Norwalk Warriors
Official Publication for the Norwalk Community School District
Page Eight
N/Warren Town and County News
Thursday, April 30, 2015
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Congratulations to the
Norwalk male and female
athletes who have quali-
fied to compete in the high
school portion of the
Drake Relays this year.
Congratulations to senior
Sam Steenhoek who has
been nominated as this
year's Gatorade Player of
the Year in Iowa. We are
always in need of volun-
teers at any of our home
track meets. If you are in-
terested in assisting, con-
tact the Norwalk Athletic/
Activities Office for de-
tails.
Boys Soccer
The number one ranked
Warriors, in Class 2A, con-
tinue through a rugged
stretch of their Class 3A-
dominated schedule and
continue to prove their
ranking. The Warriors
picked up their second
Little Hawkeye Confer-
ence wins by defeating
DCG 4-1. They then hosted
the state's number one
ranked team in Class 3A,
the Johnston Dragons, and
although the Warriors
played well the Dragons
proved to be just a bit bet-
ter, handing the Warriors
their first loss of the sea-
son, 2-0. Norwalk traveled
to WDSM Valley for a
matchup against two more
3A schools and split the
pair. The Warriors fell to
CR Kennedy in the first
game, 1-0, in a shootout
and then defeated DSM
Hoover 1-0.
Girls Soccer
The Lady Warriors had
a long week as they started
off by playing conference
rival DCG at home. Fresh-
man Halie Reznik was able
to rebound a missed pen-
alty kick and give the as-
sist to junior Miki
Schmidt's fourth goal of
the season. Despite the
great effort, Norwalk fell
to DCG 3-1. The second
game of the week took the
Warriors to soon-to-be
Little Hawkeye Confer-
ence Indianola. Freshman
Ally Gideon came off the
bench and helped the War-
riors tie the game 1-1 in the
second half. After a hard-
fought 80 minutes and two
10-minute overtimes, the
Warriors ended up in a
shootout. Indianola was
able to secure the victory
with four goals to the War-
riors" two. The week ended
with Norwalk hosting the
ADM Tigers. The Tigers
came out strong and
scored a quick goal in the
first half, followed by a
made penalty kick. Start-
ing the second half behind
by two, the Warriors dug
in their heels and denied
the Tigers from any extra
points. Senior Goalkeeper
Claire Hoyt defended the
net well and had an im-
pressive 17 saves. Despite
a well-fought second hall
the Warriors fell to the Ti-
gers 2-0.
Boys Tennis
Norwalk dropped a
pair of matches in non-
conference action, falling
to Ballard of Huxley 7-4
and then dropping an 11-
0 matchup to Boone.
Gifts Tennis
The girls' tennis team
competed in two meets
and went 0-2. The War-
riors fell to Pella Christian,
8-3. Senior Taya Downs
and freshman Nicole
Alexander earned singles
wins for Norwalk. At No.
5 doubles, freshmen
Emma Tollefson and
Madison Thielen earned
their first varsity win in a
third set super tiebreaker.
Norwalk then traveled to
DM Roosevelt and fell 11-
0 to the Roughriders.
Girls Track
The Norwalk track
team returned to the track
the week of April 13 after
a week off due to rain and
cold. The team opened the
week participating in the
Norwalk Coed meet. The
Lady Warriors made a lot
of improvement from their
previous meets. They fin-
ished 6th out of 9 teams for
the night. A small group of
athletes traveled to New-
ton to compete and try to
qualify for Drake Relays.
The Lady Warriors again
accomplished improved
times and had a great out-
ing. Talia Zook had a great
night breaking her own
school record with a dis-
cus throw Of 124'4". Con-
gratulations to Talia Zook
NHS Activities Director
By A1 Lammers
I
and Tori VanVelzen for Discus-lst, Talia Zook,Ashley Williams, Torie iams, Shae Campbell,
qualifying for the Drake 109'07"; High Jump-lst,LaQuette, Megan Adams, LeQuatte, Anderson, 53.43
Relays. Zook competed in Tori VanVelzen, 5' 3"; Kiley Westhoff, 1:10.68; Top Newton Results
the discus throw and 100m H-lst, Jessica Distance Med.-3rd, Clare High Jump-2nd,
VanVelzen competed in VanZuuk, 16.62; 400H- Anderson, Taylor Adams,VanVelzen, 5'; Discus-3rd,
the high jump. 2nd, Jaycie Owens, 1:11.12; Owens, Kennedy Scallon,Zook, 124-04; 100M H-4th,
Top 3 results from Shuttle Hurdle-2nd, 4:41.63; 4xl00-3rd, Will- VanZuuk, 17.18
Norwalk Coed
BOYS GOLF
ACTIVITIES
Norwalk team at Newton
Tyler Landstrum
See story p. 10
Carter Albrecht.
Photos submitted.
