July 2014

The Humboldt softball team has five players who were selected all-conference by league coaches.Freshman shortstop Beth Duffield is a unanimous first-team pick, along with freshman Avery Terwilliger as a utility player. Senior second baseman Maddie Thomas is a first-team pick, along with senior center fielder Lauren Friesth. Freshman catcher Kelsey Peters was chosen second-team.Terwilliger led the NCC in hitting with a .604 average. Duffield batted .458 and led the NCC in stolen bases with 24.Humboldt finished 22-12 overall, fourth and 11-6 in the conference standings. The Wildcats advanced to a regional final where they came up short of advancing to the state tournament.See complete story in the Humboldt Independent Newspaper. Subscribe for full print and electronic access to the Independent.

July was proclaimed National Blueberry Month by the United States Department of Agriculture on May 8, 1999. Blueberries are grown in 35 states in the U.S., and the United States produces over 90 percent of all of the blueberries in the world. They have been used in soups, stews and more, for centuries. According to Ark-La-Tex, the Native Americans taught the pilgrims to use blueberries in many ways. Blueberries were dried in the sun and ground into a powder. The powder was used to make a pudding called Sautauthig, which would be similar to corn meal blueberry mush. This powder was also used to season meat as a “spice rub.” Our Native Americans believed that these little blue berries were good for your health. Modern medicine also identifies the health benefits of blueberries. Blueberries are loaded with antioxidants, which are supposed to help reduce your chance of getting cancer and heart disease.

HOMER K. GREGORY, 79, Alburnett, died Monday, July 7, 2014.

The Humboldt High baseball team closed out their regular season Monday night (July 14) by shutting out Storm Lake, 5-0 in a non-conference game in Storm Lake. Humboldt, 21-6 overall, will meet Ballard Huxley in a Class 3A first round district tournament game in Clear Lake on Friday, July 18, 5 p.m.Humboldt traveled to Clear Lake Friday night (July 11) and dropped a 4-2 conference game to league foe Clear Lake. HHS, which finished with eight hits, was led at bat by Austin Zylstra who was 2-for-2 and Connor Vitzthum who was 2-for-4. Vitzthum took the loss on the mound pitching, allowing three hits in five innings. Humboldt slipped to 12-5 in the NCCHumboldt forged out to a 9-0 lead and held off a Fort Dodge St. Edmond rally to earn a 9-6 North Central Conference victory over the Gaels Wednesday night (July 9) in Humboldt.Humboldt got back on the winning track July 7th at home by sweeping the Webster City Lynx by scores of 7-6 and 10-1.