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Black Hawk crowns five champs at Six Rivers Meet
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HAYDEN SCHLIEM took home a Six Rivers Conference title in the long jump on this leap of 211 and as a member of the Warriors winning 400-meter relay team.
Thomas Gunnell
Updated: May 17, 2012, 2:25 PM
Published: May 17, 2012, 2:26 PM

    PLATTEVILLE – Senior Dejay Warrell had a hand in three conference titles for Black Hawk, while senior Hayden Schliem and sophomore Jayden Rufenacht each were part of two titles at Monday’s Six River Conference Track and Field Meet.
    Warrell won the triple jump with a leap of 40’3.5” and he joined with Schliem, Rufenacht and Jace Johnsrud to claim the 400-meter relay in 45.17 and with Rufenacht, Kyle Woodruff and Shawn Woodruff to win the 800-meter relay in 1:37.46.
    Schliem added a title in the long jump with a mark of 21’1” and he placed second in the 200-meter dash in 23.61. Warrell was fourth in the 200 (24.14).
    Senior Chris Priebe also won the 1,600-meter run in 4:34.88 for the Warriors, who finish fourth overall as a team with 96.5 points.
    River Ridge captured the boys’ title with 143.5 points to sweep the conference championships for the third consecutive year.
    Benton/Scales Mound was a distant second with 103 points, followed by Albany with 98. Belmont pulled in eight (31) and Shullsburg was ninth (25) on the day.
    Junior Brandon Wedig placed second in the triple jump (40’5”) and freshman Tucker Wedig finished second in the shot put (43’1.75”) to lead the Braves.
    Senior Nate Carrier jumped away with a second in the long jump (20’4”) for the Miners.

Boys Team Scores: River Ridge 143.5, Benton/Scales Mound 103, Albany 98,  Pecatonica/Argyle 83, Cassville 73, Monticello 43, .

Other area place-winners: 100- 3- Jayden Rufenacht, BH, 11.7; 5- Brandon Wedig, Bel, 11.9; 8- Shawn Woodruff, BH, 12.43; 400- 5- John Hentrich, Bel, 55.75; 800- 4- B. Wedig, Bel, 2:09.14; 110HH- 6- Taime Paul, BH, 20.35; 300IH- 3- Kyle Woodruff, BH, 44.01; 400R- 6- Shullsburg (Nathan Houtakker, Cody Groskreutz, Hervey Trejo, Nate Carrier), 49.49; 800R- 7- Shullsburg (Brett Knautz, Bret Doyle,  Bradley Sigwarth, Groskreutz), 1:44.5; 1600R- 5- Black Hawk (Dakota Meier, S. Woodruff, Tyler Peterson, Tanner Sweeney), 3:58.62; 6- Shullsburg (Knautz, Doyle, Trejo, Houtakker), 3:58.69; 3200R- 5- Shullsburg (Knautz, Doyle, Trejo, Houtakker), 9:24.28; HJ- 4tie- Hayden Schliem, BH, 5’4”; LJ- 4- Sweeney, BH, 19’4.75”; 5- Johnsrud, BH, 19’3”; TJ- 6- Houtakker, SH, 36’10.25”; SP- 7- Reid Schwartz, SH, 37’11.25”; D- 7- Tucker Wedig, 115’5”.
Belmont's Kaleen McGettigan notches career win No. 200
Braves blowout Potosi/Cassville in coach's milestone victory
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Belmont girls head coach Kaleen McGettigan earned her 200th career win last Tuesday night with a 56–25 win over Potosi/Cassville.
Casey Lindecrantz
Published: Dec 13, 2024, 7:23 PM

POTOSI — Belmont girls basketball coach Kaleen McGettigan collected her 200th career win last Tuesday night with a 56–25 victory over Potosi/Cassville.

The Braves shot out to and maintained an early lead in Six Rivers West win over the host Chieftains (3–2, 0–2 SRW).

Potosi/Cassville claimed the opening point on a free throw, but a basket under the hoop by Morgan Freeman earned the only lead change of the night. The result was a Braves lead where the traveling team earned nearly 30 points before Potosi/Cassville tasted double figures.

“Any time we play a conference team, we know it is going to be a battle,” McGettigan said. “The Chieftains lost one of their starters the night before, but credit tot he team and their staff, they came out ready to play. Coach Nebel has done a nice job in her first month as a head coach.”

The Braves clung to a 37–16 lead at the break, nurturing it as they pushed to double Potosi/Cassville’s output over the final 18 minutes.

“I was pleased with the girls’ offensive attacks,” McGettigan said. “We are a tough team to guard because we are so interchangeable, and we need to take more advantage of that.”

The Belmont front was led by a three-headed monster of Lexi Riechers (18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals), Freeman (14 pts, 6 reb), and Kaci Riechers (12 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl). 

Carsyn Ramaker also took on an supporting role — her six rebounds and five assists were each tied for the team high.

“Lexi Riechers was a spark for us, and she got a couple things going on both ends of the floor,” McGettigan said. “Carsyn continues to see the floor well, and Hailey Bahr played the best game of her career.”

With just three opponents left ahead of the new year, the Braves’ next opportunity on the court comes at Benton on Dec. 12.

Junior Lillie Cooley scored a team-high five points in the loss for Potosi/Cassville (3–2, 0–2) which suffered its first loss.

Despite the win, McGettigan believes her team needs improvements in a few areas.

“We need to do a better job of consistently finishing around the rim,” she said. “We also need to be more comfortable  in our half-court sets.”

The Zephyrs (0–6, 0–2) most recently lost to Stockton (Ill.) on Dec. 9, 68–18, and haven’t scored more than 20 points in each of their last three games.

“We need to continue working on limiting other teams’ offensive boards, and getting to our outlet spots,” McGettigan said. “December is a slow month for us, so we need to stay focused in the gym and need to get better.”

Belmont 56, Potosi/Cassville 25
(from Tuesday, Dec. 3 @ Potosi)
Belmont 37 19 — 56
Potosi/Cassville 16 9 — 25
Belmont (2–1, 1–0) — Hailey Bahr 2, Courtney Fritz 5, Kaci Riechers 12, Morgan Freeman 14, Jaelyn Leitzinger 2, Lexi Riechers 18, Brittany Taylor 3. Totals — 25-71 2-7 56.  
Potosi/Cassville (3–1, 0–1) — Matty Udelhofen 4, Madi Weber 2, Lillie Cooley 5, Brielle Fishnick 4, Ruby Roe 3, Miranda Kieler 4, Delany McKillip 3. Totals — 8-43 8-11 25. 
3-pointers — B: 4-19 (Fritz 1, K. Riechers 2, L. Riechers 1); PC: 1-11 (Roe 1). Team fouls — B: 14; PC: 14. Foul out — none.