Sports

9th girls VB team edged by Lynx

Humboldt’s ninth grade volleyball team was edged by the Webster City Lynx in their home opener on Sept. 3, falling 21-19, 13-21 and 13-15.
“We battled so hard to win that first set, which was good to see. We were flat the second set and got off to a terrible start in the third set, but we almost pulled that off,” Humboldt coach Kathi Beach said.
“We are beating ourselves by not controlling things we can control on our side of the net with serving and serve receive, tempo, energy and confidence. We will spend a lot of time in the next week of practice working on cleaning up our defense and trying to stay in system out of serve receive,” Beach said.

Humboldt opened its season at Charles City on Aug. 27 and fell to the Comets by scores of 15-21, 21-8 and 10-15.

Fishers, Malo go 1-2-3

By PHIL MONSON

Led by an impressive showing despite hot and humid conditions, the Humboldt girls’ cross country team won the small school division at the Webster City Lynx Invitational on Sept. 1 at Links Golf Course.

Avery Fisher was first in 20:10.43, Aubry Fisher was second in 20:16.81 and Jade Malo was third in 20:31.63 to pace the Wildcats, who won the crown easily. Macey Rodgers was eighth in 22:52.78.

Because of the hot and humid weather conditions, the girls and boys each ran one race overall. Ballard Huxley, which won the large-school division, totaled 38 overall with Humboldt second at 71.

Humboldt’s boys, who finished seventh among 11 schools, were led by Henry Kramer’s fourth-place finish in 18:11.62. Bentley Rodgers was 25th in 20:27.81 and Ike Fowler 36th in 21:07.68.

Top-ranked Gilbert’s Logan Bleich was the overall champ in 15:45.12 with Jacob Tallman second at 16:02.41.

Humboldt to 7-0, in Cedar Falls Invite Saturday

Fresh off of their new No. 1 ranking in Class 3A, the Humboldt volleyball team swept the Webster City Lynx in three sets in their first home conference match of the season on Sept. 3, winning by scores of 25-16, 25-19 and 25-14.

The Wildcats improved to 7-0 overall, 2-0 in the North Central Conference. Humboldt head coach Kara Waldorf said her team has a lot of improvement to make but praised her squad for coming out on top with the sweep.

Webster City challenged the Wildcats at times and held a slim lead in the middle of the second set. Humboldt’s attack was too much for the Lynx, however, as the Wildcats prevailed.

Addie Waldorf made 31 assists to lead Humboldt. Adelynn Goodell made 15 kills at the net. Callie Olsen had 11. Brayleigh Angstrom made three blocks and senior Gracie Johnson made five ace serves.

The Fort Dodge High girls’ swim team, which has six athletes from Humboldt, defeated Des Moines East in a home meet on Sept. 1, 97-72.

Humboldt’s Adelyn Meyer, Embree Meyer, Morgan Townsend, Ellen Townsend, Danica Diedrick and Amelia Winter all saw action in the meet.

The Dodger swimmers will host Algona and Sioux City on Sept. 10. They also host Des Moines North on Sept. 15. FD hosts the Gary Winkler Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 19.

HUMBOLDT GIRLS RESULTS
Adelyn Meyer: placed 3rd in 200-yard freestyle in 2:58.89. Swam 1st leg of 3rd place 200-yard freestyle relay, 2:19.42. Swam 1st leg of 1st place 400-yard freestyle relay, 5:35.72.

Morgan Townsend: placed 3rd in 100-yard freestyle in 1:21.62. Swam 4th leg of 1st place 200-yard freestyle relay, 2:31.80. Placed 5th in 100-yard breaststroke in 1:51.52.

Wildcats host Carroll Friday

By PHIL MONSON
Humboldt could have used a break or two in their non-district football game at top-ranked Clear Lake last Friday (Sept. 4).
The Wildcats, who had trouble getting their offense on track in their opener the previous week at Spencer, saw their hard luck continue as the host Lions blanked Humboldt, 25-0 to send the Wildcats to 0-2 on the season.

In the first half, Humboldt began their offensive drives from their own two, 10, 7, 17 and 23-yard lines. The Wildcats first drive ended in a safety for Clear Lake as quarterback Caden Fredin was tackled in the end zone. Then five minutes into the second quarter Fredin was sacked in the end zone for another Lion safety.
Short field position provided the Lions with opportunities to score a pair of touchdowns to take an 18- lead into halftime.

The Fort Dodge High girls' swim team, aided by the efforts of five Humboldt athletes, defeated Algona (48-45) and lost to Sioux City Metro (66-28) in a home meet in the Fort Dodge pool on Tuesday night, Sept. 10.

Humboldt's Danica Diedrick, Morgan Townsend, Ellen Townsend, Embree Meyer and Adelyn Meyer all saw action in the meet. Amelia Winter, another Humboldt athlete, was unable to compete as she re-injured her left ankle before the meet.

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Top-ranked Clear Lake took advantage of Humboldt's offensive struggles and went on to a post a 25-0 victory over the Wildcats in a non-district football game in Clear Lake on Friday night, Sept. 4.

Humboldt fell to 0-2 overall and returns to action at home on Friday, Sept. 11, against Carroll in another non-district contest.

Clear Lake moved to 2-0 and will host Webster City on Sept. 11.

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Fresh off of being ranked No. 1 in Class 3A, the Humboldt High volleyball team moved their record to 7-0 overall, 2-0 in the North Central Conference after sweeping the Webster City Lynx in three straight sets in the Humboldt gym on Thursday night, Sept. 3.

The Wildcats won by scores of 25-16, 25-19 and 25-14.

Humboldt will return to action at Eagle Grove on Sept. 10 in a conference quad that will include Algona and Fort Dodge St. Edmond.

Humboldt, which was ranked No. 2 in the first statewide rankings, moved up to No. 1 earlier in the day, it was announced by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

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No. 2 HHS girls win their own tournament
Humboldt wins NCC opener

Humboldt’s second-ranked (Class 3A) volleyball team was impressive in winning their own tournament last Saturday (Aug. 29), going 5-0 on the day to take top honors.

Hudson was 4-1, Carroll Kuemper 3-2, Emmetsburg 2-3, South Hardin 1-4 and Fort Dodge 0-5. The Wildcats were 10-1 in matches. Their only blemish was in the second set of their 2-1 win over Kuemper (21-15, 14-21, 15-8).

“The girls showed a lot of grit today. Tournaments can be physically hard and mentally exhausting, and they did a great job responding when things got tough,” Humboldt head coach Kara Waldorf said.

“The Hudson and Kuemper games were big wins for us and I thought the girls really controlled those matches well. We won the first set against Kuemper and then got down in the second and ended up losing, but the girls did great taking care of business the third set which was fun to see,” Waldorf said.

Aided by the efforts of six Humboldt High School students, the Fort Dodge High girls’ swim team placed fifth in the team scoring of the Mason City Redhawk tournament on Saturday, Aug. 29.

Humboldt’s Adelyn Meyer, Morgan Townsend, Ellen Townsend and Amelia Winter all saw action in the meet.

Morgan Townsend finished 19th in the varsity 100-yard freestyle in 1:20.99. Adelyn Meyer was 17th in the varsity 500-yard freestyle in 8:19.68.

In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Winter swam the second leg and Ellen Townsend swam the third leg of the 12th-place relay unit which clocked 2:12.51.

In the 100-yard backstroke, Adelyn Meyer was 19th in 1:34.51. Ellen Townsend was 19th in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:46.08.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay unit which placed 11th in 5:30.81, Adelyn Meyer swam the first leg and Morgan Townsend swam the third leg.