Boys Basketball

ST. EDMOND BOYS BASKETBALL

Messenger photo by Britt Kudla ST. EDMOND BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM MEMBERS are, front row (left to right): Grant Galles, Dorian Groff, Anthony Valles, Jamison Baker, Jackson Palmer, Thomas Cosgrove and Ryan Zu. Back: head coach Adolph Kochendorfer, Jack McElroy, Jacob Moore, Jonny Dickerson, Sam Mericle, Elias Kolacia, JT Laufersweiler, Aaron Lursen, manager Landon Saathoff and assistant coach Pat O’Rourke. Not pictured: Jakob Koopman.

Young group hits the court for Gaels

By DANA BECKER

dbecker@messengernews.net

Now in his 30th year at St. Edmond, Adolph Kochendorfer will see plenty of new faces when he looks out at the court or down the bench this winter.

The Gael boys return just four players with varsity experience to the roster after going 8-14 a year ago.

“We’ve got a good core group to start with,” Kochendorfer said. “I feel like they are going to really play well together and are a pretty unselfish team, which is always good.

“As a whole, though, we have a lot of young kids that are going to get a shot at playing time. We’re going to need to develop depth so that we don’t have to play our starters as much as we have in the past and we’re going to count on a lot from everybody.”

Senior Jackson Palmer and junior Sam Mericle are back having played in all 22 games last year, while 12th-grader Aaron Lursen saw action in six.

Junior JT Laufersweiler played in 13 games and is coming off an all-district season on the football field, while Mericle and Lursen were members of the state-qualifying cross country team.

“They just have more confidence about them,” Kochendorfer said. “Jackson had a really good baseball season over the summer and has played a lot of basketball. Sam and Aaron really shined in cross country, and JT had a tremendous football season.

“You can tell they are ready and anxious to go.”

St. Edmond opened the 202122 season winning three of its first four before dropping four of its next five. They closed out the year losing nine of 11 including a 41-38 decision to West Hancock in the postseason opener.

While finishing six games under .500, the Gaels were 7-1 outside of the North Central Conference, which features all teams from either Class 3A or 2A, as St. Edmond plays in 1A. Of those 13 defeats, seven came by 10 points or less.

“We just kind of got tired late in games,” Kochendorfer said. “That is one of the biggest differences in playing teams that much bigger than you in terms of number of kids.

“We were in many of those 13 games that we lost, we just couldn’t finish. Hopefully, being a year older we can get some of those ones.”

Johnny Dickerson, a senior, is on the roster along with junior Thomas Cosgrove. Sophomores Elias Kolacia, Andrew Clavey, Dorian Groff and Ryan Zu are joined by ninth-graders Jakob Koopman, Anthony Valles, Jackson McElroy, Jamison Baker and Grant Galles.

Koopman, who would have been in the rotation, suffered a season-ending injury in football and will be out.

“He definitely would have been getting a lot of minutes,” Kochendorfer said. “It kind of forced us to change things around that we had planned, but it does open up playing time for

HEAD COACH Adolph

Kochendorfer

30th year

ROSTER Seniors Jackson Palmer ................ 6-0, G Aaron Lursen ................... 6-1, G Johnny Dickerson ............ 6-2, G Juniors Sam Mericle...................... 6-1, F JT Laufersweiler................ 6-1, G Thomas Cosgrove.......... 5-11, G Sophomores Elias Kolacia ..................... 6-2, G Andrew Clavey................. 6-1, G Dorian Groff..................... 5-9, G Ryan Zu.......................... 5-10, G Freshmen Jakob Koopman................. 6-0, F Anthony Valles............... 5-10, G Jackson McElroy ............ 5-10, G Jamison Baker................ 5-10, G Grant Galles.................... 5-10, F

SCHEDULE

Dec. 2 — at Clarion-Goldfield/ Dows; 6 — at Southeast Valley; 8 — South Hamilton; 9 — at Humboldt; 13 — Webster City; 16 — at Clear Lake; 20 — Iowa FallsAlden.

Jan. 6 — at Algona; 9 — at Eagle Grove; 12 — at Manson Northwest Webster; 13 — at HamptonDumont/CAL; 17 — ClarionGoldfield/Dows; 20 — Humboldt; 24 — at Webster City; 26 — West Bend-Mallard; 27 — Clear Lake; 31 — at Iowa Falls-Alden.

Feb. 2 — at Pocahontas Area; 3 — Algona; 7 — Hampton-Dumont/ CAL.

2022 – 2023 St. Edmond GAELS BASKETBALL

Girls Basketball Schedule Boys Basketball Schedule

12/2/22

12/6/22

12/8/22

12/9/22 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 7:45 PM

@ Southeast Valley

vs South Hamilton 7:30 PM

7:45 PM

@ Humboldt 7:45 PM Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School

Southeast Valley High School

St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Humboldt High School

12/13/22 vs Webster City

12/16/22 @ Clear Lake 7:45 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School

7:45 PM Clear Lake High School Clear Lake High School

12/20/22 vs Iowa Falls-Alden 7:45 PM

1/6/23

1/9/23

1/12/23 @ Algona

@ Eagle Grove 7:45 PM

7:45 PM

@ Manson-NW Webster 7:45 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Algona High School Algona High School

Eagle Grove Elementary School

Manson Northwest Webster High School

1/13/23

1/17/23

1/20/23

1/24/23

1/26/23

1/27/23

1/31/23

2/2/23

2/3/23

2/7/23 @ Hampton-Dumont-CAL 7:45 PM Hampton-Dumont High School Hampton-Dumont High School Gym

vs Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 7:45 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

vs Humboldt 7:45 PM

@ Webster City 7:45 PM

vs West Bend-Mallard 7:45 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Webster City High School

St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

vs Clear Lake

@ Iowa Falls-Alden

@ Pocahontas Area 7:45 PM

7:45 PM

7:30 PM

vs Algona 7:45 PM

vs Hampton-Dumont-CAL 7:45 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Iowa Falls-Alden High School Iowa Falls-Alden HS Gym

Pocahontas Area High School Gym

Youth Night St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Senior Night St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

12/2/22 @ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

12/6/22 @ Southeast Valley

12/8/22 vs South Hamilton

12/9/22 @ Humboldt

12/13/22 vs Webster City

12/16/22 @ Clear Lake

12/20/22 vs Iowa Falls-Alden

1/6/23 @ Algona

1/9/23 @Eagle Grove

1/12/23 @ Manson-NW Webster

1/13/23 @ Hampton-Dumont-CAL

1/17/23 vs Clarin-Goldfield-Dows

1/20/23 vs Humboldt

1/24/23 @ Webster City

1/26/23 vs West Bend-Mallard

1/27/23 vs Clear Lake

1/31/23 @ Iowa Falls-Alden

2/2/23 @ Pocahontas Area

2/3/23 vs Algona

2/7/23 vs Hampton-Dumont-CAL 6:15 PM

6:00 PM

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

6:15 PM Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School

Southeast Valley High School

St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Humboldt High School

St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Clear Lake High School Clear Lake High School

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

6:15 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

Algona High School Algona High School

Eagle Grove Elementary School

Manson Northwest Webster High School

6:15 PM Hampton-Dumont High School Hampton-Dumont High School Gym

6:15 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

6:15 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

6:15 PM

6:15 PM Webster City High School

St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

6:15 PM St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

6:15 PM Iowa Falls-Alden High School Iowa Falls-Alden HS Gym

6:00 PM

6:15 PM Pocahontas Area High School Gym

Youth Night St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

6:15 PM Senior Night St. Edmond Catholic K-12 School HS Gym

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