How they’re doing: Catching up with former area preps

Iowa colleges - Tanner Rathje of Marion (Linn-Mar) is a member of the Central men's track and field team, along with Nathan Fitzgerald of Elkader (Central), Kody Dailey and Dan Roemerman of Iowa City (City High), Cole Simon of Tama (Grinnell) and Justin Powell of Wellman (Mid-Prairie) ... The nationally ranked Wartburg baseball team roster includes Robbie Anstoetter of Farley (Dyersville Beckman), Tyler Mougin of Walford (C.R. Prairie), Dylan Kramer and Gavin Nadermann of Epworth (Western Dubuque), Hunter Westhoff of Dyersville (Beckman), Gavin Timp of Anamosa, Ben Sass of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy) and Jacob Holub of Williamsburg ... Aminah Baloch (Prairie), Ashli O'Shea (Prairie) and Capria Davis (Kennedy) of Cedar Rapids are members of the Mount Mercy women's track and field team, along with Alexis Duwa of Kalona (Mid-Prairie), Madison Esker (Linn-Mar), Allison Scott (Marion) and Bailee Seger (Marion) of Marion, Kristi Feldman of West Liberty, Suzanne Flexsenhar of Winthrop (East Buchanan), Lizzy Fowler of Fairfax (C.R. Prairie), Karley Jaynes of Urbana (Center Point-Urbana), McKenzie Mellecker of Coralville (I.C. West), Megan Miller of Riverside (Highland Community), Sarah Myers of Walford (C.R. Prairie), Chloe Reicks of Lawler (Turkey Valley), McKenna Reighard of Washington (Iowa), Jazmine Reynolds of Anamosa, Julie Wise of Chelsea (South Tama), Taylor Zumbach of Coggon (North Linn) and Makayla Zweigart of Watkins (Benton Community) ... Erin Drahozal of Cedar Rapids (Xavier), Tara Walls of Oxford (Clear Creek Amana) and Mara Jones of Tiffin (Clear Creek Amana) are members of the Upper Iowa softball team, which won the Northern Sun Conference title and earned an NCAA regional berth ... Jamie Day of Ely (C.R. Prairie) earned his first varsity letter as a member of the Central wrestling team and Jay Pike of Solon earned his third, along with an NWCA Scholar All-American honor and the coaches award. Mitchell Knock of Atkins (Benton Community) also was recognized ... The Luther softball rosters includes Megan Bonnett of North Liberty (I.C. Regina). The Norse entered the Iowa Conference softball tournament this weekend as the top seed ... Lexi Scharmer of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy) earned her fourth letter as a member of the Luther women's swimming and diving team. She helped the Norse win their 12th straight Iowa Conference title and 10th Liberal Arts Championship in a row, capturing the 100 butterfly for the fourth consecutive year ... Upper Iowa baseball players Tyus Adkins of Coralivlle (I.C. West), Jacob Greco of Fayette (North Fayette Valley), Jordan Kearns of Van Horne (Benton Community) and Mitch Silberstein of Solon earned all-Northern Sun academic honors, along with men's golfers William Auer of Guttenberg (Clayton Ridge) and Travis Granberg of Oelwein, women's golfer Christina Nelson of Central City, softball players Mara Jones of Tiffin (Clear Creek Amana) and women's track and field athlete Taylor Doermann of Tipton ... Northern Iowa senior Caitlin Wnek of Amana (Clear Creek Amana) has been named academic all-district by CoSIDA. Wnek has a 3.76 GPA and is batting .320 ... Wartburg junior Rochelle Beardsley of Peosta (Western Dubuque) earned her third Women's Golf Coaches Association all-region honor and freshman Brooke Klostermann of Dyersville (Beckman) her first.