Sports briefs

Central football

PELLA — Cole Tanner of Greenfield is a member of the Central College football team for the 2015 season.

Tanner, from Orient-Macksburg High School, is a 6-2, 260-pound junior offensive lineman. He has one varsity letter prior to this season.

Also a member of the Dutch offensive line is 6-0, 250-pound junior Greg Smith of Nodaway Valley High School.

The squad includes four players from Atlantic. They are sophomore wide receiver Sam Markham, sophomore offensive lineman Tyler Christensen, senior wide receiver Dillon Bates, and sophomore wide receiver Mathew Mills.

Nick Greteman of Carroll Kuemper Catholic is a sophomore defensive back. Derek Hall of Denison-Schleswig is a junior quarterback. Tanner Gilliland of Red Oak is a freshman defensive lineman. Brandon Ryerson of Winterset is a freshman running back.

Central has captured a record 30 Iowa Conference championships with 20 NCAA Division III playoff berths, including 17 in the past 28 years. The Dutch have not had a losing season since 1960. Central is the third-winningest NCAA football team since 1975 (.800).

Coach Jeff McMartin has an 87-29 (.750) record, and is in his 12th season for Central.

Spartan golf

MORAVIA — Southwestern’s golf team competed in the Midwest Collegiate Open Monday and Tuesday, hosted by William Penn University.

Iowa Western won both the men’s and women’s trophies. Alister Balcombe of IWCC ran away with the individual men’s title at 5-under 139 (66-73) at The Preserve at Lake Rathbun.

Southwestern was seventh at 332-346 — 678 (102 over par). Individual leader was Coleton Hoepker in 27th place at 77-83 — 160.

Evy Wells was the lone SWCC entry in the women’s tournament, shooting 98-105 — 203.

“We are a young team getting our feet wet,” said SWCC coach Doug North. “We had stretches of good holes, as a team we had 13 birdies. The Preserve at Lake Rathbun is an always-challenging course that isn’t friendly to errant tee shots.”

The Spartans play Sept. 10 in Mason City, hosted by NIACC, against several Region XI teams.

SWCC (678) — 27. Coleton Hoepker 77-83 — 160; 33. Avery Eliott 80-87 — 167; 37. Christian Groumoutis 82-88 — 170; 38. Jared Baier 93-88 — 181; 39. Connor Giles 93-90 — 183.

SWCC women — 35. Evy Wells 98-105 — 205.