Wildcats Make Their Mark by Miranda Knake “Defensively, they The Wildcats have done it again! were successful mov- The Cats played Monticello last Friday ing the ball through night and brought home another victory! the air using short The final score was 40-14. passes,” stated Coach “This was an important win as it Drew. “I believe in the sets us up for an opportunity to win a Dis- bend but don’t break trict Championship,” stated Coach Drew. philosophy, our play- Quarterback Blake Humpal passed ers did that and kept 60 of the 86 passing yards for the Wildcats. them scoreless until the Robbie Mohr passed the remaining 26 fourth quarter.” yards at the game. Nathan Burger rushed The Cats travel to 143 yards and made two touch downs for CPU tonight. Make the the Wildcats. Mohr rushed 122 yards and drive and cheer on the made two touch downs as well. Neal John- Wildcats!!! son rushed 26 yards and made one touch down at the game and Travis Klostermann rushed 19 yards and made one touch down. Humpal added 12 yards in rushing and Ja- Curtis Thommen brings down a Monticello ball carrier at cob Bawek rushed 11 yards. last Friday’s game. (photo courtesy of Pete Temple) “Our offense continued to move Wildcat Netters Fall to Wapsie Valley in District play 3-0, the ball well racking up 333 yards rushing,” commented Coach Drew. “That is a credit Boge and Goldsmith Named to All-Conference Team to everyone playing their role and playing The Maquoketa Valley Volleyball as a team. Robbie Mohr broke the 1000 team ended their season with a loss to Wap- yard threshold this week, a very impressive sie Valley falling in three games 25-22, 25- feat for him and our entire offense.” 12, & 25-7. Playing a team on their home In receiving, Donny Nordmann floor in Districts is usually tough and to- made two receptions for 48 yards at the night they did a nice job of controlling the game. Travis Klostermann made two re- match. ceptions for 32 yards and Mohr made one Coach Doyle noted that his team reception for six yards that evening. played well in game one and had a chance “Our special teams have improved to win but we made a few too many mental so much throughout the season and are a errors and missed a couple of serves. difference maker; setting up field position “After we lost the first game we and limiting other teams’ return yards,” did not really challenge them for the rest of stated Coach Drew. “This will be key as the match.” we play against Center Point-Urbana.” The Wildcats end their season The defense was led by Burger with an overall record of 5-22. who succeeded in nine tackles and one Offensively Michelle Boge and fumble recovery. Klostermann made seven Sarah Stelken tied for the team lead in kills tackles at the game and one interception. with five each on 20/21 and 16/20 attacks He was followed by Mohr who made five respectively. Kristen Evers and Carrie tackles. Jacob Norlin, Jacob Bawek, and Goldsmith each had three kills on 11/13 Nordmann each made four tackles. Norlin and 9/11 attacks respectively, and Allison also made one quarterback sack and Bawek Evers and Jordan Gibbs added two kills made one fumble recovery. Four play- on 6/7 and 4/4 attacks respectively. Sheila ers achieved three tackles against the Pan- Wenthold and Gibbs tied for the team lead thers: Jorge Ramirez, Chad Ries, Casey in aces with one each on 12/12 and 10/11 Lechtenberg, and Johnson. Ries also made serves. Goldsmith led the team in assists one quarterback sack at the game. Philip with nine on 47/49 sets. Roling made two tackles and one fumble Defensively Boge led the team All-conference team members: Michelle recovery that evening. Humpal had one in- in digs with six, Wenthold and Abby Jur- terception at the game and Jacob McDow- Boge, second team, and Carrie Gold- gens each added five, Goldsmith and Gibbs smith, honorable mention ell made one quarterback sack. McDowell added four each. A. Evers led the team in also made a tackle at the game as well as blocks with three including two stuffs, K. added two blocks including one stuff each. Pete Ries, Brian Sibel, Curtis Thommen, Evers also added three including one stuff, Great season girls! Go Cats! and Brian Wegmann. and Boge, Goldsmith, and Krista Steger all