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The Audubon boys varsity golf team played Saturday, April 21, in the Panorama Invitational, at Lake Panorama National Golf Course. Eleven schools competed and Audubon finished 4th with 361 strokes (the team’s four best 18-hole scores). It was the top team in Class IA. 2A South Hamilton finished in first place with 316, 2A Des Moines Christian was second with 327, and 3A Dallas Center-Grimes was third, followed by Audubon (361), Panorama (365), Guthrie Center (381), Adair-Casey (393), Earlham (415), and West Central Valley (428). Golfers from IKM-Manning and Ankeny Christian Academy also played, but neither school had four golfers to compete for the team honors. The Wheelers were lead by senior Michael Bylund who shot 81, a score that tied for the 5th place medal, but the tiebreaker gave it to a Des Moines Christian golfer, Andrew Minor. Audubon’s other scores that counted in the team total were Nick Fett (93), Cameron Mennenoh (93), Andrew Irlmeier (94), and Andy Hoffmann (94).
The top individuals were South Hamilton’s Jordan Sogard (76), Trevor Ullestad (79), Austin Heeren (79), and Des Moines Christian’s Chris Sturdivant (77).
Audubon’s dual meet record is 5-1, second in the Western Iowa Conference, and overall record (counting Saturday tournaments) is 17-4. The Wheelers travel to Griswold on Monday, April 23, and to Coon Rapids on Thur., April 26.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Ellis Coleman, best known for his unorthodox “Flying Squirrel” flip over opponents, headlined the list of wrestlers who earned spots Sunday night on the U.S. team headed to the London Olympics. The 20-year-old Coleman upset top-seeded Joe Betterman in the 60-kilogram Greco-Roman weight class to earn a trip to London in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Jake Herbert, Jared Frayer, Tervel Dlagnev, Ben Proviso and Sam Hazewinkel also claimed spots on the U.S. team. Clarissa Chun became the first American woman to qualify for the Olympics twice, and Elena Pirozhkova made the team for the first time. Henry Cejudo, who won a freestyle gold medal in Beijing in 2008, lost to Nick Simmons in the semifinals earlier Sunday and promptly retired.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo is retiring after his comeback bid ended with a loss in the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic trials. Cejudo was the freestyle champion in Beijing four years ago at 55 kilograms. He fell to top-seeded Nick Simmons 3-0, 5-9, 5-2 on Sunday. Cejudo removed his shoes after the loss, symbolic of a wrestler calling it quits, and flung them into the crowd in Iowa City. Cejudo, a native of Phoenix, was the only U.S. wrestler to win gold in the Beijing Games. Cejudo didn’t wrestle for three years and competed in just a few tournaments before returning for the Olympic trials. Cejudo says he returned to the sport to inspire people, adding that he’s at peace with his decision to retire.
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Kyle Lohse scattered six hits while pitching into the eighth inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Sunday. David Freese had a two-run single for the Cardinals and Rafael Furcal had three hits as St. Louis extended its strong start behind another superb outing from Lohse (3-0). The veteran right-hander struck out five without issuing a walk, though his ERA actually ticked up from 0.89 to 0.99. Pittsburgh’s Erik Bedard (0-4) gave up three runs on six hits, walking four and striking out seven in seven innings but was again undone by a lack of support. The Pirates have scored three runs combined in Bedard’s four starts. The Cards take on the Chicago Cubs Monday evening. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:10-p.m, on KJAN.
Thursday Events:
Boys Discus
Girls High Jump
Girls Shot Put
Boys Long Jump
Girls 3000
Boys 3200
Friday Events:
Girls 100 hurdles
Boys 110 hurdles
Boys Shot Put
Girls 100
Boys 100
Girls Discus
Girls Long Jump
Boys High Jump
Girls 800
Boys 4 x 200
Girls 800
Boys 800
Girls 4 x 100 relay
Boys 4 x 100 relay
Girls 4 x 400 relay
Saturday Events:
Boys shuttle hurdle relay
Girls 400 hurdles
Boys 400 hurdles
Girls 1500
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A.J. Burnett pitched three-hit ball for seven innings in his injury-delayed Pittsburgh debut and the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Saturday night. Burnett, who missed the first three weeks of the year while recovering from a fractured right orbital bone sustained during a bunting drill in spring training, walked two and struck out seven while giving up just three hits. Joel Hanrahan worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the ninth for his second save of the season. St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook (2-1) gave up a pair of RBI singles to Pedro Alvarez, walking two and striking out six as his ERA moved from 0.64 to 1.31. Westbrook was good but Burnett was better, throwing 53 of his 76 pitches for strikes and looking like the No. 1 starter the Pirates envisioned when they traded for him in February.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Rulon Gardner’s coach says the 40-year-old heavyweight trained like a madman to get back to the Olympics. But Gardner says his body told him to stop cutting weight just hours before he was set to weigh in for the Olympic Team Trials. Gardner says he reached 269 pounds Friday before he realized he’d been pushing himself too hard to reach the 264.5 pound limit for his weight class. Gardner declined to weigh in, ending his quest to reach the London Olympics. Gardner won the gold medal in Sydney in 2000 and bronze in Athens eight years ago before gaining nearly 200 pounds after retiring from wrestling. U.S. national Greco-Roman coach Steve Fraser says Gardner trained harder than anyone else on the team over the past few months.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Missouri River boat ramp in Pottawattamie County has reopened almost a year after it was closed by flooding. Park Ranger Brian Orth said that it’s been a bad year or two for boating at Narrows River Park, so it’s exciting that the ramp reopened Wednesday. Pottawattamie County Conservation was forced to close the ramp after the river swelled last May. The water eventually filled the whole park. The ramp was also closed for several weeks in 2010 because of high water. Mark Shoemaker, executive director of Pottawattamie County Conservation, called the reopening of the boat ramp a good step toward recovery. He says there is still a lot of work to do in the park, such as fixing park shelters and playground equipment.
Denison Boys Golf tournament on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Team Scores:
Atlantic Scores:
Coach Ed Den Beste says: Started off cold and a little wet this morning. By the time we had 8 holes to go, it was much better. Evan had a great round with a 4 over 75. Nice to see him finish well. He was in a group that had scores of 74, 75, 75. Ben also had a good day. Sam played fine but couldn’t get some birdie puts to fall. Travis finished a little higher than we wanted. He struggled on one hole but played well the rest. Nick came back and had a good front nine. Cole has his struggles but will hopefully score better the next time we play.
Audubon boys varsity golf team beat Missouri Valley by a score of 163-215 on Friday, April 20, at 4:00 p.m. at Audubon Golf and Country Club. Audubon seniors Michael Bylund and Andrew Irlmeier both shot 38. The 3rd tiebreaker hole gave the top medal to Michael and runner-up medal to Andrew. Audubon’s other four varsity players were within two strokes of each other: Nick Fett (43), Drew Keller (44), Cameron Mennenoh (44), and Andy Hoffmann (45). Missouri Valley’s Dan Waterhouse shot 47.
Audubon’s JV team shot 192, led by Lucas Smith-Petersen’s 45. The next three were Brock Deist (48), Chase Petersen (49), and Chris LaFoy (50).
The varsity record is now 5-1. Audubon plays in the Lake Panorama tournament on Sat., April 21, and travels to Griswold for a dual meet on Mon., April 23.
In girls golf, Audubon beat Missouri Valley 199-204. Taylor Gardner of Missouri Valley was medalist shooting the low round of 43. Audubon’s Susie Bylund was runner-up shooting a 45. Also for the Wheelers, Lexie Thygesen shot 50, Faith Fliflet posted 51 and Rachel Flug 53.
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