Spartan Roundup - Oct. 14

The Superior High School cross country team capped off its regular season with first- and second-place finishes at Tuesday’s Lake Superior Conference meet at the Far Par Golf Course in Duluth.

The Spartan boys won the team title while the SHS girls were second.

Equally impressive for Superior was having Matt Swanson and Shane Holmes finish 1-2 in the boys race and Leah Holmes winning the girls race.

Also running for the SHS boys were Evan Walpole, who finished fifth; Andy Heytens, 15th; Brandon Westmoreland, 20th; and Levi Felton, 21st.

Following Leah Holmes across the finish line for the Spartan were Natalie Kintop, sixth; Catie Albrecht, 13th; Ashlee Knight, 25th; Nicole Mattson, 28th; Katee Guello, 30th; and Megan Place, 33rd.

Up next for the Spartans is the WIAA sectional meet at Merrill on Oct. 24.

Hibbing meet

The Spartan boys won their first invitational of the year last Thursday at Hibbing.

Shane Holmes won the race in an exciting sprint to the finish over the last 200 meters, beating out Sam Saccoman of Hibbing by a step.

Rounding out the varsity were Swanson, Heytens, Mike Chevalier, Westmoreland and Felton, whose strong support was needed in case of a tie.

Leah Holmes almost matched her brother as she placed second in the girls race behind top area runner Tatum Garrity of Hibbing.

Catie Albrecht was second for the Spartans in 14th place. Mattson, Knight and Katee Guello rounded out the top five scoring with strong races.

Madelyn Swanson and Marissa Foley also ran varsity for Superior, placing 38th and 43rd, respectively.

Lake Superior Conf. Championships

Far Par Golf Course – Duluth

Varsity Boys

Superior 41; 2. Duluth Denfeld 56; 3. Ashland 63; 4. Hermantown 106; 5. Duluth Central 118; 6. Proctor 167; 7. Marshall 180; 8. Cloquet 193.

Varsity Girls

Hermantown 56; 2. Superior 70; 3. Duluth Central 74; 4. Ashland 79; 5. Proctor 96; 6. Cloquet 121.

JV Boys

Duluth Central 36; 2. Hermantown 52; 3. Superior 55; 4. Ashland 143; 5. Cloquet 144; 6. Duluth Denfeld 147; 7. Marshall 165.

JV Girls

Hermantown 31; 2. Superior 52; 3. Proctor 58; 4. Duluth Central 84; 5. Cloquet 113.

Varsity Boys

(Top 5 and SHS runners)

1 Matt Swanson, SHS 16:41.5; 2 Shane Holmes, SHS 16:42.5; 3 Jeff Cottrell, Hermantown 16:44.2; 4 Peter Thorstad, Duluth Denfeld 16:46.4; 5 Josh Smith, Ashland 16:52.2; 9 Evan Walpole, SHS 17:10; 14 Mike Chevalier, SHS 17:28.2; 15 Andy Heytens, SHS 17:34.7; 20 Brandon Westmoreland, SHS 17:52.5; 21 Levi Felton, SHS 17:55.4.

Varsity Girls

1 Leah Holmes, SHS 15:45.7; 2 Diana Hanka, Duluth Central 15:54.1; 3 Lindsey Envall, Hermantown 16:23.5; 4 Nikki Roach, Hermantown 16:38.9; 5 Halee Peterson, Cloquet 16:41.4; 6 Natalie Kintop, SHS 16:42.7; 13 Catie Albrecht, SHS 17:07.1; 25 Ashlee Knight, SHS 17:50.9; 28 Nicole Mattson, SHS 17:57.5; 30 Katee Guello, SHS 17:59.3; 33 Megan Place, SHS 18:06.5

JV Boys

1 Darrell Tapa, Duluth Central 18:34.5; 2 Chase Hren, Hermantown 18:41.2; 3 Tanner Kimball, Hermantown 18:44.8; 4 Matt Stukel, Duluth Central 18:48.8; 5 Erick Tunell, SHS 18:50; 11 John Nowicki, SHS 19:28.1; 12 Spencer Davis, SHS 19:32.1; 13 Sid Laurvich, SHS 19:34.8; 14 Sam Zurian, SHS 19:40.5; 19 Owen Haugen, SHS 19:56.8; 26 Marcus Olson, SHS 20:25.5; 34 Shawn Koskie, SHS 21:06.6; 41 Jake Farmer, SHS 21:46.7.

JV Girls

1 Madison Danelski, Hermantown 17:22.9; 2 Madelyn Swanson, SHS 18:10.4; 3 Tosha Lucas, Ashland 18:25.3; 4 Abby Flaten, Hermantown 18:42.3; 5 Alyssa Wargin, Hermantown 18:48.3; 8 Marissa Foley, SHS 19:15.2; 14 Sarah Nestrude, SHS 19:36.8; 15 Olivia Lindberg, SHS 19:47.5; 24 Jackie Polson, SHS 20:55.8; 25 Molly Adamscheck, SHS 21:07.4; 31 Melissa Senn, SHS 22:30.7; 35 Sarah Thompson, SHS 24:16.6.

Hibbing Invitational

Boys Team Scores

Superior 40, Duluth East 88, Hibbing 97, Grand Rapids 98, Hermantown 112, Duluth Denfeld, 119, Duluth Central 135, Cloquet 211.

Superior’s Results

Shane Holmes, 16.38; 5. Swanson, 17.08; 9. Heytens, 17.32; 11. Chevalier, 17.46; 14. Walpole, 18.04; Westmoreland, 18.07; Felton, 18.20.

SHS Junior Varsity

Erick Tunell, 19.04; Spencer Davis, 19.32; John Nowicki, 19.57; Sam Zurian, 20.36; Shawn Koskie, 20.48; Owen Haugen, 21.08; Marcus Olson, 21.50; Jake Farmer, 22.09.

Girls Team Scores

Duluth East 39, Hermantown 66, Hibbing 73, Superior 85, Cloquet 91.

Superior’s Results

2. Leah Holmes, 15.36; 14. Albrecht, 17.01; Mattson, 17.45; 31. Knight, 17.55; 33. Katee Guello, 18.0; 38. Swanson, 18.32; 43. Foley, 19.07.

SHS Junior Varsity

7. Natalie Kintop, 18.15; 11. Megan Place, 18.26; 16. Olivia Lindberg, 19.32; 27. Molly Adamscheck, 20.53; 31. Jackie Polson, 21.18; 36. Melissa Senn, 22.05; 38. Sarah Thompson, 23.21.

Boys soccer

The Superior High School boys soccer team wrapped up its regular season with its first victory of the year, a 4-1 victory over the Rhinelander Hodags at Saturday’s Chippewa Falls Quad.

The Spartans (1-19-1) and Hodags have played each other close in each of the last two seasons with Superior winning 3-2 in 2007 and the Hodags 2-0 last year.

Superior got off to a bad start as the Hodags scored just 2:43 into the game.

“We missed a mark up on a corner kick and they made a nice deflection to score the goal,” SHS coach Tom Bush said. “Too many times this season we have allowed teams to walk into the box unmarked on corner kicks and we have paid the price.”

Senior forward Kevin Olson scored to tie the game with an assist from Brian Schmitt.

As the half was nearing, the Spartans were awarded a free kick about 25 yards out from the Rhinelander goal and took a 2-0 lead as senior Kyle Ilenda drilled a shot past the goalie.

“It was a beautiful shot,” Bush said. “Kyle has been our goalie for much of this season, but with Eric Berger stepping up in goal we’ve had the luxury of playing Kyle in the field. It paid off in this game.”

The Spartans led 2-1 at halftime and were hoping to carry the momentum into the second half.

“The guys were really excited at the break,” Bush said. “I could just sense from them that this was their game.”

SHS took a 3-1 lead when Ryan Zimmerman sent a long ball into the box that the Rhinelander goalie attempted to come out of the goal to get. Instead, Olson beat the goalie to the ball and headed it over him and into the net for his second goal of the game.

“It was a spectacular effort by Kevin,” Bush said. “Earlier in the year we watched some film of the U.S. team and how they battled for the ball in the air with headers. Since then Kevin has been working hard to improve in that area and has had that killer instinct. It was great to see him finish one off.”

The Spartans sealed the victory with Ilenda’s second goal on a free kick, this time about 40 yards out.

“That one wasn’t as nice as the first one, but we’ll take it,” Bush said. “It was a nice ball into the box and it looked like the goalie made the play, but he bobbled it and the ball rolled into the goal.

“It was a relief to finally win a game. I was very proud of our effort today. Every player on the field worked so hard and wanted to win so bad. These guys deserve this moment.”

Berger had 13 saves in goal. The Spartans finished the regular season 1-19-1.

“Our captains really carried us,” Bush said. “It’s not often you have two leaders like that who both score two goals. They both played so hard. They willed this team to victory.”

In the opening game of the quad, the Spartans lost to the host Cardinals 7-0.

Chippewa Falls came into the game ranked No. 6 in the section with a record of 11-6-1.

The Cardinals led 3-0 after the first half and things didn’t get much better in the second as Superior continued to break down and Chippewa Falls added four goals to take the game 7-0.

In earlier action, Ethan Anderson scored the lone goal in the Spartans’ 6-1 loss to Duluth Denfeld on Oct. 6. The SHS junior varsity defeated Denfeld 4-3. Refi Olson scored twice and Cameron Gray and Dylan Semborski scored once each.

The Spartans then fell to Ashland 5-1 on Oct. 8 with Ethan Walpole scoring for SHS. The JV game ended in a 0-0 tie.

The season came to an end for the Spartans with an 8-0 loss at D.C. Everest Tuesday in the opening round of the WIAA playoffs.

Girls swimming

The SHS girls swimming team swept all 11 events to defeat Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 93-57 Thursday at the SHS natatorium.

Karen VanOvermeiren and Kelsey Hansen both won two individual events to lead the Spartans and also swam together on the first-place 400 freestyle relay team. VanOvermeiren won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly with season best time, while Hansen won the 200 and 500 freestyle races with personal best times.

Also winning individual events were: Tori Johnson, 100 freestyle; Anna Anklam, 200 IM; Faydra Lagro, 100 backstroke; and Elyse Gunderson, 100 breaststroke.

Superior also took first in the 200 freestyle relay (Grace Elonen, Kaleena Eck, Anklam and Gunderson) and 200 medley relay (Emily Aller, Emma Radtke, Eck and Gunderson).

The Spartans swim at 5 p.m. Thursday at Two Harbors.

Superior 93, Cloquet-Esko-Carlton 57

SHS winners

200 medley relay — 1. SHS A, (Emily Aller, Kaleena Eck, Emma Radtke, Elyse Gunderson), 2:15.56; 2. SHS B, (Helena Miller, Janna Holback, Kayla Bedard, Grace Elonen), 2:16.59; 5. SHS C, (Raechel Conner, Astrid Valley, Hannah Nelson, Mackenzie Newman), 2:42.98.

200 freestyle relay — 1. SHS A, (Elonen, Kaleena Eck, Anna Anklam, Gunderson), 1:56.05; 5. SHS C, (Danielle McGraw, Emily Noble, Conner, Megan Back), 2:24.15.

400 freestyle relay — 1. SHS A, (Karen VanOvermeiren, Tori Johnson, Anklam, Kelsey Hansen), 4:03.70.

50 freestyle — 1. VanOvermeiren, SHS 26.97; 2. Johnson, SHS 27.55.

100 freestyle — 1. Johnson, SHS 1:00.78; 2. Anklam, SHS; 4. Eck, SHS, 1:06.59.

200 freestyle — 1. Hansen, SHS 2:10.52; 2. Faydra Lagro, SHS, 2:15.70; 4. Tessa Ender, SHS, 2:37.76; 6. Conner, SHS, 3:01.07.

500 freestyle — 1. Hansen, SHS 6:03.14; 5. Ender, SHS, 7:02. 52.

200 individual medley — 1. Anklam, SHS 2:41.40; 3. Eck, SHS, 2:49.59; 4. Miller, SHS, 2:50.74.

100 butterfly — 1. VanOvermeiren, SHS 1:06.66; 2. Aller, SHS, 1:14.22; 5. Miller, SHS, 1:21.55.

100 backstroke — 1. Lagro, SHS 1:13.35.

100 breaststroke — 1. Gunderson, SHS 1:25.84.

Volleyball

The Spartan volleyball team split a pair of matches last week.

The Spartans defeated Duluth Denfeld 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-17) Tuesday night in the SHS gym, then losing at Duluth East 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-13) Thursday night.

Leading the Spartans in their win over the Hunters were Dani Lundgren, 11 set assists, and an ace serve; Abby Gotelaere, four kills and three blocks; Christa Diedrich, seven kills, four ace serves, nine digs and one block; and Lindsey Schold, three kills, three ace serves and one block.

Against the Greyhounds, Dani Magdzas had five kills and one block; Diedrich, five kills, one ace serve and six digs; Ally Keute, 12 digs and two ace serves; Schold, 12 digs; and Becca Vaughan, seven set assists, two blocks and one kill.

Football

Superior 14, Chippewa Falls 6

Thursday, Oct. 8

At Ole Haugsrud Field

Chippewa Falls 6 0 0 0 — 6

Superior 0 0 14 0 — 14

First Quarter

CF—Brad Huempfner, 4-yard run (kick blocked), 2:45.

Third Quarter

Zach Erickson 2-yard run (David Zastrow kick), 7:21.

Zach Colvin 13-yard run (Zastrow kick), 1:41.

Team stats

CF SHS

First downs 14 14

Rushes-yards 41-192 50-234

Pass comp-att 3-11 1-3

Passing yardage 32 12

Comp-att-int 3-11-3 1-3-0

Total plays 52 53

Return yards 34 34

Total offense 224 246

Fumbles - lost 1-1 1-0

Penalties - yards 2-15 1-5

Defensive sacks-yards lost 1-7 0-0

Time of possession 21:35 26:25

Punts-average 2-35.0 3-25.7

Individual statistics

Rushing: CF, Brad Huempfner, 19-78; Jared Jaquish, 11-70; Brett Vavra, 6-36; Zandy Stowell, 4-6; Anthony Dienger, 1-2. SHS, #AJ Soland, 20-109; Dan Quade, 12-56; Zach Erickson, 4-36; Zach Colvin, 4-20; Kellen McCoshen, 9-10; Jared Bryant, 1-3.

Passing: CF, Jaquish, 3-11-3-32; SHS, McCoshen, 1-3-0-12.

Receiving: CF, Matt Leis, 2-24; Joe Krenzelok, 1-8; SHS, Tyler Plunkett, 1-12.

Defense – Superior

Tkl Ast TFL Int

McCoshen, Kellen 10 7 0.5 0

Colvin, Zach 7 2 0.0 0

Erickson, Zach 6 2 0.0 0

Turkowski, Jake 6 3 0.0 2

Soland, AJ 5 3 0.0 0

Van Puymbrouck, Eric 5 1 2.0 0

Bogojevic, Nikola 4 3 0.0 0

Collins, Scott 4 3 0.5 0

Taylor, Ethan 3 1 0.0 0

Preston, Casey 2 2 0.0 0

Kutzler, Ryan 2 1 0.0 0

Lorenz, Colton 1 0 0.0 0

Butera, Jordan 1 0 0.0 1

Bronson, Andrew 1 0 1.0 0

Gordon, Josh 1 1 0.0 0

Fuhrman, Chris 1 1 0.0 0

Kalan, Cam 1 1 0.0 0

Zuchowski, Byron 1 1 0.0 0

Total 61 32 4 3

Chippewa Falls

Sullivan, Jake 10 0 2 0

Ruf, Alex 9 0 1 0

Nevin, Garret 5 0 0 0

Kinderman, Tyler 5 0 0 0

Hysell, Dillon 4 0 0 0

Schindler, Grant 3 0 0 0

Cook, Caden 3 0 0 0

Bowe, Luke 3 0 0 0

Schindler, Stuart 2 0 0 0

Woolever, Loren 1 0 0 0

#46 1 0 0 0

Woods, Sean 1 0 0 0

Total 48 0 3 0

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