Jan 27
Jacey Dehogues learns to knit!
Senior Jacey Dehogues who is learning to knit in a Special Projects class just completed her first project. Librarian Jane Widmer Yoder is her knitting instructor.
Jan 25
Boys lose to Lone Tree
Dallas Nye
Johnny Lackender
Chance Miller
Lone Tree prevailed over IMS 69-61 Tuesday in a game that featured two of the four teams atop the SEISC North Division with 11-2 conference marks going into the match-up. IMS led 16-11 after one quarter before the Lions came with a strong second period. Lone Tree got the tip-in at the buzzer to lead 35-32 at the half. The Lions stretched the margin to ten at 45-35 in the third period and then IMS cut it to 47-42 on a Chance Miller three to close the third period. The Lions again pulled ahead by eight at 57-49 with five minutes to play before an IMS flurry got it to 58-56 on the strength of a Cameron Gingerich triple and then a Dallas Nye basket with just over three minutes remaining. IMS could get no closer, however, as the Lions salted it away with ball control and free throws, including 8-9 from Bryan Forbes.
IMS was paced offensively by Miller with 19 points, including five treys, before fouling out. Brian Hagedorn and Cameron Gingerich had 10 points each and Dallas Nye, Peyton Thompson, and Johnny Lackender each had seven points. Lackender had four rebounds and Thompson and Gingerich each had three assists. Forbes led the Lone Tree attack with 29 points.
Coach Dwight Gingerich said “Lone Tree has an outstanding team and showed again why they are state ranked. They play extremely hard and really well together. We were out-rebounded and out-hustled, pure and simple. We battled but it wasn’t enough.”
IMS drops to 11-3 in conference play, 12-4 overall, and next plays Friday at Columbus.
IMS then returns home against a strong Iowa City Regina team Saturday with the JV boys tipping off at 4:30 followed by the varsity match-up. This game has been tabbed the Coaches vs Cancer event and there will be an opportunity to give monetary donations following the game.
Peyton Thompson
Brian Hagedorn
Brian Hagedorn, Chance Miller
Jan 25
Lone Tree defeats girls at home
Olivia Yutzy
A scrappy IMS team came up short Tuesday night against Lone Tree to a packed home crowd. The pace was fast throughout as both teams looked to press and push the ball. Lone Tree jumped out to an early 16-8 lead after one quarter, led by a pair of Ella Feldman threes. A hot shooting second quarter for IMS made it a 27-29 game at halftime. Both teams exchanged leads throughout the third period, but IMS found themselves behind 36-40 after three. Lone Tree went to a zone in the fourth quarter, and slowed down the pace of the game. With three minutes to play Lone Tree had maintained their four point lead at 44-48. Down the stretch Lone Tree was able to take care of the ball and IMS was forced to foul. Lone Tree was able to hit their free throws, and IMS was not able to convert on their end making for a final score of 47-58.
Olivia Yutzy led IMS with fourteen points in a strong performance on both ends of the floor. Riley Schmieder scored eleven points and Kristin Davis and Hannah Miller each had ten. Celia Hostetler scored two points to round out the IMS scoring.
Coach Aaron Gingerich said “I thought our effort defensively was good tonight, but we were not able to finish each possession with a box out. When we give up as many second chance opportunities as we gave up tonight our chances of winning are not very good. I thought offensively we took advantage of opportunities to push the ball and were able to convert on some fast break opportunities. We are learning to play at a much faster pace.”
With the loss IMS falls to 3-15 on the season, and next plays Friday at Columbus.
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Riley Schmieder
Kristin Davis
Hannah Miller
Jan 24
Carpooling is nothing new at IMS
Jameson Lammer and Grant Schlabaugh drive from Kalona.
Nathan Peterson, Amanda Bartel and Criz Lopez drive from Iowa City.
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Arriving at IMS each morning means many miles driven. Students travel from Iowa City, Frytown, Homestead, Kalona, Marengo, North English, Parnell, Wayland, Washington, Wellman, and many places in between.
Many students and several teachers carpool to school– which not only saves on gas expenses, and may cause you to leave a bit earlier than traveling on your own — but also proves to be a fun time for most students.
Demi Brezina, Breana Stout, Jacayla Litwiller, & Elysia Stastny drive from the Washington area.
Breana Stout – “I get dropped off at Jacayla’s (Litwiller) house between 7:25-7:30. We may watch TV or just talk a bit before we leave for school. Sometimes we stop for gas or coffee.” When asked what type of topics they discuss she said, “Well, we talk about LOTS of stuff. We have really random conversations! We sing and dance and do tons more! There’s pretty much nothing that we haven’t talked about! Animals, school, God . . . we’ve talked about it all.”
Breana continued, “One of the most unusual things we did was find six puppies on the side of the road; picked them up and brought them to school with us. We found them all good caring homes.”
Grant Schlabaugh & Jameson Lammer – “We listen to the radio and talk about sports and the cold!”
Tommy Rhodes and Cameron Gingerich drive from the "Stringtown" area.
Tommy Rhodes and Cameron Gingerich – “We listen to music and talk about stuff that happened at school like basketball, homework, and funny things that happened during the day!”
Stasia Majerick, Olivia Yutzy & Hannah Gingerich – Listen to music and talk about school, sports, music, and anything else random.
Jane Widmer Yoder – We often discuss the weather and “who is driving tomorrow”.
Elizabeth Yoder & Jacey Dehogues usually talk about life or sing enroute to IMS.
Stops at Central Discount for some discounted snacks, group orthodontic appointments, after ball practice rides home or going to ballgames provide plenty of carpooling opportunities!
Jan 23
Girls struggle at Wapello
Riley Schmieder
Laura Yoder
IMS lost at Wapello on Friday night. Wapello jumped out to an early 12-8 lead after one and stretched that lead to 28-12 at the half. IMS backed off their pressure in the second half and went to a half court man to man, as Wapello’s senior guard Erika Massner made it tough for IMS to guard full court. IMS started the second half on an 8-1 run to make the score 29-20 with three minutes to go in the period but IMS was not able to get any closer the rest of the way, falling by the score of 40-50.
Hannah Miller
Kristin Davis
Olivia Yutzy
Jan 23
Boys shoot 61% in their win against Wapello
Cameron Gingerich & Dallas Nye
Randy Ropp & Reggie Hostetler
Brian Hagedorn
IMS braved the elements and made the trip to Wapello Friday, and came away with a 76-30 victory over the Indians. On a day when the snow stayed mostly north, IMS was able to get a game in to raise the conference mark to 11-2, 12-3 overall.
IMS got out to a 20-3 first quarter lead and built the margin to 45-15 at the half. Chance Miller led the assault with five treys in the half and finished with 19 points.
Cameron Gingerich scored 14 points and Peyton Thompson added 11 for IMS. Johnny Lackender scored eight points, Brian Hagedorn had seven, and Dillon Bender knocked down a pair of triples for six points. Justin Boller recorded five points and four assists, Randy Ropp dropped a three, and Zach Hill and Joel Shetler each scored two points to round out the scoring.
Dallas Nye passed for five assists, and Hagedorn and Gingerich each grabbed four rebounds. Lackender had three assists, three steals, and three rebounds.
Coach Dwight Gingerich said “we came out and played hard from the beginning and were able to sustain that throughout. In the process we were able to get a lot of guys in and our guys off the bench kept the intensity level up. We moved the ball very unselfishly and got good looks.”
IMS was 11-19 behind the arc for the evening, and shot 61 percent from the floor for the game.
IMS next plays on Tuesday at home against Lone Tree.