Iowa Mennonite School

Soccer defeats Williamsburg

IMS — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:31:31 +0000

Varsity

IMS 4, Williamsburg 0

Christopher Perez

Levi Schrock

Nicholas Yoder

Reggie Hostetler

Cody Miller, Christopher Perez, Jesse Shetler, Ben Brenneman, and Levi Schrock getting soaked at halftime!

The Iowa Mennonite Soccer team traveled to

Cody Miller

Williamsburg and claimed a 4-0 win over the Raiders. With a strong wind blowing from the south end of the field to the north it seemed the coin toss and the choice of ends might be key. The coin toss went Williamsburg’s way so IMS went into the wind the first half. After taking some time to figure out how this would affect play, IMS forwards led by Dillon Bender and Reggie Hostetler began putting pressure on the Williamsburg goal. At the halfway point, Peyton Thompson sent a ball forward to Tommy Rhodes who sent his shot to the left corner of the goal. A few minutes later Nathan Peters sent in a cross where Reggie Hostetler was waiting to redirect the ball into the goal. The back line of Chris Perez, Cody Miller, Levi Schrock and Jesse Shetler did a great job of containing the Raider offense and of dealing with the long balls coming out of the Williamsburg end of the field.

The halftime talk and instructions were interrupted by a fierce rainstorm which soaked the players and coaches and sent the fans scrambling for their cars. After a good soaking, the sun came out, the referee’s returned to the field and play resumed with the second half. Just a minute into the half, Matt Libby sent a ball into the front of the net where it took a deflection. Making a run from his midfield position, Nathan Peters knocked in his first varsity goal. The next goal came three minutes later when Dillon Bender sent a corner kick into the box where Levi Schrock headed the ball strongly into the net. The back line continued to play well and goalie Ben Brennemen gathered in four saves.

IMS moves to 14-4 for the season. IMS hosts neighboring Mid-Prairie, Thursday with JV/Varsity matches beginning at 5:00. Before the varsity game, at approximately 6:15 the seniors and their parents will be recognized for their four years of play.

Junior Varsity

IMS 5, Williamsburg 0

The IMS JV took awhile to figure out how to score but when they did they were prolific.
The scoreless first half saw Jameson Lammer and Michael Hersberger play some excellent defense and goalie Joel Shetler face a penalty kick to keep the score at 0-0. Reggie Hostetler opened the scoring with an unassisted goal halfway through the second half. With just over five minutes left in the game Artemiy Sayfutdinov scored on a head ball from a corner kick taken by Spencer Schrock. Two minutes later Jacob Valov beat a defender, then made a beautiful pass to Kobi Rossom who stuck the shot into the far netting. A minute later Kirby Shetler sent a ball to Kobi who again capitalized by scoring his second goal of the night. Spencer Schrock finished the scoring with a long shot from the side of the field.

SEISC soccer tournament

IMS — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:28 +0000

IMS 8, Wapello 1

IMS 1, Burlington Notre Dame 0

IMS 0, Holy Trinity 1

Iowa Mennonite participated in the SEISC tournament. IMS opened the tournament, hosting Wapello at IMS. Reggie Hostetler scored three times and added an assist to lead to the 8-1 victory. Joining in the scoring were, Matt Libby, with a goal and two assists, Dillon Bender, with one goal and one assist, Tommy Rhodes, Ben Brenneman and Spencer Schrock, with an assist from Nathan Peters.

Wapello scored on a penalty kick.

The next morning IMS traveled to West Point to play Burlington Notre Dame in the semi-final. The field was wet from earlier rains but though the sky was dark and you could hear thunder in the distance the rain stayed away. Notre Dame played defensively keeping most of their players back, hoping to pick up a score on a quick counterattack. The back line of Chris Perez, Levi Schrock, Cody Miller and Jesse Shetler did an excellent job of shutting down this strategy limiting Notre Dame to two first half shots. At the same time, the IMS forwards struggled to put strong shots on goal with the crowded defense, and the half ended 0-0.

In the second half, IMS created more pressure. Tommy Rhodes beat a defender in the middle, side stepped another one and put a shot into the corner of the net for the 1-0 lead with 26 minutes left in the game. This forced Notre Dame to open up a bit more and to push forward but the defensive unit was up to the challenge as goalie, Ben Brenneman gathered five saves on eight shots to make the 1-0 lead hold.

IMS faced Holy Trinity in the championship game. Both teams were playing with tired legs and neither team created much offense in the first half with each team generating just five shots. Holy Trinity also played a defensive style playing for the counter attack. By now the rain had found its way to West Point making the field conditions slicker and the bounce of the ball more difficult to judge. Springing a ball through the middle, two defenders slipped allowing the Holy Trinity player to break through and face Brennman one on one. Brenneman made a brave challenge but the ball went into the net to give Holy Trinity the 1-0 lead and the win.

IMS moves to 13-4 for the season. IMS returns to action Tuesday with a trip to Williamsburg. The varsity game is scheduled to begin at 4:30 followed by the JV.

IMS closes out the regular season Thursday in a local derby, hosting neighbouring Mid-Prairie.

Culinary Arts students finally get served!

IMS — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:23:14 +0000

For their final day of class, Culinary Arts students enjoyed breakfast out at Perkins using some of the tip money they collected this semester. It was a fun way to end a great semester!

”It was really nice to eat food that we didn’t have to make and I especially enjoyed not having to do the dishes afterwards.” says senior Matt Libby.

The LAST day …

IMS — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:49:44 +0000

Since today was the LAST school day for the senior class, they celebrated in a lasting way.

Seniors took their last high school exams; they reminisced in their last chapel with a wonderful slide show of their four years at IMS (prepared by Mischa De Jesus); we surrounded them, laid hands on them in a traditional sending prayer, and sang a last blessing to them at the end of chapel; they organized and prepared their last school lunch by grilling together as a class at noon; they cleaned out their lockers for the last time; but did NOT say their last goodbyes. We look forward to welcoming class members back to campus throughout their lives.

Blessings to the class of 2012 as they become our newest alumni!

Ting Davidson

IMS — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:06:38 +0000

Ting Davidson

Senior Hoi Ting Davidson, daughter of Paul Davidson and Yuk Sum Chung of rural Williamsburg, will present her Senior Recital in the school’s Celebration Hall on Saturday, May 12, 3:30 p.m. Ting will share her gifts on the violin and piano and will enlist the help of the Chamber Singers on several pieces. All are invited to attend. A reception will follow in the lobby following the recital.

Girls compete at district track meet

IMS — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:28:27 +0000

The Iowa Mennonite girls track team took advantage of the excellent weather conditions Thursday to establish some new personal best performances at the 1A state qualifier meet hosted by WACO . Mike Jay, announcer at the Drake and Mt. Sac Relays announced the meet to give it a championship feel. Riley Schmieder had a great night in the distance events. She placed third in the 3000 meter run behind Ella Feldman of Lone Tree and Brenna Conger of Pekin . Her time was 12:15.58. This was her first attempt at the event. Later in the evening Schmieder placed sixth in the 1500 meter run with a time of 5:50.89. Michaela Prihoda placed fifth in both the long jump (14’ 10.5”) and 100 meter dash (13.89 FAT). This is her best time ever in the 100 meter dash. Anya Slabaugh was sixth in the high jump clearing 4’ 10”. This equaled her best jump set at Lone Tree April 2. Anya was also ninth in the 200 meter dash with a season best time of 29.64 FAT and eleventh in the 100 meter hurdles in 18.92 FAT. Bridgette Brenneman smashed her previous best time in the 400 meter dash by three seconds to place eleventh in the event. Her time was 1:15.28 FAT. Abbie DeWild placed seventeenth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 15.14 FAT. Senior Amber Davis was eleventh in the shot put with a best throw of 28’ 8.25”. Amber’s contributions to the team and presence will be missed next year.

All event winners in the twelve 1A qualifier meets advance to the state championships next week in Des Moines . The next twelve best performances in each event from across the state also advance to the state meet. The state qualifier lists will be posted Friday afternoon at http://www.ighsau.org/IGHSAUwebsite/track.htm

Results

Pekin	139	Calamus-Wheatland	41
Highland	100	Keota	36
Danville	86	New London	30
Lone Tree	84	IMS	20
Winfield Mt. Union	81	Maharishi	16
Waco	52.5	Harmony	4
Sigourney	45.5

IMS defeats #4 West Liberty

IMS — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:19:47 +0000

Varsity

Iowa Mennonite 4, West Liberty 3

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Nathan Peters

Tommy Rhodes

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After a week off the IMS soccer team returned to action hosting number four ranked West Liberty. West Liberty came out strong and took early control of the midfield. Ten minutes into the game West Liberty crossed the ball into the 18 where a West Liberty player side volleyed a shot into the upper corner of the net. Showing that they were not going to roll over, IMS responded a minute later as Matt Libby sent a ball forward where Tommy Rhodes ran onto the ball and slammed it by the goalie.

Justin Boller

Play settled down a bit as both teams struggled to establish consistent control in the midfield. West Liberty was the next to strike, scoring on a beautiful head ball from near the 18. Once again IMS responded and created a good scoring chance only to see the ball knocked down by a hand ball. Awarded the penalty kick, the shot ricocheted off the corner post before bouncing out of bounds. Chris Perez, returning to action for the first time in two weeks, intercepted a ball in the back line and sent a ball forward where Tommy Rhodes collected the ball and struck it by the goalie to even the score at 2-2.

Chance Miller

After some halftime adjustments the IMS backline of Chris Perez, Levi Schrock, Justin Boller and Cody Miller put a damper on the West Liberty offense, forcing them to take shots from longer range. Meanwhile midfielders, Tommy Rhodes, Chance Miller, Nathan Peters, and Nicholas Yoder began to assert some more possession in the midfield. A little over ten minutes into the half, four guys, Matt Libby, Reggie Hostetler, Enrique Sanchez and Jesse Shetler came off the bench to provide some fireworks. First, Hostetler took a pass from the back line, beat a defender, then sent a ball forward to Libby who outran a defender, forced the goalie to commit, then sent the ball calmly into the goal. Two minutes later, Jesse Shetler intercepted a pass, took the ball wide, before passing it to Reggie Hostetler who sent a shot into the goal for the 4-2 lead.

Dillon Bender

West Liberty didn’t back down and kept pushing forward and at the halfway point scored pushing the score to 4-3. The rest of the game was a nail biter as West Liberty mounted ten second half shots. The defensive line continued its strong play, while goalie Ben Brenneman made some key saves, twice pulling the ball in as it lay near or on the goal line.

With the win IMS moves to 11-3 on the season. IMS hosts Wapello Friday evening at 5:00 pm in the first round of the SEISC conference tournament.

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Chris Perez

Cody Miller

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Junior Varsity

IMS 1, West Liberty 0

In JV action, the IMS JV beat West Liberty 1-0 on a goal by Reggie Hostetler. The guys have shown great improvement over the year, something evident tonight against a strong West Liberty team.

Summer Composer Camp

IMS — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:31:53 +0000

Susan See, our resident piano instructor.

Three days of unleashing your musical creativity!

Resident piano instructor, Susan See will be directing two Composer Camps this summer at IMS.

For students who have completed grades 3rd through 5th and have had at least one year of piano study the camp will be July 23 – 25. For students who have completed grades 6th through 8th and have completed at least three years of piano study the camp will be July 30 – August 1. You do not have to be a piano student of Susan See to attend. For complete information about the camp please click Summer Composer Camp.

Susan will bring expertise, passion and fun to this camp. In talking about music Susan comments, “The purpose of music is to express ourselves. Music is a language of direct emotional expression; in fact, it may be one of the most intense ways to express our deepest feelings. My goal is to help each student start to develop their potential in expressing this language.”

Academic & Fine Arts recognitions

IMS — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:33:01 +0000

2011-12 National Honor Society:(back) Hannah Altmaier, Amanda Bartel, Madeline Miller, Kyle Brinning, Ting Davdison; (third) Keilah Brokaw, Jacey Dehogues, Maddie Marshall, Shawna Borntrager; (second) Sam Swartzendruber, Laura Hochstetler, Hannah Gingerich, Samantha Messer; (front) Jesse Wenger, Cody Miller, Naomi Miller, Cameron Gingerich, Levi Schrock

The Academic and Fine Arts Awards Night took place in Celebration Hall last evening (May 8). This night recognizes the accomplishments of students who have excelled in academics, music, drama and art. It also recognizes students who have been of service to others through Peer Tutoring and Compassion Club. Scholarships are also awarded to IMS juniors to be used for their entry fee for the 2012-13 school year and a Freshman Alumni Scholarship is given to an incoming 9th grade student of an IMS alumni. The new National Honor Society members were inducted and together with the other members from last year hosted the evening. For a complete listing of all the awards click here.

Golf teams in action

IMS — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:05:46 +0000

The IMS boy’s golf team woke up bright and early on Saturday morning leaving the school at 5:15 to head south to Donnellson to play in the Central Lee golf tournament. Medalist from Central Lee was Brian Krehbiel with a 69. IMS was led by Tanner Leyden with a 98, Richard Deming shot a 115, Ben Miller carded a 124, and Grant Schlabaugh shot a 126 to give the boys a team score of 463. Coach Ryan Miller said “All of the boys have improved by quite a few strokes from the beginning of the year. It ended up being a fun day of golf with four good rounds from the boys.”

Central Lee won the tournament with a team score of 317. Keokuk had 329, Notre Dame West Burlington 344, Holy Trinity Catholic 345, Van Buren 374, Ft. Madison 392, and IMS with 463.

On Monday the girls headed south to Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Ft. Madison to play in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet. Rain soaked the course over night and made things a little difficult for the girls. Everyone finished their rounds with soaked feet and some had soaked pants, yet the girls did not complain. Medalist for the North was Mackenzie Noble from Wapello with an 87. IMS was led by Jess Miller with a 149. Michaela Prihoda shot a 168, Mischa De Jesus carded a 173, and Kaycee Miller and Breana Stout both shot a 181 for a team score of 671. Wapello led team scoring with 388, followed by Mediapolis 438, Winfield Mount Union 439, Columbus 471, Lone Tree 491, Louisa Muscatine 546, IMS 671, and Waco did not have enough golfers to have a team score. “Even though the conditions were not ideal the girls had a lot of fun,” commented Coach Miller.