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Seniors Ben Haack and Samuel Heyn from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn are among the boys' golfers to qualify for inclusion on the all-War Eagle Conference first team. The seniors ranked No. 6 and No. 9 among the Top 10 players this year. To determine all-conference first and second teams, all golfers are awarded points based on their finishes at dual meets. Individuals receive from 12 points for finishing first at a meet to one point for placing 12th. Rankings of other H-M-S players who played in...
A year removed from near-cancellation of their season due to COVID-19, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's baseball team is back to "normal" as it prepares for the 2021 season. Unlike the months leading up to the shortened 2020 season, the Hawks could complete their usual workouts leading up to official preseason practices. "We had a good offseason," said Hawk coach Jeremy Gloden. "We've been able to have our offseason hitting and working with pitchers and catchers." A season's experience plus familiarity...
Changes are in store this summer for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn softball program. Those start with a new head coach. Stephanie Bronstad, who was a varsity assistant since 2018, succeeds Carissa Post who led the program for three seasons. Bronstad is no stranger to H-M-S softball. She played on the Hawks' 1994 state tournament team and was an assistant middle school coach before joining the varsity staff. Also new to the high school staff are assistant coach Barb Haag and volunteer coach Tadd Kno...
Only a handful of strokes prevented Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn from advancing to the second round of the Class 1A girls' regional tournament. Competing in the first-round meet on May 17 at Primghar, H-M-S finished with a team score of 462. That was five strokes behind the third-place team, MMCRU, which did qualify for the second round of regional play because South O'Brien, the host school, finished in the Top 2. Central Lyon won the meet with a 388 team score and South O'Brien was second at 422....
A fourth-place finish was one of the highlights for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field team at the state track meet last weekend, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Rain drenched athletes, officials and fans alike at different times during the three-day event. That was certainly the case during the events in which the Hawks competed on Thursday afternoon. Senior Noah Adams placed fourth in the Class 1A long jump competition. The senior's best attempt in the rain measured 20'11.25"....
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team came away from the 2021 state championships with medals in three events as well as two new school records and season-best performances in three events. Junior Jasmine Lux earned medals in three events – the 400 meter dash, the 4x100 meter relay and the sprint medley relay – at the state track and field championships at Drake Stadium last Thursday through Saturday. In the 400 meter dash on Thursday, Lux lowered the school record she had set a...
• May 30, 1946 The War Department notified Mrs. Ruth Ann Wehler that her husband’s application to join him at his overseas station had been approved and she should make immediate application for a passport. 1st Lt. Wehler was stationed at Salzburg, Austria. Mrs. Wehler was making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hirt. The annual poppy sale hit an all-time high. The proceeds amounted to $250, which all went to the veterans of wars. The sale was carried on under the direction of Mrs. F.A. Albright. Fire Chief Harry Stoterau and Henr...
At least for one more year, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School students who wish to participate in bowling as an interscholastic activity will do so in another district's program. H-M-S students have been participating in Sioux Central's bowling program through a sharing agreement that also includes Spencer. In Iowa, the high school bowling season is conducted at the same time as basketball and wrestling. During consideration of the current agreement's renewal at Monday's board meeting,...
A committee of elected officials and city staff will soon begin the process of reviewing recommended changes to Royal’s Code of Ordinances. Darren Bumgarner, a planner with Northwest Iowa Planning and Development Commission, is finalizing the first draft of the revised ordinances. In an email to City Clerk Barb Fletcher, Bumgarner recommended that a small committee comprised of the mayor, city clerk and one or two council members be formed to review revisions and suggest any other changes. The council agreed to have the group review the initial...
• May 23, 1946 Graduation exercises marked the end of high school for 44 seniors. Arthur M. Pardee, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Dakota, was the commencement speaker. The pupils of Hartley No. 2 and their teacher, Pauline Houston, planned a creative program on Iowa’s centennial birthday. The scene of the program was that of a special meeting of the Junior American Citizen’s Club. Reports on Iowa’s history, early life, involvement in the Civil War, religion and capitals were planned by the student...
An early win gave the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field team a promising start at the Class 1A state qualifying meet, held on May 13 at Lawton. Senior Noah Adams started things with a leap of 21'8.5" in his first attempt to win the long jump. That distance was the best by a long jumper in any 1A state qualifying meet. "That was a shocker to a lot of us, but maybe not to him," said Hawk coach Kyle Borchers. "No. 1 is awesome. It puts pressure on him, but he is a guy who responds to tha...
Four individuals and five relay teams from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn have qualified to compete in the state track and field meet, which will be held May 20-22 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The following is the schedule for H-M-S participants (with those listed on meet program): Thursday, May 20: 3:30 p.m. – boys' long jump (Noah Adams); 5:10 p.m. – girls' 200 meter dash preliminaries (Jasmine Lux); 5:30 p.m. – boys' 200 meter dash preliminaries (Connor Dodd); 7:35 p.m. - boys' 100 meter dash...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team qualified for state in four events by virtue of their performances at the Class 1A state qualifying meet May 13 at Lawton. Junior Jasmine Lux is part of four events that will run on the blue oval at Drake University this weekend. Lux was the champion in the 400 meter dash, setting a new school record (1:00.40); was second in the 200 meter dash (:27.95); and was part of the runner-up sprint medley team (1:54.12) and third-place 4x100 relay...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn finished ninth at the War Eagle Conference girls’ golf tournament which was held on May 11 at Sioux Center. Unity Christian won the title with a team score of 395. Gehlen Catholic was the runner-up with a final total of 414, followed by Akron-Westfield 420, Remsen St. Mary’s 422, South O’Brien 427, Hinton 453, MMCRU 464, Harris-Lake Park 481, H-M-S 484 and West Sioux 512. Trinity Christian did not compete. Elle Mastbergen was the highest finisher for H-M-S, finishing the 18-hole event with a score of 113 (55-58). She p...
Sixth place was the landing spot for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn at the Class 1A boys' golf sectional meet, the War Eagle Conference tournament and in the conference dual meet standings. The Hawks recorded a 382 team score to finish sixth at the sectional meet on May 14 at Sanborn Golf and Country Club. Harris-Lake Park and West Bend-Mallard move on to the district meet by finishing first and second with team scores of 315 and 365. George-Little Rock came in third at 372, followed by Trinity...
Hartley American Legion Auxiliary Unit #288 conducted the annual poppy poster contest. Thirty-two entries were submitted by fourth grade students at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary. First, second and third place entries from each classroom were selected, with winners receiving $5, $4 and $3, respectively. Each of the other students received $1. Winners in Kim DeMey's class are Emma Engelkes, Aubrey Dodge and Ryen Conaway. Winners in Lindsey Maris' class are Hunter Ahrenstorff, Alexis Myers...
• May 16, 1946 John W. Harold was hired as superintendent of the Hartley Public Schools. He was coming to Hartley highly recommended from Oakland, Iowa, where he had been superintendent for six years. He previously was the principal at Oakland for three years. Hartley’s newest grocery store was opening on the familiar corner where Swanson’s Grocery had been located. The new owners were Herm Fick, who owned the building, and Ed Guse, formerly of Hartley. The store was operating under the name Ed and Herm’s Grocery. Orlie Schlarbaum purchas...
The Willow Creek course at LeMars proved to be the toughest foe for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in a War Eagle Conference golf meet with Gehlen Catholic on May 4. The H-M-S girls fell to Gehlen Catholic, 212-263. The venue was a contributor to the Hawks’ struggles against the home team. “The LeMars course proved to be our toughest challenge of the year. We got in trouble too often with the water,” Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese said. Elise Haack’s 59 was the best round of the day for H-M-S. Other varsity results were Kinsey Schirmer 64, Emily Sindt 6...
Track and field athletes and golfers from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn are entering a busy stretch of postseason competition. The track teams will compete in the Class 1A coed state qualifying meet at Lawton on Thursday, May 13. Field events begin at 4 p.m., followed by running events at 4:30. Athletes from 14 schools will be competing. The top place winner in each event plus the next 14 best performances statewide from qualifying meet place winners will advance to the state track and field meet, May 20-22, in Des Moines. Spectators wishing to...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn did not have any champions but three individuals contributed runner-up performances during the War Eagle Conference track and field meet. The Hawk boys finished fifth in the meet that was held in Hartley on May 4. Connor Dodd placed second in the 100 meter dash (:11.27), Kooper Ebel was second in the 400 meter dash (:52.85) and Noah Adams was second in the long jump (20'4"). Other individual place finishers for H-M-S were Ethan Diehm, long jump, fourth (19'2.5"); Dodd,...
A school record was among the highlights of performances last week by the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team. The Hawks hosted the War Eagle Conference meet on May 3 and traveled to Paullina on May 6 for the South O'Brien Wolverine Relays. At the War Eagle meet, Jasmine Lux broke the school record in the 400 meter dash. She ran 1:00.57, which broke the previous record of 1:00.86 by Shanna Vetter. Although Lux finished third in the race, it was an extremely competitive field, acco...
• May 9, 1946 Ivan Maxson, former Hartley school principal who had been superintendent at Battle Creek for two years, was hired as superintendent of the Excelsior Township Consolidated School. His wife would also be on the faculty as a grade teacher. One of the most beautiful ceremonies ever held in Hartley occurred in the Masonic Hall, when the Order of the Rainbow for girls was instituted and 35 girls were initiated. The girls were daughters of Masons or Stars, and their friends. Louis E. Potter, a former Hartley resident and a registered p...
What is hoped to be a tradition began last Wednesday, when two Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School students were presented with the inaugural "Hardest Working Athlete" awards. The announcement of the award and the initial recipients were made during the athletic banquet held in the high school gym. The first two athletes to be recognized with the award are senior Taya Mason and junior Connor Dodd. The plaques they received state the award is given "for an outstanding demonstration of dedication t...
Like their female counterparts, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' golfers found themselves in an unusual tie with MMCRU when their War Eagle Conference meet ended. Both teams finished play last Friday at Marcus with identical 180 team scores. But unlike the H-M-S girls, the boys didn't find the tiebreaker to be as friendly. Their fifth score was one stroke higher than MMCRU's, giving the hosts the meet win. "We played better, but we had too many penalty strokes," Hawk coach Mark Japenga said....
Individual success in a team environment resulted in favorable outcomes for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn at the Okoboji Relays. As a team, the Hawk boys finished fifth overall with 67 points. But with Class 2A schools such as Spirit Lake (125 points), Sioux Center (124) and Okoboji (117) at the top of the standings of the meet held April 26, Hawk coach Kyle Borchers was not disappointed with the results. "I thought that it was the best meet we had up to date," Borchers said. "We used that meet to see...
