Jadyn Mortenson @Jaydplant 

On Saturday Boone Swimming competed in their conference meet, this meet was the last meet for some of the swimmers, and only the beginning of championship meets for most of the team.” “I am so proud of this team! At the beginning of the year, I told them straight out, ‘We are not a team that can be good unless we work hard.’ And they bought in and worked hard and now it paid off” Says Coach Mann. Boone won the meet with a score of 492 with the closest team to them being Newton with a score of 466. 

This meet is the last home meet of the season, and the boys went out with a bang, Junior Mason Patterson had a 1.3 second time drop in the 100 free, and there were many more time drops like this such as freshman Ike Seeman, who dropped 1.2 seconds in the 100 free. 

There were also time drops from the boys who are continuing onto districts and hopefully state. Senior Reece Powell dropped 0.4 seconds in the 50 free, 1.0 in his 100 free split. Senior Cole Harper dropped 1.2 seconds in his 100 breaststroke. Senior Grant Hamilton cut 0.5 seconds off his time in the 50 freestyle, and Junior hunter Sherry dropped 2.5 seconds in the 200 breaststroke. 

​The boys are in their last two weeks of their season, and all the only meets they have left are districts, and a potential spot in the state meet at Iowa City. Catch the Boys Swim team in action next on February 3rd at Fort Dodge. 

​Jadyn Mortenson @Jaydplant 

On Thursday the Boys swim team went against rival Carroll and were looking for redemption. Boone found that redemption, with a final score of Boone 90-Carroll 80. At the last meet, Carroll won 102-68. “I knew that we swam our worst meet of the year when we went to Carroll in December (and they swam their best). The outcome of that meet was not what we wanted at all.” says coach Chris Mann. 

​Cole Harper had a two-second time drop in the 200 Free.  Coach Mann said of the meet, “swimming at home tonight we came out with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement.” That excitement showed with team captain  Reese Powell, who came out victorious in the 100 free, surpassing Carrol’s top sprinter, Sebastian Pek, with a time of 50.41. Freshman Ben Patterson was the anchor in the varsity B relay for the 400 free and out-touched the Carroll B relay. These close victories helped the Toreadors to capture the meet. 
    As the Boys swim season is wrapping up there are only a few meets left before the conference, district, and state meets. The boy’s next meet is Thursday, January 18. 

Correction: This article has been revised to correctly attribute a quote to Coach Chris Mann.

This past Thursday the Boone Boys swim team went up against Newton (NCMP) and Spencer. The final scores ended up being Boone 51-Newton 43 and Boone 58-Spencer 36. 
     “Tonight was a bit of a grind for these boys. It is their first dual meet of the season, and we push tough practices right through dual meets. With a hard weight room session in the morning, I wasn't really sure how they would adapt for the first weeknight meet of the year. That being said, we had some very solid swims.” said coach Chris Mann, some of the “solid” swims were from Ben Patterson (Freshman) who swam a 100 Fly in 1:09.04 that landed him a 3rd place finish. 
Some other top finishes for the night were from Cole Harper (Senior) and Reece Powell (Senior). “Cole had a perfect night as far as wins go, taking all 4 of his events. Reece Powell also had a great night - especially some of the times he went.” Said coach Mann. Powell placed 1st in both the 50 free with a time of 23.38 and the 100 free with a time of 52.14. 
The boys hope to transition some of their success from Thursday’s meet into the next one. Catch the Swim team in action next on Saturday, December 9th at Hoover.  

Jadyn Mortenson ​@jaykimlay

The Boone Volleyball team split their matches against the Grand View Christian Thunder, and the Humboldt Wildcats in the triangular that was hosted at Boone High School this past week.
The girls won their first match against the Thunder with a score of 25-18 and then a score of 25-21. Coach Schmidt said that Senior Clair Sandvig had a good first match leading the team with 9 kills, and Freshman libero Kenzie Zinnel had a good first match with 14 digs. Overall the team had 20 kills.
The girls then went on to face the Wildcats and it was a very close match. Humboldt pulled out a victory in the end with final scores being 25-21, and 25-17.
Senior Jaiden Huseman felt that the team played really well, “I think we made some errors that may have cost us the game. I think overall our back row did really well and we communicated well as a team.” She thinks that the team need to cut down on errors and “focus more on smart attacks.”
The volleyball team will be in action next be at Carroll on September 5th. ​

by Katelyn Williams @katelynann228

The Boone Toreadors Volleyball team had a big conference win against the Perry Blue Jays (3-0) for their first home game.

The first game was the largest margin of victory, with a score of 25-11. The Second game was another sizeable victory for the Toreadors as they won 25-13. The Toreadors finish off The Blue Jays with a final score of 25-16.

In the final set, Senior Jessica Lewis got nine sets with a total of 3 assists, and freshman Kinzie Zinnel smashed a total of 14 serves with one ace.

Senior setter, Jessica Lewis said, “It was really exciting to play our first game of the season. The nerves were definitely there for more than just me but we came out with a win and that is always good.”

Freshman Libero, Kinzie Zinnel said, “The first home game was amazing, I was really nervous though. I went to every class today just talking about tonight and it was hard to explain how great of a feeling it is to be a freshman on varsity. This has been my goal since I was a little kid, and it came true.”

The Toreadors will host Grand View Christian (1-8) and Humbolt (4-2) for a triangular on Thursday, August 31.

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This past Tuesday the Toreador boys soccer team took on the Carroll Tigers in the home opener at Goeppinger Field. The Toreadors came into the game looking for the first win of the season. 

The Toreadors came out fast and scored a goal in the first ten minutes of the game. A few minutes later the Toreadors scored another goal to put them up 2-0 with thirty minutes left in the half. With sixteen minutes left junior Ryan Dow scored a goal making the score 3-0. Just before the half the Toreadors scored a quick two goals and headed into half up 5-0 with Dow leading all scorers with two goals.

Halfway through the second half Boone struck again and extended the lead by 6. The Toreadors would go on to score one more goal and they got the win with a score of 7-0.

Boone’s senior goalkeeper, Marcelo Alacron, finished the game with a clean sheet for the Toreadors, as he didn’t allow any goals. Junior Ryan Dow and senior Gabriel Shinzato led the Toreadors in scoring, with each getting two goals. “We did a good job of staying aggressive and not letting up. We also did a good job defensively and giving full effort,” said Dow.

The Toreadors picked up their first win of the year and it is also head coach Connor Doyle’s first win as a coach for the Toreadors. ​

​By Lance Losh @LanceLosh

The Boone boys basketball team had many different players contribute to their success as they got a 64-60 win over Perry. This win in the district championship sets up a rematch with Dallas Center-Grimes in the substate final with a trip to Wells Fargo Arena on the line.

Perry built an early lead on the shoulders of senior Kyle Nevitt and Boone battled against a deficit for the entirety of the first half. The Toreadors had a great defensive effort in the second quarter which kept them in the game. On offense, the Boone junior Trevor Van Pelt played big time minutes in the second quarter as he knocked down a pair of three-pointers to carry the team. At the half, Boone trailed Perry 27-23. Van Pelt led the Toreadors at the break with eight points.

“I was feeling it in the first half,” said Van Pelt. “Seeing the ball go in gave me the confidence to keep shooting and my teammates set me up for good looks.”

Boone dug themselves a hole in the third quarter as they were trailing 31-23. The Toreadors battled back and went on a 17-2 run which was sparked by the full court press and a thunderous crowd. Boone outscored Perry 19-8 in the third quarter and had a 7 point lead going into the final stanza. 

The Bluejays spent most of the fourth quarter chipping away at a deficit, but Boone maintained their lead due to the shooting of senior Ethan Lewis. Lewis had zero points in the first half, but he really showed up with the game on the line. Lewis converted a long three-pointer with 1:30 remaining in the game to stretch the Toreador lead to six. Boone would hold onto the lead and secure their spot in the substate final. Four Toreadors finished in double figures and that was crucial to Boone coming away with the victory.

Boone travels to Johnston on Monday for the substate final. In the first on January 3rd, Mustang-Toreador matchup, Boone suffered a 56-50 loss. 


CAPTION: Junior Trevor Van Pelt rises up over junior Rashon Ivory for the three pointer. Van Pelt finished with 11 points off the bench.

By Lane Losh @LaneLosh2

Rewind to 54 years ago. The date is March 16th, 1963. The Boone boys’ basketball team is in a Substate Final showdown with the Carroll Tigers and the score remains close in the final seconds of the game. Senior leader Roger Dutton steps to the foul line looking to sink a pair of clutch free throws, and the once raucous gym goes completely silent. Dutton makes the foul shots, and the Toreadors are headed to Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines to play in the Iowa High School State Tournament.

Senior Roger Dutton was the anchor and leader of the 1963 team, and he was a 2nd team All-State selection. He received more votes than any other guard in the state in the voting. Other than Dutton, the other starters were all just juniors. Dick Musser, Mike Loehrer, Marv Nicholson, and Mike Bennett made up the rest of the lineup. 

Boone was coached by Jim Ranglos, who played collegiately at Colorado and later played professional basketball.

Many different pieces and players played a role in that magical postseason run. One player remembers it very vividly 54 years later. I caught up with Roger Dutton and discussed with him what it was like to be a part of something so special.

In the State Tournament, Boone was beaten by Storm Lake on a pair of last-second free throws, and it was a truly heartbreaking defeat for the team.

“From a purely basketball standpoint, it really wasn’t a terrific memory. We were all crying in the locker room afterward. I had my worst game of the year at a time when the team needed my senior leadership the most,” says Dutton.

Roger remembers the Des Moines newspaper doing interviews after their first practice at the Auditorium, prior to the game. When coach Jim Ranglos was asked about their gameplan for the 1st round game, he simply said, “we have Roger Dutton and they don’t.”

Dutton has very fond memories of Coach Ranglos, saying that he was an excellent coach and an even better man.

“Jim and I would play one-on-one after practices and he would dominate me. Grab me, push me, taunt me, but it was a great education for how I would be played against all year long,” he said of his former coach.

Among all the memories from their State appearance, he says his favorite would have to be the tremendous outpouring of support from the community of Boone. 

“There was a huge caravan of cars accompanying us to Des Moines. Went through all the little towns along the way. Honking horns, people on the streets waving and cheering us, both as we left Boone and also from all the small towns along the way. Felt like a ‘Hoosiers Moment’. I will never forget that memory.”

While Roger Dutton was a terrific player, he also had a great cast of supporting teammates. The Toreadors were made up of primarily juniors, and they grew up at just the right time. Contributions from the scrappy Marv Nicholson and scoring from Dick Musser were all essential for Boone’s success.

“Wonderful teammates, great memories. That is what sports are all about. Not individual achievements, but team achievements,” said Dutton.

“It was quite a send-off from our high school years. I can say that I feel extremely fortunate to have had such great teachers and coaches. They prepared us very well for the athletic field as well as our futures academically in college.”

These days, Dutton is far removed from his Boone High glory days and runs a financial firm in the Greater Chicago Area. Following high school, he went on to play basketball and baseball at Northern Illinois University, where he is a member of the athletic Hall-of-Fame. After college, he was a 3rd round draft choice by the New York Yankees and spent five seasons in their organization. However, after all of these accomplishments, Roger often reminisces on his one shining moment with his best friends at Boone High 54 years ago.

It’s Playoff time for high school basketball in Iowa, and Mr. Dutton had some words of advice for both of the Basketball teams, “Don’t make it life or death. Have fun, make your own memories. Believe me, they will last you a lifetime. Go Toreadors, and don’t have any memories where you didn’t give your 110% effort!”

Special thanks to Mo Kelley, as well as the Boone News-Republican for providing information and photos.

Boone girls basketball faced the Dallas Center-Grimes Fillies in a substate final this past Tuesday night. One team would advance to the state tournament in Wells Fargo Arena, The other team’s season would come to an end.

Off the tip, the Toreadors and Fillies were neck and neck with both teams struggling to find momentum. Both Boone and DCG played stellar defense in the first quarter. As the second quarter started, the Fillies found their offense and gained a lead on the shoulders of their senior guard Rachel Lowary. At the halftime break, Boone girls trailed DCG 23-16. 

Coming out of halftime the Fillies played tough defense but Boone was able to chip away at the lead finding easy baskets around the rim feeding the junior post, Claire Sandvig. 

As the second half wound down, DCG and Boone continued to play lockdown defense, with Boone holding the Fillies to only one made field goal in the second half. With 49 seconds left in the substate final, fans, coaches, and players started to feel the pressure. With 17.4 seconds left the score was tied at 30 a piece with Boone’s possessing of the ball. Boone inbounded the ball and advanced it past halfcourt. Boone’s coach Jim Mcpartland then called a timeout with nine seconds remaining. 

Senior guard Emma Rouse inbounded the ball to junior guard Caitlynne Shadle, who dribbled around the perimeter and then penetrated to the paint.  At the last second, she was able to dish it off to Sandvig who put it up for the win, banking it in. 

Boone girls beat the DCG Fillies 32-30 and advanced to the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Boone will face Marion March 1st at 10:00 am.