May 2014

Humboldt's girls finished third while the Wildcat boys placed fifth in their respective North Central Conference track meets held on Monday, May 12.The girls, competing at Clear Lake, won two events as Sam Larson took the 3,000-meters title in 10:49.66 and the 4x800 relay of Brittney Nilles, April Jones, Beth Duffield and Maddie Kampen ran away from the field with a time of 10:08.78. Humboldt had numerous second and third-place finishes as they scored 105 team points. Algona won the team crown with 149 points and Webster City was second at 111.Humboldt's boys finished fifth with 68 points in the NCC meet at Hampton. Algona won with 175.5 points, followed by Clear Lake at 87, Clarion-Goldfield at 86.5, Webster City with 69.5. Bishop Garrigan was sixth at 56, followed by Eagle Grove with 50, St. Edmond at 44, Hampton-Dumont with 37.5 and Iowa Falls-Alden last at 28.Humboldt senior Jacob Miller won the 3,200-meters to pace the Wildcats. His winning time was 10:27.88.

The Humboldt High soccer team went 1-2 on the day in the Waverly-Shell Rock tournament on Saturday, May 10 in Waverly. Humboldt opened the day with a victory over Postville. The game was scoreless after regulation then HHS won on a PK shootout. HHS fell 1-0 to Benton Community, then lost to Decorah in a PK shootout after another scoreless regulation. The Wildcats are now 5-6 on the season and visit Iowa Falls on Monday, May 12.The Humboldt boys' golf team tied for third in the team scoring of the Gilbert Tournament on Saturday in Ames. HHS totaled 316 strokes, same as Ballard Huxley. Host Gilbert won the meet with a 311 total while South Hamilton shot a 314. Jaxon Heinz led the Wildcats with a 76 over two rounds. Casey Kayser, Brenden Schnell and Christian Birdsell each had 80. The Wildcats will golf in the conference tournament at Webster City on Monday, May 12.See complete stories in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper.

The Humboldt High girls' track team finished second in the team scoring at the Mason City Mohawk Relays on May 6 while the Humboldt boys took fourth in the Algona Relays.Humboldt's girls won four events, led by senior Sam Larson who was a double winner, taking the 3,000-meters in 11:08.03 and the 1,500-meters in 5:13.11. Maddie Kampen was first in the 800-meters in 2:31.56 while Humboldt also captured the 4x800 relay in 10:16.0. The relay consisted of Brittney Nilles, April Jones, Beth Duffield and Kampen.Senior distance runner Jacob Miller won the 3,200-meters in 10:30 to lead the Humboldt boys at Algona. The Wildcats got a runner-up finish from Tyler McKibban in the discus.Humboldt's girls will compete in the North Central Conference meet in Clear Lake on May 12 while the boys will run in the NCC meet at Hampton the same day. The state qualifying meet is May 15 at Nevada (4 p.m.)See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper.

May 8, 2014 by humboldtnews