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Boone Girls make final push for state

10/30/2015

By: Lance Losh @Losh65

As the regional meet approaches, the Boone girls swim team is amped up for the opportunity to qualify for state. Last weekend in Grinnell, Boone broke four school records in the 400 free relay, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM, and the 400 medley relay. Boone claimed a second place finish in the Raccoon River Conference. Coach Chris Mann says the team has big goals.

“Our main goal is to continue to drop time. This is most of our teams last meet so we hope it can be our fastest meet. The way we have been swimming in practice I think we will be able to achieve a lot of our goals. I am hoping the girls have a lot of fun together for one last time,” said Mann.

The regional meet will be highlighted by the 200 medley and 400 free relay teams. Member of these teams are juniors Ann Marie Devries, Erin Kokemiller, Madelynn Santi and sophomore Haley Hall. They broke school records in Grinnell and hope to make the next leap to state. Coach Mann says they have room for improvement.

“I think both of those relays can improve. With the times they swam last year, It was a travesty they didn’t qualify for state. Hopefully their time is fast enough this year. We also hope to break a school record in the 200 free relay on Saturday.” said Mann.

Boone will be facing some stiff competition in this weekends regional. On paper, there are 3 teams that are ahead of the rest and Boone is tied for 4th. Mann says they aren’t concerned with team points at this meet and the only goals are fast times and fun swimming.

Boone is looking ahead to state and hoping to push three relays into the meet. The 200 medley, 400 free, and 200 free relays will most likely have times good enough to qualify. On the individual side of things, Kokemiller and Santi have a legitimate shot at making state in their own events. Kokemiller is racing the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM. Madelynn is swimming the 100 backstroke. The top 24 in each event qualify for the state meet.

Boone girls swimming is looking to make history on Saturday as they tackle the regional meet in Fort Dodge at noon.

Bass Looks to End Career on High Note

10/29/2015

By: Lance Losh @Losh65

Senior Kennedey Bass has had a storied career as a Boone High School diver. She started diving in competition her freshman year and has been performing at a high level ever since. Bass has been a crucial part of our diving team for four years and has had some amazing performances.

“I would say my best performance was in Boone this year when I broke the pool and school records.” said Bass.

Bass has also made many memories throughout her career. “My favorite memories from my career are sitting at the regional meets and finding out that I qualified for state.” said Bass.

Bass has been working very hard at practice in preparation for the upcoming regional meet on Thursday night. She expects to qualify for state, but she knows anything could happen.

“On Thursday, I will just be focusing on qualifying for state. If I get to state, I will just try and be loose and have fun with my team. State would be my last diving meet and it’s really important that I cherish these moments,” said Bass.

Bass doesn’t have plans to dive at the college level, but she hopes to come back and help her coach Darci Newcomb with summer diving practices. She says she will stop by the local recreational center every once in a while and practice her dives for fun.

Senior Kennedey Bass has left her mark on Boone diving and she will look to qualify for state Thursday night at 5 P.M. in Fort Dodge.

Boone Basketball Looks to Start on Top

10/27/2015

By: Dresden Wilson @dreswilson22

The Boone Toreadors look to bounce back this season after a disappointing postseason last year. Boone ended their season with six wins, and fifteen losses.

The Toreadors’ head basketball coach, Justin Baute, has started off his coaching tenure with Boone a little slow as his overall record is 10 and 32.

A Boone TV representative was able to sit down with junior point guard Ethan Lewis this past week. Lewis explained why this year’s squad will have a shot at a decent record, “There's a lot of talent on our team offensively and defensively and if we can play together I think we can be really good and win a lot of games.”

He elaborated on this by saying, “I'm looking to play with more confidence and more leadership. In the off-season I've been lifting to improve in finishing at the rim and being overall stronger with the ball in my hands.”
The Toreadors have a lot of inexperience this year because of the loss of six seniors from last year. “While many of the guys are inexperienced, we have a lot of chemistry. Coach Baute will put us in a position to be successful, we just have to go out and execute,” said junior swingman Lane Losh.

Boone will look to start the season with a 1-0 record. Come out on December 1st to support the Boone Toreadors basketball team at 7:30 as they play the Newton Cardinals.

Record Breaking Performance from the Toreador Swim Team

10/27/2015

By: Dresden Wilson @dreswilson22

The Toreadors girls’ swim team entered their conference meet looking to spark some magic on October 24. When the clock struck noon they did exactly that.

Boone broke four records on the day. Junior Erin Kokemiller was involved in all of those. Kokemiller swam in the 200 yard medley, along with the other members of her team; sophomore Haley Hall, junior Maddie Santi, and junior Anne Marie DeVries. She also swam in 200 Individual Medley, 100 yard Breaststroke and the 400 yard freestyle relay, breaking all of those school records as well.

But Kokemiller wasn’t the only one on top of her game. All 17 of the girls on the swim team got at least one personal best. "It was beyond my wildest dreams, I'm very, very proud. All these girls deserve it," said Head Swim Coach Chris Mann.

When it got down to crunch time and the Toreadors were heading into the final event, they were in third place with 264 points. The 400 yard relay team of Kokemiller, Hall, Santi, and DeVries catapulted the Toreadors into second place with 316 points.

The final standings of the meet were, Williamsburg in sixth with 54 points, Grinnell in fifth with 125 points, Vinton/ Union in fourth with 174 points, Decorah in third with 301 points, Boone in second with 316 points, and standing atop the podium was the Newton Aquagirls with 363 points.

The Toreadors look to keep up the momentum as they head into preparation week meet for regionals. They’re back in action on Saturday, October 31, for their regional meet in Fort Dodge.

Toreadors Look to Stroke Their Way to a Title

10/23/2015

By: Dresden Wilson @dreswilson22

After a dominating 127-52 and 130-54 win over the Oskaloosa Indians and the Grinnell Tigers, the Boone Toreadors’ swim team hopes to keep the momentum going as they head into their conference meet.

The teams that will be in attendance are Charles City, Decorah, Grinnell, Newton, Vinton-Shellsburg, and Williamsburg Community. The meet will be held on Saturday, October 24 at Grinnell College. Diving gets underway at 10 am, and swimming starts at 1 pm.

Junior Erin Kokemiller is coming off of a strong performance in Boone on senior night as she broke a school record that had been standing for ten years, for the 200 meter Individual Medley. Her time was two minutes and twenty seconds.
“This week we have been tapering, to relax our muscles and get a little break before the meet,” said Kokemiller. “We are also hoping our 200 medley relay team can break a record at conference again this year.”

Last years team of Maddie Santi, Anne Marie Devries, Erin Kokemiller, and Kate Kokemiller broke the record for 200 medley relay. But just missed qualifying for state by .3 seconds.

Junior Maddie Santi is also coming off of an impressive night, as she accomplished a new personal record in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of one minute and seven seconds, deducting her time by a second.
Come out and support your Toreador swim team this Saturday as they look to take the conference meet by storm.

Cross Country Racoon River Conference

10/15/2015

By: Elizabeth Pfannes @lilliz121

On Tuesday, October 13th, the boys and girls Cross Country team competed on their home territory. The team ran on home ground for the last time in the 2015 season. With the end of their season looming around the corner, both teams put it all on the line and ran a strong race to the finish line. Junior Diana Slight was at odds running head to head with Ballard and Carlisle. She crossed the finish line with a final time of 20:07, placing at fifth place. The time was an all time personal record for Slight.

Hannah Eppert and Ellen Castle joined Slight in celebrating new records when they each ran their way to new personal records. Eppert ended the race with a time of 21:31, placing at 15th place. Castle finished right on Eppert’s heels with a time of 21:33, placing at 16th place. Seniors Sarah Heiller and LeAnn Pena also had a victory at their last home meet of their Cross Country career, both achieving personal bests for times. Heiller ran a time of 23:29 and placed at 33rd, Pena finished at 23:42. The entire girls varsity team ran their personal bests, bringing Boone to place at fourth for the Conference, just 11 points off of placing in the top three.

Senior Derek Hahn ended his race with a time of 17.07, cutting nearly a whole minute from his last race at Fort Dodge. Coach John Bachman says, “I was very pleased and proud of how well the boys ran at the conference meet. We want to run our best at conference and the district meets and that is what they did last night.“ Max Hyatt ran strong and finished with a time of 18.16, ending at 29th place.

As the season comes to an end, the team continues to work hard and strive for improvement. Coach Bachman says, “We have a great core of young runners this year and with a lot of hard work in the off season, I believe that they will be very competitive next year. “ The Raccoon River Conference meet on October 13th turned out to be a good meet for the Toreadors, giving them confidence as they advance to compete in their district meet on Thursday, October 15th. Good luck Toreadors!

Toreadors Bully the Bulldogs

10/15/2015

By: Mitchell Moore @MitchMooreFOE

This Friday the Boone Toreadors (1-5) took on the Algona Bulldogs (5-1) with what seemed as a must win game for the Toreadors. Coming off a loss from Carroll, Boone was looking to rejuvenate their confidence, while Algona was coming fresh off crushing Perry 52-14.

Boone started off hot, stopping a very proficient Bulldog offense, and forcing a punt. Junior quarterback Tanner Schminke drove the Toreador offense across the field and found wide receiver sophomore John Herrick in the back of the endzone for a touchdown. The momentum continued leading to a 21-0 lead at halftime.

The Bulldogs bashed right back with Senior Tomah Leamh returning the opening kick 92 yards for the score, making it 21-7, Boone leading. Boone’s aerial offense attacked once again scoring, this time Schminke connected with senior wide receiver Drew Wilber, making the score 28-7.

But the Bulldogs came back with the ground and pound game when senior running back Noah Arrowood rushed for two touchdowns in the second half, making it 28-21 with five minutes left in a thrilling game.

Boone put the cherry on top when Schminke rushed for one last touchdown, making the final score 35-21, giving the Toreadors their second win on senior night. Boone continues their season next week against the Greene County Rams.

Boone Goes Winless in Mason City

10/14/2015

By: Johnathan Herrick @jherrick35

On October 10th, the Boone volleyball team headed to Mason City for their fifth invitational of the season. They were coming off of tough losses from Gilbert and Greene County at the Jefferson meet.
   The Toreadors started their invitational playing the (12-9) Central Springs Panthers. The first set was a close 20-22 with the Toreador’s coming up just short in the end, however they bounced back in the second set, winning with a score of 21-14. The momentum of the second set didn’t seem to be found in the third as they lost 15-7.
   After the loss to the Panthers, the Toreadors took on the Mohawks (8-22) of Mason City. Mason City had home court advantage but still lost the first set 21-17. The next two sets appeared to be where the Mohawks took advantage of their home court as they won the second set 20-22 and the third 17-15.
   The Dors didn’t get a break as they went on to face the (21-2) Humboldt Wildcats. The Dors failed to win a set against the powerhouse. The Toreadors lost the two sets 21-8 and 17-21.
Senior Stefanie Davis had this to say about the Invitational: “The Invitational was definitely a tough tournament. Humboldt was (21-2) when we faced them. They were a lot more aggressive than us. Mason City’s record didn’t show but they are stuck in a good conference such as Ankeny, Urbandale, et cetera. They were all very good teams.”

Make a Splash at the Last Home Meet

10/14/2015

By: Gabie Osborn @18osborg

On Tuesday, October 20th there will be a home swimming and diving meet at 6:00 p.m. They will be competing against Grinnell, for their last home meet as well as senior night.

Diving coach, Darci Newcomb said, “We typically have had stronger divers than Grinnell.” The team has already competed and won against Grinnell twice this year. Sophomore diver, Madi Johnson has placed higher than all of their divers except for one and senior diver, Kennedey Bass has beat their number one driver during both of their previous encounters.

Swimming Coach, Chris Mann said, “All the girls are very talented and we hope to end our regular season with a win so we can advance into the conference meets.” Junior swimmer, Madelynn Santi believes that the team will be able to win against Grinnell another time this year and finish their regular season strong.

Coach Mann also said, “This meet will also be senior night. We have three seniors we will be highlighting, Amara Austin, Abbie Lee, and Kennedey Bass. They all have been great leaders throughout high school and have been great captains this year.”

Kennedey Bass says, “ I am excited for the meet. Home meets are always the best, because we get more friends and family to show up and support us.” Don't forget to go out and support the swimming and diving team, for their last home game, as they look to take down Grinnell.

Boone Runners Improve at Invite

10/8/2015

By: Lane Losh @LaneLosh2

Coming into Thursday’s Invitational at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge, the Boone boys and girls Cross Country teams knew that they had their work cut out for them.

Twenty minutes and 31 seconds after the starting gun sounded, junior Dianna Slight crossed the finish line; the first female finisher for Boone on the day. She took home 41st place in the meet overall. Two minutes later, sophomore Hannah Eppert came in with a time of 22:31, good for an 89th place finish. Freshman Ellen Castle had a strong showing and followed closely behind in 90th place. Next came the seniors, with Sarah Heiller and LeAnn Pena putting forth quality finishes. All in all, the Toreador girls effort was good enough to earn them 15th place out of 17 teams.

For the boys, senior Derek Hahn led the way with a time of 18:00, nabbing a 91st place finish. A minute later, sophomore Max Hyatt came in with a time of 19:00, earning him a 110th place finish. junior Brandt Phillips posted an impressive time of 19:29, and freshman Noah Lee completed the course in 20:27. The boys came in at 18th place overall out of 18 teams.

The ‘Dors were simply outlasted by fast, 4A competition in this one, with some of the state’s best runners on hand.

However, Boone is making strides at the right time. Slight cut nearly an entire minute off her time from last week’s meet at Perry, and both Eppert and Castle improved upon their times. Boys runner, Derek Hahn, took 24 seconds off his previous time also.

Boone Cross Country is hosting the Raccoon River Conference meet next Tuesday, October 13th at Cedar Pointe Golf Course. Following that, they will have the State qualifying meet on October 22nd.