In this issue: Cross country Records Volleyball Records Football records Program Records

Athlete Highlight Coach Highlight Saber History Collegiate Sabers Where are they now? Central Hall of Fame PAWPRINTS FOOTNOTES CLUBNOTES Overture November 2017 “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour – his greatest

fulfillment of all that he holds dear – is that moment when he has worked his heart out in good cause and lies exhausted on the field

of battle – victorious.” - Vince Lombardi Past issues found at http://www.cd-csd.org (High School dropdown-select “Athletics”)

Jason Lansing Troy Steffens Carrie Viel Carl Small Lee Swanson Seth Ketelsen T.Portz/M.Cousins

Eric Olson Collin Ellis Bree Magill Jeff Frick Shane Sikkema Bill Perdeiu Bob Fout

Josh Greubel Kari Bossom Eric Olson Mike Crane Matt Ohnemus Rachel Truelsen Sara Schomer Ryan Utech

Season Records: Cross Country 7th XC boys wamac 3rd place Coach K. Olson

8th xC Boys wamac champions Coach T. Smith Briar Baxter (10th place)

Varsity girls XC 5th @ Wamac/5th @ Regional HC E. Olson Cascade invite champs Julia Campbel & Carly Small State Qualifiers Varsity Boys XC 11th @ Wamac / 9th @ wamac HC K. Moulton

Volleyball 7th VB 1-8 (A Team) Coach C. Ellis 8th VB 7-2 (a Team) / 9-0 (B Team) Coach R. McAleer 9th VB 15-5-1 Coach C. Belk 10th VB 5-18 Coach t. Diericks JV VB 5-7 Coach M. Dever Varsity VB 6-29 HC r. TRUELsen Football 7th FB 1-5 Coach C. Waterbury Coach C. Lueders 8th FB 0-5-1 Coach D. Hinkle Coach e. vance 9th FB 1-1 Coach g. Gallagher Coach c. keitel F-S FB 3-6 COACH c. lakose coach s. sikkema coach d. jenkins COACH j. lansing VARSITY FB 1-8 HC M. Crane Swimming Allison Hasenmiller participate in springboard diving

events at Clinton hs. Her regional meet was held at davenport central on October 26.

Program records: Julia Campbell Girls XC fastest all-time 5k (19:56) Julia Campbell Girls xc 1st Team all-conference Kyleen Irwin girls xc 2nd team all-confernece Carly small girls xc 2nd team all-conference Emily swanson volleyball 2nd team all-conference

GAME DAYGAME DAY

SABER spotlight SENIOR: Karina Zimmer Activities & Honors: Soccer, Volleyball, FBLA, Musical and Play Makeup Crew, Youth Group Hobbies: Makeup, and sports. Role Model/Sports Hero: My Dad Favorite Sports Tradition: Praying in my head while tying my cleats or court shoes. Future Plans: Business Major from UNI, in Cosmetology Favorite Saber Memory: Conference champs 3 (possibly 4) years running for soccer. Something people don’t know… I participated in triathlons and criteriums when I was younger.

SENIOR: Will DeHaan Activities & Honors: Cross Country (Captain) & Track Captain of the Distance Team Sophomore Year Track, Hobbies: Fishing, Hunting, Camping, Gaming, Running, Bush Craft Role Model/Sports Hero: My Father Favorite Sports Tradition: Playing and singing the music that has been played on the bus to cross country meets since before my time. Future Plans: Earning a 4-year degree and running in college. Favorite Saber Memory: At our cross country meet in Solon this year, a group of us went to use the porta potties. Eli was the last one in the porta potty so, Cole and I decided to mess with him. We went behind the porta potty and pushed it. It was lighter than we thought and we almost tipped it over. We heard a scream and Eli yell. Of course, there were lines of people who heard him scream. He came out and chased us around the course. I was on the ground laughing. Something people don’t know… I was born a month early. I have something called “Reactive Airway Disorder.” My chest becomes tight during exercise and it is tough to breathe.

SENIOR: Drew McNamara Activities & Honors: Basketball, Soccer, Football, Student Council, FBLA, Musical and Speech Hobbies: Watching sporting events, hanging out with friends, cruising around, and video games. Role Model/Sports Hero: Aaron Rodgers Favorite Sports Tradition: Nothing beats watching an underdog team rush the field or court after a win against a ranked team in college sports. Future Plans: Attend St. Ambrose with a Major in Business. Favorite Saber Memory: Being a part of the soccer team that made the State Championship my freshman year or having the student section rush the football field against Maquoketa are pretty equal in my heart. Something people don’t know… I'm really into superhero movies/shows but I'm more of a DC Comics kind of guy.

SENIOR: Julia Campbell Activities & Honors: Cross Country (State Qualifier/4X All-WaMaC-2X 1st Team All-WaMaC-5K School Record-MS –mile record), Track (800 School Record-6th @ State-Drake Qualifier/Distance Medley School Record-State) and Basketball; Student Council President; Athletic Leadership Chair; NHS; FBLA; 4.0 GPA Hobbies: Painting, traveling, photography, family & friends. Role Model/Sports Hero: Lisa Uhl. She started running in MS and continued to improve in HS. She attended Iowa State University and was an 11x All-American, holds the NCAA 10k record and ran in the 2012 London Olympics. Favorite Sports Tradition: For XC and track each runner is assigned another team member to be their “Super-Secret Saber.” You write them an anonymous letter of encouragement they get to read on the way to the meet and then you have to guess who your Super-Secret Saber was! Future Plans: Iowa State University (Engineering/Business), Run the Big Sur marathon along the Pacific Coast in CA. Favorite Saber Memory: Our girls XC team decided to run the annual Saber Dash 5k dressed up as food! I was a hotdog, and we carried a boom-box and the team flag! Something people don’t know… My brother and I want to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa together.

Coach: Grady Gallagher Family: Tim (Dad), Jill (Mom), Paul and AG (Brothers), Ellen and Sally (Sisters) HS Attended: Woodbury Central High School (Moville, IA) HS Sports: Football, Basketball, Golf, Baseball HS Tradition: All-school Dodge Ball tournament College: Buena Vista University Role Model: My parents and grandparents. Favorite Sport Memory: Watching Paul against Coon Rapids-Bayard in Substate baseball, watching Ellen in substate basketball against Treynor, watching AG (5th) and Sally (8th) finish in the Top 10 at State Golf. Favorite Saber Moment: Watching the 2015 Saber Baseball team defeat Davenport Assumption and Vinton- Schellsburg to make state!

Casey Kreiter 2009 Denver Broncos Football Logan Sheppard 2014 Loras College Football Justin Schwennen 2015 Coe College Football Emily McAleer 2015 University of Dubuque Soccer Kyle Irwin 2017 Iowa Central Community College Football Austin Klinkenberg 2017 Coe College Football Elliot Arensdorf 2016 Scott Community College Soccer Allison Keitel 2016 Hawkeye Community College Soccer Rebecca Martin 2016 Hawkeye Community College Soccer Shelby Carlson 2013 St. Ambrose University Cross Country Savannah Necker 2015 University of Northern Iowa Twirling Kyle Coomer 2017 Iowa Central Community College Trap Shooting

In 1930 DeWitt schools organized the first Athletic Booster Club. Physics was required for graduation. The basketball team beat Calamus for the Clinton County championship and DeWitt girls were playing basketball under the direction of Ms. Yegge. Coach Baird organized Golden Glove boxing at the Moose Club and had 50 youth participating. DeWitt’s Air Show had 60 planes and the Old Majestic Theater was now showing “talking movies”. Local boys disregard city ordinances and had their roller skates confiscated. DeWitt unveils its new colors… purple & gold…and they have their first Homecoming game with a parade and band. 700 alumni attend with the first graduating class going back to 1869. The football team goes 7-1-1 with the only score given up all season coming from an intercepted pass!

Born in 1939, Jan Bergert is a 1958 graduate of DeWitt high school. He attended a one room school in Mt. Joy, IA, and later at Butler #2 which is now part of Pioneer Village in Scott County, now named Walnut Grove school. When their house was bought by Scott County Park, his parents moved to DeWitt on an 80-acre farm with pigs, beef cows and a few chickens. He has three brothers who all are still living. They were all bussed into DeWitt for high school and had a class size of about 70 classmates. He was a member of the FFA. As a freshman he had not planned to go out for football but Harold Birney, his PE teacher and head football coach, gave him football gear during PE and he started practice that afternoon. Howard Ehlers, a long-time Biology teacher and Principal was the Freshman-Sophomore coach. He played Left Guard on offense all 4 years and Nose Guard on defense. During his junior year, the 1956 team went undefeated. He earned Honorable-Mention on the Illowa conference team his senior year. As a sophomore he decided to give wrestling a try for first-year head coach Ray Oles. He weighed about 140-145 lbs. and earned a Letter. He qualified the State wrestling tournament his junior and senior years. His senior year, he lost 2-0 to the eventual State Champ. He was a good student and with a class rank of #4, qualified for the Dean’s scholarship of $100.00 (In 1958 and the cost one year of college was ~$1000.) He enrolled at Dubuque pursuing a Biology major and Chemistry minor. He worked as a Lab Assistant for the General Zoology course. He belonged to the Chemistry club and was President of the Biology club & Vice President of the Phi Omicron fraternity. His senior year he was selected to Who’s Who in American colleges & universities. He later attended the University of Minnesota for graduate school. There he met Betty Brekke. They were married in 1966. In May of 1964 he interviewed at the Mayo Clinic in the Biochemistry department for a position in the steroid lab. In 1972 he became a nephrologist doing kidney stone research. In 1984 he transferred to the department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology in a research & development position doing renal function test & urinalysis. He retired from Mayo on Dec. 31 2001. He and his wife have two daughters. Lisabeth works for Accenture in Minneapolis, MN and Lora has worked as a pediatric hospitalist at a hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii before moving to Medford, OR to work in a hospital. Jan is currently living in Rochester and spends time traveling, gardening & playing golf.

Don McCune Inducted for Outstanding Contributions as an Individual of Central High School Don McCune is a 1969 graduate of Central and was the first WRESTLING State Champion for Central and is considered to be the first SABER State Champion following the consolidations of the schools. Don McCune participated in athletics as well as fine arts. He was a 4-year member of the Mixed Chorus, Chamber Singers, and had 1 year of involvement in Drama. Don also participated in a variety of sports, including 4 years in Football, 2 years in Track, and 4 years in Wrestling, lettering all 4 years. As a Sophomore, Don McCune completed a perfect wrestling season by winning the State Championship at 95 lbs. He never lost a match that year. Two years later, he had another great season and found himself in the title match at 112 lbs. Leading at one time 4-0, Don eventually was tied and went to overtime with his opponent from Humboldt. Still tied at the end of overtime, Don’s opponent was awarded the win on a referee’s decision. Following graduation from Central, Don earned his bachelor’s degree from Wayne State University. After 2 ½ years of teaching in Australia, Don returned to the United States and continued to teach in Wyoming for a few years. Don ultimately decided to enlist in the Navy. That decision led to a 21-year career that included time as a Naval Aviation Officer candidate, a weapons officer on the USS Duluth, and an engineering officer on the USS Pigeon, as well as station recruiter and Command’s Training and Inspector General. Don earned several medals and commendations during his Naval career.

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Footnote Basketball, Bowling and Wrestling seasons are right around the corner. We also have BB & WR Cheerleading and Dance. Get involved! Wrestlers, if you have not done your Body Composition Testing, make sure you get yours done. Our Boys Basketball team… and Girls Basketball team this year… will participate in the Pride Challenge Community Service game. The date for the Athletic Booster’s Cake Auction is December 15th this year.

Club Notes The DeWitt Youth Football League entered 2 teams and 40+ players in the Clinton League. The two DeWitt teams played for the League Championship! There were another 25 5th & 6th graders and 135+ 1st- 4th Graders that participated in our Park & Rec Flag Football league. We had a number of Club level volleyball teams also participating throughout the fall as well as some of our youth participating in road races throughout the summer and fall. Congratulations to all and a big THANKS to all of our volunteer coaches!

A few years ago, I started to notice a young man who was going 100 mph… or so it seemed…during the start of practice. I was so impressed with this young guy’s energy that I was naturally drawn to his efforts. As it turns out it was only a warm-up period but there was something so special about what I had seen that I wanted to check back and verify if it had just been an anomaly. Maybe he just had some extra energy that day or he was showing off for someone? Maybe he had lost a bet? Maybe he had just slammed an energy drink? It could have been any of those but what I witnessed was very unusual. So I kept checking in and sure enough EVERY TIME I would watch, the same kind of 100% effort was being made… during a WARM-UP! And it didn’t matter what the conditions were… heat, rain, wind, indoors, outdoors, etc., the effort was always consistently the same! This kind of behavior is so unusual for any athlete, let alone a high schooler. And I have thought more than once about which athletes over the years that I have been here… 31 to be exact… have stood out in my mind for that same kind of all the time effort. I know I was very impressed in recent years by the mental toughness of our Girls Bowling State Champion… Shelby Carrier. I know some of you would say “Bowling?”, but if you ever got a chance to watch her perform, there was just something about the way she carried herself during competition that screamed confidence and toughness. She could back that up with performance as well. I enjoyed building relationships with the athletes I coached and some people know what a close relationship I have with Coach Grell to this day. He would have to be one of those impressive athletes I got the privilege to watch over the course of 4 years at wrestling practice. There is a reason he is our only 4X Conference Champion in program history. No one showed up to work every night like he did. He begged coaches to make practice tougher and push him further because he wanted to get every ounce of effort out of his workouts each night. It was fun to watch. Audra Bark was one of the fiercest competitors we have had here and why she willed herself to succeed on the track and watching Marcus Schnoor compete in anything would reveal why he was selected as Class 3A Player of the Year on a football team with a losing record. I have in my memory a list of other individuals and teams that would be on that list as well but again that sort of exceptional… all the time effort and attitude is rare to find. These athletes were not superhuman. To my knowledge there was nothing unique about their physiology or DNA. Like all competitors, they had their own challenges, set-backs and shortcomings. We have had some great moments over the past few years in our activities programs including a State Champion Boys Golf team and a Boys State Champion Distance Medley Relay team. Our Girls Soccer program has won back-to-back-back WaMaC Championships and we had a Baseball team two years ago that excelled during the season and had a magical run in the post-season for a trip to State. The year before it was our Boys Soccer team that had the same sort of tournament run ending up in the State Championship game. Our Speech team even broke the long tradition of West Delaware dominance and captured the WaMaC Title. All great moments and something special about each group that got them to the top of their particular sport. But in recent years I have had more questions and comments regarding the struggles in our sports programs more than anything else. People have wanted to know what I thought, why is it happening and most importantly what are the answers. And from my perspective, the answers can be as easy as you want to make it. EFFORT. ATTITUDE. WORK. There are not too many things in life worth achieving that don’t take all of those qualities. Many of us look for shortcuts or easy fixes but in my experience those don’t come along too often. If you really want to make something happen for yourself individually or as a team you are going to roll up your sleeves and get to work! And if you really want to achieve something special understand that someone on the other side of the court, mat, field, stage, etc. probably wants it too. There comes a time when it boils down to “What are you going to do?”. And that is one of the reasons I was so impressed… actually inspired… when I saw a young many like Will DeHaan warm up at the start of cross country practice. I have watched him the last 4 years and know he is one of the very special athletes that I will remember for years to come. I have not been surprised one bit to watch him improve and succeed. I only hope athletes of all other sports have been watching him warm-up as well and notice the drive, focus and passion that he has modeled. It takes some talent, skill, technique, and health to be really great. But having a great attitude and giving your best effort is something anyone can do regardless of ability. Many of us back off when it is time to go. Will’s high school story had a tough ending with an injury that held him back at the end of the year. Who knows what his future in running might bring but one thing is for sure, he will not regret that he didn’t work hard enough when he had the opportunity while he was here.

Our choirs had a Homecoming flash mob with all four choirs represented. Chamber Singers joined the "7th Avenue Band" on a tribute to our country for a CDPAC performance. The fall choir concert was held on October 17th. Congratulations to the students who auditioned for Opus and All State! Kyle Holmes will participate in the Opus State Honor Choir on November 16th. They will perform at the Veteran's Day assembly and our winter concert on December 11th at 7:30PM. Ensemble groups did a great job of singing our National Anthem at volleyball matches and will sing this winter at home events as well.

Saber Speech recently held their kick-off meeting and will be electing team officers soon. The team will be providing snacks at the intermission of the fall musical for goodwill donations. Large group practices begin at the end of November as we get ready to head into contest season!

The Saber Drama and Vocal departments proudly present The Wizard of Oz on Friday, November 10 and Saturday, November 11. Performances start at 7:00. They will be honoring our veterans service and sacrifice at the start of each show. The Speech team will provide goodies and gladly accept goodwill donations during intermission. There are over 60 students participating in some capacity with this year's musical as well as a live Toto. Major ensemble choreography pieces were created by senior Zoey Brokaw and character development/individual choreography by senior student director Micah Dennis. Please help us "Pack the PAC" and support their efforts! They will be offering a teaser performance for the HS/MS on Thursday, November 9. The seven lead characters will also participate in character throughout the Intermediate School and Ekstrand Elementary before taking a taste of Oz to the shops downtown DeWitt.

The Marching Sabers Pride season is nearly finished. A clinic, the homecoming parade, 4 home games, one festival (Jackie O'Neill getting best Drum Major); and receiving a Division 2 EXCELLENT rating at IHSMA State Marching Band Festival. They will conclude their marching season on Oct 23rd with the Parade of Bands performance in the Competition gym with all the 5th-12th grade band kids - all #350+!!!

18 Instrumental students are trying out for All-State Band/Orchestra. This is the most prestigious achievement that an individual musician can receive.

47 Band students will participate in the WaMaC Conference Honor Band Festival on November 14.

Rachel Green was selected into the 2017 All-State Band on Horn. This is the highest individual honor available to Iowa high school musicians. Congrats to Carly O'Connor on being named 2nd Alternate on Oboe. Congrats as well to the 17 instrumental and 5 vocal students that preparation for auditions.

Saber artists will display artwork at the QCA Festival of Trees from November 16th-26th at the River Center in Davenport, IA. 30 2D works and 20 3D works will be chosen to represent Central DeWitt High School for the art display. Selected works can also be viewed at this link:

http://dunlaveysaberart.com/DunlaveyWebsite/Art_Shows/Pages/Festival_of_Trees.html

You may have noticed the new paint job on the concession stand at a recent football game and wondered who painted these fabulous sabers. Maddie Kisling, Kyle Schmitt, Julia Campbell, Maggie Murphy and Taylor Ehredt did a fantastic job painting these. Make sure to thank them when you see them. Maddie Kisling and Kyle Schmitt worked overtime to make sure those sabers were done for homecoming. Special thanks to Steve Fuglsang for giving the students a nice clean slate and painting the building white.

Lexi Birks, Maggie Borota, Grace Pfiefle, Roban Worrick, Abbey Treskon, Eve Schmitt, Josie Rempt, Josie Smith and Emily Bierman also brought their chalk skills to DeWitt's Autumn Festival. They created amazing drawings in just a few hours. Lexi won $50 chamber bucks for her tree drawing. Please congratulate all these artists for their awesome artwork when you see them!

There will be an online auction for artificial pumpkins that student artist painted. These are non-perishable so they can be admired forever! If you want to bid on a pumpkin, you will need to go to our facebook page- "Central DeWitt High School Art."

Our cheerleaders held their annual Cheer Clinic and had the highest attendance since it has been held! Over 70 young girls learned a routine and performed at the halftime of the Freshman-Sophomore game on October 6. Our cheerleaders have been working hard all season and done a great job on Friday nights. Our MS cheerleaders have also done an exceptional job at home games. The will be performing again this winter at basketball games and wrestling meets.

We have had a group of dancers who have started practicing after school to put together a performance for our winter basketball games.

FBLA: Students attended the State Fall Leadership Conference on Monday, Oct. 2nd.

FCA: The first meeting will be held in November in Coach Jenkins room. Breakfast pizza and drinks are provided. The leadership team is: Gentry McEwen, Katie Fox, Maddie Petersen, Maggie Murphy, Hunter Wright, and Zach Hinkle.

FCCLA: Members helped out at the DeWitt Autumn Fest by supervising the bounce houses. They will have a winter clothing drive in November. They help out with PTO babysitting once a month and participate in Thursday morning mentoring at CIS. They painted a pumpkin for the last home football game and have been clipping coupons for veterans. If you have a passion for leadership, service and / or family related careers or activities, then FCCLA is the club for you! We meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month in room 406.

http://blog.centralclinton.k12.ia.us/~vbetz/Site/Welcome.htmlFCCLA

FFA: The FFA harvested their Soybean Test Plot on November 19. They will be attending the FFA Greenhand Fire Up on November 2 and will be hosting Trivia Night on November 4. Students will participate in the 212/360 Growth Leadership Conference on November 11th. 14 students will attend the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN which will be held the week of October 23. Rake N Run: Raked leaves for community members on Nov. 5th. Harvest Haul: Fed farmers at River Valley Cooperative free lunch in appreciation for what they do for the community.

JA TITAN: These students represented the Central DeWitt at the Junior Achievement Regional Titan Competition on October 10: Team 1- Skyler Bloom, Julia Campbell, Jarred Carr, Matt Marvin Team 2- Kody Craddick, Tom Hill, Beau Manatt, Jacob Townsley Team 3- Reilly Clark, Katie Fox, Gentry McEwen, Maddie Petersen

Team 3 won the FIRST PLACE and will advance to the scholarship round November 15!

Model UN: This program will follow the Youth Symposium program.

YS: These 12 students are preparing for this year's symposium at the State Capitol. It will take place on October 24 and 25. Jarred Carr, Kody Craddick, Allison Fosdick, Megan Grell, Madison Kizer, Gretchen Lenth, Casey Lopez, Matt Marvin, Beau Manatt, Kaitlin Tripp

OOTM: 1 team of HS freshman are preparing for the 2018 competition at Iowa State University that takes place in the Spring.

FTC: 13 team members of the Finger Puppet Mafia are preparing for their competitive season, have logged in hundreds of volunteer hours of outreach, have attained a blue ribbon team designation, have collaborated with multiple businesses and professional organizations, and have secured over $5000 in grants and donations. Their first event will be in Bellevue on November 11th. We will host 2 events January 6 (League Meet) and January 27 (League Tournament). Their group recently toured Genesis Systems in the Quad Cities and presented at Manufacturing Day.

NHS: National Honor Society inducted 15 new members on October 2nd. They have scheduled 3 Blood Drives. A special THANK YOU to our loyal donors at our NHS drives especially long time donors, Mrs Paar, Mr Townsley, Mr Greubel. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has a grant program for schools hosting blood drives. Money from the grant is to be used for donations to charitable organizations or programs that benefit the entire high school student body. In recent years NHS has used the funds from the blood drive to make donations to the Referral Center, the Ed Foundation, and Kids Against Hunger.

STUCCO: Our Student Council officers… Julia Campbell, Keri Donahue, Lia Delich, Ty Fischer, Maddie Petersen & Rachel Green organized a fantastic homecoming week and would like to thank everyone who participated in the activities! This school year, their theme is FUN! and they are trying new things to get the student body more excited and involved. There will be Halloween-themed games during lunch and hosted a pumpkin decorating contest for all student clubs to participate in. This December, they are planning on creating a tree to be put in the Festival of Trees.

It is the policy of the Central DeWitt Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy please contact Dr. Dan Peterson, Superintendent, 331 E. 8th St., P.O. Box 110, DeWitt, IA 52742, phone 563-659-0700, or email dan.peterson@central-csd.org