2015 SECOND Iowa High School Softball Rankings

ighsauDes Moines, Iowa — In the 2nd 2015 Iowa High School Softball Rankings, Northwest Iowa continues to be scarce in polls. Remsen St. Mary’s fell out of the rankings from the 11 spot in 1A, but LeMars fell from the 3rd spot in Class 4A to being unranked. Sioux Center made the biggest jump in the positive direction, up from 14 to the 9 spot in 3A.

Class 1A

School

Record

LW

1

AGWSR

7-0

4

2

Woodbury Central

8-2

1

3

Akron-Westfield

7-1

2

4

Lansing Kee

8-1

3

5

Marquette Catholic

9-0

6

6

Lynnville-Sully

6-0

8

7

New London

6-0

12

8

Don Bosco

5-1

9

9

Glidden-Ralston

5-0

13

10

Janesville

5-1

NR

11

Logan-Magnolia

8-0

14

12

North Butler

2-1

7

13

Wayne

7-1

NR

14

Martensdale-St. Marys

6-3

5

15

Newell-Fonda

5-3

15

Dropped Out:  Exira-EHK (10), Remsen St. Mary’s (11),

Class 2A

School

Record

LW

1

Fort Dodge St. Edmond

10-1

3

2

Alburnett

8-3

1

3

Emmetsburg

4-1

5

4

Iowa City Regina

6-2

6

5

Highland

4-1

2

6

Pella Christian

7-0

NR

7

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

6-1

9

8

BCLUW

4-1

10

9

Alta-Aurelia

7-2

NR

10

IKM-Manning

6-1

14

11

Cascade

9-2

15

12

Central Springs

4-1

NR

13

St. Ansgar

1-3

4

14

Jesup

6-1

NR

15

Durant

6-3

13

Dropped Out: Woodward-Granger (7),  Earlham (8), Sumner-Fredericksburg (11), Denver (12)

Class 3A

School

Record

1

Benton Community

14-0

3

2

Solon

8-1

1

3

Greene County

9-0

5

4

Center Point-Urbana

9-3

2

5

East Marshall

4-1

4

6

Northeast

9-0

NR

7

Mid-Prairie

6-1

6

8

Spirit Lake

7-3

7

9

Sioux Center

6-2

14

10

Bondurant-Farrar

3-3

13

11

West Liberty

5-0

NR

12

Waterloo Columbus

5-0

15

13

West Burlington/Notre Dame

8-3

8

14

PCM

5-2

11

15

Mount Vernon

0-5

10

Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (9), Clarke (12)

Class 4A

School

Record

1

Fort Dodge

7-2

1

2

Oskaloosa

6-0

6

3

Dallas Center-Grimes

6-1

7

4

Indianola

7-1

5

5

Winterset

7-3

9

6

Carlisle

7-1

4

7

Norwalk

3-2

2

8

ADM

6-1

8

9

Waverly-Shell Rock

5-1

12

10

Davenport Assumption

6-3

NR

11

Clear Creek-Amana

3-3

10

12

Cedar Rapids Xavier

4-4

11

13

Fairfield

6-0

15

14

North Scott

8-1

NR

15

Keokuk

5-1

14

Dropped Out: Le Mars (3), West Delaware (14)

Class 5A

School

Record

LW

1

Johnston

5-0

1

2

Iowa City West

8-0

6

3

Cedar Rapids Jefferson

7-1

3A

4

West Des Moines Valley

6-1

5

5

Dowling Catholic

4-3

4

6

Waukee

2-4

2

7

Pleasant Valley

4-1

7

8

Southeast Polk

4-2

8

9

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln

6-0

10

10

Urbandale

5-0

NR

Dropped Out: Ottumwa (9)


Sports Schedule For Friday June 5th

softballNorthwest Iowa — A busy Friday starts off a packed weekend of softball and baseball. Sheldon Softball hosts the Sheldon Tournament today and tomorrow, and Orab baseball has the day off until the Sheldon baseball tournament tomorrow.

Softball

Sheldon Tournament
Sergeant Bluff-Luton @ Sheldon
Ridge View @ Sheldon
Sergeant Bluff-Luton v Sioux Center
Sioux Center v Ridge View
Spirit Lake v Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
Spirit Lake v George-Little Rock/Central Lyon
West Sioux, Hawarden v Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
West Sioux, Hawarden v George-Little Rock/Central Lyon

Sioux City West Tournament
Sioux City, East v Hinton
Lawton-Bronson v Hinton
LeMars v Hinton
Lawton-Bronson v LeMars
Hinton v Sioux City, West
Hinton v LeMars Gehlen Catholic

Akron-Westfield @ Trinity Christian, Hull
Alta/Aurelia @ Cherokee, Washington
Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids @ Cherokee, Washington
Clay Central-Everly @ South O’Brien
Okoboji @ Ballard

Baseball

Trinity Christian @ Akron-Westfield
Okoboji @ Central Lyon, Rock Rapids
Clay Central Everly @ South O’Brien
Hinton @ LeMars Gehlen Catholic
MOC Floyd Valley @ George-Little Rock
Harris-Lake Park @ Remsen St. Mary’s
LeMars @ Emmetsburg
MMC-RU @ Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
Sioux City, West @ Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley


Weekly DNR Fishing Report

Iowa DNRSpirit Lake, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest information heading into the weekend. The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For more information contact the Spirit Lake fish Hatchery at 712-336-1840.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest information heading into the weekend. The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For current information, contact the district fisheries office at the phone number listed at the end of each district report.

 

NORTHWEST

 

West Okoboji Lake

Largemouth Bass – Good: Largemouth bass are schooled in the warm water of the canals and harbors as they enter their pre-spawn. Many male bass are already on beds while females are still out swimming the depths. Males are being caught on trick worms, wacky rigs, and drop shots. Females are enjoying jigs and deep diving cranks. Bluegill – Good: The canals are loaded with bluegills. Large and small fish are being caught in good numbers. Pocahontas Point is holding a good population of bluegills with anglers catching large fish with little sorting. Crappie – Fair: The trestle is still being reported to be a good bite. The canals are starting to fill with larger crappies. Smallmouth Bass – Good: Smallmouth are on beds in bays with sandy cobble and larger boulders. These fish will be bedded near larger rocks. Placing any soft plastics near the bed will result in a strike. Northern Pike – Good: Little Emerson and Little Millers are filled with northerns. Throw anything and catch a few. Walleye – Good: Walleyes are being caught by shore anglers fishing the canal bridges after dark. Successful anglers are fishing darker crankbaits and bottom jigs with leeches. 13-19inch fish are being caught. Yellow Bass – Good: In Smiths bay just north of the amusement park, anglers are reporting a high catch rate of large yellow bass. Anglers using orange twister tails or a plain hook with worm and split shot are catching yellows on every cast.

 

East Okoboji Lake

Yellow Bass – Good: Large numbers of yellow bass are being caught near East Okoboji beach near the boat docks. Fish vary in size from small to a few larger 8-9 inch fish. Throw soft plastic shad for them. Anglers fishing under the Highway 9 bridge are catching fair numbers of yellows using small plastic minnows. Yellow Perch – Fair: Numbers of smaller yellow perch are being caught while fishing for yellow bass. Pulling similar baits near the bottom will force more perch into your bucket. Largemouth Bass – Fair: Fish near the inlet to upper gar along the rocks to find a fast paced bass bite. Anglers are seeing bass bedding in upper gar then swimming into East Okoboji. Walleye – Fair: Parks Marina and Lone Tree Point are reporting a hot bite for walleye. Anglers are drifting minnows along the bottom before dark. Larger walleye are being caught in 10-12 feet of water.

 

Big Spirit Lake

Largemouth Bass – Good: Fish are bedding along the north banks. Fish that are bedding can be caught using drop shots placed around the bed or larger Texas rigged baits. Go with a lighter color to keep your bait visible. Walleye – Good: Local anglers are catching walleye around 5:00 till dark at the North Grade. Fish above and below the slot are being caught and creeled. Use dark deer hair jigs tipped with leeches. Yellow Perch – Fair: The fishing pier at the grade is producing more 6-8 inch perch for anglers willing to sort through bullheads and bluegill. Successful anglers using jig heads and wax worms. Crappie – Fair: Larger black crappie have been creeled and reported by multiple anglers at the grade. Anglers are using slip bobbers and minnows. Anglers are having the best success fishing along the fishing bridge.

 

Center Lake

Bluegill – Fair: 6-8 inch bluegill are being caught in low numbers along the north bank. Fish were being harvested using small lipstick jigs tipped with a nightcrawler. Crappie – Good: Smaller crappies are being caught on the north and east side of Center lake. Anglers are using jigs tipped with wax worms.

 

Silver Lake (Dickinson)

Walleye – Good: Anglers are catching limits of walleye on Silver Lake in Lake Park. Many anglers are catching limits using leeches, crankbaits while trolling, or slip bobbers with minnows. Anglers are catching these fish throughout the water body.

 

Storm Lake (including Little Storm Lake)

Boaters should use caution around the dredge barge, booster pump barge, and pipeline. Walleye regulations for Storm Lake are three fish per day, all fish between 17 and 22 inches must be released and only one over 22 inches may be kept. Walleye – Fair: Anglers are picking up 12 to 13 inch and 17 to 19 inch walleye. Try trolling shad colored crankbaits in 7 to 9 feet of water. Channel Catfish – Fair: Use traditional catfish baits. A few are also being picked up while walleye fishing.

 

Lake Pahoja

Bluegill – Excellent: Bluegills are schooled up off the jetties. Bluegills are very large with large numbers in the 7-8in range. Fish a worm and bobber. Largemouth Bass – Good: Largemouth are beginning to bed in the shallows along the south banks in shallower water. Throwing spinner baits or soft plastics for the aggressive males will produce bites.

 

 

Five Island Lake

Walleye – Fair: Anglers fishing just north of Town Bay are catching 14-17 inch walleye. Anglers using bottom bouncers are stumbling upon numbers of walleyes as they approach the shallows.

 

Lost Island Lake

Yellow Bass – Good: Large yellow bass can be caught at the outlet of little lake. These fish are being seen and caught under the overhang of the outlet structure. A large number of smaller fish can be caught near the bridge where Lost Island dumps into little lake. Black Bullhead – Excellent: A very large number of bullheads are being seen while crews are electrofishing on Lost Island. These large numbers of bullhead are being seen at the mouth of little lake just west of the bridge. Crappie – Fair: Crappies are starting to group in the shallow coves of little lake. These fish are swimming into the cattails in preparation for the spawn.


Bauermeister Transfers to Northwestern

Northwestern logoOrange City, Iowa —Ryan Bauermeister of Spencer has signed a letter of intent to continue his cross country and track and field careers at Northwestern College next fall.

Bauermeister comes to Northwestern after running one year for the University of South Dakota cross country and track and field teams. Bauermeister was a three-time all-state selection while running track for Spencer High School. He holds personal bests of 1:59 in the 800m and 4:26 in the 1,600m. Bauermeister was a three-time all-conference selection and owns Spencer’s cross country record with a 5K time of 15:55. An honors student, Bauermeister plans to major in secondary education at Northwestern. He is the son of Kurt and Karen.

“We are thrilled to have Ryan join our men’s distance crew,” commented head coach Scott Bahrke. “Ryan is a great fit for our program and he shows the same values as the other athletes on our team. We are excited to see how God will use him at Northwestern College.”


Van Der Zwaag Headed to Dordt

Dordt_Defenders logoSioux Center, IA — CJ Van Der Zwaag, a recent Boyden Hull High School graduate, has announced her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender softball program.

Van Der Zwaag posted a 21-3 record last season with a 1.19 earned run average. She struck out 180 batters and walked 35 and opponents had a .162 batting average against her. She had 26 hits and a .356 batting average and clubbed seven doubles with two home runs and 26 runs batted in during the 2014 season.

She claimed first-team all-conference and all-district honors last season for Boyden Hull Rock Valley and was a second-team all-state pick. During the 2013 season she batted .353 with 21 runs batted in and had 18 hits. Van Der Zwaag posted a 3-1 pitching record with a 2.96 earned run average and struck out 60 batters in 52 innings of work while earning second-team all-conference honors.

CJ is the daughter of Ken and Rhonda Van Der Zwaag of Hull, Iowa. She plans to study Actuarial Science at Dordt College.


Sports Schedule for June 4th

baseball in gloveNorthwest Iowa — Limited baseball action in the area, but softball continues in full swing. The Orabs have a few days off until the weekend, where they will be hosting the Sheldon Tournament.

Softball

Alta/Aurelia @ St. Mary’s, Remsen
MMC-RU @ Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
MOC-Floyd Valley @ George-Little Rock/Central Lyon
Okoboji @ West Lyon
Sioux Center @ Sibley-Ocheyedan
Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids @ Emmetsburg
Unity Christian @ West Sioux,
Western Christian @ Cherokee

Baseball

Central Lyon @ Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids
West Lyon @ West Sioux
Western Christian @ Cherokee
Okoboji @ Emmetsburg

State Boys Soccer

MOC Floyd Valley vs. St. Albert Council Bluffs