Alyssa Hertel
Sports Reporter at Des Moines Register
High school sports and sometimes colleges for @DMRegister. Strong opinions about Philly cheesesteaks and pizza.
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1 week ago |
amestrib.com | Alyssa Hertel
The Van Meter girls soccer team is banding together behind new head coach Allie Kramer in 2025. With a new coach, the team's four seniors have helped the program stabilize and grow during a year of transitionFreshman Mady Schnell has a chance to take the Iowa girls high school soccer world by storm, posting 14 goals so far in her first season. Twenty-two athletes – clad in blues and grays, blacks and whites – shuffle across a grass field toward a set of goals.
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1 week ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
The Van Meter girls soccer team is banding together behind new head coach Allie Kramer in 2025. With a new coach, the team's four seniors have helped the program stabilize and grow during a year of transitionFreshman Mady Schnell has a chance to take the Iowa girls high school soccer world by storm, posting 14 goals so far in her first season. Twenty-two athletes – clad in blues and grays, blacks and whites – shuffle across a grass field toward a set of goals.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
Joe Sithonnorath gathers his players in a semi-circle ahead of an evening practice. Overhead, gray clouds cluster, filled with water droplets that escape sporadically but remain on the brink of a true rain for the entirety of the Des Moines Lincoln soccer practice. Several players trickle in after the start of practice – some coming from jobs or other commitments – and hang their backpacks on a chain-link fence surrounding the field.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
That’s a clean sweep of the shuttle hurdle relays at the Drake Relays for Waukee Northwest. It’s been all about the girls in recent years, with the Wolves winning the Relays title in 2022 and finishing in the top three at the state track meet in 2023 and 2024. Northwest entered the Relays with the second-best time in the state this season, but the girls would need to get past Emma Havighurst and Valley for the win.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
So often playing second fiddle, Dowling Catholic’s boys distance medley squad took center stage at the Drake Relays. The Maroons took fourth on the Blue Oval last season and finished second – behind Ankeny – at the 2024 state track meet. But entering the Drake Relays on April 25 with the fastest time in Iowa this season, the quartet of Sam Drexler, Jackson Miller, Travis Lembechwa and Owen Wolfe felt confident they could finish first.
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With talent-packed teams and standout stars, Lincoln soccer isn't typically among the top teams in Des Moines. But under head coach Joe Sithonnorath, players bought in - on the field and in the classroom - and their hard work is paying off. #iahssoc https://t.co/MQtsk7sVbM