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 Thursday,
August 10, 2006 |
Yanda ready for big year at Iowa
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
IOWA CITY— Marshal Yanda has arrived on the big time national collegiate football scene!
As if his junior season in 2005 as a starter on the offensive line for the nationally ranked Iowa football team wasn’t enough to get the former Anamosa High School standout noticed, just take a look at the cover of the 2006 University of Iowa football media guide.
One would have thought maybe Drew Tate or Albert Young might have been the featured Hawkeye on the cover. But one person, or maybe I should say, one name stands out above all the others.
Yanda.
That’s right, Anamosa’s Marshal Yanda!
“I saw that,” said Yanda who met with the media Monday, August 7, at the University of Iowa football practice facility. “That’s pretty cool. It’s not something I expected but it’s sure pretty nice.” |
Working the line
Former Raider Marshal Yanda (73) checks out the sellout crowd in Kinnick Stadium last fall during the Hawks win over Indiana. Yanda returns to the offensive line again this fall as a senior starter for an Iowa football team many have picked to compete for another Big Ten championship. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Not only is Yanda the headline Hawkeye on the media guide cover that will be sent out to every major media outlet in the country, but he and his family are also featured inside with a very nice article about football and family within the Hawkeye program.
“My family and their unwavering support is a big reason why I’m here and doing what I’m doing right now,” said Marshal. “If I ever lost any confidence in myself, they would be right there to set me straight again.”
Yanda is extremely confident as he enters the 2006 season locked in as a starter at right tackle for another nationally ranked Iowa football team who many have listed as possible Big Ten and even national championship contenders.
“That’s nice to have those things said about our team, but we don’t get all caught up in what other people think we can or can’t do,” said Yanda. “If we work hard and just get better at each and every practice and with that, then each and every game, things will fall into place. Of course we’d like to win a Big Ten title and a national title, but our focus right now is working to get better and better each day in practice.”
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Returning starter
Former Anamosa High School standout Marshal Yanda, blocking here during a Hawkeye Big Ten football win hosting Indiana last fall at Kinnick Stadium, enters his senior campaign for the University of Iowa football team. Yanda began practices for the 2006 season just last week and the former Raider star is listed as a starter at right tackle after completing a stellar junior campaign helping Iowa to a 7-5 record overall last fall. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Practices started for Yanda and the rest of the Hawkeyes last week and after a season where he flew up the depth chart on the Iowa offensive line, he enters 2006 with more confidence than ever.
“Last year was a learning experience for me at this D-1 level,” said Yanda. “I had to get used to the offense and the crowds and everything that comes with being an Iowa football player. This year I don’t have to do that and I can spent more of my time focusing on other things this year.
Things I need to work on.”
Yanda, Iowa’s 2005 Hawkeye Hustle Award winner, has already been named a 2006 pre-season 2nd-team all-Big Ten selection by The Sporting News as well as the 18th-best tackle in the nation.
“Marshal is really an amazing story,” said Yanda’s offensive line coach Reese Morgan. “We took a good look at him while he was at Anamosa and he had some other things to take care of before he was ready for this level. He went to NIACC (North Iowa Area Community College) and got those things straightened out. When we saw his tape after his second year at NIACC, we were amazed. We thought we were done recruiting offensive linemen for 2005 but he was incredible. We offered, he accepted and now the rest is history. What’s nice though is Marshal’s not done writing his history yet at Iowa. We think this could be a very special season for him.”
Yanda rose from a relative unknown among Hawkeye football fans last fall to a starter on one of the top offensive lines in all of college football.
“That may have been a surprise to a lot of people, but not to us as a coaching staff,” said Morgan. “I wish I had 10 Marshal Yanda’s on this team. His work ethic is second to none. He may not have the physical tools like a Robert Gallery, but his work ethic is every bit as good if not better. He has the chance to be a very, very special player this season. I think everyone is going to know, if they don’t already, the name Marshal Yanda before this season is all said and done.”
Being a starter on an offensive line that regularly sends players to the NFL, could Yanda be playing on Sunday’s next fall at football’s highest level?
“If I play the way I am capable of playing, that might be a possibility,” said Yanda. “That’s not something I think about though. I want to become the best football player I can be and help this team by being a leader for the younger guys just like last year when I was the one with all the questions. Being a senior and a starter from last year, I need to raise my game even more this year. I’m excited at the challenge.”
Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz agrees his offensive line will be key to the Hawkeye success this fall.
“We have two guys back who have great experience in Mike Elgin and Mike Jones,” said Ferentz. “Marshal was a newcomer last year who I thought played excellent football for us.
Those three seniors have played extremely well and we’re counting on them to lead the way.” |
Fawn Creek cruises to title
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
WEST LIBERTY — If there was one thing fans came away with from the annual Women’s Eastern Iowa golf tournament Sunday, August 6, held this year in West Liberty, was Anamosa has some outstanding women’s golfers.
Anamosa’s Fawn Creek Country Club team blew away the field at the pressure-filled tournament on the humid day and on a tough West Liberty Golf and Country Club course shooting a sensational 625 team score while Anamosa’s Wapsi Country Club finished second at the eight-team meet.
Wapsi carded a solid 647 team score and trailed the cross-town Fawn Creek club by 22 strokes for the runner-up spot in the tournament.
Fawn Creek opened shooting red-hot golf from the outset tallying a 321 team score after the first nine holes of play and led second-place Tipton (327) by six shots at the time. Wapsi was fourth 15 strokes back at the tournament half-way mark as the hosts from West Liberty were still in the hunt after a nine-hole score of 333 had them in third.
But the rest of the eight-team field paled in comparison to Fawn Creek’s final nine-hole team tally of 304 that blew the tournament wide open for the Anamosa club. |
Eastern Iowa’s best
Fawn Creek’s Kim Kieckhaefer holds her championship trophy after winning the Women’s Eastern Iowa individual golf championship Sunday, August 6, in West Liberty. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Fawn Creek’s second round tally was seven strokes better than the second-place score from Wapsi who tallied a solid 311 team-score over their final nine holes of play to top West Liberty and Tipton at the end.
Not only did Fawn Creek win their third Women’s Eastern Iowa golf team title in the last nine years, but Kim Kieckhaefer added her second straight individual title for the Fawn Creek team as well.
Kieckhaefer was amazing from the start shooting a blistering one-over par 38 over her first nine holes at the nine-hole West Liberty course then followed that up with another 38 over the final nine holes to finish with a 76 to not only lead the Fawn Creek team, but win the Women’s Eastern Iowa individual golf championship by a whopping five shots.
West Liberty’s Susan Forbes was a distant second tallying an 81 (40-41) while Wapsi’s Cassie Byers added a phenomenal round of 85 that stood as the top score at the tournament in the clubhouse until the final two groups came with their scores.
Byers was brilliant playing the West Liberty course like a seasoned veteran opening with a 44 but bouncing back to shoot a 41 over her final nine holes of play posting one of the early scores at the tournament finishing third.
Anamosa golfers secured five of the top-10 scores at the tournament joining Kieckhaefer (1st), Cassie Byers (3rd) were Fawn Creek’s Mary Comried (4th) and Teresa Dusil (4th) and Wapsi’s Deb Byers (7th).
After Kieckhaefer’s title winning round of 76, Dusil and Comried, who each tallied rounds of 88 were second on the team. |
On a roll
Wapsi’s Cassie Byers was sensational shooting an 85 (44-41) finishing third overall at West Liberty. |
Dusil opened with a 45 and followed it with a 43 Sunday while Comried made her way through the West Liberty course with an opening round 48 but shaved eight strokes off her game over the final nine holes finishing with a 40.
Patty Brokel added a 92 (49-43) for Fawn Creek while teammate Joni Dawson scored a 94 (45-49) as did Karen Stoll (46-48).
Candy Holub shot a 96 (50-46) with Kris Parmenter finding her way through the course with a 101 (55-46) and Kim Zimmerman adding a 106 (56-50).
After Cassie Byers’ 85, which led the team, Deb Byers added an 89 opening with a round of 45 then finishing with a 44.
Laurie Woods, the Wapsi club champion, was solid at the Eastern Iowa tournament as well firing a 91 (48-43) in West Liberty while Jenny Houska added a 92 (48-44).
Kerri Rains played outstanding golf making her way through the course with a 93 (49-44) while Jeanie Meehan added a solid 96 (49-47) for the Wapsi team.
Rounding out the Wapsi team scoring was Marcia Finn carding a 103 (45-48), Jill Woods shooting a 105 (53-52) and Rita Felhafer tallying a 108 (54-54).
Women’s Eastern Iowa tournament top-10 golfers at the tournament included Kieckhaefer (76), Forbes (81), Cassie Byers (85), Comried (88), Dusil (88), Solon’s Jennifer Tomash (88), Deb Byers (89), Solon’s Lora Winter (89) and Katelyn Hufford (89), Wahkonsa’s Terrie Lincoln (90) as well as Tipton’s Shirley Wilkens (90) and Beth Geary (90).
Final Women’s Eastern Iowa tournament team standings were: Anamosa Fawn Creek (321-304) 625, Anamosa Wapsi (336-311) 647, West Liberty (333-317) 650, Tipton (327-323) 650, Durant Wahkonsa (340-334) 674, Solon (339-342) 681, Mount Vernon Hillcrest (369-336) 705 and Monticello (355, 352) 707.
Fawn Creek’s championship is the first for the club in Women’s Eastern Iowa Golf Association tournament play since 2003 when Brokel carded the tournament’s top individual score. Fawn Creek also claimed the championship back in 2001.
Fawn Creek’s win Sunday, August 6, breaks Tipton’s stranglehold on the Women’s Eastern Iowa championship. Tipton had won the last two titles and four of the last six with Fawn Creek claiming the other two wins.
Kieckhaefer becomes the first back-to-back individual champion since Brokel won three individual crowns in a row spanning 2001, 2002 and 2003 for Fawn Creek. |
Morning takes part in IHSBCA All-Star Series
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
CLINTON — After turning in one of the most memorable summers in Anamosa High School baseball history, Raider senior Wess Morning, who had already been named a first-team all-state, all-district and all-conference selection, was named by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) to their annual all-star series roster.
“I was actually pretty surprised to be picked to play on an all-star series like this,” said Morning who played in all three games for the small school east team. “It was fun being with and playing against some of the best baseball players in the state.”
Morning played in Clinton at Alliant Energy Field Thursday, August 3, Friday, August 4 and Saturday, August 5. A game scheduled for Sunday, August 6, was rained out.
“Meeting all the different people was great and just getting to play at the high school level one last time was nice too,” said Morning who played right field all three days for the small school east team coached by Center Point-Urbana’s Randy Chamberlin with assistants Daryl Cochran (Camanche) and Chris Coffman (Grinnell). “I got off to a bit of a slow start on Friday, but got things going after that.”
Morning entered the game Thursday, August 3, in the fifth inning playing right field and went 0-2 in a 9-1 setback against the large school east club.
Friday, August 4, Morning earned a start in right field and went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles in a 5-1 loss against the large school west team.
In what turned out to be the final game of the series Saturday, Morning was walked twice and hit by a pitch in a 5-2 win against the small school west team.
“I had a lot of fun the whole time I was there,” said Morning who played poker with his teammates and even took part in Olympic-style baseball events designed to challenge the all-stars. “There were quite a few different events on the field for us to take part in. I did the relay throwing. There was home run derby, throwing accuracy and lots of others.”
Morning plans to continue his baseball career at the next level hoping to make the Kirkwood Community College team when tryouts begin later this month.
Joining Morning on the IHSBCA small schools east team roster were: T.J. Bishop (Bellevue-Marquette), Steve Chamberlin (CP-U), Doug Eisenman (Grundy Center), Levi Ferguson (N. Mahaska), Garrett Follmuth (St. Ansgar), Tony Foster (Camanche), Chris Lehn (Pekin), Dan O’Donnell (Davenport Assumption), Nick Petersen (Wilton), Patrick Retzlaff (CP-U), Gabe Schultz (Kee High), Matt Tegeler (Beckman), Matt Wagner (I.C. Regina), Jeremy Weih (Wilton) and Jake West (Davenport Assumption).
Morning is only the fourth player from Anamosa High School ever selected to take part in the prestigous IHSBCA all-star series joining former Raiders Cris Schoon (1977), Jim Lincoln (1999) and Austin Hinz (2005). |
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