Diving head first into the season is exactly what the Sigourney softball team is doing with six games in the first five days of the season.
Through four outings the Savages sit at 2-2 after dropping a doubleheader to Fairfield, but coming back with a 9-5 win over Springville and 11-1 victory over Iowa Valley on back-to-back nights. Carly Goodwin led the offense against the Orioles going 3-for-4 with a home run and plating five runs. The freshman added three more hits last night and Kaylee Weber knocked in four tallies on a pair of hits. Madelynn Hornback tossed the win in the circle with five innings pitched giving up one run on four hits and striking out six.
After capturing their first meet win in four years on Thursday, the Columbus Community boys’ track team did not have to wait long this time to take another victory lap, as the Wildcats reigned supreme in the Sigourney Relays last night.
The Wildcats won their second straight by compiling 94 points that bested the 11 team field including five other area schools. Two events took home gold including Isaac Acosta in the 1600m (4:44) and Mason Hodges in the discus (137’8’’). Kaden Amigon was second in the 100m (11.30) and 200m (23.30) and picked up a third place finish in the long jump (18’4’’). Other second place events included Freddy Vergara in the 3200m (10:46), the 4x100m (45.70), and 4x800m relay (9:26). Other area schools in the standings included Highland sixth with 52 points, Winfield-Mt. Union seventh with 51 points, Sigourney eighth with 39 points, Keota ninth with 37, and WACO 11th with 17. The sprint relays paid dividends for the Huskies winning the 4x100m (4
A rare Friday night meet for the Sigourney girls’ track team translated to a fourth place finish out of six teams at BGM.
The Savages racked up 89 points compared to Lynnville-Sully’s 142 to claim the meet crown. Kaylee Weber did her thing in the field events winning the discus (90’6.75’’) and shot put (32’7’’). Other top finishes include 4x100m relay second (56.42), shuttle hurdle relay second (1:16), Macy Fisch second in the shot put (31’1’’), Carly Goodwin third in the 100m (14.14), and Rain Barthelman third in the 400m hurdles (1:16).
Full results can be found below.
Coach Schutjer
The Warriors have struggled to find wins over the past two seasons, going 5-42, which McMurray will try to help overcome for brighter days as she did in high school.
Along with scoring, McMurray is also a prolific passer; she leaves Belmond-Klemme as the all-time leader in career assists. That number was helped by her junior season when she broke the school record for assists in a season with 97. She ended her career with 277 career assists.
“Addison is also another great young lady off the court as well. She excels in the classroom and is well-known throughout her community. All great aspects we look for in our future Warriors.”