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        Sports Preview

        Katie Candrl      TJ Whelan        Tyler Heidbrink     Luci Angell        Connor Lang
        Dutchgirl Track   Dutchmen Track   Dutchmen Baseball   Dutchgirl Soccer   Dutchmen Golf

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OWENSVILLE VARSITY Dutchmen baseball players (above, in front, from left) suiting up for first-year head coach Tyler Ahring include Hunter Engelbrecht, Will Lauth, Garret West
(senior), Eoin Krupp, Jon Saunsaucie and Austin Long; in the middle, Logan Evans, Gavin Loague, TC Fisher (senior), Eli Wilson, Michael Steinbeck and Dominic Grigaitis; and in back,
Derek Brandt, Landon Valley, Tyler Heidbrink (senior), Bryor Bogle (senior) and Ethan Reed (senior).

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A new season
on a new field
BY WILL JOHNSON                                  senior year on the baseball diamond,” Ah-
SPORTS EDITOR                                    ring said. “I feel for our seniors last spring
wjohnson@wardpub.com                             who did not get that opportunity due to the
                                                 coronavirus pandemic.”
   Robbed of their spring 2020 season by            Those players now 2020 Owensville
the beginning of the coronavirus, Tyler          High School graduates include Trevor
Ahring’s Owensville Dutchmen baseball            Abernathy, Justin Gauer, Javohntae Gates,
team will look to take full advantage of         Austin Gregory, Joe Havelka, Cody Linders
being able to play high school baseball this     and Daxton Mehrhoff.
spring in 2021.                                     Juniors making up the majority of the
   “I am very excited and so are the kids,”      varsity Dutchmen baseball roster in 2021
Ahring said. This is the best team top to        include Gavin Loague, Derek Brandt,
bottom since I have started coaching, and        Dominic Grigaitis, Eoin Krupp, Landon
quite honestly the scariest lineup since my      Valley, Michael Steinbeck, Logan Evans,
senior year back in 2010.”                       Jon Saunsaucie, Eli Wilson and Hunter
   With nearly 40 student-athletes out for       Engelbrecht.
baseball, Ahring will have plenty of weap-          A duo of sophomores will round out the
ons at his disposal throughout the spring.       varsity Dutchmen baseball roster in Austin
   Leading the way for the diamond Dutch-        Long and Will Lauth.
men will be five seniors in Bryor Bogle,            Grigaitis, Krupp, Valley, Steinbeck,
TC Fisher, Garret West, Ethan Reed and                                                            GARRET WEST (above) works on bunting while waiting his turn to bat during a recent
Tyler Heidbrink.                                                    See Season on Page 4B         practice session at OHS Field prior to their season opener Friday against St. Clair’s Bulldogs
   “I’m glad these guys get to play out their                                                     as part of the Four Rivers Baseball Classic (FRBC).

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Season • from page 3B
Logan Evans, Saunsaucie, Wilson and
Engelbrecht also top the junior varsity roster
for Owensville Dutchmen baseball in 2021.
   Sophomore Keagan Cobble joins Long
and Lauth in addition to the freshman trio of
Jordan Rabbitt, Garrett Crosby and Layne
Evans rounding out the JV Dutchmen
baseball roster.
   Seeing 12 freshmen come out for Dutch-
men baseball this spring, Ahring will be
assisted by Steven Kemp and Casey Fisher.
   Joining Rabbitt, Crosby and Layne Ev-
ans on the freshman squad will be Isaiah
Gates, Landon Ely, Cody Perkins, Logan
Kleekamp, Aryon Fisher, Colton Skiles,
Laine Baumbach, Ben Homan and Jim
Jenkins.
   Dropping Belle from the schedule,
Ahring has beefed up his schedule with
bigger schools.
   Not only does St. Francis Borgia return
to the schedule, but the Columbia High
School Tournament at Hickman High
School also returns.
   “We have some big schools on our
schedule to help us gear up for districts in
May,” Ahring said.
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Kalyn Kemp takes
over Dutchgirl soccer
BY WILL JOHNSON                                 and now soccer.
SPORTS EDITOR                                      She will be looked to as a defensive
wjohnson@wardpub.com                            leader to help out Angell who will be
                                                the most experienced goal keeper on the
    Finishing 14-6 two years ago, Owens-        Dutchgirl roster.
ville Dutchgirl soccer has a new coach and         “Luci (Angell) comes in as our most
new faces to the varsity line up.               experienced goalie,” Kemp said. “We’ll
    After Jordan Palmer stepped away from       look to her for saves when we need them in
coaching due to personal reasons, Kalyn         addition to our defense helping her as well.”
Kemp was hired to replace Palmer as the            Juniors rounding out the upperclass-
head coach of Owensville Dutchgirl soccer.      men portion of the Dutchgirl soccer roster
    “I’m excited that the girls are going to    include Leah Reed, Paige Loyd, Mia
have a season this spring,” Kemp said. “It      Herfeldt, Jocelyn Benson, Cami Gray,
was tough to see not only girls soccer but      Emily Marquez, Aubrey Dawson and Kyah
all of the spring sports not happen last year   Tiefenbrunn.
due to the coronavirus pandemic.”                  Sophomores making up the majority
    Kemp will be assisted by Barb Loyd.         of the Dutchgirl soccer roster this spring
    Seniors looking to lead the Dutchgirls      include Avery Bastunas, Maria Benson,
to another winning season include Katelyn       Drew Copeland, Mallory Eberlin, Kiana
Landolt, Luci Angell and Kaitlyn Nelson.        Guerrero, Camri Jones, Kylie Kitchen and
    Recovered from a knee injury that kept      Landry Watson.
her out of the end of basketball season,           All eight sophomores will split time be-
Landolt has been able to compete during
her senior season in softball, basketball                           See Soccer on Page 6B       PAIGE LOYD (above) watches a shot soccer ball into her hands during a recent practice
                                                                                                session on the Dutchmen Field turf.

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              Soccer • from page 5B
              tween the varsity and junior varsity squads
              so that each team will be able to play full
              matches when their opponents also have
              enough players to play full varsity and JV
              matches.
                 Freshmen rounding out the 2021 Dutch-
              girl soccer roster include Anya Binkhoelter,
              McKenna Edwards, Stephanie Cain, Emily
              Krause and Hannah Nelson.
                 Kemp’s Dutchgirls will compete in two
              tournaments during the regular season.
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OWENSVILLE DUTCHGIRL soccer (above) will enjoy increased numbers during the upcoming 2021 season enabling them to have more depth on their bench and full junior varsity
games. Team members (above, in front, from left) include McKenna Edwards, Camri Jones, Katelyn Landolt (senior), Luci Angell (senior), Kaitlyn Nelson (senior), Kyah Tiefenbrunn
and Mallory Eberlin; in the middle, Drew Copeland, Avery Bastunas, Stephanie Cain, Mia Herfeldt, Maria Benson, Hannah Nelson, Anya Binkhoelter and Aubrey Dawson; and in back,
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OHS track eager to begin 2021 seas
BY WILL JOHNSON                                         Seniors looking to lead OHS Track and         with seven state medals if she can earn four          Part of the 4x800-meter relay team tha
SPORTS EDITOR                                        Field to a successful 2021 campaign include,     this season,” Candrl said. “We’ll see where        earned All-State honors two years ago, Gibso
wjohnson@wardpub.com                                 TJ Whelan, Brayden Edwards, Julianna Wat-        that goes.                                         also earned All-State accolades this past fa
                                                     kins, Emily Tiefenbrunn, Kylee Terrill, Bianca      Candrl has been All-State in the 100-meter      in cross country.
   Denied a chance to compete thanks to the          Strubberg, Sydney Silvers, Hayley Russell,       hurdles and in the pole vault throughout her          “Mekayla is ready to go and we’re lookin
beginning of the coronavirus outbreak last           Kierstin McCormick, Mekayla Gibson, Carley       Owensville High School (OHS) track career.         forward to seeing what she can do,” Coac
spring, Matt Candrl’s Owensville Dutchmen            Finn, Katie Candrl, Isabelle Bruckerhoff, Kate      She will continue her track and field career    Candrl said.
and Dutchgirl track teams are eager to compete       Angell, Cameron O’Neal and Owen Holtzer.         next year at Missouri Southern State University       Gibson will also continue to run cross coun
again in 2021.                                          With three All-State medals to her credit,    (MSSU) in Joplin where her older brother           try and track in college next year at William
   “Not being able to compete last spring            Candrl is Owensville’s top returner on the       Bryan is currently a redshirt sophomore com-       Woods University in Fulton.
was disappointing,” Candrl said. “However,           girl’s side.                                     peting in the pole vault for the Lions.               Ranked in the top eight entering his senio
everyone is ready to get out there and compete          “Katie Candrl has a chance to tie Chad Fro-      Gibson is another returning all-state athlete   season, Whelan will also be looked at to ai
knowing that there is going to be a season.”         elker, Tammy Wenkel and Dea Dea Sieckmann        for Dutchgirl track and field.                     the Dutchmen relay teams.

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son after no 2020
 at       “TJ (Whelan) will help us on the relays in     Cameron O’Neal (distance).
on    addition to being a solid competitor in the pole      Juniors competing in their second season of
all   vault,” Coach Candrl said.                         OHS Track this spring include Brent Helmig,
          Senior sprinters for the Dutchgirls in 2021    Freddy Zheng, Reagan Wehmeyer, Trenten
ng    include Bruckerhoff, Tiefenbrunn, Silvers and      Watkins, Chris Stockton, Harm Rademacher,
ch    Watkins.                                           Ashton Kramme, Alan Kopp, Joshua Jaycox,
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or        Dutchmen seniors in other key events
id    include Brayden Edwards and Owen Holtzer
      in the throws (shot put and discus) along with
                                                                               See Track on Page 10B
                                                                                                              Senior Kate Angell

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Track • from page 9B
student also listed as a junior.
   OHS’ top returning junior on the girls
side is Kyah Weirich who was an alternate
on the girl’s 4x800m relay team from state
two years ago.
   Sophomores in their first year of OHS
track after not having a freshman season
are Charlie Whelan, Gabe Soest, Trevor
Shockley, Bryce Payne, Aries Nicholas,
Lucas Morgan, Derrick Marquez, Michael
Lowes, Noah Holtmeyer, Sam Hoffman,
Carson Donatti, Kiera Finn, Alexis Branson
and Mercedes Baguio.
   Moving up from OMS track and making
up the majority of the OHS track squad
included freshmen Hayden Shoemaker,
Tyler Scheer, Trenton Million, Paul Mil-
lion, Tanner Meyer, Jacob Martin, Isaac
Marquez, Sage Irvin, Ethan Harris, Felix
Guerrero, Blake Elliott, Luis DeLong, An-
drew Blankenship, Jordan Bialczyk, Jayden
Barnett, Ashlynn Wiegel, Rebecca Rose,
Macee Ritter, Dana Ripley, Jersey Reyn-
olds, Khloe McCormick, Katelyn Holtzer,
Cassidy Gooch, Ella Gehlert, Jessalyn
Farris, Jasmine Duncan and Grace Abell.      OWENSVILLE DUTCHMEN track and field athletes (above) run around the track during a recent practice session at Dutchmen Field.
   OHS Track will host home meet this        For their two home meets this spring, OHS will host a quad meet on Tuesday, April 6 before hosting the annual OHS Relays on Friday,
spring on Tuesday, April 6 and Friday,       April 16. Pacific High School will host the annual Four Rivers Conference (FRC) Track and Field Meet on Monday, May 3 after they were
April 16.                                    unable to host it last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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OWENSVILLE JV DUTCHMEN baseball players (above, in front, from left) suiting up for their first season of baseball on OHS Field include Austin Long, Layne Evans, Eoin Krupp,
Will Lauth and Jordan Rabbitt; in the middle, Jon Saunsaucie, Keagan Cobble, Michael Steinbeck and Dominic Grigaitis; and in back, Eli Wilson, Garrett Crosby, Landon Valley, Hunter
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           2021 District R-II Spring Sports Schedule
                      HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL                                                         HIGH SCHOOL TRACK
      Date             Level             Opponent                  Time          Date            Level                  Opponent                    Time
    March 25          9th Grade      Hermann                     5:30 PM       March 26         Varsity             Blair Oaks                        TBA
    March 27          Varsity        FRBC Tourn. Finals              TBA       April 3          Varsity/J.V.        Washington Pentathalon        9:00 AM
★   March 29          Varsity/J.V.   Salem                       4:30 PM     ★ April 6          Varsity/J.V.        Owensville Quad               4:30 PM
    March 31          9th Grade      St. James                   4:30 PM       April 8          Varsity             Montgomery County Relays      3:00 PM
    April 1           Varsity/J.V.   Newburg                     4:30 PM       April 13         Varsity             Union Relays                  3:00 PM
★   April 1           9th Grade      Waynesville                 4:30 PM     ★ April 16         Varsity             Owensville Relays             4:00 PM
★   April 5           Varsity/J.V.   Hermann                     4:30 PM       April 21         Varsity             Nix Relays @ Washington       2:00 PM
★   April 6           9th Grade      St. Francis Borgia          4:30 PM       April 22         9-10                Sullivan 9-10 Relays          4:15 PM
★   April 8           Varsity/J.V.   St. Clair                   4:30 PM       April 27         Varsity/J.V.        Hermann Invitational              TBA
    April 9-10        Jr. Varsity    Pacific JV Tournament           TBA       April 29         9-10                Wright City JV Invitational   4:00 PM
★   April 12          Varsity/J.V.   St. James                   4:30 PM       May 3            Varsity/J.V.        FRC Meet @ Pacific                TBA
    April 15-17       Varsity        Columbia HS Tournament          TBA       May 15           Varsity             Districts                         TBA
★   April 16          9th Grade      St. James                   4:30 PM       May 22           Varsity             Sectionals                        TBA
    April 20          Varsity/J.V.   St. Francis Borgia          4:30 PM       May 29           Varsity             State                             TBA
★   April 22          Varsity/J.V.   Pacific                     4:30 PM
    April 23          Varsity/J.V.   Potosi                      4:30 PM
    April 26          Varsity/J.V.   Sullivan                    4:30 PM                             HIGH SCHOOL GOLF
    April 26          9th Grade      St. Francis Borgia          4:30 PM         Date            Level                  Opponent                    Time
★   April 28          9th Grade      Capital City                4:30 PM       March 24         Varsity/J.V.        Union/Pacific                     TBA
    April 29          Varsity/J.V.   Union                       4:30 PM       March 29         Varsity             Union Invitational            9:00 AM
    April 30          Varsity/J.V.   New Haven                   4:30 PM       March 31         Varsity/J.V.        Union/Hermann Tri             4:00 PM
★   April 30          9th Grade      Hermann                     4:30 PM     ★ April 6          Varsity/J.V.        St. Clair                     4:00 PM
★   May 4             Varsity/J.V.   Vienna                      4:30 PM     ★ April 13         Varsity/J.V.        Sullivan                      4:00 PM
★   May 6             Varsity/9th    Cuba                        4:30 PM       April 14         Varsity             St. James Tiger Classic       9:00 AM
★   May 7             Varsity/J.V.   Linn (Sr. Night)            4:30 PM       April 19         Varsity             Helias Tournament             9:00 AM
★   May 8             Jr. Varsity    Owensville JV Tournament    8:00 AM       April 21         Varsity/J.V.        St. James                         TBA
    May 10            Varsity/J.V.   Steelville                  4:30 PM       April 23         Varsity             Sullivan Tournament               TBA
    May 13            Varsity/J.V.   Waynesville                 4:30 PM       April 26         Varsity/J.V.        FRC Tournament at Union       9:00 AM
    May 14-22         Varsity        Districts                       TBA       April 27         Varsity/J.V.        Linn                          4:00 PM
                                                                               May 4            Varsity             Districts                         TBA
                     HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER                                  May 11           Varsity             Sectional                         TBA
    Date               Level             Opponent                  Time        May 18-19        Varsity             State                             TBA
★ March 25            Varsity/J.V.   Union                       5:00 PM
  March 30            Varsity        Belle                       5:00 PM
  April 1             Varsity        Dixon                       5:00 PM                        MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK
  April 8-10          Varsity        Dixon Tournament                TBA         Date            Level                 Opponent                    Time
★ April 12            Varsity/J.V.   Wright City                 4:30 PM     ★ March 29         7th/8th             Owensville Quad               4:30 PM
★ April 13            Varsity/J.V.   Sullivan                    5:00 PM       April 1          7th/8th             Bourbon MS Invitational       4:00 PM
  April 15            Varsity        Capital City                5:30 PM       April 8          7th/8th             Rolla MS Quad                 4:00 PM
★ April 17            Varsity/J.V.   Fulton                      4:00 PM     ★ April 15         7th/8th             Owensville Relays             4:00 PM
  April 19            Varsity/J.V.   Battle                      5:00 PM       April 20         7th/8th             Hermann Middle School         4:00 PM
  April 22            Varsity        St. James                   5:00 PM       April 22         7th/8th             Union Middle School           4:15 PM
★ April 26 - May 1    Varsity        Owensville Tournament           TBA       April 27         7th/8th             Washington Middle School      3:30 PM
★ May 4               Varsity/J.V.   St. Clair                   5:00 PM       April 30         7th/8th             Pacific Relays                4:00 PM
★ May 7               Varsity/J.V.   Crocker                     5:00 PM       May 3            7th/8th             Cuba Relays                   3:30 PM
★ May 10              Varsity        St. James                   5:00 PM       May 6            7th/8th             Union Relays                  4:00 PM
★ May 11              Varsity        Laquey (Sr. Night)          5:00 PM
  May 15-22           Varsity        Districts                       TBA                                       ★ Home Game

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Spring Sports Preview                                                           WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021 ■              PAGE 13B

Seven golfers
for VanLeer’s
first season
as OHS head
golf coach
BY WILL JOHNSON
SPORTS EDITOR
wjohnson@wardpub.com

   Fresh off his first season as Dutchmen
head basketball coach, Cullen VanLeer will
jump right into his second sport.
   Replacing Nathan Cabot, VanLeer will
also serve as the head coach of the Owens-
ville Dutchmen Golf Team.
   During his golfing days in high school,
VanLeer was named to the All-Four Rivers
Conference (FRC) team twice along with
being a two-time state qualifier.
   “I love the game and love being able to
give insight into a sport that guys and girls
                                                OWENSVILLE DUTCHMEN GOLF team members (above, in front, from left) hitting the links for Cullen VanLeer’s first season as head
                     See Golf on Page 14B       coach include Cole Angell, Tanner Brown (senior) Connor Lang (senior) and Kohl Grannemann; and in back, Erik Shell, Tyler Mogenson
                                                and Tyler Perkins.

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Golf • from page 13B
can play their entire lives,” VanLeer said.
   Members of the Owensville High School
(OHS) Class of 2020 not able to play their
season due to the coronavirus pandemic
were Hunter Hutchison, Blaine Reed and
Logan Tiefenbrunn.
   Out of the seven golfers that VanLeer
has on his roster, two of them are seniors
this spring in returner Tanner Brown and
newcomer Connor Lang who previously
played baseball.
   Tyler Perkins is the lone junior for Van-
Leer’s OHS golf team making the majority
of the team underclassmen.
   Sophomores making up the majority of
the OHS Golf contingency include Kohl
Grannemann, Tyler Mogenson and Erik
Shell.
   Rounding out the OHS Golf roster as
the lone freshman is Cole Angell.
   Practicing throughout the spring at
Owensville Golf Course (OGC), OHS will
only have two meets this spring.
   They will be on Tuesday, April 6 hosting
St. Clair and on Tuesday, April 13 hosting
Sullivan. Both meets have a 4 p.m., tee time.
   This year’s FRC Tournament will be held
at Birch Creek Golf Course on Monday,
April 26 beginning at 9 a.m.                    CULLEN VANLEER (above, far right) demonstrates to Owensville High School golfers (above, from left) Kohl Grannemann, Tyler
                                                Perkins and Tyler Mogenson how to chip on to the green on the third hole at Owensville Golf Course during a recent practice session.

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