A supplement to the Ames Tribune • June 21, 2020
WINNER’S SECTION
#AMESTRIBPREPS
Ames High School, Ballard High School, Collins-Maxwell High School, Colo-NESCO High School, Gilbert High School, Nevada High School, Roland-Story High School, and South Hamilton High School.
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FALL SPORTS
LETTER FROM OUR SPORTS EDITOR It’s a great opportunity to look back at all that our area athletes have achieved - and look forward to seeing our high schools back in competition soon and our communities supporting them from the sidelines. Thank you to our subscribers for supporting the Ames Tribune. Because of your subscriptions, we can better serve our athletes. We will continue to be there coving these events in the rain, snow, wind, or sun. Our sports reporters are dedicated to making sure these student-athletes’ achievements do not go unnoticed. Because no matter what side of the fi eld you sit on, it’s our community’s common bond.
The loss of high school sports this spring reminds us just how vital and valuable they are for students and entire communities. The COVID-19 pandemic kept us away from the track, off the soccer fi eld and away from tennis courts this spring, but that only provided perspective for how important it was to spend Friday night under the lights, perfect autumn mornings at cross-country courses, Saturday afternoons at wrestling meets and everywhere else sports brings not only athletes but entire communities together. That’s why the Ames Tribune is honoring these student-athletes with its annual Best of Preps awards. This year, we’ve moved online rather than our in-person celebration, but we believe it is a fi rst-class production with AllStar athletes helping to honor the best in our area. TRAVIS HINES This event honors the top male and female high school Sports Editor athletes from Ames, Gilbert, Roland-Story, Nevada, Col- Ames Tribune lins-Maxwell, Ballard, South Hamilton and Colo-NESCO. Our sports department chose these top athletes with help from the coaches.
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BASEBALL
W I N N E R
KADE REINERTSON
eliot jurgensen
kade reinertson
luke huntrods
brighton clatt
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
FAREWAY
SOUTH STORY BANK
EXCHANGE STATE BANK
SUMMIT DENTAL
easton johnson
cael franzen
nolan faber
brock galetich
Ballard AMES FORD LINCOLN
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
WILSON TOYOTA
SUMMIT DENTAL
EDWARD JONES
WILD WATER
skylar rigby
mikayla houge
gracie kettwig
SOFTBALL
W I N N E R
MIKAYLA HOGUE
jewels buss
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
FAREWAY
GENERAL INSURANCE
EXCHANGE STATE BANK
MINERVA VALLEY TELE.
bella nelson
brooklyn jensen
reagan faber
Collins-Maxwell AMES FORD LINCOLN
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
WILD WATER
PARKVIEW PHARMACY
EDWARD JONES
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FOOTBALL jonah strawhacker
sam petersen
brett livesay
andrew grover
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
FAREWAY
WILD WATER
STORYTIME CHILDCARE
NESCO FAMILY MED
tucker hanson
noah adelmund
zach twedt
cade flaugh
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
WILSON TOYOTA
ARENDS SANITATION
EDWARD JONES
MOORMAN CLOTHIERS
W I N N E R
BRETT LIVESAY
Collins-Maxwell AMES FORD LINCOLN
VOLLEYBALL brinley horras
carley wilson
jillian holst
megan carlson
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
WILSON TOYOTA
FAREWAY
WILD WATER
NESCO FAMILY MED
haleigh hadley
kacie rewerts
madison geise
emily greenfield
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
MOORMAN CLOTHIERS
21ST CENTURY REHAB
EDWARD JONES
FAREWAY
W I N N E R
KACIE REWERTS
Nevada AMES FORD LINCOLN
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WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY
W I N N E R
CAMILLE JACKSON
camille jackson
shewaye johnson
avery fricke
callie kohlwes
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
WILSON TOYOTA
GENERAL INSURANCE
PARKVIEW PHARMACY
KELLY LAUNDRY
sophie vanderpool
eliana hornbuckle
kylie tjernagel
abby ervin
Ames AMES FORD LINCOLN
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
WILSON TOYOTA
ARENDS SANITATION
EDWARD JONES
AG FORCE INC.
jack chism
kyle vanderwal
jacob reischauer
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
W I N N E R
NOAH KOHUT-JACKSON
noah kohut-jackson
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
FAREWAY
SOUTH STORY BANK
WILD WATER
MINERVA VALLEY TELE.
nathan patel
owen freeman
dylan ihle
quinton grove
Ames AMES FORD LINCOLN
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
FAREWAY
SUMMIT DENTAL
EDWARD JONES
AG FORCE INC.
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL caroline waite
molly ihle
reagan franzen
lauryn hill
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
WILSON TOYOTA
FAREWAY
PARKVIEW PHARMACY
MINERVA VALLEY TELE.
ava hawthorne
addisyn vorm
reagan barkema
hallee feaker
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
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21ST CENTURY REHAB
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
W I N N E R
CONNOR DREW
keyshaun brooks
connor drew
mason markley
francis bower
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
Colo-NESCO
FAREWAY
GENERAL INSURANCE
STORYTIME CHILDCARE
NESCO FAMILY MED
matt ockey
tyler sansgaard
adam mcilrath
cade balvanz
Ballard AMES FORD LINCOLN
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
WILD WATER
21ST CENTURY REHAB
EDWARD JONES
MOORMAN CLOTHIERS
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WRESTLING gabriel greenlee
jacob torresi
gage long
jacob pierick
Ames
Ballard
Collins-Maxwell
FAREWAY
SOUTH STORY BANK
STORYTIME CHILDCARE
drew robinson
joe hovick
lane swenson
Gilbert
Nevada
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
WILD WATER
ARENDS SANITATION
EDWARD JONES
AG FORCE INC.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING
W I N N E R
BRINLEY HORRAS
Ames AMES FORD LINCOLN
W I N N E R
GABRIEL GREENLEE
Ames AMES FORD LINCOLN
MEN’S SWIMMING
W I N N E R
DREW HAWTHORNE
Ames AMES FORD LINCOLN
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TOP FEMALE ATHLETE
W I N N E R
MIKAYLA HOGUE
Collins-Maxwel DRAINTECH
Collins-Maxwell junior pitcher Mikayla Houge led the Spartan softball team to its second-consecutive state softball championship in Class 1A this past summer. Houge was named first-team all-state and 1A Player of the Year for the second season in a row in 2019. She has been named captain of the 1A all-tournament team each of the past two seasons. Houge went 27-1 with a 0.40 ERA, 302 strikeouts and only 26 walks in 158 innings in 2019. She also hit .522 with five home runs and 44 RBIs. During the 1A state championship game against Clarksville Houge came up with a clutch double in the bottom of the sixth inning that led to a run, helping Collins-Maxwell rally from a 3-2 deficit to go up by a run. She then blanked the Indians in the bottom of the inning to close out a 4-3 victory that gave the Spartans the championship. In her two seasons throwing for the Spartans Houge has gone 55-2 with a 0.41 ERA and 618 strikeouts in 316 innings. She also hit .520 with nine home runs and 84 RBIs over that time to firmly establish herself as one of the best softball players in the history of the state. As an eighth-grader Houge helped Collins-Maxwell-Baxter reach state for the only time in program history. She was named first-team all-state for the Raiders as a freshman. Prior to her high school career Houge was a pitcher for the Central Iowa Little League team that made the Little League World Series in 2015. Houge’s devastating combination of speed, movement and location on her pitches and her tremendous poise on the mound earned her a Division 1 scholarship. She will be attending the University of Virginia in the fall.
TOP MALE ATHLETE
W I N N E R
GABE GREENLEE
Ames DRAINTECH
Ames junior Gabriel Greenlee continued his rise toward becoming one of the best wrestlers in the state placing second at 285 pounds in Class 3A at the 2020 state wrestling tournament. Greenlee emerged as a star as a sophomore, going 27-12 at 220 pounds. He placed fifth at state that season. As a junior Greenlee moved up to 285. Standing at 6-7 he took advantage of his tremendous length and athleticism and improved strength to overpower opponents all season, finishing with a 40-2 record. At state Greenlee showed he could get it done when the stakes were at their highest. Greenlee displayed tremendous discipline in his first match at state, defeating Dowling Catholic’s Charlie Nank by ultimate tiebreaker, 4-3. In the quarterfinals he whipped Waverly-Shell Rock’s Luke Walker, pinning Walker with a cradle a little over halfway into the second period. In the semifinals Greenlee again showed outstanding poise. He won another ultimate tiebreaker, this one by a 3-1 decision over Norwalk’s Maddux Borcherding-Johnson to reach the finals. In the finals Greenlee came up short against top-ranked and undefeated Griffin Liddle of Bettendorf by a 7-2 decision. With another year of growth Greenlee will be a major force for Ames in 2021. He expects to keep building more and more momentum over the offseason in order to make another run at a state championship.
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TOP FEMALE COACH
W I N N E R
STACY JOHNSON
Gilbert High School head volleyball coach Stacy Johnson guided the Tigers to an outstanding season in 2019. Johnson led the Tigers to a big turnaround this past season. After f nishing 21-28 in 2018 the Tigers went 32-13 this fall. Gilbert ended up placing second to Class 3A state qualif er Nevada in the Heart of Iowa Conference with a 6-1 conference record. The Tigers defeated Bondurant-Farrar in the 4A regional semif nals before falling one win shy of state with a loss to Cedar Rapids Xavier in the regional f nals.
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TOP MALE COACH
W I N N E R
SCOTT BARTH
Ballard AMES FORD LINCOLN
Scott Barth led the Ballard girls’ cross country team to its f rst-ever state championship in 2019. The Bomber girls produced the second and third-place individual runners (freshmen Shewaye Johnosn and Paityn Noe) and 13th-place f nisher (senior Ellie Twedt) in scoring 57 points in the Class 3A girls’ race. They beat Dallas Center-Grimes by 23 points to easily win their f rst championship. The Bombers were ranked No. 1 in 3A for most of the season. They lost that ranking heading into state despite winning their qualifying meet in Humboldt, but were enable to make a huge statement on the course in Fort Dodge. Ballard placed fourth at state in 2018.
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