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Bruckman Player of the Year on all-Metro team

Jefferson senior Maggie Bruckman was named the Metro girls soccer player of the year in voting by the seven Metro coaches.

Bruckman, a senior, will play college soccer at Iowa State.

Class 2A state champion Xavier had three players on the all-Metro first team. Senior keeper Tori Shepard was joined by junior Annie Dale and Kayla Armstrong. Dale scored six goals at the state tournament and was named captain of the 2A all-tournament team. Shepard allowed only one goal in five postseason games. Armstrong was the Metro scoring leader with 36 goals.

Washington, which qualified for the state tournament for the first time in school history, also had three first teamers: Morgan Bjornsen, Ashley Piper and Jessica Erb.

State qualifier Kennedy had two players on the first team: Shauna Happel and Katie Helmlinger. Linn-Mar also had two first teamers: Madisen Garman and Brinkly Werkman.

Jefferson, Prairie and Marion each had one representative. Marion's Kristin Kramer scored 58 goals in her two years with the Indians.

Washington's Sean McCoy was named coach of the year. McCoy announced shortly after the Warriors' state tournament loss that he is resigning his post to take a job with a soccer association in Omaha.

ALL-METRO GIRLS SOCCER

First Team
Morgan Bjornsen, Washington
Ashley Piper, Washington
Jessica Erb, Washington
Kayla Armstrong, Xavier
Tori Shepard, Xavier
Annie Dale, Xavier
Shauna Happel, Kennedy
Katie Helmlinger, Kennedy
Madisen Garman, Linn-Mar
Brinkly Werkman, Linn-Mar
Maggie Bruckman, Jefferson
Bree Gaster, Prairie
Kristin Kramer, Marion

Second Team
Sophi Malcolm, Washington
Maddi Hines, Washington
Mary Levett, Xavier
Lucy Martin, Xavier
Allie Hutcheson, Kennedy
Breanna Hawley, Kennedy
McKenzie Stump, Kennedy
Lindsey Harms, Linn-Mar
Kali Hubler, Linn-Mar
Trina Gallagher, Jefferson
Riley Kesterson, Jefferson
Aminah Baloch, Prairie
Jasmine Grindeland, Marion

Honorable Mention
Washington -- CJ Cooper, Sarah Keppler
Marion -- Ashley Kupka, Alyssa Kupka
Xavier -- Kelsey Sargent, Sarah Dickes
Kennedy -- Jordan Holmes, Liz Frerichs
Prairie -- Katherine Grabe, Lizzy Fowler
Jefferson -- Jordan Cue, Chelsea Anderson
Linn-Mar -- Emily Saville, Kristin Thom

Player of the Year -- Maggie Bruckman, Jefferson

Coach of the Year -- Sean McCoy, Washington

Indians reap Wamac rewards

Marion reaped the rewards of one of the best boys soccer seasons in school history by having three players selected to the Wamac Conference West Division first team.

Steen Irish, Keegan Menken and Zach Nielsen were first team selections on the team released Thursday. Curran Lipsett and Stratton West were on the second team.

Marion was 13-3 overall and finished second in the Wamac West with an 8-2 mark.

WaMaC West Division All Conference Boys Soccer 2010-2011

First Team

1.    Ben Markland            Benton Community
2.    Keith White            Benton Community
3.    Josh Jirak            Center Point Urbana
4.    Lucas Rohett            Clear Creek Amana
5.    Ryan Hall            Clear Creek Amana
6.    Gabe Kenwicker        Independence
7.    Keegan Menken        Marion
8.    Zach Nielsen            Marion
9.    Steen Irish            Marion
10.    Michael Goerdt            Waterloo Columbus
11.    Drew Boyer            Waterloo Columbus   
12.    Ben Jasper            Waterloo Columbus
13.    Chris Sink            Waterloo Columbus
14.    Tim Jones            Williamsburg   


Second Team

1.    Cory Christensen        Benton Community
2.    Austin Cassel            Benton Community
3.    Joey Dighton            Centre Point Urbana
4.    Matt O’Brien            Center Point Urbana   
5.      Zach Yock            Clear Creek Amana
6.    Josh Rohret            Clear Creek Amana       
7.    Derek Rasmussen        Independence
8.    Curan Lipsett            Marion
9.    Stratton West            Marion
10.    Par Mar                Waterloo Columbus       
11.    Michael Schmadeke         Waterloo Columbus
12    Collin Beyer            Waterloo Columbus
13.    Will Claypool            Williamsburg   

Honorable Mention

1.      Justin Kaiser            Benton Community
2.    Kaleb Thomas            Benton Community
3.    Logan Drissen            Center Point Urbana
4.    Jared Mc Combs        Center Point Urbana
5.     Josh Sparks            Clear Creek Amana
6.    Evan Hegert            Clear Creek Amana
7.    Michael Hergert        Independence
8.    Reece Bitterman        Independence
9.    Jon Church            Marion
10.    Marcus Newton            Marion
11.    Alex Bernt            Waterloo Columbus
12.    Alex Potter            Waterloo Columbus
13.    Trevor Knepper            Williamsburg
14.    Tim Wallace            Williamsburg


Coach of the Year West:  Eric Hubbell/Tom Schulte/John Hauskins - Marion        


WaMaC East Division All Conference Boys Soccer 2010-2011

First Team
1.    Aaron Krapfl            Anamosa
2.    Rasmus Foens            Dyersville Beckman
3.    Michael Gibbs            Dyersville Beckman
4.    Travis Gudenkauf        Dyersville Beckman
5.    Wes Gudenkauf            Dyersville Beckman
6.    Matt Zimmer            Central DeWitt
7.    Perry Hawk            Maquoketa
8.    Micah Russell            Mount Vernon Lisbon
9.    Henok Russell            Mount Vernon Lisbon   
10.    Marshall Koehn            Solon
11.    Max Alberhasky        Solon
12.    Brian Jedllicka            Solon
13.    Turner    Wentzien        Solon
14.    Justin Call            West Delaware
15.    Mike Boelke            West Delaware
16.    Daniel Meyer            Western Dubuque

Second Team
1.    Austin Rarmeuter        Anamsoa
2.      Callen Shane            Central DeWitt
3.    Bob  Bryant            Dyersville Beckman
4.    Eric Dunkel            Dyersville Beckman
5.    Adam Noethe            Dyersville Beckman
6.    Colton Fey            Maquoketa
7.    Bradley Waller            Maquoketa
8.    Marshall Tuerler        Mount Vernon Lisbon
9.      Nick Day            Solon
10.    Ben Reed            Solon
11.    Omar Longou            Solon
12.    AJ Engleken            West Delaware
13.    Stephen Heffernen        West Delaware
14.    Austin Schlueter        Western Dubuque

Honorable Mention   
1.    Austin Holub            Anamosa
2.    Grayson Forrester        Anamosa
3.    Jared Lueken            Dyersville Beckman
4.    Kyle Grover            Dyersville Beckman
3.    Jamie Carrier            Central DeWitt
4.    Matt Waliker            Central DeWitt
5.    Kevin O’Rourke        Maquoketa
6.    Travis Regan            Maquoketa
7.    Brandon Klatt            Mount Vernon Lisbon
8.    Connor Martin            Mount Vernon Lisbon
9.    Nick Brown            Solon
10.    Derrick Loveless        Solon
11.    Austin Freiburger        West Delaware
12.    Kyle Heffernen            West Delaware
13.      Jordan Kluesner            Western Dubuque
14.    Scott Wolf            Western Dubuque

Coach of the Year East:     Jeremy McMurrin -Solon

Warriors lead all-Metro girls tennis team

Washington placed three players on the All-Metro girls tennis first team.

Katie Hammond was a unanimous selection. She was joined on the first team by teammates Kristin King and Olivia Brooks.

Jackie Pedersen from Kennedy and Katie Rakers from Linn-Mar also were unanimous first team picks. They were joined on the six-member first team by Kennedy's Sarah Lasecki.

Coach of the Year was Linn-Mar's Jeff Smith.

ALL METRO GIRLS TENNIS
(*-Unanimous selections)

First Team
*Jackie Pedersen (Kennedy)
*Katie Hammond (Washington)
*Katie Rakers (Linn-Mar)
Kristin King (Washington)
Sarah Lasecki (Kennedy)
Olivia Brooks (Washington)

Second Team
Lisa Cowden (Xavier)
Laura Birky (Xavier)
Jenna Myers (Linn-Mar)
Caroline Rainey (Prairie)
Jullia Bandfield (Marion)
Rina Moore (Washington)

Honorable Mention
Jefferson -- Anna Striegel, Crystal Terman
Kennedy -- Kali Hildebrand, Ashley Schlueter
Linn-Mar -- Ashley Smith, Haley Madsen
Marion -- Stephanie Loesel, Abby Hart
Prairie -- Karissa Kalous, Tasha Olson
Washington -- Lani Sabin, Anri Moore
Xavier -- Sarah Chalhoub, Taylor O'Brien

Askelson, Furnish head up all-Metro team

Xavier senior Kimmy Askelson and Jefferson junior Megan Furnish were the only unanimous selections on the all-Metro girls golf team released Tuesday.

Linn-Mar and Xavier both had two representatives on the first team. Both teams qualified for the Class 4A state tournament.

ALL METRO GIRLS GOLF
(* - Unanimous selections)

First Team
*Megan Furnish (Jefferson)
*Kimmy Askelson (Xavier)
Ali Lindo (Kennedy)
Emma Lorenz (Linn-Mar)
Dionna Jensen (Linn-Mar)
Maddie Bertsch (Xavier)

Second Team
Jehri Wagner (Prairie)
Rachel Thrune (Linn-Mar)
Julie Pople (Linn-Mar)
Grace Winker (Xavier)
Leah Groe (Jefferson)
Sarah Tegtmeier (Linn-Mar)
Lisa Olberding (Xavier)

Honorable Mention
Xavier -- Hailey Sojka, Taylor Wertzberger
Linn-Mar -- Danielle Toy, Katie Harding
Jefferson -- Emily Aukes, Hillary Harriman
Prairie -- Kerstin Flugum, Alyssa Beisker
Marion -- Alicia Livingston, Ashley Reed
Washington -- Abbey Overland, Katie Rohde
Kennedy -- Paige Ermer, Sadie Schultz