The Walnut School Board voted at their Tuesday night meeting to enter a sharing agreement with the A-H-S-T schools.  Walnut students will attend classes at A-H-S-T for about three periods per day and share all athletics with A-H-S-T beginning with the 2012-2013 school year.  Walnut Superintendent Jim Hammerich said they voted on shifting academics from Atlantic to A-H-S-T for three periods in the afternoon, just like they currently do in Atlantic.  The board voted for a two-year contract with A-H-S-T.  The Walnut school board also voted  to continue sharing Junior High sports, unanimously sending all boys sports to A-H-S-T.  The board also voted 3-2 to share all girls sports with A-H-S-T.   The board’s vote ends the sharing agreements with Atlantic.  Hammerich said it is a better fit for the Walnut kids, with all the logistics, transportation costs etc., and having Junior High already in Avoca all weighing in on the board’s decision.  He said the Atlantic sharing experience the last five years was wonderful, but it will end this school year.  Hammerich says the two school board’s will continue to discuss future whole-grade sharing between A-H-S-T and Walnut.

Double dual at Griswold, Thurs. Dec. 1st vs. Atlantic and Audubon is at 6 P.M.
Dual 1 – Atlantic vs. Audubon – 6:00 pm
Dual 2 – Griswold vs. Audubon
Dual 3 – Griswold vs. Atlantic

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Double Dual at Kuemper:

• Audubon 65, Carroll 12
• Audubon 66, Kuemper Catholic 14
• Carroll 42, Kuemper Catholic 39

Double Dual at Treynor:

• Woodbine 72, Treynor 6
• Woodbine 72, SWI 6
• SWI 36, Treynor 30

Double Dual at Creston:

• Creston-OM 74, Nodaway Valley 4

Double Dual at Sergeant Bluff-Luton:

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 63, Westwood 12
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 60, Denison-Schleswig 16

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• A-D-M 64, Atlantic 62
• Adair-Casey 58, Walnut 35
• Orient-Macksburg 60, CAM 47
• Tri-Center 52, Logan-Magnolia 14
• Red Oak 60, Griswold 31
• Riverside 59, East Mills 32
• Harlan 52, Treynor 41
• IKM/Manning 66, Audubon 29
• Corning 61, Shenandoah 50
• Lewis Central 55, Sioux City East 39
• St. Albert 75, West Harrison 17
• Essex 38, Nishnabotna 26
• Glenwood 73, Abraham Lincoln 58
• Nodaway Valley 36, Clarinda 27
• Guthrie Center 43, Earlham 40
• Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 40, West Monona 36
• Missouri Valley 64, Boyer Valley 17
• Panorama 48, Van Meter 31
• Sidney 45, Heartland Christian 29

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs have released offensive tackle Jared Gaither just days after he committed a costly false start penalty in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Gaither had come in for one down after left tackle Branden Albert was slow to get up. Gaither was called for a false start, pushing the Chiefs back 5 yards, and they eventually had to settle for a field goal. Kansas City wound up losing 13-9. The 6-foot-9, 340-pound Gaither was once viewed as a cornerstone offensive lineman in Baltimore, where he started five postseason games. But injuries kept him out last season, and he was unable to reclaim the same form from early in his career with Kansas City. His release leaves Steve Maneri as the only backup tackle.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Andre Young had 19 points, T.J. Sapp added 13 off the bench and Clemson pounded host Iowa 71-55 Tuesday night. Tanner Smith added 14 rebounds and eight assists for the Tigers (4-2), who won for the ninth time in 13 Big Ten/ACC Challenge contests. Clemson shot 52 percent from the field and stretched its lead to 20 points early in the second half over the Hawkeyes, who hit 16 of 56 shots and registered just five assists. Freshman Josh Oglesby had 15 points to lead Iowa (4-3), which fell to 2-9 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Iowa has lost three of its last four games after an encouraging 3-0 start.

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Adair-Casey 60, Walnut 33
• CAM 56, Orient-Macksburg 37
• Audubon 45, IKM-Manning 7
• Red Oak 52, Griswold 32
• Tri-Center 48, Logan-Magnolia 34
• Riverside 56, Bedford 30
• Clarinda 63, Nodaway Valley 60
• Boyer Valley 62, Missouri Valley 38
• Glenwood 50, Thomas Jefferson 34
• Guthrie Center 54, Earlham 37
• Kuemper Catholic 56, Carroll 55
• Le Mars 73, Denison-Schleswig 52
• West Harrison 57, Westwood 49
• Mount Ayr 63, Mormon Trail 37
• Des Moines Christian 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 40
• Nishnabotna 58, Essex 56
• West Monona 72, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 66
• Panorama 41, Van Meter 38
• Shenandoah 54, South Page 46
• Sioux City East 61, Lewis Central 41
• Villisca 61, Lenox 56
• Woodward-Granger 67, West Central Valley 35

The Iowa DNR expects that nearly 90,000 hunters will be heading to the woods and fields during Saturday’s opening day for first shotgun season. Iowa’s shotgun deer seasons are the most popular among hunters and account for more than half of all deer harvested.  Although hunters will still have good hunting opportunities they can expect to find fewer deer across much of the state. They may need to hunt a little longer this year to be successful. 

“Deer numbers in many areas are near the department’s objective and we are now encouraging hunters to be more selective with their harvest,” said Dale Garner, the DNR’s wildlife bureau chief. “We have been hearing complaints from hunters that they are not seeing the number of deer that they had in the past and some are voicing their concerns that the herd reduction may have gone too far,” he said.  “My advice to those hunters is to work with the landowner to see if the deer population is at a desirable level and adjust the local doe harvest accordingly.”

With the crop harvest being completed, good habitat conditions and a favorable weather forecast hunting conditions should be excellent in most of the state. However, in western Iowa, hunters may find that the summer-long Missouri River flooding has changed the deer distributions so they may need to adjust where they hunt. 

Safety First

Blaze orange is required for hunters participating in the shotgun hunts and party hunting is legal. Hunters using blinds during the shotgun seasons are reminded that they are required to display at least 144 square inches of blaze orange that is visible from all directions (see p. 23 of the 2011 Hunting Regulations for more information). 

Report Your Harvest

All deer taken must be reported using the harvest reporting system by midnight the day after the deer is recovered.  Accurately reporting the harvest is an important part of Iowa’s deer management program and plays a vital role in managing deer populations and future hunting opportunities. 

For hunters with Internet access, the online harvest reporting is the easiest way to register the deer. Hunters can report their deer online at www.iowadnr.gov, by calling the toll free reporting number 1-800-771-4692, or at any license vendor.  

Tagging Antlered Deer

Hunters are reminded that antlered deer must have the transportation tag attached to the antler’s main beam, either at the base or between two points. 

Season

First shotgun season is Dec. 3-7. Second shotgun season is Dec. 10-18. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. 

Youth Season Tags

Youth season hunters with an unfilled “any-deer” license from the youth deer season who did not harvest a deer are eligible to hunt during one of the two shotgun seasons. However, the youth hunter must follow the weapons restrictions that are in place during the season and be under the direct supervision of a licensed adult. A youth must harvest and tag their own deer.