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Official Newspaper of Anamosa, located in Jones County, Iowa
Anamosa News
Since 1855
 Thursday, August 16, 2007
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Three-peat for Wapsi
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Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
ANAMOSA — Coming into the 2007 Men’s Eastern Iowa Golf Association tournament Saturday, August 11, and Sunday, August 12, Anamosa’s Wapsi Country Club was the overwhelming favorite to win their third-straight championship hosting the event with a huge home course advantage.
While visiting Mount Vernon Hillcrest gave the Wapsi team a good run for their money, the 10-team Eastern Iowa get-together started with Wapsi leading and ended with Wapsi leading and holding the coveted trophy after two days of stellar golf in stifling heat that saw temperatures soar into the mid-90’s.
The 12 Wapsi Country Club golfers dominated the tournament from start-to-finish leading from wire-to-wire as the Anamosa team opened with a 691 (349-342) card Saturday, and held a 14-shot lead over second-place Mount Vernon then expanded the lead on the final day of the 36-hole tournament shooting a 697 (352-345).
Wapsi’s 342 team-score during their second tour of duty Saturday through the challenging and narrow home course, was the low nine-hole team score of the entire tournament. Only Solon’s 344 on Sunday bested Wapsi’s final 345 score to bring home the championship.
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Beating the heat
Sean Smith chips to the third pin during heated Men’s Eastern Iowa Golf Association action Sunday, August 12, helping his Wapsi Country Club team to a third-straight tournament triumph firing a team-best 136 (67-68) which was also second overall in the entire two-day pressure-filled 36-hole tournament. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
While the team championship at the annual Men’s Eastern Iowa Golf Association tournament seemed to be a foregone conclusion, the race for the individual title also became a one-horse race as Mount Vernon’s Chad Kellogg topped the entire talented field firing a sensational 128 two-day total.
Kellogg opened with a three-under-par 63 (31-32) on Saturday before coming back with a one-under-par 65 (32-33) on Sunday to take the individual crown by six strokes over Wapsi’s Sean Smith.
Wapsi’s leader, Smith opened with a 67 (35-32) on Saturday and was in third-place overall after the first day. Smith came back and carded a solid 68 (34-34) on Sunday to vault to the runner-up spot in the tournament with a 135, a stroke ahead of teammate Al Recker as well as Solon’s Adam Stahle, Dyersville’s Bob Olberding and Monticello’s Bob McDonald who all fired two-day totals of 136.
While Wapsi tallied a score of 1388 two-day total score and Mount Vernon a 1404, the rest of the 10-team 80th-annual Eastern Iowa field rounded out the scoring with Solon firing a 1422 (714-708), Monticello a 1425 (716-709), Dyersville a 1438 (711-727), Tipton a 1453 (726-727), West Liberty a 1465 (733-732), DeWitt a 1483 (740-743), Durant-Wahkonsa a 1495 (755-740) and Bellevue a 1509 (739-770).
With Smith guiding the Anamosa team to the title, Recker’s 136 was third-best overall and second on the team as he opened with a 68 (34-34) on Saturday and followed it with an identical 68 (34-34) on Sunday.
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Going for the green
Wapsi Country Club’s Dennis Kula connects on his tee-shot at the par-3 fourth hole Sunday, August 12. Kula fired a two-day total of 144 (72-72) for the Anamosa team. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Loni Seeley, the No. 1 ranked golfer coming into the tournament for the Wapsi team came through with another clutch Eastern Iowa performance firing a 137 opening with a 69 (33-36) on Saturday before bouncing back with a 68 (34-34) on Sunday to earn a top-10 finish overall and third-best score on the Anamosa team.
Al Norton and Mike McGreevy each carded rounds of 139. Norton played Saturday with a 68 (34-34) and tallied a 71 (37-34) on Sunday.
McGreevy made his way through the Wapsi course with a 74 (38-36) Saturday before rebounding for the low 18-hole total of the tournament for the Wapsi team with a sensational 65 (32-33) in the final round Sunday.
Rich DeLong and Mike Carrier added two-day cards of 140 each with DeLong scoring a 70 (36-34) on Saturday and a 70 (36-34) on Sunday.
Carrier added a 68 (34-34) on the first day before firing a 72 (34-38) on Sunday.
Dennis Kula and Dan Messerli each tallied rounds of 144 for the Wapsi team. Kula fired a 72 (36-36) on Saturday before another 72 (36-36) on Sunday while Messerli, a Hall of Fame inductee with Wapsi’s Tom Ridgeway and Doug McNamara, carded a 70 (36-34) on Saturday and a 74 (37-37) Sunday.
Dillon Eggers fired a 73 (35-38) to open the tournament before finishing with a 73 (38-35) and a 146 two-day total while Tim Kula and Kelly Ketelsen rounded out the Wapsi team scoring with cards of 147 each.
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On a roll
Mike McGreevy drills a long birdie putt at the par-4 third hole on his way to a sensational team-best one-under par 65 (32-33) Sunday, August 12, helping his Wapsi Country Club team to a third straight Eastern Iowa golf championship. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Tim Kula tallied a 75 (36-39) Saturday and a 72 (38-34) Sunday while Ketelsen scored a 72 (40-32) Saturday and a 75 (38-37) in the final day of the tournament.
Anamosa was sensational with three top-10 finishes overall (Smith, Recker and Seeley) and also placed a whopping seven golfers in the tournament top-20 (adding Norton, McGreevy, Carrier and DeLong) in the dominating effort.
Seeley was named Wapsi team medalist with Norton and McGreevy tying for the runner-up team honor.
Earning top-10 overall status at the event were: Kellogg, Smith, Recker, Stahle, Olberding, McDonald, Monticello’s Dustin Hall 137 (65-72), Seeley, Mount Vernon’s Steve Vittetoe 137 (66-71) and Mount Vernon’s Gary Nelson 137 (68-69). |
Building a dynasty
Members of the 2007 Men’s Eastern Iowa Golf Association tournament champion Wapsi Country Club team are: (l-r) Front row- Al Recker, Dillon Eggers, Sean Smith, Loni Seeley and Dennis Kula. Back row- Mike Carrier, Al Norton, Dan Messerli, Tim Kula, Rich DeLong and MIke McGreevy. Not pictured: Kelly Ketelsen. The team claimed their third-straight Eastern Iowa championship hosting the meet at the Wapsi Country Club Saturday, August 11, and Sunday, August 12, defeating runner-up Mount Vernon by 16 strokes. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski) |
Kieckhaefer claims another Eastern Iowa golf crown
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
TIPTON — For the second straight summer, Fawn Creek Country Club’s Kim Kieckhaefer bested the field at the pressure-filled Women’s Eastern Iowa, held Sunday, August 5, in Tipton.
Kieckhaefer has proven her mettle over the years after winning the event and guiding her Fawn Creek team to a championship just a year ago at West Liberty. On August 5, however, while the Fawn Creek team just missed a second straight team title, finishing second overall trailing the hosts from Tipton by a mere three shots, Kieckhaefer was back on her game firing a tournament-best 75 (36-39).
Not only did Anamosa’s Fawn Creek Country Club boast the top individual golfer at the tournament, but also had the Eastern Iowa runner-up as Patty Frasher carded a sensational 78 (38-40) as the longtime and multiple winner was just three shots off Kieckhaefer’s pace.
Fawn Creek actually tallied four scores in the tournament top-10 as Teresa Dusil (42-41) and Darlene Ketelsen (41-45) each were among the leaders at Tipton firing rounds of 83 and 86, respectively.
Anamosa’s Wapsi Country Club also turned in a fine team score finishing third overall at the tournament led by Deb Byers with a solid round of 88 (48-40). Laurie Woods (44-45) and Jeanie Meehan (46-43) also came through with rounds in the 80’s for the Wapsi team making their way through the Tipton Country Club course with scores of 89 each.
While it was Fawn Creek dominating the leaderboard, it was the hosts who tallied the most golfers in the tournament top-10 as a whopping five Tipton golfers shot scores that landed on the leaderboard.
Tipton tallied a 599 (295-304) team score overall and edged Fawn Creek by three shots after the stellar Anamosa team came through with a 602 (295-307) card as the tournament proved to be a two-team race for most of the day at the 18-hole meet.
Wapsi was third after firing a 637 (323-314) while Solon was a stroke back finishing fourth with a score of 638 (317-321).
Wahkonsa, new to the Eastern Iowa format out of Durant, was fifth overall after a 643 (321-322) team score. West Liberty (318-332), Mount Vernon Hillcrest (330-333) and Monticello (333-339) rounded out the team scoring at the nine-team tournament with cards of 650, 663 and 672, respectively.
Helping Fawn Creek to their runner-up showing were Kris Parmenter who carded a 91 (49-42) while teammate Mary Comried added a 93 (45-48). Karen Stoll shot a 97 (45-52) while Candy Holub added a 100 (48-52) and Deb Plaster a 108 (57-51).
Cassie Byers came through with a solid 92 (45-47) for the Wapsi women’s team which was third-best on the team while Katie Gombert added a 93 (50-43). Marsha Finn made her way through the Tipton course firing a 95 (44-51) while Debbie Schultz added a 96 (46-50). Mary Zabloudil tallied a 98 (50-48) with Jenny Houska coming through with a 99 (51-48) for the Wapsi team.
The 2007 Women’s Eastern Iowa Golf Association 58th annual tournament top-10 included: Kieckhaefer, Frasher, Mount Vernon’s Jill Smith 80 (39-41), Solon’s Lora Winter 82 (41-41), Tipton’s Shirley Wilkins 83 (39-44), Dusil, Tipton’s Kim Rochau 83 (41-41), Solon’s Jennifer Tomash 85 (41-44), Ketelsen, Tipton’s Janet Anderson 86 (44-42), Tipton’s Beth Geary 86 (43-43) and Tipton’s Mary Jo Geadelmann 86 (45-41). |
Holland named 2nd-team all-state baseball
By
Daryl Schepanski - Sports Editor |
DES MOINES — A season that saw him hit .430 with 12 doubles, one triple, one home run, 26 runs scored and 17 RBIs, earned Midland junior outfielder Jed Holland all-state honors from the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA).
Holland was selected as a class 1A second-team outfielder by the IHSBCA and was one of only four Big East players selected to all-state teams by the coaches joining Lisbon’s Ethan Kamerling (class 1A 1st-team catcher), Calamus-Wheatland’s Kirby Rock (1A 1st-team first-baseman) and Northeast’s Shawn Johnston (2A 2nd-team outfielder).
“This year Jed really worked hard in the spring on making some adjustments with his swing,” said Midland baseball coach Josh Soper. “Mainly using his hips and lower body more and he really responded well and has become a complete hitter. I am extremely happy for Jed and our program. As a coach, it is extremely rewarding to work with kids and see them improve. In this case, Jed has become a top player in the state and he deserves this recognition.”
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Jed Holland
Midland junior named 1A second-team all-state outfielder by IHSBCA. |
| Joining Holland on the IHSBCA class 1A all-state second-team are: pitchers- Jay Martin, sr. (New London), Clay Welter, fr. (Don Bosco), Cody Aldrich, sr. (Earlham) and Mitch Kurth, sr. (Gehlen Cathloic); catchers- Shawn Beenken, sr. (N. Tama) and Clint Gingerich, sr. (IMS); first-base- Orry Petersen, sr. (North Kossuth); second-base- Trey Christensen, jr. (Lenox), shortstop- Luke Putz, sr. (Southeast Warren); third-base- Scott Radke, jr. (Alta); outfielders- Holland, Sean Campbell, sr. (HLV), Bryce Deeth, so. (Coon Rapids-Bayard) and Alex Loutsch, sr. (Gehlen Catholic). |
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