but they replace them with kids in their system and they perform.”

Morrison and the rest of the Panther coaching staff have strong numbers to choose from. In fact, in Morrison’s fifth year at the helm, this is his largest squad with 70 total players, including 49 in grades 10-12.

“That’s the highest number we’ve had,” Morrison said. “We have 18 seniors. On

paper we do return quite a bit on defense, but we lose some key players like everybody does. Three of our first four games are non-district. So, we should be full-bore by the time we hit the district schedule.”

With Lewis Central moving up to Class 4A, at least one change in the team’s district was assured for 2014 and 2015. Perry is also relocated.

New teams are Dallas Center-Grimes and Winterset, both of which had been non-dis-trict opponents in past years. DC-G was a district champion and second-round playoff team last year.

The district is now known as District 8. Glenwood, ADM, Harlan and Atlantic re-main as district opponents. Clarinda and Greene County (Jefferson) are the other non-district foes after the Panthers host Norwalk in Friday’s season-opener.

“When you look throughout the state, I don’t think you can find a stronger 3A dis-trict except maybe the one that has (2013 4A runner-up) Cedar Rapids Xavier and Solon, and about four other teams compet-ing for playoff spots. Our district has always been like that, with multiple teams contend-ing and one game maybe swinging you from fourth place to first place.”

That was the situation last year, when the Panthers ended up 3-3 in district play and were seeded fourth, forced to travel to state champion Sioux City Bishop Heelan in the first round.

This year, Harlan, Dallas Center-Grimes and Creston/O-M are considered key play-off contenders, but Winterset returns most of its key players and ADM could be strong again. Glenwood, likewise, under Green-field native Cory Faust as head coach, seems to be a program moving forward.

It will be a scramble again for one of the four coveted playoff spots, and Morrison hopes this edition of the Panthers can break new ground.

The team has made the playoffs three straight years, but has gone 0-3 in those first-round games, including two to state runner-up and state champion Heelan in successive years.

There are 31 returning lettermen, which lends to good depth at several positions.Offense

Senior Alex Nielsen, a starting safety last year with four intercep-tions, succeeds Phipps at quarterback this year and will rarely see any defensive duty. Morrison said Nielsen has been a quick study in some of the new offensive wrinkles brought in by assistant Ryan McKim, this year’s offensive coordinator.

McKim was a special teams quality con-trol coach at Oklahoma University last year. He has rejoined the program he left two years ago to become a graduate assistant coach for Paul Rhoads at Iowa State.

“The biggest change is the organization part in how we practice and organize our-selves,” Morrison said. “We’ve simplified our terminology. We have the same plays as the last four years, just with some variations off those mainstays.

“Alex Nielsen had done an outstanding job in the offseason and this summer,” Mor-rison said. “There won’t be a lot of teams that know about him playing quarterback, because he only played a couple of JV games since he was starting for us on de-

fense. I think he will be a surprise for a lot of people in our district.”

With junior Josh Reed not out this year after suffering a neck injury last year and ag-gravating that ailment in camp this summer, Nielsen’s backups are senior receiver Mc-Clain Haines and sophomore Seth Thomp-son.

“Haines has picked it up and is running the offense efficiently,” Morrison said.

Last year Baker rushed for 1,159 yards, second only to Harlan’s Nate Gettys in the district, and his primary blocker out of the backfield was Frain. Both are gone this year.

But guard Seth Maitlen, a running back in middle school, moves to Frain’s spot in the backfield, and there’s a stable of candidates to succeed Baker as a primary ball-carrier.

Among them are senior Conner Pals, one of the state’s outstanding placekickers, sophomore Chase Shiltz and senior Alex Tamerius, who missed last season with a reoccurring knee injury. Morrison said Tamerius is healthy now and ready to step into the starting line-backer spot he held as a sophomore.

“Alex is 100 percent and he’s excited,” Morrison said. “This year we have more depth at running back than we’ve had since I’ve been here.”

Likewise, wide receiver is a strong posi-tion for Creston/O-M, even with the loss of Walters and Jesse Rathe.

Seniors Christian Groumoutis, Haines,

2014 HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS GUIDE

READER’S GUIDEThe 2014 High School Fall Sports Guide provides an outlook of all our area schools’ athletic teams. Inside the cover are team photos, season schedules and team capsules, plus previews of each area foot-ball team. The index of teams is as follows:

Creston: pages 1-3Orient-Macksburg: page 4

Mount Ayr: page 5Southwest Valley: pages 6-7

Nodaway Valley: page 8Lenox: page 9

East Union: page 10Murray: page 11

Diagonal: page 12

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In normal circumstances, this would be a season of su-preme optimism for Creston volleyball.

All of the varsity talent from last year’s 13-14 team returns. Combined, the se-nior and junior classes offer the deepest reservoir of talent the school has seen in several years. Fifteen players return as letterwinners from 2013.

However, that seems to be the case nearly across the board in the loaded Hawk-eye 10 Conference, starting with defending Class 4A state champion Harlan and 3A runner-up Carroll Kuemper Catholic. St. Albert and Red Oak also qualified for state last year.

A total of 21 of the 32 play-ers recognized for all-confer-ence recognition last year re-turn to the court in 2014.Top teams

Harlan lost only one back-row player from its title march, and returns Iowa State recruit Jess Schaben. The con-ference’s second-best team of 2013, Lewis Central, has seven letterwinners includ-ing top hitters Abby Bergsten and Reghan Coyle. Last year, LC ousted Creston after the Panthers picked up a regional victory over Glenwood. Har-lan then sidelined the Titans.

Kuemper had significant graduation losses, but returns top hitter Claire Ludwig and one of Class 3A’s top setters in Morgan Naberhaus. St. Al-bert lost all-around star Kylie Ferguson, but returns South Dakota State commit and set-ter Matti Munger.

Red Oak still has the three-headed hitting monster of Kate Walker, Grace Blom-stedt and Angela Mahoney. Glenwood returns all but one varsity player, and Shenan-doah features key seniors Sydney Nielsen and Serena Parker. Nielsen is headed to Grand View University to play next year.

The list of stellar returning

players goes on and on in the Hawkeye 10 Conference. So, improving on a 13-14 record and 2-8 in Hawkeye 10 play is a tall order for the veteran Panthers this fall.

“What that tells you is that we just have to improve more than the other teams,” said third-year Creston coach Polly Luther. “We want to be better than last year and finish higher in the confer-ence. I told each of the girls, you are the one that has to i m p r o v e your game and come out to play every single night. They will have to work as hard in practice every night as on game night, to make that hap-pen.”

Beating Glenwood in re-gional play last year and be-ing on the verge of pulling out two games in the semifinal loss to a talented Lewis Cen-tral team convinced Luther that she has the talent on hand to make a strong post-season run. (Getting assigned to a separate regional than state champion Harlan would also be helpful.)

“We have the capabilities of competing for a chance to go to state,” Luther said. “We have to mentally prepare our-selves for that sort of thing. The girls are buckling down in practice. They’re fierce competitors, and it’s a group that challenges each other in practice.”Senior setter

The Panthers have an expe-rienced setter making the of-fense go in senior Hanna Lu-ther, who is recover-ing from back injury problems that lim-ited her during the s u m m e r . Coach Lu-ther said she is playing at 100

percent now as the team pre-pares for the Sept. 2 opener at Norwalk.

“Our setter and hitters have confidence in trying some new things,” Luther said. “When you don’t give (opponents) enough time to set up on the other side, it makes a world of difference.”

Senior Natalie Mostek, n a m e d to the all-conference s e c o n d team last year, is the p r i m a r y threat for the Pan-thers as a middle hit-ter. She was the clear team leader last year with 189 kills and 118 total blocks, including 103 solo. She also tied for the team lead with 20 ace serves while serving at 93.5 percent.

“You can’t say enough about Natalie,” Luther said. “She’s one of the best players in the conference, if not the state. She’s effective at every-thing.”

A much-improved Jenna Taylor and Angela Sorensen, both juniors, are also work-ing at middle hitter. Taylor is a candidate at right side

hitter as well and is showing the ability to work various op-tions off sets from Luther.

The left side hitter position is equally deep. Luther can choose from junior Sydney Dunphy, who came on strong last season, along with seniors Marie Hood and Nicole Hal-ey. Senior Ashley Harris, one of the team’s top blockers, joins Taylor as a candidate on the right side.

Creston’s hitting depth is indicated in the kill lead-ers from last year — Mostek 189, Sorensen 100, Haley 100, Dunphy 95, Taylor 90 and Harris 30.Defensive depth

The defense also carries experience in seniors Hay-lee LaMasters and Brenna Baker along with juniors Jami Sickels, Alli Thomsen, Alyssa Higgins, Ashley Barg-stadt and Gracie Russell, who serves as a backup setter as well.

Sickels is opening as the top libero.

“Jami has quickness to get to balls some others can’t get to,” Luther said. “Alli and Brenna are still working on their mobility from knee inju-ries, but they have improved a lot and are working very hard. Alyssa is doing a really good

job and Haylee is one of our mainstays back there. She’s strong out there. It’s a nice group.”

Last year LaMasters was one of the top servers in the conference, missing only three of 259 attempts (98.8 percent) with six aces. Luther served 98.1 percent and tied Mostek for a team-high 20 aces. Dunphy served 15 aces while hitting at an 88.3 clip. Baker, likewise, is a strong

server at 92.4 percent and 10 aces.

Luther dominated the set-ting at 526 assists, but Taylor proved to be capable when needed with 18 assists. So-rensen had 57 blocks.

One unfortunate aspect of this optimistic season is hav-ing only four home matches — Sept. 4 vs. Clarinda, Sept. 18 vs. Denison-Schleswig, Oct. 7 vs. Shenandoah and Oct. 14 vs. Harlan.

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CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Creston/O-M football team are, from left in front, Matthew Hoffman, Cory Rathe, Sam Hartsock, Keaton Eslinger, Trevor Marlin, Spencer Wray, Tyler Peters, Michael Stults, Conner Pals and Alex Tamerius. Second row, Seth Thompson, Travontay Wright, Will Gordon, Bryce Briley, Chase Shiltz, Cameron Leith, Joey Huntington, Jackson Mikkelsen, Chris Foster and manager Tanner Webb. Third row, Devon Petersen, coach Jon Thomson, coach Darrell Frain, coach Chad Briley, coach Ryan McKim, head coach Brian Morrison, coach Steve Birchard, coach Kevin Cooper, coach Casey Tanner, coach Todd Jacobson, coach Steve Wilson and Cody Crawford. Fourth row, Jake Gutschenritter, Connor Kinkade, Ryan Brown, McClain Haines, Kyle Wynn, Dawson Smith, Brody Frain, Gavin Woods and Nick Perry. Fifth row, Kadon Hulett, Colton Bolinger, Christian Groumoutis, Jake Miller, Zach Smith, Kyle Fenton, Chad Lamb and Kole Lovely. Sixth row, Tom Steinbach, Curtis Palmer, Jordan Thompson, Ian Burns, Tayler Pettit, Alex Nielsen, Seth Maitlen, Cody Tanner and Brandon Jones. Not pictured, Kadon Wilson, Tyson Tucker, Steven Stow and Quinton Scadden.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Creston volleyball team are, from front left, Jami Sickels, Alyssa Higgins, Hanna Luther, Alli Thomsen, Haylee LaMasters, Brenna Baker, Gracie Russell and Ashley Bargstadt. Back row, assistant coach Jessie McClellan, Nicole Haley, Marie Hood, Sydney Dunphy, Angela Sorensen, Jenna Taylor, Natalie Mostek, Ashley Harris and head coach Polly Luther.

Creston/O-M football

(Varsity schedule)Aug. 29 — vs. Nor-

walk, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 5 — at Clarinda,

7 p.m.Sept. 12 — vs. Winter-

set, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 19 — at Greene

County (Jefferson), 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 — at Glen-wood, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 3 — vs. Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, 7:30 p.m. (homecoming)

Oct. 10 — at Harlan, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 17 — vs. Dal-las Center-Grimes, 7:30 p.m. (senior night)

Oct. 24 — at Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

Schedule

Creston, like rest of H-10, rich in returning volleyball talent

Sept. 2 — at Norwalk, 7:15 p.m.

Sept. 4 — vs. Clarinda, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 9 — at Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 13 — at Fillie Invi-tational, Shenandoah, 8:30 a.m.

Sept. 16 — at Coiuncil Bluffs St. Albert, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 18 — vs. Denison-Schleswig, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 20 — at Red Oak tournament, 9 a.m.

Sept. 23 — at Carroll

Kuemper Catholic, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 — at Lewis Cen-tral, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 7 — vs. Shenando-ah, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 9 — at Glenwood, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 14 — vs. Harlan, 7:30 p.m. (senior night)

Oct. 18 — at Winterset tournament, 9 a.m.

Oct. 21 — at Red Oak, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 27 — Class 4A re-gional, TBA

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State experience has Creston cross country hungry in 2014 By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

After the Creston boys cross country team quali-fied for the state meet for the first time in 25 years last season, the Panthers are ready to earn a repeat trip to Fort Dodge.

In addition to the team qualifying, both Cooper McDermott and Jay Wolfe qualified as individuals, while Ben Irr missed quali-fying as an individual by one spot as a freshman.

On the girls side, Maria Mostek became the first female three-time state qualifier in school history.

“We’ve had a tradition of individuals qualifying,” head coach Pat Schlapia, e n t e r i n g his 23rd s e a s o n as head coach of the Pan-t h e r s , s a i d . “ L a s t year we had two boys and one girl qualify as individuals. With the boys qualifying, that was the first time in 25 years the boys have qualified. We don’t want it taking another 25 years for that.”Looking ahead

Even with the success-ful 2013 campaign for the Panthers, this year’s theme is about looking ahead, as the Panthers will live by the mantra “don’t look back.”

“When you look back, that’s a sign of weakness,” Schlapia said. “Last season was one of those seasons for the ages. It was a fan-tastic season for both the boys and girls. Thing is, that was 2013. This is 2014 now. We don’t look back, we look ahead.”

With four boys returning from last year’s state meet team, including the top three, the Panthers have a solid foundation for build-ing a team that can com-pete for a return trip.

The Creston boys enter the season ranked 14th in Class 3A.

McDermott broke the school re-cord for v i c t o r i e s in a season last year with six, including w i n n i n g the Hawk-eye 10 Conference Meet. Wolfe, fresh off a state champion-

sip in the 800 me-ters dur-ing track s e a s o n , has run right with M c D e r -mott in preseason practices.

Irr, now a sopho-m o r e , gives the Panthers a solid 1 - 2 - 3 punch.

“ W h e n you can have your top three place-winners at the end of the season returning, you’re starting off well,” Schlapia said. “Practice wise, those three have taken it up a notch. Ben is trying to stay right with them as long as he can.”

The fourth returning member of last year’s state meet team is senior Brant Hudson, who leads a large contingent of ath-letes competing to fill out the remainder of the seven varsity spots.

Sophomore Isaiah Fos-ter ran varsity for much of last year before a hip in-jury late in the season set him back.

Also competing for var-sity positions, based on Thursday’s Creston Ac-tivities Night race, will be sophomore Isaac Wignall, junior Nick Walsh, seniors Kyle Jennett and Tyler Helm and freshman Cody Wagner.

“The stopwatch is going to determine who is varsity and who is JV,” Schlapia said. “It’s up to the boys to determine who is going to be our top seven. We’ve stressed to them it’s there for any of them. It doesn’t matter what grade they’re in. The making of a strong varsity is determined by having a strong JV pushing them.”Girls

On the girls side, se-nior Maria Mostek is the u n q u e s -t i o n e d l e a d e r after hav-ing put t o g e t h e r one of the best c a r e e r s in Cres-ton cross country history to this point.

“What more can you say about a three-time state

qualifier coming back?” Schlapia said. “She’s taken it to a whole another level again. She’s been a strong, determined runner these first three years. She’s come in with a very good base off the summer.”

Behind Mostek is a crowd of runners compet-ing for the remaining var-sity spots. Much like the boys team, it’s a situation that Schlapia sees as be-ing fluid throughout the course of the season.

In total, there are 12 re-turning letterwinners from last year’s girls team.

“After Maria, it’s been a real dogfight,” Schlapia said. “The two that have really stood out so far have been a couple of juniors in Jessica Beatty and Madi-son Hance. After that, it’s a been a pretty close pack.”

Other runners who are

in the varsity mix include seniors Raegen Smith, Sa-vannah Hartman, Jenna Hayes and Maddie Skarda, along with sophomores Madison Callahan and Ra-chel Shepherd.

“With 25 girls out, this is probably one of the deepest teams we’ve had,” Schlapia said. “We want to close our gaps and just like we said with the boys, there’s varsity spots to be had by any of them.”

Another runner who could compete for varsity time is sophomore Lexie Little, out for the first time after having a successful freshman track campaign.

Little had her tonsils re-moved earlier this month, and has not been cleared for activity yet.

“I think she’s going to be right in there,” Schlapia said. “She had an outstand-ing track season in the

spring. When she’s cleared to participate, I could see her being right there in the top seven, also.”

The Panthers open the season Tuesday at Dallas Center-Grimes in a grade-level meet. The Winter-set meet on Sept. 9 is also grade-level, and how the Panthers finish in that meet will determine the

varsity and JV teams for the Greene County meet on Sept. 11.

“With the 43 out, what’s exciting is to see right now where we’re at and then to see where we are at the end of the season,” Schla-pia said. “It will be excit-ing to see how the season plays out.”

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the 2014 Creston boys cross country team are front row, from left: Kendrick Davis, Isaiah Foster, Tyler Helm, Cody Wagner, Ben Irr, Patrick Normandeau, Travis Purdy, Isaac Wignall and Cade Vicker. Back row, from left: Assistant coach Gary O’Daniels, Dylan Linch, Elijah Johnson, Brant Hudson, Kyle Jennett, Jay Wolfe, Nick Walsh, Cooper McDermott, Trey Gift and head coach Pat Schlapia. Not pictured: Nathan Cox.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the 2014 Creston girls cross country team are front row, from left: Maria Mostek, Savannah Hartman, Raegen Smith, Maddie Skarda and Jenna Hayes. Second row, from left: Amber Castillo, Micah McCutchan, Madison Hance, Jessica Beatty, Caitlin McIlravy, Sydney Suiter and Ann Waigand. Third row: Maya Struhar, Angela Drey, Cora Green, Madison Callahan, Lexie Little and Rachel Shepherd. Back row, from left: Assistant coach Gary O’Daniels, head coach Pat Schlapia, Jordan Moreland, Sophia Groumoutis, Danielle Castillo, Caitlin Clayton, Alyssa Trembly and manager Kayla Luther. Not pictured: Abbie Cook.

Sept. 2 — at Dallas Center-Grimes, 5 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Winterset, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 11 — at Greene County, 5 p.m.Sept. 15 — at Ballard, 5 p.m.Sept. 23 — Creston Invitational (Senior night), 4 p.m.Sept. 29 — at Orient-Macksburg, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 2 — at Perry, 4:15 p.m.Oct. 6 — at Nodaway Valley, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 9 — at Atlantic, 4 p.m.Oct. 16 — Hawkeye 10 Conference Meet (Lewis Cen-

tral), 4 p.m.Oct. 23 — at State Qualifying Meet, 4 p.m.Nov. 1 — at State Meet

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Sam Hartsock, Bryce Briley and Tyson Tucker are all in the mix at wideout. The Panthers won’t always em-ploy a tight end, depending on the opponent’s defensive scheme, but Maitlen can slide to that role as needed.

Sophomore Cody Tanner steps in at center for the de-parted Haley. Tayler Pettit returns at one of the guard positions. Kadon Hulett, a 6-3, 215-pound sophomore, is working at guard. Anoth-er veteran is Cory Rathe, a senior who was one of the defensive line leaders last year, but he won’t return until “anywhere from week two to week four” after a

foot injury, Morrison said. Freshman Trevor Downing could also back up on one of the guard spots.

Seniors Jake Gutschen-ritter and J o r d a n Thompson return at tackle. Se-nior Jake Miller is a n o t h e r tackle, and 315-pound junior Ryan Brown will be eligible to play in game five at Glenwood.Defense

The defensive line has a lot of experience returning.

Morrison can choose

from returnees Pettit and Thompson and Hulett, as well as improved senior Chad Lamb.

In the interior, quick junior Joey Huntington could be effective against some teams, Morrison said, while Gutschenritter and 315-pound junior Curtis Palmer provide more size. Thompson can play inside and at end, defensively. And, by midseason Rathe will be established at a spot where he collected 67 tack-les last year, including 11 for losses.

It’s next to impossible to replace the all-stater Frain at inside linebacker, but Morrison said he has two of

the district’s best in Maitlen and Tamerius.

“Maitlen played for us last year, and I consider Tamerius a returning starter for us because he did a great job as a sophomore,” Mor-rison said. “We’re just fine with those two. They flat out play hard.”

Cameron Leith is an in-side linebacker, as well. Shiltz, sophomore Colton Bolinger and senior Spen-cer Wray, not available un-til week five, are all outside linebacker candidates.

The secondary has expe-rience even with the depar-ture of Walters, Rathe and the switching of Nielsen to offense. Pals gained all-dis-

trict recognition at corner-back. Tucker, Hartsock and senior Connor Kinkade are others at that position.

Haines and Briley are the primary safeties.

“We’re not very big at corner, but really we never have been,” Morrison said. “We just have to be sure to do a good job of blanket over the top against the re-ally good wideouts.”Staff

McKim’s addition, fund-ed through the football ac-count’s fundraisers that also cover team meals and equipment expenses, is the only change to the coaching staff. In addition to serving as offensive coordinator, he

works with wide receivers.Morrison is the team’s

defensive coordinator and works with linebackers and offensive line. Darrell Frain works with quarterbacks, defensive backs and works closely with McKim in of-fensive game planning.

Chad Briley is a coach for wide receivers and defen-sive backs. Steve Birchard coaches outside linebackers and running backs. Casey Tanner is a coach for both offensive and defensive lines. Kevin Cooper has de-fensive line duties and the tight ends.

Freshman coach is Jon Thomson, assisted by Todd Jacobson.

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Orient-Macksburg volleyball

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Orient-Macksburg cross country team are, from left in front, Jesse Johnson, Seth White and Morgan Spurrier. Back row, head coach Drew Dornack, Cameron Walker, Owen Hensley, Keaton Wambold and assistant coach Linda Caviness.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Orient-Macksburg volleyball team are, from left in front, Shyla Waldhauser, Courtney Neal, Shannon Eads and Jazzmyn Casteel. Back row, assistant coach Samantha Thompson, Jensen Carson, Rylee Woosley, Amber Rinke, Brooklyn Sammons, Ashlyn Kralik and head coach Katie Geidel.

ORIENT-MACKSBURG CROSS COUNTRYCoach: Drew Dornack, seven years.Seniors lost: Wyatt Hensley.Returning letterwinners: Jesse Johnson, Jr.; Morgan

Spurrier, Jr.; Owen Hensley, So.; Cameron Walker, So.; Keaton Wambold, So.

New prospects: Seth White, Sr.Team outlook: “We are looking to improve every

day and see how everything plays out,” Dornack said.

Sept. 9 — at Winterset, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 15 — at Ballard, 4:15 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Panorama, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 23 — at Creston, 4 p.m.Sept. 25 — at Audubon, 4 p.m.Sept. 29 — Orient-Macksburg Invite, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 2 — at Perry, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 6 — at Nodaway Valley, 5 p.m.Oct. 14 — at Adair-Casey, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 16 — at Mount Ayr, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 23 — at State Qualifying Meet, 4 p.m.Nov. 1 — at State Meet

O-M cross country schedule

ORIENT-MACKSBURG VOLLEYBALLCoach: Katie Geidel, first year; assisted by Samantha

Thompson.Last year: 4-20 overall, 1-5 in Bluegrass Conference.Seniors lost: Harper Spurrier, Rusti Anglin, Lexie

Dunmire.Returning letterwinners: Shannon Eads, Sr.; Court-

ney Neal, Sr.; Shyla Waldhauser, Jr.; Amber Rinke, Jr.; Jazzmyn Casteel, Jr.

New prospects: Brooklyn Sammons, Fr.; Rylee Woo-sley, Fr.; Jensen Carson, Fr.; Pheonix White, Fr.; Ash-lyn Kralik, Fr.

Conference prediction: “Grandview Christian or Murray are the favorites in the conference,” Geidel said. “We’re hoping to be competitive with teams in the middle of the pack. Half of our athletes are freshmen. I’m excited to get them a lot of experience and playing time at the varsity and junior varsity level.”

Sept. 4 — at DiagonalSept. 8 — at Paton-Chur-

dan (Paton)Sept. 9 — at Iowa Chris-

tian AcademySept. 11 — vs. Ankeny

Christian AcademySept. 18 — vs. MurraySept. 23 — vs. Melcher-

DallasSept. 25 — at Lamoni

Sept. 30 — vs. Diagonal at Twin Cedars, Bussy

Oct. 2 — vs. Mormon Trail

Oct. 6 — vs. DiagonalOct. 9 — at LenoxOct. 11 — at CAM tour-

namentOct. 18 — Home JV tour-

nament

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Raiders full of playmakers

By SCOTT VICKERCNA sports editor • [email protected]

MOUNT AYR — There’s a changing of the guard for the Raider football team this season, as junior Jacob Taylor takes over for Jacob Sobotka as starting quar-terback.

But Taylor and the Mount Ayr coaches, Delwyn Showalter and Derek Lambert, are confident it will be a successful transition, coming off an 8-3 season in 2013.

“Certainly any time you replace a three-year starter, that’s going to be a little different situation,” Showalter said. “Every player brings something different to the table. Every time he’s (Taylor) come into the game for us the past couple of years, he’s done a great job for us. He has a lot of confi-dence. He’s a competitor. I think he feels very comfortable with his role.”Playmakers

Helping Taylor will be a whole

cast of players who can be dif-ference makers for the Raiders, ranked 10th in the Des Moines Register’s preseason Class A poll.

Showalter noted that while in past years opposing teams keyed in on Sobotka, this year will be dif-ferent.

“One of the things that will be a strength for us is we’ve got a number of good players,” Show-alter said. “I’m not sure you’d be able to circle one name on the program and say that’s the guy you have to stop.”

Riley Weehler and Caleb Schnoor proved to be capable full-backs last year and both return this year. Kyle Dolecheck is a player who will move around on the field and provide a versatile threat for the Raiders. Lincoln Martin re-turns after injuring his knee at the

end of the regular season a year ago.“We’ve got some good speed

coming back,” Showalter said. “Obviously, a number of those kids involved in that state track cham-pionship have graduated, but Kyle Dolecheck and Grant Staats, those are two guys that were pretty central to what we did in track. They both have great speed and we’re going to look to use them as much as we can, probably in a variety of ways.”Defense

One of the biggest strengths for Mount Ayr this year will be its front seven on the defensive side.

The Raiders allowed just three rushing touchdowns all of last sea-son, two of which came in a playoff loss to Van Meter.

Senior Joe Ricker, twice a first-team all-stater on the defensive line, returns as the leader of that group. Jed McCreary provides another monster to block on the defensive front.

How teams block those two will open up opportunities for a deep linebackers group, led by Weehler

and Schnoor. Staats, Logan Stark, Rhett Murphy and Nick Wurster could find themselves playing at linebacker, as well.

Three starters return in the secondary for Mount Ayr, but all three will play vital roles on of-fense. Beyond those three, depth is a concern in the defensive back-field.

“Jacob Taylor, Kyle Dolecheck and Lincoln Martin all started last year at least at one time or anoth-er,” Showalter said. “Those guys are pretty solid for us. They have some good experience. Again, depth in the secondary will be a

little bit of an issue for us. That’s something we’ll have to develop in the early part of the year.”District outlook

Moving to Class A, Mount Ayr has not faced many of its district opponents in a long time.

The Raiders are familiar with Nodaway Valley, having played each other the last several years in Class 1A, but beyond that, the district is an unknown.

Showalter said he expects Earl-ham to be a contender, along with Nodaway Valley and the Raiders in that mix, as well.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Mount Ayr cross country team are front row, from left: Adrian Richards, Ica Hague, Neesie Brand, MaiLynn Taylor and Christiana Overholtzer. Middle row, from left: Manager Addy Flammang, Chania Vos, Megan Warin and Mariah Restauro. Back row, from left: Will Hunt, Will Young, head coach Debbie Larsen, Heath Andresen and Logan Eaton.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Mount Ayr volleyball team are front row, from left: Alex Booth, Hannah Glendenning, Baylee Arends, Macy Larsen, Kirsten Young, Caylie Hickman, Maddie Mobley and Taylor Wilson. Middle row, from left: Hallie Still, Laura Davison, Ashton Quick, Blair Glendenning, Cheyenne Haveman, Brylea Stark, Alyssa Johnson, Kirsten Dolecheck and Dani Krauth. Back row, from left: Kelcie Shields, Tessa Shields, Sadie Frost, Allie Shields, head coach Tori Braby, assistant coach John Larsen, Bailey Anderson, Abbey Schafer, Sara Winemiller and Shelbie Greene. Not pictured: Katie Sickles.

Showalter

Mount Ayr cross country Mount Ayr volleyball

Aug. 29 — at Albia, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 5 — at Shenandoah, 7

p.m.Sept. 12 — vs. Clarinda Acad-

emy, 7 p.m.Sept. 19 — vs. Martensdale-St.

Marys, 7 p.m.Sept. 26 — at Nodaway Valley

(Battle for the Rock III), 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 — vs. Bedford (Home-coming, Hall of Fame Game), 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 — at Earlham, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 — vs. Pleasantville, 7

p.m.Oct. 24 — vs. Southeast War-

ren (Senior night), 7 p.m.

Schedule

MOUNT AYR VOLLEYBALLCoach: Tori Braby, second year; assisted by John Lars-

en.Last year: 5-22 overall, 11th place in Pride of Iowa Con-

ference.Seniors lost: Paige Daughton, Brook Rychnovsky, Leah

Klejch.Returning letterwinners: Shelbie Greene, Sr., setter;

Allie Shields, Sr., outside hitter; Hannah Glendenning, Sr., defensive specialist; Blair Glendenning, So., outside hitter/defensive specialist; Macy Larsen, So., setter; Tessa Shields, So., middle hitter; Sadie Frost, So., middle hitter; Kelcie Shields, So., outside hitter.

New prospects: Alyssa Johnson, Fr., setter/defensive specialist.

Conference prediction: “Southwest Valley and Mar-tensdale are always very good competitors,” Braby said, “but I see us riding in the top of the pack this year.”

Aug. 28 — at Bedford Triangular, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 2 — vs. Southeast Warren, 6 p.m.

Sept. 9 — vs. Southwest Valley, 6 p.m.

Sept. 11 — at Wayne, 6 p.m.

Sept. 15 — at Pleasant-ville Triangular, 5 p.m.

Sept. 18 — at Des Moines Christian Tourna-ment, 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 20 — at East Union Tournament, 9 a.m.

Sept. 23 — at Lenox, 6

p.m.Sept. 27 — at Bedford

Tournament, TBASept. 30 — vs. Nodaway

Valley, 6 p.m.Oct. 6 — vs. Murray, 6

p.m.Oct. 7 — at East Union,

6 p.m.Oct. 9 — at Clarinda

Quad, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 13 — Pride of Iowa

Conference TournamentOct. 14 — Pride of Iowa

Conference Tournament

Volleyball schedule

Sept. 4 — at Wayne, 5 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Winterset, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Panorama, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 23 — at Creston, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 29 — at Orient-Macksburg, 5 p.m.Sept. 30 — at Clarke, 5 p.m.

Oct. 6 — at Nodaway Valley, 5 p.m.Oct. 14 — Pride of Iowa Conference Meet (Graceland

University), 5 p.m.Oct. 16 — Ron Landphair Invitational, 5 p.m.Oct. 23 — at State Qualifying Meet, 4 p.m.Nov. 1 — at State Meet

Cross country schedule

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Mount Ayr football team are front row, from left: Mitchell Jennett, Gavin Dine, Brayden Swank, Brevin Deskin, Jordan Roberts, Eian Adams, Lucas Wurster, Jon Young, Ben Saville and Kole Paxson. Second row, from left: Marcus Daughton, Trevor Anderson, Zach Murphy, Cauy Bickel, Russell Holmes, Brad Phelps, Devin Russo, Logan Stark and Mason Smith. Third row, from left: Ethan McGill, assistant coach Daniel Leonard, assistant coach James Smith, co-head coach Derek Lambert, co-head coach Delwyn Showalter, assis-tant coach Brad Elliott, assistant coach Nathan Weeda, Dylan McAlexander and Kyler Martin. Third row, from left: Grant Staats, Hunter Wilson, Wyatt Jackson, Cal Daughton, Nick Wurster, Clay Wimer, Bradley Wurster, Ty Taylor, Jesse Ruby and Craven Martin. Fourth row, from left: Blake Butler, Tristan Holmes, Mitchell Lutrick, Lew Knapp, Logan Kelley, Cameron Young, Triston Ackley, Caleb Schnoor and Baylee Love. Fifth row, from left: Riley Weehler, Trevor Gooding, Lincoln Lutrick, Kyle Dolecheck, Rhett Murphy, Joe Ricker, Lincoln Martin and Levi Jarred. Sixth row, from left: Jacob Taylor, Justin Wehling, Connor Giles, Tyler Triggs, Jed McCreary, Jake Ricker, Jacob McCreary, Tucker Winemiller and Jonathan Vanbuskirk.

MOUNT AYR CROSS COUNTRYCoach: Debbie Larsen, third year.Last year: Girls finished fifth at Pride of Iowa Confer-

ence Meet, boys finished seventh.Seniors lost: Noah Larsen (Pride of Iowa Conference

champion, state qualifier), Jack Jones (fifth place in POI), Clint Bounds, Naomi Richards (24th place in POI).

Returning letterwinners: Adrian Richards, Sr., (fifth place in POI); Christiana Overholtzer, Sr.; Neesie Brand, Sr.; Megan Warin, So.; Heath Andresen, So.

New prospects: Will Hunt, Fr.; Will Young, Fr.; Lo-gan Eaton, Fr.; MaiLynn Taylor, Fr.; Chania Vos, Fr.; Ica Hauge, Jr.

Conference prediction: “We hope to improve our boys and girls finish in the conference,” Larsen said. “As a coach, I am looking forward to watching this group of runners im-prove. All of them have had a positive outlook on practice.”


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Experienced Timberwolves under new leadership


CORNING — After winning a district championship in Eight-Man last year, the Southwest Val-ley football team bumped up to Class 1A this year and hired a new coach.

Former coach Kent Bass moved to Minnesota and Bob Casa-grande, a former assistant coach at Woodward-Granger and Sioux City Bishop Heelan, was hired to lead the Timberwolves.

“After I left Heelan, I got out of coaching for awhile, until we moved to Corning four years ago and started helping out with the youth program and junior high program,” Casa-grande said. “I got really excited about the talent we have coming up as young ath-letes and wanted to be more in-volved. When this position came up, I de-cided to throw my name in there.”Experience

One advantage for the Timber-wolves this year will be a large se-

nior class. Many of the seniors on the team have valuable playing ex-perience in their careers.

“I was pleasantly surprised when I started looking at the ros-ter and realized we have so many seniors coming back,” Casagrande said. “Several of those guys have stepped up as pretty good senior leaders.”

Gone are the top two runners from last year’s team in Zach Barton and Jordan Stuart, a dual-threat quarterback. But, seniors Tyler Bissell and Gunnar McCuen helped form a four-headed rushing monster for the Timberwolves last year.

Bissell ran for 656 yards and av-eraged 6.0 yards per carry with 13 touchdowns last year, while Mc-Cuen ran for 456 yards and four touchdowns.

“We have to start a freshman quarterback, but with the leader-ship on the field with the rest of the backfield being seniors, I think we’ll be all right,” Casagrande said.

Senior Scott Vanderhoof, along with junior Tony Klocke and freshman Gran Mauer provide re-ceiving threats on the outside.

“Tony has great speed,” Casa-grande said. “He’ll go after the ball and I think he’ll make things

exciting.”Freshman Chance Cobb takes

over for Stuart at quarterback. Despite being a freshman, Casa-grande said he feels confident with Cobb at quarterback, having played that position for him at the junior high level last year.

“He’s got a lot of playing expe-rience as a young athlete,” Casa-grande said. “He’s real familiar with the things we do. He’s a fresh-man, but he doesn’t necessarily play like a freshman. He’s a real student of the game.”

Casagrande his team will look to take advantage of its speed on the outside. The offensive line fea-tures several players who can pull as guards to help the runners get to the outside.Defense

Friday night’s scrimmage at Clarinda showed Casagrande that his defense still needs some work to get to the level he wants it to be at.

But, the defensive line will feature three seniors in Sammy Ritchie, Ryan Carlson and Clint Mullen.

“Sammy Ritchie didn’t get to play last year because of injuries, but he’s a senior coming back,” Casagrande said. “He’s got some pretty good strength. I look for our

front three to get better and better as the year goes on and kind of be out leaders on defense.”

Bissell fills a role at linebacker, but the other linebacker position is up for grabs and will be deter-mined based on this week’s prac-tices.

McCuen and Vanderhoof will play the safety positions, with Gar-rett Seals at one cornerback spot. The other cornerback position is also up for grabs.District outlook

After Corning moved down to Eight-Man two years ago, South-west Valley stayed in Eight-Man last year after the merger between Corning and Villisca.

Now, the Timberwolves are in Class 1A. There’s been a little bit of an adjustment to the 11-man game for the team, especially for

those from Villisca, who have nev-er played 11-man football before.

“It’s a little bit of a different game for them,” Casagrande said. “They may have been a little un-sure of things at first, but football is football. It doesn’t take very long to figure out there’s just a few more guys on the field.”

With the change in classes, and with Casagrande being a new coach, he’s unsure what to expect from the rest of the district.

“Just being brand new to all this and we’ve moved up two classes, I don’t know what to expect,” he said. “I have no idea who is tough in our district and who is not, therefore we are going to treat each game like it’s a playoff game and we’re going to perform up to the best of our ability.”

Aug. 29 — vs. Clarinda Academy, 7 p.m.Sept. 5 — at Bedford, 7 p.m.Sept. 12 — vs. Panorama, 7 p.m.Sept. 19 — at Underwood, 7 p.m.Sept. 26 — vs. Woodward-Granger (Homecoming), 7 p.m.Oct. 3 — at Central Decatur, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 — vs. Van Meter, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 — at Des Moines Christian, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 — vs. Interstate 35 (Senior night), 7 p.m.

Schedule

Casagrande

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Southwest Valley football team are front row, from left: Clint Mullen, Garrett Seals, Sammy Ritchie, Ryan Carlson, Nick Frederick, Tyler Bissell, Gunnar McCuen, Blake Haidsaik, Scott Vanderhoof, Cody Steinbach and Colten Drake. Second row, from left: Tony Klocke, Ralph Morales, Cody McMann, Hunter Pontius, Tyler Means, Colby Cooper, Preston Fleharty, Jared Shires, Grant Mauer and Trenton Drake. Third row, from left: Taylor Kuhn, Brett Schafroth, Chance Cobb, Bryan Camden, Hayden Bayles, Paige Mitchell, Scott Palmer, Tanner Dixon, Chris Herring and Cole Swenson. Back row, from left: Phillip Currin, Brandon Kammerer, Jace Petersen, Spencer Bull, Aaron Armstrong, Andy Seals, Cory Steinbach, Trey Erickson, Jackson Soll and Merick Gaule. Not pictured: Head coach Bob Casagrande.

Preseason football ratings Western Iowa preseason

football rankingsClass 4A/3A — 1. Sioux City Heelan

(14-0); 2. Carroll (8-3); 3. Harlan (10-2); 4. Sioux City East (7-4); 5. Sioux City North (4-6).

Class 2A/1A/A — 1. Logan-Magnolia (5-4); 2. Carroll Kuemper (14-0); 3. C.B. St. Albert (10-1); 4. Clarinda (4-6); 5. IKM-Manning (4-5); 6. AHSTW (Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, Tennant, Walnut) (12-1); 7. Audubon (9-3); 8. OA-BCIG (4-5); 9. Red Oak (3-7); 10. Griswold (4-5).

Eight-Man — 1. Fremont-Mills (7-3); 2. East Mills (8-3); 3. Exira-EHK (12-1);

4. Boyer Valley (7-4); 5. Coon Rapids-Bayard (8-4).

Des Moines Register preseasonfootball rankings

Class 4A — 1. West Des Moines Dowl-ing Catholic (14-0); 2. Waukee (10-2); 3. Cedar Rapids Washington (6-4); 4. West Des Moines Valley (10-3); 5. Bettendorf (10-3); 6. Cedar Falls (7-4); 7. Ames (11-1); 8. Southeast Polk (7-4); 9. Pleasant Valley (11-1); 10. Dubuque Hempstead (4-5).

Class 3A — 1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (12-2); 2. Davenport Assumption (9-2); 3. Pella (11-1); 4. West Delaware (9-2); 5.

Sioux City Bishop Heelan (14-0); 6. Har-lan (10-2); 7. Decorah (11-1); 8. Waver-ly-Shell Rock (7-4); 9. Gilbert (8-4); 10. Washington (12-1).

Class 2A — 1. Clear Lake (12-1); 2. North Fayette Valley (11-2); 3. Spir-it Lake (9-2); 4. Albia (12-1); 5. New Hampton (11-1); 6. Sioux Center (10-3); 7. Hampton-Dumont (10-3); 8. Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (7-4); 9. Cas-cade (8-3); 10. Mediapolis (11-1).

Class 1A — 1. Iowa City Regina (14-0); 2. West Lyon (14-0); 3. South Winneshiek (9-3); 4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond (13-1); 5. Emmetsburg (5-5); 6. St. Ansgar (7-3);

7. West Branch (6-4); 8. HMS (4-6); 9. AHSTW (12-1); 10. IKM-Manning (4-5).

Class A — Maquoketa Valley (11-1); 2. Council Bluffs St. Albert (10-1); 3. Glad-brook-Reinbeck (9-3); 4. Nashua-Plain-field (7-5); 5. AGWSR (9-2); 6. Logan-Magnolia (5-4); 7. Lawton-Bronson (7-4); 8. Lone Tree (6-4); 9. South O’Brien (10-2); 10. Mount Ayr (8-3).

Eight-Man — 1. Fremont-Mills (7-3); 2. Don Bosco 14-0; 3. MMC (10-2); 4. Janes-ville (8-2); 5. Central Elkader (6-5); 6. Exira/EHK (12-1); 7. NW-Kensett (7-4); 8. East Mills (8-3); 9. Melcher-Dallas (5-4); 10. Guthrie Center (4-6).

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SOUTHWEST VALLEY VOLLEYBALLCoach: Lindsay Wetzel, 9th year.Last year: 21-10 overall, Pride of Iowa Conference

Western Division regular season champions, runner-up in conference tournament.

Seniors lost: Mikayla Dolch, Sierra Sleep, Caitlyn Damewood, Sydney Maynes, Kelsie Kinman, MaKayla Gladman, Marissa Drake, Rachel Herzberg and Casa-undra Currin.

Returning letterwinners: Marie Palmer, Sr., middle blocker (61 blocks, 326 kills); Jade Petersen, Sr., middle blocker/outside hitter; Lexi Bronner, Sr., outside hit-ter/middle blocker; Taylor Damewood, setter; Kelsey Means, outside hitter; Kim Hults, libero.

New prospects: Allie Bronner, Janelle Gibler, Nich-ole Bashor, Danica Sunderman, Katie Taylor, Kiara Roberts, Shanna Saunders, Molly Oglesbee, Erin Fle-harty, Jacy Schafer, Shelby Nelson, Miah Hummel, Ky-lie McBride, Abby Fleharty, Kennedy Moore, MaKay-la McMann, Gracie Harlow.

Conference prediction: “Martensdale always seems to have a strong team,” Wetzel said. “I think the west side will be competitive between all six teams. Our goal is to finish first on the west side and ultimately be in and win the championship game during the conference tournament.”

SOUTHWEST VALLEY CROSS COUNTRYCoach: Sandy Winter, 10-plus years; assisted by Andrew Bentz, who ran at Pella

High School and Luther College.Last year: Both boys and girls finished third at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet.Seniors lost: Stephanie Shuler, Christine Shipley, Garrett Newton, William Roberts,

Quintin Wilcoxson, Evan Baldwin.Returning letterwinners: Aunica Harvey, Sr.; Darien Keefe, Sr.; Kendra Top, Jr.;

Chloe Keefe, So.; Diana Berggren, So.; Trevor Sorensen, Sr.; Lane Peterson, Sr.; Trevor Holbrook, Sr.; Mike McCormick, So.; Jacob Kinyon, So; Connor Haggerty, So.; Quenten Oldenkamp, So.; Charlie Marina, So.

New prospects: Elizabeth Herzberg, Jr.; Renee Williams, So.; Elizabeth Fuller, So.; Oakley Goodvin, Fr.; Peyton Thomas, Fr.; Wyatt McAlpin, So.; Austin Pellegrini, So.; Collin Williams, Fr.

Conference prediction: “I believe our team will compete in the top half of the confer-ence race with strong competition from I-35, Mount Ayr and Bedford,” Winter said.

Southwest Valley volleyball

Southwest Valley cross country

Sept. 2 — vs. Central Decatur, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 4 — vs. East Mills, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Mount Ayr, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 11 — at Martensdale-St. Marys, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 13 — at Shenandoah Tournament, 8:30 a.m.Sept. 16 — vs. Lenox, 6 p.m.

Sept. 22 — at Stanton, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 23 — at Nodaway Valley, 7:30 p.m.Sept. 27 — Southwest Valley Tournament, 9 a.m.Sept. 30 — vs. East Union, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 — at Bedford, 7:30 p.m.Oct. 9 — at Clarinda Triangular, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 13 — Pride of Iowa Conference TournamentOct. 14 — Pride of Iowa Conference TournamentOct. 16 — vs. Shenandoah, Council Bluffs Thomas Jef-

ferson; 5:30 p.m.

Southwest Valley volleyball schedule

Aug. 30 — at Glenwood, 9 a.m.Sept. 9 — at Clarinda, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 15 — at Red Oak, 5 p.m.Sept. 18 — Southwest Valley Invite, 5 p.m.Sept. 23 — at Creston, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 30 — at Clarke, 5 p.m.Oct. 2 — at Shenandoah, 4 p.m.Oct. 6 — at Nodaway Valley, 5 p.m.Oct. 14 — Pride of Iowa Conference Meet (Graceland

University), 4:30 p.m.Oct. 16 — at Mount Ayr, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 24 — at State Qualifying Meet, 4 p.m.Nov. 1 — at State Meet

Cross country schedule

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Southwest Valley volleyball team are front row, from left: Head coach Lindsay Wetzel, Kim Hults, Taylor Damewood, Danica Sunderman, Janelle Gibler, Jade Petersen, Marie Palmer, Lexi Bronner, Allie Bronner, Kelsey Means, Nichole Bashor, Katie Taylor and assistant coach Lisa Vanderhoof.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Southwest Valley boys cross country team are, from left: Connor Haggerty, Jacob Kinyon, Austin Pellegrini, Mike McCormick, Trevor Sorensen, Dalton Davis, Lane Peterson, Wyatt McAlpin, Trevor Holbrook, Collin Williams and Quenten Oldenkamp. Not pictured: Head coach Sandy Winter and assistant coach Andrew Bentz.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Southwest Valley girls cross country team are front row, from left: Renee Williams, Darien Keefe and Chloe Keefe. Middle row, from left: Aunica Harvey, Elizabeth Fuller, Kendra Top, Peyton Thomas and Diana Berggren. Back row, from left: Elizabeth Herzberg and Oakley Goodvin. Not pictured: Head coach Sandy Winter and assistant coach Andrew Bentz.

Preseason cross country ratings Class 1A girls — 1. Pe-

kin; 2. Pocahontas; 3. Cen-tral Elkader; 4. South Win-neshiek; 5. North Linn; 6. Iowa City Regina; 7. Gris-wold; 8. Lynnville-Sully; 9. Council Bluffs St. Albert; 10. Emmetsburg; 11. South Hamilton; 12. Durant; 13. Panorama; 14. Mason City Newman; 15. North Iowa.

Class 1A boys — 1. West Fork; 2. Denver; 3. Oakland Riverside; 4. Bellevue; 5. Council Bluffs St. Albert; 6. Trinity Christian; 7. South Winneshiek; 8. Boyer Val-ley; 9. Algona Bishop Garri-gan; 10. Highland; 11. Iowa City Regina; 12. Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 13. Maple Val-ley-Anthon-Oto; 14. Alta;

15. Pekin.Class 2A girls — 1. Unity

Christian; 2. Cascade; 3. Western Christian; 4. Mon-ticello; 5. South Central Calhoun; 6. North Fayette; 7. Greene County; 8. Davis County; 9. East Marshall; 10. North Polk; 11. Roland-Story; 12. Osage; 13. Mid-Prairie; 14. West Central Valley; 15. Northeast.

Class 2A boys — 1. Unity Christian; 2. Monticello; 3. East Marshall; 4. Shenan-doah; 5. Mid-Prairie; 6. North Polk; 7. OA-BCIG; 8. Northeast; 9. Albia; 10. Osage; 11. Tipton; 12. South Central Calhoun; 13. West-ern Christian; 14. Dike-New Hartford; 15. Cascade.

Class 3A girls — 1. Deco-rah; 2. Gilbert; 3. Mount Vernon-Lisbon; 4. Daven-port Assumption; 5. MOC-Floyd Valley; 6. Pella; 7. Charles City; 8. Humboldt; 9. Vinton-Shellsburg; 10. Williamsburg; 11. Spencer; 12. Winterset; 13. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 14. Grinnell; 15. Dallas Center-Grimes.

Class 3A boys — 1. Gil-bert; 2. Decorah; 3. Algona; 4. Dubuque Wahlert; 5. Pel-la; 6. Mount Vernon-Lisbon; 7. Center Point-Urbana; 8. Harlan; 9. Williamsburg; 10. Dallas Center-Grimes; 11. Boone; 12. Vinton-Shells-burg; 13. Clear Creek-Ama-na; 14. Creston; 15. Grinnell.

Class 4A girls — 1. Ames;

2. Johnston; 3. Pleasant Valley; 4. WDM Dowling; 5. Linn-Mar; 6. Waukee; 7. Iowa City West; 8. An-keny Centennial; 9. Bet-tendorf; 10. Urbandale; 11. Des Moines Roosevelt; 12. Muscatine; 13. Cedar Rap-ids Kennedy; 14. Iowa City High; 15. Dubuque Senior.

Class 4A boys — 1. Ce-dar Rapids Prairie; 2. Pleas-ant Valley; 3. Johnston; 4. Linn-Mar; 5. Ames; 6. WDM Valley; 7. Cedar Falls; 8. Dubuque Hemp-stead; 9. Iowa City West; 10. Des Moines Roosevelt; 11. WDM Dowling Catho-lic; 12. Bettendorf; 13. Iowa City High; 14. Waukee; 15. Dubuque Senior.


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GREENFIELD — Nodaway Valley head coach Steve Shantz is confident his team will be able to replace the 1,474 rushing yards Zach Brewer rushed for last year.

It’s the production on the outside, where the Wolverines lose their top four receivers from last year. Only one returning player recorded a reception for Nodaway Valley last year — Brennen Weiland, who caught one pass.

“Receiving wise, especially, we’re a little bit further behind because of that inexperience,” Shantz said. “We’re still learning the routes, fig-uring out where we have to be. I think early on, we’re going to have to rely on our running game. We do have some guys back there that had experience last year.”

In total, the Wolverines have just 21 players out this year.

Brewer recorded 71 percent of Nodaway Valley’s carries last year, serving as a workhorse for the team.

But, Weiland, now a junior, and sophomore Josh Allsup both re-ceived playing time last year and showed potential.

That has Shantz confident in the run game coming into the year, with Allsup at fullback and Weiland at tailback.

“Both of those kids are really tough, hard-nosed kids that just like the physi-cal play of foot-ball,” Shantz said. “They like con-tact and they’ll just keep on go-ing and going and going. We just have to create some seams with our offensive line.”

The ground game will take some of the pressure off junior starting quarterback Jackson Lamb, who passed for 1,220 yards and nine touchdowns last year.Line play

The Wolverines return three start-

ers on the offensive line, which will be a big key in the team’s success.

Colton Garside and Tanner Arm-strong provide senior leadership on the line, while Wes Davis returns at center.

“Colton, he’s kind of our go-to guy,” Shantz said. “He’s a big kid and he’s come a long way since his freshman year. Tanner Armstrong has really bulked up. A couple years ago, we went to the Simpson camp and he was getting destroyed at guard. But now he’s big, physical and likes to play football.”

The remaining line spots will be filled in by Ryan Jensen and Sam Marnin, with sophomore Ryan Baudler providing depth. Those six linemen have been practicing at dif-ferent positions during preseason, giving the Wolverines some flexibil-ity along the line.Defense

The front four of the defense fea-tures some depth, with Marnin and Armstrong on the ends. Garside, Baudler, Davis, Lucas Sorensen and Max Kuhns work in the middle of

the defensive line.The linebackers feature some of

the best experience on the team, with Weiland, Allsup and Jensen having plenty of playing time be-tween the three of them. Zach Eblen and Nathan Andrews could see time at one of the rover positions, while Andrews could also see time at de-fensive end.

Lamb returns as a starter at safe-ty, while the cornerback positions will likely be filled by sophomore Jared Corder and senior David Sch-weitzer, out for the first time.

“Jared had an outstanding sum-mer in 7-on-7,” Shantz said. “He’s

very athletic and quick. David hasn’t played in a while, but I tell you what, in drills that we’re running, he’s not afraid to come up and hit people, and he’s got some quickness to him.”

District outlookShantz predicts Mount Ayr to be

at the top of the district, with Earl-ham also being strong.

The Wolverines will take their first two games to learn more about themselves, and be ready to com-pete within the district.

“I look at those first two games as scrimmages to get ready for what counts, that first district game,” Shantz said.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Nodaway Valley football team are front row, from left: Manager Brenna Walk, Lucas Sorensen, Nathan Andrews, Zach Eblen, Colton Garside, David Schweitzer, JD Lyman, Tanner Armstrong and manager Lizz Hansen. Middle row, from left: Manager Christina Wilson, Wes Davis, Brennen Weiland, Jared Corder, Jackson Lamb, Brandon Mangels, Sam Marnin, Thomas Britten, Koy Brandt and Marshall Singer. Back row, from left: Manager Josee Herrmann, Max Kuhns, Ryan Jensen, Ryan Baudler, assistant coach Kevin Hall, assistant coach Billy Baudler, head coach Steve Shantz, assistant coach Allen Marnin, Josh Allsup, Joe Herr and manager Keeley Shantz.

NODAWAY VALLEY VOLLEYBALLCoach: Hannah West, second year.Last year: 10-18 overall, 4-7 in Pride of Iowa Conference.Seniors lost: Christine Gross (148 kills, 135 digs), Megan McIntosh (136 kills).Returning letterwinners: Sidney Hohertz, Sr., outside hitter, (148 kills); Katy Eh-

rsam, Sr., libero; Josie Carter, Sr., setter; Emily Schildberg, Jr., middle blocker, (29 blocks).

New prospects: Kenna Lundy, Jr., right side/setter; Mackenzie Meisenheimer, Jr., middle blocker; Paige McElfish, So., outside hitter.

Conference prediction: “Southwest Valley will be in the title race,” West said. “If we can work together as a team, I believe that we can be at the top of the conference this year.”

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Nodaway Valley volleyball team are front row, from left: Mercedes Harter, Josie Carter, Sidney Hohertz, Katy Ehrsam, Payge Newbury, Rachel Hight and Corrine Jones. Middle row, from left: Jessica Nelson, Sydney McElfish, Paige McElfish and Kenna Lundy. Back row, from left: Assistant coach Tina Phillippi, Mackenzie Meisenheimer, Emily Schildberg, Josie Clarke, manager Brittany Herr and head coach Hannah West.

NODAWAY VALLEY CROSS COUNTRYCoach: Darrell Burmeister, 14th year.Last year: Boys won Pride of Iowa Conference championship, qualified three boys

and one girl to the state meet.Seniors lost: Shelby Nupp-Holder.Returning letterwinners: Noah Cooper, Jr.; Heath Downing, Jr., (51st at state meet);

Zach Van Horn, Jr.; Nate Venteicher, Jr.; Destiny Scar, Jr., (eighth at state meet); Shane Breheny, So., (31st at state meet); Matthew Dickinson, So.; Dakota Ernst, So.; Brayten Funke, So., (24th at state meet).

New prospects: Brycen Wallace, Fr.Conference prediction: “Nodaway Valley boys, Interstate 35 girls,” Burmeister said.

“A possible deck team at state the next three years if we develop depth.”

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Nodaway Valley cross country team are front row, from left: Austin Lundy, Dustin Finck, Destiny Scar, Brycen Wallace and Skylar Rawlings. Middle row, from left: Shane Breheny, Kevin Sorensen, Matthew Dickinson, Dakota Ernst and Brayten Funke. Back row, from left: Heath Downing, Zach Van Horn, Noah Cooper, Dallas Kreager, Nathan Venteicher and head coach Darrell Burmeister.

Aug. 29 — vs. Central Deca-tur (Bob Daut Kickoff Classic), 7 p.m.

Sept. 5 — at West Central Valley, 7 p.m.

Sept. 12 — vs. Earlham (Homecoming), 7 p.m.

Sept. 19 — at Pleasantville, 7 p.m.

Sept. 26 — vs. Mount Ayr (Battle for the Rock III), 7 p.m.

Oct. 3 — at Clarinda Acad-emy, 7 p.m.

Oct. 10 — vs. Martensdale-St. Marys, 7 p.m.

Oct. 17 — at Southeast War-ren, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 — at Bedford, 7 p.m.

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Sept. 2 — at Dallas Center-Grimes, 5 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Winterset, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 15 — at Ballard, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Panorama, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 23 — at Creston, 4 p.m.Sept. 25 — at Audubon, 4:30 p.m.Sept. 29 — at Orient-Macksburg, 5 p.m.

Oct. 2 — at Perry, 5 p.m.Oct. 6 — Nodaway Valley Invite, 5 p.m.Oct. 14 — Pride of Iowa Conference Meet

(Graceland University), 4:30 p.m.Oct. 16 — at Mount Ayr, 5 p.m.Oct. 23 — at State Qualifying Meet, 4 p.m.Nov. 1 — at State Meet

Cross country scheduleAug. 28 — at Winterset, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 2 — vs. Martensdale-St. Marys, 6 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Bedford, 6 p.m.Sept. 15 — vs. Earlham, 6 p.m.Sept. 16 — at East Union, 6 p.m.Sept. 23 — vs. Southwest Valley, 6 p.m.Sept. 27 — at Southwest Valley Tournament, 9 a.m.Sept. 30 — at Mount Ayr, 6 pm.Oct. 2 — vs. Pleasantville, 6 p.m.Oct. 7 — vs. Lenox, 6 p.m.Oct. 11 — at CAM Classic, 9 a.m.Oct. 13 — Pride of Iowa Conference TournamentOct. 14 — Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament

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LENOX — The key to Lenox’s football season in 2014 may be how well opponents deal with the Tigers’ two tall bookends — Caleb Lange and Spencer Brown.

Lange, a 6-4, 220-pound se-nior, was the team’s leading re-ceiver a year ago with 192 yards and three touchdowns.

Brown, 6-8 and 220 pounds as a junior, looks to be another ma-jor target for whoever succeeds Dustin Gordon at quarterback.

“We have to be able to get the ball to those two,” said veteran

Lenox coach Allen Dukes. “No-body in our district can cover them one-on-one. They have to choose who to double-team.”

Junior Carson Cline and soph-omore Dawson Tullberg are working at quarterback. Cline appears to have the early-season edge, moving the offense effec-tively in team scrimmages.

“Carson isn’t as physical as Dustin, but he’s not afraid in running the option and he probably throws a better ball,” Dukes said. “He’s

done everything we’ve asked so far.”

Senior Dustyn Rauch returns as the team’s leading rusher a year ago with 905 yards and 16 touchdowns. Junior Josh Mitch-ell is working at fullback.

“If we can get Rauch to the corner, he really reads the field well and can dart through open-ings,” Dukes said. “It all de-pends on what kind of offensive line play we get.”

Second-year senior Dusten Reed, a tough 135-pounder, is working at guard along with letterman Leevi Marshall, a 200-pound junior. The center is 385-pound senior Mike Briggs, although Reed has also worked

at that position. Frank Hoffman, joining workouts late after mili-tary basic training, will eventu-ally help in the line and at line-backer, Dukes said.

The team has to replace Todd Stoaks in both lines. Reed and Mitchell have worked at nose-guard, with Lange and Brown holding down the end positions.

Two wrestlers, Jared Hensley and Mitchell, are undersized but scrappy at the linebacker posi-tion. Rauch and Tullberg are at cornerback and Cline plays safety.

It’s a rugged field in District 8. Dukes sees East Mills, mov-ing down from Class A to Eight-Man, as a top contender along

with a veteran Fremont-Mills team that dominated Lenox in last year’s season finale, 61-12. Spen-cer Phillips returns for F-M after gaining 282 yards in that game, and 1,687 for the season.

Sidney also has a tough player back in Erick Rodriguez and CAM has some talent returning. Stanton and Essex are others in the district.

Lenox opens the season Friday at East Union.

“That’s a big game for us to try to get things off to the right kind of start,” Dukes said. “They have new co-coaches (James Hardy and Craig Ditzler), so we’re kind of go-ing in blind, although Ditzler did kind of run their defense in the past.”

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Lenox football team are, from left in front, Frank Hoffman, Dusten Reed, Caleb Lange, Dustyn Rauch and Mike Briggs. Second row, Josh Mitchell, Jordan David, Zach Marxen, Spencer Brown, Carson Cline, Leevi Marshall, Dillon Bennett, Tyler Brokaw and Wesley Oliphant. Third row, Dillon Mendez, Noah Standley, Brylee Van Gelder, Colby Lange, Jared Hensley, Grant Miller, David Cortez, Dawson Tullberg and Nate Briggs. Fourth row, Cedric Nelson, Brenden Christensen, Kaleb David, Sam Donaldson, Colton Hogan, Derek Venteicher, Aaron Schmitz and Kyler Christensen. Back row, coaches Tom Christensen, Allen Dukes and Lynn Christensen. Not pictured, assistant coach Todd Parrish.

LENOX CROSS COUNTRYCoach: Tom Smith, second year.Last year: Jacob Bolinger finished eighth at the Pride of Iowa Conference Meet.Seniors lost: none.Returning letterwinners: Jacob Bolinger, Jr.; Riley Haidsiak, Sr.New prospects: Ashley Lucio, Sr.; Dillon Bennett, Jr.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Lenox cross country team are, from left, coach Tom Smith, Dillon Bennett, Jacob Bolinger, Riley Haidsiak and Ashley Lucio.

LENOX VOLLEYBALLCoach: Sara Dukes, third year.Last year: 4-22 overall.Seniors lost: Chelsie Dukes.Returning letterwinners: Aurora Arevalo, Sr.; Megan Brown, Sr.; Shantelle Brown,

So.; Bethany Christensen, Jr.; Katie Dukes, Sr.; Kara Henrichs, Sr.; Morgan Miller, Sr.; Hannah Mitchell, So.; Bailey Schmitz, Sr.; Jacy Stoaks, So.; Regan Tullberg, Sr.

New prospects: Teya Still, Jr.; Mika Weaver, Jr.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Lenox volleyball team are, from left, Katie Dukes, Kara Henrichs, Bailey Schmitz, Megan Brown, Morgan Miller and Regan Tullberg. Second row, Shantelle Brown, Makinna Fitzgerald, Rebekah Kroese, Aurora Arevalo, Mika Weaver, Halee Wallace, Jessica Anderson and Gabby Hogue. Back row, Katelyn Belding, Teya Still, Hannah Davis, Jacy Stoaks, Lidia Moreno, Bethany Christensen and manager Keisha Chapa. Not pictured, Hannah Mitchell and coach Sara Dukes.

Aug. 29 — at East Union, 7 p.m.Sept. 5 — vs. Mormon Trail, 7 p.m.Sept. 12 — vs. Essex, 7 p.m.Sept. 19 — at Sidney, 7 p.m.Sept. 26 — vs. Nishnabotna, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 — at East Mills, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 — vs. Fremont-Mills, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 — at Stanton, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 — at CAM, 7 p.m.

Schedule

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Lenox volleyball Lenox cross country

Aug. 28 — at Gilbert (Iowa State Uni-versity), 4:45 p.m.

Sept. 4 — at Wayne, 5 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Clarinda, 5 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Southwest Valley, 4:30

p.m.Sept. 23 — at Creston, 4 p.m.Sept. 29 — at Orient-Macksburg, 5 p.m.

Sept. 30 — at Clarke, 4:30 p.m.Oct. 6 — at Nodaway Valley, 5 p.m.Oct. 14 — at Pride of Iowa Conference

Meet (Graceland University), 4 p.m.Oct. 16 — at Mount Ayr, 5 p.m.Oct. 23 — at State Qualifying Meet, 4

p.m.Nov. 1 — at State Meet

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Sept. 2 — at Interstate 35 quad, 5 p.m.Sept. 4 — at Martensdale-St. Marys, 6

p.m.Sept. 9 — vs. East Union, 6 p.m.Sept. 11 — at Central Decatur, 6 p.m.Sept. 13 — at Shenandoah Tournament,

8:30 a.m.Sept. 16 — at Southwest Valley, 6 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Earlham, 6 p.m.Sept. 23 — vs. Mount Ayr, 6 p.m.Sept. 25 — vs. Essex, 6 p.m.

Sept. 27 — at Southwest Valley Tourna-ment, 9 a.m.

Sept. 30 — vs. Bedford, 6 p.m.Oct. 7 — at Nodaway Valley, 6 p.m.Oct. 9 — vs. Orient-Macksburg (Senior

night), 6 p.m.Oct. 13 — Pride of Iowa Conference

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Hardy, Ditzler look to build ‘complete program’ at EU


AFTON — James Hardy is en-tering his 25th year of coaching and teaching, but his first season of coaching var-sity football as a head coach. Craig Ditzler has spent the past six years on the varsity coach-ing staff at East Union.

T o g e t h e r , they’ll be co-coaches for the Eagles this year. And together, they hope to build a “complete program.”

“A big part of the push is the entire program having people within the program, especially in coaching, that have been in the rec program and the junior high program,” Hardy said. “Our goal, eventually, is to get to the point where we can see the results of all those kids in the rec side of things. Build that complete program from

top to bottom.”With the new coaching staff in

place, assisted by Chris Eckrich, who formerly coached at Murray, the biggest emphasis during the preseason has been on fundamen-tals.

“That’s a given for any success-ful program,” Hardy said. “We’re very ba-sic in what we do offensively and defensively. Whatever we’re going to run, we’re going to execute it very well. Part of our philosophy is going back to the ba-sics and tailoring our offense and defense to the talent we have.”Senior leaders

The Eagles will likely lean on a strong group of seniors, one that includes returning starters at quar-terback and running back in Cole Campbell and Jonathan Weis, respectively. Brandon Wittstock gives the Eagles another lineback-er with experience.

Campbell rushed for 252 yards and six touchdowns last year, in addition to leading the team with 397 passing yards and seven touch-downs.

“These kids have been playing both sides of the ball for a long time,” Hardy said. “I think that’s kind of important when you’re talking bout the experience they have.”

Brogan Kinyon and Devon Anderson provide senior leader-ship along the line, while Brandon Hulsey has proven to be a good cover corner for the Eagles.

Outside of the senior class, Ty-ler Kelley and Clayton Miller also look to find plenty of playing time at linebacker, along with Kyle Seales and Mike Ward.

Ward also had a strong sopho-more season at running back, fin-ishing second on the team with 705 yards last year. He led the team with 12 touchdowns and averaged 6.2 yards per carry, and is the top returning rushing threat. Ward was the leading tackler on the team with 112 total tackles.

“Beau Boswell is a sophomore,

along with Ryan Collins and Ma-son Gossman that I think are going to be good people as far as depth goes,” Hardy said. “Along with Cole Oliver on the line. I think he is going to be a stalwart for us.”

Gabe Nixon is a newcomer to the football team, who Hardy said could make an impact at wide re-ceiver. Joe Johnson is another big target at wide receiver at 6-2.

“There’s some kids in there I think are going to be players,” Hardy said. “Probably some we haven’t even seen all their poten-tial yet.”District outlook

Hardy said his team will have

to be “road warriors” within the district this year, as many of the district games are on the road and feature long travel.

“I think there’s some teams that stand out,” Hardy said. “I think Coon Rapids-Bayard, they have a lot of players back. Glid-den will be a tough team to play on the road. Northeast Hamil-ton has the tradition of being in there, as does Adair-Casey. Lenox and Murray, they’re al-ways good, solid, well-coached teams. We want to be at the point we can compete with them and play for four quarters.”

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMMembers of the 2014 East Union football team are front row, from left: Devon Anderson, Brandon Wittstock, Brogan Kinyon, Jonathan Weis, Brandon Hulsey and Cole Campbell. Second row, from left: Christopher Case, Blake Stonehocker, Joe Johnson, Kyle Seales, Tyler Kelley, Brandon Lee, Mike Ward and Clayton Miller. Third row, from left: Garrett Skarda, Cole Oliver, Harley Baumfalk, Beau Boswell, Dyrrel Culbertson, Mason Gossman, Alex Brown, Gabe Nixon, Ryan Collins and Jonathan Stewart. Back row, from left: Trevor Jones, Kyle Campbell, Levi Parrott, Gavin Kline, Tait Kerrigan, Sanden Cheers, Matthew Wittstock, Kole Seales, Jake Franklin, Colton Abell and Brayden Martinez. Not pic-tured: Co-head coaches Craig Ditzler and James Hardy, assistant coach Chris Eckrich and volunteer assistant coaches Doug Jones and Wes Skarda.

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Aug. 29 — vs. Lenox, 7 p.m.Sept. 5 — at Essex, 7 p.m.Sept. 12 — vs. Murray, 7 p.m.Sept. 19 — at Glidden-Ralston, 7 p.m.Sept. 26 — vs. Ankeny Christian Academy (Homecoming), 7 p.m.Oct. 3 — at Northeast Hamilton, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 — at Guthrie Center, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 — vs. Adair-Casey, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 — at Coon Rapids-Bayard, 7 p.m.

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EAST UNION VOLLEYBALLCoach: Gail Thatcher, 18 years.Last year: 15-12 overall, third place in Pride of Iowa Conference.Seniors lost: Brittany Malone, Kelsey Hoff.Returning letterwinners: Chay Blondowski, Sr., hitter; Emily Eckels, Sr., hitter.New prospects: Katlin Weinkoetz, Jr., setter; McKayle Dudney, Jr., hitter; Reagan

Brown, Jr., libero; Mara Weis, So., hitter.

East Union volleyball East Union cross country

Aug. 30 — at Clarke Tournament, 9 a.m.

Sept. 2 — at Pleasantville, 6 p.m.Sept. 4 — vs. Wayne, 6 p.m.Sept. 9 — at Lenox, 6 p.m.Sept. 13 — at Chariton Tournament, 9

a.m.Sept. 16 — vs. Nodaway Valley, 6 p.m.Sept. 20 — Eagle Classic, 9 a.m.Sept. 23 — at Bedford, 6 p.m.

Sept. 27 — at Bedford Tournament, 9 a.m.

Sept. 30 — at Southwest Valley, 6 p.m.Oct. 2 — at Interstate 35, 6 p.m.Oct. 7 — vs. Mount Ayr, 6 p.m.Oct. 9 — vs. Southeast Warren, 6 p.m.Oct. 13 — Pride of Iowa Conference

TournamentOct. 14 — Pride of Iowa Conference

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CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 East Union volleyball team are front row, from left: Emily Eckels, Danielle Riley and Chay Blondowski. Middle row, from left: Reagan Brown, Shaylee Cooper, McKayle Dudney, Katlin Weinkoetz and Kali Mertens. Back row, from left: Rylee Mitchell, Olivia Eckels, Mara Weis, Cassidy Riley and Lauren Mitchell. Not pictured: Sidney McFee and head coach Gail Thatcher.

CNA photo by JAKE WADDINGHAMMembers of the 2014 East Union cross country team are sitting: Hannah Bartlett. Kneeling, from left: Molly McNeil, Kendra Kirkland, Elijah Weinmann, Robert Smith, Colt Rogness, Emma Harper and Kacie Ripperger. Standing, from left: Sherman Hayes, Jena Proffitt, Casey Walter, Alyssa Proffitt, Rich Bryson, Angie Lopez, Kaleb Bartlett, Miriam Bartlett, Allison Hadley and Evan Collins. Not Pictured: Conner Mitchell and Tanner Mitchell.

EAST UNION VOLLEYBALLCoach: Rich Bryson, second year.Seniors lost: none.Returning letterwinners: Hannah Bartlett, Sr.; Elijah Weinmann, Sr.; Jena Proffitt, So.;

Angie Lopez, So.; Casey Walter, So.; Robert Smith, So.; Emma Harper, So., (state qualifier, placed 17th).

New prospects: Colt Rogness, Sr.; Shianna Hoyt, Sr.; Alyssa Proffitt, Jr.; Kacie Ripperger, So.; Allison Hadley, So.; Kaleb Bartlett, So.; Conner Mitchell, So.; Tanner Mitchell, So.; Kendra Kirkland, Fr.

Conference prediction: “Being in only our second year, it is still difficult to judge the other teams in teh conference, but Nodaway Valley, Mount Ayr and Bedford come to mind as having strong programs,” Bryson said. “We will be able to compete as a team for boys and girls, as our numbers have increased on both sides.

Sept. 4 — at WayneSept. 9 — at WintersetSept. 18 — at Southwest

ValleySept. 23 — at CrestonSept. 29 — at Orient-

MacksburgOct. 6 — at Nodaway

ValleyOct. 14 — at Pride of Iowa

Conference Meet (Graceland University)

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MURRAY — There’s a new head coach at Murray, and some of the key players from four playoff teams under coach Keith Shields have graduated.

Plus, Seth Nerness, a senior who has given a verbal commitment to Iowa State as a defensive end pros-pect, is attending a prep school in North Carolina.

Last year Nerness recorded 71 total tackles during his junior season, including 21 solo tackles for loss and seven solo sacks. He also rushed for 856 yards with 14 touchdowns, averaging 8.9 yards per carry for the Mustangs.

But this year he’s attending South Lake Christian Academy in Huntersville, N.C. His father, Dar-ryl Nerness, has a brother coach-ing at South Lake Academy. Sev-eral Division I prospects are at the school, including the No. 3-ranked

running back in the nation.“Those things happen,” said new

coach Taylor Fulton. “He wanted to get some 11-man experience and prepare for Iowa State.”

Fulton, head coach at La-moni for three years, succeeds longtime coach Keith Shields, who remains on staff as a volun-teer assistant.

The new dis-trict alignment has the Mustangs taking on a lot of new opponents in west-cen-tral Iowa, including state-ranked Guthrie Center, and a Glidden-Ralston team that returns a lot of talent from 2013. Coon Rapids-Bayard, with a squad of 37, is more balanced in its attack than some recent pass-oriented years.

The non-district schedule is tough, too, as the second game

is at home against Wayne of Co-rydon, which eliminated Murray in the first round of the playoffs last year.

Gone are three collegiate play-ers from last year’s squad. Shrine Bowl participant Andrew Rider, who rushed for 1,557 yards and 29 touchdowns, along with seven interceptions, is at Iowa Western Community College. Lineman George Barber is at Northwest-ern College, and Sam Rockhold is playing at Simpson College.

Fulton, who had an 18-11 regu-lar season record at Lamoni, says his team is capable of competing for postseason action this year.

“It’s a tough district, but I think we can battle for a playoff spot,” Fulton said. “We are one of six teams in our district that made the playoffs last year.”

East Union is the only nearby school on the district schedule, a Sept. 12 matchup at Afton.

Few members of the 2014 Mur-

ray team have much varsity ex-perience. One, senior Matthew Barnes, could see time at both quarterback and safety, but is un-available for the first game.

Sophomores Thane Simmons and Bryce Keller have both been working at quarterback. Simmons completed 50 percent of his passes last year for 331 yards. Barnes had more attempts with a 35 percent completion mark. Keller had only three passing attempts.

Rider, Nerness and Barnes were the leading rushers a year ago, but Jack Jones was No. 4 with 211 yards and a 6.2 per carry average. He returns as a sophomore this year and could shoulder the load at tailback.

Others are junior Dylan Call-strom and senior Scott Funke, when he rejoins the team this week after being away at military basic training. Funke will not be able to play in the opening action.

Receivers are Fisher Decker,

Dustin Teas, Thane Simmons and Joshua Barber.

Mason Simmons and Ben Rock-hold have worked at center. Other linemen are Matt Rockhold and Zane Black.

“You’ll see some of the old I-formation and wishbone that they have run,” Fulton said, “but we’ll have to be more mobile with our line play and get more motion and play-action, since we done have the size. We’ll spread the field out a little bit.”

Thane Simmons and Keller look to anchor the defensive line at ends, with some of the same inte-rior linemen as on offense. Jones and Mason Simmons can play inside linebacker, and Teas and Callstrom on the outside. Teas will open the season at safety, but may shift to an outside linebacker posi-tion if Barnes settles in at safety.

The Mustangs open the season Friday at Mormon Trail (Garden Grove).

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Murray football team are, from left in front, manager Sammy Prescott, manager Hunner Siefkas, assistant coach Danny Jensen, head coach Taylor Fulton, assistant coach Keith Shields and man-ager Zadie Hatfield. Second row, Matt Rockhold, Mason Simmons, Matthew Barnes, Brandon Short and Ben Rockhold. Third row, Dustin Teas, Quentin Siefkas, Zabe Hatfield, Dylan Callstrom, Fisher Decker and Joshua Barber. Fourth row, Zane Black, Gabe Gard, Jack Jones, Dillon Hightshoe, Thane Simmons and Bryce Keller. Back row, Levi Snyder, Seth Shannon, Carson Hart, Kris Davis, Jimmy Cook and Hunter McIntosh. Not pictured, Greg Booth, Scott Funke, Caleb Miller, manager Dustin Miller and assistant coach Ryan Robins.

MURRAY VOLLEYBALLCoach: Jerry Shields, 15 years.Last year: 27-4 overall, 6-0 in Western Division of Blue-

grass Conference, second in conference tournament.Seniors lost: Kate Patton (all-conference), Megan Os-

wald (all-conference), Cheyanne Ashby, Courtney Sief-kas, Allison Peterson, Michaela O’Grady.

Returning letterwinners: Hannah Barber, Sr., outside hitter (366 kills, third-team all-state); Madison Gonseth, Jr., middle hitter (all-conference); Jade Lecy, Jr., middle hitter; Chellsea Jones, Sr., back row; McKenzie Case, Sr., libero.

New prospects: Courtney Titus, Jr., outside hitter; Bran-di Gilbert, So., setter; Katie Otto, So., outside hitter; Kayla Siefkas, So., outside hitter.

Conference prediction: “Grand View Christian and Moravia will battle for the Eastern Division,” Shields said. “Murray should be battling for th top spot in the West.”

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSONMembers of the Murray volleyball team are, from left in front, McKenzie Case, Chellsea Jones and Hannah Barber. Second row, manager Emily Kiss, Courtney Titus, Jade Lecy, Madison Gonseth, Shelby Myers and manager Rileigh Hiatt. Third row, Kayla Siefkas, Katie Otto, Brandi Gilbert, Tricia Cena and Vicki Palma. Back row, Shelby Mathes, Pantera Stowers, Mackenna Skroh, Madison Newton, Becca Decker, Zoie Lecy and coach Jerry Shields.

Aug. 29 — at Mormon Trail, 7 p.m.Sept. 5 — vs. Wayne, 7 p.m.Sept. 12 — at East Union, 7 p.m.Sept. 19 — vs. Guthrie Center (Homecoming), 7 p.m.Sept. 26 — at Adair-Casey, 7 p.m.Oct. 3 — vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, 7 p.m.Oct. 10 — vs. Northeast Hamilton, 7 p.m.Oct. 17 — at Glidden-Ralston, 7 p.m.Oct. 24 — vs. Ankeny Christian Academy (Senior

night), 7 p.m.

Schedule

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Murray volleyball

Sept. 4 — at Mormon Trail, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 9 — vs. Lamoni, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 11 — vs. Diagonal, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 16 — at Melcher-Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Orient-Macksburg, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 23 — vs. Mormon Trail, Twin Cedars; 5:30 p.m.Sept. 25 — vs. Iowa Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 27 — at Bedford Tournament, 9 a.m.Sept. 29 — vs. Central Decatur, 6 p.m.Sept. 30 — at Grand View Park Triangular, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 6 — at Mount Ayr, 6 p.m.Oct. 9 — at Ankeny Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 11 — at Martensdale-St. Marys Tournament, 9 a.m.

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Diagonal volleyball

DIAGONAL VOLLEYBALLCoach: Allison Hajek, five years.Last year: 0-20 overall, 0-7 in Bluegrass Conference.Seniors lost: none.Returning letterwinners: Kaitlyn Klommhaus, Sr.,

outside hitter; Allison Norris, So., middle hitter; Kasydi Klommhaus, So., middle hitter; Stormie Buchanan, So., outside hitter; Megan Davenport, So., outside hitter; Jaci Haidsiak, So., setter.

New prospects: Shelby Comer, Sr., outside hitter; Cassie Lohmann, Fr.; Maddie Lohmann, Fr.; Kathrine Sobotka, Fr.

Team outlook: “Having five freshmen start last year on the varsity was tough,” Hajek said. “Those freshmen are now sophomores and know what to expect at the varsity level.”

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKERMembers of the 2014 Diagonal volleyball team are front row, from left: Kaitlyn Klommhaus and Shelby Comer. Middle row, from left: Megan Davenport, Kasydi Klommhaus and Stormie Buchanan. Back row, from left: Jaci Haidsiak, head coach Allison Hajek, Madison Lohmann, Kathrine Sobotka, Cassie Lohmann, assistant coach Mallory Nutting and Allison Norris.

Sept. 4 — vs. Orient-Macksburg, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 8 — at South Page, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 9 — vs. Seymour, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 11 — at Murray, 6 p.m.Sept. 18 — at Mormon Trail, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 22 — at Iowa Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 23 — at Lamoni Triangular, 5:30 p.m.Sept. 25 — at Ankeny Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 30 — at Twin Cedars Triangular, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 2 — vs. Iowa Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 6 — at Orient-Macksburg, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 7 — vs. Mormon Trail, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 9 — vs. Lamoni, 5:30 p.m.Oct. 14-16 — Bluegrass Conference Tournament, TBAOct. 18 — at Seymour Tournament, 10 a.m.

Schedule

Preseason volleyball ratings Class 1A — 1. Holy Trinity Catholic;

2. Janesville; 3. Central Lyon; 4. Grand-view Christian; 5. Le Mars Gehlen Cath-olic; 6. Tripoli; 7. Guthrie Center; 8. Gil-bertville Don Bosco; 9. New London; 10. Bishop Garrigan; 11. Turkey Valley; 12. Northwood-Kensett; 13. Springville; 14. Fremont-Mills; 15. Murray.

Class 2A — 1. Dike-New Hartford; 2. Western Christian; 3. Unity Christian; 4. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont; 5. Grundy Center; 6. Council Bluffs St. Al-bert; 7. South Central Calhoun; 8. Wap-

sie Valley; 9. Des Moines Christian; 10. West Branch; 11. Treynor; 12. Hudson; 13. Sumner-Fredericksburg; 14. Wood-ward-Granger; 15. Jesup.

Class 3A — 1. Solon; 2. Mount Ver-non; 3. Iowa Falls-Alden; 4. Indepen-dence; 5. Red Oak; 6. Nevada; 7. Me-diapolis; 8. Carroll Kuemper Catholic; 9. West Liberty; 10. Beckman Catholic; 11. Algona; 12. Union; 13. Davis County; 14. Forest City; 15. MOC-Floyd Valley.

Class 4A — 1. Harlan; 2. West Dela-ware; 3. Indianola; 4. Marion; 5. Sioux

City Bishop Heelan; 6. Clear Creek-Amana; 7. Le Mars; 8. Lewis Central; 9. Charles City;l 10. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 11. Waverly-Shell Rock; 12. Boone; 13. Pella; 14. Webster City; 15. Mount Pleasant.

Class 5A — 1. Ankeny Centennial; 2. Ankeny; 3. Dowling Catholic; 4. Bet-tendorf; 5. Iowa City West; 6. Pleasant Valley; 7. Waukee; 8. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln; 9. Linn0-Mar; 10. Johnston.

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