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Nominations set for Linn County Athletes of Year

Twenty-eight athletes from 14 high schools have been nominated for the Linn County Male & Female Athlete of the Year awards.

The winners will be announced at the 11th Annual Celebration of Sports Banquet on Sunday, June 12 at the Clarion Hotel & Convention Center in Cedar Rapids. The event begins at 4 p.m.

The male nominees from the Metro area are Conner Herman (Jefferson), Ryan Sheldon (Kennedy), Matt Stocker (Prairie), Alex Carr (Washington), Nate Even (Xavier), Matt Bohannon (Linn-Mar) and Kasey Semler (Marion).

The female nominees from the Metro area Ashley Madsen (Jefferson), Shauna Happel (Kennedy), Katie Carver (Prairie), Layloni Beard (Washington), Tyler Sampson (Xavier), Kiah Stokes (Linn-Mar) and Leah Smith (Marion).

Iowa State men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will be the featured speaker at the banquet. The banquet is sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Tickets cost $30 per person or $240 for a table of eight and can be purchased by calling 319-398-5009 ext. 125.

The other nominees are:

Alburnett - Jordan Neighbor, Dara Lipke.
Center Point-Urbana - Joey Dighton, Kailey Bryant.
Central City - Jacob Etten, Vanessa Fiechtner.
Lisbon - Tyler Gunderson, Alex Wilson.
Mount Vernon - Andrew Bellamy, Holly Salzbrenner.
North-Linn - James Estabrook, Shannon Waring.
Springville - Joel Lam, Katie Wyman.

12 state champions pace all-Metro track squads

Twelve state champions highlight the all-Metro track teams for the 2011 campaign.

Brooke Foreman of Washington (400 hurdles), Amanda Piche of Linn-Mar (discus) and the Jefferson 4x200 relay of Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson and Rachel Broghammer are the state champions on the all-Metro girls team.

Kyle Dunn of Linn-Mar (400 dash, 400 hurdles, 110 hurdles), Sam Joens of Prairie (discus) and the Prairie 4x800 relay of Kyle Stocker, Ryan Smith, Justin Burns and Matt Stocker are the state champions on the all-Metro boys team.

2011 ALL-METRO GIRLS TRACK
First & Second Teams

Discus
Amanda Piche (LM) 146-4; Katie Carver (CRP) 126-8.

Shot Put
Rachel Griffin (CRP) 36-1; Tydel Jones (CRW) 34-3.

Long Jump
Layloni Beard (CRW) 17-9; Callie Stone (CRW) 17-2.

High Jump
Alex Bartz (CRX) 5-3; Kristen Huebsch (CRK) 5-3.

3000
Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 10:24.02; Kristin Rogers (CRW) 10:53.59.

4x800 Relay
Washington 9:50.16 (Shannon Gorman, Eveline Niyokwizigigwa, Sam Stuer, Anna Kline); Linn-Mar 9:55.41 (Megan Johnston, Dana Sublett, Brooklynn Kascel, Morgan Uridil).

Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Washington 1:04.5 (Brooke Foreman, Taylor Vogel, Alissa Oney, Layloni Beard); Prairie 1:06.79 (Stacey Howes, Tayler Marion, Jessica Miller, Megan Titler).

Distance Medley Relay
Kennedy 4:16.30 (Jasmine Raue, Aarionna Craig-Dothard, Mariah Simmons,  Katie Wampole); Linn-Mar 4:16.43 (Ellie Rizor, Courtney Major, Rachel Perry, Audra Schminke).

100
Rachel Broghammer (CRJ) 12.40; Tyler Sampson (CRX) 12.56.

400
Taylor Vogel (CRW) 59.58; Mariah Simmons (CRK) 1:01.65.

4x200 Relay
Jefferson 1:42.53 (Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson, Rachel Broghammer); Xavier 1:44.96 (Audrey Richards, Kate Steingreaber, Molly Breitbach, Tyler Sampson).

100 Hurdles
Brooke Foreman (CRW) 15.21; Layloni Beard (CRW) 15.44.

800
Allison Scott (MAR) 2:18.68; Katie Wampole (CRK) 2:24.54.

200
Courtney Major (LM) 25.93; Aarionna Craig-Dothard (CRK) 25.95.

400 Hurdles
Brooke Foreman (CRW) 1:02.62; Stacey Howes (CRP) 1:08.23.

Sprint Medley Relay
Jefferson 1:49.18 (Maliya Rattliffe, Summer Carber, Taylor Jacobson, Rachel Broghammer); Washington 1:51.01 (Alissa Oney, Kadejah Sanders, Jasmyne Jones, Taylor Vogel).

1500
Carolyn Newhouse (LM) 4:48.24; Allison Culver (CRK) 5:05.09.

4x100 Relay
Xavier 49.31 (Audrey Richards, Kate Steingreaber, Molly Breitbach, Tyler Sampson); Washington 49.41 (Brooke Foreman, Jazz Royster, Alissa Oney, Layloni Beard).

4x400 Relay
Kennedy 3:56.28 (Mariah Simmons, Megan Terukina, Jasmine Raue, Aarionna Craig-Dothard); Linn-Mar 4:03.92 (Audra Schminke, Emilie Berg, Courtney Major, Rachel Perry).

Coach of the Year - Frank Scherrman (CRW).

Honorable Mention
Jefferson - Ashley Madsen, Jaime Robertson.
Kennedy - Capria Davis, Marisa Estelle.
Prairie - Catherine Pottebaum, Shelby Crist.
Washington - Megan Muller, Bre McPherson.
Xavier - Alex Saxen, Hallie Martin.
Linn-Mar - Sara Strauel, Mallory Young.
Marion - Leah Smith, Morgan Kolarik.

2011 ALL-METRO BOYS TRACK
1st Team, 2nd Team, HM

Discus
Sam Joens (CRP) 184-6; Craig Murtha (CRX) 148-7; Zach Borens (MAR) 147-6.

Shot Put
Jack Halupnik (LM) 48-03 1/4; Chase Kleopfer (CRX) 46-10 1/2; Justin Dolley (MAR) 46-8.

Long Jump
Caleb Mere (CRK) 23-0; Derek Jacobus (CRK) 22-8 1/4; Rob Hogg (CRW) 21-07.

High Jump
Alec Clasen (CRX) 6-8; Brandon Ophoff (LM) 6-0; Demetrius Harper (CRP) 6-0.

3200
Josh Evans (LM) 9:31.33; Kyle Stocker (CRP) 9:36.55; Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 9:39.30.

110 Hurdles
Kyle Dunn (LM) 14.15; Brandon Ophoff (LM) 14.25; Carter Valentine (CRX) 14.76.

100
Will Griffin (CRW) 10.81; Alex Carr (CRW) 10.86; Nate Karlan (CRJ) 10.75.

4x800 Relay
Prairie 7:54.56 (Kyle Stocker, Ryan Smith, Justin Burns, Matt Stocker); Linn-Mar 7:58.14 (Chase Grabau, Nick Gentzler, Jabez Walker, Matt Simon); Jefferson 8:06.75 (Timauntay Jones, Peter Thullen, Matt Hildebrand, Joe Kelly).

200
Will Griffin (CRW) 21.96; Alex Carr (CRW) 22.30; Eric Hovda (CRX) 22.29.

1600
Kyle Stocker (CRP) 4:20.29; Josh Evans (LM) 4:26.17; Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 4:28.20; Tom Singer (CRK) 4:32.22.

4x200 Relay
Washington 1:27.96 (Alonzo Carr, Kris Gardner, Will Grifffin, Alex Carr); Xavier 1:29.61 (Nick Ball, Eric Zenisek, Jordan Weber, Eric Hovda); Kennedy 1:30.96 (Alex Hillyer, Jake Losch, Jed Haycraft, Anthony Crawley).

400
Kyle Dunn (LM) 47.22; Anthony Crawley (CRK) 49.39; Demetrius Harper (CRP) (50.49).

400 Hurdles
Kyle Dunn (LM) 51.04; Jake Losch (CRK) 54.08; Drake Hickok (CRW) 55.04.

1600 Medley
Washington 3:30.95 (Alonzo Carr, Kris Gardner, Trevor Luebe, Rob Hogg); Kennedy (Caleb Mere, Jed Haycraft, Jake Losch, Anthony Crawley); Prairie 3:33.25 (Austin Dellamuth, Tom Frieden, Demetrius Harper, Matt Stocker); Marion 3:35.29 (Dusty Albaugh, John Tierman, Kaleb Bozorgzadeh, Zach Burhite).

800
Rob Hogg (CRW) 1:56.21; Kyle Stocker (CRP) 1:55.88; Timauntay Jones (CRJ) (1:57.66); Matt Stocker (CRP) 1:56.74.

4x100 Relay
Washington 42.15 (Alonzo Carr, Will Griffin, Kris Gardner, Alex Carr); Xavier 42.16 (Nick Ball, Eric Zenisek, Jordan Weber, Eric Hovda); Linn-Mar 43.56 (Brandon Jeffries, Tommy Feller, Aaron Hunter, Jake Luerkens).

4x400 Relay
Kennedy 3:23.54 (Josh Jahlas, Jake Losch, Jed Haycraft, Anthony Crawley); Linn-Mar 3:24.28 (Brandon Ophoff, Aaron Razo, Jordan Kremer, Duggan Trenary); Prairie 3:25.20 (Matt Stocker, Tom Frieden, Tristan Beyer, Demetrius Harper).

Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Linn-Mar 56.56 (Brandon Ophoff, Colton Sanchez, Mike Keiser, Kyle Dunn); Kennedy 58.23 (Jake Losch, Tom Kaiser, Josh Jahlas, Caleb Mere); Marion 59.90 (Taylor Rodgers, Cedrick Williams, Andrew Davis, Isaac Frazier); Washington 58.04 (Drake Hickok, Adam Sailor, Forest Vega, A.J. Johnson).

Coaches of the Year - Ken Hopkins (Linn-Mar), Dennis Roloff (Kennedy).

Linn-Mar places 2 on all-Metro boys tennis

Linn-Mar's Brady Anderson and Tyler McCann head up the All-Metro Boys Tennis team released Thursday.

Linn-Mar was 15-3 this season and reached the substate tournament final, where it was beaten by Iowa City West. Lions Coach Chris Wundram was named coach of the year.

Anderson, a freshman, was Linn-Mar's No. 1 singles player and McCann was the Lions' No. 2 player.

Other members of the first team are Washington's Charlie Hammond, Kennedy's Riley Galbraith, Marion's Brandon Hornback and Jefferson's Eddie Segarra. Galbraith plays both soccer and tennis and was named the MVC Mississippi Division tennis athlete of the year.

All-Metro Boys’ Tennis
2010-2011


1st Team
Charlie Hammond, Washington
Brady Anderson,  Linn-Mar
Tyler McCann, Linn-Mar
Riley Galbraith,  Kennedy
Brandon Hornback, Marion
Eddie Segarra, Jefferson


2nd Team
Noah Schmall, Xavier
Jimmy Deignan, Xavier
Gavin Young, Linn-Mar
Michael Anderson, Marion
Ethan Gascho, Kennedy
Kyle Suther, Prairie


Honorable Mention
Prairie – Kevin LeCaptain, Jeremy Cline
Washington -- Mitch Blades, Mitch Anderson
Kennedy -- Dan Wasta, Nolan Nietert
Jefferson -- Jacob Donald, Daniel Britton
Xavier -- Alex Gerleman, Chris Petersen
Marion -- Tristan Beghtol, Kaleb Gehman
Linn-Mar -- Dillon Einck, Scott Kleymann

Coach of the Year
Chris Wundram, Linn-Mar

Cougars, J-Hawks and Saints in same baseball substate

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy baseball team had to defeat Jefferson and Xavier this week to win the Metro Tournament, and the Cougars might have to beat them again to reach the Class 4A state tournament.

The IHSAA has assigned the Cougars, J-Hawks and Saints to Substate 3 for the postseason tournament, along with Dubuque Hempstead, Dubuque Senior and Western Dubuque. The substate champion will advance to the state baseball tournament in Des Moines.

The IHSAA has announced the groupings for each Class 4A substate, but the sites and pairings will be announced later. The games are scheduled for July 15, 18 and 20.

The Linn-Mar Lions and Prairie Hawks were assigned to Substate 2 with Cedar Falls, Mason City, Waterloo East and Waterloo West.

The Washington Warriors were assigned to Substate 5 with Burlington, Iowa City High, Iowa City West, Muscatine and North Scott.

The Marion Indians will play Center Point-Urbana in the Class 3A district semifinals on July 15. The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Vinton-Shellsburg. Vinton-Shellsburg will face Union (LaPorte City) in the other semifinal game in District 7.

The District 7 champion will face the District 8 champion in a substate final on July 20 for a berth in the Class 3A state tournament. South Tama, Williamsburg, Benton Community and Grinnell are in District 8.