The 25 members of the Atlantic girls track team are being honored by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.  Coach Bruce Henderson reports that the teams average grade point average for the second semester was 3.34.  This was bolstered by nine students who had perfect 4.0 GPA’s. They include Jessica Arneson, Kari Sandage, Taylor Barry, Marissa Berns, Paige Kennon, Sam McConnell, Mackenzie Holmes, Shelby Worth and Kristin Johnk.  They will receive certificates from the IGHSAU at a later date.

In addition, seniors Kari Sandage and Jessica Arneson received Hawkeye 10 All-Conference Academic awards.

Kari Sandage also earned the prestigious “Academic All-State” award presented by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches. Recipients must have a cumulative GPA of 3.8, a 28 ACT score and they must have participated in the 2011 state track meet.

Liz Metheny of Atlantic placed 7th overall in Singles at the 2011 Class 1A State Tennis Torunament held in Waterloo on June 2, 3.

Only 16 girls qualify for the State Tournament in Singles in Iowa in each class; girls must choose between competing in Singles or in Doubles.  This year, most of the top players entered in Singles, largely due to the fact that the defending Doubles champions, Emily and Rachel Pierson of Red Oak were entering the Doubles field.  This made for a very deep and talented field in the Singles draw.

Liz came in as an unseeded player (only four girls are seeded) and drew Amanda Stefanik of Oskaloosa in Round 1.  Amanda came in with a 17-2 overall record, so it figured to be a tough match.  Both players played well in the opening set, with a lot of deuce games.  Liz broke Amanda in Game 3 and held onto her serve throughout to capture a 6-3, 6-1 win.

Unfortunately, Liz then had to play the top seed, 2-time defending champion Sarah Dalton of Wahlert Catholic.  Dalton is probably the best player in the state regardless of class, and she took care of Liz in straight sets.  Dalton went on to win the tournament for the third consecutive year.

That dropped Liz into the consolation bracket, where she had to win to stay alive.  She was matched against Erin Olson of Estherville-Lincoln Central, who had previously beaten Catie Faust of St. Albert to stay alive herself.  Liz fought through some heat issues, and got through it 6-4, 7-5.  Liz had been sick for most of the week, and definitely was not 100% physically, so it was good to see her pull through and live to play another day.

In the consolation semifinals, she took on #3 seed Ena Alcan of Fairfield; Ena is a foreign exchange student from Serbia, who entered the tournament undefeated.  She was upset in the first round, but battled back with two nice wins, including knocking out the #4 seed, to face Liz.  Liz was up a break in the first and second sets, but couldn’t quite seal the deal, losing 7-5, 7-5.  Both girls played very good tennis.

Finally, Liz had a match for seventh place — against Stefanik, who herself won her way back after losing to Liz in the opener.  Amanda was a little more prepared for Liz this time around, and won the first set pretty handily 6-3; Liz did her thing, though — fighting back to take a 4-1 lead in the second set, before holding on to win 6-4, forcing a 3rd Set match tie-break.  In that, Liz was down 5-3, before rattling off 7 straight points to take the tiebreak and the match, 10-5, and finish in seventh place.

It was a great tournament for Liz — going 3-2 against some of the best in the state, and only losing to the champion and the previously unbeaten Alcan.  Liz and Derek Tjepkes will compete in State Co-ed Tennis on Tuesday June 7 in Johnston, Iowa.

Tuesday, June 7th, we will have a live web-cast of the Harlan @ Atlantic boys baseball game.  Join us begining at 7:35 pm.  First pitch is at 7:45 pm.  Jim Field will have the call.  Just go to our “Listen Live” page by clicking the link in the upper right hand corner.  Once there, click the play button on the streaming player to listen.  Don’t forget, you can listen to other games we have web-cast on KJAN.com on our podcast or sports pages.

BOYS STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT (Saturday, June 4)

Class 1-A Consolation

• MOC-Floyd Valley 2 Holy Trinity Catholic 0

Class 1-A Championship

• Iowa City Regina 1 Solon 0

Class 2-A Consolation

• Dubuque Wahlert 3 Spirit Lake Park/Okoboji 2

Class 2-A Championship

• Cedar Rapids Xavier 1 Norwalk 0

Class 3-A Consolation

• Iowa City West 1 Johnston 0

Class 3-A Championship

• West Des Moines Dowling Catholic 4 West Des Moines Valley 1

ATLANTIC TROJANN TOURNAMENT

GAME ONE:
Tri Center 7, Atlantic 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  R  H  E
Tri 0 3 1 0 0 3 2  9  4  3
Atl 4 0 0 1 0 0 0  5 10  4

WP- Malory Christiansen LP-Marissa Berns

Atlantic Highlights…
1st- ReAnn Cappel led off the inning with a double and moved the third by
on a single by Bre VonWehye.  Tiara Edelman reached on a FC scoring
Cappel.  Paige Kennon doubled scoring scoring VonWehye.  Alisha Hinzmann
doubled scoring both Edelman and Kennon.

4th- ReAnn Cappel singled and stole second and third base.  She was driven
in on a ground out hit by Paige Kennon.

Comments by Coach Hinzmann…
“We simply were unable to put together a complete game.  We started out on
fire but allowed Tri Center to come back.  By the late innings the game
turned pretty sloppy for us. We hit the ball well again but just couldn’t
overcome our four errors.

GAME TWO:
Atlantic 2, Carroll 5
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
Atl 0  0  0  2  0  0  0  2  9  2
Car 0  0  5  1  0  0  X  5  5  1

WP-Lindsey Schulz  LP-Katie Groves

Atantic Highlights…

5th – With one out ReAnn Cappel doubled and scored on a single by Tiara
Edelman.  Edelman moved to second on the play at the plate and scored on
single by Mackenzie Holmes.

Comments by Coach Hinzmann…
“I felt we bounced back from our loss in game one pretty well.
Unfotunatly we allowed Carroll to load the based and (Jennifer) Semprini
made us pay for it with the grand slam.”

GAME THREE:
Atlantic 12,  Walnut 4
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  R  H  E
Atl 2  5  0  0  1  4  0  12 9  2
Wal 0  1  0  0  2  0  1  4  9  1

Atlantic Highlights…
1st – ReAnn Cappel led off the game with a home run.  Third hitter Tiara
Edelman walked moved to third on WPs and scored on a ground out hit by
Paige Kennon.

2nd – Liz Metheny led off with a walk, stole second and third bases and
scored on a single by Mackenzie Holmes.  Holmes moved to third when Leah
Tjepkes beat out a sac bunt, then stole second.  Both Holmes and Tjepkes
scored on a single by ReAnn Cappel.  Bre VonWehye was hit by a pitch.
Atlantic executed the double steal with Cappel stealing third and VonWehye
second and both scored on a double by Paige Kennon.

5th – Paige Kennon led off the inning with a single.  She stole second
then later third and scored on a sac fly by Alisha Hinzmann.

7th – Tiara Edelman led off with a single and stole second base.  Paige
Kennon doubled to drive in Edelman.  Alisha Hinzmann singled driving in
Kennon.  Hinzmann was lifted for pinch runner Maren McNees who stole
second and scored when Mackenzie Holmes beat out a throw from short.
Holmes moved to second on a WP and scored on an over throw at first on a
ball hit by Katie Groves.

Comments by Coach Hinzmann…
“Liz Metheny did a great job this afternoon shutting down Carroll in game
two and beating Walnut in this game.  We hadn’t planned on having her
throw today since she just returned from the state tennis meet.  We were
able to cut down our errors in game three and took every advantage of what
Walnut allowed us.”

• Creston 4, Underwood 0
• Creston 8, Audubon 5
• Underwood 13, Audubon 10

All Tournament Team

Lauren Baylor-11-AHST, Reann Cappel-10-Atlantic, Lindsey Schultz-11- Carroll, Molly Bryan-11-Glenwood, Cassie Kruse-10-Glenwood, Alex Snyder-11-Treynor, Katelynn Dilts-10-Underwood, Michaela Kennedy-11-CBAL, Taylor Powers-12-CBAL, Lacey Vokt-11-Audubon, Katlin Briley-11-Creston, Madison Frain-11-Creston, Maddie Holmgren-10-Red Oak, Vicky Kinney-8-Tri Center, Ashli Walker-9-Walnut.

Missouri Valley Tournament
Missouri Valley 10, West Harrison 2
St. Albert 6, West Monona 2
Woodbine 4, Thomas Jefferson 2
Lewis Central 7, Riverside 1
Missouri Valley 14, St. Albert 0
Lewis Central 10, Woodbine 3
West Monona 14, West Harrison 3
Thomas Jefferson 7, Riverside 1
7th Place – Riverside 10, West Harrison 5
5th Place – Thomas Jefferson 13, West Monona 2
3rd Place – St. Albert 3, Woodbine 2
Championship – Missouri Valley 3, Lewis Central 2

Corning Tournament
Corning 14, CAM 4
Mount Ayr 14, East Mills 2
Mount Ayr 5, Corning 1
Mount Ayr 11, CAM 3
Corning 13, East Mills 8
CAM 14, East Mills 3

Murray Tournament
Lamoni 14, Orient-Macksburg 5
Murray 9, Adair-Casey 3
Melcher-Dallas 3, Lenox 1
Martensdale-St. Mary’s 6, Nodaway Valley 1
Adair-Casey 14, Orient-Macksburg 5
Murray 5, Lamoni 2
Nodaway Valley 10, Lenox 4

The Atlantic Trojans baseball team defeated Winterset Saturday 13-3 in 5 innings. Gunnar Blum threw a complete game to get the win for the Trojans. Dalton Franken helped supply the offense with a two-run home run. The Trojans improve to 3-3 on the season.

OTHER GAMES:
Abraham Lincoln 11, Clarinda 4
Treynor 11-8, Corning 4-4
Walnut 9, AHST 5
Walnut 9, Griswold 0

Nodaway Valley Tournament
Nodaway Valley 9, Orient-Macksburg 5
Perry 11, Mount Ayr 1
Consolation – Mount Ayr 6, Orient-Macksburg 1
Championship – Perry 16, Nodaway Valley 3

SOCCER: GIRLS REGIONALS
Class 1-A Semifinals
Region 1
Unity Christian (Orange City) 5, Western Christian 1
Sioux City Heelan 10, MOC-Floyd Valley 0
Region 2
Council Bluffs St. Albert 3, Tri-Center (Neola) 1
Dallas Center-Grimes 7, Carlisle 0
Region 3
Waterloo Columbus 4, Clear Lake 0
Denver 6, Aplington-Parkersburg 0
Region 4
Gilbert 2, Ballard (Huxley) 1
Bondurant-Farrar 1, Nevada 0 (OT)
Region 5
Mid-Prairie (Wellman) 7, Benton (Van Horne) 1
Union (La Porte City) 1, Hudson 0
Region 6
Center Point-Urbana 6, Mount Vernon 0
Solon 2, Iowa City Regina 1
Region 7
Burlington Notre Dame 8, Fairfield 2
Davenport Assumption 11, Washington 0
Region 8
Beckman (Dyersville) 7, Monticello 0
Dubuque Wahlert 9, West Delaware 0
Note—Finals are Monday

BASEBALL
C.R. Kennedy 13-9, Cedar Falls 3-0
Dallas Center-Grimes 17, Winterset 0
Missouri Valley 7, Griswold 2
Van Meter 12, D.M. Christian 10

SOFTBALL
Tournaments
At Huxley
Ankeny 8, Boone 3
Ballard (Huxley) 10, Griswold 0
BCLUW (Conrad) 10, Okoboji 0
Woodbury Central 15, Nevada 0
At Urbandale
ADM (Adel) 6, C.B. Jefferson 0
ADM (Adel) 4, Madrid 1
Carlisle 11, Urbandale 1
Carlisle 11, W.D.M. Valley 3
South Hamilton 4, ADM (Adel) 0
South Hamilton 12, C.B. Jefferson 0
Urbandale 8, C.B. Jefferson 0
Urbandale 8, Madrid 0
State
Colfax-Mingo 4, Winterset 2
Interstate 35 (Truro) 9, Corning 0
Essex 16, Stanton 13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           IKM-Manning 13, Boyer Valley 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Treynor 3, Underwood 1

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Class 1-A Singles Consolation Semifinals

• Ena Alcan (Fairfield) defeated Elizabeth Metheny (Atlantic) 7-5, 7-5
• Kristy Carr (Ballard) defeated Amanda Stefanik (Oskaloosa) 6-1, 6-0

Class 1A Semifinals

• Sarah Dalton (Dubuque Wahlert) defeated Mary Eide (Fort Dodge St. Edmond) 6-0, 6-1
• Celia Morton (Dubuque Wahlert) defeated Kylie Vogel (Camanche) 6-2, 6-2

Class 1-A Seventh Place

• Elizabeth Metheny (Atlantic) defeated Amanda Stefanik (Oskaloosa) 3-6, 6-4, 1 (5)

Class 1-A Fifth Place

• Kristy Carr (Ballard) defeated Ena Alcan (Fairfield) 6-1, 6-3

Class 1-A Third Place

• Kylie Vogel (Camanche) defeated Mary Eide (Fort Dodge St. Edmond) 6-1, 6-3

Class 1A Championship

• Sarah Dalton (Dubuque Wahlert) defeated Celia Morton (Dubuque Wahlert) 6-0, 6-4

Class 1-A Doubles Consolation Semifinals

• Kim Bearbower/Rachel Schaefer (Waterloo Columbus) defeated Beth Reiter/Teal Driscoll (Clarinda) 6-1, 6-1
• Alli Gerking/Aubry Kolegraff (Spirit Lake/Okoboji) defeated Katie Meyer/Kathleen Hutchinson (Dubuque Wahlert) 6-1, 6-2

Class 1-A Semifinals

• Rachel Pierson/Emily Pierson (Red Oak) defeated Whitney Schipper/Ashley Dohlman (Aplington-Parkersburg) 6-1, 6-1
• Tiana Bark/Jalyn Deering (Camanche) defeated Lindsay McGonegle/Lindsay McManus (Waterloo Columbus) 6-4, 6-3

Class 1-A Seventh Place

• Beth Reiter/Teal Driscoll (Clarinda) defeated Katie Meyer/Kathleen Hutchinson (Dubuque Wahlert) 6-4, 7-5

Class 1-A Fifth Place

• Alli Gerking/Aubry Kolegraff (Spirit Lake/Okoboji) defeated Kim Bearbower/Rachel Schaefer (Waterloo Columbus) 3-6, 6-2, 1 (5)

Class 1-A Third Place

• Lindsay McGonegle/Lindsay McManus (Waterloo Columbus) defeated Whitney Schipper/Ashley Dohlman (Aplington-Parkersburg) 6-3, 6-2

Class 1-A Championship

• Rachel Pierson/Emily Pierson (Red Oak) defeated Tiana Bark/Jalyn Deering (Camanche) 6-0, 6-1