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2012 Fall Sports Schedules Forest City Football Aug. 24 - vs.

Algona; Aug. 31 - at Clear Lake; Sept. 7 Spirit Lake; Sept. 14 at East Sac County; Sept. 21 - ClarionGoldfield; Sept. 28 at South Central Calhoun; Oct. 5 - at Estherville-Lincoln Central; Oct. 12 - vs.

Central Springs; Oct. 19 - vs. GarnerHayfield.

West Hancock football Aug . 24 - vs.

Garner-Hayfield; Aug. 31 - at St.

Ansgar; Sept. 7 - vs.

AGWSR; Sept. 14 - at Belmond-Klemme; Sept. 21 - at Bishop Garrigan, Algona; Sept. 28 - vs. Lake Mills; Oct. 5 - vs.

Southeast Webster; Oct. 12 - vs. Prairie Valley; Oct. 19 - vs.

Mason City Newman.

Forest City Volleyball Aug. 28 - at West Hancock; Sept. 4 - vs Newman Catholic; Sept. 6 - vs.

Belmond-Klemme; Sept. 8 - at Eldora Tournament; Sept. 11 - at Osage; Sept. 13 vs. Garner-Hayfield;

Sept. 15 - vs. Forest City Tournament; Sept. 18 - at North Iowa; Sept. 22 - at Boone Tournament; Sept. 25 - vs. Lake Mills; Sept. 29 - at Garner-Hayfield Tournament; Oct. 8 at Central Springs Oct. 11 - at St. Ansgar Quad; Oct. 13 - at Algona Tournament; Oct. 17 - Regionals, TBA.

West Hancock Volleyball Aug. 25 - at GarnerHayfield Tournament; Aug. 28 - vs. Forest City; Sept. 4 - at Garner-Hayfield;

Sept. 6 - at Newman Catholic; Sept. 8 - at Belmond-Klemme Tournament; Sept. 11 - vs. BelmondKlemme; Sept. 13 - at Lake Mills; Sept. 17 at NorthwoodKensett Tournament; Sept. 18 - at Osage; Sept. 25 - vs. North Iowa; Sept. 29 - NIC Tournament, Garner; Oct. 6 - at North Iowa; Oct. 11 - at West Bend Mallard; Oct. 13 - at Algona Tournament.

Invitational; Sept. 4 at Belmond-Klemme Classic; Sept. 11 - at Osage; Sept. 13 - at Clear Lake Invitational; Sept. 17 at Humboldt Invitational; Sept. 24 - at Algona Invitational; Oct. 2 at Lake Mills; Oct. 8 Forest City Invitational; Oct. 11 North Iowa Conference meet, Mason City.

Forest City Cross Country

West Hancock Cross Country

Aug. 28 - at Mason City Newman

Aug. 24 - at Garner-Hayfield

Invitational; Aug. 28 at Mason City Newman Invitational; Sept. 4 - at BelmondKlemme Invitational; Sept. 10 - at Ballard Invitational; Sept. 13 at Clear Lake Invitational; Sept. 17 at Humboldt Invitational; Sept. 20 - at Mason City Invitational; Sept. 24 - Garner-Hayfield Invitational; Sept. 27 - at HamptonDumont Invitational; Oct. 2 - at Eagle Grove Invitational; Oct. 8 at Forest City Invitational; Oct. 11 North Iowa Conference meet, Mason City.

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Indians to face tough schedule early in the season New district will be tough, but Forest City returns nine starters on defense

BY CHRIS TODD 2012 FALL SPORTS

FOREST CITY - It won’t take Forest City football coach Chad Moore long to see how his team stacks up in its new district.

The Indians open with Algona on Friday, but after that, it’s murderer’s row. Forest City plays district opponent Spirit Lake in week three, Clarion-Goldfield in week five and South Central Calhoun in week six.

Spirit Lake was a state runnerup last season in Class 2A while Clarion Goldfield returns eight starters from last year’s team that beat the Indians twice. South Central Calhoun is currently rated in Class 2A. “We’ll see how things

go, but it’s going to be tough,” Moore said. “We see all the best teams in our district by the end of September. If we are healthy after that stretch, we can finish the season strong.”

The Indians go into the season with the momentum created last year, when the team won its first district title ever, and its first playoff game ever.

Indian coach Chad Moore, meanwhile, lost eight starters on offense but returns nine starters on defense.

Lost to graduation was record-setting quarterback Kyle Rosacker, who ran for 859 yards last season and threw for 1, 388 yards.

Battling to replace Rosacker are Tate

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Above are members of the 2012 Forest City High football team.

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At left, West Hancock’s Maribel Zamago runs during the Forest City Invitational last October. Directly above, West Hancock’s Jessica Gray returns a serve at an early-season tournament at Garner last year. Below, the West Hancock defense tries to stop a run in the Class A State title game against Lisbon last year at the Uni-Dome in Cedar Falls. At left, below, Kellie Schmit rises to block a shot at the net.

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WH football team loaded with talent, potential

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2011 in Review At top, left, Forest City slot back Jon Mathiasen races downfield during a game against Clarion-Goldfield last season. At right above, a Forest City High volleyball player practices passing.

At left, below, Forest City’s Autumn Busta runs during last year’s Forest City Invitational. At right, Indian runner Tommy Swanson competes during a meet during the 2011 season.

BRITT — It’s going to be difficult for the 2012 West Hancock football team to duplicate last year’s 12-2 season, but Eagle coach Bob Sanger isn’t selling this group of youngsters short.

And why should he?

The Eagles lost most of their backfield and two key linebackers on defense, but return eight starters on both offense and defense.

“I think it’s on defense where we’ll show the most improvement over last year,” said Sanger, now in his 45th year at the West Hancock helm.

“I really like where we’re at. We have six all-district players coming back and three allstate players back as well.”

Last season, West Hancock advanced all the way to the Class A championship game, but lost a 14-12 decision Nov. 18 in the Uni-Dome

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Above are members of the 2012 West Hancock football team. to Lisbon.

Two key losses to graduation were halfback/linebacker Zach Schleuger and running back/outside linebacker Gerardo Ibarra.

Zach will be playing football this fall for Morningside College while Ibarra will play

basketball at Ellsworth CC. Zach was named allstate as a linebacker but on offense last year, he rushed for 1,816 yards and scored a team high 35 touchdowns. He averaged 14 yard per carry.

Ibarra was an all-state

pick at a roving linebacker/defensive back position.

“We’ll miss all our seniors from last year,” Sanger said. “But there’s no doubt about it. Zach and Ibarra will be tough to replace.”

Also lost to graduation was quarterback

Eric Cox, who wasn’t asked to pass much last year but made some key passes down the stretch of the season.

Returning in the backfield is Chris Schleuger, who led the Eagles in rushing last season with 1,894 yards and 26 touchdowns.

Expected to fill the spot of Ibarra at the tailback spot are Gunner and Ryder Clark, both returning letterwinners.

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BY CHRIS TODD 2012 FALL SPORTS

FOREST CITY - The Forest City High volleyball team will battle youth and inexperience this season after losing five of six starters to graduation.

“It’s a building year, and we’ll be very young,” said Indian volleyball coach Lacy Jerome.

But the second year coach isn’t selling her team short.

“The players have great attitudes and a strong work ethic so far,” Jerome said. “It may seem like it’s difficult to bring 12 new faces to a team and get them to play together.

“But we’ve made a lot of progress so far. And some of our freshman and sophomores have been playing together in the past at different levels.”

Lost to graduation among others, were hitter Tab Blaser, hitter Amanda Busta, and setter Miranda Bartleson.

In 2011, Blaser led the Indians with 428 kills, an average of almost four kills per set. Busta finished with 260 kills and a team-high 108 digs.

Blaser also finished with 108 digs and led in ace serves with 70.

Bartleson was a reliable setter for the past two years for the Indians. In 2011, she finished with 471 set assists.

The lone returning starter is McKenzie Baker, whom Jerome said would hit from nearly every position on the floor this season.

Last year, Baker finished with 125 kills, an average

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Above, West Hancock’s Pat Smith gets a sack last fall of the North Iowa quarterback. At right, Wolfpack runner Kamille Kronemann runs during the Belmond-Klemme Invitational.

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Above are members of the 2012 Forest City High volleyball team. of 1.17 kills per set. She added 11 ace serves and 16 solo blocks.

“McKenzie had a good year last season but we’re expecting more out of her this year,” Jerome said.

“She’s got some height and power at the net and will be our main hitter, especially in the middle.

“And one thing McKenzie has done is step into a

leadership role so far.”

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We like to play that type of physical football.”

At quarterback, Sanger said the starter will be either junior Jacob Hejlik or Collin Becker.

“Both those guys are really working hard,” Sanger said.

Up front, all stater Pat Smith returns, as do all-district players Nate Aitchison and Seth Goepel. Jon Burgardt returns at tight end.

Expected to gain a starting position at center is senior Kevin Tlach.

“He’s going to fill that spot well,” Sanger said. “He was good enough to play for us last year and we probably should have found a spot for him. The same goes with (lineman) Calvin Lang.”

The Eagles will have a deep threat with the pass in senior Josiah Eckels.

Defensively, Sanger likes the way his team has looked so far. He said Chris Schleuger is going to play a lot more defense at end this season than he did last year.

“He’s a very good defensive player, and I think his contributions there this year will be every bit as important as they will be offensively,” Sanger said.

This season, the Eagles won’t have to deal with the spread offense of LeMars Gehlen again.

Districts were realigned over the offseason and the Eagles will play against top contenders Mason City Newman and Algona Bishop Garrigan.

“Top to bottom, our schedule will probably be more difficult this year than it was last season,” Sanger said.

practice so far,” Short.

“We’ve had that for a few years now and it’s made us a better team.”

The Wolfpack boys team lost seniors Stuart Blank, Michael Jolivette and West Hancock’s David Schreur last season but return some good runners, Short said.

“We have the makings of a good team,” he said.

“But we’ve definitely got some spots to fill.”

The top returning letterwinner is GarnerHayfield’s Brad Nedved.

Also returning are Jeff O’Brien, Joel Toppin and A.J. Arnold.

Last season, the Wolfpack finished second to Osage in the North Iowa Conference meet. The first order of business for the team in the post-season will be to reclaim the confer-

WH SPIKERS: FROM 5 Freesemann said, the team has been stressing fundamentals.

“We’ll be working on a lot of the basics for a while,” she said. “That will help us progress as the season goes on.”

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at the region meet and get back to state as a team after not making it last year.”

Eagles won 13 matches but most of those wins were in the first half of the season. They finished 13-19.

Freesemann said the Eagles aren’t the only North Iowa Conference team which lost heavily to graduation.

“Forest City, Garner-

Hayfield and Mason City Newman all lost some of their top players,” Freesemann said.

“Lake Mills and Osage should return with some strong team but they’ll be a lot of new faces in the conference.”

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INDIANS: FROM 2 him don’t come along very often.”

In the backfield, senior Colton Westerberg returns after a solid junior year. Zach Bengston and Riley Moore return at the slot positions while Seth Brown returns at offensive tackle.

“We lost most of our offensive line,” Moore said.

“But we’ve got a few kids there who weren’t starters last year but saw some varsity time.”

Among them are Brian Brcka and Nathan Friederich. Lost to graduation was Justin Putney, who’s redshirting his freshman year this fall at Northern Iowa.

“We won’t have the size we had last year in the offensive line but we’ll be about average,” Moore said. “We’ve got a the makings of a pretty good corps there.

“But a key to our season will be how our offense jells together and makes things happen,” Moore said.

At the receiver positions, Matt Snyder returns at tight end and Josh Putz could get a starting role as a wideout, Moore said.

On defense, the Indians return nine players. They are defensive end Seth Brown, noseguard Josh Dakken, defensive tackle Brcka, Westerberg, Snyder and Friederich at linebacker, and Riley Moore at a defensive back position.

Also last season, Tate Thompson started every game for Iowa City West on defense.

Coach Moore said that Tyler Putney and Nick Bunger will also be in the mix in the Indians’ defensive line.

“We definitely have some depth on defense this season,” Moore said.

“I’d say right now that our strengths are senior leadership and defense,” Moore said. “We think things will go well on offense, but that’s still a bit of a question mark after losing all those starters.

“Our special teams and kicking game might be a sore point at least early in the season. We lost some key kids so some guys are going to have to step into those roles.”

The Indians open their 2012 season Friday night at home with Algona.

mostly back row. Thus far, she’s stepped into the starting setter’s role.

“We think Jessica can be a good setter,” Jerome said. “We’ve got some younger girls who can set as well, but Jessica is more used to the speed of the game at the varsity level.”

Koch added 24 digs last season while playing in the back row.

Wilson saw limited varsity action but will be a starter if she is healthy, Jerome said.

“She recently had foot sur-

gery,” Jerome said. “We don’t know if we’ll get her back this season or not. If she is able to return, it will be an added boost for us.”

Tweeten also has limited varsity experience but Jerome says she should be able to contribute immediately.

Jerome said the strength of the team thus far has been its positive attitude. But inexperience will have to be dealt with.

“This team still has some high expectations and I think they’re willing to work hard to reach them,” Jerome said.

“It’s going to take some time

before we start playing together as a team but our solid team chemistry will help with that,” she said.

She added that Lake Mills will simply reload and be the favorite once again in the North Iowa Conference.

A threat to the title will also be Garner-Hayfield.“They will be much-improved over last year,” Jerome said. Several schools in the conference will be as young and inexperienced as the Indians.

Among them are Mason City Newman and West Hancock, she said.

Indian boys harriers have good numbers FC CC: FROM 6 ise,” Kappos said.

Also back is Tommy Swanson, who had some strong finishes last year.

Other returnees are Tyler Tweeten, Tyler Helmich, Jeff Robson, and Russell Scharper.

“We lost some good runners from last year but return some experience,” Kappos said. “It will be all about improving their times with each race and pushing themselves to go faster.”

Kappos said the Indian boys will be able to field a full team for

scoring purposes of each meet.

The North Iowa Conference meet will be held Oct. 11 in Mason City.

“Garner-HayfieldVentura-West Hancock and Osage are probably going to battle it out for first place in that meet,” Kappos said.

“North Iowa also returns with a pretty good team.”

The Indians will play host to their own Forest City Invitational Monday, Oct. 8 at Bear Creek Golf Course.

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BY CHRIS TODD 2012 FALL SPORTS

BRITT - West Hancock volleyball coach Sarah Freesemann knows she has a challenge ahead of her this season.

On the other hand, every season presents new challenges.

“Most years, you have to deal with losses to graduation so that’s nothing new,” Freesemann said. “And it will be exciting and interesting to see how this year’s young team develops. It’s an intresting time of year.”

The Eagles lost its two top front row players in six-footers Ahna Bruns and Brooke Heusinkveld.

Bruns, who led the Eagles in kills with 212, or 2.44 per set, is now playing volleyball for Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls.

West Hancock also lost second-leading hitter Carlee Christianson,

who finished with 123 kills in 2011.

The Eagles will have to replace setters Kaylee Weiland and Brookelyn Savoy to graduation, along with back row players Katelin Willert and Courtney Zadow.

The only returning starter is 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter Melissa Loeschen. Last season, Loeschen was the Eagles’ third-leading hitter, finishing with 89 kills, or 1.7 per set.

“The whole lineup, except for Melissa, will be new,” Freesemann said. “This year, I’ll be looking for a lot of leadership from our seniors.”

The only other returning letterwinner is senior Kellie Schmit.

A four-sport athlete who also participates in basketball, track and softball, Schmit is expected to play an allaround role for the Eagles this fall.

Freesemann said Schmit could be a dangerous hitter in the mid-

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dle or outside, as well as a top-notch back row player.

Last season in a parttime role, Schmit finished with 19 kills and 27 digs.

Replacing the setter duo of Weiland and Savoy is senior Jessica Gray. Freesemann said Gray saw some action as a setter at the end of last year.

“She should do a good job for us,” Freesemann said. “She had good hands and excellent court sense.”

Up front, helping Loeschen and Schmit is senior Callie Francis, who was on the varsity roster last season.

“Callie will be one of our outside hitters,” Freesemann said. She said others who will see front row duty will be middle hitters Macey Harms and Colbie Bates.

In the back row, senior Haley Hiscocks will be the go-to player.

“Haley has lot of ability as a back row player,”

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Above are members of the 2012 West Hancock volleyball team.

Freesemann said.

“It’s going to be tough, because we lost our whole back row last year, but we have a good pool of players who can step in and play there this year.”

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Indian runners to face some tough challenges ahead

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FOREST CITY Thirteen boys and three girls will comprise the Forest City High cross country teams this fall.

Numbers are relatively good for the boys team, but with just three athletes the girls team won’t be able to field a team for meets.

“That’s a tough one for the girls, because it’s a strong motivating factor to be running for the team as opposed to yourself,” said Indian boys and girls cross country coach Steve Kappos.

“But for all our runners, it’s really all up to them. If they want to get up there and compete with top runners, I think they have the ability to do that.

“On the other hand, it’s always easier to run with a comfort level rather than to push yourself,” he said.

“Cross country is almost

more mental than physical. Runners are capable of going faster than they think or that is comfortable, but it might hurt a little to keep pushing.”

The girls team will be comprised of senior Carter Anderson, Autumn Busta and Quincey Vaagensmith.

Busta had a good season last year, according to Kappos.

“She started quickly but leveled off in the middle of the season,” he said. “Then she finished strong in the conference meet and just missed all conference by a couple of places.”

Anderson has been running since she was a freshman, but injuries slowed her last year.

“Carter, like all our other runners, just has to build some confidence during the season that she can run up with the lead pack,” Kappos said. “She has to believe she can do it.”

This is Vaagensmith’s third year out for cross

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country and Kappos said she has improved each season.

“Last season, she improved over the year before,” he said. “She has a lot of potential and could be our top runner if she goes out and decides to do it.”

On the boys side, the Indians will be led by

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“He was only about 15 to 18 seconds away from qualifying,” Kappos said. “He was our only all-conference runner last year but he had a strong freshman season.”

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BRITT - The GarnerHayfield Ventura-West Hancock boys and girls cross country teams want to get back to state in 2012, and both should have a chance to do just that.

“The kids have worked hard over the offseason and practice, and that’s both the girls and boys teams,” said GHV-WH girls and boys cross country coach Jeff Short.

Last season, the Wolfpack girls qualified for state as a team for the third consecutive year. The boys team missed out at state in 2011, but qualified three straight years previous to that.

“We’ve had a lot of success with our cross country program, and that’s a credit to the kids

and their hard work.

Now, we just want to keep going,” Short said.

Short said his girls team should be favored to win a fourth straight North Iowa Conference title. Prior to that the girls team won nine regular season meet titles.

“We had a great regular season and conference meet last year, taking the first seven places and pretty much dominating the meet,” Short said.

“This year, it looks like more of the same, but you never know what team will pop up there and be strong.

“One thing we do want to do with both teams is run well towards the end of the season and peak late, hopefully at the state meet,” Short said.

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Above are the returning letterwinners of the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura-West Hancock boys and girls cross country teams.

Derica Jakoubek and April Burgardt. Both had been regulars on the varsity roster for each of the past three years.

“And both had good senior seasons, although April was hampered a bit by some leg injuries,” Short said, Jakoubek had an outstanding senior season and was consistently the Wolfpack’s third runner across the finish line.

Leading the Wolfpack girls last year as a junior was Kamille Kronemann. She’s been a starter and one of the team’s top runners since she was a freshman.

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Indian runners to face some tough challenges ahead

BY CHRIS TODD 2012 FALL SPORTS

FOREST CITY Thirteen boys and three girls will comprise the Forest City High cross country teams this fall.

Numbers are relatively good for the boys team, but with just three athletes the girls team won’t be able to field a team for meets.

“That’s a tough one for the girls, because it’s a strong motivating factor to be running for the team as opposed to yourself,” said Indian boys and girls cross country coach Steve Kappos.

“But for all our runners, it’s really all up to them. If they want to get up there and compete with top runners, I think they have the ability to do that.

“On the other hand, it’s always easier to run with a comfort level rather than to push yourself,” he said.

“Cross country is almost

more mental than physical. Runners are capable of going faster than they think or that is comfortable, but it might hurt a little to keep pushing.”

The girls team will be comprised of senior Carter Anderson, Autumn Busta and Quincey Vaagensmith.

Busta had a good season last year, according to Kappos.

“She started quickly but leveled off in the middle of the season,” he said. “Then she finished strong in the conference meet and just missed all conference by a couple of places.”

Anderson has been running since she was a freshman, but injuries slowed her last year.

“Carter, like all our other runners, just has to build some confidence during the season that she can run up with the lead pack,” Kappos said. “She has to believe she can do it.”

This is Vaagensmith’s third year out for cross

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country and Kappos said she has improved each season.

“Last season, she improved over the year before,” he said. “She has a lot of potential and could be our top runner if she goes out and decides to do it.”

On the boys side, the Indians will be led by

Chad Ullmann, who finished close to the money last season for a berth at the state meet.

“He was only about 15 to 18 seconds away from qualifying,” Kappos said. “He was our only all-conference runner last year but he had a strong freshman season.”

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Kappos said Ullmann has a legitimate shot at state this season.

“I think being so close last year opened Chad’s eyes a little bit to the possibilities for this year,” Kappos said. “It was a confidence booster.”

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“The kids have worked hard over the offseason and practice, and that’s both the girls and boys teams,” said GHV-WH girls and boys cross country coach Jeff Short.

Last season, the Wolfpack girls qualified for state as a team for the third consecutive year. The boys team missed out at state in 2011, but qualified three straight years previous to that.

“We’ve had a lot of success with our cross country program, and that’s a credit to the kids

and their hard work.

Now, we just want to keep going,” Short said.

Short said his girls team should be favored to win a fourth straight North Iowa Conference title. Prior to that the girls team won nine regular season meet titles.

“We had a great regular season and conference meet last year, taking the first seven places and pretty much dominating the meet,” Short said.

“This year, it looks like more of the same, but you never know what team will pop up there and be strong.

“One thing we do want to do with both teams is run well towards the end of the season and peak late, hopefully at the state meet,” Short said.

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Above are the returning letterwinners of the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura-West Hancock boys and girls cross country teams.

Derica Jakoubek and April Burgardt. Both had been regulars on the varsity roster for each of the past three years.

“And both had good senior seasons, although April was hampered a bit by some leg injuries,” Short said, Jakoubek had an outstanding senior season and was consistently the Wolfpack’s third runner across the finish line.

Leading the Wolfpack girls last year as a junior was Kamille Kronemann. She’s been a starter and one of the team’s top runners since she was a freshman.

Other letterwinners from West Hancock are senior Emmorie Stokka, Maribel Zamago and sophomore Nicole Burgardt.

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country running, finishing second to Kronemann in most meets. She’s looking for another strong season, Short said.

“All the girls put some miles in over the summer,” he said. “And you almost have to have that if you are going to be successful at any level of cross country.”

Zamago and Stokka ran both junior varsity

and varsity last season.

Stokka is a team tricaptain along with Kronemann and GarnerHayfield’s Renee Lau. Other returning letterwinners for the Wolfpack are Maddie Tusha, Bri Bier and Tiara Van Gerpen.

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In the backfield, senior Colton Westerberg returns after a solid junior year. Zach Bengston and Riley Moore return at the slot positions while Seth Brown returns at offensive tackle.

“We lost most of our offensive line,” Moore said.

“But we’ve got a few kids there who weren’t starters last year but saw some varsity time.”

Among them are Brian Brcka and Nathan Friederich. Lost to graduation was Justin Putney, who’s redshirting his freshman year this fall at Northern Iowa.

“We won’t have the size we had last year in the offensive line but we’ll be about average,” Moore said. “We’ve got a the makings of a pretty good corps there.

“But a key to our season will be how our offense jells together and makes things happen,” Moore said.

At the receiver positions, Matt Snyder returns at tight end and Josh Putz could get a starting role as a wideout, Moore said.

On defense, the Indians return nine players. They are defensive end Seth Brown, noseguard Josh Dakken, defensive tackle Brcka, Westerberg, Snyder and Friederich at linebacker, and Riley Moore at a defensive back position.

Also last season, Tate Thompson started every game for Iowa City West on defense.

Coach Moore said that Tyler Putney and Nick Bunger will also be in the mix in the Indians’ defensive line.

“We definitely have some depth on defense this season,” Moore said.

“I’d say right now that our strengths are senior leadership and defense,” Moore said. “We think things will go well on offense, but that’s still a bit of a question mark after losing all those starters.

“Our special teams and kicking game might be a sore point at least early in the season. We lost some key kids so some guys are going to have to step into those roles.”

The Indians open their 2012 season Friday night at home with Algona.

mostly back row. Thus far, she’s stepped into the starting setter’s role.

“We think Jessica can be a good setter,” Jerome said. “We’ve got some younger girls who can set as well, but Jessica is more used to the speed of the game at the varsity level.”

Koch added 24 digs last season while playing in the back row.

Wilson saw limited varsity action but will be a starter if she is healthy, Jerome said.

“She recently had foot sur-

gery,” Jerome said. “We don’t know if we’ll get her back this season or not. If she is able to return, it will be an added boost for us.”

Tweeten also has limited varsity experience but Jerome says she should be able to contribute immediately.

Jerome said the strength of the team thus far has been its positive attitude. But inexperience will have to be dealt with.

“This team still has some high expectations and I think they’re willing to work hard to reach them,” Jerome said.

“It’s going to take some time

before we start playing together as a team but our solid team chemistry will help with that,” she said.

She added that Lake Mills will simply reload and be the favorite once again in the North Iowa Conference.

A threat to the title will also be Garner-Hayfield.“They will be much-improved over last year,” Jerome said. Several schools in the conference will be as young and inexperienced as the Indians.

Among them are Mason City Newman and West Hancock, she said.

Indian boys harriers have good numbers FC CC: FROM 6 ise,” Kappos said.

Also back is Tommy Swanson, who had some strong finishes last year.

Other returnees are Tyler Tweeten, Tyler Helmich, Jeff Robson, and Russell Scharper.

“We lost some good runners from last year but return some experience,” Kappos said. “It will be all about improving their times with each race and pushing themselves to go faster.”

Kappos said the Indian boys will be able to field a full team for

scoring purposes of each meet.

The North Iowa Conference meet will be held Oct. 11 in Mason City.

“Garner-HayfieldVentura-West Hancock and Osage are probably going to battle it out for first place in that meet,” Kappos said.

“North Iowa also returns with a pretty good team.”

The Indians will play host to their own Forest City Invitational Monday, Oct. 8 at Bear Creek Golf Course.

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BRITT - West Hancock volleyball coach Sarah Freesemann knows she has a challenge ahead of her this season.

On the other hand, every season presents new challenges.

“Most years, you have to deal with losses to graduation so that’s nothing new,” Freesemann said. “And it will be exciting and interesting to see how this year’s young team develops. It’s an intresting time of year.”

The Eagles lost its two top front row players in six-footers Ahna Bruns and Brooke Heusinkveld.

Bruns, who led the Eagles in kills with 212, or 2.44 per set, is now playing volleyball for Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls.

West Hancock also lost second-leading hitter Carlee Christianson,

who finished with 123 kills in 2011.

The Eagles will have to replace setters Kaylee Weiland and Brookelyn Savoy to graduation, along with back row players Katelin Willert and Courtney Zadow.

The only returning starter is 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter Melissa Loeschen. Last season, Loeschen was the Eagles’ third-leading hitter, finishing with 89 kills, or 1.7 per set.

“The whole lineup, except for Melissa, will be new,” Freesemann said. “This year, I’ll be looking for a lot of leadership from our seniors.”

The only other returning letterwinner is senior Kellie Schmit.

A four-sport athlete who also participates in basketball, track and softball, Schmit is expected to play an allaround role for the Eagles this fall.

Freesemann said Schmit could be a dangerous hitter in the mid-

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dle or outside, as well as a top-notch back row player.

Last season in a parttime role, Schmit finished with 19 kills and 27 digs.

Replacing the setter duo of Weiland and Savoy is senior Jessica Gray. Freesemann said Gray saw some action as a setter at the end of last year.

“She should do a good job for us,” Freesemann said. “She had good hands and excellent court sense.”

Up front, helping Loeschen and Schmit is senior Callie Francis, who was on the varsity roster last season.

“Callie will be one of our outside hitters,” Freesemann said. She said others who will see front row duty will be middle hitters Macey Harms and Colbie Bates.

In the back row, senior Haley Hiscocks will be the go-to player.

“Haley has lot of ability as a back row player,”

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Above are members of the 2012 West Hancock volleyball team.

Freesemann said.

“It’s going to be tough, because we lost our whole back row last year, but we have a good pool of players who can step in and play there this year.”

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FOREST CITY - The Forest City High volleyball team will battle youth and inexperience this season after losing five of six starters to graduation.

“It’s a building year, and we’ll be very young,” said Indian volleyball coach Lacy Jerome.

But the second year coach isn’t selling her team short.

“The players have great attitudes and a strong work ethic so far,” Jerome said. “It may seem like it’s difficult to bring 12 new faces to a team and get them to play together.

“But we’ve made a lot of progress so far. And some of our freshman and sophomores have been playing together in the past at different levels.”

Lost to graduation among others, were hitter Tab Blaser, hitter Amanda Busta, and setter Miranda Bartleson.

In 2011, Blaser led the Indians with 428 kills, an average of almost four kills per set. Busta finished with 260 kills and a team-high 108 digs.

Blaser also finished with 108 digs and led in ace serves with 70.

Bartleson was a reliable setter for the past two years for the Indians. In 2011, she finished with 471 set assists.

The lone returning starter is McKenzie Baker, whom Jerome said would hit from nearly every position on the floor this season.

Last year, Baker finished with 125 kills, an average

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Above are members of the 2012 Forest City High volleyball team. of 1.17 kills per set. She added 11 ace serves and 16 solo blocks.

“McKenzie had a good year last season but we’re expecting more out of her this year,” Jerome said.

“She’s got some height and power at the net and will be our main hitter, especially in the middle.

“And one thing McKenzie has done is step into a

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We like to play that type of physical football.”

At quarterback, Sanger said the starter will be either junior Jacob Hejlik or Collin Becker.

“Both those guys are really working hard,” Sanger said.

Up front, all stater Pat Smith returns, as do all-district players Nate Aitchison and Seth Goepel. Jon Burgardt returns at tight end.

Expected to gain a starting position at center is senior Kevin Tlach.

“He’s going to fill that spot well,” Sanger said. “He was good enough to play for us last year and we probably should have found a spot for him. The same goes with (lineman) Calvin Lang.”

The Eagles will have a deep threat with the pass in senior Josiah Eckels.

Defensively, Sanger likes the way his team has looked so far. He said Chris Schleuger is going to play a lot more defense at end this season than he did last year.

“He’s a very good defensive player, and I think his contributions there this year will be every bit as important as they will be offensively,” Sanger said.

This season, the Eagles won’t have to deal with the spread offense of LeMars Gehlen again.

Districts were realigned over the offseason and the Eagles will play against top contenders Mason City Newman and Algona Bishop Garrigan.

“Top to bottom, our schedule will probably be more difficult this year than it was last season,” Sanger said.

practice so far,” Short.

“We’ve had that for a few years now and it’s made us a better team.”

The Wolfpack boys team lost seniors Stuart Blank, Michael Jolivette and West Hancock’s David Schreur last season but return some good runners, Short said.

“We have the makings of a good team,” he said.

“But we’ve definitely got some spots to fill.”

The top returning letterwinner is GarnerHayfield’s Brad Nedved.

Also returning are Jeff O’Brien, Joel Toppin and A.J. Arnold.

Last season, the Wolfpack finished second to Osage in the North Iowa Conference meet. The first order of business for the team in the post-season will be to reclaim the confer-

WH SPIKERS: FROM 5 Freesemann said, the team has been stressing fundamentals.

“We’ll be working on a lot of the basics for a while,” she said. “That will help us progress as the season goes on.”

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at the region meet and get back to state as a team after not making it last year.”

Eagles won 13 matches but most of those wins were in the first half of the season. They finished 13-19.

Freesemann said the Eagles aren’t the only North Iowa Conference team which lost heavily to graduation.

“Forest City, Garner-

Hayfield and Mason City Newman all lost some of their top players,” Freesemann said.

“Lake Mills and Osage should return with some strong team but they’ll be a lot of new faces in the conference.”

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2011 in Review At top, left, Forest City slot back Jon Mathiasen races downfield during a game against Clarion-Goldfield last season. At right above, a Forest City High volleyball player practices passing.

At left, below, Forest City’s Autumn Busta runs during last year’s Forest City Invitational. At right, Indian runner Tommy Swanson competes during a meet during the 2011 season.

BRITT — It’s going to be difficult for the 2012 West Hancock football team to duplicate last year’s 12-2 season, but Eagle coach Bob Sanger isn’t selling this group of youngsters short.

And why should he?

The Eagles lost most of their backfield and two key linebackers on defense, but return eight starters on both offense and defense.

“I think it’s on defense where we’ll show the most improvement over last year,” said Sanger, now in his 45th year at the West Hancock helm.

“I really like where we’re at. We have six all-district players coming back and three allstate players back as well.”

Last season, West Hancock advanced all the way to the Class A championship game, but lost a 14-12 decision Nov. 18 in the Uni-Dome

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Above are members of the 2012 West Hancock football team. to Lisbon.

Two key losses to graduation were halfback/linebacker Zach Schleuger and running back/outside linebacker Gerardo Ibarra.

Zach will be playing football this fall for Morningside College while Ibarra will play

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Ibarra was an all-state

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“We’ll miss all our seniors from last year,” Sanger said. “But there’s no doubt about it. Zach and Ibarra will be tough to replace.”

Also lost to graduation was quarterback

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FOREST CITY - It won’t take Forest City football coach Chad Moore long to see how his team stacks up in its new district.

The Indians open with Algona on Friday, but after that, it’s murderer’s row. Forest City plays district opponent Spirit Lake in week three, Clarion-Goldfield in week five and South Central Calhoun in week six.

Spirit Lake was a state runnerup last season in Class 2A while Clarion Goldfield returns eight starters from last year’s team that beat the Indians twice. South Central Calhoun is currently rated in Class 2A. “We’ll see how things

go, but it’s going to be tough,” Moore said. “We see all the best teams in our district by the end of September. If we are healthy after that stretch, we can finish the season strong.”

The Indians go into the season with the momentum created last year, when the team won its first district title ever, and its first playoff game ever.

Indian coach Chad Moore, meanwhile, lost eight starters on offense but returns nine starters on defense.

Lost to graduation was record-setting quarterback Kyle Rosacker, who ran for 859 yards last season and threw for 1, 388 yards.

Battling to replace Rosacker are Tate

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2012 Fall Sports Schedules Forest City Football Aug. 24 - vs.

Algona; Aug. 31 - at Clear Lake; Sept. 7 Spirit Lake; Sept. 14 at East Sac County; Sept. 21 - ClarionGoldfield; Sept. 28 at South Central Calhoun; Oct. 5 - at Estherville-Lincoln Central; Oct. 12 - vs.

Central Springs; Oct. 19 - vs. GarnerHayfield.

West Hancock football Aug . 24 - vs.

Garner-Hayfield; Aug. 31 - at St.

Ansgar; Sept. 7 - vs.

AGWSR; Sept. 14 - at Belmond-Klemme; Sept. 21 - at Bishop Garrigan, Algona; Sept. 28 - vs. Lake Mills; Oct. 5 - vs.

Southeast Webster; Oct. 12 - vs. Prairie Valley; Oct. 19 - vs.

Mason City Newman.

Forest City Volleyball Aug. 28 - at West Hancock; Sept. 4 - vs Newman Catholic; Sept. 6 - vs.

Belmond-Klemme; Sept. 8 - at Eldora Tournament; Sept. 11 - at Osage; Sept. 13 vs. Garner-Hayfield;

Sept. 15 - vs. Forest City Tournament; Sept. 18 - at North Iowa; Sept. 22 - at Boone Tournament; Sept. 25 - vs. Lake Mills; Sept. 29 - at Garner-Hayfield Tournament; Oct. 8 at Central Springs Oct. 11 - at St. Ansgar Quad; Oct. 13 - at Algona Tournament; Oct. 17 - Regionals, TBA.

West Hancock Volleyball Aug. 25 - at GarnerHayfield Tournament; Aug. 28 - vs. Forest City; Sept. 4 - at Garner-Hayfield;

Sept. 6 - at Newman Catholic; Sept. 8 - at Belmond-Klemme Tournament; Sept. 11 - vs. BelmondKlemme; Sept. 13 - at Lake Mills; Sept. 17 at NorthwoodKensett Tournament; Sept. 18 - at Osage; Sept. 25 - vs. North Iowa; Sept. 29 - NIC Tournament, Garner; Oct. 6 - at North Iowa; Oct. 11 - at West Bend Mallard; Oct. 13 - at Algona Tournament.

Invitational; Sept. 4 at Belmond-Klemme Classic; Sept. 11 - at Osage; Sept. 13 - at Clear Lake Invitational; Sept. 17 at Humboldt Invitational; Sept. 24 - at Algona Invitational; Oct. 2 at Lake Mills; Oct. 8 Forest City Invitational; Oct. 11 North Iowa Conference meet, Mason City.

Forest City Cross Country

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Aug. 28 - at Mason City Newman

Aug. 24 - at Garner-Hayfield

Invitational; Aug. 28 at Mason City Newman Invitational; Sept. 4 - at BelmondKlemme Invitational; Sept. 10 - at Ballard Invitational; Sept. 13 at Clear Lake Invitational; Sept. 17 at Humboldt Invitational; Sept. 20 - at Mason City Invitational; Sept. 24 - Garner-Hayfield Invitational; Sept. 27 - at HamptonDumont Invitational; Oct. 2 - at Eagle Grove Invitational; Oct. 8 at Forest City Invitational; Oct. 11 North Iowa Conference meet, Mason City.

2012 High School Fall Sports Section Forest City and West Hancock High Schools Aug. 22, 2012

Britt News Tribune, Forest City Summit