4/23 vs Harlan @ Atlantic Golf & Country Club, back 9

Atlantic 199, Harlan 225

Medalist:  Brooke Fletcher, Atlantic – 45
Runnerup:  Kaitlynn Walter, Atlantic – 49

Other Atlantic scores:

Bailey Walter – 51
Shelby Worth – 54
Malachi Wickman – 78

Girls Team Scores:

1. Glenwood  157
2. Atlantic  118
3. Shenandoah  87
4. Abraham Lincoln  84.5
5. Thomas Jefferson  75.5
6. St. Albert  37
7. Lewis Central  30

Ali Krogman was a double winner for the Atlantic Trojann’s, with victories in the 3000 and the 1500.  Melanie Nielsen won the 200 meter race. Atlantic’s 4×400 team (Samantha Peterson, Ali Siggins, Amanda Gude, Alex Hartwig) took 1^st place, also.

Alex Hartwig placed 2^nd in the 400. The Trojann’s also had eight 3^rd place finishes, including: Savannah Sorensen in the 3000; Melanie Nielsen in the 100; Samantha Peterson in the 800; Amanda Gude in the 400 hurdles.

A J-V meet will be held in Atlantic Thursday, April 26^th, and the Annual Trojan-Trojann Relays take place Monday, April 30^th.

Boys Team Scores:

1. Glenwood  139
2. Harlan  113
3. Abraham Lincoln  83
4. St. Albert  71
5. Thomas Jefferson  46
6. Shenandoah  43
7. Atlantic  35
8. Lewis Central  28

Tyler Hovey of Atlantic won both the shot and discus titles.

Iowa State will go into fall practice with sophomore Jared Barnett and senior Steele Jantz still battling at the quarterback position after spring ball. Cyclone coach Paul Rhoads says that’s not unusual. “Even without having a couple of guys like we have, that have that experience that you know what each one brings, I don’t know if the springtime every gives you enough time — and situations more accurately — to put your guys in and say this is our guy,” Rhoads says. He says you have to split up the snaps and you don’t have the full playbook in spring and that makes it tougher to narrow things down. Rhoads says Barnett definitely has everyone’s attention when he is in the game.

“I think Steel Jantz has the ability to make more plays because of his capability and his ability to improvise on the run,” Rhoads says. He says the team recognizes the competition and understands it and they know it will make them stronger. Whoever ends up starting at quarterback, there’s still a question mark as to whether they’ll be handing off to Shontrell Johnson. Rhoads says Johnson can work out, but can’t take part in the seven-on-seven drills as he continues to recover from a neck injury.

“He is fully cleared running, lifting and to do everything else with the team, he’s not cleared yet to do anything football wise,” Rhoads explains. He says anything involving contact is out until the doctors look at things again in July and then decided if he will be cleared. Rhoads says he can’t say for sure if the junior tailback will be cleared. “You know speculation is probably that he will get cleared, but until that final round of x-rays is taken and viewed, we’ll just sit back and wait and see and let the young man train like he is gonna play,” Rhoads says. Johnson was hurt in the Texas game last year and had run for 247 yards before being knocked out of action.

Ticket sales for this week’s 103rd running of the Drake Relays are described as “brisk.” Drake Associate Athletic Director Dennis Francois says – barring bad weather – the stands should be packed both Friday and Saturday.”We’re definitely preparing for record crowds again,” Francois said. “We had a record year last year in terms of attendance and we had four beautiful days of weather. It looks like we might have a little chance of rain on Friday, but as always, we’ll run it right through and without any lightning, we’ll keep things on schedule.” Just over 14,000 people attended the Drake Relays on Saturday LAST year, which amounted to a sell out. “This year, how we’re going to fair against that will be determined by our walk-up crowd. We had a big uptick today with the high school (participants) announced over the weekend,” Francois said. One of the first big Drake Relays events, the pole vault, will be held Wednesday night inside Jordan Creek Mall in West Des Moines. The heptathlon and decathlon begin on Thursday, with the bulk of the Drake Relays events scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nearly every coach in the Big 12 and beyond will swear that spring practice shows just how far away their team is from playing a real game. For some, like new Kansas coach Charlie Weis, it’s far from hyperbole. Weis took over in the offseason after the Jayhawks fell to 2-10 under departed coach Turner Gill, and it didn’t take long for him to see why. The Jayhawks have issues on both sides of the ball — including the nation’s worst defense at nearly 44 points allowed per game in 2011 — and Weis took spring ball as an opportunity to start fixing what’s wrong. Many of Weis’s new colleagues have used the spring to settle on new quarterbacks. Baylor, Iowa State and Oklahoma State are among the Big 12 schools searching for signal callers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs head into the NFL draft this week in an envious position. General manager Scott Pioli believes he’s filled most of the pressing needs on the roster – left tackle Eric Winston, running back Peyton Hillis, tight end Kevin Boss and cornerback Stanford Routt have all signed in free agency.  That means Pioli has a bit more flexibility when the Chiefs go on the clock Thursday night.  They have the No. 11 pick and are expected to go after help at middle linebacker or along the offensive and defensive lines. But with all those major holes already filled, Pioli also has the flexibility to pick a quarterback or some other position if the right opportunity presents itself.

Team Standings:

1st — Lewis Central 26
2nd — Clarinda        24
3rd —  Des Moines Lincoln 23
4th — Audubon         21
5th —  CB  AL           18
6th — Harlan            16
7th — Atlantic           12
8th — JV All-Stars      4

Individual Results:

#1 Singles
Championship — Abby Bergsten 9 (LC) over Casey Dean 11 (Clar) 6-0 6-1
3rd Place — Carly Heese 12 (H) over Suzanne Peterson 11 (CBAL) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6 Tiebreak)

#1 Doubles
Championship — Shelby Nielsen 12/Kenzie Krauel 12 (Aud) over Taylor Volentine 11/Maddy Rief 10 (CBAL) 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3 tiebreak)
3rd Place — Jessica Sanders 12/Stephanie Sanders 11 (DML) over Alissa Andersen 11/Katie DuVal 10 (H) 6-4 6-4

#2 Singles
Championship — Maddie Misfeldt 12 (LC) over Krista Rogers 11 (Clar.) 6-1 6-1
3rd Place — Gracie Benton 9 (DML) over Kayla Polson 12 (Aud) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4 tiebreak)

#2 Doubles
Championship  — Joselyn Pulliam 11/Kayla Rogers 9 (Clar.) over Hannah DeVries 12/Hannah Dewey 12 (DML) 6-7 (10-8 Tiebreak), 6-1, 1-0 (10-6 tiebreak)
3rd Place — Amy Epperson 10/Aly Shea 12 (LC) over Rachael Jones 12/Maddie Christensen 10 (Aud) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5 tiebreak)

Atlantic Results:

#1 Singles —
Casey Dean (Clar) over Leah Tjepkes 10 (A) 6-0 6-0
Afton Muhr 12 (Aud) over Tjepkes 6-0 7-6 (7-4 tiebreak)
7th Place Match — Tjepkes over Madeline Jannes 9 (DML) 6-4, 6-1

#1 Doubles —
Alissa Andersen 11/Katie DuVal 10 (H) over Tori Dolch 11/Lexi Allen 10 (A) 6-4 6-4
Dolch/Allen over Hannah Shea 9/Ally Montgomery 10 (LC) 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6 tiebreaker)
5th Place Match — Natalie Burton 12/Carly DeMarque 12 (LC) over Dolch/Allen 6-8, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8 Tiebreaker)

#2 Singles —
Gracie Benton 9 (DML) over Hope Bowker 11 (A) 6-4 6-2
Bowker over Madison Forsyth 11 (H) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8 Tiebreaker)
5th Place Match — Savannah Beaman (CBAL) over Bowker 8-6

#2 Doubles —
Amy Epperson/Aly Shea (LC) over Libby Gifford 11/Lisa Gearheart 10 (A) 6-2 6-4
Gifford/Gearheart over Emma Pullen/Payton Larsen (All-Stars) 6-0 7-5
5th Place Match — Gearheart/Gifford over Ally Jones 11/Teresa Arkfeld 9 (H) 6-2 6-1

Coach Shawn Petersen’s Comments:
Overall, we finished about where I thought we would — definitely the least experienced team of the varsity teams; I thought all 6 girls in our lineup played very well — Leah Tjepkes struggled early, then found her groove, almost won two matches for us — Leah made a big step forward; #1 doubles — Tori and Lexi played pretty well most of the day — they were up 8-4 in tiebreaker, and lost 6 straight points to lose out on a medal — good learning experience for them, and the first time they had played together.  Hope got her first varsity experience on Saturday, and played admirably, with a win and two close losses.  Libby and Lisa went 2-1 on the day — their first varsity wins, to get us our best finish on the day.  Very proud of the girls for how well they played, esp. as first year players.   Girls host Harlan Monday, Audubon on Tuesday.

w/ Jim Field

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