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Schedule Changes for Athletics

Kim Blink — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:30:45 +0000

The Girls JV Basketball game vs. North Mahaska on Monday, January 9, 2012 will be played @ North Mahaska. On this date we will play the Girls Varsity game and the Boys JV games @ 6:00 in separate gyms with the Boys Varsity and the Girls JV games to follow afterwards.

Also the HS wrestling meet on January 26^th @ English Valley has been moved to January 24^th and will begin at 6:00pm

Plainsman boys place 12th at state

jeff.orvis — Sun, 22 May 2011 21:26:20 +0000

Submitted by Jeff Orvis

Brayden Morrow figured in three of the finals events and Keegan DeMeulenaere competed in two as the Belle Plaine boys finished 12^th at the state track meet Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Madrid was the team winner with 74 points. The Plainsmen finished in 12^th place with 16 points. Sixty teams scored points at the meet.

Morrow finished third in the 400 meter hurdle finals and seventh in the 110 meter hurdle finals. He joined DeMeulenaere, Ben Ehlen and Cooper Northrop to place seventh in the 4 x 100 meter relay. DeMeulenaere was third in the 110 meter hurdle finals.

But the shuttle hurdle relay team of Morrow, Dustin Drexler, Northrop and DeMeulenaere was disqualified in the prelims. The 4 x 400 meter relay team of DeMeulenaere, Chase Bryant, Devin Conway and Ben Ehlen was 21^st in the prelims. Ehlen also competed in the high jump, but was unable to make the opening height.

BP GIRLS FINISH SECOND AT STATE!

jeff.orvis — Sun, 22 May 2011 21:17:40 +0000

Submitted by Jeff Orvis

Belle Plaine runners brought home three first place finishes and two seconds en route to a second place finish Saturday at the girls’ state track meet in Des Moines. Griswold took the team title with 57 points, but the Plainsmen were a strong second with 46. Sixty-two teams scored in the meet.

Emily Toennies figured in all three titles for Belle Plaine. She finished first in the 200 and 400 meter events and teamed with Larissa Fowler, Julie Long and Dani Coover to take the sprint medley relay. Toennies was second in the 100 meter dash. Coover was second in the 100 meter hurdle finals.

The Plainsmen also competed in three other relays, but didn’t qualify for the finals. The shuttle hurdle relay team of Darian Griffith, Shayla Hinschberger, Fowler and Coover finished 16^th in the preliminaries. The 4 x 400 meter relay team of Brialy Carlson, Justice Yilek, Hope Kriegel and Long was 22^nd in the prelims. The 4 x 100 meter relay team of Griffith, Coover, Fowler and Long placed tenth in the prelims. Only the top eight teams advanced to the finals.

The future looks bright for the Plainsmen. Toennies is just a sophomore and several other state qualifiers will have eligibility remaining. The team’s premiere hurdler for the past few years, Dani Coover, is a senior this year.

Toennies qualifies in three events for BP girls at state track

jeff.orvis — Mon, 16 May 2011 04:47:53 +0000

Submitted by Jeff Orvis

Belle Plaine sophomore Emily Toennies qualified in three individual running events, including a state-best time in the 400 meter dash as the Plainsman girls qualified eight events for this week’s state co-ed track meet in Des Moines.

According to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, Toennies was also a qualifier in the 100 and 200 meter dashes. Senior Dani Coover returns to the state meet after qualifying in the 100 meter hurdles. Her time was second best in the state in Class 1A, just six-one hundredeths of a second behind the state leader.

The Plainsmen also qualified in the 4 x 100 meter shuttle hurdle relay, the 4 x 100, 4 x 400 and the sprint medley relays.

It will be a busy late afternoon on Thursday for Toennies, who competes in the prelims of the 100 meter dash at 4:20 p.m. And the 200 meter dash at 6:20 p.m., then the finals in the 400 meter dash 40 minutes later.

Coover will compete in the prelims of the 100 meter hurdles Friday at 5:20 p.m. But the 4 x 100 meter hurdle relay prelims are set for Thursday at 7:40 p.m. The prelims in the 4 x 100 meter relay will be Friday at 6:20 p.m. And the 4 x 400 relay just 40 minutes later. The sprint medley finals kick off action on Saturday at 9 a.m.

The finals in the 100 meters are set for 12:15 p.m., the 100 meter hurdles at 12:35 p.m., the 200 meters at 1:25, the 4 x 100 meter relay at 3:05 and the 4 x 400 relay at 3:35 p.m.

BP boys send six events to state

jeff.orvis — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:25:29 +0000

Belle Plaine tracksters will travel to this week’s boys’ state meet with six events, including three hurdle events, two other relays and a high jumper. According to the Iowa High School Athletic Association, the Plainsman boys advanced in the 110 meter hurdles, where Keegan DeMeulenaere posted the best time of all 24 state qualifiers and teammate Brayden Morrow had the fifth best time.

Morrow also qualified in the 400 meter hurdles with the third best time of the state qualifiers. The Plainsman shuttle hurdle relay team also qualified with the best time in the state in Class 1A.

Belle Plaine also posted a strong time in the 4 x 100 meter relay, taking the fourth best finish in the state into Des Moines this week. The 4 x 400 relay squad also qualified, posting the sixth best time in the field. High jumper Ben Ehlen also qualified with the 18^th best height in the field.

The first event for Plainsman athletes this week will be the preliminaries in the shuttle hurdle relay on Thursday at 2:40 p.m.

The next event is the high jump, set for 2 p.m. Friday. The 400 meter hurdle finals are set for 3:20 p.m. The 110 meter hurdle preliminary is set for 5 p.m. Friday. The prelims for the 4 x 100 meter relay will be run Friday at 6:40 p.m., with the prelims in the 4 x 400 meter relay set for 7:40 p.m.

The remaining finals will be run Saturday afternoon, with the 110 meter hurdles at 12:45 p.m., the 4 x 100 relay at 3:40 p.m. And the 4 x 400 relay at 4:05 p.m., the last event of the meet.

Golf Results 5/5/11

Ginger — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:26:49 +0000

Belle Plaine Golf Results at Belle Plaine Country Club 5/5/11

Boys

Belle Plaine Team Score – 155

Ankeny Christian Team Score – 207
Medalist – Mitch Jacobi (BP) 36

Runner Up – Scott Thenhaus (BP) 38

Belle Plaine Scores

Mitch Jacobi – 36

Scott Thenhaus – 38

Logan Baburek – 41

Caleb Parr – 40

Ryan Zumbach – 44

Austin Brown – 47

Girls

Belle Plaine Team Score – 238

HLV Team Score – 201

Ankeny Christian – 192

Medalist – Victoria Graso (ACA) – 41

Runner Up – Taylor Tanner (HLV) – 46

Belle Plaine Scores

Allie Upah – 54

Miranda Pope – 59

Nicole Thys – 55

Laura Johnson – 77

Nikki Lown – 70

Bradley Allen

Belle Plaine High School

Band and Chorus Director

Head Golf Coach

JV Boys Basketball Coach

ballen@belle-plaine.k12.ia.us

319-444-3720

Golf Results

Ginger — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:22:29 +0000

Belle Plaine Invitational at Belle Plaine Country Club 4/29 Par 72

Boys

Belle Plaine Team Score – 337

GMG Team Score – 418

Sigourney – 432

English Valleys – 466
Medalist – Mitch Jacobi (BP) 76

Runner Up – Scott Thenhaus (BP) 83

Belle Plaine Scores

Mitch Jacobi – 76

Scott Thenhaus – 83

Logan Baburek – 83

Caleb Parr – 95

Ryan Zumbach – 100

Austin Brown – 96

Girls

Belle Plaine Team Score – 499

GMG Team Score – 513

Sigourney Team Score – 538

Medalist – Nicole Thys (BP) 117

Runner Up – Allie Upah (BP) – 117

Belle Plaine Scores

Allie Upah – 117

Miranda Pope – 119

Nicole Thys – 117

Laura Johnson – 146

Nikki Lown – 170

Bradley Allen

Belle Plaine High School

Band and Chorus Director

Head Golf Coach

JV Boys Basketball Coach

ballen@belle-plaine.k12.ia.us

319-444-3720

Belle Plaine vs. Iowa Valley Results at Belle Plaine Country Club 5/3/11

Boys

Belle Plaine Team Score – 158

Iowa Valley Team Score – 200
Medalist – Caleb Parr (BP) 37

Runner Up – Mitch Jacobi (BP) 38

Belle Plaine Scores

Mitch Jacobi – 38

Scott Thenhaus – 40

Logan Baburek – 45

Caleb Parr – 37

Ryan Zumbach – 43

Austin Brown – 45

Girls

Belle Plaine Team Score – 250

Iowa Valley Team Score – 296

Medalist – Allie Upah (BP) 55

Runner Up – Nicole Thys (BP), Kayla Smith (IV) 61

Belle Plaine Scores

Allie Upah – 55

Miranda Pope – 63

Nicole Thys – 61

Laura Johnson – 71

Nikki Lown – 79

Jessie Simpson 103

Belle Plaine Golf Results at Belle Plaine Country Club 5/2/2011

Boys

Belle Plaine Team Score – 165

BGM Team Score – 239
Medalist – Logan Baburek (BP) 40

Runner Up – Mitch Jacobi (BP) 41

Belle Plaine Scores

Mitch Jacobi – 41

Scott Thenhaus – 42

Logan Baburek – 40

Caleb Parr – 43

Ryan Zumbach – 52

Austin Brown – 42

Girls

Belle Plaine Team Score – 266

BGM Team Score – 264

Medalist – Tara Kriegel (BGM) 54

Runner Up – Allie Upah (BP) – 55

Belle Plaine Scores

Allie Upah – 55

Miranda Pope – 80

Nicole Thys – 58

Laura Johnson – 73

Nikki Lown – 83

IHSAA Adopts Changes

Ginger — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:35:53 +0000

IHSAA BOARD OF CONTROL ADOPTS CHANGESFOR TRADITIONAL, DUAL TEAM WRESTLING TOURNEYS
For additional information contact: Alan Beste, Assistant Executive Director or Bud Legg, Information Director at 515/432-2011
BOONE – Wednesday, the Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association adopted changes for the Traditional State Wrestling Tournament and the State Dual Team Tournament. The changes place the tournaments back-to-back in Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, and comes with the support of the Wrestling Coaches Advisory Committee, discussions with the IHSAA Representative Council, Board of Control and administrative groups, all supporting a three-day traditional tournament, which will be contested in eight sessions. The change is effective in 2012 with the Dual Team State Meet on February 15 and the Traditional State Tournament, Feb. 16-18. The Board of Control of the Athletic Association wants to thank the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids where the State Dual Team Wrestling Tournament was since 1994. They were excellent hosts for 17 years and their hospitality was second-to-none. While the Cellular Center is not available for the 2012 dual team tournament due to renovations, that is not the primary reason for the change. Changing the individual state tournament to a 3-day format allows the state duals to be wrestled on eight mats in Wells Fargo Arena. A three-day tournament was abandoned when Veterans’ Auditorium started its initial renovation in 2003 and the number of place winners was expanded from six to eight. Due to those factors, the crowds could no longer be adequately accommodated under the three-day state format. Helping facilitate a return to a three-day state tournament are the fact that the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, and the corresponding consolations, will be wrestled on Friday; session starting and ending times have been adjusted; and wrestling will take place on Saturday morning, which was previously the IWCOA coaches’ breakfast and business meeting. Under the new format, wrestlers losing in the quarterfinals will also have the opportunity for more recovery time before their next competition. Attendance at the traditional State Wrestling Tournament has averaged over 73,000 in the past 12 years and has had 22 straight Saturday night sell-outs. The State Dual Team Tournament, which celebrated its 25th year this season, has averaged nearly 5,200 during the same period. Time schedules for the traditional state tournament and the state team duals are posted on the IHSAA website. The links to those schedules are:http://www.iahsaa.org/wrestling/2012_State_Wrestling_Schedule.pdfhttp://www.iahsaa.org/wrestling/2012_State_Dual_Schedule.pdf The new changes also address a concern that teams that qualify for the State Dual Team Tournament will not have wrestlers trying to hold their weight for an 18-day period. By having the qualifying teams in Des Moines on Wednesday, there will be no need for excess travel in returning home to work out wrestlers who did not qualify for the traditional tournament. Following the Board of Control decision, the IHSAA immediately notified member schools administrators and coaches via a mass email. Assistant Executive Director Alan Beste, who is the IHSAA administrator at both wrestling tournaments, commented on the changes by saying, “These changes are good for high school wrestling in Iowa. Since going to a four-day state tournament the length of the tournament and related loss of school time have been the major concerns of school administrators.” Mr. Beste added, “Wrestlers who did not qualify for the state individual tournament, but who needed to maintain their weight for state dual team has long been a concern of wrestling coaches. These changes address those concerns and allow state duals to be wrestled back to eighth place. Rick Wulkow, Executive Director of the Athletic Association, and the Board of Control, have been advocates for addressing the concerns expressed by administrators and coaches for a number of years and have now found a way to address those concerns.” In other action items at Wednesday’s meeting, the Board of Control approved (1) the sites of the Co-ed Track and Field District/Regional Meets; (2) assignments of team to baseball District and Substate Tournaments; (3) approved a newly developed officials’ evaluation instrument that can be done on-line; (4) reviewed the joint bowling committee recommendations for action later; and (5) reviewed the current scrimmage, jamboree and practice location rules in basketball.New Weight Classes The wrestling changes come at the same time the NFHS adopted rule changes for the coming year especially for weight classes. Effective this coming winter is the most significant change in weight classes in 23 years with an upward shift of the weight classes, beginning with the 103-pound class moving to 106 pounds, which resulted in new weights for 10 of the 14 classes. The changes in weight classes, along with 17 other rules revisions, were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. The 14 weight classes approved by the committee for 2011-12 are as follows: 106 (pounds), 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285. Three middle weight classes – 145, 152 and 160 – were retained, although they are 7-8-9 in order now rather than 8-9-10. The largest weight class (285 pounds) remains unchanged as well. “The change in weight classes resulted from a three-to-four year process utilizing data from the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Optimal Performance Calculator,” said Dale Pleimann, chair of the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee and former assistant executive director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. “The rules committee was able to analyze data from almost 200,000 wrestlers across the country, with the goal to create weight classes that have approximately seven percent of the wrestlers in each weight class. “Throughout the process, each state association was kept completely informed and was provided multiple opportunities for input. The results of the last survey of each state association indicated that the majority of states favored a change, and the committee listened and acted accordingly.” The last wholesale shift in weight classes occurred in 1988, when the lowest weight class was increased from 98 to 103 pounds. The only other changes since then were in 2002, when the number of classes went from 13 to 14 and the 215-pound weight class became mandatory, and in 2006, when the 275-pound class was increased to 285 pounds.Other National Rule Changes Among changes in wrestling holds, the Figure 4 around the head has been ruled an illegal hold/maneuver. Previously, the Figure 4 was illegal around the body or both legs. “This move was being used by high school wrestlers more and more on the head, so to minimize the risk of injury, the committee voted to outlaw the Figure 4 on the head as well as around the body and both legs,” said Bob Colgate, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Wrestling Rules Committee. Another significant change was made in Rule 2-1-3, which now makes the boundary line inbounds and, thus, expands the wrestling area. Previously, a wrestler was out of bounds if he or she was touching any part of the 2-inch-wide line which marks the wrestling area. An additional exception was added to Rule 8-2-1 stating that if the second injury time-out is taken at the conclusion of the second period, and the opponent already has the choice at the beginning of the third period, the opponent would then have the added choice at the first restart after the beginning of the third period. “Previously, at the end of the second period and before the third period, Wrestler A takes his or her second injury time-out, which now gives the choice to Wrestler B,” Colgate said. “However, it’s already Wrestler B’s choice by virtue of the original flip of the disk. Therefore, Wrestler B gains no advantage or benefit from Wrestler A’s second injury time-out. With this change, Wrestler B would now have his or her choice at the first restart after the beginning of the third period.” In other changes, a revision in Rule 3-1-13 allows the referee the flexibility to determine his or her best position to monitor the clock and wrestlers during injury, blood or recovery time-outs. Also, language in Rule 6-2-2 was changed from “forfeit” to “disqualification” to reflect correct terminology. The rules committee also devoted considerable time to developing rules for multi-team dual meets and team-formatted tournaments. Previously, the NFHS Wrestling Rules Book addressed only dual meets and individually bracketed tournaments. Definitions for individually bracketed tournaments, dual meet/team-formatted tournaments and combination tournaments will be contained in Rule 1-3. “In recent years, high school wrestling has moved from dual meets and individually bracketed tournaments to tournaments incorporating a dual meet/team format,” Pleimann said. “The new Rule 11 will provide rules coverage for this type of tournament format.” “High school wrestling is in great shape across the country as participation numbers continue to increase. The rules committee did propose 18 changes to the rules book, but approximately two-thirds of those changes resulted from incorporating the new dual meet/team format rules,” Pleimann added. The final change is one that has been approved by the NFHS Board of Directors for use in all NFHS rules books regarding the meet referee’s jurisdiction. The rule extends the clerical duties of the referee beyond the end of the meet through the completion of any reports required from actions that occurred while the referees had jurisdiction. Points of emphasis adopted by the committee for 2011-12 include communicable diseases, injury time-outs, coach/referee conference, and concussion recognition and management.
” administration approval before each practice session.” Only a school’s bona-fide coaches may provide instruction during practice regardless of where practice takes place.” Member schools may not practice with another member school except in scrimmage situations. [Note the scrimmage rules for each sport as posted in the regular season handbooks.]

Golf Match Results-April 25

Ginger — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:13:47 +0000

Results for the Belle Plaine Golf Match for April 25^th, 2011 @ Belle Plaine Country Club

Boys

Belle Plaine Team Score – 160

Tri County Team Score – 232

Medalist – Scott Thenhaus (BP), Mitch Jacobi (BP) – 38

Belle Plaine Scores

Mitch Jacobi – 38

Scott Thenhaus – 38

Logan Baburek – 41

Caleb Parr – 47

Ryan Zumbach – 45

Austin Brown – 43

Girls

Belle Plaine Team Score – 271

TriCounty Team Score – No Team Score

Medalist – Ashlie Ehret (TC) – 47

Runner Up – Nicole Thys (BP) – 57

Belle Plaine Scores

Allie Upah – 63

Miranda Pope – 63

Nicole Thys – 57

Nikki Lown – 93

Laura Johnson – 88

Bradley Allen

Belle Plaine High School

Band and Chorus Director

Head Golf Coach

JV Boys Basketball Coach

ballen@belle-plaine.k12.ia.us

319-444-3720

Golf Match Results-April 26

Ginger — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:12:06 +0000

Results for the Belle Plaine Golf Match for April 26^th, 2011 @ Brooklyn Victor Country Club

Boys

Belle Plaine Team Score – 156

HLV Team Score – 172
BGM Team Score – 202

Medalist –Mitch Jacobi (BP) – 37

Runner Up – Scott Thenhaus – 38

Belle Plaine Scores

Mitch Jacobi – 37

Scott Thenhaus – 38

Logan Baburek – 39

Caleb Parr – 44

Ryan Zumbach – 42

Austin Brown – 43

Girls

Belle Plaine Team Score – 267

HLV Team Score – 184

BGM – No Score

Medalist – Taylor Tanner (HLV) – 43

Runner Up – Jenna Hansen (HLV) – 44

Belle Plaine Scores

Allie Upah – 64

Miranda Pope – 62

Nicole Thys – 63

Nikki Lown – 84

Laura Johnson – 78

Bradley Allen

Belle Plaine High School

Band and Chorus Director

Head Golf Coach

JV Boys Basketball Coach

ballen@belle-plaine.k12.ia.us