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Clarinda's Kline, Shenandoah's Sells named second team all-Hawkeye 10
Bryan Clark
Clarinda senior Sam Kline and Shenandoah sophomore Carter Sells earned second team all-conference recognition.
The Hawkeye 10 Conference released its all-conference boys basketball teams Friday, March 13, with Sells and Kline two of nine athletes honored on the second team. Teammates Gabe Buttry of Shenandoah and Cooper Baumgart of Clarinda earned honorable mention honors.
Kuemper’s Ryan Clair, Creston’s Rhett Driskell and Carter Thielen of Lewis Central were all unanimous selections to the first team. There were joined on the first team by Griffin Glynn of Kuemper, Reese Montgomery of Red Oak, Glenwood’s Evan Stanislav, Cooper Hamilton of St. Albert and Harlan’s Dallas McDowell.
Clarinda's Sam Kline puts up an outside shot against
Shenandoah's defense Friday, Jan. 16, during a Cardinal win.
Kline led all scorers with 17 points.
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Shenandoah senior Carter Sells drives through Nodaway
Valley's defense during the Mustangs' win Monday, Feb. 16,
to open district play. Sells scored 18 points in the victory.
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Kline led Clarinda with 14.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Sells scored 14.1 points per game to lead the Mustangs. He added 4.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists each time out.
Other second team all-conference recipients were Dylan Schon and Jack Badding of Kuemper, Charles Schaben of Lewis Central, Atlantic’s Gavin McLaren, Glenwood’s Jack Johnson, Red Oak’s Carson Roeder and Colt Spencer of St. Albert.
Shenandoah sophomore Gabe Buttry looks for space to drive to the
basket Friday, Jan. 2, during a Mustang win over the Trojans.
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Clarinda sophomore Cooper Baumgart attacks the basket Friday,
Jan. 16, during a Cardinal home win over Shenandoah. Baumgart
scored 13 points.
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Buttry joined Sells as a double figure scorer for the Mustangs at 11.4 points per game. He added 4.4 rebounds. Baumgart ended the year at 9.4 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest.
The rest of the honorable mention picks were Xavier Bowmaker and Colin Steele of Glenwood, Red Oak’s AJ Beeson, Noah Narmi of St. Albert, Jimmy Scott of Lewis Central, Atlantic’s Kale Jensen, Kuemper’s Brock Badding, Kobe Klaassen of Harlan and Blaine Grady of Denison.
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Shenandoah's Dumler excited to end 4-sport career playing her favorite, softball
Bryan Clark
Shenandoah senior Abbey Dumler said softball has definitely been her favorite sport over the course of her four-sport high school career.
Besides softball, Dumler has also played volleyball, basketball and track and field during her time at Shenandoah.
Shenandoah senior Abbey Dumler has played volleyball,
basketball, track and field and softball during her 4-sport
career.
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Dumler is the fourth of eight area four-sport seniors featured during the break between the winter and spring sports seasons.
Dumler’s favorite sports memory from her career came from the softball diamond and the regional tournament win over Clarinda at the end of her sophomore year. She said it’s been a fun run playing softball for the Fillies.
“It’s always a good environment,” Dumler said, “and it’s in the summer so everyone is enjoying themselves. Everyone is usually super positive.”
Dumler has spent the last couple seasons as Shenandoah’s shortstop.
Shenandoah's Abbey Dumler strides into third base during a
home game last season. Softball has been Dumler's favorite
sport during her 4-sport career.
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“You definitely get a lot of balls hit to you,” Dumler said. “It’s kind of scary at the same time just because you’re so close. It’s a lot of fun.”
While Dumler enjoyed a first round regional win to end her softball season, she said she would like to have the team’s first round regional loss last season back.
The Fillies won 10 games last season and traveled to West Monona to open the postseason and hung right with the Spartans, dropping a 6-4 decision to a team that ended up advancing to the state tournament.
“I feel like we didn’t play to our full potential,” Dumler said, “and we definitely could have beaten that team.”
After softball, Dumler said volleyball has been her next favorite. She has mainly been a back row player during her volleyball career but got to move into the front row at times last season.
Shenandoah's Abbey Dumler makes a play defensively during a
Fillies game last fall. Dumler said volleyball has been her second
favorite sport during her career.
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“Everyone is excited for the season,” Dumler said when asked about her second favorite sport. “You’re just getting into school and people are excited. I just love the sport.”
Basketball assistant coach Cory Scamman was a person Dumler said has taught her quite a bit during her high school career.
“He’s always kept me positive,” Dumler said on Scamman, “and always tries to keep a smile on my face. He gave some pretty good advice too.”
Dumler’s senior season in all sports continues to be a lot different than her first three seasons. The class above hers at Shenandoah was blessed with quite a bit of athletic talent and when they graduated Dumler went from looking up to her teammates to lead the way to being the leader with many of her teammates being in classes below hers in school.
“It’s definitely been a tough transition,” Dumler said. “When you’re the less experienced one, the older girls are there to motivate you and keep you positive. Now it’s on you and the young girls don’t have much experience and are learning too.”
Dumler said playing four sports has taught her time management and how to be a good leader and a good teammate.
She’s also involved in the high school musical, Student Council and GlamourGals, which takes students into area nursing homes to provide the residents manicures and someone to visit with.
After graduation, Dumler plans to attend Iowa State University and major in Kinesiology with the current goal of becoming a physical therapist.
Shenandoah senior Abbey Dumler on softball as the favorite of her four sports.
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A fantastic baseball career set to continue for Clarinda's Jordan Butt
Bryan Clark
Jordan Butt’s success on the Clarinda baseball team has led to him to continue to play the sport collegiately.
Butt has also played football, basketball and track and field during his four-sport career at Clarinda.
Clarinda senior Jordan Butt has played football, basketball,
track and field and baseball during his four-sport career.
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Butt is the first Clarinda four-sport athlete featured and the third of eight area four-sport athletes featured in a four-week stretch.
Butt has enjoyed a lot of success on the baseball diamond while the Cardinals have had a pretty good run during his career as well.
Clarinda pitcher Jordan Butt (25) throws during game last season
at Lewis Central. Baseball has been Butt's favorite sport
during his 4-sport career.
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“It’s been a part of my whole life,” Butt said on baseball. “I have been doing it forever.”
Clarinda’s 2024 Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball championship was Butt’s favorite memory when it comes to baseball during his career. Butt was on the mound to start the game in Glenwood when the Cardinals clinched the title, scoring four runs in the seventh to tie the game, and then five in the eighth to win.
“It wasn’t one of my better starts,” Butt said. “I saw them twice before that game and I had pitched pretty well but it wasn’t a great start. I think I went three or four innings and then my brother came in after me.”
Butt will continue his baseball career at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington, Iowa and calls knowing what’s next for him “a relief,” and said he’s always wanted to play college baseball.
After baseball, Butt said his second favorite sport is football, saying that’s another sport he’s been playing since he was a little kid. The district championship-clinching win this past fall over Woodward-Granger was his top memory in that sport.
Clarinda senior Jordan Butt (50) chases Shenandoah's
ball-carrier during a game last season. Butt said football has been
his second favorite of his four sports during his career.
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“We just physically dominated them,” Butt said about the 47-0 win in the regular season finale, “and that’s really all there was to it.”
While that game was a highlight, the next week and a first round playoff upset loss against Pella Christian is a game he would like to have back.
“I feel like there are a lot of things we could have done differently to come out on top,” Butt said, “especially leading 21-0 at halftime.”
Butt’s success as a lineman on the football team has earned him a spot on the Shrine Bowl roster this summer. The Shrine Bowl is the state’s senior all-star football game, with proceeds going to benefit the Shriner’s Hospitals.
Butt said his youth coaches, including his dad, have been instrumental into him having the success that he’s had. He highlighted high school football coach Conner Hanafan, who is also the district’s weight room coordinator, and high school track and field coach Chad Blank.
“Coach Hanafan has helped me a lot,” Butt said. “I have gotten a lot bigger and stronger since I first came into high school. And he’s taught me a lot about life and football. And then Coach Blank with all the speed work, making sure we’re still athletic when we’re big and strong.”
Butt is also involved in FCA and has an internship at the Clarinda hospital, working with the wellness specialists.
He plans to study Exercise Science at Southeaster, saying he hopes to do some kind of coaching or training and play baseball for as long as he can.
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