SAVE THE DATE
By Jamee
Colfax Main Street has announced the dates for its major events in 2025. From celebrating Easter to the annual Colfax Country Christmas, residents can mark their calendars and
get ready for all of the fun activities.
“Our promotion team has set the calendar for our recurring downtown events hosted by Colfax Main Street,” director Stuart Patterson said. “There may also be other fun events, projects and activities that may pop up
on the calendar, so please check our Facebook page for updates throughout the year.”
Starting in April, the annual Eggstravaganza event is set for April 19 at Woman’s Club Park.
In May, the Downtown Farmers Market will set up each Wednesday from May 21 through Aug.
Colfax Main Street announces community activities for 2025
27 at Mineral Springs Park. A community favorite, the Halloween Walk will be Oct. 21 throughout the downtown district. Wrapping up activities, Colfax Country Christmas is set for Dec. 6 in various locations in the downtown.
The second Thursday of each
month, Colfax Bingo at Cocina Hernandez/Absolutely You Boutique is a great activity to show community support, get a bite to eat and maybe even bring home the jackpot. Each month a different guest caller brings their energy and a good time for the crowd.
New Jasper County sheriff settles in
Sheriff Brad Shutts wants a forward thinking sheriff’s office that looks after employees and citizens of Jasper County
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune
Jasper County Sheriff Brad Shutts is still adjusting to his new leadership role, but the good state in which the department was left to him by retired sheriff and mentor John Halferty allows him to maintain the course the office was headed while also being forward thinking and proactive in its law enforcement.
It is important to Shutts that the sheriff’s office continues offering its quality customer service in every aspect of the department. Whether
it is policing, EMS support, communications or jail services, the new sheriff wants to set and meet high standards. He also wants the sheriff’s office to maintain its community visibility.
“One of the biggest deterrents to crime is being out there and being visible and being proactive,” Shutts said in a recent interview with Newton News.
“We don’t want to sit back or be reactive or wait for things to happen. Before we act we want to be out there on the front lines of it.”
The sheriff’s office, he added, is left in great shape after Halferty’s retirement. For the past few years the Jasper County Jail has made improvements to its pods to account for more inmates held as overflow from other counties. It is additional revenue for the county and it increased the maximum capacity to 96 inmates.
Approximately 20 years ago the county completed the
Veterans affairs could have a qualified applicant for new director by February
Selection committee to hold candidate interviews within the next few weeks
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune
Applications for the new director or administrator of the Jasper County Veterans Affairs department have been submitted to commissioners for review. If all goes well with the selection committee’s interview process in the next two weeks, it is possible a candidate will be recommended for commission approval in February. Dennis Simon, director of human resources for Jasper County, said he has been sending applications to all five members of the veterans affairs commission ever since the position was posted. The department is in need of a new department head after the firing of former Veterans Affairs Adminis -
trator Alyssa Wilson.
The deadline for applications was Jan. 10. Two days prior to the deadline, the county had received about 15 applications so far.
Members of the steering committee were selected during the Jan. 8 veterans affairs commission meeting. In addition to Simon serving on the committee as an advisor, the commission chose Mike Gunsaulus, Supervisor Brandon Talsma and commissioners Marta Ford and Ed Spangenburg to conduct the interviews. Simon encouraged commissioners to send him their questions about individual candidates so that their input can be provided in the interview process. However, to avoid a quorum and possible violations to open meetings
laws, it was decided that only two commissioners can serve on the committee.
Prior to the interview process, Simon recommended commissioners provide him and the committee an unranked list of their top five applicants. From there, the committee will decipher who to interview, giving special attention to overlapping names that appear on commissioners’ top-five lists.
“Once the interviews are done, the selection committee will discuss and debate and we will make a recommendation to the commission on who to hire,” he said. “Obviously, you have the applications so if there is something you disagree
construction of the jail, and Shutts said that has since been paid off. So now his efforts will be focused on maintaining and refreshing the building itself and keeping up with security to make it a safe place for employees and inmates in the years to come.
“It’s the biggest division in the sheriff’s office and the biggest portion of the budget besides the wages and things like that,” Shutts said. “We’re watching people and having to feed them and clothe them and such. It’s a mini town back there I guess you could say.”
Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has also added EMS support to its litany of services. Instead of replacing the work of volunteer agencies, the sheriff’s office has maintained it is providing additional support and higher level care when needed. It was a program first introduced by Halferty. Shutts wants it to continue.
“We are getting a large majority of our shifts covered, and that’s seven days a week now from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. typically — sometimes they
Lack of affordable housing concern for Jasper County
Almost half of Jasper County residents report problems with their current living arrangements
By Jamee A. Pierson Jasper County Tribune
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles exploring the results of the Jasper County CommunityHealthNeedsAssessment.
Following mental health and substance misuse and lack of healthcare professionals, lack of affordable housing rounds out
the top three priorities for Jasper County. According to the Jasper County Community Health Needs Assessment, secondary data indicates that housing costs and rates of substandard housing are slightly higher than Iowa rates. Of residents surveyed, almost half, or 46.65 percent, reported experiencing a problem with their
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The Jasper County Community Health Assessment found that lack of affordable housing was the third highest priority for residents.
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Obituaries
Connie Lou Carlyle
Jan. 18, 2025
Connie Lou (Hoy) Carlyle, beloved mother of Terry “TC” Carlyle, was called home by her Heavenly Father on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, while living in Owatonna, MN. She was 81. Cremation and then burial with graveside services will be at Colfax Cemetery in Colfax, IA at a later date. Condolences and correspondence may be sent to TC at PO Box 48, Owatonna, MN, 55060 or tjcatc@msn. com. At this time a Memorial date has not been planned. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Owatonna, 545 Dunnell Dr, Owatonna,
MN 55060. The daughter of Elmer and Clara (Pike) Hoy, Connie was born on October 25, 1943 in Rhodes, Iowa. On June 22, 1962, she was united in marriage to Marvin E. Carlyle. Their only son, Terry “TC” Carlyle was born on February 24, 1963. When Connie was young, her family moved from Rhodes, IA to State Street (Hwy 6) in Colfax, IA. She attended Colfax Elementary, Junior High, and High School, but dropped out before graduating. She later attained her GED after Terry started grade school. Growing up she was involved in various activities including Girl Scouts. She worked as a babysitter, at the Mary Hartman Cafe and at a carpet shop in Colfax. Around 1972 she followed a cousin and niece and went to work at DeLong Sportswear in Grinnell, IA making sports jackets. In 1974, she again followed
Club News
Colfax Historical Society
The Jan. 20 meeting of the Colfax Historical Society was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by president Kevin Williams. Members present were: Kevin and BJ Williams, Larry and Charlet Daft, Aaron Bartholmey, Peggy Dvorak, Stan Daft, Chris and Tranquility Smith, Steve and Cindy L. Van Dusseldorp.
Minutes for the Nov. 18 meeting were read and approved. There was no meeting in December. Treasurer’s report presented. Aaron also presented an annual report for 2024. He said the 2024 financial records are ready to be audited. Peggy and Cindy L. are the auditing committee so they will do that.
Correspondence – Peggy read a thank you from Main Street for our participation in Colfax Country Christmas.
Guests – We welcomed three guests to our meeting – Joe Otto, Malachi Williams and Josh Williams. They came to discuss an idea Malachi has for his Eagle Scout project. He proposed the possibility of repairing/rebuilding our log cabin. We discussed and general opinion was very favorable. He’ll do further research and we’ll try to help with that. They’ll attend a future meeting. Plans to burn the cabin were put on hold for now.
Doug Wilson looked at the light over the door in the new addition. There is no switch to turn that light on and off so it’s on all the time unless the bulb burns out. Due to the cost to redo the wiring, it was decided to leave it as is.
Tranquility presented the facility manager’s report and an annual report for 2024. The total we received for rentals in 2024 was about the same as 2023.
Chris continues to work on the security system and cameras.
Larry Daft reported on the Christmas event we had in December. Attendance
them and started working at Blue Cross Blue Shield (the “Blues”) in Des Moines. While there she worked in Medicare, Subscriber’s Service and finally Medical at the Ruan Center before retiring after 22+ years on June 30, 1996 (the same day Terry bought his first house in Owatonna). As an adult Connie was also involved in various groups such as the Jaycee’ttes, while husband, Marvin, was a Jaycee.
Connie admitted she was terrible at remembering things and especially names. So, no matter how old a person was, if you were female she called you “Sis” and if you were male she called you “Bud”! For those she did remember, she usually had a nickname for them … “Lulee” or “Witchiepoo” for her beloved sister Lila; “Bones”; “Stephanzie” (I’ll be nice!); “Dummy”; “Miscellaneous”; “Mason City Linde”; “Sister”; “Ju-
was low due to such bad weather but people who came had a good time. Larry said the response from our members to support and work at this was really great. Cindy L. reported on our participation in Colfax Country Christmas again this year. Cindy, Steve and Joyce helped with that. We also participated in the Jasper County Museum’s Christmas tree event once again. Peggy, Steve, Cindy and Larry H. helped with that. Thanks to everyone who helped with all the Christmas events we participated in this year. Kevin has price quotes for printing the booklets for our gift shop. We would have to raise the selling price a lot. We discussed getting an electronic version of the booklet and maybe print it ourselves. Tabled this for now.
Larry D. discussed having another presentation. He talked to Dave Baker (who did Ghost Towns of Jasper County for us) about other presentations he does. They include the Civil War, medicine back in the day and coal mines. Emphasis on Jasper County would be desirable. Looking at possibly this summer. Maybe possibly consider partnering with the library again if they are interested.
Discussed getting business cards with address and phone numbers for the building and also the phone number for the building manager. We decided we should probably have some. Tranquility can give them to renters and we can have them available at the building also. Aaron will mock up a card and report at the next meeting.
We will be open the second Saturday of the month, Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Larry and Charlet volunteered from 10 a.m. to noon. We still need volunteers for noon to 2 p.m. Admission is free.
Meeting adjourned 8:47 p.m.
Jasper County residents have millions in forgotten assets
dith”; “Big Karen”; “Foxy Lady”; and, of course, for Terry it was always “Snoop”!
Connie was very much a family and friends’ person. And nothing brought her more joy than playing cards, especially around the dinner table. She loved to play solitaire (“Soli”), cribbage, canasta and New Years Eve penny poker. On either side of the family, as soon as the meal was done, you could count on Connie to say “okay, let’s get to the more important things in life” (i.e. let’s play cards!).
Connie always felt she was the underdog. Yet, she was the strongest, kindest, most loving person anyone could ever ask for. She never wanted much for herself, she always wanted for others to be taken care of. She would literally give you the shirt off her back, with love, and no expectation of being repaid. “Are you sure you have 50 cents in your pocket?” “Here,
take this. I don’t want any arguments! But, shoosh, don’t tell Uncle Marvie, it’ll just upset him!!!” Connie loved animals. Watching the squirrels out their picture window after she retired was a favorite. But most importantly, Connie was beholden to dogs/“pooches” which she called her “babies”! Many times, everyone, including Terry, would play second fiddle to her “Babies”!
With declining health and dementia, Connie went to live at Park Centre NH in Newton, IA, in July 2020, where she received good care and was loved. After the passing of her husband in November 2021, Connie moved to Owatonna, MN, on February 23, 2022.
Special notes of appreciation go to Ken Ringhofer, Dr. Tim Van Gelder, Dr. Brian Bunkers, Seasons Hospice, and those caregivers who genuinely cared for and loved her.
My Mom was my foun-
dation, my greatest love.
As the Bobby Goldsboro song said, “You were mine, for a little while.”
“My Mudder” by Junior Bear.
“Oh, my Mama, you are my Mama! You are the best Mama! I love you soo much!”
Left to honor and cherish Connie’s memory will be her only son, Terry; brothers-in-law Jim (Marlene) Carlyle, Donnie (Carolyn) Carlyle, Wayne “Oscar” Carlyle, and sister-in-law Marilyn (Steve) Knode. Along with many nieces, nephews, cousins, a host of friends, extended “family” and even extended Owatonna family for sure! Preceding Connie in death were her husband, Marvin E. Carlyle; her parents, Elmer and Clara Hoy; her sister and brother-in-law, Lila and Jack Main; her brother and sister-in-law, Lyle and Phyllis Hoy; and, most importantly, her beloved dog, Missy Jo.
Church Schedules
BETHANY
HOWARD ST. CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(Disciples of Christ) Pastor Josh Burns 101 N. Locust St., Colfax Cell - 515-779-3148
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Fellowship;10:30 a.m. Worship, in person or online via YouTube
MONDAY - Pastor Josh day off TUESDAY - 9:30 a.m. Coffee Time; 2:30 p.m. Chair Yoga
WEDNESDAY - 3:30 p.m. After school elementary youth; 6:15 ChiRho and CYF youth supper; 7:30 p.m. Youth Group
THIRD SUNDAY - 8 p.m. Elders meeting, Board meeting after church; Collect for Food Pantry
FOURTH SUNDAY - Potluck Dinner
FIFTH SUNDAY - Potluck Breakfast
FIRST MONDAY - WIC appointments FOURTH & FIFTH TUESDAY3 p.m. Table of Grace
IRA UNITED CHURCH
Pastors Doug Cupples and Phil Butler
SUNDAY - 9:30 a.m. Church service; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school Communion first Sunday
METZ COMMUNITY CHURCH
3253 W. 62nd St. S., Newton Pastor David Rex 641-521-4354
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10:10 a.m. Worship Last Saturday of month - 8 a.m. Men’s Breakfast
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Colfax Minister, Pastor Cody Dyer Church Office 674-4165
SATURDAY, Feb. 1 - 7:30 a.m. Men’s Breakfast/Bible Study
SUNDAY, Feb. 2 - 9 a.m. Fellowship; 9:15 a.m. Bible Education Classes; 10:25 a.m. Communion Sunday, Message by Pastor Cody Dyer; 5 p.m. “The Well” Youth Group
MONDAY, Feb. 3 - 6 p.m. Dea-
con/Deaconess meeting
TUESDAY, Feb. 4 - 3 p.m. Women’s Prayer and Coffee
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5 - 9 a.m. Busy Bee Quilters and Fresh Encounter Prayer; 5:45 p.m. AWANA Family Meal; 6:25 p.m. AWANA Clubs
FRIDAY - Feb. 7 - 7 p.m. AWANA
T&T Bile Quiz at Bondurant Federated Church
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH Newton, Iowa
SATURDAY - 4 p.m. Mass
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Mass
COLFAX FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH S. Locust & W. Division St. Office - 674-3782 Rev. Phil Dicks pastor
SUNDAY - 10:30 a.m. Family Worship with Holy Communion; Sunday School
HOPE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 126 E. Howard Rev. Paul Avery, pastor Church: 674-3700 hopeassemblyofgod@yahoo.com
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. Worship
WEDNESDAY - 7 p.m. Evening Service
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
CATHOLIC CHURCH 302 E. Howard St., Colfax Fr. Marty Goetz 515-674-3711
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Mass DAILY MASS - 8 a.m.
MINGO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Phil Dicks 515-689-4926
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship service (Sunday school not meeting at this time)
ASHTON CHAPEL 8887 W. 122nd St. N., Mingo
Pastors: Larry Craig & Mark Eddy
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. Worship
State Treasurer Roby Smith is spreading the word about National Unclaimed Property Day, celebrated annually Feb. 1. “This is a great opportunity to raise awareness and encourage Iowans to search for their name, the names of those they know and their favorite businesses. All you need is 30 seconds to search at GreatIowaTreasureHunt.gov for unclaimed cash or assets,” Smith said. “More than $3.6 million is waiting to be reunited with past and present Jasper County residents.” Administered by Smith, Great Iowa Treasure Hunt is Iowa’s only legitimate source for unclaimed property. Unclaimed property includes, but is not limited to, forgotten checking and savings accounts, uncashed checks, lost stocks, life insurance policies, utility security deposits and contents from abandoned safe deposit boxes. When businesses and entities are unable to contact the rightful owner of a property, it is reported to the State as unclaimed. Great Iowa Treasure Hunt then works to locate the owner or heir of the assets so individuals can collect what is rightfully theirs.
if you’ve checked for your name in the past, check our website again!”
“Returning money to rightful owners and heirs is what Great Iowa Treasure Hunt is all about,” Smith said. “After a record-breaking reporting season, more names than ever before have been added or our list. Even
Celebrate National Unclaimed Property Day by sharing information about Great Iowa Treasure Hunt with friends and family. Connect with the Treasurer on Facebook, Instagram and X to stay up-to-date on all areas of the office.
float around,” Shutts said of the advanced life support deputies. “It’s a part-time position and they have fulltime jobs outside of here. We’re very active here lately.”
The ALS program is bringing in a small amount of revenue, but Shutts said the charges to agencies are only recouping some of its costs.
“I think there is a good path forward for this,” Shutts said. “It was Sheriff Halferty’s vision to get this successful, and he left it in a successful state.”
Turnover rates are particularly high in law enforcement, and for a time the sheriff’s office was seeing just how
true that was. However, Shutts said although the department could always use more deputies on the road (and he is working to make that happen), most positions are filled.
Currently, the sheriff’s office is moving forward in assigning a deputy to Baxter. The city has struggled for years to maintain a long-term police chief. The sheriff’s office is working toward providing contracted law enforcement for an extended period of time. Shutts expects a contract to be ready by July.
“We’ll be adding a deputy position as long as the board approves the contract,” he said. “With that goes an SRO program at the Baxter Community School District. We cannot apply for this unless we were the primary agency. And since we are going to be the
Housing
with you can direct us to do additional interviews if you’re not happy or whatever.”
Ultimately, the decision to hire a new administrator or director comes down to the approval of the Jasper County Board of Supervisors.
“The board can approve it easy enough or they can say no and send us back to the drawing board,” Simon said. “That’s why I want one of the supervisors on the selection committee. So if they’re in agreement and would make that recommendation, the chances of it getting denied is minimal.”
The next Jasper County Veterans Affairs meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at the county’s administration building at 315 W. Third St. N.
current living arrangement. Housing damage was identified as the top issue for almost half of respondents with lack of affordable housing impacting just more than 20 percent of the residents.
For home owners or renters that have issues, the top response was lack of complete plumbing facilities followed by lack of complete kitchen facilities, one or more occupants per room and monthly housing costs, both renting and owning, greater than 30 percent.
The percentage of housing units with substandard conditions in Jasper County is 23.8 percent, higher than the Iowa rate of 23.41 per-
primary agency we did apply for the grant.”
The school will supply one-third of the funding, the city will supply another third and then the grant will pay for the final portion over three years. This would require the sheriff’s office to hire a new deputy for this position. So, effectively, the Baxter community would have two full-time deputies
Earlier in 2024, the sheriff’s office proposed the old Jasper County Animal Rescue League building be renovated into a training facility. With support from supervisors, work has already begun in transforming the site. So far a shooting range has been added, but the building itself still needs remodeled.
Shutts said the training facility is a big priority, but since the bond did
cent. The only specific condition where Jasper County performs more poorly than the state is housing units lacking a complete kitchen. Housing units in Jasper County (2.64 percent) that lack a complete kitchen is 2.65 percent higher compared to the state at 2.64 percent..
In the county, 23.58 percent of households have housing costs exceeding 30 percent of their total household income. The rate is slightly higher than the state average of 23.04 percent.
The county did come in under the state average for overcrowding, which is defined as more than one occupant per room at 1.22 percent compared to 1.75 percent for the state.
For current living conditions, 95.65 percent of
not pass he is exploring other ways to finance it. The training facility would allow
As county sheriff, Shutts wants to be a leader who continues to learn and improve. He hopes to make good use of the lessons he has learned from mentors like Halferty and former Sheriff Mike Balmer. Shutts wants to be an approachable sheriff who strives to make the office even better than it is now.
“We want to continue on with the positive forward thinking that we’ve always had here,” Shutts said. “We always want to make it better because we don’t want to stagnate and have a place where it’s the same ol’ stuff day after day. We want to have excitement for our employees and we want them taken care of.”
those surveyed said they have a steady place to live and 96.46 percent are not worried about their housing status for the next two months.
To address a lack of affordable housing, the county will work to promote affordable and safe housing resources within the county. To do that, it plans to launch a public awareness campaign through local media, highlighting the importance of affordable and safe housing in improving community health. It will work with the Jasper County Care Coalition (JCCC) to share new information and update the resource guide with what is available to residents. Central Iowa Shelter and Services will lead a Point in Time homeless count once a year in the county and JCCC will ex-
plore ways to reduce homelessness within the county. IMPACT will promote services in the community by offering open events with community partners including Discover Hope. Habitat for Humanity will work to build at least three houses in Newton by 2027, explore fundraising opportunities and look for way to work with Iowa Prison Industries for affordable housing. JCCC will also work with area school housing/homeless contacts to make resources available and have a referral process. Finally, JCCC partners that work specifically on housing will meet to discuss resources, protocols and gaps of service for affordable living situations. The county’s goal is to have these strategies complete by Dec. 31, 2027.
A brief rundown on radon
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. The United States Environmental Protection Agency notes that radon disperses rapidly outdoors, which makes it a generally innocuous gas. However, radon can become trapped indoors, and it’s in those instances when the gas poses a potentially significant threat.
How does radon get inside?
The EPA notes that radon can enter buildings through cracks and other holes in the foundation. When that occurs, radon can become trapped indoors.
Why is radon a threat to human health?
When exposed to radon over time, people’s risk for lung cancer increases. In fact, the EPA reports that radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. According to the Government of Canada, radon gas breaks down and forms radioactive elements, which can then be inhaled into the lungs. The breakdown of radon continues in the lungs, where radioactive particles release small bursts of energy. That energy is absorbed by lung tissue, contributing to damage in the cells of the lungs that can increase cancer risk.
How do I know if I’m being exposed to radon inside?
Home radon test kits can be very effective at determining if radon is entering a home. These tests are inexpensive, but individuals who want a second opinion also can hire a certified radon measurement firm to test their properties. If levels are determined to be high, contact a radon remediation expert to address the issue. Can radon reenter my home?
Efforts at radon mitigation are generally very effective. However, mitigation systems can fail or stop working over time. So individuals concerned about recurrence can identify what caused the initial radon exposure, such as cracked foundations, and have those issues addressed. In addition, random testing for radon, even after mitigation efforts have been completed, can be a cost-effective and simple safety net. Does radon exposure produce symptoms?
The American Cancer Society reports that possible symptoms of radon exposure include shortness of breath, a new or worsening cough, pain or tightness in the chest, hoarseness, or trouble swallowing. The lack of these symptoms should not be mistaken for
evidence that a home has no radon problem, which is why periodic testing is necessary and potentially life-saving. Though radon is naturally occurring,
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Radon can become trapped indoors and it’s in those instances when the gas poses a potentially significant threat.
Earlham’s speed too much for Baxter girls
BAXTER — The Baxter girls basketball team had no trouble matching up with Earlham’s size during a non-conference contest on Jan. 23.
But the Cardinals were just too fast and their big second quarter propelled them to a 56-42 road win over the Bolts.
“We didn’t handle their pressure or their speed,” Baxter head girls basketball coach Kyle Krampe said. “That was the difference in the game. We played with them in the first quarter, and I thought we battled in the second half.
“Their ball pressure and speed made us play faster than what our comfort level is.”
Earlham led Baxter by only four after one quarter, but the visitors won the second 17-3 to stay in front for good. The Bolts won the second half 28-24.
The Cardinals came into the game averaging only 20 rebounds per game. Baxter grabbed 35 boards in the contest but turned the ball over 26 times in the loss.
“We have a lot of young kids making a lot of young mistakes,” Krampe said. “That’s a skilled team. Every one of those girls can run, shoot and pass. They shot the ball really well. We tried to change things up to keep them guessing, but give them credit. They did a nice job.”
The Bolts led 5-3 early after Emie Tuhn buried a 3-pointer and Kendall Brummel scored inside.
Cook, Chadwick lead C-M girls to fourth at home tournament
By Troy Hyde Sports Editor
COLFAX — Colfax-Mingo’s
Emma Cook placed fourth in the state two seasons ago. But she just might be performing even better on the mat this season for the Tigerhawks.
Cook looked every bit the part of the third-ranked wrestler in Class 1A at 235 pounds at the Tigerhawks’ home tournament on Jan. 25.
She improved to 37-4 on the season following three first-period pins and a first-place finish at her weight.
It was just one of the many highlights for Colfax-Mingo from its home tournament as the Tigerhawks placed fourth in the 21-team field.
“I think today went great,” Colfax-Mingo head girls wrestling coach Erin Hume said. “I don’t think we wrestled to our potential on (Jan. 21) or (Jan. 23) so it was really refreshing to see six in the top six, four in the finals and fourth as a team. I’m very happy and proud of the way they wrestled today. I will take it.”
Devan Chadwick joined Cook at the top of the podium and Lily Webster and Hadley Millang both finished second as the Tigerhawks scored 128 points with their nine wrestlers.
Newton entered nine wrestlers, too, and the Cardinals placed ninth with 83 points. They were headlined by Class 2A No. 5 Kylee Ad-
ams, who was the runner-up at 105 pounds.
The 21-team field featured 2A No. 1 Raccoon River-Northwest, whose lineup features 10 ranked wrestlers. The tournament included 26 ranked individuals and a few more who did not participate.
Raccoon River-NW won the tournament title with 305.5 points. It crowned six champions and
placed 11 of its 13 wrestlers in the top three. Ames (156), Pella (139), Colfax-Mingo (128) and Iowa Valley (98) completed the top five. The next group featured the Ankeny junior varsity (96), Boone
Des Moines
and Saydel
Baxter boys can’t overcome late Hawks’ run in road loss
SULLY — The first three quarters in the boys basketball contest featuring Lynnville-Sully and Baxter were back-andforth.
The Bolts rallied from a seven-point hole in the first quarter and a five-point deficit in the second but couldn’t recover from a 9-1 run by the Hawks in the fourth during a 67-60 non-conference road loss on Jan. 25.
“They went on a 9-1 run,” Baxter head boys basketball coach Zach Hasselbrink said. “Outside of that, I thought we did everything we needed to do to win the game. They just made a lot of buckets down the stretch and got a run we couldn’t overcome.”
The buckets came from a balanced Hawks’ offense. Will Van Vark and Hendrick Lowry scored nine of their 11 points in the first half, Dawson James put in nine of his 15 in the second half and Sawyer Veldhuizen got 10 of his team-high 17 in the final frame to lead the hosts.
But it was Veldhuizen’s backto-back-to-back 3-pointers during the Hawks’ 9-1 run that gave L-S the separation they needed to win the game.
The Hawks and Bolts were tied at 18-all after one quarter
and even at 34-all at halftime and Baxter went into the fourth with a one-point advantage.
But Lynnville-Sully outscored its visitors 18-10 in the final frame to pull away at home.
It also was Baxter’s third game in three days and the Bolts’ second-leading scorer, Perrin Sulzle, played the game under the weather.
Cainan Travis, who had a career scoring night for the Bolts, got the first basket of the game before L-S scored nine in a row to take an early 9-2 lead.
Baxter rallied with 3s from Maddux Tuhn and Stadan Vansice and two more treys from Dakota Parker and Travis kept the score even after one.
There were five ties in the second. L-S (12-4) took a fivepoint lead following a runner by Lowry. He answered another Parker 3 with a triple of his own earlier in the quarter, but Sulzle canned a trey and scored inside to bring the score back to even at 32-all. It was 34-all at halftime.
Neither team led by more than two in the third and there were six ties. James answered baskets by Travis and Eli Dee to keep the score tied and then got another bucket later to put the Hawks in front 42-40.
A spinning jumper from Dee pushed the Bolts back in front by two. He then sunk a pair of
free throws before a freebie by Logan Rainsbarger gave Baxter a 50-49 advantage with 8 minutes to play. “I wouldn’t say we played
bad tonight,” Hasselbrink said.
“They just made a few more buckets than we did down the stretch.” The fourth quarter belonged
to Veldhuizen, who scored 10 of the Hawks’ 18 points in the frame.
The back-and-forth nature of the game continued early, but Veldhuizen’s 3 with 4:27 to play swelled the L-S lead to four and then consecutive triples extended the margin to 64-55 with less than 4 minutes to play.
Travis scored inside and then canned a 3 to get Baxter to within four with 16.7 seconds left, but Van Vark and Veldhuizen went 3-of-4 from the free-throw line in the final 14.5 seconds to close out the win.
Four Hawks scored in double figures with Veldhuizen and James leading the way with 17 and 15 points, respectively.
The Hawks had a 33-23 advantage on the boards and 10 of those came at the offensive end.
L-S also held Dee to 15 points and Sulzle to five points. The duo came into the game averaging 29 and 16 points per game, respectively.
The Hawks defended the Bolts’ two leading scorers with a triangle and two. That freed up Travis to have the best offensive game of his career. He finished with a career-high 23 points. Hasselbrink hopes the Bolts have seen it all from a defensive standpoint by the time the postseason rolls around.
(90), West
Valley (87), Newton (83)
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Colfax-Mingo senior Emma Cook won three times by fall to claim the 235-pound bracket title at the team’s home tournament on Jan. 25. She’s now 37-4 on the season.
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Colfax-Mingo junior Lily Brenner competes in a home event last week. She was 3-0 with a pin and two forfeits during a home quadrangular on Jan. 21 and placed sixth at 140 pounds at the team’s home tournament on Jan. 25.
Troy Hyde/Jasper County Tribune Baxter senior Emie Tuhn steals the ball during the second half of the Bolts’ home loss to Earlham on Jan. 23. Tuhn finished with a team-high 12 points in the game.
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Troy Hyde/Jasper County Tribune Baxter junior Eli Dee (1) blocks Earlham’s Griffin Messer during the first half of the Cardinals’ home loss on Jan. 23.
C-M boys can’t find win column at road triangular
MARENGO — Cason Fitch won both of his matches at 126 pounds, but the Colfax-Mingo wrestling team couldn’t overcome nine combined forfeits in a road triangular on Jan. 23.
The Tigerhawks had an advantage in contested matches against Ogden but lost to the Bulldogs, 54-30.
Host Iowa Valley controlled its nine contested matches against C-M and cruised to a 69-6 victory of its South Iowa Cedar League foe.
Class 1A No. 11 Fitch produced a pair of first-period pins in his two matches. Colfax-Mingo was 5-4 in contested matches against Ogden but gave up all five forfeits.
Caden Sykes (175), Alex Hartson (190), Nathan Endersbe (215), Jayden Cherveny (120) and Fitch (126) all won by fall to give the Tigerhawks a 30-18 lead.
The Bulldogs rallied with three forfeits and two pins in the final five weights at 132, 138, 144, 150 and 157. Fitch had the only win for C-M in the Iowa Valley dual. The Tigers were 8-1 in contested matches and took all four forfeits.
Sykes lost his match at 175, 5-3, against 1A No. 11 Nolan Kriegel. Iowa Valley also has Chance Hoyt, who is ranked eighth at 150.
The Tigerhawks did not have the services of 1A No. 12 Teagan Dybevik at 285.
Tigerhawks down CAM at road quadrangular PANORA — Sykes, Hartson and Dybevik combined to go 9-0 with two pins and two technical falls, and the Tigerhawks left a road quadrangular with a 48-18 victory over CAM on Jan. 25.
Colfax-Mingo also lost to host Panorama and Harlan.
The Tigerhawks were 7-12 in contested matches.
The Tigerhawks were 3-2 in contested matches in the win over CAM. Logan Roam scored a first-period pin at 106, Fitch registered a 32-second pin at 126 and Hartson earned a win by fall at 215. C-M had a 4-2 advantage in forfeits with Cherveny, Xavier Cross, Sykes and Dybevik accepting them.
Panorama defeated the Tigerhawks 47-36 after losing the forfeit battle 5-3.
The two teams were 3-3 in contested matches.
Cherveny, Fitch and Dybevik all won by fall and the forfeits were accepted by Sykes, Hartson and Endersbe.
Colfax-Mingo struggled to keep up against 2A Harlan. The Cyclones were 6-2 in contested matches and 4-1 in forfeits in the 57-16 win.
Sykes and Dybevik both won by technical fall and Hartson accepted a forfeit. Class 1A No. 11 Fitch lost his match by major decision to 2A No. 5 Jesse Jens.
Dybevik was 3-0, Sykes and Hartson finished 3-0 with two forfeits and Fitch and Cherveny both were 2-1. Both of Fitch’s wins came by fall.
C-M’s Collins will play volleyball at Graceland
senior Kaylee Collins, seated left, signed with Graceland
mother Luci Collins, seated right, as well as (back row, from left) Colfax-Mingo head volleyball coach Mike Hunsberger, Graceland University head volleyball coach Stew McDole, father Brian Collins and Colfax-Mingo assistant volleyball coach Blake Warrick. “I briefly considered Buena Vista and Central, but once I met (Coach McDole), the Graceland head coach, the search was over,” Collins said. “I love the fact that Graceland is a small college with lots of opportunities and the ability to connect one-on-one with professors.” Collins said the Graceland coaching staff plans to use her at libero or a defensive specialist. Collins produced 211 digs as the Tigerhawks’ starting libero this past fall. “(Graceland head volleyball coach) Stew McDole is a great coach with a lot of experience,” Collins said. “He impressed me during my visit. The program seems like a big family with a lot of focus on personal development and chances to connect with teammates. I was signed as a platform player, as (Coach McDole) calls it.” Collins plans to major in elementary education with an emphasis in special education.
Gliem sisters lead Baxter girls at Centerville, North Tama tourneys
CENTERVILLE — Zoey Gliem and Johnelle Gliem each won twice by fall to lead the Baxter girls wrestling team at the Centerville Girls Scramble on Jan. 23. Three Bolts scored 21 points and finished eighth in the 12-team field.
Albia’s 10 wrestlers scored 137.5 to win the tournament easily. Van Buren (55) edged East Union (54.5) for second and the rest of the top five included Chariton (46) and Moravia (27). The Bolts were just
six points out of fifth.
Zoey Gliem and Johnelle Gliem each finished third at 140 and 145 pounds, respectively, while Malayla Hurd was the runner-up at 235. Hurd was 0-2 for the day.
Zoey Gliem (12-10) was 2-2 with two pins and Johnelle Gliem (14-9) finished 2-1 with two pins. Johnelle Gliem was 1-1 against Van Buren’s Lexie Wiley but won the thirdplace match.
Bolts finish fifth at North Tama Redhawk Invitational TRAER — The Gliem sisters
combined for five wins and five pins and both Zoey and Johnelle Gliem were second at their weights during the North Tama Redhawk Invitational on Jan. 25.
The Bolts scored 39 points with their three wrestlers. They were five points out of fourth and 16 back of third. Host North Tama won the tournament with 114 points and BCLUW-SH was the runner-up with 99.5. Janesville (55), Union Community (44), Baxter (39), Tripoli (22), Meskwaki Settlement School (17) and BGM (4) completed the eightteam field.
Zoey Gliem was 2-1 with two pins at 140, Johnelle Gliem finished 3-1 with three pins at 145 and Hurd placed third and went 0-2 at 235.
Anderson’s title leads Baxter boys at North Tama
TRAER — Jack Anderson won all three of his matches at 138 pounds and claimed the bracket championship after a narrow win over a state-ranked opponent at the North Tama Redhawk Invitational on Jan. 25.
The Baxter boys wrestling team used three wrestlers to score 37.5 points and finished 11th in the 13team field. The only other team with three grapplers or less was 13th-place Tripoli.
Riceville won the team tournament with 167.5 points. Sigourney/ Keota (161.5) and Hudson (159.5) were close behind in second and third, respectively, and host North Tama (143.5) and Beckman Catholic (127) completed the top five.
BGM (84), HLV (83), Mid-Prairie (64), Janesville (49.5) and Springville (49.5) finalized the top 10.
Anderson (29-6) was 3-0 for the day. He advanced to the 138 final after two first-period pins. He defeated Riceville’s Chance Christensen, 4-1, in the championship bout. Christensen (18-5) is ranked 11th in Class 1A at 138.
Alex Dille (14-12) and Derek Rominger also were in the tournament for the Bolts. They each won one match by the same 14-5 score at 113 and 126, respectively. Dille placed fifth, while Rominger was sixth.
Bolts finish 0-3 at road quadrangular
SULLY — Both Lynnville-Sully and Baxter were plagued by forfeits during a quadrangular hosted by the Hawks on Jan. 23.
Lynnville-Sully downed the Bolts 36-12 in the matchup of Jasper County teams, while English Valleys and Montezuma came away with victories against both Baxter and Lynnville-Sully.
The Braves finished 3-0 after a 56-12 win over English Valleys.
In Lynnville-Sully’s win over Baxter, the Hawks were 2-1 in contested matches and had a 4-1 advantage in forfeits.
Anderson won his bout by fall against Burt Johnson at 138. Baxter’s Maddox Peters took a forfeit at 150.
Baxter lost 36-23 to English Valleys but was 2-0 in contested matches.
The Bolts got a win by fall from Dille at 113 and a 15-0 technical fall from Anderson at 144. Rominger and Peters both accepted forfeits, but the Bolts were 2-6 in that category.
Montezuma won its dual with Baxter 48-18, but the Bolts were 3-0 in the contested matches. The Braves took all seven forfeits.
Dille scored a 57-second pin at 113, Anderson won his match by fall in the first period and Peters scored a pin in the second. Anderson was 3-0 with one pin at 138 and one pin at 144. Peters was 3-0 with two forfeits at 150 and Dille was 2-1 with two pins at 113.
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Colfax-Mingo freshman Jayden Cherveny, right, was 2-1 at the Tigerhawks’ road quadrangular on Jan. 25.
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Sports Calendar
January 30
Boys Wrestling
HLV, Coon Rapids-Bayard, BGM at Baxter, 5:30 p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Oskaloosa at Baxter, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball Baxter at West Marshall, 7:30 p.m.
January 31
Girls Wrestling Regionals
Baxter at Colfax-Mingo, 4 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Colfax-Mingo at Montezuma, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Colfax-Mingo at Montezuma, 7:30 p.m.
February 1
Boys Wrestling
Colfax-Mingo at SICL tournament at English Valleys, 10 a.m.
Baxter at Clarksville, TBD
February 3
Girls Basketball
Colo-NESCO at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Colo-NESCO at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.
February 4
Girls Basketball
North Mahaska at Colfax-Mingo, 6 p.m.
Collins-Maxwell at Baxter,
6 p.m.
Boys Basketball North Mahaska at Colfax-Mingo, 7:30 p.m.
Collins-Maxwell at Baxter, 7:30 p.m.
C-M girls get season sweep over BGM
BROOKLYN — A monster game from Lydia Hansen, a dominating performance on the glass and eight blocked shots at the defensive end of the floor propelled the Colfax-Mingo girls basketball team to a season sweep of BGM on Jan. 24.
The Tigerhawks also swiped 11 steals and shot 42 percent from the floor during a 5844 road victory over the Bears in South Iowa Cedar League action.
Hansen powered Colfax-Mingo to the win, finishing with a career-high 24 points and 12 rebounds. She also had two assists, four steals and three blocks, was 11-of-17 from the floor and scored nearly 17 points above her season average.
Isabelle Foglesong added 15 points, two rebounds and two assists and was 3-of-8 from 3-point range and Blain Houseman totaled seven points, two rebounds, three assists, four steals and two blocks. Mickinley Bucklin contributed four points,
Dee has been guarded with a box and one and a 1-3 chaser this year, too.
“They played something we hadn’t seen on film yet,” Hasselbrink said. “In the moment, it’s hard to weather. I thought for not seeing it yet, we weathered it pretty darn well though. They just made a few more buckets down the stretch.”
Dee was being guarded early in the game by his cousin Lowry, who was more aggressive at the offensive end early in the contest.
Lowry finished with 11 points and nine came in the first two quarters.
Veldhuizen finished with 17 points and seven rebounds, James added 15 points, six rebounds and five assists and Van Vark totaled 11 points, four rebounds and two assists to lead Lynnville-Sully.
The Hawks shot 46 percent from the floor, made 7-of-12 from 3 and hit 6-of-12 from the foul line.
The Bolts were a little better from the floor at 47 percent and hit 8-of-23 from 3. They also connected six times from the foul line. Both teams turned the ball over just seven times.
Travis grabbed three rebounds to go with his 23 points. He was 10-of-15 from the floor.
Dee was held to 15 points, while Sulzle had five points and 11 rebounds.
Tuhn totaled seven points and two rebounds, Vansice contributed three points and three boards and Parker chipped in six points and two rebounds off the bench for Baxter.
Earlham 70, Baxter 51
BAXTER — Too many turnovers and a tough shooting night from long range plagued the Bolts during a non-conference home loss against Earlham on Jan. 23.
Baxter trailed by just one after one, but the Cardinals inched further and further ahead in every quarter during a 7051 home loss in non-conference action.
“We turned the ball over way too many times,” Hasselbrink said. “I told the guys if we turn it over 20 times and they make half of those, that’s the difference in the game right there.
“They made a couple shots late in the shot clock. On those you tip your cap and move on. That’s what it felt like at times. But we just turned it over too many times.”
The Bolts scored the first two buckets of the game as Sulzle and Dee made it 4-0 with baskets inside the lane.
Both teams got off to a slow start though as the game was tied at 7-all six minutes in.
“We turned it over six times in our first 10 possessions but played unbelievable defense,” Hasselbrink said. “It was 4-0 and then 5-4 for half the quarter. We were doing what we needed to do defensively. We were in great position, we were talking, we were switching through things and made them make contested
four rebounds and two blocks off the bench.
Dakota Allen registered three points and five boards, Mallory Sipma tallied seven rebounds and three assists and the bench also got three points and two rebounds from Victoria Woods and three boards from Katelyn Steenhoek.
The Tigerhawks (5-12, 4-8 in the SICL) shot 42 percent from the floor despite making only 4-of-16 from 3-point range. They also missed 11 of their 21 attempts from the free-throw line and turned the ball over 21 times. Colfax-Mingo, which snapped a five-game losing streak, out-rebounded BGM 38-27.
Ellie English led BGM (5-10, 2-10) with 23 points and seven rebounds. The Bears shot 29.4 percent from the floor, made 9-of-30 from 3 and connected on 5-of-14 from the foul line.
The win for Colfax-Mingo evened the series at 9-all since 2015. The Tigerhawks have won six of the past eight meetings against BGM though.
The Tigerhawks also won their fifth game of the season, which is five more than they won all of last season.
HLV 53, Colfax-Mingo 50, overtime
VICTOR — Hansen’s big
night was not enough for Colfax-Mingo on Jan. 21. The Tigerhawks pushed host HLV to overtime but lost 53-50 during an SICL contest.
Colfax-Mingo led 8-5 after one and outscored the Warriors 10-8 in the third. HLV bested the Tigerhawks 16-14 in the second, 16-13 in the fourth and 8-5 in the extra session.
Hansen finished with 18 points and added nine rebounds and two blocks. She was 6-of-8 from the free-throw line. Those were the only free throws the Tigerhawks took in the game.
Foglesong added 17 points and five rebounds, Houseman chipped in six points, four rebounds, five assists and three steals and Sipma tallied six points and six boards.
Steenhoek collected three points, two rebounds and two steals and Allen contributed two rebounds and four assists.
The Tigerhawks shot 39 percent from the floor, made 8-of23 from 3 and turned the ball over 23 times. Foglesong finished 5-of-12 from long range.
HLV (7-7, 6-7) completed the season sweep of Colfax-Mingo after winning 43-26 in Colfax earlier this season.
The Warriors, who have won four in a row in the series, have won four of their past six games
shots.”
Earlham’s Carter Hohertz had a teamhigh 23 points and eight of those came in the final half of the first quarter. His 3-pointer put the Cardinals in front 129, but Vansice converted a layup at the buzzer to trim the Bolts’ margin to one after one.
Six straight points from Dee and Sulzle moved the Bolts in front 17-14 in the second. The game was tied two times after that before Earlham (9-5) used an 13-2 run to go in front 28-21.
Sulzle scored inside and Vansice connected from deep to melt the Bolts’ deficit to five at the break.
Earlham outscored Baxter 19-13 in the third and 20-12 in the fourth to pull away.
“We knew they had good players.” Hasselbrink said. “For the most part, we did a good job guarding them but good players are going to score. That’s ultimately what it came down to. We made them make tough shots all night, and they started to in the second half. Good teams will do that.
“I hate that it looks like that in the final score because this game felt a lot closer than that.”
Sulzle, who led the Bolts with 23 points, scored twice inside to keep Baxter within six, but Earlham led by 11 after three.
The Cardinals’ lead got to as large as 18 before the final margin. Sulzle scored three straight baskets to trim the deficit to 12, but Earlham finished on a 9-4 run to win by 19.
Sulzle grabbed five boards to go along with his 23 points. Dee, who is averaging 29 points per game this winter, was limited to 13 points, three rebounds and two blocks.
“We’re going to have to really work
hard to get him the ball because we’ve seen a lot of box and ones and a lot of 1-3 chasers,” Hasselbrink said. “They switched to a 3-2 zone late in the first. They knew where he was and did a good job, but he passed up more 3s than I would have preferred. It just wasn’t his best night. They weren’t falling for him.
“Thirteen is not enough for this team, and he knows that. He’s the guy who will go back in the gym and work his butt off to make sure it doesn’t happen again though.”
Vansice chipped in seven points, three rebounds and two assists, Travis added six points and eight boards and Tuhn pulled down eight rebounds.
The Bolts shot 45.5 percent from the floor despite making 1-of-12 from 3. They were 10-of-15 from the foul line, won the rebounding battle 28-24 and turned the ball over 16 times.
“In big moments, other guys have to be confident to shoot wide open 3s,” Hasselbrink said. “We are doing our best to show we are confident in them in those moments. We’re bringing some young guys along and getting them comfortable. It will take some time.”
Earlham committed only seven turnovers and made nearly half of its shots from the floor.
The Cardinals were 8-of-25 from 3 and 6-of-9 from the foul line.
Blake Reynolds and Hohertz combined for 40 of Earlham’s 51 points. Hohertz had 23 points and four rebounds, Reynolds totaled 17 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals and Caleb Smith registered five points, five boards and five steals.
Baxter 74, BCLUW 40
BAXTER — The Bolts used a fast start, made nearly half of their shots
after starting 3-5. Ayla Hall led HLV with 23 points, five assists and eight steals. The Warriors shot 27 percent from the floor, made 7-of-38 from 3 and buried 14-of-19 from the foul line. They turned the ball over 16 times and swiped 14 steals.
West Central Valley 46, Colfax-Mingo 22
STUART — The Tigerhawks were held to single digits in all four quarters during a 46-22 non-conference road loss on Jan. 20.
West Central Valley broke open a two-point margin with a 16-7 second quarter and dominated the fourth 11-1.
Hansen led Colfax-Mingo with four points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
Foglesong and Steenhoek both scored five points, Allen and Woods each grabbed six boards and Houseman tallied four points and three assists. Foglesong also grabbed two rebounds.
Colfax-Mingo shot 27.6 percent from the floor, made 3-of-14 from 3 and connected on 3-of-11 from the foul line. The Tigerhawks were plagued by 31 turnovers.
West Central Valley (12-5) has won seven straight games.
from the floor and stayed unbeaten against BCLUW since it joined the Iowa Star Conference in 2022.
Baxter held the Comets to single digits in the first three frames and cruised to the 74-40 home win in conference action on Jan. 24. The Bolts led 18-9 after one and outscored the Comets 19-8 in the second and 24-14 in the fourth.
Dee put in 31 points, grabbed five boards and swiped three steals to lead Baxter, which is now 6-0 against BCLUW (2-12, 2-7 in the conference) since 2022.
Sulzle added 15 points, 17 rebounds and three steals, Tuhn collected a career-high 12 points and chipped in five boards and two steals and Travis totaled four points and five rebounds.
Tuhn, a freshman, made his seventh career start and is now averaging 5.2 points and four boards per contest.
“He’s getting a little more comfortable every day, which is exactly what you want a freshman to do,” Hasselbrink said. “He’s improved his defense, too, and is developing well.”
Vansice finished with three points and three steals, Parker scored five points and Colten Damman grabbed two rebounds.
Baxter (9-6, 7-2) shot 49 percent from the floor despite making 2-of-19 from 3. The Bolts were 8-of-10 from the foul line and turned the ball over 10 times.
North Tama 64, Baxter 55 TRAER — The Bolts controlled the glass and had a small lead at halftime, but North Tama rallied for a 64-55 home win during Iowa Star Conference South Division action on Jan. 21.
The Redhawks outscored the Bolts 35-25 in the second half and Baxter was plagued by 1-of-13 shooting from 3.
“That was our worst effort given as a team in many years,” Hasselbrink said. “It was nothing close to what we need to see.
“We know we can be really good, but if we don’t bring effort and energy, we can be really bad, too.”
The Bolts led by one at halftime after winning the second 13-10. They out-rebounded the Redhawks and made 10-of14 from the free-throw line but turned it over 13 times.
North Tama had a small advantage in field goal percentage (45-43) and made six more 3s in the victory. The Redhawks (7-6, 5-3) turned the ball over only seven times.
Sulzle led the Bolts with 23 points, nine rebounds and three steals and Dee added 15 points and nine boards.
Travis pitched in nine points, four rebounds and two blocks, Vansice collected six points, five boards and two steals and Tuhn grabbed six rebounds and swiped two steals.
Kayler Morris led North Tama with 19 points, five rebounds and seven assists and Josh Dostal tallied 17 points, five rebounds and four assists. Brayton Cibula posted a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Baxter dropped to 13-4 against North Tama since 2017. The Redhawks’ win snapped the Bolts’ seven-game win streak in the series.
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Baxter freshman Maddux Tuhn gets up high for a pass against Earlham on Jan. 23.
Tigerhawk boys fall to HLV in conference play
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COLFAX — The Colfax-Mingo boys basketball team couldn’t overcome the loss of its leading scorer on Jan. 21.
The Tigerhawks trailed by two after one quarter and went into halftime down only six points, but a tough shooting night, 27 turnovers and playing without Harrison Rhone plagued the hosts during a 6133 loss to HLV in South Iowa Cedar League action.
Colfax-Mingo trailed 12-10
after one and was outscored 1814 in the second. The Warriors won the second half 31-9.
Wyatt Carpenter led the Tigerhawks with 11 points, two rebounds, four assists and two steals and Jace Lewis chipped in nine points and six rebounds.
Gage Byal added seven points and five boards, Chase Trotter had four points two rebounds, two assists and two steals and Wyatt Jay grabbed eight rebounds and swiped two steals in his first career start.
Isaiah Lewis and Alex Teed pulled down three rebounds and Camden Cunningham grabbed the first two rebounds of his prep career.
Colfax-Mingo (2-13, 2-9 in the SICL) shot 27 percent from the floor, made 4-of-21 from 3-point range and sunk 3-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Peyton Roth put in 27 points and Levi Molyneux finished with 10 points, seven rebounds, six assists and seven steals to lead HLV, which swiped 21 steals.
The Warriors (7-7, 6-7) shot 37.3 percent from the floor, made 10-of-24 from 3 and connected on 13-of-24 from the foul line.
West Central Valley 44, Colfax-Mingo 26 STUART — The Tigerhawks were plagued by a tough shooting night and a 39-27 disadvantage on the boards during a 4426 non-conference road loss to West Central Valley on Jan. 20. Colfax-Mingo, which played without senior starter Shane
Hostetter in its last two games, shot 24 percent from the floor, missed all 11 of its 3-point attempts and connected on 4-of10 from the foul line.
Colton Lindsay led the Wildcats (4-13) with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Kade Wilson added 13 points and nine boards.
West Central Valley shot 31 percent from the floor and buried 15-of-21 from the foul line. The Wildcats were 3-of-13 from 3 and both teams turned the ball over 15 times.
Colfax-Mingo was the only other team to crown multiple champions, but Ames placed three in the top three.
Cook was about as dominant as a wrestler can be during her three matches at 235. She was 3-0 with three first-period pins. Her only four losses this season came against 2A No. 1 Ella Brown of Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 2A No. 2 Mackenzie Arends of Nevada and 1A No. 10 Ella Ray of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont.
Cook did not get the chance to wrestle Raccoon River-Northwest’s Reese Baxter at her home invitational. Baxter is ranked fifth in 2A but was not entered in the tournament.
Class 1A No. 3 Cook missed most of last season with an injury but won her home tournament as a sophomore, too.
“I was hoping to wrestle her, but there’s not much I can do about it,” Cook said about Baxter. “It feels good to win the home tournament. I’ve put in a lot of work in the room and shown up for practices. I was just patient today. I need to perfect the little things. If I can make the little things work, I should be good.”
Chadwick (37-9) was 3-0 with two pins at 110. She advanced to the finals after 2A No. 12 Avery Buhr of West Des Moines Valley left the tournament early due to an illness.
Chadwick won her eighth straight match when she pinned Pella’s Jenna VanWyk in the finals. VanWyk advanced to the finals after beating No. 2 seed Quincy Cooper of Raccoon Riv-
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Colfax-Mingo head girls wrestling coach Erin Hume was recognized for his 150th dual win at the team’s home quadrangular on Jan. 21. Hume locked up the win at a road event the previous week.
er-NW in the semifinals.
“I have wrestled her before. I won in overtime last time. That was a tough match. She’s so strong,” Chadwick said about VanWyk. “I was ready. I really wanted to win my home tournament.”
It was Chadwick’s first tournament victory since she won the conference tournament her sophomore season.
Class 1A No. 5 Webster (374) finished second at 100 after going 2-1 with two pins. Her lone loss came against 2A No. 3 Cassidy McCallister of Raccoon River-NW in the finals.
Millang (35-14) also finished second at 145. She was 2-1 with one pin and her only loss came in the finals against Raccoon River-NW’s Bella Bruins.
The next best finishers for C-M were Lily Brenner and Emma Beyer, who both were sixth in their brackets.
Brenner (13-10) was 1-3 at 140 and one of her losses came against 2A No. 4 Naomi Templeman of Raccoon River-NW.
Baxter maintained an 8-5 lead following a layup by Kamdyn Krampe and a free throw from Kaylyn Krampe.
Karlee Koehler’s 3 swelled the lead to 11-7, but Earlham scored the final eight of the period to lead 15-11 after one.
The run eventually hit 10-0, and the Cardinals scored the final 15 points of the second to lead 32-14 at halftime.
Earlham won the third 20-14. Olivia Nixt started the second half with a layup and then buried backto-back 3s to push the margin to 40-15.
Koehler countered with a 3 and then Kamdyn Krampe and Koehler buried consecutive treys to close the gap to 45-24. Four free throws from Tuhn late in the period helped Baxter get to within 52-30 after three. A 12-4 advantage in the fourth helped the final deficit look better. Kamdyn Krampe scored five of her team-high 12 points in the frame and the Bolts ended the game on a 9-0 run that included a 3 from Tuhn, two free throws from Kamdyn Krampe and layups from Kaylyn Krampe and Koehler.
Tuhn led the Bolts with 12 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals. Kamdyn Krampe added 12 points and five boards and Koehler totaled 11 points and four rebounds.
Brummel finished with four points, eight rebounds, three assists
Beyer (16-16) was 2-3 at 155. She lost two close matches, falling 7-6 in TB-1 to Saydel’s Justus Buelow in the quarterfinals and losing 2-0 to Sigourney/Keota’s Karley Greiner in the fifthplace match.
The other three Tigerhawks in the field were Brianna Freerksen, Karoxia Snyder and Samantha Wheeler.
Emmalyn Buchman was not available at 190, but Hume hopes have to her back for the postseason.
Freerksen (24-19) was 2-2 with two pins at 130, while Wheeler (11-8) won a match at 170.
Tigerhawks win twice on Senior Night
COLFAX — Colfax-Mingo overcame another slow start with a pair of wins during a home quadrangular on Jan. 21.
The Tigerhawks fell in their opening dual to Albia but rebounded with dual wins over Ogden and Martensdale-St. Marys on Senior Night.
and three steals, Kaylyn Krampe tallied three points, nine boards, three assists, two steals and two blocks and Avery Wonders pulled down three boards.
The Bolts were plagued by 28.6 percent shooting and they turned it over 26 times. They finished 6-of-23 from 3 and 12-of-18 from the freethrow line.
Nixt led the Cardinals (6-9) with 14 points, while Avrie Fagan added 13 and Darby Moore put in 10.
North Tama 50, Baxter 47 TRAER — The Bolts made 10 3-pointers and led by five at halftime, but North Tama rallied with a strong third frame and downed Baxter 50-47 in Iowa Star Conference South Division action on Jan. 21.
Baxter was hindered by 18 turnovers, got out-rebounded 39-30 and shot only 29.6 percent from the floor.
Tuhn finished with 24 points, six rebounds, three assists and four steals to lead the Bolts. She was 6-of-17 from 3. Kamdyn Krampe added 11 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and two blocks and Koehler scored 10 points.
Tuhn, Kamdyn Krampe and Koehler accounted for 45 of the team’s 47 points, but Brummel chipped in eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Kaylyn Krampe dished out four assists and Hannah Huffaker grabbed three rebounds.
Baxter (8-7, 6-3 in the conference) was 10-of-40 from 3 and made 5-of-10 from the foul line.
Ava Breakenridge led North Tama (7-7, 6-3) with 21 points, 11
“That’s usually how our dual nights go,” Hume said. “We start slow, get frustrated with how we wrestled and then show up in the final two duals. That’s what happened tonight.
“You can say we are missing one wrestler at 135, and we were, but we just got beat in positions we shouldn’t have gotten beat in. Credit to Albia. They are a well coached team.”
The Tigerhawks defeated Ogden 72-6 after losing 45-30 to Albia. They finished the night with a 57-18 win over Martensdale-St. Marys.
Colfax-Mingo was 6-0 in contested matches against Ogden. Webster, Allison Minteer (105), Chadwick, Beyer, Wheeler and Buchman all won by fall. Snyder, Lily Anderson (135), Brenner, Millang and Cook all won by forfeit.
Chadwick and Beyer both won by fall and Webster scored a 4-0 win against Martensdale-St. Marys as Colfax-Mingo was 3-2 in contested matches.
Minteer, Freerksen, Anderson, Brenner, Millang, Buchman and Cook all accepted forfeits.
Brenner had the only contested win against Albia. Webster, Wheeler, Buchman and Cook all accepted forfeits.
Webster was 3-0 for the day to lead C-M, while Cook was 3-0 with three forfeits and Brenner and Buchman were 3-0 with two forfeits.
Minteer, Chadwick and Wheeler all finished 2-1, Beyer was 2-1 with two pins and Freerksen, Anderson and Millang were 2-1 with two forfeits.
Chadwick’s loss was 9-2 against Albia.
“I got in my head a little bit. I always get nervous for the home meets,” Chadwick said. “It was my first match. After that
rebounds, five assists and six steals.
The Redhawks shot 36.7 percent from the floor, made 1-of-10 from 3.
BCLUW 70, Baxter 56
BAXTER — Tuhn put in 28 points and made six 3-pointers, but a slow start plagued the Bolts during an Iowa Star Conference South Division home loss to BCLUW on Jan. 24.
Baxter trailed by seven after one and went into halftime down 11 before falling to the Comets, 70-56. It was the third straight loss for the Bolts, who dropped to 2-8 against BCLUW since 2017. The Comets have won four straight in the series.
Tuhn added three rebounds and three assists to her 28 points. She was 4-of-4 from the foul line and 6-of-14 from 3.
Kamdyn Krampe totaled 15 points, five rebounds and two steals. She was 5-of-7 from the charity stripe.
Koehler finished with five points, three rebounds and three assists, Brummel registered four points, eight boards and three steals and Huffaker contributed four rebounds and two steals. Wonders grabbed two rebounds.
The Bolts shot 29 percent from the floor, made 9-of-33 from 3 and buried 11-of-13 from the foul line. They turned the ball over 14 times and BCLUW out-rebounded them 49-25.
The Comets (10-4, 9-0) got 23 points and 11 rebounds from Savannah Moeller and 14 points, 14 rebounds and five assists from Grace Farnsworth.
match, I did my best to forget about it and move on.
“The first girl I wrestled was who placed third at regionals when I got fourth my sophomore year. I have to take everything and put it all out on that mat. I can’t hold back at this point.”
The Tigerhawks recognized Cook, Chadwick, Webster and Karmylia Snyder for Senior Night.
“Those girls are great,” Hume said. “They are great leaders on and off the mat. They lead by example. I’m going to miss them, I love them and I hope they know what they mean to Colfax-Mingo girls wrestling.”
Colfax-Mingo downs pair of opponents at road quadrangular STATE CENTER — The Tigerhawks struggled in contested matches but a plethora of forfeits helped them score two more dual wins on Jan. 23.
Colfax-Mingo defeated BCLUW-South Hardin 48-29 and downed Pleasantville 42-23 but finished a combined 2-7 in contested matches. The Tigerhawks lost to host West Marshall, 53-24, after going 2-8 in contested matches.
Cook was 3-0 with three forfeits at 235, Webster was 3-0 with two forfeits and one 30-second pin at 100 and Chadwick finished 3-0 with two pins at 110.
Freerksen also went 2-1 at 130 and Jozlyn Wells was 2-1 with two forfeits at 135.
Wells was not available for the home dual on Jan. 21 due to Illness.
Chadwick and Freerksen scored first-period pins in the win over BCLUW-SH and the two contested wins against West Marshall came by fall from Webster and Chadwick.
Lydia Hansen
Colfax-Mingo freshman Lydia Hansen had a big week for the girls basketball team. She led the Tigerhawks with a career-high 24 points and 12 rebounds and added two assists, four steals and three blocks in a road win over BGM on Jan. 24.
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