Nevada Journal sports round-up: Nevada, C-N combine to make state track in seven events

The Nevada and Colo-NESCO boys and girls track programs combined to qualify for state in seven events following the state qualifying track and field meets May 11.

The Nevada boys qualified in three events and the girls one at the Class 3A qualifying meet at Cub Stadium in Nevada. The Colo-NESCO boys made it in two and the girls one at the 1A qualifying meet in Madrid.

The Nevada boys golf team saw its season come to a close after shooting a 339 over 18 holes to place third at the 3A sectional meet held at the Carroll Country Club. Nevada fell just one spot shy of qualifying for districts.

The Cub girls golf team placed third at the Gilbert quadrangular meet at the Ames Golf and Country Club May 9 after shooting a 186 over nine holes. Nevada also placed first at the Carroll quadrangular dual May 11 at the Carroll Golf Club after scoring a 176 over nine holes.

The Class 1A No. 2 Nevada girls soccer team went to 11-3 on the season after crushing Greene County, 11-0, May 9 at Jefferson. The 2A No. 5 Cub boys soccer team scored two home shutouts by blanking Greene County, 3-0, May 9 and Grinnell, 10-0, May 11 to improve to 13-4 on the season.

The Nevada girls tennis team competed at the 1A regional singles and doubles meet at the Byrnes Park Tennis Center May 10, but results were not available at press deadline. The Cub boys tennis team competed in districts at Boone May 8, but results were not available at press deadline.

Here is what we learned from last week's Nevada and Colo-NESCO's high school sports competition.

Nevada boys get dramatic 4x800 victory at qualifying track meet

The Nevada boys track team automatically qualified for state in the 4x800-meter relay after the team of Nick Frideres, Paul Stephens, Brian Rohde and Carter Holland edged Gilbert for first on a great anchor from Holland.

Holland had to hold off Gilbert anchor Jonathan Stoker for nearly the entire 800 meters. He dug down and found the will to keep just ahead of Stoker through the finish line, winning the race by a mere 0.48 seconds.

“I just saw an opportunity to make a move and I thought I should do it as quick as possible and see what I could pull off,” Holland said. “I just went out as hard as I could and tried to hold it. I saw he was coming up on my right, so I tried to run on my toes as much as I could. I just barely got him.”

The Cubs finished in 8:12.10 — the fifth-best qualifying time in 3A. Gilbert ran an 8:13.18.

Holland also made it in the 800 after running a runner-up time of 2:01.22 to just edge out the third-place effort of 2:01.28 by North Polk's Zach Sporaa. North Polk's Austin Stierman won in 2:00.83.

Connor Kunze qualified based on time in the 200 after running a 23.22 to place fourth. Webster City's C.J. Hisler won in 22.98, Ross Muhlbauer was second in 23.03 and Clear Lake's Titan Schmitt placed third in 23.15.

The Nevada girls 4x800 team is headed to state based on time after Sophia Martinez, Brooke Axmear, Alexa Betting and Ava Vanderheyden clocked in at 10:16.05 to place third at the qualifying meet. Gilbert won in 9:47.72 and Algona was second in 10:05.67.

Colo-NESCO totals three state qualifiers in 1A

The Colo-NESCO boys track and field team qualified for state in two events and the Royal girls in one at the 1A qualifying meet in Madrid.

Nathan McFarland and Breckin Clatt advanced to Drake Stadium for the Colo-NESCO boys. McFarland won the high jump with a jump of 6-0 to rank 18th in 1A and Clatt placed first in the 400 hurdles with the 19th-best qualifying time at 57.81.

Sophia Clawson was the lone Royal girl to qualify. She placed first in the open 400 with the 17th-best qualifying time in 1A at 1:02.59.

The state co-ed track meet takes place next Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

Nevada's Kyle Kingsbury, Karter Beving tie for 10th at sectionals

Nevada boys golfers Kyle Kingsbury and Karter Beving both placed in the top 10 individually at the 3A sectional meet in Carroll.

Kingsbury and Beving both shot an 81 tie to finish in a three-way tie with Gilbert's Zachary Wilson for 10th. Jameson Lawler gave Nevada three top-20 performers by coming in 19th with a round of 87 and Gabe Kramer placed 23rd with a 90 as the final scored Cub golfer.

Kole Beving and Easton Gray also competed for Nevada. Beving placed 25th with a 92 and Gray 31st with a 95.

Gilbert's Brock Snyder was medalist with a 70. Hampton-Dumont-CAL's Tucker Heeran was runner-up with a 77.

The Nevada boys also had a dual meet against West Marshall May 9 at the Indian Creek Country Club. Nevada shot a 153 over nine holes to win by 29 strokes.

Kingsbury was medalist with an impressive round of 34. Karter Beving was runner-up with a 39, Easton Gray and Jameson tied for third with a 40, Kramer placed seventh with a 44 and Kole Beving eighth with a 45.

Cub girls dominate Carroll triangular

The Nevada girls golf team cruised to victory at the Carroll triangular meet.

Olivia Axmear won medalist at Carroll with a 9-hole score of 39. Axmear beat Carroll's Delaney Shurke by two strokes for the victory.

Nevada's Bridget Cahill placed third individually with a 44, Mya Spykerman fourth with a 46 and Lauren Schmidt fifth with a 47. Reagan Schmidt tied for seventh with a 49 and Mary Hensley tied for 10th with a 50.

The Cub girls had two golfers place in the top 10 at the Gilbert quad meet. Axmear and Cahill tied for eighth after they each carded a 44.

Lauren Schmidt tied for 15th with a 48, Reagan Schmidt tied for 18th with a 50 and Hensley and Spykerman tied for 20th with a 51. Gilbert's Eden Lohrbach was medalist with a 33 and Ella Lohrbach was runner-up with a 36.

Nevada pummels Grinnell in boys soccer

The Nevada boys soccer team blew past Grinnell at home May 11.

The Cubs scored 7 goals in the first half and coasted to victory. Drew Robinson accounted for 5 goals and two assists and Edgar Cabrera 3 goals and four assists for Nevada in the victory.

Owen Freeman added 1 goal and assist apiece and Kaden Weber netted 1 goal. Kent Sponseller, Aidan Freeman and Sam Betting each had a hand in two assists and Gavin Egeland and Dylan Fritz each added one.

Nevada scored all 3 of its goals in the second half during its victory over Greene County. Robinson had 1 goal and assist apiece, Aidan Freeman and Sponseller 1 goal apiece and Betting and Cabrera each chipped in an assist.

Noah Mills had three saves at keeper for Nevada against the Rams.

Cub girls put away Greene County in less than a half

It took the Nevada girls one half to dispose of Greene County.

The Cubs scored all 11 of their goals over the first 40 minutes to end the game early on account of the mercy rule. Nevada got off 24 shots on goal and seven different players scored for the Cubs during the lopsided triumph.

Tori Meinecke pulled off a hat-trick with 3 goals and one assist, Lynze Geerdes had 2 goals and one assist, Avery Anderson scored twice and Aubrey Thompson tallied 1 goal and assist apiece for the Cubs. Kaleigh Groat, Evelyn Anderson and Mady Gibson each scored once and Belle Nelson and Rachel Borwick each dished out an assist.

This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: Nevada, C-N track teams combine to qualify for state in seven events