KMCH SPORTS: Results from Tuesday 9/15

BY JON SWISHER – SPORTS DIRECTOR:

VOLLEYBALL-

The Class 3A 13th-ranked West Delaware Hawks opened up the home portion of their schedule last night inside Seedorff Gymnasium. The Hawks put up a fight against 5th-rated Mount Vernon but fell 3-0, losing 25-20, 25-21 and 27-25 in a match that lasted one hour and fifteen minutes.  Karly Ogden led the way for WD with 21 kills. The Hawks dropped to 9-4 and will stay at home Thursday night welcoming in Maquoketa Valley.

Elsewhere in the coverage area-

North Linn lost to Springville 3-0

Monticello defeated Bellevue 3-0

Cascade topped Camanche 3-1

Western Dubuque beat Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3-1

CROSS COUNTRY-

GIRLS-

At the Starmont invitational, West Delaware placed 5th out of 9 teams in the big school division with 99 points, Waukon won it with 53. Maquoketa Valley won the small school group out of seven squads, the Wildcats had just 29 points, Ed-Co 4th with 100, 5th was Starmont/West Central with 109 and Beckman Catholic 7th with 148. Individually MV 8th-grader Josalyn Burlage took 1st place with a 19:06.2, s new school program record. Lauren Krogmann of Starmont/WC was runner-up with a 19:36, Josie Diers of Ed-Co was 3rd with a 19:42. Maq. Valley took spots five through seven with Audra Burbridge, Quinn Burbridge and Taylor Burlage respectively.

BOYS-

Dike-New Hartford took the big school team race with 60 points. West Delaware was 9th with 196. Starmont/West Central won the small school race with 40, 2nd was Beckman Catholic with 54, North Linn 3rd with 81, Ed-Co 5th with 100 and MV 7th with 153. Beckman Catholic senior Steffen Goerdt finished 3rd with a 17:29, Starmont/West Central’s Jagger Timmerman and Griffin West placed 5th and 6th.