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The 2017 South Central Calhoun High School baseball team members are (front row, from left) Jered Campbell, Heath Walters, Shiloh Meyer, Justin Dick, Matt Toms, Tyler O’Tool, Kyler Steinborn, Tyler Jones and Hunter Muhlbauer; (Second row) head coach Nate Lamphier, Jordan Khommanyvong, Daniel Spafford, Brennan Holder, Evan Jacobs, Cole Corey, Bennett Lee, Ayder Toms, Truman Boyd-Harris, Kadyn Steinborn and assistant coach Greg Davis; (Third row) assistant coach Mark Lamphier, Corey Hicks, Chase Scheidegger, Josh Henkenius, Zane Neubaum, Jared Birks, Chase McAlister, Andrew Westcott, Bryce Smidt and assistant coach Nick Lamphier. (photo by Doug Dornath)

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SCC baseball team with young squad in 2017By Doug Dornath

A younger team will be hitting the field for the 2017 South Central Calhoun varsity baseball team this summer as the Titans will have to find a way to replace nine seniors lost from last year’s squad under the direc-tion of Titan second-year head coach Nate Lamphier.

SCC’s roster this summer includes three seniors, six juniors, four sophomores, five freshmen and five eighth graders. Coach Lamphier said one of his team’s strengths this summer will be his pitching staff and the versatility of the athletes on the roster as well.

“This year our strength starts with our pitching staff,” said coach Lamphier. “We feel very good as a staff with where we are right now with our depth and talent. From there, we have multiple skilled guys who can play multiple positions due to their athletic ability. Having the ability to play various combinations will be another key for us.”

Among the top returning players for the Titans this summer include junior Kyler Steinborn, a first-team all-conference pitch-er a season ago, and second-team all-confer-ence senior Tyler O’Tool, who is both an out-fielder and a pitcher. Also returning is junior Hunter Muhlbauer at shortstop, senior Matt Toms at third base, and junior Tyler Jones, who will take over at first base for the Titans this summer.

Lamphier said sophomores Bennett Lee

and Jared Birks, and junior Jered Campbell will be competing for open outfield posi-tions while junior Shiloh Meyer and fresh-man Zane Neubaum will be competing for the starting catching position. Coach Lam-phier expects freshman Josh Henkenius to see most of the action at second base for the Titans while sophomore Chase McAlister will be used in several roles and was listed as the most versatile player on the Titans’ roster this summer.

“Last year, we were a talented veteran group,” said Lamphier. “This year, we are a talented young group. With that, the key this year will be how we face and overcome the growing pains that we will face throughout the season. The sooner we can adapted as a program, the sooner we will start to see con-sistent success.”

Lamphier expects Alta-Aurelia to be the favorites in the Twin Lakes Conference in 2017 along with Pocahontas Area/Lau-rens-Marathon. He thinks Southeast Valley, East Sac County and SCC to be in the mix for teams who also have a shot at winning the conference. He lists Newell-Fonda as the dark horse squad this summer in the TLC because the Mustangs return a young but talented squad from a season ago.

Conference games this summer for the SCC baseball team include the following dates, locations and opponents: against GT/RA May 31 in Ruthven, versus Sioux Central June 2 in Peterson, against Manson North-west Webster June 5 in Lytton, at Gilmore

City June 7 against West Bend-Mallard, ver-sus Alta-Aurelia June 12 in Lytton, at Poca-hontas June 14 against PAC/L-M, at Lytton June 16 against East Sac County, at Storm Lake June 19 versus St. Mary’s, at Lytton June 21 against Newell-Fonda and at Dayton June 23 against Southeast Valley to close out TLC conference games.

In June, the Titans baseball team has sev-en home games in Lytton including Ogden (June 1), Manson Northwest Webster (June 5), Alta-Aurelia (June 12), OA-BCIG (June 15), East Sac County (June 16), Newell-Fon-da (June 21) and Southeast Valley (June 29). The Titans final regular season home con-test is against Coon Rapids-Bayard July 3 and the final regular season game will be against Greene County in Jefferson July 6.

Also in 2017, the Titans have some new op-ponents on its schedule including an appear-ance at the Waterloo Bucks Tournament Sat-

urday, May 27 as they will face Dike-New Hartford in game one of the tournament, as well as playing a double-header June 10 at Oelwein against Starmont and Oelwein.

The post-season begins for the Titans in Class 2A July 8 against an opponent and site yet to be determined by the Iowa High School Athletic Association.

2017 South Central Calhoun Baseball Ros-ter — Seniors: Justin Dick, Tyler O’Tool, Matt Toms; Juniors: Jered Campbell, Hunt-er Muhlbauer, Shiloh Meyer, Tyler Jones, Heath Walters, Kyler Steinborn; Sopho-mores: Bennett Lee, Chase McAlister, Jar-ed Birks, Andrew Westcott; Freshmen/8th graders: Cole Corey, Corey Hicks, Bren-nan Holder, Even Jacobs, Jordan Khom-manyvong, Zane Neubaum, Chase Scheide-gger, Bryce Smidt, Truman Boyd-Harris, Josh Henkenius.

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SCC’s Chase McAlister throws to first base for the final out against West Bend-Mallard in the Titans 2017 home opener in Lytton Wednesday, May 24. (photo by Doug Dornath)

SCC’s Shiloh Meyer hustles to first base during action against West Bend-Mallard Wednesday, May 24, in Lytton as the Titans opened the 2017 season. (photo by Doug Dornath)

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Sam Fister of the 2017 South Central Calhoun varsity softball team puts the ball in play during the Titans’ home contest against West Bend-Mallard in Lytton Wednesday, May 24. (photo by Doug Dornath)

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Titans softball team led by four seniors in 2017By Doug Dornath

South Central Calhoun’s varsity softball team in 2017 has four seniors to lead the squad this summer. Sydnie Schultz, Kelsi Carlson, Vanessa Squier and Kali Babcock hope to lead a young Titan softball team to more wins as the SCC team from a year ago was 2-19 overall and finished 2-8 in the Twin Lakes Conference standings.

It’s the third season at the helm for SCC head coach Eric Francis, who has a career coaching record of 36-99 overall in seven years total of coaching softball entering this season.

Joining the four seniors this summer are three juniors, four sophomores, five fresh-men and eight eighth graders on the Titans roster.

Representing the junior class for SCC this summer are Drew Pochinski, Hannah Seil and Dezerae Blankenship. Members of the

team who are sophomores include Maddie Jones, Riley Snyder, Kaylynn Kruckenberg and Payton Steig.

Freshmen on the 2017 SCC softball roster this summer are Kinsey Batz, Sam Fister, Kayla Grummon, Madison Schultz and Ashlynn Kalous. The eighth grade team members include Emma Geno, Ashley Hanks, Hallee Maulsby, Kortney Riley, Sally Musselman, Alayna Murley, Brielle Korleski and Kennadie Machovec.

Top returning pitcher for the Titans this summer is veteran Sydnie Schultz, who was 2-18 on the mound with 97 innings pitched in 2016, She had an earned-run-average of 5.92 and allowed 186 hits while striking out 49 batters a season ago.

Offensively, the top returning batter with the most hits in 2016 was Sydnie Schultz with 16 while Jones and Carlson both had 14. Jones is the lone returning player who earned all-conference recognition a season ago as she was named to honorable mention

list of all-TLC softball players in 2016.The Titans opened the season in May

with contests against Storm Lake (May 22), Glidden-Ralston (May 23), West Bend-Mallard (May 24) and Pocahontas Area/Laurens-Marathon (May 26)

SCC’s first Twin Lakes Conference game of the schedule is at Ruthven Wednesday, May 31 against GT/RA.

In June, SCC has conference games against the remaining foes in the confer-ence including the following dates, loca-tions and opponents: June 2 at Peterson against Sioux Central, June 5 at Lytton against Manson Northwest Webster, June 7 at West Bend against WBM, June 12 at Lyt-ton against Alta-Aurelia, June 16 at Lytton against East Sac County, June 19 at Storm Lake against St. Mary’s, June 19 at Lytton against Newell-Fonda, and June 23 at Har-court against Southeast Valley.

The Titans final home contest in 2017 will be a non-conference game against

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2017 South Central Calhoun High School softball roster — Seniors: Sydnie Schultz, Vanessa Squier, Kelsi Carlson, Kali Bab-cock; Juniors: Drew Pochinski, Hannah Seil, Dezerae Blankenship; Sophomores: Madison Jones, Riley Snyder, Kaylynn Kruckenberg, Payton Steig; Freshmen/8th

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The 2017 South Central Calhoun High School softball team members include (front row, from left) Dez Blankenship, Drew Pochinski, Vanessa Squier, Kelsi Carlson, Sydnie Schultz, Kali Babcock and Hannah Seil; (Second row) Kayla Grummon, Ashlynn Kalous, Sam Fister, Madison Schultz, Riley Snyder, Kinsey Batz, Ashley Hanks, Kaylynn Kruckenberg and Kennadie Machovec; (Third row) assistant coach Jamie Maulsby, assistant coach Shelley Blankenship, Alayna Murley, Emma Geno, Payton Steig, Kortney Riley, Hallee Maulsby, Sally Musselman, Brielle Korleski, Andraya Simental and head coach Eric Francis. (photo by Doug Dornath)

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MayMay 24 ......................................................... West Bend-Mallard (at Lytton)May 26 ........................................................................... PAC/L-M (at Lytton)May 27.......................... Waterloo Bucks Tournament (1 p.m. at Waterloo)May 31 ........................................................................ at GT/RA* (at Ruthven)JuneJune 1 .................................................................................Ogden (at Lytton)June 2 .......................................................... at Sioux Central* (at Peterson)June 3 ...........................at Newell-Fonda Tournament (at Fonda, 11 a.m.)June 5 ......................................................................Manson NW* (at Lytton)June 6 ..........................................................at Roland-Story (at Story City)June 7 .............................................. at West Bend-Mallard* (Gilmore City)June 10 ...........................................Starmont, Oelwein at Oelwein (1 p.m.)June 12 ................................................................... Alta-Aurelia* (at Lytton)June 14 ........................................................... at PAC/L-M* (at Pocahontas)June 15 ...........................................................................OA/BCIG (at Lytton)June 16 ............................................................ East Sac County* (at Lytton)June 19 ..........................................................at St. Mary’s* (at Storm Lake)June 21 ................................................................Newell-Fonda* (at Lytton)June 22 .......................................... at Glidden-Ralston (at Glidden, 6 p.m.)June 23 .................................... at Southeast Valley* (at Dayton, 4:30 p.m.)June 27 ................................................... at Ar-We-Va (at Westside, 6 p.m.)June 29 ............................................................. Southeast Valley (at Lytton)June 30 ....................................................... at East Sac County (at Sac City)JulyJuly 3 .........................................................Coon Rapids-Bayard (at Lytton)July 5 ............................................................... at IKM-Manning (at Manilla)July 6 ........................................ at Greene County (at Jefferson, 5:15 p.m.)July 8 ................................................... Class 2A District First round (TBA)*denotes Twin Lakes Conference game; All games at 5:30 p.m. unless noted.

MayMay 22 .....................................................................................at Storm LakeMay 23 ...............................................................Glidden-Ralston (at Lytton)May 24 ......................................................... West Bend-Mallard (at Lytton)May 26 ........................................................................... PAC/L-M (at Lytton)May 31 ........................................................................ at GT/RA* (at Ruthven)JuneJune 1 .................................................................................Ogden (at Lytton)June 2 .......................................................... at Sioux Central* (at Peterson)June 5 ......................................................................Manson NW* (at Lytton)June 7 .............................................at West Bend-Mallard* (at West Bend)June 12 ................................................................... Alta-Aurelia* (at Lytton)June 14 ............................................................... PAC/L-M* (at Pocahontas)June 15 ...........................................................................OA-BCIG (at Lytton)June 16 ............................................................ East Sac County* (at Lytton)June 19 ..........................................................at St. Mary’s* (at Storm Lake)June 21 ................................................................Newell-Fonda* (at Lytton)June 23 ...................................................at Southeast Valley* (at Harcourt)June 27 .............................................................at Ar-We-Va (at Vail, 6 p.m.)June 29 ............................................................. Southeast Valley (at Lytton)June 30 ....................................................at East Sac County (at Wall Lake)JulyJuly 3 ............................................................. Class 2A SB Regionals (TBA)*denotes Twin Lakes Conference game; All games at 5:30 p.m. unless noted.

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SCC’s Jared Birks slides safely back to first base in the Titans varsity baseball home opener against West Bend-Mallard Wednesday, May 24, in Lytton. (photo by Doug Dornath)

SCC senior Sydnie Schultz takes a cut at a pitch in action against West Bend-Mallard Wednesday, May 24, in Lytton as the Titans varsity softball team hosted the Wolverines in non-conference play. (photo by Doug Dornath)