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Beavers swept by Coe in series finale

After scoring 10 runs in the series opening victory last Friday against Coe, Buena Vista’s bats were held in check while the Kohawks exploded for 24 runs on the day en route to a doubleheader sweep of the Beavers last Saturday in Cedar Rapids.

Coe won by scores of 16-3 and 8-1.

Beavers rally for 6-5 triumph in opener

Buena Vista extended its win streak to four games with a thrilling 6-5 win to begin an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Loras on Sunday, but the Duhawks came back to win the finale, 6-1.

Buena Vista got a pair of strong pitching performances and some timely hitting as the Beavers picked up a much-needed sweep of Coe College by scores of 4-3 and 2-0 in Iowa Conference games last Saturday in Cedar Rapids.

Coe plated an unearned run in the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead, and that’s how things stood until Kate Lesmeiester launched her third home run of the year, a three-run shot in the fourth, to give BVU a 3-1 lead.

Shelmund Mercalina destroyed the school record in the hammer throw as he helped highlight the day for the Buena Vista men’s track and field team as it wrapped up the second and final day of the Red Raider Open hosted by Northwestern College last Saturday in Orange City.

Mercalina posted a new record heave of 51.31 meters (168-4), which broke the previous mark of 166-6 set by Steven Ricke in 2010. Mercalina took fourth overall in the event and is now ranked 45th in Division III and fifth in the Iowa Conference.

Eric Masters carded an 86 and freshman Ben Raveling shot an 89 as the Storm Lake boys golf team was finally able to make its season debut by playing in the Denison-Schleswig Invitational last Saturday.

Storm Lake placed 10th in the team standings with a 379. Atlantic was first with a 319 team score.

Tyler Dvergsten shot a 94 for the Tornadoes. Drew Binning had a 110 and Mark Eddie carded a 114.

The Alta-Aurelia Middle School track and field team participated in the Ridge View Raptor Relays on April 12. The Warriors won the meet with 155 points.

“I was really impressed with our handoffs,” Alta-Aurelia coach Kate Westphal said. “For only being able to work on them one day outside they looked pretty good. I was also happy with how our field events showed up. We were able to take first and second in the high jump, first in the long jump as well as first in the discus. That really put us in the lead from the very beginning.”

Newell-Fonda girls hoops camp set

The Newell-Fonda girls basketball camp will be held June 18-22 from 8:30 a.m. until noon at the high school gym in Newell. The cost is $60. Girls entering grades 4-8 next fall are welcome to attend. Basketball enthusiasts from Cherokee, Sac City, Ida Grove, Fort Dodge, Pocahontas, Sioux Rapids, Albert City and Alta have signed up to attend. For more information, contact Dick Jungers at 272-3324 or email him at jungersd@ newell-fonda.k12.ia.us.

Start Smart Golf to be offered

BVU players Smart, Renning, Rheault will be on team’s roster

BY JAMIE KNAPP

When fans attend Storm Lake Whitecaps games this summer, they will see some familiar names from the local college.

Three members of the Buena Vista University baseball team will be on the Whitecaps’ roster for 2018. Infielder Bryce Rheault, pitcher Gage Smart and outfielder Peyton Renning will be spending their summer on the diamond in Storm Lake.

Chandler Damewood, Anthony Krier and Nick Gaes each captured a first-place finish and two relay teams were victorious as Alta-Aurelia won the team title in the West Monona Relays on Tuesday.

The Warriors scored 1211⁄4 points. Missouri Valley was second with 1091⁄4. Twelve teams participated.

Damewood won the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 8 inches. Krier claimed the long jump in 19-51⁄2 while Gaes won the 110 meter high hurdles in 15.49 seconds.