Three IHCC Men's Soccer Players Sign with 4-Year Schools

Ottumwa -- Five players from last fall’s Indian Hills Community College soccer teams have signed letters-of-intent with four-year schools to continue their education and soccer careers.

From the IHCC men’s team, Ryan Culbertson from Ft. Madison has signed with Grand View University, Aaron Rose from Ottumwa has signed with William Penn University, and Gustavo Scorzelli from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has signed with Judson University.

IHCC women’s players who will play soccer this fall are Brooke Duea from Earlham with Northwest Missouri State University and Caroline Gagliardi from Sao Paulo, Brazil with Florida Memorial University.

Duea led the IHCC women with 11 goals and added five assists in the 2009 season. Gagliardi had a team-high six assists and five goals. Both were named to the All-Region 11 team.

Culbertson was a first-team All-Region selection and Scorzelli was named Honorable Mention.

Youth Soccer Clinic at IHCC

Ottumwa -- Area youth have been invited to attend a soccer clinic that will be held in the Tom Arnold Net Center on the Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa campus on Saturday, March 13. IHCC head soccer coach Kirk Artist and members of the Indian Hills soccer teams will help with the instruction at the clinic.

The clinic for the U-8 and U-10 age groups will start at 8:30am; the U-12 and U-14 age groups will begin at 1pm.

Those who participate will take part in drills for dribbling, passing/receiving, and shooting.

The Indian Hills soccer teams and Ottumwa Soccer Club are teaming up to provide instruction for the clinic.

Nine from Indian Hills on Academic Squad

Ottumwa -- Indian Hills placed nine players on the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference All-Academic team. The Warriors had four players on the first team and five more on the second team.

Indian Hills players named to the All-Conference All-Academic first team were sophomores Taylor Konrad (Knoxville, IA) and Alex Stauffacher (Burlington, IA)and two freshmen, Pedro Jurno (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Damian Sheerin (West Point, IA).

Second-team selections from IHCC included one sophomore, Miguel Torres (Ottumwa, IA),along with freshmen Isidore Ekukanjuh (Ottumwa,IA), Peter Grossenkemper (Fort Madison, IA), Cheyne Reiter (LaPorte City, IA) and Gustavo Scorzelli (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

IHCC Puts Five on All-Region Team

Ottumwa -- A total of five Indian Hills Community College men's soccer players were named to the All-Region XI teams announced by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.

IHCC players named to the all-league team were first-team selection Ryan Culbertson, a sophomore from Fort Madison; second-team choice Cheyne Reiter, a freshman from LaPorte City; and freshmen Gustavo Scorzelli, Damian Sheerin and Ben Smiley, all honorable mention picks.

Reiter led the Warriors in goals this season with seven. Sheerin, from West Point, had four goals; Scorzelli, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, led in assists with four; and Smiley, from Norwalk, was the number one goalkeeper for IHCC this fall.

Other goal scorers for the Warriors were freshman Isidore Ekukanjuh, from Ottumwa, with three; freshman Peter Grossenkemper, from Fort Madison, with two; and Culbertson, freshman Noel Anthony from Des Moines, and freshman Pedro Jurno, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, all with one goal each.

First-year head coach Kirk Artist said the IHCC program, which was in its third year this fall, is making progress. "We came into the preseason excited to get a new start and the players continued to work hard every minute of every practice," said Artist. "Every person contributed to the team, whether they played 90 minutes or 10 minutes in a game. The 20 men molded together, so that by the end of the season we were playing our best soccer. This season, this group of men set records and showed the most passion for playing the game of soccer that I have seen in a group of individuals."

Artist added, "If these individuals continue to develop throughout the offseason, we will be able to take another step forward next season."

Reiter Scores Twice as Warriors Win Second Straight

Ottumwa -- A pair of goals by freshman Cheyne Reiter allowed Indian Hills to post its first two-game winning streak of the season as the Warriors blanked Iowa Lakes CC, 2-0, Wednesday at the Walsh Soccer Complex.

Indian Hills got its second straight outstanding performance in goal. Freshman keeper Ben Smiley notched the shutout for the Warriors. Smiley had six saves. Noah Cutler had turned in a solid game in the nets earlier in the week against Scott CC.

The Warriors defeated Scott, 3-1, on Monday and the win against Iowa Lakes gives IHCC some momentum heading into their final regular season match against NIACC in Mason City on Saturday. In that match, the Warriors will be looking to avenge an earlier 3-1 loss to NIACC. Earlier this month, NIACC knocked off nationally-ranked Marshalltown CC.

Saturday's action in Mason City starts at 4:00 pm.

Warriors Sweep Scott

Bettendorf, IA -- For the second time this season, Indian Hills got strong goaltending and just enough offense to knock off Scott CC. The Warriors defeated Scott 3-0 on Monday after defeating them 4-1 earlier in the season.

In the latest win for IHCC, Isidore Ekukanjuh scored two goals for the Warriors and Damian Sheerin had the other goal. Sheerin also had an assist on one of Ekukanjuh's goals and Jaleel Mirzai had an assist as well.

Freshman goalkeeper Noah Cutler allowed just the lone Scott goal and turned in a very solid performance for IHCC.

The win puts the Warriors' season record at 2-10 heading into a home match with Iowa Lakes on Wednesday.

Warriors Lose Heartbreaker to Iowa Western

Council Bluffs, IA -- Iowa Western scored the game-winning goal with one minute left in overtime as the Reivers knocked off Indian Hills, 2-1, on Saturday in Council Bluffs. The loss drops the Warriors' season record to 1-8, but it was the latest in a string of close losses for IHCC.

Freshman Cheyne Reiter opened the scoring with a goal for IHCC just seven minutes into the match. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Ben Smiley kept the home team off the scoreboard until there were 15 minutes remaining in the second half when the Reivers scored the tying goal. They then scored the deciding goal late in the OT session.

Smiley had a great game according to IHCC coach Kirk Artist piling up 12 saves and continually thwarting the IWCC attack.

Indian Hills will head to Fort Dodge on Wednesday to take on Iowa Central. IHCC will look to avenge an earlier 5-1 loss to the Tritons.