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Keep Iowa Beautiful Announces 2023 Scholarship Winners

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May 5th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Three high school seniors are receiving Keep Iowa Beautiful $1,000 scholarships toward their studies at an Iowa college or university.

OLIVIA ARKFELD, of Council Bluffs, was awarded the Byers Scholarship. She will be attending University of Iowa, studying environmental engineering. Educator Bob Byers dedication to young people and environmental concerns was a driving force encouraging young people to help improve their communities.

Olivia Arkfeld

CLAIRE BRITT, of West Union, was awarded the Fultz Scholarship. She will be attending University of Iowa, studying marketing/managing.  Bill Fultz was a founding KIB Board member and artist. He started an advertising agency that became the largest agriculture advertising agency in the world.

AMANDA OGLE, of Gravity, was awarded a Schnepf Scholarship. She plan on attending Iowa State University, studying environmental engineering. Gerry Schnepf, founding Executive Director. His careers spanned 50 years of making Iowa a better place to live, work and raise a family.

“Keep Iowa Beautiful is proud to award scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have a

Claire Britt

record of community service and environmental stewardship,” said Andy Frantz, Keep Iowa Beautiful Executive Director, “These seniors have a passion to improve the places where they live and work throughout their lives and careers, and we couldn’t be more excited to see where their education takes them.”

Since the creation of the scholarship program, Keep Iowa Beautiful has awarded $57,000 to 67 students.  There were 112 applications for this year’s three scholarships.

 

Amanda Ogle

Iowa State linebacker Gerry Vaughn talks improvement

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May 5th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State linebacker Gerry Vaughn feels the Cyclones will be an improved team next season. The redshirt senior from Atlanta started all 12 games this past season as the Cyclones finished a disappointing 4-8.

Vaughn led ISU last season with 71 tackles and has become a leader of a linebacking group that has several young players.

The Cyclones open the season at home against UNI on September second.

Northern Iowa softball closes the regular season at home

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May 5th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

Northern Iowa softball coach Ryan Jacobs says there is still a lot to play for as the Panthers close the regular season with a three game series at home against Evansville. The Panthers have won 13 straight games, have clinched the Missouri Valley regular season title and are 35-11 overall.

Jacobs says several team and individual records could be set this weekend.

It will be the final home series for a small senior class that Jacobs says has been impactful.

The series begins with a single game late Friday afternoon and concludes with a doubleheader on Saturday.

Earlham wins Nodaway Valley Boys Golf Invitational

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May 5th, 2023 by admin

Nodaway Valley Boys Golf Invitational
05/04/2023 @ Greenfield (Par 70)

This was a three-in-one tournament with stroke play, best ball, and best score all tallied.

Team Scores

  1. Earlham 319
  2. Pleasantville 322
  3. ACGC 330
  4. Nodaway Valley 339
  5. Bedford 443
  6. Southeast Warren 528

Stroke Play

  1. Nodaway Valley 160
  2. Earlham 165

Best Ball

  1. Pleasantville 71
  2. Bedford 72

Best Score

  1. Earlham 74
  2. Pleasantville 76

Full results: NVInvite2023

Other Golf Scores 05/04/2023

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May 5th, 2023 by admin

GIRLS GOLF

Harlan 201, Denison-Schleswig 208
Medalist: Ella Freund, Harlan & Tanna Petersen, Denison-Schleswig (48)

IKM-Manning 207, Missouri Valley 251
Medalist: Kylie Powers, IKM-Manning (44)
Runner-up: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley (47

Mount Ayr 229, Lenox NTS
Medalist: Mallory Weehler, Mount Ayr (55)
Runner-Up: Linsie Barnes, Mount Ayr (57)

BOYS GOLF

Missouri Valley 153, IKM-Manning 201
Medalist: Jackson Tennis, Missouri Valley (35)
Runner-up: Evan White, Missouri Valley (35)

Mount Ayr 167, Lenox NTS
Medalist: Tanner Streit, Mount Ayr (36)
Runner-up: Jaxson Greene, Mount Ayr (42)

Other High School Track Scoreboard 05/04/2023

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May 5th, 2023 by admin

Mount Ayr Raiderette Relays
Mount Ayr won the Class A Division and Sidney went 6th. Lenox won the Class B Division in front of Bedford in 2nd. Orient-Macksburg went 7th.
Full results: MtAyrRaideretteRelays2023

Jim Yunek Meet at South Central Calhoun
IKM-Manning went 3rd in the girls team race with 103.5 points. They won the 4x800M Relay.
Full results: JImYunekMeet2023

Missouri River Conference Meet @ Bishop Heelan
CB Abraham Lincoln won the Sprint Medley and Jayden Kneifl won the High Jump. Payton Schermerhorn won the Shot Put and Maddie Kneifl won the Discus Lightning postponed the rest of the meet following the 110M Hurdles.

High School Tennis Scoreboard 05/04/2023

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May 5th, 2023 by admin

GIRLS TENNIS

CB Abraham Lincoln 9, Glenwood 0
CB Thomas Jefferson 9, Omaha South 0
Clarinda 9, Audubon 0
Shenandoah 6, Denison-Schleswig 3

BOYS TENNIS

Audubon 7, Clarinda 2
Kuemper Catholic 6, Denison-Schleswig 3
Lewis Central 6, Shenandoah 3

High School Soccer Scoreboard 05/04/2023

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May 4th, 2023 by admin

GIRLS SOCCER

Denison-Schleswig 3, Carroll 0
Kuemper Catholic 10, Greene County 0
Tri-Center 3, Logan-Magnolia 2

BOYS SOCCER

Carroll 1, Harlan 0
Denison-Schleswig 1, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 0
Lewis Central 2, Glenwood 1 -2OT/PK’s
Tri-Center 4, Logan-Magnolia 0

Atlantic girls 2nd, boys 5th at Hawkeye Ten Conference Track and Field Meet

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May 4th, 2023 by admin

Hawkeye Ten Conference Track and Field Meet
05/04/2023 @ Red Oak

Girls Team Scores

  1. Glenwood 133
  2. Atlantic 127
  3. Clarinda 80
  4. Lewis Central 75
  5. St. Albert 72
  6. Denison-Schleswig 64
  7. Harlan 61.5
  8. Shenandoah 40
  9. Kuemper Catholic 38
  10. Creston 26
  11. Red Oak 23.5

Atlantic got a win from Ava Rush in the 400 (59.33) and 800M (2:20.89). Morgan Botos and Chloe Mullenix went 1-2 in the 400M Hurdles. Botos ran 1:07.75 to win it. The Trojans also won the Sprint Medley (Nicole Middents, Morgan Botos, Chloe Mullenix, Ava Rush 1:53.13). The Trojans also went 2nd in the 4x100M Relay (Hailey Huffman, Lila Wiederstein, Nicole Middents, Jayci Reed 51.54) and 4x400M Relay (Nicole Middents, Morgan Botos, Mariah Huffman, Chloe Mullenix 4:11.30). Jayci Reed was 3rd in the 100M Hurdles (16.69).

Boys Team Scores

  1. Lewis Central 134
  2. Glenwood 107.5
  3. Clarinda 104
  4. Harlan 85
  5. Altantic 69
  6. Shenandoah 56
  7. Denison-Schleswig 47
  8. Kuemper Catholic 42
  9. Red Oak 38.5
  10. St. Albert 36
  11. Crsston 22

Atlantic won the 4x400M Relay (Tanner O’Brien, Bennett Whetstone, Caden Andersen, Carter Pellett 3:32.53).  The Trojans also went 2nd in the 4x800M Relay (Caden Andersen, Bennett Whetstone, Tanner O’Brien, Alex Sonntag). Jackson McLaren was 2nd in the 110M Hurdles (15.85). Jayden Proehl went 3rd (5-10) and Colton Rasmussen 4th in the High Jump (5-10). Jadyn Cox was 4th in the 400M Hurdles (58.25).

Full results HERE

Southwest Valley Co-Ed Meet 05/04/2023

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May 4th, 2023 by admin

Southwest Valley Co-Ed Meet
05/04/2023

Girls Team Scores

  1. Fremont-Mills 139
  2. Nodaway Valley 102
  3. Stanton 70
  4. Griswold 67
  5. Southwest Valley 54
  6. East Mills 46
  7. CAM 38
  8. Sidney 28
  9. AHSTW 25
  10. Essex 23

Nodaway Valley got wins from Emma Lundy in the 200M (26.91) and Jazz Christensen in the 3000M (13:16.11). The Wolverines also won the 4x100M Relay (Maddie Weston, Abby Engles, Emma Lundy, Annika Nelson 51.10), 4x200M Relay (Abby Engles, Emma Lundy, Maddie Weston, Annika Nelson 1:50.00). They also went 2nd in the 4x800M Relay (Kylie Nelson, Megan McCall, Taylor Day, Jazz Christensen 12:16.94) and Sprint Medley (Grace Britten, Maddie Weston, Abby Engles, Emma Lundy 1:54.72).

Southwest Valley’s Emma Cooper won the 100M and Mackenzie Richards won the Shot Put.

CAM’s Emma Follmann was 2nd in the High Jump (4-08).

Griswold’s MaKenna Askeland was 2nd in the Discus (96-03).

Boys Team Scores

  1. Lenox 102
  2. I-35 96.50
  3. AHSTW 77
  4. East Mills 70
  5. Central Decatur 68
  6. Bedford 47
  7. East Union 46
  8. Nodaway Valley 44
  9. Wayne 43
  10. Southwest Valley 29.50
  11. CAM 25
  12. Fremont-Mills 22
  13. Mount Ayr 20
  14. Sidney 19
  15. Griswold 15
  16. Stanton 14

AHSTW’s Luke Sternberg won the 200M (23.39) and Caleb Hatch won the 400M (54.80).

Nodaway Valley’s Doug Berg won the 3200M (10:31.78) and was 2nd in the 1600M (4:53.01).

Southwest Valley’s Marshall Knapp won the High Jump (6-03).

CAM’s Gavin Clayton was 2nd in the 800M (2:10.92) and Corbin Peach was 2nd in the Discus (136-08).

Full results: SWV Coed Results 2023