Sports

The Humboldt girls' soccer team moved their record to 3-2-1 overall by shutting out the Webster City Lynx, 4-0 in Humboldt on Monday evening, April 21.

The Wildcats got goals from Elsie Hubbell, Sadie Hubbell, Zoey Montag and Alyssa Scranton to improve to 3-1-1 in North Central Conference play.

Humboldt returns to action on Thursday, April 24, in a league contest at Garner. The Wildcats host Marshalltown in non-conference play on April 25. Humboldt visits Fort Dodge on April 28.

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The Humboldt boys' track team has qualified three events for this week's Drake Relays in Des Moines.

Humboldt head coach Greg Wickett announced on Sunday that Tyler Carlson in the high jump, Elliot Carlson in the long jump and the 4x100 relay of Cash McIntire, Chase Flaherty, Elliot Carlson and Mason Van Pelt have secured a spot in the high school division of the longtime spring track and field classic, to be held inside Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

The long jump competition will start at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 24. The high jump competition begins at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The 4x100 relay will run at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26.

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A victory in the final event of the night, the 4x400 relay, carried the Humboldt boys' track team to the team title of the annual Charlie Bunn Relays in Humboldt on Friday night, April 11.

Humboldt's Chase Flaherty passed Evan Allie of Algona on the final stretch to give Humboldt a two-second victory in the final race. The Wildcats finished first in 3:28.82 to 3:30.33 by Algona.

Humboldt totaled190 points to take top honors. Algona had 186 with Webster City third at 125. Boone was fourth with 83, followed by Eagle Grove with 68, Emmetsburg 52 and Clear Lake last with 11.

By PHIL MONSON

Quinton Orr has found a home running the steeplechase.

Orr, a red-shirt junior on the Iowa State University men’s track team, last week ran a personal record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational at Palo Alto, CA.

Orr, a 2021 Humboldt High School graduate, finished eighth with a personal best time of 8:39.90. His time is now seventh-place in Iowa State history.

“Our training last fall and over the winter has been really intense so I have been seeing some great strength and some great speed improvements. I’ve ran personal bests in every event over the last year,” Orr said in exclusive interview with the Independent over the weekend.

“Yes, I would say the steeple chase is definitely my event. I’ve made some big jumps in the event last year and now this year with more gains,” Orr said.

Jake Lewis says he can see himself spending the rest of his life in Humboldt.

Lewis, who was hired by the district to teach physical education, will also take on the role as the school’s strength and conditioning coach. Lewis and his wife, Cheyanne, were introduced to the Humboldt High School coaching at a meet-and-greet event on April 2.

Cheyanne will teach sixth grade at Humboldt Middle School. They are parents of a young child and are anxious to anchor their roots in the community.

“This is a phenomenal opportunity. My family and I are super excited to come to Humboldt. It’s going to be hard for me to leave working at my alma mater, Dallas Center-Grimes, but my wife and I made this decision because we feel this is an opportunity that we can’t pass up and so we are not going to look back,” Lewis said.

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EAGLE GROVE – Humboldt won six events and finished second at the Umstead Relays in Eagle Grove on April 8.

Chase Flaherty won the 400-meters in 52.59 seconds.

Mason Van Pelt won the 400-meter hurdles in 58.22 seconds.

Humboldt's shuttle hurdle relay took first in 1:03.33.

The 800-meter medley relay took first in 1:37.55.

Elliot Carlson won the long jump at 20-11.5 and Tyler Carlson won the high jump at 6-4.

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Humboldt placed sixth in the team scoring of the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Lady Bulldog Relays on April 10 in Hampton. Humboldt's 4x800 relay took first in 10:32.73. Avery Fisher, Meg Zweibohmer, Aubry Fisher and Brynn Malo comprised the relay for the Wildcats. Malo was third in the 800-meters in 2:29 and Aubry Fisher third in the 1,500-meters in 5:23.

Humboldt girls 6th in Clear Lake Relays
CLEAR LAKE – Humboldt's varsity girls' track team opened their outdoor season by placing sixth in the team scoring of the Clear Lake Early Bird Relays on April 8. The Wildcats were led individually by Aubry Fisher, who ran first in 5:21.16. The 4x400 relay of Bella Metli, Landry Lash, Avery Fisher and Brynn Malo ran second in 4:29.85.

LIVERMORE – Humboldt's varsity girls' golf team opened their season in a non-conference triangular at Spring Valley on Tuesday, April 8.

The Wildcats finished with 243 shots. Algona Garrigan and Spencer both tied with 205.

Sophia List shot a 55 to lead Humboldt. Macy Berte and Asia Anderson each had a 61 while Morgan Mayall shot a 66. Mya Essing and Shelby Wood each had a 68.

Hannah Marion shot a 43 to lead Spencer.

Humboldt returns to action at Pocahontas on Friday, April 11, against Pocahontas Area and Manson-NW. Humboldt hosts Fort Dodge and Manson-NW on April 15.

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Humboldt finished fourth in the power-laden Spencer Invitational golf meet on Monday, April 21.

The Wildcats finished with 321 strokes. Clear Lake won with 303 while Spencer was second at 312 and Carroll Kuemper third with 313. Cade Birdsell was 10th individually with a 77 to pace the Humboldt boys. Dawson Sleiter was 12th with 78 and Parker Sleiter fired an 82. Cyler Cirks had an 84, Carson Oleson 85 and Mack Harklau 88.

Birdsell's 36 leads HHS boys in golf victory
Cade Birdsell shot an even par 36 and Dawson Sleiter fired a 38 to lead the Humboldt boys' golf team to a non-conference triangular victory in Humboldt on April 11. The Wildcats totaled 159 strokes, Pocahontas Area had 181 and Manson-NW shot 232. Parker Sleiter added a 42 for the Wildcats with teammate Cyler Cirks next at 43. Andrew Nedved had a 45 and Cooper Theesfeld 47.

Humboldt's varsity boys' soccer team saw their season record slip to 2-2-1 overall after falling 9-2 at Webster City on Monday night, April 21. The loss came four nights after the Wildcats lost 2-1 at Clear Lake on April 17.

HHS boys, HDC battle to scoreless tie
Humboldt remains unbeaten in varsity boys' soccer after the Wildcats battled Hampton-Dumont-CAL to a 0-0 tie on Monday night, April 14 in Humboldt. The Wildcats are now 2-0-1 overall and in the North Central Conference.

Humboldt boys in 4-1 victory
Humboldt's varsity boys' soccer team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Wright County on April 10 at Belmond. Wright County is the combined program of Belmond-Klemme, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows and Eagle Grove. Carter Westre scored three goals and Caleb Vinsand also scored.