Former Pekin stars earn all-conference honors

WAVERLY ? Packwood native and current Wartburg star Jordan Sathoff was named to the all-Iowa Conference basketball first team released this week.

Sathoff joined Warburg?s 1,000-point club this season as led the Knights with 424 points (17.2 per game), 173 rebounds (7.2 per game), 29 blocked shots and a 52.7 percent field goal percentage.The junior finished the season with 13-straight double-figure scoring games.

Sathoff was the only Knight tabbed to the first team and continues a streak of at least one Wartburg player earning all-conference honors that started in 1963.

Crouse wins conference title

PELLA ? Tyler Crouse, formerly of Hedrick, earned Iowa Conference honors as he competed for Central College at the league?s indoor track and field championship meet Friday and Saturday at H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse in Pella.

Crouse, a two-time letterwinner, easily won the weight throw competition, ripping off a toss of 55-4.75 on his fifth attempt to win by almost two feet. He also finished sixth in the shot put with a 46-06.75 mark.

Crouse helped the Dutch men?s squad capture its second straight conference title, scoring 212.16 points, just shy of its 2010 record (213.83) and almost 30 points ahead of runner-up Wartburg College (183).