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8AM Sportscast 05-11-2012

Podcasts, Sports

May 11th, 2012 by admin

w/ Jim Field

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8AM Newscast 05-11-2012

News, Podcasts

May 11th, 2012 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Heartbeat Today 05-11-2012

Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

May 11th, 2012 by admin

Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors at Griswold High School, Linnea Casey & Rachel Denne.

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7AM Newscast 05-11-2012

News, Podcasts

May 11th, 2012 by admin

w/ Ric Hanson

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Thursday Soccer Results

Sports

May 11th, 2012 by Jim Field

Girls:

  • Denison 3, Atlantic 1  (Amy Loverin scores in the 2nd period off an assist by Alyssa Becerra which was set up by a cross from ReAnn Cappel.  Tiara Edelman leads the team defensively with 7 steals and Maren NcNees had 19 saves.)

Class 1-A State Track Qualifiers from Guthrie Center Meet

Sports

May 11th, 2012 by Jim Field

Girls Automatic State Qualifiers:
3,000:  Therese Frels, Guthrie Center
Long Jump:  Sydney Parker, Exira-EHK
4 x 800:  Treynor
Shot Put:  Kayli Christensen, Treynor
High Jump:  Chaley Rath, Treynor
Shuttle Hurdle:  Treynor
100:  Emma Konkler, Audubon
Distance Medley:  Guthrie Center
400:  Jen Neville, Exira-EHK
Discus:  Paige Volkens, Treynor
100 Hurdles:  Chaley Rath, Treynor
4 x 200:  A-H-S-T
800:  Leah Courtney, Guthrie Center
200:  Emma Konkler, Audubon
400 Hurdles:  Chaley Rath, Treynor
Sprint Medley:  A-H-S-T
1,500:  Therese Frels, Guthrie Center
4 x 100:  Exira-EHK
4 x 400:  Treynor

Boys Automatic State Qualifiers:
4 x 800:  Riverside
Shot Put:  Rick Williams, Riverside
High Jump:  Connor Meis, Treynor
3,200:  Josh Sindelar, St. Albert
Long Jump:  Dane Livengood, Treynor
Shuttle Hurdle:  Treynor
100:  Dane Livengood, Treynor
400: Quentin Kueck, Treynor
Discus:  Bill Price, AHST
1,600:  Cade Cleaveland, Riverside
110 Hurdles:  Connor Meis, Treynor
4 x 200:  St. Albert
200:  Tim Schachnter, Guthrie Center
400 Hurdles:  Quentin Kueck, Treynor
Distance Medley:  St. Albert
800:  Cade Cleaveland, Riverside
4 x 100:  Exira-EHK
4 x 400:  St. Albert

Class 1-A State Track Qualifiers From Corning Meet

Sports

May 11th, 2012 by Jim Field

Girls Team Scores:

  1. Griswold – 150
  2. Corning – 109
  3. Villisca – 100
  4. Mount Ayr – 81
  5. Stanton – 70
  6. Fremont-Mills – 58
  7. Lenox – 41
  8. Essex – 35
  9. Nishnabotna – 34
  10. Bedford – 31
  11. East Mills – 19
  12. South Page – 3
  13. Diagonal – 2

Girls Highlights:

Rebekah Topham (Griswold) won the 400 meter hurdles, the 800 meter run, the 1500 meter run, and the 3000 meter run.  Caitlyn Stroud (Corning) won the 100 meters and the 200 meters.  Griswold won the 4 x 400 meter relay and the 4 x 800 meter relay.  Villisca won the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 meter relays.
Boys Team Scores:

  1. Fremont-Mills – 141
  2. Mount Ayr – 132
  3. East Mills – 95.5
  4. Griswold – 78
  5. Stanton – 56
  6. Bedford – 44
  7. Sidney – 43
  8. Nishnabotna – 28
  9. Corning – 28
  10. Essex – 20.5
  11. Villisca – 19
  12. South Page – 10
  13. Lenox – 7

Boys Highlights:

Nick Pittmon (East Mills) won the 100 and 200 meters.  Andrew Thompson (Nishnabotna) won the 3200 and 1600 meters.  Griswold won the 4 x 400 and the distance medley relays.  Bedford won the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relays.

Boy’s Class 1-A Qualifying Track Meet Results

Sports

May 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

(from Thursday, May 10th, at the Van Meter High School)

Place/School/Total team points:

(1) Madrid, 149; (2) Earlham, 88; (3) Nodaway Valley, 82; (4) Van Meter, 76; (5) Woodward-Granger, 60; (6) Colo-Nesco, 57; (7) Afton/East Union, 46; (8) Adair-Casey, 42; (9) Orient-Macksburg, 25; (10) Grand Junction/East Greene, 21; (11) Paton-Churdan, 9; (12) IA Christian/Ankeny Christian, 7.

The State Track and Field Meet runs May 17th through the 19th at Drake University in Des Moines.

Gasoline prices now NOT expected to hit $4 a gallon by Memorial Day

News

May 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Triple-A predicted we’d see gasoline selling in Iowa at four dollars a gallon or higher by Memorial Day, but a new government report is forecasting much cheaper prices. The U-S Energy Information Administration now estimates the national average price this summer will be three-79, even lower in the Hawkeye State. Rose White, at Triple-A-Iowa, says pump prices have been steadily falling for weeks. “As this industry is, it’s very unpredictable, but certainly this latest news is welcome news for all motorists,” White says. “Oil prices are down about 9% in the last six days. In fact, for the last 23 days, retail pump prices have declined.” 

Iowa has one of the lowest gas prices in the country, averaging three-57 a gallon, about 18 cents below the national average. She says prices will still likely rise as the summer approaches, but not as high as they’d first thought. “Based on what we’re seeing now, which is an improvement in supply levels and economic concerns that are driving down crude oil prices, the combination of factors certainly is reversing earlier projections,” White says. “Right now, we’re expecting prices to stay right at that $3.70 level for many of the summer months.”

Between January and April, gas prices nationwide rose a whopping 20-percent. Some politicians blame President Obama for the increase, but White says that’s not a legitimate claim. “It’s hard to put the blame on any one organization, industry or country, certainly not on one person,” White says. “It’s a global issue, based on supply and demand.” Oil prices have dropped about eight-dollars a barrel since early April. Iowa’s current average gas price of three-57 a gallon is down from three-92 a year ago.

(Matt Kelley/Radio Iowa)

(Podcast) Skyscan Forecast: May 11th 2012

Podcasts, Weather

May 11th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Here is the (podcast) forecast for Atlantic, and the KJAN listening area from Freese-Notis, and the weather stats for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson….

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