SPORTS

The Union Boys Golf team finished its regular season, 10-3 in dual meet action. The Knights will compete in sectionals at South Hills Golf Course, Waterloo on Friday May 11, hosted by Hudson.

 

 

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 161

UNION 164

 

MEDALIST

Adam Burhenn (U) - 37

 

RUNNER-UP

Tyson Dirks (G-R) - 37

 

UNION

Adam Burhenn 37

Justin Bagby 41

Blake Miehe 42

Justin Macal 44

Kyle Finzen 45

T.J. Feldpouch 46

 

BCLUW 162

Hudson 164

NU    169

UNION 176

GMG   179

AGWSR 189

N. Tama 190

E. Marshall 197

S. Hardin   198

 

UNION

Adam Burhenn      43

Justin Bagby      44

Blake Miehe 44

Justin Macal      45

 

MEDALIST & RUNNER-UP - 39s

Burhenn - 11th on all-tourney team

Bagby & Miehe - tied for 12th

 

 

NU    162

UNION 172

Columbus 175

 

MEDALIST

Ben Peterson (NU) - 37

 

RUNNER-UP

Adam Burhenn (U) - 39

 

UNION

Adam Burhenn      39

Justin Macal      43

Blake Miehe 44

Justin Bagby      46

T.J. Feldpouch    46

Mike Ross   51

   The Lady Knights dropped the home opener to Benton Community on April 16 by 22 strokes, losing 232-210. Four Knights carded 58s for the meet: senior Brooke Clark, sophs Lauren Powell and Emily Brandt and freshman Andi Jordt.

Editor's Note: Because of the number of athletes participating in the boys' soccer programs, the Hudson and Union school districts have entered into a sharing agreement, combining the two programs under the Hudson banner.

   On May 15 the UHS boys tennis team had an excellent day at the NICL Conference Tennis tournament in Waterloo. After some rainshowers causing a 2 1/2 hour delay, the action was fast and exciting.

   At #2 Singles, senior Sam Knupp, seeded #2, opened with an 8-3 victory over Chase Ruzek of Hudson, followed by a 9-7 win over Benson of S. Hardin. Jay Miller of NU was too much in the finals, winning 8-0. Knupp finishes the year as conference runner-up with an 8-6 singles record. Sam's 18-8 career singles record ties him with Jared Reel on the career winning percentage for matches at .692.

   One of the pleasant surprises of the day was at #4,  as unseeded Mark Jesse pulled out an upset of 3rd seeded Jeff Rash of Grundy Center by an 8-2 whipping. Jesse then faced the #2 seeded Matt Allbee (and eventual Champion) of S. Hardin and lost in a tiebreaker 8-9, 7-5 tiebreak. Jesse recovered from that heartbreaker to take 3rd place by defeating #1 seeded Christian Price of A-P 8-5, finishing 3rd in the Conference.

   At #6 Singles, TJ Brandhorst duplicated Zeien's accomplishment in the first round by defeating 2nd seeded Jeff Turner by an 8-6 margin, but losing to Paul Mauer in the semis by an 8-1 score. In the 3rd place consolation match TJ lost to Skylar Stark of Grundy Center by an 8-2 score.

   At #2 Doubles, Wigg/Jesse lost their first round match to NU in a hard fought 9-7 match. They rebounded by winning the 5th place match over Hudson 8-2.

   Congratulations to the Boys tennis team for a great day and for finishing strong. The dual meet campaign wound up 5-6, but many "revenge" matches at conference provided growth and development for some key players. Coach Bruce Wigg was very pleased with the progress of this team. "It was an enjoyable and productive day at the conference tournament and I am pleased with the  'outstanding' play of the players on this very long day of tennis."

Final Team Standings

1. NU High 57

2. A-P 55

3. UNION 54

4. South Hardin 51

5. Grundy Center 43

6. Dike-NH 30

7. Hudson 25

Dike-New Hartford 8, UNION 1

 

Singles

#1    Amanda Perez (D-NH)     Briar Zeien (U)   8-4

#2    Kassie Foust (D-NH)     Laura Thiele (U)  8-6

#3    Jennah Smith (D-NH)     Jessica Meier (U) 8-0

#4    Kayla Nielsen (D-NH)    Alayna Gerloff (U)      8-0

#5    Liz Weinberg (D-NH)     Haley Flores (U)  8-0

#6    Leigh Crees (U)   Jessica Fernandez 8-2

 

 

Doubles

#1    Perez/Weinberg (D-NH)   Zeien/Thiele (U)  9-7

#2    Smith/Nielsen (D-NH)    Meier/Gerloff (U) 8-2

#3    Foust/Fernandez (D-NH)  Flores/Crees (U)  8-6

 

 

Independence 9, UNION 0

 

Singles

#1    Alicia Leighton (I)     Briar Zeien (U)   8-3

#2    Katie Miller (I)  Laura Thiele (U)  8-3

#3    Kelly Donlan (I)  Jessica Meier (U) 8-1

#4    Candy Little (I)  Alayna Gerloff (U)  8-0

#5    Courtney Little (I)     Haley Flores (U)  8-0

#6    Cara Gahman (I)   Leigh Crees (U)   8-1

 

 

Doubles

#1    Leighton/Miller (I)     Zeien/Thiele (U)  8-0

#2    Cortney Little/Gohman (I)     Meier/Gerloff (U) 8-3

#3    Smith/Feltes (I)  Flores/Crees (U)  8-4

 

 

Grundy Center 9, UNION 0

 

Singles

#1    Christine Mackey (GC)   Briar Zeien (U)  8-4

#2    Sam Junker (GC)   Laura Thiele (U)  8-2

#3    Jenn Moeller (GC) Haley Flores (U)  8-1

#4    Ellie VanderPol (GC)    Leigh Crees (U)   8-3

#5    Alison Gerhard (GC)     Sidney Hennings (U)  8-0

#6    Rachel Kuehn (GC) Kara Timson (U)   9-7

 

Doubles

#1    Mackey/Moeller (GC)     Zeien/Thiele (U)  8-5

#2    Junker/VanderPol (GC)   Flores/Crees (U)  8-1

#3    Gerhard/Kuehn (GC)      Hennings/Timson (U)  6-3

VIKING RELAYS

APRIL 26, 2007

AT VINTON

 

Team Scoring

South Tama  98

Vinton  88

Wapsie Valley 79

Benton Community 72

West Delaware 72

Anamosa 66

A-P 35

UNION 27

NUHS  15

Monticello 6

 

UNION INVITE

APRIL 27, 2007

AT LA PORTE CITY

 

Team Scoring

Independence  153

CP-U  117

Jesup 98

UNION 88

East Buchanan  49

Don Bosco   31

 

 

Highlights:

R.Hennessy 1st  Shot  49'8"

 

R.Hennessy 1st  Disc 130'1"

 

Z. Purdy 2nd 110 hurd 17.78

 

Z. Purdy 2nd 400 hurd 1:01.75

 

J. Wauters 2nd 800 run 2:16

 

E. Gross 3rd Discus  113'9"

 

4x800 Relay  3rd   9:57

 

Shuttle Hurdle  3rd  1:09.1

 

4x400 Relay 3rd  4:01

 

 

NICL EAST CONFERENCE

APRIL 30, 2007

AT  DIKE

 

Team Scoring

UNION 6th - 30 pts.

 

Highlights:

R.Hennessy 1st Shot 50'10.25"

 

4x800 3rd                 9:35.96

 

G. Woodson  3rd  800  2:10.17

 

Z. Purdy 4th 400 hurd 1:00.8

 

E. Gross 5th Discus   110'3"

 

Shuttle Hurdle 5th    1:07.91

 

NICL EAST CONFERENCE

APRIL 30, 2007

AT DIKE

 

Team Scoring

Hudson 140

A-P 96

Jesup 94

UNION 86

Dike-NH 70

Denver 35

Wapsie Valley 35

NUHS 33

 

 

Highlights:

K. Wauters 2nd Disc 113'11"

 

A. Lappe 6th Disc  89'2"

 

J. Zeigler 3rd High Jump 5'0"

 

C. Wagner 6th L. Jump 14'8.5"

 

K. Wauters 1st Shot    34'8"

 

M. Leeper 2nd 3000  12:02.44

 

E. Snyder 5th 3000  12:20.25

 

Shuttle Hurdle 2nd 1:09.63

 

S. Woodson 4th 400  1:05.11

 

J. Zeigler 5th 100H  16.71

 

E. Snyder 5th 800  2:37.98

 

M. Clark  2nd    200      26.8

 

A. Downing 2nd 400H1:08.54

 

E. Sears 5th  1500  5:34.28

 

4x100  3rd     53.94