MV Wins Cat Fight Wildcats Go 0-3 in the Tri-Rivers Conference by Miranda Knake The Wildcats head down the District high- Volleyball Tournament way with another win last Friday night The Wildcats hosted the confer- six on 34/36 serves. Goldsmith had five against the Cascade Cougars. The out- ence volleyball tournament last Saturday. aces 22/23 serves, Sheila Wenthold had standing final score of the game was 48-0. In pool play the Cats opened up against the four aces on 20/25 serves, and K. Evers had The Wildcats showed impressive numbers, Valley Division champion Ed-Co and fell three aces on 12/18 serves. including zero fumbles at the game. Look- in two games 21-12 & 21-9. In the opener Defensively, Wenthold led the ing at some of Cascade’s statistics, they the Vikings played well and controlled the team in digs with 22/26, Gibbs had 16/19, only had 47 rushing yards, but their pass- match. Coach Doyle noted that overall the Boge had 14/15, Goldsmith had 12/15, ing yards totaled 134. team played well. Abby Jurgens had 9/13, and Amanda “The offense produced outstanding “We made a few changes to our Nefzger added 7/9. Steger led the team in numbers on the ground rushing for 398 lineup and we passed and serve received blocks with six including three stuffs and yards,” Coach Drew stated about the of- better than we had all year.” three assists. K. Evers, Boge, and A. Evers fense. In their next match the Cats lost all added five blocks. Quarterback Blake Humpal made up to the Raiders from Anamosa 19-21, 21-15, Starmont won the tournament going unde- the 65 passing yards at the game. Travis & 15-12. This was a match that went back feated that day and defeating CPU 2-1 in Klostermann made two receptions for 20 and forth the whole way. the final. yards and Casey Lechtenberg made one re- “We won the first game and had The Maquoketa Valley girls vol- ception for 45 yards. Robbie Mohr rushed our chances in both games 2 & 3, we just leyball team ended its regular season sched- a total of 214 yards and made three touch fell a little short,” stated Coach Doyle. ule with a home loss to the Raiders 25-19, downs for the Cats. Nathan Burger rushed In their final match the Cats fell to 25-12, & 25-12. The match was controlled 102 yards and made one touch down that E. Buchanan 21-17, 19-21, & 15-10. Coach from the outset by the Raiders. evening. Klostermann rushed 77 yards and Doyle noted that they had their chances to Coach Doyle noted, “They played achieved two touch downs. Neal Johnson win this match too, and were unable to fin- well and we did not, plain and simple.” rushed a total of eight yards and made one ish. The loss left the Wildcats with a touch down. ”We played hard today and we 1-7 conference record and 5-18 overall re- “Defensively, we need to contain Cas- played well enough to compete and have a cord. cade’s passing game,” commented Coach chance to win and that is a positive,” the Michelle Boge led the team in Drew, “our kids adjusted well and didn’t coach remarked. kills with six, Carrie Goldsmith had three give up any long plays.” The Wildcats overall record is 5- kills, and Krista Steger added two kills. Johnson led the defense with eight tack- 21, they opened district play on Thursday Goldsmith led the team in setting with les and one fumble recovery. Klostermann October 21st. They traveled to take on eight assists and Jordan Gibbs added three was close behind with seven tackles and Wapsie Valley in Fairbank. assists. Sheila Wenthold led the team in Brian Wegmann added four. Jake Norlin, Offensively for the day Sarah serving with three aces. Gibbs added two. Curtis Thommen, and Burger all made Stelken led the team in kills with 12 on 30/39 Kristen Evers led the team in three tackles and Burger made one inter- attacks, Michelle Boge and Kristen Evers blocks with three, Steger and Allison Evers ception as well. Donny Nordmann also each added 11 kills on 42/45 and 33/42 at- added two blocks each. Gibbs led the team had an interception and succeeded in two tacks respectively. Allison Evers had seven in digs with six, Sheila Wenthold and Staci tackles. Jacob Bawek, Jeremy Dircks, and kills on 18/20 attacks, and Krista Steger Wenthold added five digs each, Abby Ju- Mohr each had two tackles and Jacob Mc- added six kills on 22/27 attacks. Carrie rgens added four digs, Goldsmith and Dowell made one tackle that evening. Goldsmith led the team in assists with 30, Amanda Nefzger added three digs each. Jorge Ramirez had one tackle at the game and Jordan Gibbs led the team in aces with and made one fumble recovery. The Wildcats enter another cat fight to- night with the Monticello Panthers in Monticello. Enjoy your early out and then spend the evening cheering on the Cats!

Nathan Burger muscles his way through the Cascade defense last Friday night. (photo by Carrie Goldsmith and Sheila Wenthold)