PAGE 12: SPRING SPORTS 2016 PRESS & DAKOTAN SD Girls (Fr.), Anna Orr (Fr.), Shannon Sokolowski (Fr.) NEWCOMERS: Autumn Sees (Sr.), Ashley Emmick (Fr.) FROM PAGE 11 Marion Six athletes return for this season that competed at the state meet. RETURNING: Heidi Cap (Sr., State Qualifier in Relays); Hannah Powers (Jr., State Qualifier-Relays); Kacie Mudder (So., third in triple jump at state); Cheylee Nagel (So., State Qualifier 400, relays); Lauren Sees (Fr., state qualifier in long jump, 200, relays; Hannah VanGerpen (So., State Qualifier- Relays) NEWCOMERS: Madisyn Cameron (8th), Ally Sees (7th) COACH: Jerry Kipes ASSISTANTS: Will Massey, Rachel Massey, David Lick VITALS: Class B, Region 5B, Cornbelt Conference LAST YEAR: Marion finished fifth in the conference last year. RETURNING: Liz Davis (Sr.), Ashley Engbrecht (Sr.), Sarah Ptak (Sr.), Tory Arbach (Jr.), Haley Lund (Jr.), Michele Schoenwald (So., placed third at regions last year), Amy Ptak (So., placed third at regions last year), Sierra Getskov (Fr.), Gretchen Getskov (8th), Macey Novak (8th), Mayson Preheim (8th) NEWCOMERS: Oddy Pankratz (7th), Kristin Wieman (7th) Beresford COACH: Scott Ebert ASSISTANTS: Matt Coy, Pam Conklin, Rob Wilson, Mikala Larsen, Jim Nelson, Tyler Sorenson VITALS: Region 5A, Dakota XII Conference LAST YEAR: Eight seniors graduated from the squad. RETURNING: Kaitlyn Knutson (Jr.), Kendra Schaap (Jr.), Caitlin Worth (Jr. state qualifier- medley relay), Ria Bailey (So., state qualifier alternate- 4x100), Hannah Ebert (So.), Hannah Nelson (So., state qualifier-long jump, 4x100, 4x200), Cait Savey (So., state qualifer-3200m), Tianna Schulp (So., state qualifiermedley relay), Emma Williams (So.), Alana Bergland (Fr., state qualifier-4x200), Sydney Nelson (Fr., state qualifer- 4x100), Grace Quartier (Fr.) Bon Homme COACH: Byron Pudwill ASSISTANTS: Rusty Roland, Jason Hein, Lindsey Fathke, Kelli Hoff VITALS: Region 5A, Little Missouri Valley Conference, Southeast South Dakota Conference LAST YEAR: Bon Homme finished seventh in the state track meet. They lost five letterwinners from a season ago. RETURNING: Michelle Sestak (Sr.), Courtney Eddy (Sr.), Anna Heusinkveld (Sr., school record- 4x200, 4x400); Morgan McAllister (Sr., state champion pole vault); Morgan Rothschadl (Sr., school record- 400m dash, 300m hurdles 4x200m relay, 4x400m relay. three class gold medalist- 300m hurdles); McKeely Merkwan (Jr., fifth place state- pole vault), Sierra Mesman (Jr., school record4x200, 4x400. seventh place state- 400m dash); Paige Eddy (So.), Ciera Himes (8th). Centerville COACH: Doug Edberg ASSISTANTS: Sheila Gust, Shellie Eide VITALS: Region 5B, TriValley Conference LAST YEAR: Rebecca Hybertson placed 3rd at the state track meet in Pole Vault. Shannon O’Malley qualified in the 100m dash for the state meet. RETURNING: Rebecca Hybertson (Sr.), Shannon O’Malley (So.), Malloy O’Malley (8th) NEWCOMERS: Megan Rison (So.), Haley Meyer (7th), Elli Hunter (7th), Jaycee Knutson (8th), Shelby Graves (7th) Dakota Valley COACH: Tammy Lilly ASSISTANTS: Vince Tucker, Ben Blaeser, James Schmit VITALS: Region 4A, Dakota XII Conference LAST YEAR: Despite qualifying just six athletes, Dakota Valley finished fourth place in the Class A State meet. RETURNING: Sara Bohan (Sr., state champion long jump, 2nd place 300 hurdles, 5th place 100 hurdles, 1600m relay state finalist); Anna Rasmussen (Jr., 1600m, medley relay finalist, triple jump qualifier); Marisa Schulz (Jr., state champion 3200m run, 3rd place 1600m run, medley relay, 800m run qualifier); Alyssa Johnson Marty COACH: Kenny Ashes ASSISTANT: Ernest Weddell VITALS: Class B, Region 6B RETURNING: Juanita Cummings (So.), Chyrelle Tiger (So.), Apollonia Zephier (So.), Kini Po Hart (8th) Menno BON HOMME: Morgan McAllister (So., 1600m, medley relay qualifier); Rachel Okine (So.), Medley Relay Qualifier NEWCOMERS: Hope Carlson, Elizabeth Lammers, Maredith Lammers, Nikita Reinschmidt, Eryn Sandwell, Sydnee VanDerMaaten, Kaitlyn Pfaffle. Elk Point-Jefferson COACH: Megan Custis ASSISTANTS: Toni Hall, Danny Hutchenson, Haley Homan VITALS: Region 4A, Dakota XII Conference RETURNING: Becca Brewer (Sr.); Josie Heeren (Sr.); Bailey Lynch (Sr.); Bailey Weavill (Sr.); Lynsey Klunder (Jr.); Emily Mickelson (Jr.); Elsie Aslesen (So.); Addison Ludwig (So.); Tianna Stokely (So.); Callie Chicoine (Fr.); Karly Marx (Fr.); Ally Nearman (Fr.) Ethan-Parkston COACH: Emily Evans ASSISTANTS: Katrina Hostler, Griffeth VanLeur, Tony Axtell, Andrew Schnieder VITALS: Class A, Region 5A RETURNING: Tulsa Janish (So.), Kailee Schnabel (So.), Pateince Neshien (Fr.), Rachel Hawkins (So.) NEWCOMERS: Maddie Miller (8th), Sydney Wickersham (8th) Freeman COACH: Rory Hermsen ASSISTANT: Chris Maske, Curt Sage, Kristina Sage VITALS: Class B, Region 5B, Cornbelt Conference RETURNING: Rebecca Eberts (Sr., distance); Taylor Hermsen (Sr., discus); Natalie Goosen (Jr., sprints); Karli Maske (So., sprints); Hannah Eberts (Fr., middle distance); Josie Fuhrhman (Fr., sprints); Caitlyn Gronewald (Fr., jumps); Faith Hofer (Fr., hurdles); Kailey Jacobsen (Fr., jumps); Journey Mehlhaf (Fr., throws); Tayaih Miller (Fr., sprints); Haylie Palmer (Fr., throws); Dayna Roth (Fr., middle distance); Sarah Wipf (Fr., distance) NEWCOMERS: Mara Anderson (8th), Genive Baer (8th), Emmarie Edwards (8th), Kahli Gall (8th), Jaime Glanzer (8th), Sydney Jensen (8th), Emily Miller (8th), Isabel Sayler (8th), Cara Maske (7th), Rijjy Peterson (7th) Freeman Academy COACH: Suzanne Koerner ASSISTANT: Daniel Hag- gerty VITALS: Class B, Region 5B, Tri-Valley Conference LAST YEAR: Hannah Yoder was 4th in the 100m finals. RETURNING: Hannah Yoder (Sr.), Bethany Wollman (Sr.), Polly Carlson (Sr.), Darsie Eslinger (Sr.), Tiana Schroeder (Jr.), Annie Carlson (So.) NEWCOMER: Andrea Wollman (Fr.) Gayville-Volin COACH: Jeremial Dibbey ASSISTANTS: Larry Buffington, Bobbie McLaury, Gene Bormann, Tom Rice VITALS: Region 5B, TriValley Conference, Great Plains Conference LAST YEAR: Gayville-Volin finished fourth at the State Track Meet. RETURNING: Viola Ishmael (Sr., state relay alternate), DaNeila Jensen (Sr., 2014 state qualifier in discus), Hannah Rolfs (Sr.), Genenieve Clark (Sr., state qualifier in 400, 800, 4x800 medley), Kayla Nedved (Sr.), Traia Hubbard (Jr., state qualifier in shot/ state placer in discus), Megan Hirsch (Jr., state qualifier in 4x800 & Medley), Maren Buffington (Jr.), Maddi Nelson (Jr.), Laura Nelson (Jr., state qualifier in 4x800 medley, 1600, 3200). Lanny Clark (So., state qualifier in the 4x800), Sarah Bueleman (So.), Meghan Bueleman (So.), Jayden Ginger (So.), Shamae Bench (So.), Heather Maier (Fr.), Shelbi Lindner (Fr.), Tori Vandertaig (Fr.) NEWCOMERS: Tori Gale (8th), Bre Gilbery (8th), Sally Quatier (8th), Bella Jensen (8th), Taya Rose (8th), Shaela Wuestewald (8th), Olivia Petrik (8th), Paige Wise (8th), Baylee Prather (8th) COACH: Ken Bruckner VITALS: Region 5B, Cornbelt Conference LAST YEAR: Menno returned 13 letterwinners form the 2015 season. RETURNING: Tara Spencer (Sr., High Jump State Qualifier); Marissa Baechlerll (sprints); Paige Heckenlaible (So., throws, relays); Hailey Fergen (So., jumps, sprints); Lindsey Grassmid (Jr., hurdles, relays); Kiara Nusz (Fr., throws, relays); Tess Oplinger (Fr., sprints, relays); Jaedyn Oplinger (Fr., relays); Eisley Sayler (Fr., throws, relays); Trinity Kocourek (8th, distance); Hilary Wade (8th, sprints) NEWCOMERS: Kia Ahalt (Fr.), Morgan Edelman (7th), Carly Herrboldt (7th), Jesse Munkvold (7th). Scotland COACH: Gary Pepper ASSISTANTS: Chris McGregor, Ryan Robb VITALS: Region 5B, Little Missouri Valley Conference, Southeastern South Dakota Conference, Great Plains Conference RETURNING: Alexis DeBoer (Sr.), Kchandra Furney (Jr.), Taylor Gall (So.), Kelsi Nooney (Fr.) NEWCOMERS: Taylor Bauder (Jr.), Hope Fuerst (Jr.), Tori Herrboldt (8th), Ashton Simantel (8th), Issabela Vitek (8th), Kennedy Bietz (7th), Makayla Frederich (7th), Grace Fryda (7th), Annabella Hlavac (7th), Macie Johanneson (7th), Mckensie Sedlacek (7th). Tripp-DelmontArmour COACH: Ron Weber ASSISTANTS: Carly Fritz VITALS: Region 6B, Great Plains Conference, Little Missouri Valley Conference RETURNING: Kera Kaufman (Sr.), Erica Koster (So.), Alyssa Whitney (Fr.), Kianna Payer (8th.), MattiLynn Reiner (Fr.), Kelsey Buchmann (Sr.), Ali hanson (Sr.), Alexis Gregerson (Jr.), Paiger Neugerbauer (So.), Amy Brenner (Fr.) NEWCOMERS: Brookyn Brower (So.), Kajsa Stenis (Sr.), Julia David (Jr.), Gracie Wold (So.); Maren Collins (So.), Issabelle Provost (So.); Jackie Nuss (So.), Isabella Knife (So.), McKenzie Vonfelt (So.), Bailey Rolsten (Fr.), Mari Zolnowski (Fr.), Natalie Ketchum (Fr.), Taylor Van Pelt (Fr.), Emma Bertram (8th), Hannah Whitney (7th), Ally Bertram (7th) Wagner COACH: Joe Kafka ASSISTANTS: Jason Knebel, matt Slaba, Jenny Zephier VITALS: Region 5A, Southeast South Dakota Conference, Little Missouri Valley Conference LAST SEASON: Wagner returns six athletes that participated in the 2015 State meet. RETURNING: Emily Brunsing (Sr., state qualifier); Rachel Dion (Sr., state qualifier; Krista Dvorak (Sr.), Sadie Eitemiller (Sr., state qualifier); Jensen Holzbauer (Jr.), Kelsey Barnett (Jr.), Carolyn Blaha (So.), Taylor Eitemiller (So., state qualifier); Abby Freier (So., state qualifier); Janae Patterson (So., state qualifier); Halley Zephier (So.), Maggie Barnett (Fr.), Britney Krcil (Fr.), Joanna Soukup (Fr.), Faith Tyler (Fr.), Aneissa Olson (Fr.), Josi Bouza (So.), Maesa Dvorak (8th) NEWCOMERS: Megan Zephier (Sr.), Ibanez Hopkins (Fr.), Cassidy Liggett (Fr.), Megan Merkwan (Fr.), Anna Ronspies (Fr.), Kirstyn Roth (Fr.), Haley Drapeaux (Fr.), Madison Mora (Fr.) Parker Platte-Geddes COACH: Matt Maxon ASSISTANTS: Darren DeNeui, Christa Peterson VITALS: Class B, Region 6B COACH: Brent MutchLAST YEAR: Platte-Geddes elknaus ASSISTANTS: Bridget Healy, finished first in the Region 6B. RETURNING: Kaitlyn Mike King, Landra Knodel VITALS: Class B, Region 5B, Berens (Jr.), Emma DeNeui (Jr.), Mae Duba (Jr.), Katelyn Tri-Valley Conference Engebretson (Fr.), Reganne LAST YEAR: Lauren SoEngebretson (Sr.), Hallie kolowski, who finished first in the 100-meter hurdles at state, Halbok (Jr.), Ally Holter (Fr.), Lacey McLouth (So.), Sawyer graduated. RETURNING: Alicia Geuther Naasz (Fr.), Jada Nelson (Jr.), Alexis Peterson (Jr.), Aubrey (Sr.), Erin Hansen (Sr.), Caitlin Hinseth (Sr., State Meet 4x100, Rabenberg (Sr.), Libby Stucker 4x200), Taylor Lee (Sr.), Andrea Sokolowski (Sr., State Meet Placer), Gazmyne Johnston (Jr.), Kylie Jorgensen (Jr.), Adriana McDonald (Jr.), Raven Jensen (So.), Kayla Meyer (So.), Maddie Mohr (So.), Mackenzie Johnke (Fr.), Kaylen Knodel Dr. Sheila Fitzgerald DAKOTA VALLEY: Sara Bohan Irene-Wakonda Keeping Smiles Healthy & Young Viborg-Hurley COACH: Bill Hansen ASSISTANTS: John Nyhaug, Carissa Holtrop, Robbie Kessler VITALS: Region 5B, TriValley Conference LAST YEAR: The Cougars finished third in the TVC. RETURNING: Abby Hora (Sr.), Emily Bjerkaas (Jr.), Jacia Christiansen (Jr.), Alley Osterloo (Jr.), Kirsten Paetow (Jr.), Alison Knutson (Jr.), Alexia Jensen (Jr.), Tori Hansen (Fr.), Kaylee Kropuenske (Fr.), Breanna Johnson (Fr.), Halle Sawyer (Fr.) 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