Eagles travel to Tipton, MV


Trevor Gudenkauf of Midland (back) holds onto Monticello’s Andrew Wall during the Maquoketa Valley tournament. (Photo by Pete Temple)
MIDLAND RECAP

Wrestling

     The highs and lows of a wrestling season were on display for the Midland High School wrestling team during a pair of meets last week.

     Midland wrestled a total of eight duals, winning two of them, to come away with a record of 4-11 for the season.

     “We’ve had five duals that we lost that came down to one match,” Midland coach Cody Goble said.         

     On Jan. 5, the Eagles traveled to Tipton for a quadrangular meet.

     Midland lost a narrow 33-30 decision to Tipton, defeated Northeast of Goose Lake 30-18, and fell to Mid-Prairie by a score of 48-27.

     Kasper Heiken, Landon Hunter, Jalen Huston and Brett Schoenherr all went 3-0 for the night. Heiken won all three of his matches by fall. Hunter and Huston each had two falls and a decision, while Schoenherr had a fall and two decisions.

     Griffen Gravel went 2-1 with two falls. Ty’Rique Turman went 2-0 with a decision and a forfeit.

     “We had a good meet Thursday,” Goble said.

     At the Maquoketa Valley Duals tournament Saturday, Jan. 7, the Eagles wrestled against five opponents, winning once. Midland defeated Starmont 27-15, and lost to Monticello 39-33, to Dyersville Beckman 50-21, to Center Point-Urbana 57-24, and to Maquoketa Valley 50-24.

     Three Eagles had 4-1 records for the day: Griffen Gravel, Heiken and Schoenherr. Travis Gudenkauf went 3-1.

 

Boys basketball

     Midland played Cedar Valley Christian Jan. 6 at Springville, and picked up its first victory of the season, 44-34.

     Alex Martens, returning from a football injury, led the Eagles with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Connor Harms scored 11 points. Trace Jensen had six rebounds, while Skylar Mullins and Fisher Bisinger had five apiece. Harms had four steals and three assists.

     The Eagles (1-3, 1-10) then traveled to Durant Jan. 7, and lost 44-41 despite 26 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks from Martens. Harms had five points, four assists and three steals.

     Before the holidays, the Eagles closed out 2016 with three losses. The first of those was a 46-28 defeat at Monticello Dec. 17. Harms led Midland with seven points, while Kyle Paulsen and Bisinger had six points each and Ethan Kaftan added four. Jensen had seven rebounds, two assists and two steals. Mullins blocked two shots.

     On Dec. 20, the Eagles played host to Alburnett, and lost 52-47. The Pirates outscored Midland 28-19 in the middle two quarters. Harms had 14 points, five steals and three assists, and Bisinger added 12 points for the Eagles. Jensen had seven rebounds.

     The final game before the break was a 71-27 loss at Camanche Dec. 22. The Indians broke out to a 28-2 lead by the end of the first quarter. For Midland, Bisinger had 13 points and four rebounds. Dawson Paulsen made two assists and two steals. Kyle Paulsen also had two assists.

    

Girls basketball

     Midland split a pair of Tri-Rivers Conference, East Division games to open the new year.

     The Eagles (2-2, 2-10) started with a 40-38 victory over Cedar Valley Christian Jan. 6 in Springville.

     “In the end, we made some free throws to secure the win, and got a defensive rebound when we really needed it,” Midland coach Nathan Becker said. “Every time CVC made a shot or two, we ended up making a shot. It sure was fun to win one of these close games finally.”

     Drew Jensen led the Eagles with 17 points, while Delanie Uppena and Calli Markmann had six apiece. Markmann had 11 rebounds, Emma Paulsen and Delanie Uppena had nine each, and Libertie Uppena grabbed seven. Markmann also had five steals and three assists. Libertie Uppena had four blocks.

     The Eagles then traveled to Durant Jan. 7, and lost 49-37. Libertie Uppena had 15 points and six rebounds. Delanie Uppena had 12 rebounds. Markmann made seven steals and five assists.

     “This ended up being one of our most complete games, where we did not have a huge lapse in any one quarter,” Becker said. “Offensively, we had a season-low in turnovers, and did a nice job of getting offensive rebounds (14). Unfortunately, we just could not make shots.”

     Midland was 14-for-55 from the field (25.4 percent).

     Prior to the holiday break, the Eagles had a pair of losses. At home against Alburnett Dec. 20, Midland fell 41-36 despite the performance of Jensen, who came off the bench to score 21 points. Jensen shot 7-for-12 from the field and 6-for-8 from the free throw line. Delanie Uppena added eight points and 10 rebounds. Markmann had nine rebounds, and Libertie Uppena grabbed seven.

     In a non-conference game at Camanche Dec. 22, Midland lost 80-39. Delanie Uppena scored 17 points, shooting 6-for-8 from the field. Libertie Uppena had 11 points. Markmann led the team in rebounds with six. Markmann and Jensen had three assists each. Libertie Uppena blocked two shots.

     

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