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Cassville senior Dylan Johll (center) is having quite a season already this spring. The standout sprinter recenly won the boys 100-meter dash at last Thursday nights Cassville Invite with a time of :11.58. Taking second was Caleb Irish of River Ridge (left) with a time of :11.86.
A.J. Gates
Updated: Apr 21, 2016, 1:48 PM
Published: Apr 21, 2016, 2:03 PM

River Ridge and Cassville participated in last Tuesday night’s North Crawford Invite, where the River Ridge girls brought home top honors with 131 total points.

Leading the way for the Timberwolves was senior Bridgette Myers, who placed first in the 200 (:30.27), the 400 (1:07.68) and the triple jump (33’1.75”) She also placed fifth in the long jump (14’0”). 

On the boys side, Cassville’s Dylan Johll took first in the 100 (:11.62) and the 200 (:23.65), while also helping the 4x200 relay team of Caleb Dahse, Lucca Dalmolin and Jared Kartman, to a second-place finish (1:40.16).

 

North Crawford Invite

(from Tuesday, April 12)

Boys

Team scores - 1. Royall 126.5; 2. North Crawford 108; 3. Kickapoo/LaFarge 82; 4. De Soto 67; 5. Wauzeka 55.5; 6. River Ridge 50; 7. Hillsboro 48; 8. Wonewoc-Center 40; 9. Cassville 39.5; 10. Brookwood 34; 11. Riverdale 24; 12. Belmont 18.5; 13. Seneca 6.

Top finishers from River Ridge

100 - 3. Caleb Irish :11.93. 200 - 3. Caleb Irish :24.45. 800 - 6. Ivan Trautsch 2:27.80. 110 hurdles - 3. Zach Noethe :19.84; 8. Jonathan Breuer :22.54. 4x100 - 5. (Bryan Maring, Shane West, Travis Jelinek, Zach Noethe) :53.24. 4x200 - 3. (Isaac White, Tristen White, Caleb Irish, Aiel Guererro) 1:41.34. 4x400 - 7. Tristan White, Ivan Trautsch, Shane West, Travis Jelinek) 4:20.61. 4x800 - 5. (Travis Jelinek, Jonathan Breuer, Ivan Trautsch, Caleb Lenzendorf) 10:06.45. High jump - 4. Isaac White 5’2”. Shot put   - 4. Bryan Maring 40’8.5”. Discus - 7. Bryan Maring 100’10”. 

Top finishers from Cassville

100 - 1. Dylan Johll :11.62; 8. Caleb Dahse :12.52. 200 - 1. Dylan Johll :23.65; 8. Jared Kartman :25.65. 4x200 - 2. (Caleb Dahse, Lucca Dalmolin, Jared Kartman, Dylan Johll) 1:40.16. High jump - 5. Caleb Dahse 5’2”. Pole vault - 8. Keegan Morley 7’6”. Shot put - 8. Ben Wheeler 36’9”. Discus - 5. Gus Hetcher 110’7”.

Girls

Team scores - 1. River Ridge 131; 2. Wauzeka 120.75; 3. North Crawford 87.5; 4. Kickapoo/LaFarge 65.75; 5. Hillsboro 58; 6. De Soto 55.25; 7. Royall 51.5; 8. Brookwood 44.5; 9. (tie) Wonewoc-Center 25, Cassville 25; 11. Riverdale 14.5; 12. Belmont 14; 13. North Crawford J.V. 0.25.

Top finishers from River Ridge

100 - 5. Allison Ploessl :14.46. 200 - 1. Bridgette Myers :30.27; 6. Allison Ploessl :30.78. 400 - 1. Bridgette Myers 1:07.68; 4. Rachael Herrick 1:08.85; 5. Karli Jandro 1:10.83. 800 - 5. Rachael Herrick 2:53.84. 1600 - 5. Taylor Langmeier 6:26.17. 3200 - 4. Taylor Langmeier 14:58.43; 7. Rebecca Breuer 16:27.70; 8. Anna Judy Bosetti 21:04.21. 300 hurdles - 5. Taylor Cooley :58.08. 4x100 - 4. (Ashton Marshall, Sammy Steiger, Franci Gates, Jiah Bailey) :58.14. 4x200 - 2. (Ashton Marshall, Maria Breuer, Allison Ploessl, Sammy Steiger) 2:01.81. 4x400 - 2. (Maria Breuer, Rebecca Breuer, Karli Jandro, Sammy Steiger) 5:05.52. 4x800 - 1. (Taylor Langmeier, Taylor Cooley, Rachael Herrick, Rebecca Breuer) 11:29.77. High jump - 3. Sammy Steiger 4’6”. Pole vault - 1. Franci Gates 8’0”; 2. Sydney Bloom 7’0”; 4. (tie) Rebecca Breuer 6’0”. Long jump - 5. Bridgette Myers 14’0”. Triple jump - 1. Bridgette Myers 33’1.75”. Discus - 6. Taylor Linder 78’7”.

Top finishers from Cassville

100 hurdles - 4. Bailie Becwar :19.49. 300 hurdles - 3. Bailie Becwar :57.24. 4x100 - 5. (Bailie Becwar, Isa Ortiz, Kasha Vogt, Abi Borcherding) 1:00.95. Shot put - 2. Paige Johll 30’9.75”. Discus - 7. Paige Johll 77’6”.

 

Last Thursday night, the River Ridge girls continued their winning ways by finishing first at the Cassville Invite, scoring 183 total points.

Bridgette Myers took top honors in the 200 (:29.72), the long jump (13’7.5”) and the triple jump (28’9.75”), while also placing second in the 400 (1:08.80).

On the boys’ side, Cassville’s Dylan Johll won the 100 (:11.58) and the 200 (:23.83), while teammate Gus Hetcher won teh discus (116’9”). River Ridge’s Ivan Trautsch took first in the 800 (2:26.82), while Zach Noethe won the 110 hurdles (:19.55) and Bryan Maring won the shot put (38’8.5”).

 

Cassville Invitational

(from Thursday, April 14)

Boys

Team scores - 1. North Crawford 153; 2. River Ridge 138; 3. Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 92; 4. Cassville 79; 5. Black Hawk 46; 6. Potosi 5.

Top finishers from River Ridge

100 - 2. Caleb Irish :11.86. 200 - 3. Caleb Irish :24.32; 4. Tristan White :25.99. 400 - 4. Isaac White 1:01.21. 800 - 1. Ivan Trautsch 2:26.82; 3. Caleb Lenzendorf 2:32.72. 1600 - 2. Caleb Lenzendorf 5:39.05; 6. Jonathan Breuer 5:52.25. 3200 - 2. Travis Jelinek 13:42.54. 110 hurdles - 1. Zach Noethe :19.55; 2. Jonathan Breuer :21.66. 300 hurdles - 3. Zach Noethe :52.65; 5. Jonathan Breuer :56.68. 4x100 - 3. (Amiel Guererro, Shane West, Travis Jelinek, Zach Noethe) :51.66. 4x200 - 1. (Isaac White, Tristan White, Caleb Irish, Amiel Guererro) 1:43.30. 4x400 - 4. (Tristan White, Caleb Lenzendorf, Ivan Trautsch, Bryan Maring) 4:18.15. 4x800 - 3. (James Breuer, Brett Breuer, Travis Jelinek, Shane Durns) 12:45.72. High jump - 3. Isaac White 5’6”. Pole vault - 5. Caleb Lenzendorf 8’0”. Long jump - 5. Ivan Trautsch 16’1”; Triple jump - 4. Ivan Trautsch 32’0.5”. Shot put - 1. Bryan Maring 38’8.5”; 6. Shane Durns 33’5.5”. Discus - 3. Bryan Maring 104’9”.

Top finishers from Cassville

100 - 1. Dylan Johll :11.58; 6. Caleb Dahse :12.46. 200 - 1. Dylan Johll :23.83. 400 - 1. Jared Kartman :55.71. 4x400 - 1. (Caleb Dahse, Jared Kartman, Nick Murray, Dylan Johll) 3:53.26. High jump - 5. Caleb Dahse 5’2”. Long jump - 3. Jared Kartman 16’6.5”. Triple jump - 3. Jared Kartman 35’3.5”. Shot put - 2. Gus Hetcher 35’11.25”; 3. Ben Wheeler 35’2”. Discus - 1. Gus Hetcher 116’9”.

Top finishers from Potosi

400 - 6. Nathaniel Schmitt 1:19.94. 300 hurdles - 4. Christian Bauer :53.40. 

Girls

Team scores - 1. River Ridge 183; 2. North Crawford 149; 3. Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 52; 4. Potosi 50; 5. Black Hawk 40; 6. Cassville 37.

Top finishers from River Ridge

100 - 2. Ashton Marshall :14.78. 200 - 1. Bridgette Myers :29.72; 2. Allison Ploessl :29.80. 400 - 2. Bridgette Myers 1:08.80; 3. Rachael Herrick 1:10.09; 3. Karli Jandro 1:10.83. 800 - 4. Rachael Herrick 2:59.16; 5. Rebecca Breuer 3:04.99. 1600 - 3. Rebecca Breuer 7:01.62. 3200 - 2. Taylor Langmeier 15:36.80. 300 hurdles - 2. Taylor Cooley :58.34. 4x100 - 2. (Taylor Cooley, Ashton Marshall, Franci Gates, Sammy Steiger) :57.93. 4x200 - 1. (Allison Ploessl, Maria Breuer, Ashton Marshall, Sammy Steiger) 2:04.54. 4x400 - 1. (Rebecca Breuer, Maria Breuer, Taylor Cooley, Karli Jandro) 4:47.78. 4x800 - 3. (Taylor Linder, Olivia Loper, Anna Judy Bosetti, Tessa Reynolds) 16:22.0. High jump - 2. Sammy Steiger 4’6”; 3. Taylor Langmeier 4’4”. Pole vault - 1. Franci Gates 8’6”; 2. Sydney Bloom 7’0”; 3. Rebecca Breuer 6’0.5”. Long jump - 1. Bridgette Myers 13’7.5”; 6. Maria Breuer 11’10”. Triple jump - 1. Bridgette Myers 28’9.75”; 2. Rachael Herrick 24’9.5”; 3. Taylor Langmeier 24’8.5”. Shot put - 4. Taylor Linder 27’6.5”. 

Top finishers from Cassville

100 - 4. Isa Ortiz :14.90; 6. Kasha Vogt :15.39. 200 - 6. Isa Ortiz :31.68. 400 - 5. Payton Brinkman 1:15.70. 4x400 - 3. (Payton Brinkman, Abi Borcherding, Isa Ortiz, Bailie Becwar) 5:02.73. Long jump - 5. Isa Ortiz 11’10.25”. Shot put - 1. Paige Johll 31’5.75”. Discus - 1. Paige Johll 86’2.5”; 6. Christal Bean 66’2.5”.

Top finishers from Potosi

100 hurdles - 3. Maggie Schmitz :20.65; 5. Lily Reynolds :21.98. 300 hurdles - 4. Maggie Schmitz 1:01.76. 4x100 - 4. (Jacy Koeller, Lexie Brandt, Marissa Mayers, Brittany Horner) 1:04.03. 4x200 - 3. (Marissa Mayers, Jacy Koeller, Brittany Horner, Madelyn Kruser) 2:10.15. 4x400 - 2. (Lily Reynolds, Maggie Schmitz, Marissa Mayers, Madelyn Kruser) 5:02.71. Long jump - 2. Madelyn Kruser 13’7.5”. Shot put - 3. Grace Morgan 27’9”. Discus - 3. Grace Morgan 80’0”.
Belmont's Kaleen McGettigan notches career win No. 200
Braves blowout Potosi/Cassville in coach's milestone victory
Kaleen McGettigan 200
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.