The Norwalk girls golfers wrapped up a conference title and Ivanna Sherstiuk became a state alternate in girls tennis as four Warrior spring sports teams competed on Monday.

Girls Golf claims LHC crown

The Norwalk girls golf team completed a three-meet sweep of this year’s Little Hawkeye Conference tournament series, clinching their first conference championship with a first-place finish at Oskaloosa’s Edmundson Golf Course. The Warriors shot a team score of 340, holding off Indianola by six strokes. Pella placed third with a 354. Individual Norwalk scores included Evelyn Kinney’s round of 82, Lydia Krueger with an 85, Ava Garvey 86 and Addie Smith 87.

Combined with their conference meet wins at Grimes and Newton, the Warrior girls won the LHC title with a perfect score of 18. Indianola and Pella placed second and third, respectively. Norwalk is the first Little Hawkeye team to have all six golfers earn all-conference honors by finishing in the top 12 of the three-meet composite standings. Krueger placed second overall, followed by Garvey in fourth, Kinney fifth, Smith seventh, Allie Soukup 10th and Mariola Torro Abad tied for 12th. Norwalk also won all three JV conference meets this season.

Head coach Steve Wermerskirchen tells KNIA Sports that he is very proud of the team, and called it a rare feat to have six players on the all-conference list. “In sports, athletes can do all the right things to prepare to be successful,” he said. “These six individuals all wanted to be all-conference. They worked so hard, sacrificed so much. I’ve never seen a group of golfers battle in each round. It’s a very special group.”

Norwalk will close out the regular season at Thursday’s Cedar Rapids Prairie Invite.

Girls Regional Tennis

Norwalk hosted a Class 2A Girls Tennis Regional Singles and Doubles Tournament on Monday. Warrior senior Ivanna Sherstiuk placed third in the singles bracket and is now an alternate for the 2A State Meet in Iowa City later this month. Sherstiuk opened the day with a 6-3, 6-1 victory, then lost in the semifinals 2-6, 3-6 before winning her third-place match 6-0, 6-1.

The Norwalk doubles team of Leah Black and Logan Geisler won their opening match in a third-set tiebreaker and lost in the semifinals. Kierdyn Stockwell went 0-1 in singles and the doubles team of Julia Palen and Naomi Lors also lost in the first round. The Warriors will host Indianola in a Class 2A, Region 3 Team Quarterfinal on Friday morning.

Boys Soccer wins 6-0

The Norwalk boys soccer team scored three goals in each half and handled North Polk 6-0 at Mineart Field. Tavin Ferner and Teegan Kralik both finished the match with two goals and one assist. Eli Scavo also scored a goal and Emmett Apana-Stipe added a penalty kick. Reserve goalie Drew Newberg made two saves in 12 minutes of action. Ranked third in Class 3A, the Warriors improved to 7-6-2 overall. They will wrap up Little Hawkeye Conference play tonight, hosting sixth-ranked Indianola at 7:30.

Boys Track wins 3 events at Pella

The Norwalk boys track and field team won three events at the Pella Dutch Invite. No team points were kept. Kadan Borcherding-Johnson took first in the 100-meter dash for the Warriors, Aksel Beedon won the open 800, and the 4×400 relay team of Eli Robbins, Xavier Bush, Kayden Frank and Isaac Peter also earned gold. Norwalk placed second in five events, including Cam Thomas in the high jump, AJ Mosqueda in the 1600, Lane Osterloh in the 800 and Tim Koerselman in the 400.

The Warriors travel to Mason City on Thursday for a Class 4A Coed State Qualifying Meet at 4:00 p.m.