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By HARV HANSEN Sports Editor mspsports@mspress.net

Feller takes the helm of Maquoketa football

After Maquoketa High School football coach Riley Brockway stepped down as head coach last season, Maquoketa Athletic Director Colin Larson and the Maquoketa school board did not have to look very far for their new head coach. 

After interviewing eight different candidates, Colton Feller climbed to the top of the list. 

Feller was on former coach Kevin Bowman’s staff and most recently worked as an assistant on Brockway’s staff. Feller has been an assistant coach for the last 12 years. He has been a defensive coordinator, special teams coach, and freshman/sophomore linebacker coach. 

After college, Feller returned to Maquoketa. “I had no idea what I was going to do for a job. I started as a strength coach and a substitute teacher.” 

Feller has been a Maquoketa Middle School science teacher and a health and physical education teacher at the high school.

Feller just finished his seventh year as the Cardinals’ wrestling head coach and five years as an assistant coach, giving him a total of 12 years in the wrestling room.

“I am excited for next football season and keeping every assistant coach that is already on staff. I might make some changes here and there but, my main goal is to put players in the best possible positions to succeed,” Feller said.

Girls distance medley sets school record

track team ran two meets last week, both in a steady downpour. But the girls recorded some personal records (PR) and ran some season-best times last week.

Maquoketa finished second as a team in an eight-team field with 105 points at West Branch on April 8.

Cora Widel won the trifecta in the sprints. Widel won the 100m dash with a PR of 13.08. In the 200m dash, she ran to a first-place finish with a PR of 26.51, and in the 400m sprint placed first with a time of 1:01.90. Widel also ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x400m relay team with Natalie Hackman, Justice Armbruster and Isabel Hopson.

Natalie Hackman finished first in the 800m run, battling the field and the rain in a winning time of 2:23.10. The Cardinals’ other first-place finish came from freshman Hopson in the high jump with a PR jump of 5-03.

No team scores were kept Saturday at the Eastern Iowa Track and Field Festival in Iowa City, where it rained all day. The distance medley relay team of Millie Wing, Hopson, Widel and Hackman outran the field to finish first in a new school record time of 4:17.31. 

Widel finished third in the 200m dash with a PR time of 26.47. Armbruster finished second in the 400m hurdles.

West Branch

Team Scores — 1. West Liberty 123; 2. Maquoketa 105; 3. Regina Catholic 82; 3. Benton 82; 5. West Branch 59; 6. Wilton 43; 7. Calamus-Wheatland 32; 8. Bellevue 17.

100m — 1. Cora Widel 13.08 (PR); 8. Ryley Galloway 14.18; 17. Ava Ferguson 14.87 (PR); 37. Ivayal Ringgold 17.25.

200m — 1. Cora Widel 26.51 (PR); 7. Riley Buttz 29.21; 19. Emily Siegrist 32.77; 22. Aubrey Witt 33.43 (PR); 27. De’Ajah Moore 34.53 (PR); 31. Ivayal Ringgold 39.29.

400m — 1. Cora Widel 1:01.90; 9. Ella Gibson 1:15.65.

800m — 1. Natalie Hackman 2:23.10

100m Hurdles — 3. Justice Armbruster 16.89; Emrie Petersen 21.30.

400m Hurdles — 2. Justice Armbruster 1:09.62 (season best); 8. Emrie Petersen 1:29.84; 9. Atty Moore 1:35.55.

4x100m Relay — 4. Maquoketa 59.12 (Ryley Galloway, Mack McLaughlin, Ava Ferguson and Millie Wing).

4x200m Relay — 3. Maquoketa 2:00.33 (season best) (Ryley Galloway, Isabel Hopson, Ava Ferguson and Mack McLaughlin); 11. Maquoketa 2:21.36 (Aubrey Witt, De’Ajah Moore, Renee Cook and Ivayal Ringgold)

4x400m Relay — 1. Maquoketa 4:19.10 (Natalie Hackman, Justice Armbruster, Isabel Hopson and Cora Widel).

4x800m Relay — 3. Maquoketa 11:34.64 (Emrie Petersen, Riley Buttz, Clara Ihns and Ella Gibson)

800m Sprint Medley — 3. Maquoketa 2:01.67 (Mack McLaughlin, Ryley Galloway, Millie Wing and Justice Armbruster); 11. Maquoketa 2:15.07 (Atty Moore, Renee Cook, Ava Ferguson and Emily Siegrist).

Girls Distance Medley Relay — 6. Maquoketa 5:16.41 (Mack McLaughlin, Millie Wing, Emily Siegrist and Riley Buttz).

High Jump — 1. Isabel Hopson 5-03 (PR).

Long Jump — 9. Atty Moore 13-08 (PR); 12. Millie Wing 13-03.50

Discus — 7. Harper Gjerstad 70-10 (PR)

Shot Put — 4. Harper Gjerstead 28-09 (PR).

Eastern Iowa Track and Field Festival

Iowa City West High School

Team Scores — No team score was kept.

200m — 3. Cora Widel 26.47 (PR)

400m — 18. Riley Buttz 1:09.38.

800m — 6. Natalie Hackman 2:21.06.

100m Hurdles — 9. Justice Armbruster 16.65.

400m Hurdles — 2. Justice Armbruster 1:08.69 (season best)

4x400m Relay — 4. Maquoketa 4:16.77 (Natalie Hackman, Justice Armbruster, Isabel Hopson and Cora Widel).

800m Sprint Medley — 14. Maquoketa 2:05.54 (Ryley Galloway, Macklyn McLaughlin, Cora Widel and Justice Armbruster)

Girls Distance Medley Relay — 1. Maquoketa 4:17.31 (PR and school record) (Millie Wing, Isabel Hopson, Cora Widel, Natalie Hackman).

High Jump — 7. Isabel Hopson 4-10.

Cook leaps to Cardinals’ best finish in Anamosa

The Maquoketa boys track team finished 10th at Anamosa with 29 points, finished sixth at West Branch with 30 points, and finished 10th at Assumption with 29 points. It was a bad week for track and field as it rained all day at West Branch. 

Donavan Cook finished runner-up in the high jump with a leap of 6-02 for the Cardinals’ best finish at Anamosa April 6. The Cardinals scored points in six different events at Anamosa.

On the rain-soaked track and field among six teams at West Branch on Thursday, the Cardinals scored points in 10 events; the highest finish was third.

The 4x800 relay team of Phoenix Schepers, Jaxon Irwin, Donavan Cook and Gavin Machael finished third. Also finishing in third was Cash O’Connell in the 200m dash.

On Saturday, Nolan Ehlinger finished second in the long jump with a jump of 19-10.75, and Donavan Cook finished second in the high jump with a jump of 5-10. Both Ehlinger and Cook have recorded better jumps this season.

Anamosa

Team Scores — 1. Denver 141; 2. Wahlert 87; 3. West Delaware 82; 4. Alburnett 78. 5. Monticello 72; 6. Bellevue 56; 7. Cascade 51; 8. Anamosa 50.5; 9. Tipton 35; 10. Maquoketa 29; 10 Maquoketa Valley 29; 12. Midland 27. 

100m — 9. Cash O’Connell 11:93; 16. Tristen Anderson 12.53; 26. Caleb Coates 12.94; 30. Matthew Spicer 13.68.

200m — 5. Kannon Davis 24.10; 14. Drake Dague 26.08. 

800m — 14. Jaxon Irwin 2:23.97; 19. Kyle Moubry 2:49.09.

1600m — 16. Gavin Machael 5:24.61; Brenden Gerardy 5:25.33.

400m Hurdles — 10. Donavan Cook 1:03.27.

4x100m Relay — 4. Maquoketa 45.81 (Cash O’Connell, Kannon Davis, Asaiah Yoder and TJ Wing); 13. Maquoketa 49.79 (Tate Claus, Hayden Boyd, Teagan Meisenberg and Takory Gerischer)

4x200m Relay — 4. Maquoketa 1:34.64 (Cash O’Connell, Kannon Davis, Asaiah Yoder and TJ Wing); 14. Maquoketa 1:45.26 (Thane Bayles, Teagan Meisenberg, Danbren Henson and Imihana Husemann).

4x800m Relay — 11. Maquoketa 10:03.23 (Phoenix Scheper, Jaxon Irwin, Brenden Gerardy and Gavin Machael).

800m Sprint Medley — 8. Maquoketa 1:43.75 (Tristen Anderson, Caleb Coates, Asaiah Yoder and TJ Wing); 15. Maquoketa 1:52.75 (Thane Bayles, Danbren Henson, Drake Dague and Imihana Husemann)

Distance Medley Relay — 10. Maquoketa 4:30.17 (Thane Bayles, Drake Dague, Jordan Hartman and Kyle Moubry).

High Jump — 2. Donavan Cook 6-02; 11. Jordan Hartman 5-04.

Long Jump — 5. Kannon Davis 19-02.

Discus — 13. Logan Clasen 115-09; 18. Payton Dalton 99-01.

Shot Put — 10. Archer Spickermann 37-09.50; 14. Logan Clasen 36-03.50; 19. Makkenzy Kuan 34-09.75; 22. Larsen Ohry Jr. 32-08.

West Branch

Team Scores — 1. West Branch 142; 2. Iowa City Regina 135; 3. Calamus-Wheatland 99; 4. Durant 73; 5. Wilton 43; 6. Maquoketa 30.

100m — 8. Asaiah Yoder 12.21; 15. Drake Dague 12.85; 18. Caleb Coates 13.24; 21. Matthew Spicer 13.43; 24. Hayden Boyd 13.81; 27. Takory Gerischer 14.32.

200m — 3. Cash O’Connell 23.64; 5. Kannon Davis 24.42; 10. Tristen Anderson 25.77; 13. Thane Bayles 26.29; 15. Imihana Husemann 27.58; 19. Jordan Hartman 28.13.

400m — 5. TJ Wing 56.45; 9. Kannon Davis 59.52; 12. Phoenix Scheper 1:02.33; Tucker Moore 1:15.66.

800m — 6. Jaxon Irwin 2:29.28; 11. Tucker Moore 2:57.15; 12. Jayden Bowling 3:03.04.

3200m — 9. Brenden Gerardy 13:10.55.

4x200m Relay — 7. Maquoketa 1:47.03 (Hayden Boyd, Tate Claus, Danbren Henson and Teagan Meisenberg).

4x800m Relay — 3. Maquoketa 9:57.10 (Phoenix Scheper, Jaxon Irwin, Donavan Cook and Gavin Machael).

800m Sprint Medley — 4. Maquoketa 1:49.15 (Tristen Anderson, Caleb Coates, Drake Dague and Imihana Husemann).

Distance Medley Relay — 5. Maquoketa 4:39.80 (Thane Bayles, Drake Dague, Jordan Hartman and Kyle Moubry).

Long Jump — 6. Kannon Davis 19-04.50; 10. Imihana Husemann 16-02.

Discus — 4. Logan Clasen 108-00; 7. Wyatt Welley 96-01; 9. Archer Spickermann 90-03; 11. Makkenzy Kuan 88-02.

Shot Put — 10. Payton Dalton 34-08.50; 12. Archer Spickermann 32-11.00; 15. Wyatt Welley 32-05.50; 16. Larsen Ohry jr. 32-03.

At Davenport

Team Scores — 1. Bettendorf 115; 2. Pleasant Valley 101; 3. Central DeWitt 83; 4, Wahlert 80; 5. Monticello 68; 6. North Scott 64; 7. Lisbon 55; 7. Bellevue 55; 9. Assumption 50. 10. Iowa City 29; 10. Maquoketa 29; 12. Davenport West 7.

100m — 16. Caleb Coates 12.44; 17. Tristen Anderson 12.45.

200m — 9. Kannon Davis 24.50; 11. Asaiah Yoder 24.65.

400m — 18. Jordan Hartman 1:02.28.

800m — 15. Jaxon Irwin 2:22.20; 20. Phoenix Scheper 2:29.38.

1600m — 20. Jaxon Irwin 5:23.24; 22. Gavin Machael 5:36.93.

110m Hurdles — 12. Thane Bayles 18.51.

400m Hurdles — 10. Donovan Cook 1:04.71.

4x100m Relay — 6. Maquoketa 46.12 (Darion Daddock, TJ Wing, Asaiah Yoder and Cash O’Connell)

4x200m Relay — 5. Maquoketa 1:36.00 (Cash O’Connell, Nolan Ehlinger, Kannon Davis and TJ Wing).

800m Sprint Medley — 7. Maquoketa 1:42.14 (Darion Haddock, TJ Wing, Kannon Davis and Asaiah Yoder).

Distance Medley Relay — 10. Maquoketa 4:33.81 (Thane Bayles, Drake Dague, Phoenix Scheper and Gavin Machael).

High Jump — 2. Donavan Cook 5-10; 5. Jordan Hartman 5-04.

Long Jump — 2. Nolan Ehlinger 19-10.75; 9, Kannon Davis 18-00.25.

Discus — 12. Logan Clasen 114-06; 19. Archer Spickermann 92-07.

Shot Put — 10. Archer Spickermann 38-11; 17. Logan Clasen 36-06.

Soccer teams off to slow start for 2026

The Maquoketa boys soccer team is off to a 1-2-1 record so far this season. 

Three Cardinals have scored goals already. Nolan Ehlinger leads the team with three goals, Tate Streets has netted two goals, and Kelan Starr has chipped in with one goal for the Cardinals. 

Cole Koob has recorded three assists and Corbin McGlynn has recorded one assist.

Brayden DeForest has served been between the pipes for all four matches for the Cardinals, recording 51 saves. 

Maquoketa only got one match in last week, which was a loss to Cedar Valley Christian/Alburnett 2-0. The match with Beckman Catholic was cancelled due to the weather.

The Maquoketa girls soccer team won their only match of the season last week, defeating Cedar Valley Christian/Alburnett 5-1. 

Arabella Wagner scored two goals. Maelyn Kluever, Semiya Gill and Aubree Dostal netted one goal each. Maquoketa scored three times in the first period to take the early lead.

nBoys

MAQUOKETA 2

CLINTON 2

At Maquoketa 

Goals — Tate Streets 2

Assists — Cole Koob 2

Saves — Brayden DeForest 9

MAQUOKETA 2

CENTRAL DEWITT 1

At Maquoketa

Goals — Nolan Ehlinger 2

Assists — Cole Koob 1; Corbin McGlynn 1

Saves — Brayden DeForest 7

DAV CENTRAL 4

MAQUOKETA 2

At Davenport

Goals — Kelan Starr 1; Nolan Ehlinger 1

Assists — None

Saves — Brayden DeForest 21

CV CHRISTIAN-ALBURNETT 2

MAQUOKETA 0

At Alburnett

Goals — None

Assists — None

Saves — Brayden DeForest 14

nGirls

MAQUOKETA 5

CV CHRISTIAN/ALBURNETT 1

At Alburnett

Goals — Arabella Wagner 2; Maelyn Kluever 1; Semiya Gill 1; Aubree Dostal 1.

Assists — Gill 1; Dostal 1; M. Kluever 1; Ivery Kluever 1.

Saves — Aubrey Kroymann 1.

Cardinal golf teams go 1-1

The Maquoketa girls golf team lost to Beckman Catholic 207-252 April 6 at Dyersville Country Club. 

But the inexperienced team is improving, according to Coach Kevin Bowman.

“We improved our score by 26 strokes from our first meet. I have a very inexperienced group of girls; only two of the eight girls have played a round of golf. So, I expect by the end of the season we should see big improvement from the girls,” Bowman said. 

Lily Coyle shot a 56, Maddie Herring followed with a 58, Chamberly Bock fired a 64, and the last score to count was Kaylee Reckemeyer with a 74. Annavey Gruenwald hit a 75 and Kaylee Rockwell had a 76.

The Maquoketa boys golf team defeated Beckman Catholic 173-181 at Dyersville Country Club April 6. Ethan Winegar was the medalist with a 38, while Joe Ihrig was runner-up carding a 39. 

On April 8, the boys finished in a three-way tie for fourth place, shooting a 336 for 18 holes. The top four Cardinals were Ethan Winegar shooting an 80, Joe Ihrig 82, Eli Winegar 85, and Paxton Hansen 89.

MAQUOKETA 173

BECKMAN 181

Maquoketa Individuals — Ethan Winegar 38; Joseph Ihrig 39; Bryson Groves 45; Tanner Swanson 46; TJ Traverse 46; Brady Wilson 49; Eli Winegar 50; Eric Weirup 52; Paxton Hansen 53; Garet Frett 57; Bryson Yarolem 66.

Medalist — Ethan Winegar (Maquoketa) 38

Runner-up Medalist — Joseph Ihrig (Maquoketa) 39

Wapsi Creek Invitational 

(At Anamosa)

ANAMOSA316

UNION COMM 327

MAQ. VALLEY 330

MAQUOKETA 336

CAMANCHE 336

MFL MARMAC 336

LISBON360

MIDLAND 365

Maquoketa Individuals — Ethan Winegar 80; Joe Ihrig 82; Eli Winegar 85; Paxton Hansen 89; Tanner Swanson 90; TJ Traverse 103

Medalist — Garrett LaDue (Anamosa) 69

Runner-up Medalist — Charlie Sager (Camanche) 76.

River Hawks golfers show course initiative

The Easton Valley boys golf team defeated Prince of Peace 166-217 to start the season. 

Houston Holdgrafer led the River Hawks with a 38.

At the Bellevue four-team Invitational April 8, Easton Valley finished third with a 348. Keagan Lee was low with an 85, Holdgrafer shot a 86, Logan Wagner shot a 87 and Michael Thoma fired a 90 for the last score to count. 

The Easton Valley girls kicked off their season by placing first at the four-team invitational with a score of 360, 49 strokes better than second-place Bellevue with 409 total.

Addie Fier paced the River Hawks with an 82, Sadie Roling 85, freshman Lilly Fier shot a 95, and freshman Chelsae Schmidt fired a 98. 

On April 10, Lisbon downed the River Hawks 172-180 at Lisbon. Roling led the River Hawks with a 39. A. Fier shot a 40, L. Fier fired a 47, and Schmidt rounded out the scoring with a 54.

nBoys

EASTON VALLEY 166

PRINCE OF PEACE 217

Easton Valley Individuals — Houston Holdgrafer 38; Zach Heister 42; Keagan Lee 43; Logan Wagner. 43; Bentlee Bredekamp 44; Michael Thoma 45. 

Easton Valley JV: James Buhlman 39; Easton Rathje 48; Lucas Boemann 51; Kameron Wilson 51; Aidan Feddersen 52; Brennen Heier 53; Ethan Matthiesen 61; Callan Messerich 63; Jackson Lewis 64; Carson Butt 65.

Medalist — Houston Holdgrafer 38.

Runner-up Medalist — Zach Heister 42.

NORTHEAST 341

MARQUETTE 342

EASTON VALLEY 348

BELLEVUE 350

Easton Valley Individuals — Keagan Lee 85; Houston Holdgrafer 86; Logan Wagner 87; Michael Thoma 90; Bentlee Bredekamp 91; Zach Heister 92.

Medalist — Madden Wiedner (Northeast) 73.

Runner-up Medalist — Louis Gonner (Marquette) 80.

LISBON 161

EASTON VALLEY 165

Easton Valley Individuals — Keagan Lee 41; Bentlee Bredekamp 41; Logan Wagner 41; Houston Holdgrafer 42; Zach Heister 46; Michael Thoma 49.

nGirls

BECKMAN 207

MAQUOKETA 252

Maquoketa Individuals — Lily Coyle 56; Madison Herring 58; Chamberly Bock 64; Kaylee Rekemeyer 74; Annavey Gruenwald 75; Kaylee Rockwell 76

Medalist — Maggie Domeyer (Beckman) 45.

No team score only two golfers for Maquoketa. 

Maquoketa girls’ scores from Anamosa Invitational

Maquoketa Individuals — Madie Herring 63/57=120, Lily Coyle 63/68=131

nGirls

EASTON VALLEY 360

BELLEVUE 409

NORTHEAST 423

MARQUETTE 436

Easton Valley Individuals — Addie Fier 82; Sadie Roling 85; Lilly Fier 95; Chelsae Schmidt 98; Kendyl Driscoll 100; Tenley Miller 126.

Medalist — Brook Tott (Bellevue) 82

Runner-up Medalist — Addie Fier (Easton Vallyey) 82

LISBON 172

EASTON VALLEY 180

Easton Valley Individuals — Sadie Roling 39; Addie Fier 40; Lilly Fier 47; Chelsae Schmidt 54; Kendyl Driscoll 57; Tenley Miller 74.

Medalist — Sadie Roling (Easton Valley) 39

Runner-up Medalist — Addie Fier (Easton Valley) 40

Trap team earns top finishes in Cedar Rapids

The Maquoketa Youth Trap Team traveled to the Otter Creek Sportsmen’s Club in Cedar Rapids April 11 for a meet hosted by Cedar Rapids Kennedy. 

Each discipline was scored out of 50 targets. Here’s how the team stacked up:

Singles Discipline

Rookie Ladies: Hayden Bickford, first

Intermediate Entry Men: Nash Loewen, third

Intermediate Advanced Ladies: Faith Frahm, second

Intermediate Advanced Men: Chance Frahm, first

Varsity Ladies: Brooklyn Dykstra, first

Varsity Men: Brady Wilson, third; Cade Morehead, second

Handicap Discipline

Rookie Ladies: Hayden Bickford, first

Intermediate Entry: Nash Loewen, second

Intermediate Advanced Ladies: Faith Frahm, third

Intermediate Advanced Men: Hunter Bickford, third; Chance Frahm, second; Caden Johnson, first

JV Men: Mayson Wood, first

Varsity Ladies: Madie Herring, second

Doubles Discipline

Intermediate Advanced Ladies: Faith Frahm, first

Intermediate Advanced: Chance Frahm, second; Caden Johnson, first

Varsity Ladies: Madie Herring, third; Maddie Koch, second

Varsity Men: James Green, third; Carter Johnson, second

The team will travel to DeWitt on Saturday, April 18, for a meet hosted by Easton Valley.

Results: 

Name, level, S, H, D (of 50 birds)

Caden Johnson, Intermediate, 46, 45, 40

Chance Frahm, Intermediate, 47, 41, 33

Faith Frahm, Intermediate, 42, 35, 21

Hunter Bickford, Rookie, 44, 41

Jamesyn Kingsley, Intermediate, 35

Nash Loewen, Intermediate, 42, 34

Kiptyn Morehead, Jr. Varsity, 44

Mayson Wood, Jr. Varsity, 37, 39, 29

Floyd Wosoba, Rookie, 18

Hayden Bickford, Rookie, 41, 26

Brady Wilson, Varsity, 49, 34, 39

Brooklyn Dykstra, Varsity, 47, 30, 30

Cade Morehead, Varsity, 50, 39, 41

Carter Gravel, Varsity, 44, 30, 39

Carter Johnson, Varsity, 49, 36, 43

Gabe Yappen, Varsity, 47, 40

Hunter Rupp, Varsity, 44

James Green, Varsity, 45, 29, 43

Kaden Axline, Varsity, 46, 22

Lily Coyle, Varsity, 33

Madilyn Koch, Varsity, 36, 32, 35

Madison Herring, Varsity, 43, 33, 34

Speedway to open with inaugural racing event

On Saturday, April 18, the Maquoketa Speedway at the Jackson County Fairgrounds will open the 2026 racing season with a first-ever racing event on the ¼-mile dirt track. 

The wild and wooly 410 Sprint cars of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series will fly around the track. This inaugural event will be sure to provide an action-packed night of 900 horsepower on display as a new track record will most likely be set. 

In addition to the Sprint Cars, the opening night of point racing will be held in the IMCA Stock Car, Sportmod and Hobby Stock classes. Grandstands will open at 4 p.m., with hot laps slated to take the green flag at 5:30 p.m. and racing to follow. 

A pre-race party and car show will be at Timber Lanes from noon until 3 p.m. Several drivers will be on hand with their new cars ready to hit the track.