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School/Sports May 7, 2008

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Golfers Win Conference Meet
After finishing second earlier in the week at Ellendale the Napoleon Imperial boys' golf team rebounded to win the South Central Conference meet in Linton on Thursday.

Playing in sustained winds of 35 mph or more the entire day Napoleon senior Nathan Kleppe earned medalist honors with an 85 while his junior teammate Brady Fettig was runner up with an 85. Also figuring in the team scoring was freshman Donovan Gross with an 89 and junior Morgan Schwartzenberger who carded a 93. Also playing for coach Jason Horner were Cory Knutson with 106 and Jonah Schwartzenberger with 106.

Golfers Come Up 1 Stroke Short
One less putt, one closer chip, just one less stroke somewhere, the Napoleon boys' golf team could have tied Edgeley/Kulm last Tuesday at the Ellendale golf meet.

Edgeley-Kulm won the seven team tournament with 353 while Napoleon carded a 354 for a second place finish.

The Imperials had four golfers finish in the top ten with sixth through ninth place. Junior Brady Fettig led the Imperials with a sixth place finish 87 as his classmate Morgan Schwartzenberger also carded an 87 for seventh place. Finishing in eighth was senior Nathan Kleppe with 90 while eighth grader Jonah Schwartzenberger also netted 90. Two other Imperials competing for coach Jason Horner were Donovan Gross 93 and Cory Knutson 102.

Piatz Wins Again
Napoleon’s Amber Piatz picked up medalist honors Monday, May 5 at the pre-region tournament in Lisbon as she carded a 95. Piatz outdistanced runner up Hailey Gentzkow of LaMoure by four strokes who had a 99. Piatz was the only Imperial to break the top ten as her teammates Rebecca Buchholz had 122, Jessica Long 134, Kaitlyn Kleppe 135 and Krista Gross had 150.

LaMoure/LMM picked up the team title as they had 424 while Napoleon was eighth with 486 and Central Prairie came in tenth with 653.

Imperials Struggle At Pre-Region
Conditions were probably the nicest on the year as the Napoleon boys’ golf team played at the Memorial Park Country Club on Mon., May 5. It was the pre-region tournament and individuals shooting no more than seven over par could qualify for the state tournament. However, on this day, not a single golfer qualified.

The tournament medalist, Tyler Reisenauer of Ellendale carded 81 as did runner-up Dillon Bishop of Lisbon. For the Imperials, Morgan Schwartzenberger led the pack with an 89, Nathan Kleppe 91, Donovan Gross 91, Brady Fettig 92, Jonah Schwartzenberger 98 and Paul Buchholz 102, None of the Imperials placed in the top 10.

In the team standings Sargent Central/North Sargent picked up the win with a 343 while the Imperials finished sixth with 363 and Central Prairie carded 402 for tenth place.

Piatz Is Medalist
Four teams on the girl's side competed for the South CentralConference championship in golf on Thursday in Linton. As a team the Imperials placed fourth, however, Napoleon's Amber Piatz captured the medalist title by shooting a 95. Napoleon's Rebecca Buchholz placed 7th with a 111, while Katie Kleppe carded a 134 and Krista Gross a 141. Just as for the boys, strong sustained winds made play tough.

South Central Conference medalist Amber Piatz

Host Linton captured the team title with 452, second went to South Border with 458, third went to Edgeley-Kulm with 470.

Pirates Take Double Header
From Central Prairie The Steele-Dawson Pirates baseball team picked up a double header win last Tuesday in Napoleon as Napoleon was host town to a twin bill high school baseball game against the Central Prairie Firebirds.

Kriss McCleary readies to bunt the ball during high school baseball action last week in Napoleon.

The Pirates have two Napoleon athletes on their team in senior Kriss McCleary as catcher and junior Evan Gross who pitched the first 5-inning game shutout and allowed only two hits and picked up a 3-0 win. The Pirates picked up five hits in that game. Nic Moser for the Firebirds was the losing pitcher

In the second game the Pirates had Adam Randall on the mound who went the 5-inning game and picked up a 3-2 win, giving up two runs on no hits. The losing pitcher was Matt Heinrich for the Firebirds. On the season S-D is 8-4 and 6-1 in Region 8.

Set for Success
Imperial Varsity Track Teams Travel to Linton
Coach Chad Lindeman enjoys winning and seeing his athletes have success in every track meet, but he also sees a bigger picture beyond each meet, including the Linton Lions Invite held on April 22. “We strive to put each of our athletes in positions that will give them, and the team, the best chance at success”, says Lindeman. “But with some of these meets, the emphasis is on setting these kids up for success in later meets that we deem more important.”

“These meets are what I like to call “table-setters”, continued Lindeman. “Hopefully we’ll be eating well when it comes to the main courses, like varsity conference championships and regional championships. But you have to give the kids the necessary tools first before they can eat big.”

As a team, the boys’ finished 5th out of eight teams with a total score of 55 points. Linton ran away with the team title by earning 262 points.

In the girls’ division, Alicia Rodlund had a big day as she placed in all four of her events. Alicia took 2nd in the 200 with a 2008 best of 30.14 seconds, 4th in the 100 (13.94), 4th in the long jump with a PB 13’ 2 ½” leap, and was part of the 4 x 400 relay team that took 1st (4:36); other members of the relay included Katie Grunefelder, Mikayla Young, and Sheridon Dewald. Other Lady Imperials who had remarkable days included: Ali Werre, who shaved nine seconds off her season best to run a 2008 best 2:57 (5th) in the 800; Ali also had her best jump in nearly two years by jumping 26’ 7” (4th) in the triple jump event.

The Napoleon Elementary music concert was held under the direction of Ms. Kristen Kuipers last Tuesday. The theme of the concert was “The Wonderful World of Disney”. Here is a portion of the mass choir singing “Life is a Highway”.

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