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Thursday, April 29, 2010
N/Warren Town and County News
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LADY WARRIORS GOLF
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Jenna Manatrey following her drive.
Liz Purdum completing her hole.
Shoot-It Basketball
Shoot-It Basketball Academy, the top basketball
shooting academy in Iowa, is coming to Norwalk High
School gym June 11, 18, 25, July 2, 9. Times are 8:30-10
a.m. for grades 8-12 and 10-11:30 a.m. for grades 3-7•
The cost is $99. The academy is taught by Doug Diers.
Each shooter receives five weeks of intense shot train-
ing at game speed, shot evaluations, a shooter's guide
book, videotaped evaluations, life lessons and a Shoot-
It t-shirt. Most importantly, shooters will improve their
game and mental edge over their opponent.
Shoot-It also teaches students nutritional habits,
sportsmanship, learning life skills off the court and on-
court character development•
"Doug has established himself as a great teacher of
shooting• I trust him with my own son because of his
knowledge and style. He is one of the best shooters to
come out of Midwest Iowa," said Jeff Rutter, Iowa State
assistant basketball coach.
Athletic shoes will be collected again this year for
orphaned youngsters in Sierra Leone, Africa.
To register, call Doug Diets at 515-450-7302 or regis-
ter online at shoot-it.com.
SUBSCRIBE TODAY!
Send $18 check or money order
for a one year subscription to
PO Box 325, Norwalk, IA 50211
Lauren Bennett sizes up a chip shot.
Megan Downing approaches the green.
Students Compete
In Spedal Olympics
The following students participated in Special Olym-
pics Wednesday, April 14, at Simpson College in
Indianola:
Mitchell Arbogast-Softball throw (1 t place), 50 M
Dash (7 place), Blake Austin-Softball throw (a nd place),
50 M Dash (1 st place), Kelsie Bullock-50 M Dash (2 nd
place), softball throw (5 th place), Matthew Cowie-Ten-
nis ball throw (1 st place), 50 M Dash (2 nd place), Nate
Drake-Softball throw (1 st place), 50 M Dash (2 nd place),
Tyler McCauley-Softball throw (4 th place), Hayley
Muemer-50 M Dash (2 nd place), softball throw (1 st place),
Josh Phillips-Softball throw (3 rd place), 50 M Dash (1 t
place), Trevor Saxton-25 M Wheelchair race (1 t place),
30 M Slalom Motorized (1 st place) and Tristan Tracy-
Softball throw (1 st place), 50 M Dash (4 th place).
Students who placed first in their event will go on to
State Special Olympics in Ames Friday, May 14.
Diviners in search of water hidden underground are
known to use forked branches from the beech tree tradi-
tionally called wishing rods.
Jordyn Cox follows a shot down fairway. Photos sub-
mitted.
Girls' Tennis Results
Norwalk 6, Pella Christian 5
The Norwalk Girls' Tennis team defeated Pella Chris-
tian (PC), 6-5, Tuesday, April 13. The doubles team of
Kacci ClarkWilt and Hallie Kinman edged out PC in
the third set tiebreaker, 11-9, to seal the win for the
Warriors.
Varsity singles winners for Norwalk were Emma
George, Taylor Tomlinson and Hallie Kinman. Varsity
doubles winners for Norwalk were ClarkWilt/Kinman,
Taylor Kaul/Michaela Pearson and Taylor Shat,q/Elise
Backstrom.
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The Norwalk JV posted rune wins over PC. JV stogie::
winners were Kaul, Pearson, Shau! and Backstrom. JV
doubles winners were Abby Hamilton/Kenzie Haskin,
Erin Baack/Haley Andrews, Olivia Weikum/Paige
Landstrum, Mallory Sindelar/Landstrum and Nicole
Golay/Becka Ober.
Pella 9, Norwalk 2
The Norwalk girls moved to 2-1 in dual competition
as they fell to Pella, 9-2. Thursday, April 15. The lone
singles winners were Danielle Hampton at #1 and Hallie
Kinman at #5. Both wins came on third set tiebreakers.
Girls Tennis Team Wins Over Saydel
The Norwalk Warriors girls tennis team defeated non-
conference foe, Saydel, 10-1 Thursda April 22. The
Warriors had a great showing, winning all six of the
singles matches• Hampton, Kacci ClarkWilt, Kayla
ClarkWilt, George, Tomlinson and Pearson all posted
singles wins for Norwalk.
In doubles, the teams of Hampton/Kayla ClarkWilt,
Kacci ClarkWilt/Pearson, Kaul/Shaul and Jessica Dooly/
Backstrom all picked up varsity wins.
The Warriors move to 3-2 on the season.
Norwalk 10, Saydel 1
Hampton, N, def. Mariah Trapp, S, 7-5, 6-3; Kacci
ClarkWilt, N, def. Sarah Lindman, S, 6-2, 6-3; Kayla
ClarkWilt, N, def. Adrianna Volbrecht, S, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
(11-9); George, N, def. Kelsey Bianchi, S, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
(10-8); Tomlinson, N, def. Jenna Hall, S, 6-1, 6-2 and
Pearson, N, def. Rima Patel, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10-8).
Doubles: Hampton/Kayla ClarkWilt, N, def. Trapp/
Lindman, S, 7-5, 6-0; Volbrecht/Hall, S, def. George/
Tomlinson, N, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8); Kacci ClarkWilt/
Pearson, N, def. Chelsea Gambrel/Bianchi, 6-3, 6-4; Kaul/
Shaul, N, def. Haley Warth/Ashley Halls, S, 6-1, 6-2 and
Dooly/Backstrom, N, def. Sarah Vignovich/Liz Bills, S,
6-4, 6-3.
The month of April gets its name from the Latin aperire,
meaning "to open,' as do the flower buds that month.
