2015 Newton HS Year in Review

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overview 2015 academic indicators National Rank College Readiness Index Mathematics Proficiency Reading Proficiency Student/Teacher Ratio

Bronze 10.4 3.0 3.1 15:1

Overview At Newton Senior High School, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at Newton Senior High School is 15 percent. The student body makeup is 53 percent male and 47 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 7 percent. Newton Senior High School is 1 of 2 high schools in the Newton Comm School District.

Rankings / Awards This details how this school compares with others based on U.S. News ranking criteria.

Medal Awarded

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a year in review

Students / Teachers These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Total Enrollment 826

Total Minority Enrollment (% of total) 7%

Total Economically Disadvantaged (% of total) 37%

Full-Time Teachers 57

Test Scores U.S. News calculates these values based on student performance on state exit exams and internationally available exams on college-level course work (AP®/IB exams).

Proficient in Reading 88%

Proficient in Mathematics 84%

College Readiness Index 10.4

School Data School profile information is based on government data.

Grades Served

Setting

Charter School

Magnet School

Receives Title I Funding

9 – 12 Distant Town No No Yes

District This information relates to high schools run by this school’s state operating agency. Many districts contain only one high school.

Total Schools 2

Total Students 882

Proficient in Reading (district average) 62%

Proficient in Mathematics (district average) 60%

College Readiness (district average) 10.4 Data are based on the 2012-2013 school year.

AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the College Board. Used with permission.

International Baccalaureate (IB) data provided by International Baccalaureate of North America. Used with permission.

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Newton Senior High School

Newton Senior High School

800 East 4thStreet South • www.newton.k12.ia.us Phone: 641-792-5797 • Fax: 641-792-0005 800 East 4thStreet South* www.newton.k12.ia.us * Phone: 641-792-5797 * Fax: 641-792-0005 Student population of 820 of attend grades 9-12 a modified block schedule Student population 820 attend grades 9-12 in a in modified block schedule

Advanced Placement Courses State Grad Rate

School Year NHS Grad rate 2010-11 96.21% 2011-12 95.45% 2012-13 97.78% 2013-14 97.58%

88.32% 89.27% 89.70% 90.50%

Post-Secondary Plans Graduating Class 2012 2013 2014 2015

Intend to Pursue PostSecondary Training 81.25% 84.90% 88.70% 83.60%

* Biology * Chemistry *Language/Composition *Spanish

* Government/Politics * Calculus * Language/Literature

Concurrent Enrollment Courses (DMACC articulation)

College Composition Public Speaking Creative Writing Humanities Spanish III Spanish IV Calculus Probability and Stats Intro to Engineering Design

Principles of Eng College Prep Psychology Computer Applications Mixed Media 2 Drawing 2 Painting 2 Pottery 2 Pottery 3

Extra-Curricular Opportunities

DMACC Career Academy Programs

Strong student participation in 22 sports and Band, Jazz Band, Choir (3 levels), Speech contest, and Drama. Over 40 clubs inspire students to become involved.

Auto Collision Automotive Tech Building Trades Business Administration CNA Training Health Occupations

Culinary Arts Criminal Justice PTLW– Digital Electronics Teacher Academy Welding

Cardinals Care!     

House of Apparel (Free Clothing closet) Beccas’s Closet (Free Prom Dresses) The Body Shop (Free hygiene products) Student Council Blood Drive (No. 1 in state) Business Management Annual Food Drive

Contact Information

Administration Office 641-792-5809 Superintendent, Bob Callaghan Newton Senior High School 641-792-5797 Principal, Bill Peters Activities Director, Scott Garvis Asst. Principal, Dave Kalkhoff NHS Guidance Office

641-792-5829

Graduation Requirements 52 Credits required to graduate Language Arts– 8 credits Math– 6 credits Science– 6 credits Social Studies– 6 credits PE– 4 credits Health—1 credit

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Graduation rate

Social Media

School Website: www.newton.k12.ia.us Guidance Facebook: Newton high school counselors AthWebsite:www.newtoncardinals.bigteams.com

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Football

a year in review

varsity highlights

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1 Made it to the 2nd round of the 2014 State Football Playoffs 2 District 4 Runner-up 3 Defeated District Champion Clear Creek Amana 23-21 in the first round of Playoffs 4 Defeated District Champion Ballard 17-14 on a last second Field Goal.

5 Defeated 4A opponent Marshalltown 45-20 6 Defeated Benton Community at Homecoming 7 7 players were named 1st Team All District 8 5 players were named Honorable Mention All District 9 Sr Nick Easley was named the All State team as a Receiver 10 Jacobsen inspires as Cardinal player despite disability

Cardinals sink Clippers in 3A playoffs Tyler Wood sat in the middle of the field with his arms outstretched and holding the football. Newton High’s senior quarterback and defensive back intercepted a Nile Rourke pass with 27 seconds left in Wednesday’s Class 3A playoff contest.

Rourke had scrambled and eluded Newton’s defenders to drive the Clear Creek-Amana Clippers from their own 3-yard line. The Cardinals were protecting a two-point lead, 23-21, when the Clippers took possession with 1:46 remaining the the game.

Wood’s interception sealed the Cardinal victory on the Clippers’ field. It also allowed Newton to advance into the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2007.

“I’m proud of the effort our kids gave tonight. They get to play one more game, at least, as a team,” said Ed Ergenbright, Newton head coach, following the game.

“They earned this.”

Defensively, the Cardinals bent three times but for the most part delivered a strong performance against the Clippers, who finished the season at 7-3. Newton gave up three touchdowns. It also took the ball away from CCA five times.

Wood stopped back-to-back Clipper drives in the final four minutes of the game. He recovered a fumble by Rourke, the Clippers’ quarterback, at the Newton 45-yard line with 3:44 on the game clock, then the interception at the end of the contest.

Early in the game, sophomore Reese Rosenquist was all over the field making defensive stops. Rosenquist ended up with four solo tackles and three assisted

Deonne Harris, Newton senior running back, scored two first-half touchdowns on runs of three yards and 33 yards. Harris, unofficially, had 10 carries for 74 yards. Fellow senior running back J.T. Thongvanh piled up 55 yards on 18 carries.

Nick Easley, senior wide receiver and kicker, missed an extra-point and a 38-yard field goal attempt, but he made up for it by hammering home a 30-yard field goal at the 6:33 mark of the fourth quarter. That proved to give the Cardinals their winning margin.

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breakers: Record

Most Touchdown Passes Thrown In a Career

30

Tyler Wood 2012-14

Most Touchdown Receptions In a Career

16

Nick Easley 2013-14

3,496

Tyler Wood 2012-14

Most Pass Attempts In a Career

461

Tyler Wood 2012-14

Most Pass Completions In a Career

250

Tyler Wood 2012-14

Kick-Off Yard Average In a Season

57.7

Nick Easley 2014

Most Yards Passing In a Career

Most Touchbacks In a Career

32

Nick Easley 2012 & 14

Most Touchbacks In a Season

28

Nick Easley 2014

Most Touchbacks In a Game

7

Game Date

Team

Location

Home

08/29/2014 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Knoxville

W

41-7

Away

09/05/2014 - Fri

Marshalltown, Iowa

@Marshalltown

W

45-20

Away

09/12/2014 - Fri

Grinnell, Iowa

@Grinnell

W

21-14

Home

09/19/2014 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Benton

W

45-6

Away

09/26/2014 - Fri

Gilbert, Iowa

@Gilbert

L

29-42

Away

10/03/2014 - Fri

Huxley, Iowa

@Ballard

W

17-14

Home

10/10/2014 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Pella

L

14-69

Home

10/17/2014 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Bondurant-Farrar

L

30-46

Away

10/24/2014 - Fri

Nevada, Iowa

@Nevada

W

56-30

Away

10/29/2014 - Wed

Tiffin, Iowa

@Clear Creek-Amana W

23-21

Away

11/03/2014 - Mon

Pella, Iowa

@Pella

14-56

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tackles. He had two tackles for loss. Wood had four solo stops and one assisted tackle.

Nick Easley (Twice) 2014

W/L Score

L

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boys’

a year in review

Cross Country

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Newton cross country trio earns All-LHC honors Newton juniors Jacob Thomas and Christian Laube earned All-LHC honors at the Little Hawkeye Conference Championships, finishing in the top 15 of the varsity races.

Thomas, who finished 28th a year ago, led the Newton boys to a fourth-place team finish, placing fifth in the 5K race in 16:57. Laube placed seventh for the second year in a row, but improved his time, running the course in 17:03.

“Jacob’s time was a personal best and it placed him ninth in Newton’s Top Ten cross country runners,” said Tom Bartello, NHS boys’ head coach.

In the varsity boys’ team standings, Pella scored 32 points and Grinnell had 62 points. Dallas CenterGrimes took third with 104 points then came Newton with 110 points. Pella

Christian competed without Jonathan Beltman, who was out with a hip injury, so the Eagles did not have a varsity team score.

Thomas and Laube ran in the front pack throughout the race to lead the Cardinal boys. Sophomore Chase Dykstra was the No. 3 runner on the day for Newton, finished 30th in 18:24.

Justin Simms, a junior, was 33rd in 18:48, followed by freshman Justin Fischer in 35th at 18:55, junior Grant Osborn in 40th at 19:14 and junior Jacob Arrowood in 44th at 19:57.

“The boys ran and competed well today,” Bartello said. “Chase, Justin Sims, Justin Fischer, Grant and Zach Theis in the junior varsity race all had personal-best or season-best times.”

Pella Christian was paced by junior Jacob Lensing, who posted a time of 17:56 for 20th place. Freshmen Grant Dunsbergen, Scott Haveman and Samuel Dahm finished in 41st (19:09), 46th (19:53), and 50th (20:17), respectively.

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Cross Country

highlights Top 10 highlights–2014 Season

1 Grace Coen- 9th, medalist at State Meet 2 Grace Coen- 3rd straight State Meet appearance 3 Grace Coen- Little Hawkeye Conference Champion (2 time champ) 4 Hailey Coy- 8th place, AllConference LHC 5 Hailey Coy- #3 on Newton All-Time 4k list, 16:00 6 Improved from 5th as team at conference to 4th 7 IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Team 8 We had our very first run to Kellogg with a family picnic in the Kellogg Park upon arrival.

9 Six girls ran personal best times during the season.

10 We created our first cross country poster this season to promote our sport in the community!

Coen captures LHC cross country crown Three Newton High runners earn honors DALLAS CENTER — Grace Coen reclaimed her Little Hawkeye Conference crown Thursday.

Newton High’s Coen captured her second LHC girls’ cross country championship in three years.

Coen was the Little Hawkeye Conference champion as a freshman. Last year in Grinnell, Coen led the race until the end when Pella’s Kelcey Blommers edged her out and Coen held off Pella’s Tess Roodra for second place.

“It’s nice to be a conference champion. I changed my tactic this year, held back during the early part of the race and had more energy for a final kick,” Coen said of her LHS title run Thursday on the Burnett Sports Complex course at Dallas Center. Coen won the varsity girls’ 4K race in 14 minutes, 58 seconds.

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girls’

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girls’

Swimming

North Central Swim Conference Champions

a year in review

Hedrick, Scotton claim state butterfly medals

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Four school records established. Two sub-57second swims in the 100-yard butterfly and both swimmers finish in the top six. NCMP’s Aquagirls can say Saturday’s 2014 Iowa Girls’ Diving and Swimming Championships were a success.

Junior Samantha Hedrick and senior Hannah Scotton made the podium for the second straight state meet in the 100-yard butterfly for NCMP. Hedrick smashed her own NCMP record in the event earning the second-place medal in 56.09 seconds. Scotton flew under the previous school record also, claiming the sixth-place medal in 56.80 seconds.

“I know the girl next to me (Kelsey Drake of Linn-Mar) and what she was capable of. I’ve been up against her before,” Hedrick said. “I knew how fast I needed to take it out and not get completely blown away. My family pumped me up before the meet, encouraging me. It’s special to share it with Hannah.”

Scotton collected her third straight state medal in the 100 butterfly. As a sophomore, she finished fifth and was fourth a year ago.

“What a great state meet for our girls,” said Sarah Patterson, NCMP head coach. “We came in here wanting to drop times and we did. Everybody gave it their all. Our two butterflies making podium again and to both swim under the school record. To see them hug after the race was special for me as a coach.”

Hedrick established a new NCMP record for the

second time in as many weekends.

She won a regional championship in 57.11 which eclipsed Scotton’s NCMP record of 57.36.

At the state meet, Hedrick used a 25.78-second opening 50 yards to post her second-place finish.

Rachel Prendergast, a senior, had never posted a time of under 56 seconds in a 100-yard freestyle race. She did it twice at regional, winning a regional championship in the 100 and helping the Aquagirls qualify for the 400 freestyle relay event at state. Prendergast followed the butterfly swimmers at state. Prendergast recorded her third sub-56-second time, placing 23rd in the 100 freestyle at state with a 55.57-second timing. She had one more in her, swimming on the 400 relay in the final event of the meet.

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1. 41 athletes out for the team - among the biggest teams in the state

2. 8 seniors who provided amazing senior leadership: Kira Hanson, McKenna Heisdorffer, Abby Jolivette, Olivia Maharry, Sara Martin, Rachel Prendergast, Hannah Scotton, and Anna Barr 3. 2 hard-working managers: Madison Humphrey, Austin Bunker 4. We set 9 school records and had a dual record of 8-3

7. We had two all-state swimmers who stood on the podium: Samantha Hedrick and Hannah Scotton, both in the 100 fly 8. Hannah Scotton won an elite AllAcademic Swimming and Diving Award for the state of Iowa 9. Samantha Hedrick made the consolation cut in the 100 fly for AllAmerican consideration 10. Our service project was SWIM FOR MS - we raised $1,000 for research for multiple sclerosis by swimming 15,000 laps in a month.

swimming

6. We beat Dowling for the 2nd year in a row

Results

5. We placed 2nd at the Valley invite, losing to Waukee, but BEATING VALLEY!

50Y Freestyle Samantha Hedrick Hannah Scotton Sydney Jenkins Sara Martin Madeline Webb

24.86 25.81 26.26 26.63 26.88

100Y Freestyle Samantha Hedrick Hannah Scotton Rachel Prendergast Madeline Webb Emily Miller

52.78 56.94 57.53 58.09 58.09

200Y Freestyle Samantha Hedrick Rachel Prendergast Madeline Webb Elizabeth Myers Sarah Prendergast

1:56.66 2:03.48 2:08.25 2:10.09 2:13.04

500Y Freestyle Samantha Hedrick Sarah Prendergast Elizabeth Myers Kira Hanson Rachel Prendergast

5:42.30 5:52.88 5:53.42 5:54.14 5:56.26

100Y Backstroke Sydney Jenkins Rachel Prendergast Kira Hanson Kaelee Knoll Abby Jolivette

1:05.07 1:08.14 1:08.41 1:08.94 1:16.04

100Y Breaststroke Hannah Rhoads Sara Martin Sierra Griffith Olivia Maharry Alexis Devries

1:13.05 1:13.77 1:13.81 1:20.71 1:24.34

100Y Butterfly Samantha Hedrick Hannah Scotton Sara Martin Elizabeth Myers Emily Miller

57.67 59.73 1:03.98 1:06.33 1:06.38

200Y Individual Medley Hannah Rhoads Sara Martin Rachel Prendergast Sydney Jenkins Emily Miller

2:22.94 2:26.07 2:28.14 2:29.97 2:30.14

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200Y Freestyle Relay Newton 1:41.56 400Y Freestyle Relay Newton 3:44.78 200Y Medley Relay Newton 1:53.64 1M Diving (6) Morgann Eide Chelsea Trotter Anna Barr

208.85 172.60 171.60

1M Diving (11) Morgann Eide

396.85

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records

Every race, every time and every champion were firsts Saturday for the six boys’ swimming teams comprising the North Central Swim Conference.

The teams held the first-ever NCSC boys’ swimming conference meet at Luther College’s Aquatic Center in Decorah.

Newton High’s Cardinals made conference history, putting the first conference meet championship in the books. Off the blocks first was the 200-yard medley relay race and the Cardinals’ foursome of freshman Lucas Warner, senior Jake Lensing and juniors Isaak Webb and Aaron King won a close race with Boone.

Newton’s time was 1 minute, 42.50 seconds and Boone was second at 1:43.93.

“The first conference meet was really exciting.

There were great races throughout the day and the pool facility at Luther College is spectacular,” said Dave Hook, Newton head coach. “Our kids performed well. It was a close team race between Decorah, Boone and us.”

The Cardinals claimed three NCSC event championships.

swimming

a year in review

Cardinal swimmers win three NCSC titles

Yards 200 Med Relay

200 Freestyle 200 Ind. Med. 50 Freestyle Diving (6) Diving (11) 100 Butterfly 100 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 200 Free. Relay

100 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 400 Free. Relay

Meters 200 Med. Relay

200 Freestyle 200 Ind. Med. 50 Freestyle Diving (6) Diving (11) 100 Butterfly 100 Freestyle 400/500 Freestyle 200 Free. Relay

100 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 400 Free. Relay

L. Warner, J. Lensing I. Webb, A. King Tony Stewart Isaak Webb Matheus Pinto Travis Daniels Travis Daniels Isaak Webb Matheus Pinto Tony Stewart I. Webb, L. Warner A. King, J. Lensing Brad McCall Isaak Webb A,Bunker, I. Webb J. Bailey, J. Lensing A. Bunker, I. Webb L. King, J. Lensing Jeff Schnoebelen Isaak Webb Matheus Pinto Travis Daniels Travis Daniels Isaak Webb Chris Shaffer Lucas Greta I. Webb, J. Fitzgerald L. Warner, J. Lensing Isaak Webb Jake Lensing A. Bunker, J. Bailey I. Webb, J. Lensing

1:37.43

2014

1:46.23 1:58.43 21.37 275.05 464.90 51.69 47.39 4:55.60 1:27.86

1992 2013 2012 1990 1990 2014 2012 1991 2014

56.40 59.54 3:18.95

1972 2014 2013

1:55.42

2013

2:02.80 2:16.44 24.49 275.05 464.90 1:00.97 53.72 4:29.30 1:43.76

1982 2014 2012 1990 1990 2014 1987 2007 2014

1:02.85 1:09.92 3:52.18

2014 2014 2013

girls’ varsity

volleyball

highlights

Awards: • Most Improved - Adrienne Bergman • Miss Defense - Frances Lucas • Miss Offense - Emily Fitzgerald • Miss Hustle - Taylor Shipley

Date

volleyball

schedule

08/26/2014 - Tue.

Game Type H

Invtl

Team

Location

W/L

Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Adel DeSoto Minburn CSD, Carlisle, Dowling Catholic Newton High School | Gym- Upper L

Score 0-5

09/04/2014 - Thu.

A

Tourn

Adel DeSoto Minburn CSD

A-D-M, Adel

W

2-3

09/09/2014 - Tue.

A

Match

Pella Christian

Pella Christian High School L

1-3

09/16/2014 - Tue.

H

Match

Southeast Polk Newton High School | Gym- Upper L

0-3

09/18/2014 - Thu.

A

Tourn

Des Moines Christian

Des Moines Christian High School L

1-3

09/23/2014 - Tue.

H

Match

Dallas Center - Grimes Newton High School | Gym- Upper L

0-3

09/27/2014 - Sat.

A

Tourn Nevada Nevada High School L

2-3

09/30/2014 - Tue.

A

Match

Grinnell

Grinnell High School L

0-3

10/04/2014 - Sat.

H

Invtl

Ottumwa Newton High School | Gym- Upper L

0-2

Pella Community School District, Boone, Carlisle, Des Moines North, Eddyville-Blakesburg, Ottumwa, Harlan Newton High School | Gym- Upper

2-2

10/04/2014 - Sat. H Invtl

T

10/07/2014 - Tue.

H

Match

Oskaloosa Newton High School | Gym- Upper L

0-3

10/14/2014 - Tue.

A

Match

Pella Community School District

Pella High School L

0-3

Johnston

10/18/2014 - Sat.

A

Tourn

Johnston HS L

0-8

10/21/2014 - Tue.

H

Match Norwalk Newton High School | Gym- Upper L

0-3

10/27/2014 - Mon. A

Rgnl Tourn Oskaloosa

Oskaloosa High School L

0-3

10/30/2014 - Thu.

Rgnl Tourn Grinnell

Grinnell High School

A

11/04/2014 - Tue. H Rgnl Tourn Dowling Catholic, Iowa City West, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Valley,

West Des Moines Newton High School | Gym- Upper

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Dig Pink Cancer Fundraiser was a success raising $1,193 for breast cancer and the dig pink foundation

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boys’ varsity

a year in review

basketball

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1 T yler becoming Newton’s all-time leading scorer.

2 Jordan Travis’s put-back dunk against Carlisle 3 T he 40 some point win on senior night and coaches vs. cancer night against Osky.

4 Beating rival Grinnell at home for the 2nd straight year.

5 2nd straight year for a winning record for our JV team

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schedule

Top Card Ace Duece Trey Points piled up by the ones, twos and threes. There were even occasional four-point plays.

When it all was said and done, Tyler Wood concluded a storied four-year basketball career for Newton High as the Cardinals’ all-time leading scorer with 1,076 points. Wood is Newton’s most prolific shooter from 3-point field goal range.

Newton High School’s boys have only two players in its history to score more than 1,000 points.

Wood went into his senior season sitting sixth place on the careerscoring list with 739 points.

When the final buzzer sounded in the Class 4A substate game on Feb. 23 at Southeast Polk High School, Wood walked off the basketball court for the final

time for Newton High. Thirteen days earlier, Wood had moved into the top spot on the NHS career scoring list.

“It’s a big honor to be the all-time leading scorer for Newton. It’s hard to believe that I — Tyler Wood — am the leading scorer. It’s kind a hard to get a grasp on that fact,” Wood said of his accomplishment.

“I’m very blessed to play this game and to have teammates, coaches, my family and friends who believed in me. I couldn’t have done this without my teammates and coaches. You don’t do something like this by yourself.”

Wood, a 6-foot guard, reached the 1,000-point plateau on Senior Night in front of a home crowd Feb. 6. He needed 20 points going into the game to get there and he scored 21 points. Wood had 18 points in the first half against Oskaloosa that night, which included a fourpoint play.

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Game

Date

Team

Location

W/L Score

Home

12/02/2014 - Tue

Newton, Iowa

Boone

W

68-53

Home

12/05/2014 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Pella Christian

L

67-74

Away

12/09/2014 - Tue

Adel, Iowa

@A-D-M, Adel

W

70-56

Home

12/11/2014 - Thu

Newton, Iowa

Marshalltown

W

65-51

Away

12/19/2014 - Fri

Grimes, Iowa

@Dallas Center-Grimes L

56-71

Away

12/20/2014 - Sat

Urbandale, Iowa

@Des Moines Christian L

67-71

Away

01/03/2015 - Sat

Knoxville, Iowa

@Knoxville

W

62-53

Home

01/06/2015 - Tue

Newton, Iowa

Grinnell

W

55-45

Away

01/09/2015 - Fri

Oskaloosa, Iowa

@Oskaloosa

L

46-48

Home

01/13/2015 - Tue

Newton, Iowa

Pella

L

48-59

Home

01/16/2015 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Norwalk

L

41-55

Away

01/20/2015 - Tue

Bondurant, Iowa

@Bondurant-Farrar

W

73-56

Away

01/23/2015 - Fri

Pella, Iowa

@Pella Christian

L

59-62

Home

01/30/2015 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Dallas Center-Grimes

L

59-63

Away

02/03/2015 - Tue

Grinnell, Iowa

@Grinnell

L

59-66

Away

02/05/2015 - Thu

Chariton, Iowa

@Chariton

L

54-81

Home

02/06/2015 - Fri

Newton, Iowa

Oskaloosa

W

84-42

Away

02/10/2015 - Tue

Pella, Iowa

@Pella

L

60-97

Away

02/13/2015 - Fri

Norwalk, Iowa

@Norwalk

L

34-66

Away

02/16/2015 - Mon

Winterset, Iowa

@Winterset

W

68-50

Home

02/19/2015 - Thu

Newton, Iowa

Carlisle

W

79-70

Neutral

02/23/2015 - Mon

Runnells, Iowa

Ankeny

L

58-64

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Wood’s shooting touch nets NHS scoring marks

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girls’ varsity

Basketball

schedule

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Sydney Jenkins’ jump shot in the lane with 24 seconds remaining in the game would prove to be the game-winner for Newton High’s Cardinals.

But the 43-41 Little Hawkeye Conference win over host Grinnell’s Tigers Tuesday was a full team effort. The Cardinals had the Tigers on the ropes early with a runout of 6-0 to start the game.

They led 10-3 at the end of the first quarter. The Cardinals didn’t back down after Grinnell’s 5-foot-11 inch post player Sienna Durr led the Tigers on an 18-6 run for a 21-16 lead at halftime.

Grinnell stayed in front through three quarters, 29-25.

The Cardinals scored the first six points of the fourth quarter

basketball

a year in review

NHS girls stun Tigers

Game Home Home Away Away Home Home Away Away Home Away Home Home Home Away Away Home Away Away Home Away Away Away

Date 11/21/2014 - Fri 11/22/2014 - Sat 11/24/2014 - Mon 12/02/2014 - Tue 12/05/2014 - Fri 12/11/2014 - Thu 12/19/2014 - Fri 01/03/2015 - Sat 01/06/2015 - Tue 01/09/2015 - Fri 01/13/2015 - Tue 01/16/2015 - Fri 01/20/2015 - Tue 01/23/2015 - Fri 01/24/2015 - Sat 01/30/2015 - Fri 02/03/2015 - Tue 02/05/2015 - Thu 02/06/2015 - Fri 02/10/2015 - Tue 02/13/2015 - Fri 02/18/2015 - Wed

to lead 31-29. Newton held a 41-36 lead with 1:33 left in the contest.

Jenkins got open in the lane to put the Cardinals in front.

Grinnell missed a shot with six seconds on the clock and the ball went out of bounds to Newton. The Tigers had one final shot with a defensive rebound off a missed Newton free throw attempt with 3.3 seconds left.

Newton senior Michaela Jacobson, who had 11 points in the game, intercepted the long inbounds pass to seal the victory for the Cardinals.

Hannah Rhoads knocked down two 3-pointers on her way to a team-high 12 points. Ryanne Rausch scored eight points.

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Team Newton, IA Newton, IA Perry, IA Winterset, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Dallas Center, IA Knoxville, IA Newton, IA Oskaloosa, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Pella, IA Huxley, IA Newton, IA Grinnell, IA Chariton, IA Newton, IA Pella, IA Norwalk, IA Grinnell, IA

Location Bondurant-Farrar Des Moines Christian @Perry @Winterset Pella Christian Marshalltown @Dallas Center-Grimes @Knoxville Grinnell @Oskaloosa Pella Norwalk Boone @Pella Christian @Ballard Dallas Center-Grimes @Grinnell @Chariton Oskaloosa @Pella @Norwalk @Grinnell

W/L Score L 38-47 L 42-55 L 33-57 L 40-57 W 64-50 L 34-47 L 22-63 L 49-55 L 48-60 W 37-26 L 35-59 L 44-54 L 50-65 L 37-41 L 25-57 L 36-62 W 43-41 W 53-44 W 58-43 L 51-59 L 37-48 L 33-56

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• Record: 8-4 • Match Score Avg: 2,588.2

boys’

• Individual Game Avg: 176.0

Bowling

• Baker Game Avg. 165.6

Little Hawkeye Conference Champions

Cardinal bowlers are LHC champions OSKALOOSA — Winning by almost 300 pins, Newton High’s girls and boys bowling teams captured the 2015 Little Hawkeye Conference Meet.

Newton’s boys posted a 2,827 pin total in front of second-place Norwalk’s 2,612. Oskaloosa was third

with 2,436 and Pella Christian took fourth at 2,337.

Members of the LHC championship boys’ team are seniors Payton Cox and Alex Bare, juniors Shea Carre and Bryan McMahon, sophomore Reid Miller and freshman Shaiden Simmons.

• Record: 9-3 • Match Score Avg: 2.395.2 • Individual Game Avg. 158.6

girls’

Bowling

• Baker Game Avg. 161.9

Little Hawkeye Conference Champions

Cardinal girls are Class 2A substate champions Newton High’s Cardinal girls missed out a year ago. They came up short at home in the state qualifying tournament.

Not in 2015. Led by senior Melanie Stice, the Cardinal girls won Tuesday’s Class 2A District Substate championship, qualifying for the state bowling tournament.

Newton’s girls were in the lead following the individual games. The Cardinals had a 1,655 pin count to Norwalk’s 1,450. Des Moines North was in third at the time with 1,432 and Des Moines Hoover was fourth at 1,264.

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Baseball a year in review

2014 All-State Tyler Wood

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varsity roster No. Name

Position

Grade

No. Name

(as of 05-24-15)

Position

Grade

1

Lawton, Jon

IF/OF

10

14

Zibert, Logan

OF

10

2

Weiland, Andrew

IF/OF

11

15

DeBruyn, Zac

OF

10

3

Stout, Drew

IF/OF/P

11

17

Stanton, Tyler

IF/OF/P

10

4

McCormick, Mike

IF/OF/P

12

19

Maple, Reagan

IF/OF

10

5

Tish, Bryce

OF

11

20

Lee, Duncan

C/IF

11

6

Bakalar, Gage

IF/P

9

23

Vanderlaan, Trey

IF/OF/P

10

7

Travis, Jordan

IF/OF/P

12

25

Peters, Tristan

OF/P

12

8

Risius, Jacob

OF

11

26

Nook, Grant

OF

11

9

Gholson, Connor

IF/OF/P

10

27

Dodd, Brennen

IF/OF/P

10

10

Steinbach, Keith

IF/OF/P

10

28

Stanton, Jeff

OF/P

12

11

Barr, Michael

IF/OF/P

12

30

Lanferman, Nathan

IF/OF

10

12

Gulling, Josh

OF

10

34

Rosenquist, Reese

OF

10

13

Wood, Tyler

IF/P

12

35

Damman, Derek

IF/C/P

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Head Coach: Dustin Brisel Assistant Coach: Tyler Stewart, Ryan Comer, Wayne Mann Newton School Administration Superintendent: Bob Callaghan | Principal: Bill Peters | Asst. or Associate Principals: Dave Kalkhoff | Athletic Director(s): Scott Garvis C.M.A.A. | Athletic Secretary: Michele Heisdorffer

Softball varsity roster Jr.varsity roster (as of 05-24-15)

No.

Name

Position

2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 21 24 26 28 31 49

Lucas, Frances Lucas, Audrey McVey, Elizabeth Jordan, Victoria Adams, Kari Leiker, Karley Doland, Lynae Jenkins, Sydney Twaddle, Jaclyn Davis, Bailey Coyle, Elizabeth Coyle, Anna Ryan, Taylor Leiker, Kennedy Maher, Peyton

IF IF IF OF OF OF IF SS UT OF OF P IF C P

(as of 05-24-15)

Grade 11 9 9 11 11 9 11 11 11 10 10 8 9 9 8

No.

Name

Position

4 7 8 9 13 15 22 24 28 29 30 32 34 40 42

McVey, Elizabeth Slycord, Rilee Revell, Haley Leiker, Karley Jenkins, Lakin Johnson, Mackenzie Adams, Jaden Coyle, Elizabeth Ryan, Taylor Baumgartner, Bethany Bakalar, Rylie Thayer, Maddison Hansen, Mackenzie Hoffman, Alexis Bucklin, Jailyn

IF C IF P UT IF SS OF P IF OF UT UT IF UT

Head Coach: Kristina McNew Assistant Coach: Stephanie Laangstraat, Brianna Zerley

Grade 9 8 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 9 9 8 10 9 9

Head Coach: Stephanie Laangstrat Assistant Coach: Brianna Zerley

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track

a year in review

Congratulations to middle school girls track team for being crowned iowa pentathlon champions. Abbie Barr was overall champion. Rachel Rhoads was 2nd. Allie Norvell 3rd Maddy Jones 8th. Emma Dunsbergen 9th Teddie Brunsmann 10th.

Twice Is Nice Kalkhoff captures second straight 4A state discus title Top competitors come through under pressure. Sarah Kalkhoff proved one more time Thursday she is a top competitor in the Iowa Class 4A discus.

The Newton High senior had the top throw going into the finals of the 4A state discus event — 132 feet, 11 inches.

The other seven finalist had to chase her. Clinton junior Erika Hammond was one inch behind Kalkhoff at 132-10.

Hammond reeled off a throw of 135-2 on her first attempt in the finals. Kalkhoff was up next.

“Usually under pressure, I throw well or lift well. That was what I needed to get that throw in,” Kalkhoff said after

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Newton High has athletes qualified in 11 events at the 2015 Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships held at Drake University. Newton competitors at the state meet in Class 4A events are: freshman Morgann Eide, shuttle hurdle relay; junior Kaelee Knoll, 4x400 relay alternate; junior Fran Lucas, shuttle hurdle relay; junior Leela Spencer, distance medley relay; senior Deonne Harris, 110-meter high hurdles, 400 hurdles; junior Alex Hutchinson, distance medley relay; sophomore Taylor Shipley, shuttle hurdle relay

defending her 4A state championship in the discus at the 2015 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships at Drake University.

Kalkhoff answered Hammond’s challenge with a throw of 139-2. Hammond did mark a 136-9 throw on her next trip into the ring, but that was as close as anyone came to Kalkhoff, the 2015 Iowa Class 4A discus champion.

“To end my senior season with a second state title is tremendous and to come here and represent the Newton Cardinals is great,” Kalkhoff said.

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alternate; junior Sydney Jenkins, 200-meter dash, distance medley relay, 4x400 relay; freshman Tessa Keeton, 4x400 relay alternate; freshman Alexis Stout, shuttle hurdle relay, 4x400 relay; sophomore Kenna Winther, distance medley relay alternate; junior Grace Coen, 800 meter, 1,500, 3,000, 4x400 relay; senior Hailey Coy, distance medley relay, 4x400 relay; senior Sarah Kalkhoff, discus, shot put; senior Anna Barr, shuttle hurdle relay alternate; and freshman Liz McVey, shuttle hurdle relay.

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13.36 13.64 13.97 14.09 14.49

100 Meter Hurdles Morgann Eide Liz McVey Alexis Stout Taylor Shipley Fran Lucas

17.00 17.55 17.80 17.83 18.05

200 Meter Dash Sydney Jenkins Leela Spencer Alex Hutchinson Liz McVey Hannah Boecker

27.01 27.50 28.71 29.06 29.60

stats

400 Meter Dash

Track

• 38 girls (largest team to date with me as coach) • Cardinal Relay champions • 5 events at Drake Relays (S. Kalkhoff in discus & shot, G. Coen in 800 & 1500, 4 x100 team of Sydney Jenkins, Alex Hutchinson, Alexis Stout, Leela Spencer) • Sarah Kalkhoff placed 6th at Drake Relays in the discus • 4th place conference team finish 9 events to state: • Sarah Kalkhoff- discus & shot put • Grace Coen- 800, 1500, 3000 • Sydney Jenkins- 200 Shuttle team: Alexis Stout, Liz McVey, Fran Lucas, Morgann Eide Distance Medley: Leela Spencer, Alex Hutchinson, Sydney Jenkins, Hailey Coy 4 x 400: Sydney Jenkins, Alexis Stout, Hailey Coy, Grace Coen • S arah Kalkhoff repeats as state champion in the discus •G race Coen medals in the 1500 with an 8th place finish •1 7th place team finish at the state meet • S arah Kalkhoff medaled at state in the shot put with a 6th place finish.

100 Meter Dash Leela Spencer Sydney Jenkins Jordan Banfield Kenna Winther Serenity Stier

Grace Coen Sydney Jenkins Hailey Coy Kaelee Knoll Tessa Keeton

1:01.71 1:01.90 1:05.53 1:09.53 1:09.95

400 Meter Hurdles Alexis Stout Anna Barr Kaelee Knoll

1:11.88 1:19.46 1:20.02

800 Meter Run Grace Coen Hailey Coy Tessa Keeton Kaelee Knoll Megan Van Dalen

2:17.21 2:31.93 2:36.31 2:51.80 2:53.73

1500 Meter Run Grace Coen Hailey Coy Tessa Keeton Autumn Hunt Megan Van Dalen

4:49.55 5:17.92 5:38.77 5:58.16 5:59.94

3000 Meter Run Grace Coen Autumn Hunt Michaella Cope Annie Hurt Sarah Prendergast

10:29.18 11:43.00 14:05.71 14:58.00 15:34.33

Long Jump Kenna Winther Alexis Stout Sarah Prendergast High Jump Hannah Boecker Madison Bleeker Randi Walters

15-09.75 14-05.50 12-04.00 4-08.00 4-06.00 4-04.00

Shot Put Sarah Kalkhoff Haley Revell Ali Bestell Bailey Wall Miranda Ervin

39-05.00 33-03.50 30-10.00 28-05.00 28-01.00

Discus Sarah Kalkhoff Haley Revell Ali Bestell Miranda Ervin Bailey Wall

138-01.00 100-00.00 87-01.50 76-04.00 69-06.00

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4x100 Meter Relay Newton 51.81 4x100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay Newton 1:10.08 4x200 Meter Relay Newton 1:49.31 4x400 Meter Relay Newton 4:09.91 4x800 Meter Relay Newton 10:40.09 800 Medley Relay Newton 1:58.22 1600 Medley Relay Newton 4:19.70

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track

MS

a year in review

Big doings for Newton middle school girls’ track Newton’s Berg Middle School 4x100-meter relay team of, left to right, Teddie Brunsmann (alternate), Rachel Rhoads, Abbie Barr, Haley Budak and Lakin Jenkins ran in the special middle school 4x100 relay at the 2015 Drake Relays April 26. The girls placed 16th out of 31 teams in a time of 57.02 seconds. Their time was three seconds faster than their season’s best time.

Newton’s Berg Middle School’s track team poses with Berg assistant prinicpal and athletic director George Panosh, in back, with their first-place plaque from the Saydell Middle School Relays. The girls are coached by Jo Linn, Dave Hook and Eric VanderVelden. The Cardinals scored 151 points to win the track meet, outscoirng the second-place team by 50 points.

Newton’s Maddy Jones broke Berg Middle School’s 20-year-old seventh-grade 200-meter hurdle record. Jones won the race in 31.01 seconds establishing a new McCormick Relays record Tuesday at Oskaloosa. The old Berg record was 31.02 seconds set by Amanda Manatt in 1995.

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training camp

Kalkhoff works at US Olympic weightlifting camp

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Sarah Kalkhoff, Newton High senior, knows the benefits of weightlifting. She pointed to her weightlifting as a major factor in her reaching her junior year goal of a state championship in the discus in May. Kalkhoff has been “hitting the weights” since the sixth grade, but not until 18 months ago did she begin Olympic-style weightlifting. Her dedication in the weight room earned Kalkhoff “a great experience” over the summer.

At the end of July, Kalkhoff spent time at an elite youth junior camp at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was among 20 up-and-coming athletes working with OTC resident team coach Zygmunt Smalcerz in the weeklong camp.

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Tish, Lee win LHC wrestling championships

Bryce Tish got redemption. Duncan Lee took care of business. The two Newton High junior wrestlers accomplished the same feat in different manners Saturday in Newton High’s gymnasium.

Tish (26-12) and Lee (29-9) became first-time Little Hawkeye Conference champions.

Tish, who placed third a year ago, captured the 145-pound conference title with a 4-1 decision over Grinnell’s Jake Simon. Tish had pinned Brady Beerbower of Oskaloosa in 54 seconds in a quarterfinal match, then defeated Norwalk’s Ryley Smith 7-2 in the semifinals.

“He (Simon) beat meet a few weeks ago, so it was a little redemption out there for me,” Tish said. “It feels great and to get win the championship at home was great. I really didn’t know the score or the situation in the final. I just went out and did what I do.”

Lee was seeded No. 1 heading into the tournament in a 195-pound bracket with three wrestlers. He received two byes to reach the championship match, waiting the full day before wrestling. Seely defeated Andrew Seim of Dallas Center-Grimes, 12-5, in a semifinal match.

highlights

1 Qualifying Duncan Lee to the State meet 2 Closing out Lincoln with pins by Caleb Kite and Jacob Smith for the dual win 3H osting the Conference tournament 4 Going 4-1 at the Rocket Duals 5 Ending our Dual season with a home win vs Knoxville 6H aving 5 All-Conference performers 7 Watching our freshmen step into key situations for us and be successful 8 Watching the improvements that our wrestlers have made since last season.

9B umping Duncan Lee and Jordan Henning each up a weight and getting wins to beat Oskaloosa

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track

boys’

a year in review

Newton’s Harris is a state champ

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Newton High’s Deonne Harris capped his senior track season with a state track championships.

Harris was the only 2014 state finalist returning in the Class 4A state final of the 110-meter high hurdles. He has been the top-ranked high hurdler in 4A almost all season. He didn’t have the top time coming out of district meets last week.

Harris produced the top time on Drake’s Blue Oval in the 4A 110-meter hurdle final Saturday.

Harris cruised over the hurdles to a 2015 state championship in 14.63 seconds. Nick Wessels, a junior from Waukee, was second in 14.83.

“Amazing,” said Harris after collecting what he had worked hard for since his freshman year at Newton.

“I had a great race today. I was so worked up about today. After he (Wessels) ran a 14.62 to my 14.83 in preliminaries, I went ‘oh, no.’

“Once I got down there today, I told myself it was the last race of the year and it’s what I’ve been working for and I’m not going to get nervous.”

Harris was swarmed by television cameras and reporters following his win. He never stopped smiling.

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highlights • Deonne Harris 110 High Hurdles 4A State Champion

track

10.79 10.86 10.90 10.91 10.94 14.13 14.19 14.48 14.49 14.58 21.76 22.03 22.11 22.11 22.15 48.54 48.61 48.88 49.03 49.37 52.55 53.22 53.62 53.77 53.78 1:52.15 1:53.87 1:54.42 1:54.68 1:54.75 4:15.35 4:16.37 4:20.21 4:21.60 4:21.70 9:07.50 9:15.01 9:18.64 9:23.52 9:25.51 23-08.75 23-00.00 22-10.50 22-09.50 22-08.25 7-01.00 6-10.00 6-09.00 6-08.00 6-08.00 59-05.50 58-07.50 58-05.00 57-03.50 55-10.00 187-08.00

Jake Goeller 181-02.00 Ben Canby 175-07.00 Levi Paulsen 174-08.00 Garret Jansen 173-08.00 4X100 Meter Relay Cedar Falls 42.41 West Burlington/Notre Dame 42.44 Linn-Mar, Marion 42.49 Ames 42.70 Johnston 43.00 4X110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay Waukee 56.02 Linn-Mar, Marion 57.26 Camanche 57.49 Carlisle 57.64 Cedar Falls 57.84 4X200 Meter Relay West Burlington/ Notre Dame 1:27.51 Albia 1:28.05 Linn-Mar, Marion 1:29.13 Cedar Falls 1:29.17 Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 1:29.28 4X400 Meter Relay Cedar Falls 3:18.02 Waukee 3:18.80 Dowling Catholic, West Des 3:20.26 Albia 3:20.74 Urbandale 3:20.89 4X800 Meter Relay Ames 7:41.43 Waukee 7:53.43 Pleasant Valley 7:53.84 Linn-Mar, Marion 7:54.11 Valley, West Des Moines 7:55.33 1600 Medley Relay Dowling Catholic, West Des 3:25.27 Prairie, Cedar Rapids 3:27.08 Ames 3:27.38 Cedar Falls 3:27.40 Algona 3:29.34 Shot Put Wheel Chair Kennedy Feller 23-00.50 Jeromie Meyer 20-01.00 Jordan Razor 15-02.50 Sheldon Leazer 14-01.00 Caleb Gehle 11-05.50 100 Meter Wheel Chair Noah Thomas 20.43 Jordan Razor 21.56 Sheldon Leazer 21.59 Kennedy Feller 22.52 Jeromie Meyer 23.13 200 Meter Wheel Chair Jordan Razor 38.99 Noah Thomas 41.11 Sheldon Leazer 41.64 Jeromie Meyer 42.11 Kennedy Feller 50.30 400 Meter Wheel Chair Jordan Razor 1:23.21 Noah Thomas 1:25.50 Jeromie Meyer 1:31.64 Sheldon Leazer 1:31.66 Kennedy Feller 1:51.05

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“Hey, Deonne, you going to win the race?”

“That’s the plan.”

Deonne Harris’s plan was spot on Saturday — the top spot. The Newton High senior won the final 110-meter high hurdle race of his high school track career.

Harris flew over the 10 hurdles on a perfect afternoon at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. His plan was to win and win he did. Harris captured the Iowa Class 4A state championship in the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.63 seconds.

“Everyone always ask me if I’m going to win and I always tell that’s the plan,” Harris said following Saturday’s race. “It’s amazing. It’s an amazing feeling to be a state champion. I’ve worked so hard for this.”

Harris was swarmed by television cameras and reporters following his win.

He never stopped smiling.

Harris was the only 2014 state finalist returning in the Class 4A state final of the 110-meter high hurdles. He has been the top-ranked high hurdler in 4A almost all season. He didn’t have the top time coming out of district meets last week.

Harris didn’t even have the top time going into the finals. He won his preliminary heat Friday in 14.83 seconds.

“It wasn’t my best race, but I was focused on winning it to get the finals. I was going to do anything I needed to to win it,” Harris said.

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Stats

Harris captures Class 4A 110-m hurdle state title

100 Meter Dash Isaiah Trousil Perrion Scott David Van Dyke Denison Harrington Mauricio Ramirez 110 Meter Hurdles Cole Phillips Connor Ham Dane Kruse Thomas Brantley Deonne Harris 200 Meter Dash Isaiah Trousil Jalen Rima Darrius Martin Blake Mossberg Derek Hooyer 400 Meter Dash Jalen Rima Hunter Weldon Brett Prenger Aj Foley Will Seeser 400 Meter Hurdles Jacob Smith Pat Gray Gage Eller Cameron Crosser Jojo Frost 800 Meter Run Ryan Schweizer Daniel Chan Nolan Teubel Tysen Vandraska Jay Wolfe 1600 Meter Run Thomas Pollard Ryan Schweizer Josh Yeager C.J. May Tysen Vandraska 3200 Meter Run Thomas Pollard Ryan Schweizer Daniel Soto Greg Rinn Patrick Bose Long Jump Chandler Diercks Xavior Williams Cooper Koenig Chase Van Sant Deangelo Jackson High Jump Jeff Giannettino Jared Seay Xavior Williams Willie Rhoads Mitchell Martin Shot Put Clay Meinders Keegan Tritle Garret Jansen Nathan Winters Ryan Moser Discus Erik Nelson

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Soccer

Boys’ Soccer

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Athletic talent can be found up and down the 2015 Newton High boys’ soccer roster. The Cardinals have 14 returning varsity players back from last year’s squad.

The Cardinals have 47 players on the roster, including 20 freshmen.

“This year we have a lot of freshmen coming out for boys soccer, and hopefully, they will provide some new energy for our soccer program,” Viravong said.

Viravong, who spent five years coaching the NHS girls’ soccer team, begins his second season at the helm of the Cardinal boys’ team. The Cardinals were 4-3 in Little Hawkeye Conference play a year ago, and finished 10-8 overall.

Newton opened Class 2A substate play in 2014 with a 3-0 win over Prairie City-Monroe. The Cardinals lost 3-0 to No. 8 Perry in the substate semifinal contest.

Leading the Cardinals back on the field are sophomore Josh Ventling as the team’s leading goal scorer and senior Mike McCormick the team’s assist leader. Both players received AllLittle Hawkeye Conference second-team honors.

Sophomore defender Jordan Norvell was named to the LHC second-team and junior defender Dalton Nevels returns as a LHC honorable mention selection. Other defenders back for Newton are seniors Jackson Forck, Brock Southern and Jesse Cochran.

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a year in review

Cardinal boys getting up to soccer speed for 2015

“The defense will have to step up their game and keep opponents from scoring,” Viravong said.

The Cardinals are solid in goal again this season with junior Griffin Engel and Grant Davidson sharing the goal keeper duties.

Senior Tristan Peters is back as a midfielder while junior Chase Dykstra will see action as midfielder or forward.

Juniors Chet Adams and Duncan Lee return as forwards and sophomore Reese Rosenquist will see action as a midfielder or defender.

highlights

Game Date

Team

Location

W/L Score

Home Home Home Away Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Neutral Neutral Neutral Away Home Home Home Home Away

Newton, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Pella, IA Knoxville, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Marshalltown, IA Grinnell, IA Adel, IA Newton, IA Nevada, IA Nevada, IA Nevada, IA Pella, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Newton, IA Knoxville, IA

Southeast Polk DSM Roosevelt Benton @Pella Christian @Knoxville Boone Dallas Center-Grimes @Marshalltown @Grinnell @A-D-M, Adel Oskaloosa Gilbert Marshalltown North Polk @Pella PCM, Monroe Norwalk Nevada PCM, Monroe @Knoxville

W L W L W W L L W L W L L W L W L L W L

04/02/2015 - Thu 04/04/2015 - Sat 04/04/2015 - Sat 04/07/2015 - Tue 04/14/2015 - Tue 04/17/2015 - Fri 04/21/2015 - Tue 04/23/2015 - Thu 04/28/2015 - Tue 04/30/2015 - Thu 05/05/2015 - Tue 05/09/2015 - Sat 05/09/2015 - Sat 05/09/2015 - Sat 05/12/2015 - Tue 05/14/2015 - Thu 05/19/2015 - Tue 05/22/2015 - Fri 05/26/2015 - Tue 05/28/2015 - Thu

1-0 2-3 3-2 2-3 3-1 4-2 1-2 1-2 1-0 1-2 3-0 1-2 1-4 1-0 2-3 17-1 0-6 2-3 7-0 0-1

1B eating SE Polk at Home on a lone goal by Josh Ventling, 1-0.

2C omeback from 2-0 deficit to tied the game at 2-2 and sent the game into a shootout vs. Roosevelt.

3B eating Knoxville 3-1 4G arrett Sturtz’s hat trick vs. Boone, 4-2 5D uncan Lee’s goal to tied the game at 1-1 vs. DCG and sent it into a shootout.

6W on a shootout vs. Grinnell 7G rant Davidson stopped two PKs in a shootout vs. Grinnell 8B rock Southern scored a gamewinner PK vs. Grinnell 9 J osh Ventling’s goal with 1 minutes left in the game vs. North Polk 10 Chet Adams scored 2 goals in five minutes span to tied the game at 2-2 vs. Pella

Soccer

No. 9 Cardinals beat No. 10 ADM in shootout

highlights

irls’ Soccer

chedule

Nothing got past her in 100 minutes of regular play.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ashlee Freese was a wall in goal for Newton High’s Cardinal girls on May 15th in front of a home crowd.

H.A. Lynn Stadium was the scene for the second time in a week for two Class 2A ranked girls’ soccer teams clashed. The No. 9 Cardinals were just a little better than the No. 13 AdelDeSoto-Minburn Tigers.

The teams played to a scoreless tie through 80 minutes of regulation action. It was still scoreless after two overtime periods. The Cardinals and Tigers went to a shootout.

“Ashlee had a phenomenal game. She’s still playing with separated ribs, but doing well,” said Abby Lamont, Newton head coach, following a 1-0 win for the Cardinals. “We couldn’t have won this game without her tonight.”

Freese had 13 saves on the night. In the shootout, the Tigers got one of five shots past her. While she was freezing out the Tigers, her teammates came up and drilled three of four penalty kicks in the shootout to win.

Ryanne Rausch, Hannah Rhoads and Anna Forsyth got the ball past ADM’s goalkeeper Jessica Craigmile on the penalty kicks for the Cardinals. ADM’s Carli Hansen made a penalty kick in the shootout.

The Cardinals had nine shots on goal during the game and two corner kick opportunities.

Game Date “The entire team played very Home 04/06/2015 - Mon well. We talked a lot about playing Home 04/09/2015 - Thu confident soccer, and they did just Home 04/11/2015 - Sat that,” Lamont said. “They played Away 04/11/2015 - Sat confidently, communicated very Home 04/14/2015 - Tue well and played like they know how Home 04/18/2015 - Sat Home 04/18/2015 - Sat to play. I’m really proud of the game Away 04/20/2015 - Mon they played ton.

• Ranked 9th in class 2A • Having 10 shut outs

• Beating 10th ranked ADM in shootout • Being 4th in the state for goals scored • Leading LHC in goals scored • Scoring 10 goals in 4 games • Allowing only 6 goals to be scored in 14 games • Having 10 shut outs • Scoring 78 goals on the season.

Team

Location

Newton

Grinnell

W/L Score L

Newton

Ballard

W

4-1

SEP Tournament

PCM, Monroe

W

10-0

SEP Tournament

@Des Moines, North

W

10-0

Newton

Des Moines Christian

W

3-0

1-2

Newton Tournament Des Moines, Abraham Lincoln

W

7-0

Newton Tournament PCM, Monroe

W

10-0 1-2

Grimes

@Dallas Center-Grimes

L

Home

04/23/2015 - Thu

Newton

Marshalltown

W

3-0

Home

04/30/2015 - Thu

Newton

Des Moines, North

W

10-0

Home

05/01/2015 - Fri

Newton

Perry

W

8-0

Away

05/05/2015 - Tue

Oskaloosa

@Oskaloosa

W

2-0

Home

05/12/2015 - Tue

Newton

Pella

L

0-1

Home

05/15/2015 - Fri

Newton

A-D-M, Adel/Van Meter

W

1-0

Away

05/19/2015 - Tue

Norwalk

@Norwalk

L

2-3

Away

05/22/2015 - Fri

Boone

@Boone

W

9-1

Home

05/26/2015 - Tue

Newton

Pella Christian

W

5-0

Home

06/02/2015 - Tue

Newton

Urbandale

L

0-2

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Tennis

boys’

a year in review

Cardinal boys claim first tennis win of the season

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Newton High’s boys broke through into the win column in tennis dual play on May 19. The Cardinals edged out host Des Moines North’s Polar Bears, 6-5.

“I can honestly say this was a big step forward for us.

Not only by getting a win tonight, but seeing some of the things we have been working on all season start to click,” said Nick Hoskins, NHS boys’ head coach.

Newton went 4-2 in singles matches against Des Moines North. John Trettin defeated Binh Doan, 6-4, 6-1 in No. 1 singles and Joe Stammeyer rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Markes Carter at No. 2 singles.

In No. 3 singles, James Trettin dominated Akai Thiphavong, 6-1, 6-0 for Newton. Jared Griffin battled his

way to a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over North’s Thomas Gomez.

“John, Joe and James were in control from the start of their matches. It was great to see them get out in front and stay in front,” Hoskins said. “Jared was trading punches with his opponent, as it seemed neither one was able to break the others serve. His first set tiebreak was just as close. Jared was able to adapt well to a few adjustments we made after the first set, and took the second set after finally scoring a break point.”

Newton’s John Trettin and Stammeyer won the No. 1 doubles match, 6-1, 6-4, against Doan and Gomez. James Trettin combined with Griffin to win the No. 2 doubles match, 6-2, 6-0, against Ostermann and Ryan Thammathay.

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tennis

girls’ Little Hawkeye Conference Champs!

Girls’ Tennis

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McKenna Heisdorffer and Megan Pressgrove proved they deserved the No. 1 seed in Monday’s Little Hawkeye Conference tennis tournament. The Newton High duo won two third-set tiebreakers to capture the 2015 LHC No. 1 doubles championship.

Heisdorffer, a senior, and Pressgrove, a sophomore, had a first-round bye at the tournament. They faced Pella’s Lauren Kriegel and Alli Dingeman in the semifinals.

“We came out flat for whatever reason, maybe we didn’t like having the bye and were cold as a result, but we dug ourselves an 0-4 hole to start the match,” said Erick Zehr, Newton head coach. “McKenna and Megan battled back, but lost the first set.”

Zehr said the second set was a different story as the Newton pair dictated the terms of the match, winning the set. In the third-set tiebreaker, Heisdorffer and Pressgrove went on to win the match 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.

Heisdorffer and Pressgrove posed a 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 win over Pella Christian in the final. They became the second doubles team in the school’s short tournament history to win a flight, Zehr said.

“It’s a fantastic accomplishment and I couldn’t be prouder,” Zehr said.

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highlights • Pressgrove & Heisdorffer LHC Doubles Champions

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Marshalltown, IA

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Pella, IA

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Grinnell, IA

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Oskaloosa, IA

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Newton, IA

Des Moines, North

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Boone, IA

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golf

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• 4A Regional Champions • IGHSAU State Meet 4th Place • IGHSAU State Qualifiers • Jessica Reynolds Regional Medalist • Jessica Reynolds 3rd Place State Medalist • Little Hawkeye Conference Runner-up • All-Conference: Jessica Reynolds, Cydney Hillyard, Abby Jolivette • All-District: Jessica Reynolds, Shelbey Cochran • All-State: Jessica Reynolds • 7-0 Undefeated Regular Season Conference season champions (to be decided officially tonight) - two years in a row.

Reynolds leads Cardinals to fourth at 4A state MARSHALLTOWN — No one on the Newton High girls’ golf team was happy with their first day of play at the 2015 Iowa Class 4A State Golf Tournament. They hadn’t shot well on Marshalltown’s American Legion Memorial Golf Course and they knew it.

The Cardinal girls knew they could do better.

Better they did Tuesday as the second, and final, round of the 36hole state tournament was held. Newton was in sixth after the first day of action with a 391.

“I was upset with my play the first day, but I was glad I had another day to come back and turn it around,” said Shelbey Cochran, one of two seniors playing for the Cardinals at the state meet.

Cochran turned her game around, going from shooting a 100 on Monday to a season’s best 87 for 18 holes on Tuesday. Cochran had rounds of 43 and 44 Tuesday.

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boys’ 1P laced 5th at districts (7 shots from going to state as a team) - Shot 322 at Waveland 2. Placed 3rd in our conference tournament (333 at Bos Landed) 3 Derek Damman and Devin Shores were all conference 4 Indianola Invite: Austin Reynolds - 5th place (74) 5 Mason City Invite: Austin Reynolds - 3rd place (78) Derek Damman - 5th palce (81) 6 Newton Invite: Austin Reynolds - 4th place (74) Derek Damman - 5th place (74) 7 Ames Invite: Derek Damman - 6th place (75) Austin Reynolds - 17th place (78) 8M arshalltown Invite: Austin Reynolds - 12th place (79) Devin Shores - 15th place (79) 9 Finished 25th in the state as a team 10 T eam Awards: Jack Chadwick Award (MVP) - Austin Reynolds Larry Stewart Award (coach’s pick) - Devin Shores ROY Award (rookie of the year) - Shaiden Simmons Varsity MI Award (most improved) - Payton Thomas JV MI Award (jv most improved) - Sam Supino

Newton’s Damman, Shores earn LHC golf honors PELLA — A little Little Hawkeye Conference history was made Monday. For the first time since Newton became a member of the conference, the Cardinal boys’ golf team was allowed to compete in the LHC golf conference tournament.

Newton’s boys are Class 4A in golf and 4A boys’ golf is a fall sport. All the other boys’ teams in the Little Hawkeye Conference play spring golf. The Iowa High School Athletic Association allowed Newton to compete in the 2015 conference tournament.

The Cardinals finished third in Monday’s tournament at Bos Laden Golf Course. They posted a four-man score of 333.

Norwalk, which spent one season playing Class 4A golf, won the LHC championship with a 328. Pella was second at 332. Grinnell also posted a 333, but Newton’s fifth score was better than Grinnell’s to break the tie.

Oskaloosa’s 345 was good for fifth place followed by Pella Christian with a 357 and Dallas Center-Grimes at 361.

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All – Conference - All All District Football Nick Easley SE Tyler Wood QB/DB Jordan Travis TE/DE Tristan Peters DB Deonne Harris RB Mason Bowes OL Michael Barr LB

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Des Moines Register All State Football Nick Easley SE 6-0 190 SR-Newton

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Cross Country Grace Coen Little Hawkeye Conference Champion & State Medalist Volleyball-All Conference Megan Pressgrove Fran Lucas Morgan Allen Girls’ Swimming-NCSC Conference Champions 200 medley Relay : S . Jenkins, H. Rhoads, H. Scotton, S. Hedrick.

200 freestyle: Madeline Webb 200 IM: Hannah Rhoads 100 butterfly: Hannah Scotton 200 free relay: S. Martin, H. Scotton, E. Miller, S. Hedrick 100 breaststroke : Sara Martin 400 freestyle Relay: H . Scotton, R. Prendergast, S. Jenkins, S. Hedrick Girls’ Swimming-District Champions 100 fly: Samantha Hedrick 100 free: Rachel Prendergast 400 freestyle Relay: H. Scotton, R. Prendergast, S. Jenkins, and S. Hedrick

Girls’ Swimming-State Honors Rachel Prendergast Hannah Scotton Baseball-All Conference Tyler Wood Derek Wrage Evan Shimon Chandler Sturtz All State Baseball Tyler Wood Boys’ Basketball-All Conference Tyler Wood Connor Gholson Jordan Travis Nick Easley Girls’ Basketball-All Conference Michaela Jacobsen Hannah Rhoads Sydney Jenkins Girls’ Bowling-All Conference Madison Humphrey Erica Bailey Mariah Gonzales Melanie Stice Ali Cox All State Bowling Madison Humphrey State Medalist Melanie Stice State Medalist Boys’ Bowling-All Conference Payton Cox Alex Bare Shea Carre Nick Versteeg Shaiden Simmons

State Medalist State Medalist

Boys’ Swimming-NCSC Conference Champions Issak Webb 100 Butterfly Webb, Lensing, Warner, King 200 Medley Relay & 200 Free Relay

All State Softball Sydney Jenkins

Boys’ Swimming-State Honors Issak Web 100 Butterfly State Runner-up

Girls’ Tennis- All Conference Mckenna Heisdorffer LHC Doubles Champion Megan Pressgrove LHC Doubles Champion

Girls’ Golf-All Conference Jessica Reynolds Cydney Hillyard Abby Jolivette Girls’ Golf All-State Jessica Reynolds Shelbey Cochran All State Golf Jessica Reynolds State Medalist & District Medalist Boys’ Soccer-All Conference Garrett Sturtz Josh Ventling Dalton Nevels Brock Southern Girls’ Soccer-All Conference Ryanne Rausch Hannah Rhoads Michaela Jacobsen Victoria Jordan Girls’ Soccer-All State Ryanne Rausch Softball-All Conference Sydney Jenkins Lizzie Stock Madison Bagnall Kari Adams

Boys’ Track-All Conference & District Deonne Harris 110HH LHC & District Champion All State Boys’ Track Deonne Harris 110HH State Champion

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Girls’ Track-All Conference & District Sarah Kalkhoff Discus LHC Champion - 122-10 & District Champion - 130-11 Grace Coen 1500 LHC Champion - 5:03.19 Grace Coen 3000 LHC Champion 11:05.72 Distance Medley team (L. Spencer, A. Hutchinson, H. Coy, G. Coen)- 4:24.69 All State Girls’ Track Sarah Kalkhoff Discus State Champion--139-02 Sarah Kalkhoff shot put- 6th place 39-05 Grace Coen 800- 11th 2:19.03 Grace Coen 1500- 8th 4:46.24 Grace Coen 3000- 11th 10:48.90 Sydney Jenkins 200m dash- 22nd 27.14 Distance Medley: L. Spencer, A. Hutchinson, S. Jenkins, H.Coy-20th 4:24.95 Shuttle Hurdle: A. Stout, L. McVey, F. Lucas, M. Eide17th 1:10.36 4 x 400- S. Jenkins, A. Stout, H. Coy, G. Coen- 24th 4:11.96 Wrestling-All Conference Duncan Lee 215lbs. Champion & State Qualifier Bryce Tish 145lbs. Champion Hunter Versteegh 113lbs. Runner-up

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Choir/Vocal

a year in review

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• Iowa All-State Chorus - Makayla Nook • OPUS All-State 9th grade Honor Choir Natalie Camp and Alayna Reynolds • Arion Award for Outstanding Soloist Courtney Tabor • National School Choral Award - Lucas Sander • Superior (I) ratings at Iowa Solo and Ensemble Contest • Solos: Courtney Tabor, Joseph Malsom, Hannah Boecker, Natalie Camp • Duets: Amie Williams and Courtney Tabor, Elizabeth Pearson and Kinzie Loree • F rosh Women’s Ensemble: Madison Bleeker, Hannah Boecker, Natalie Camp, Tory Church, Tessa Keeton, Kinzie Loree, Julia Prime, Alayna Reynolds • Varsity Women’s Ensemble: Sara Cook, Bailey Cupples, Eileen Gerken, Leah Hunter, Amie Williams, Grace Kingery,

Makayla Nook, Elizabeth Pearson, Hayley Sinclair • Varsity Men’s Ensemble: Spencer Elbert, Jonah Keeton, Joseph Malsom, Connor McAdoo, Reid Miller, Grant Nook, Reese Rosenquist, Lucas Sander, Zach Theis, Christopher Thorpe, Nicholas VerSteeg • Chamber Choir: Sara Cook, Bailey Cupples, Leah Hunter, Amie Williams, Grace Kingery, Makayla Nook, Elizabeth Pearson, Hayley Sinclair, Kate Wyre, Jessica Smith, Spencer Elbert, Jonah Keeton, Joseph Malsom, Connor McAdoo, Reid Miller, Grant Nook, Reese Rosenquist, Lucas Sander, Zach Theis, Christopher Thorpe, Nicholas VerSteeg • T he Varsity Chorale received a Division ‘I’ rating at State Large Group Contest earning perfect scores from two of the judges.

Band Newton High School continues its strong tradition of excellence in music with the Newton High School Cardinal Regiment receiving a Division I rating at the State Marching Band Competition held in Waukee on Oct. 18 for the third consecutive year. The Cardinal Regiment also competed in the Waukee Invitational held later that same day. Newton placed fourth in Class 4A out of 13 bands competing.

It was a fitting way to end a great marching band season, but let’s start at the beginning.

The Cardinal Regiment kicked off the 2014-2015 school year by participating in several marching band competitions throughout Central Iowa.

The first marching band competition of the season for the regiment was the 5th Annual Marching Dutch Invitational held Sept. 27 in Pella. The regiment placed fourth in Class 4A. Eighteen of the area’s best high school marching bands competed for top honors in four classes.

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highlights • Evelyn Berryhill - 2nd alternate to All State • 8 Students selected to the SCIBA Honor Band (one step below All State) • 3rd Straight Division I rating at State Marching Festival • 3rd Straight Division I rating at State Large Group Festival including 2 perfect scores • 11 groups earning Division I ratings at State Solo/Ensemble Contest • Jazz Band - 3 top 3 finishes (Southeast Polk, Council Bluffs, Hoover)

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uca camp

• Received superior award for cheer routine at camp • Had 6 girls nominated for all Iowa at camp • Received spirit stick from camp for most spirited group.

DECA

State DECA...

• Wes Streeter & Payton Thomas - 5th Place, Business Communications Team • Benton Vest & Brady Hook - 4th Place, Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team • Elise Axtell - 5th Place, Apparel & Accessories; Awarded Outstanding Member Award • Cole Cazett - 6th Place, Automotive Services • Chase Urias 5th Place, Restaurant & Food Service

key club highlights

• UNICEF Fund Raising • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fundraising • Reggie’s Sleepout for the homeless youth of Iowa,

•C hristmas in the Gym to donate toys to needy families of Newton.

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Congratulations to Anna Barr as an upcoming Borlaug-Ruan International Intern this summer!

Anna Barr

wenty-three Students Across U.S. Earn Prestigious World Food Prize International Internship

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Newton High School student will go abroad for eight weeks this summer to gain firsthand experience at an international research center, working to alleviate global hunger.

Nearly 1 billion people go hungry every day.

As the world faces a growing population, climate volatility and other global challenges, the next generation will be charged with continuing the battle against hunger and finding new solutions to feed the world.

This summer, an unprecedented number of American high school and college students – 23 students from 11 states - have earned World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan International Internships and will delve into issues relating to hunger and poverty throughout the world during eight-week, all-expenses-paid summer internships at leading research centers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

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has earned an internship and will travel to Guatemala this summer to work at Hormel Foods Corporation’s Project Spammy operations in Sololá.

The Borlaug-Ruan Internship is a unique program that allows student interns to participate in projects with distinguished researchers at leading agricultural research centers and NGOs around the globe. While getting a firsthand view of real and pressing food security issues and nutrition problems in poverty-stricken areas, the students become an integral part of a project, spending time in the lab as well as days or weeks at a time in the field conducting research and interviews, and gathering data.

The interns are involved in a myriad of global projects dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger such as: fisheries and aquaculture studies; plant biotechnology research; microcredit and the women’s self-help concept; the influence of education on household food security; livestock value chains; and the calculation of Vitamin C concentration in numerous potato varieties.

Newton–Newton Director of Athletics Scott Garvis is excited to announce that the Cardinals Athletics Department has agreed to partner with Under Armour for all of its apparel and footwear needs.

“This is a win-win for all of our programs here at Newton,” Garvis said.

“We feel like we can do more for our student-athletes and at the same time co-brand the Newton Cardinals with Under Armour.”

“This sets us apart as we are the 1st school in Central Iowa to co-brand with Under Armour.”

“We are excited to co-brand with Under Armour as our sponsor,” Garvis added. “This gives us uniformity and consistency in our brand across our athletics department and is going to be tremendous for our student-athletes, coaches, athletics department, and School as a whole.”

“We are really excited to work with Newton High School,” Chuck Rodgers Under Armour District said. “We have assisted with several programs in the past, but to be unified across the board is tremendous.

I have watched Newton change over the last several years and this is just another step in solidifying all the excitement and growth of the school.”

“I know how important athletics is here at Newton, so for the school to have the best apparel on the planet, I truly hope this helps in all respects,” Rodgers added. “This will be a great partnership for everyone involved.”

regular season meets which saw the team win around 75% of its matches. On January 10, the team competed in the district tournament in Corning, IA. Unfortunately, we did not qualify to advance. The team also participated in a question/answer session at Park Centre to assist the residents with their technology problems.

books battle of the

The Battle of the Books team of Chris Simmons, Megan Shores, Sam Vanderburg, Alex Doepp, and Emily Bollhoefer placed 10th in the State wide competition Grand Battle at Marshalltown. They represented Newton very well - Congratulations!

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The 2014-2015 FTC season featured robots competing in a new game. Cascade Effect. The objective of the game is to first release a cache of wiffle balls then collect them and place them in various goals. A new feature to the competition was a new league alignment that had the Newton competing agains area teams such as Pella, Oskaloosa, and Indianola. Newbotics competed in three

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LHC art

a year in review

highlights

• First Place Awards - Alexa Yoakum in the Crafts/Glass Category, Megan Shores in the Sculpture Category • Second Place Awards - Anna Forsythe in the Crafts/Glass Category, Breckelle Bathke in the Acrylic Painting Category, Maddy Noe in 3D Mixed Media • T hird Place Awards - Jenefer Tudor in Handbuilt Ceramics Category, Victoria Jordan in the Graphite Category • Honorable Mention Awards - Carolyn

Thurmond in the Handbuilt Ceramics Category, Keena Machin in the Acrylic Painting Category, Breckelle Bathke in the Acrylic Painting Category, Cole Peters in the Handbuilt Pottery Category, Gracie Rorabaugh in 2D Mixed Media, Kenna Machin in the Crafts/Fiber Category, Halee Mundell in the Crafts/Glass Category.

• Also selected to attend include - Troy William Lillo, Rylie Udelhoven,Sarah Prendergast, Greg Mettler,

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Little Hawkeye Math Contest at Central College. It was a great time, and Newton came away with several awards. J. Malsom recieved the 5th place award for sophmores, J. Cochran recieved the 5th place award for Seniors, and the Sophmores as a whole came away with 2nd place in the group division.

Joe Malsom received the award for 5th place for individual sophomores.

Jesse Cochran received the award for 5th place for individual seniors.

The four sophomores (Joe Malsom, Reece Rosenquist, Emily Miller, and Emily Mehmen) received 2nd place as a group in the sophomore division

highlights

• Receiving Division I ratings for Pom, Jazz and Kick at State and placing 3rd overall in Kick • Receiving Super Sweepstakes at the MA Regional Dance Competition and receiving 1st place overall in Pom • Receiving a Superior Rating with our Home Routine at Camp and 3rd place overall for Camp Dance • Receiving a bid to NDA Nationals at Camp • NDA All American – Brenna Schwenker and NDA All American Nominees – Macey Caves, Madison Mann and Hadley Braaksma.

• 7 dancers making the All-Iowa Honor Dance Team • Hailey Coy, Tapanga Birkenholtz, Olivia

Bebout, Macey Caves, Serena Halferty, Hadley Braaksma and Madison Mann • 9 dancers competing at the ISDTA State Solo Competition • Division I Ratings: Madison Mann, Hadley Braaksma, Macey Caves and Kayla Conner • Division II Ratings: Serena Halferty, Brenna Schwenker, Olivia Bebout, Josi Swihart, and Tapanga Birkenholtz • Raising $1,400 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation • Participating and raising money for the Jasper County Relay for Life • Hosting the ISDTA State Solo Competition for the third year

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quality program Award The NIAAA Quality Program Award recognizes outstanding high school athletic programs at the Exemplary Level.

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Congratulations to: Newton Senior High School The NIAAA Quality Program Awards initiative presents an opportunity to recognize outstanding high school athletics program at the NIAAA “Exemplary” level.

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NHSACA Award Newton High’s Garvis is finalist for national athletic director award Scott Garvis, Newton High activities director, is a finalist for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national athletic director of the year award. Garvis was nominated by the Iowa Coaches Association and is a NHSACA regional award winner.

Eight finalists from across the nation will be honored during The National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet June 20 during the National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s national convention at the Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester, Minn. The highlight of the banquet is the naming of the NHSACA national coach of the year in 19 recognized sports categories and the national athletic director of the year.

“It’s a nice honor to know people around you appreciate what you do.

I’m so fortunate to have so many great people here in Newton who do some awesome things,” Garvis said.

“It’s been a fun experience being here and working with people at the school and in the community.”

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association is the oldest coaches association in the nation formed by coaches, for coaches, and has been recognizing national coaches of the year since 1978.

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Alumni Coaches Brisel welcomes opportunity to coach NHS baseball

May 4 can’t get here quick enough for Dustin Brisel. That’s the first day of high school baseball practice. “This is a dream job. It’s been a goal of mine to come back and coach here,” Brisel said. “Just to coach baseball in general is great, but to come back where I played and where I graduated from is a huge honor.”

Brisel is the new head baseball coach for Newton High School. Brisel was an outstanding pitcher and third baseman for the Cardinals. He graduated from NHS in 2009.

Brisel is Newton’s all-time strikeout leader with 217 and is behind his father, Randy Brisel, on the pitching victories list. Randy Brisel is in the NHS baseball Hall of Fame.

Randy Brisel Head Coach: Baseball

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Growing the soccer program at her alma mater is a goal for Abby (Townsend) Lamont, who is the new head coach for the Newton High School girls’ soccer team.

“I’ve always had the passion to coach, and I love working with kids,” Lamont said. “When my husband and I moved back to Newton in 2008, I applied for an assistant coaching position for the Newton girls’ soccer team.”

Lamont, a 2000 NHS graduate, played soccer for the Cardinals. She spent four years as an assistant coach for then-head coach Sackda Viravong.

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Abby (Townsend) Lamont Head Coach: Girls’ Soccer

McNew giving back as Cardinal softball coach

Returning to her hometown and being able to coach softball at her alma mater is special for Kristina McNew. When the softball head coaching position at Newton High School opened up, McNew jumped at the opportunity to apply for the position.

“What a great opportunity to be back here and be able to give back to the Newton High program through what I’ve learned as a player,” McNew said. She learned she was hired as the Cardinal softball head coach in the fall.

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Kristina McNew Head Coach: Softball

Congrats to Coach Hook & Coach Patterson, named Boys Swimming IHSAA District Coaches of the Year!

David Hook

Sara Patterson

Congrats to Coach

Scott Enyart IGHSAU District Girls Golf Coach of the Year

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2015 Inductees Joanne Jackson-Fine Arts 1955 Chuck Jarnagin- Athletics 1950 Lewis Buzz Levick – Athletics/Education John Jenkins – Athletics/Education Tom Starr – Business 1965

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• UNI Leadership Conference

• Aurora Heights Spring Fling

•E lementary Character Counts Assembly

• Captains & Coaches Conference

• Halloween High

• Certified Captains Training

• Tobacco Prevention Program

IGHSAU& IHSAA Awards Congrats to our Girls Teams awarded the IGHSAU Academic Achievement Awards:

Volleyball Distinguished Academic Award

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Girls Cross Country Distinguished Academic Award

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Girls Track & Field IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Award

3.288 GPA

Girls Soccer IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Award

3.505 GPA

Girls Tennis IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Award

3.4187 GPA

Girls Golf IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Award

3.4221 GPA

Girls Basketball IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Award

3.4129 GPA

Softball IGHSAU Distinguished Academic Award

3.504 GPA

Congrats to our Boys Teams awarded the IHSAA Academic Achievement Awards: Boys Cross Country Academic Excellence Award Award

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Football Academic Excellence Award

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Football Cheerleaders Academic Excellence Award

3.143

Boys Soccer Academic Excellence Award

3.206

Boys Track Academic Excellence Award

3.015

Boys Tennis Academic Excellence Award

3.096

Boys Swimming Academic Excellence Award

3.218

Wrestling Cheerleaders Distinguished Academic Award

3.284

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• Completion of a new 24x48 greenhouse for the agriculture program.

Ag Issues

• Samantha Cutts- state champion Veterinary Medicine proficiency

a year in review

• Jarret Horn- state finalist, Star in Agribusiness • Five Iowa FFA Degree Recipients: Jarret Horn, Arianna Jamieson, Matt Bleakney, Ronny Clark, Benton Vest • Conduct of Meetings Team- 6th place state • Secretary’s Book-4th place state

Iowa Degrees

• Ag Sales-9th place state • Chapter Program team- 9th place state • F loriculture Team-5th place state

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• Ag Issues & perceptions team- 5th place state

Stars in Agribusiness

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The HA Lynn Stadium will be adding new press box on both the home and visitor bleachers this summer. The stadium was dedicated in 1941 as a WPA Project.

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We’re loyal to you Newton High We’re loyal and true Newton High We’ll back you to stand, against the best in the land, For we know you have sand, Newton High, Rah! Rah! So, smash that blockade Newton High Go crashing ahead Newton High Our team is our fame protector On boys, for we expect a victory from you, Newton High Che-cha cha-rah-rah-rah Che-cha cha-rah-rah-rah Newton High, Newton High, Newton High Fling out that dear old flag of scarlet and black Lead on your sons and daughters fighting for you Like men of old on giants, placing reliance, shouting defiance Osky, wow, wow.

Across those broad green plains that nourish our land For honest labor and for learning we stand And unto thee we pledge our heart and hand Our Alma Mater, Newton High