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DAVENPORT, Iowa – It took a few games for Muscatine’s volleyball team to start clicking, but once coach Laura Proffitt’s volleyball team did, it was easy sailing for its 16th consecutive victory.

The Muskies took a

23-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-6 win over Davenport West to improve to 20-3 overall and 5-2 in the Mississippi Athletic Conference.

“In games three and four we played very well,” Proffitt said. “In games one and two, not so much. I think we played comfortable, back on our heels in the first two games and let them control the games. In games three and four, we controlled it.

“It shows we are increasing our mental toughness and are ready to play strong this weekend.”

Haylie Franklin led the attack for the Muskies with 17 kills, four assists, 19 digs, a block and was 14 of 17 serving with an ace. Emily Hasken added 13 kills, seven digs, a block and was 24 of 27 serving with five aces.

Jordan Walgren had 17 digs and was 15 of 16 serving with three aces. Julie Wunder handed out 35 assists and was perfect in nine serves.

The Muskies next travel to Durant Saturday for a round robin tournament. They will play Fort Madison, Grinnell, Davenport Assumption, Western Dubuque and Durant.

Muscatine 23-25-25-25

Davenport West 25-22-12-6

Kills – Haylie Franklin 17, Emily Hasken 13, Allison Curry 10, Tia Hagy 5, Julie Wunder 3, Hunter Berry 2, Jordan Walgren 1. Blocks – Franklin 1, Hasken 1. Digs – Franklin 19, Walgren 17, Wunder 10, Ashley Hogenson 8, Natalie Pestka 8, Hasken 7, Hagy 4, Curry 2. Assists – Wunder 35, Franklin 4, Hagy 1, Berry 1. Serving – Wunder 9-9; Emily Hasken 24-27, 5 aces; Walgren 15-16, 3 aces; Franklin 14-17, 1 ace; Curry 14-15, 1 ace; Hogenson 12-13, 1 ace.

JV Score – Muscatine def. Dav. West 25-19, 21-25, 15-12. Muscatine record, 5-2

Sophomore score – Muscatine def. Dav. West 26-24, 25-21. Muscatine record, 4-3 in MAC

Varsity record – Muscatine 20-3 overall, 5-2 MAC

Next – Muscatine at Durant-Bennett round robin, Saturday.

Muscatine swimmers handle Clinton, 114-40

CLINTON, Iowa – Muscatine claimed the top three spots in six events, competing in exhibition-only races for a pair of events as the Muskie swimmers overwhelmed the Clinton River Queens, 114-40.

Clinton won only three events and one of them was the final race in which Muscatine’s three 400 freestyle relay teams were for exhibition as all three finished well ahead of the River Queens.

“They didn’t have a very big team,” Muscatine coach Judd Anderson said. “They only had a dozen girls out.”

Individual wins for Muscatine included Hannah Eichelberger in the 200 freestyle, Avery Morgan in the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle, Sarah Martin in the 1-meter diving and Natalie Sturms in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.

Swimming on the winning 200 medley relay were Laura Wood, Erica Henderson, Sturms and Lauren Weber. The winning 200 free relay team was made up of Morgan, Martin, Cenza Manjoine and Laura Ewalt.

Muscatine’s JV also won easily 110-46.

Muscatine 114

Clinton 40

200 medley relay – 1. Muscatine (Laura Wood, Erica Henderson, Natalie Sturms, Lauren Weber) 2:14.75; 2. Muscatine (Meredith Baird, Kathleen Pusateri, Sarah Martin, Taylor Woods) 2:15.51.

200 freestyle – 1. Hannah Eichelberger (Mus) 2:08.38; 2. Arianna Calderon (Mus) 2:11.48; 3. Haley Bartelt (Mus) 2:15.07.

200 individual medley – 1. Avery Morgan (Mus) 2:40.36; 2. Laura Ewalt (Mus) 2:43.25; 3. Cenza Manjoine (Mus) 2:47.53.

50 freestyle – 1. Libby Hess (Clin) 26.16; 2. Jennifer Littlejohn (Mus) 27.07; 3. Laura Wood (Mus) 29.46; 4. Erica Henderson (Mus) 30.49.

1-meter diving – 1. Sarah Martin (Mus) 172.00; 2. Laura Callan (Clin) 143.25; 3. Jonnee Sulzberger (Mus) 132.70; 4. Alison Failor (Mus) 125.45.

100 butterfly – 1. Natalie Sturms (Mus) 1:15.51; 2. Meredith Baird (Mus) 1:16.35; 3. Laura Ewalt (Mus) 1:23.66.

100 freestyle – 1. Avery Morgan (Mus) 1:04.27; 2. Laura Wood (Mus) 1:04.47; 3. Cenza Manjoine (Mus) 1:07.82.

500 freestyle – (all times are exhibition) 1. Hannah Eichelberger (Mus) 5:43.79; 2. Haley Bartelt (Mus) 5:50.56; 3. Jennifer Littlejohn (Mus) 6:02.30.

200 freestyle relay – 1. Muscatine (Avery Morgan, Sarah Martin, Cenza Manjoine, Laura Ewalt) 1:54.20.

100 backstroke – 1. Natalie Sturms (Mus) 1:15.66; 2. Taylor Woods (Mus) 1:17.76; 3. Meredith Baird (Mus) 1:18.24.

100 breaststroke – 1. Libby Hess (Clin) 1:11.30; 2. Erica Henderson (Mus) 1:26.67; 3. Kendra Evens (Clin) 1:27.06; 4. Jordan Miller (Clin) 1:27.80; 5. Kathleen Pusateri (Mus) 1:28.81.

400 freestyle relay – 1. Clinton 5:02.28. Exhibition only: Muscatine (Sarah Martin, Haley Bartelt, Meredith Baird, Laura Wood) 4:21.21; Muscatine (Laura Ewalt, Jennifer Littlejohn, Natalie Sturms, Kelly Van Acker) 4:26.70; Muscatine (Hannah Eichelberger, Avery Morgan, Cenza Manjoine, Taylor Woods) 4:27.76.

Muscatine JV 110

Clinton JV 46

Muscatine JV Results only

200 medley relay – 1. Muscatine (Melodie Bou, Sarah Ross, Janessa Calderon, Jessi Harder) 2:44.74.

200 freestyle – 1. Kelly Van Acker 2:29.10; 2. Elizabeth Chitty 2:41.74; 3. Jenny Cartagena 2:50.70.

200 individual medley – 1. Kathleen Pusateri 2:50.58; 2. Taylor Woods 2:55.55; 3. Lauren Weber 3:10.79.

50 freestyle – 1. Melodie Bou 32.02; 3. Tori Chick 33.65; 5. Janessa Calderon 35.85.

1-meter diving – 1. Sky Wolfe 133.25; 2. Cahleen Stineman 109.65.

100 freestyle – 1. Kelly Van Acker 1:09.57; 2. Elizabeth Chitty 1:17.45; 3. Jessi Harder 1:20.58.

500 freestyle – 1. Jenny Cartagena 7:48.30; 3. Tori Chick 8:37.65.

200 freestyle relay – 1. Muscatine (Elizabeth Chitty, Jessi Harder, Janessa Calderon, Lauren Weber) 2:16.54; 2. Muscatine (Kelly Van Acker, Jenny Cartagena, Tori Chick, Dawn Eichelberger) 2:17.65.

100 backstroke – 1. Sarah Ross 1:18.44; 2. Melodie Bou 1:25.28.

100 breaststroke – 1. Lauren Weber 1:30.04.

400 freestyle relay – 1. Muscatine (Sarah Ross, Elizabeth Chitty, Jenny Cartagena, Dawn Eichelberger) 5:09.53; 3. Muscatine (Melodie Bou, Janessa Calderon, Tori Chick, Jessi Harder) 5:27.46.

MHS Gold squad sweeps Davenport West freshmen

DAVENPORT, Iowa – The Muscatine freshman Gold volleyball team defeated Davenport West, 25-18, 25-11.

Coach Bill Ramsey’s team was led by Rebecca Hogan, who was 14 of 17 serving with nine aces and three kills. Taylor Borde was 8 of 10 serving with five aces and four kills. Angie Moeller was perfect in four serves with three aces.

The Gold team next plays Saturday at the Iowa City High Little Hawk Tournament.

Freshman football team runs record to 7-0

DAVENPORT — Alex Neda had a pair of touchdowns as the Muscatine freshman football team remained perfect with a 42-0 win over Davenport West on Tuesday night.

Brayton Shellady, Jon Crowe, Bryce Keeler and Drake Kulick also scored touchdowns for coach John Each’s team. Miguel Carrillo was 6-for-6 on point-after attempts.

Muscatine (7-0) returns home next Tuesday to face North Scott.

Columbus boys second

at its own invitational

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa – Columbus Community’s boys and girls finished second and third in the team race at its own cross country meet on Monday.

Area team results were printed in Tuesday’s edition of the Journal. Previously unavailable results for Columbus are as follows.

Columbus boys (59) – 1. Sam Chaney 15:20; 4. Jake Keller 16:32; 13. Ruben Jasso-Huerta 17:59; 16. Raimundo Quiroz 18:07; 25. Larry Lara 19:33; 26. Antonio Aguilar 19:35; 34. Logan Heck 20:16.

Columbus girls (96) – 5. Caitlin Chaney 18:40.22; 10. Marina Ramirez 19:20; 26. Gabriela Orozco 21:39; 27. Nayeli Aguilar 21:44; 28. Kara Exline 21:51; 31. Marisa Leyden 22:34.57; 40. Jenna Fuller 26:08.62.