MANCHESTER — Last year’s memories of disappointment during what was a mostly sensational season for the 2005 Anamosa boys golf team after the Tri-Rivers Conference meet were washed away Monday, May 1.

Literally.

Last year the Raider boys were heavy favorites to win the league crown, as they had done in 2004, and heading into this year’s conference get together at a soggy Manchester Country Club, Anamosa again was considered the Tri-Rivers Conference favorite and this time the Raiders came through with the crown.

“It wasn’t easy by any stretch of the imagination but the guys got it done and are very happy to once again be Tri-Rivers Conference golf champions,” said Anamosa boys golf coach Brad Mangler.

“We didn’t shoot our best scores and weren’t playing our best golf, but we found a way to pull this one out, somehow.”

Anamosa and East Buchanan tied for the top spot after the 18-hole tournament as each club posted scores of 324 at the 12-team conference tournament.

“After the top four players were counted on each side we tied with East Buchanan and then the tie-breaking process went down to the fifth score from each team,” said Mangler. “Dillon (Eggers) shot an 84 for us while their No. 5 kid (Alex Riniker) had an 85. That gave us the championship.”

Team championships weren’t the only titles Raiders were shooting for on the day as Shawn Parmenter was looking to claim the Tri-Rivers individual golf crown as well.

“Shawn, like he has done all year long for us, played a great round of golf right when we needed it,” said Mangler. “He went into a two-hole playoff against Cascade’s Justin Weber and East Buchanan’s Colin McKeon and came out second overall.”

Parmenter, Weber and McKeon, who all tallied rounds of 75, opened their playoff on the first hole with Weber posting a par while Parmenter and McKeon (38-37) both scored bogies. After another Weber par on the second playoff hole (No. 9), Weber (38-37) had the individual crown.

Parmenter was sizzling to start the tournament shooting one of just two even-par 36 rounds through the first nine holes. The Raider senior added a 39 on the back coming through with a par on the 18th and final hole of regulation to get into the playoff while Weber, who played in Parmenter’s group, bogied the final hole.

“Shawn has been our Mr. Consistency all season long,” said Mangler. “He had a couple of bad breaks in the playoff but has nothing to hang his head about shooting a 75 and leading us to this team title.”

Parmenter was the lone Anamosa golfer to earn all-Tri Rivers Conference honors claiming a spot on the league’s first-team as Derek Hart, Tyler Parmenter and Drew Corpstein all just missed out on second-team awards in a playoff.

Parmenter, Weber, McKeon, Maquoketa Valley’s Mark Beatty (77) as well as Ed-Co’s Spencer Smith (80) and Kyle Domeyer (80) all claimed first-team all-conference honors.

North Linn’s Ryan Mulnix (81), Ed-Co’s Chase Forkenbrock (81), Central City’s Brian Nelson (81), East Buchanan’s Adam Myrton (82), Monticello’s Zach Utter (82) and East Buchanan’s Joe Zhiss (83) all earned second-team all-Tri Rivers golf honors.

Zhiss edged Hart (44-39), Tyler Parmenter (44-39) and Corpstein (40-43) in the playoff for the final spot on the all-conference second-team.

“Having our freshman come through and post an 83 at a big tournament like this one was big,” said Mangler of Tyler Parmenter’s card of 83 at the conference tournament. “I know Derek and Drew were a little disappointed with their scores of 83 and had hoped to shoot a little lower and get onto the all-conference teams but if it weren’t for their scores, we wouldn’t have won the team title either.”

Eggers’ opening nine hole included a 46 but his 38 over the final nine holes of the tournament proved to be huge in Anamosa claiming their second league title in three years.

“Dillon wasn’t too happy with his round either but there sure were a lot of smiles on the kids’ faces after it was determined we won the title though,” said Mangler. “Things got a little tense as the scores were coming in. It looked like we had the title won by a stroke then they found an error adding up East Buchanan’s scores and all of a sudden we were tied then Dillon’s 84 proved to be the difference in the end. This was a close one and we sure weren’t on our A game, but good teams find a way to work through and we escaped in this one.”

Colten Kelly also made his way through the overcast, chilly and soggy day for the Raiders at the tournament firing a 92 (49-43).

Ed-Co finished third overall in the league carding a team score of 328 while Monticello was fourth with a 333. Cascade’s 333 was good enough for fifth in the conference while Center Point-Urbana (350), North Linn (351), Central City (359), Maquoketa Valley (368), Starmont (383), Alburnett (395) and Springville (438) rounded out the Tri-Rivers tournament scoring.

“Our goal coming into this tournament was to win it,” said Mangler. “It may not have been as pretty as we would have liked, but we’ll take this and learn from it too. Our seniors are going to be huge for us the rest of the way and we’re going to need some low scores, in the 70’s preferably, if we’re going to keep this run going through sectionals and districts. We want to be shooting closer to the 320 range and lower then we’d feel much more comfortable about our chances.”

The Raiders hosted North Linn Tuesday, April 25, at the Fawn Creek Country Club and rolled past the Lynx in a 161-175 final.

“Other than the Parmenter boys, we did not play well in this match,” said Mangler. “The conditions weren’t exactly ideal either, but all in all, this was a very average meet for us.”

Shawn Parmenter led all golfers on the course with a one-over par 37 to claim medalist honors while brother Tyler added a runner-up medalist score with a 39.

Kelly scored with a 42 while Eggers and Corpstein tied for the final varsity counting score with rounds of 43 each.

Hart also made his way through the Fawn Creek course with a 46.

Anamosa’s JV team also cruised to an easy triumph posting a 185-207 rout of North Linn.

Lenny Rhomberg led all JV golfers with a medalist card of 44 while Adam Andreesen (46), Nick McGovern (47) and Deg Reynolds (48) also counted for the Anamosa JV boys.

“The JV guys just continue to win and play some pretty steady golf,” said Mangler. “They were only 10 strokes behind North Linn’s varsity score. That’s not too bad.”

Ben Antons (53) and David Sams (55) also turned in cards for the Raider JV team.

Anamosa traveled to Backbone Country Club Friday, April 28, and crushed host Starmont under a 152-180 count.

“This is a very good score and the kind of golf we need to be playing at this point of the season,” said Mangler. “Backbone is not a tough course to score on but there are some tough greens there.”

Anamosa’s seniors led the way on the day as Shawn Parmenter tallied a medalist 37 while Hart came through with a runner-up 38 score.

Eggers also scored a 38 for the visitors while Corpstein carded a fine 39.

Tyler Parmenter tallied a 41 while Andreesen made his way through the par-36 course with a 44.

The Raider JV team rolled to a 170-213 rout of the Stars.

Rhomberg was sensational tearing up the course and leading all JV golfers with a sizzling medalist round of 38.

“Another very nice score turned in by our JV guys,” said Mangler. “Lenny leading the way once again and a bunch of very consistent scores right behind him.”

McGovern added a 42 for the visitors while Reynolds carded a 43. Sams came through with the final JV counting score with a 47.

Also making their way through the Backbone course for the visitors were Antons (48), Eric Luchtenberg (50), Reid Carrier (51) and Josh Hora (52).

“We have a week and a half off now to work on some things and get ready for sectionals,” said Mangler as the Raider boys will travel to Independence for the tournament Friday, May 14.
“After that long of a break, we’re going to be more than ready.”

ANAMOSA — Already playing with a team full of athletic players and a solid defense, Anamosa girls soccer coach Jim Conklin was hoping for a breakthrough out of his squad in the offensive facet of the game as well.

Friday, April 28, he got exactly what he wanted and then some as the Raider girls soccer team rolled to a resounding rout hosting rival Monticello.

“We completely changed things up on offense and I think the results came out pretty good,” said Conklin who understated the Anamosa girls’ performance in a huge 8-1 rout of the Panthers. “We’re getting to the point now with this team that we can work on specific details of our game and offense was one of those things we’ve needed to address.”

MONTICELLO — The points flowed fluidly for the Midland girls track team as the Eagles hosted their annual Eagle Relays Tuesday, April 25, with Preston/East Central, Central City, Bellevue, Olin, Ed-Co and Andrew all taking part in the meet held on the Monticello High School track.

“What pleased me most about our meet was the way I thought the girls went out and competed,” said Midland girls track coach Josh Bentley after his club tallied a whopping 74 points at the meet and finished fifth at the seven-team meet. “We struggled at times but I think that was just from the fact the girls were trying too hard. You can’t fault that. This was one of our better efforts of the spring.”

Lacy Eganhouse led all Eagles with her second-place finish in the 400 meter dash crossing the finish line with a time of 1:09.20 while teammate and sister Shasta added a 1:14.92 clocking which was good enough for fifth in the event.

Taylor Wherry also scored second-place points for the hosts after her 88’ 7 3/4’’ toss in the discus while the Eagles’ 4x400 team of Amanda Hansen, Sammy Reid, Kassidy Schroeder and Mary Burmeister were second with a combined time of 4:39.58.

Paige Paulsen was third with her 13.37 clocking in the 100 meter dash while Lacy Eganhouse was third in the high jump clearing 4’ 6’’.

Paulsen, Tiffany Vacek, Shasta Eganhouse and Lacy Eganhouse ran Midland’s 4x200 team to a third-place finish in 2:03.15 while the Eagle sprint medley team of Paulsen, Lacy Eganhouse, Hansen and Reid were third with a time of 2:02.94.

Vacek, Jaimie Goble, Lacy Eganhouse and Shasta Eganhouse ran Midland’s 4x100 team to a fourth-place showing in 58.36.

The Eagles’ distance medley team of Paulsen, Hansen, Reid and Burmeister was fourth (4:38.21) while Paige Alitz, Wherry, Vanessa Englert and Lindsey Eichhorn ran the 4x800 team to a fourth-place finish with a time of 13:04.05.

Midland’s relays continued to score as the shuttle hurdle team tallied a 1:23.52 clocking to seal fifth in the event.

Burmeister scored for the Eagles in the 800 meter run (2:48.04) placing fifth while Alitz was fourth with her 6:23.56 clocking in the 1500 meter run.

Goble flew to a sixth-place finish in the 100 meter hurdles posting a time of 18.58 while Sabrina Hemsouvan was sixth for the hosts in the 400 hurdle event coming through with a time of 1:39.77.

Hansen also scored for the Eagles in the 3000 meter run posting a time of 16:40.62 which was good enough for fifth.

The Eagles girls also competed at DeWitt and Cascade.

“We’re getting better and better,” said Bentley. “We ran our best meet of the year at DeWitt Monday, April 24.”

ANAMOSA — Hosting their final meet of the 2006 spring season, the Anamosa girls track team placed ninth overall at the 11-team Lady Raider Invitational.

“The girls ran pretty well considering the talent level that was there at that meet that night,” said Anamosa girls track coach Wes Wilson as teams from West Delaware, Independence, Tipton, Monticello, Beckman, Mount Vernon/Lisbon, North Linn, Maquoketa Valley, Starmont and West Liberty made their way to the Ken Fearing track for the meet. “Cammy Dole continues to run well in the 200 and 400 meter dash events and Liz McAtee and Cassie Beadle keep on doing their things in the shot and discus events. Those three girls have been the most consistent as far as scoring points for us all year long but we do have a lot of girls who keep improving too.”

Dole ran third for the Raiders in the 200 and 400 meter dash events at the Lady Raider posting times of 28.00 and 1:04.02, respectively, for the hosts.