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Great effort led to season-best times and distances for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in a pair of track and field meets. The Hawk girls began the week at the Okoboji Coed Relays at Milford. Individuals contributing to H-M-S's point total were Megan Otto, fifth in the high jump (4'8") and Frankie Mohni, sixth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:21.40). Both were personal best efforts. Relays adding points were: 4x100 – Mohni, Moriah Otto, Payton Diehm, Abby Otto, sixth, :58.25; Sprint medley – Mohni, Die...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn recorded its best team score of the boys' golf season, but Hinton had too many players finish with scores in the 30s and low 40s. They gave the Blackhawks a 168-187 win during the War Eagle Conference dual on April 24 at Sanborn. Five Hinton players finished at the top of the leaderboard, led by Kaden Barrett with a 37. Beau Cook and Garrett Moran with a 43, and Brooks Binneboese and Bode Binneboese with a 45. Scores for H-M-S were Lucas Kroese and Blake Meendering 46, Cha...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' golf team finished with a new low score for the season during a War Eagle Conference dual with Unity Christian. The Hawks defeated the Knights, 206-224, despite windy conditions at Sanborn on April 27. Gracie Knobloch finished with the low round for the meet (45) and Kinsey Schirmer was No. 3 with a 50. Other H-M-S scores were Abby Kunzman 53, Morgan Grooters 58 and Elise Haack 65. "I'm super happy to pick up the "W" over Unity," said Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese. "...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's spring sports teams will begin postseason play next week. The Hawk boys' golf team is assigned to the Class 2A sectional on Wednesday, May 10. Play begins at 10 a.m. at the Rolling Hills Country Club at Hull. Competing teams will be Boyden-Hull, H-M-S, Hinton, OABCIG, Rock Valley, Sheldon, Sibley-Ocheyedan and West Lyon. Qualifiers to advance to the district meet are the champion and runner-up teams, and the Top 2 overall individuals (plus ties) from among...
The best team score of the season was not enough to give Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn its first War Eagle Conference boys' golf dual win at Sanborn. The Hawks finished the meet on April 17 with a 203 team score. But with three players at the top of the leader board, the Falcons were able to record the winning total of 184. Jack Mastbergen fired a 47 to finish fourth among the medalists. Other H-M-S scores were Charlie Conway 51, Lucas Kroese 52 and Blake Meendering 53. Ethan Baker played JV and...
A late addition to the schedule gave Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn an opportunity to excel in several relay events during the OABCIG Boys' Invitational. The quartet of Ryan Borden, Ethan Diehm, James Gellerman and Kooper Ebel combined to win two relays and place second in another during the meet on April 18 at Ida Grove. The first-place finishes came in the 4x200 (1:36.88) and sprint medley (1:39.03) relays. The same group came in second during the 4x100 (:45.41). Borden and Diehm combined with...
No matter which direction the wind was blowing, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' golfers were up to the challenge during two War Eagle Conference dual meets at Sanborn. The Hawks' win on April 17 came against West Sioux, which only had two players compete. The final team score for H-M-S was 216. All four Hawks topped the leader board, led by Gracie Knobloch who shot a 46. Other scores were Kinsey Schirmer 50, Elise Haack 54 and Abby Kunzman 66. The wind direction may have changed the next day, but...
Football schedules for the 2023 and 2024 seasons have been released by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Regular season football schedules are determined by the IHSAA. After district and group assignments were approved by the Board of Control in March, schools could select preferred non-district opponents and submit them to the IHSAA through a priority list. According to the IHSAA, attempts were made to align schedules with as many priority list selections as possible; however,...
The 2023 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field season continued with a pair of sixth-place team finishes. Kooper Ebel and Bradley Zamudio were the top finishers for H-M-S during the meet hosted by Unity Christian on April 10. Ebel placed second in the 100 meter dash (:11.48) and Zamudio was runner-up in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02.03). Adam Schierholz finished added a third-place finish in the discus with a throw of 124'4". Other running event participants were: 100 – Ryan Borden, s...
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' track and field team had two good tests to continue its 2023 outdoor season. Competing in the Unity Christian Coed on April 10 at Orange City, H-M-S scored in three events for a total of nine points. The 4x800 relay team of Kamryn Ebel, Clara Funk, Lexi Croatt and Jocelyn Abonce finished third (12:49.03), Emily Mutombo finished fifth in the 100 meter dash (:13.28) and the sprint medley relay team of Payton Diehm, Abby Otto, Mutombo and Moriah Otto finished...
From a win-loss perspective, the 2023 boys' golf season did not start favorably for Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. The Hawks fell short against Remsen St. Mary's by 30 strokes (178-208) in their opening War Eagle Conference dual on April 11 at Sanborn. Jack Mastbergen had a good round, shooting a 43 to finish No. 2 among the Top 4 players on the leader board. Other scores for H-M-S were Charlie Conway 51, Slayton McCarter 56 and Lucas Kroese 58. St. Mary's Austin Klein (42), Collin Homan (44) and...
With three golfers finishing among the Top 4, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn won its opening War Eagle Conference girls' golf meet of the 2023 season. Gracie Knobloch (43), Elise Haack (47) and Kinsey Schirmer (57) finished Nos. 1, 2 and 4 among the medalists for the meet with Remsen St. Mary's. Abby Kunzman shot a 71 for H-M-S, which claimed the 218-231 win on April 11 at Sanborn. Bella Arens was St. Mary's lone medalist, shooting a 54. Playing in windy conditions at Primghar on April 13, the Hawks...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's Emily Mutombo finished in the Top 10 twice during the Dan Lennon Invitational hosted by the University of South Dakota on March 28. After a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 60-meter dash preliminaries (:08.22) and semifinals (:08.26), Mutombo finished sixth in the finals (:08.36). The senior also placed seventh in the long jump. Her best leap was 15'5". Freshman Clara Funk was a Top 10 finisher in the 3200-meter run with a time of 14:29.87. Other individual results...
The early bird gets the worm or, in the case of a track and field meet on March 30, the early birds were able to compete outdoors. South O'Brien hosted its Wolverine Early Bird meet which featured athletes from eight schools. Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's girls finished fourth overall and the boys were fifth. The Hawk girls won the 4x100 relay (:57.10) with Frankie Mohni, Moriah Otto, Abby Otto and Emily Mutombo. Individually, Mutombo placed third in the 100-meter (:13.84) and 200-meter (:29.25)...
There will be little change in the composition of Class A District 1 for the next two high school football seasons. Districts for 8-Player through Class 4A and groups for the 5A schools were announced by the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) on Monday. Six of the teams which competed in District 1 in the past will do so in 2023 and 2024. They are Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, Akron-Westfield, Alta-Aurelia, Gehlen Catholic, MMCRU and South O'Brien. The newcomer to the district is...
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn had the most players named War Eagle Conference academic all-conference for the 2022-23 basketball season. Eligible students must be seniors who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher. Those who achieved the recognition are Elise Haack and Emily Mutombo for the girls, and Lance Berends, Kooper Ebel, Landen Elwood, Travis Kamradt, Lucas Kroese, Tyson Tessum and Trenton Vollink for the boys. Schools with the next-highest number of players earning academic...
Area high school football players selected to play in the 2023 Iowa Shrine Bowl All-State Classic were introduced during a recognition day event on March 8 at Spencer. Kooper Ebel, a senior at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School, is among 46 players named to the North Team for the all-star football game to be played on July 22, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. Participating in the Iowa Shrine Bowl has become an Ebel family tradition. Korey Ebel, Kooper's father, was a member of the North Team for...
Members of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' track and field team saw their first competition of the 2023 season during the Iowa Association of Track Coaches (IATC) indoor championships at Ames on March 9. Kooper Ebel and Ryan Borden competed in the 60-meter dash, finishing 18th (:07.24) and 93rd (:07.63) overall. Bradley Zamudio finished 70th overall in the 60-meter hurdles, running a time of :09.43. The Hawks also competed in four relay events. They finished 44th in the 4x100 (:46.47), 48th in...
The War Eagle Conference boys' basketball all-conference first team is dominated by seniors, and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's Lance Berends and Kooper Ebel are among them. This is the fourth time that Berends has been named to the all-WEC first team. Ebel is on the first team for the second time, having received that recognition as a sophomore. He was on the second team last year and was honorable mention as a freshman. Berends led H-M-S in scoring, rebounds and blocks during the 2022-23 season and...
Two sophomores from Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn were named to the 2022-23 War Eagle Conference girls' all-conference basketball teams. Kylee Schiphoff is a second-team selection. She led H-M-S in scoring, was second on the team in assists, blocks and steals, and was third in rebounding. Abby Douma is honorable mention all-conference. She led the Hawks in rebounding and blocks and was second in scoring. Both were named to the all-conference teams for the first time. The all-WEC girls' basketball...
Competing at the highest level for the first time in school history, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn made its mark at the 1A boys' state bowling tournament on Feb. 20 in Waterloo. Senior Marcus Aaron, sophomores Jack Mastbergen, Dawson Niichel and Skyler Shaffer, and freshmen Caleb Aaron and Riley Russell had a chance to make history for the first-year program as they took on Louisa-Muscatine in the bracket round. "We had quite an experience at the state bowling tournament as we had a very good...
A pair of late wins during the 2022-23 season gave the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' basketball team a better finish in the War Eagle Conference. The Hawks defeated Trinity Christian and South O'Brien in the final two games of the regular season to finish ninth with a 2-8 conference record. They won just one WEC game the previous year. The season ended with a 52-38 loss to Emmetsburg in the 2A regional tournament, giving this year's team an overall record of 3-18. H-M-S again had a young team,...
The 2022-23 season was one of ups and downs for a senior-dominated Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys’ basketball team. The Hawks put together a five-game winning streak that included their first-ever victory over Unity Christian. But they also endured a 1-5 stretch in January before winning three of the final four regular season games. After dominating Alta-Aurelia in the district opener, H-M-S lost to Remsen St. Mary’s to end the season with a record of 12-10. The Hawks finished seventh in the War Ea...
In just its first year of having its own bowling program, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn has established a standard that other schools can only dream about. The Hawks were the No. 1 team at the Class 1A state qualifying meet on Feb. 14 at Sanborn, sending them to the state bowling team meet at Waterloo. Their score of 2,869 total pins after a series of 15 Baker games was nearly 200 pins better than second-place Shenandoah with 2,689. The other team scores were OABCIG 2,636, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2,548,...
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