(Radio Iowa) – Farmers could be in their last week for harvesting beans. The U-S-D-A crop report now shows 91 percent of the beans are in the bin, That is a jump ahead of ten percent compared to last week. The west central and east central areas are leading the way with 94 percent or more of their soybeans done. The corn harvest increased by 23 percent last week — so 68 percent is done.
Farmers in south-central Iowa are lagging behind– with just 50 percent of their corn harvested.
(Radio Iowa) – We’re now in one of the peak times of the year for deer-vehicle collisions. Trooper Paul Gardner, with the Iowa State Patrol in Fort Dodge, reminds Iowans to stay especially vigilant for the creatures that may try to dash in front of your car. “We have a lot of deer on the move because farmers are out harvesting and that leads to deer wandering around a lot more,” Gardner says. “Typically, they’re very active between sunset and sunrise, during the night, but they can still be observed during daytime hours as well.” Deer can appear on practically any Iowa road, even in densely populated metro areas, and Gardner says motorists should be especially wary in certain environments.
“They’re usually going to be maintaining habitat in wooded and grassy areas, so when you’re driving through those areas, making sure that you’re driving the speed limit, keeping an eye out for any deer that may be crossing,” Gardner says “Just keep in mind, too, that if you see one, there’s likely going to be more, because they tend to travel in packs.” If you hit a deer, pull over, assess the damage, and if necessary, call law enforcement, as he says insurance companies may not cover the repairs without a police report. Gardner repeats the mantra “Don’t veer for deer,” as doing so could have deadly results.
“If you do encounter a deer crossing the roadway, it’s best not to try to take evasive action where you’re going to swerve the steering wheel, because if you go to the right, you can go into the ditch,” Gardner says. “Definitely risk rolling your vehicle or hitting something else, or if you swerve to the left, you can take on oncoming traffic, so there’s definitely some dangers in that.”
A recent State Farm study found Iowa is one of the top states for deer collisions. It shows Iowa drivers have a 1-in-69 chance of hitting a deer, based on insurance claims. Each year, around 7,000 crashes between vehicles and deer are reported to Iowa law enforcement.
(Radio Iowa) – Watching the leaves turn color and carving pumpkins are fall traditions in Iowa and fishing for trout has become one as well. D-N-R Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Mike Siepker says they get a lot of positive feedback. “Anglers love the community trout stocking program. It provides a great close to home fishing opportunity for a lot of Iowans that might not otherwise have a chance to catch trout. They have started stocking trout in 18 community ponds and lakes. “Trout need cold water, and that’s one of the reasons that we wait until late fall to stock those fish, because if the ponds are too warm when we stock them, the fish don’t bite and the anglers are unhappy,” he says “So we wait long enough for the water to cool down, and that way, when we stock the trout, they’re happy and and are ready to bite.”
Siepker says they have a couple of different sizes of trout. “All these ponds and lakes receive catchable size rainbow trout, and those are about ten to 12 inch trout, and those are the same size that we stock in the streams in northeast Iowa,” Siepker says. They also stock some bigger fish. “Those are the trout that we used in the hatchery the last couple years to produce eggs. And then once we’re finished with those trout, and we’re finished spawning those, then we add those to the mix and stock those out so anglers have an opportunity to catch them,” he says. Siepker says they’ll release around one to two-thousand trout in each lake.
You will need a valid fishing license and have to pay the trout fee to keep the trout you catch. Children age 15 or younger can fish for trout with a properly licensed adult, but they must limit their catch to one daily. The child can purchase a trout fee which will allow them to catch their own limit. Trout were stocked Friday in , Moorland Pond Fort Dodge and Sand Lake in Marshalltown.
Here are the remaining stocking dates:
Oct. 24, Ottumwa Park Pond; Prairie Park Fishery, Cedar Rapids; Liberty Centre Pond North Liberty
Oct. 26, Emma Young Pond, Clinton; Industrial Park Pond, Fairfield; Discovery Park Pond, Muscatine,
Oct. 28, Terra Lake , Johnston; Triumph Park East & West , Waukee
Oct. 31, Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake, Ames; Lake Petocka , Bondurant
Nov. 5, Scharnberg Pond, Spencer; Bacon Creek, Sioux City
Nov. 8, Heritage Pond, Dubuque; North Prairie Lake , Cedar Falls
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak, Monday night, arrested 44-year-old Luke Rinehart, on a charge of Assault – Displaying a Dangerous Weapon. Rinehart was taken into custody at around 9:20-p.m., and transported to the Montgomery County Jail. His bond was set at $2,000.
Today: Partly sunny-to sunny. High near 77. South winds 10-20 mph this morning becoming westerly this afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. W/NW winds 10-20 diminishing to around 5 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny-to sunny. High near 65. North wind around 5-10 mph.
Thursday: A 50% chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms, otherwise mostly sunny & breezy. High 74.
Thu. Night: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 42.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 82. The Low was 55. We received .29″ rain overnight (Mon.-Tue.) at the KJAN studios Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 65 and the Low was 32. The Record High for Oct. 22nd in Atlantic was 87 in 1899. The Record Low was 15 in 1976. Sunrise today: 7:40; Sunset: 6:29.
(Radio Iowa) – First district Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan met in an Iowa P-B-S debate last (Monday) night and each accused the other of modifying their views on key issues to win votes. Bohannan, who supports the Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, pointed to a bill Miller-Meeks co-sponsored that declares human life should be protected at the moment of conception.
“She has now tried to backtrack from that, saying she supports exceptions and things,” Bohannan says. “It’s election time, so she’s trying to moderate that position.” Miller-Meeks accused Bohannan of distortions. “You want to confuse people, you want to divide people,” Miller-Meeks. “That’s a tactic you’ve used all throughout the campaign when you started attacking me.”
During a discussion of immigration, Miller-Meeks said the situation at the southern border is out of control. “My opponent didn’t mention the border, didn’t say anything about the border, didn’t say the border should be secure until it became a political liability for her and her party.” Bohannan says both political parties in congress have kicked the can down the road rather than address flaws the immigration system. “And I have stood up to the Biden Administration multiple times,” Bohannan says. “I did it in 2022 and I’m doing it now and I’ve said President Biden was too slow to act on the border.”
Both candidates expressed concerns for homeowners who are finding it difficult to afford or even acquire insurance. Miller-Meeks says natural disasters in Iowa are leading to increased insurance rates and some insurance companies are not longer insuring residential property in Iowa. “There is talk about if there should be more federal government involvement in the insurance marketplace and how to do that in the best way that doesn’t create undue pressure and doesn’t create increased costs,” Miller-Meeks said.
Bohannan says Iowa homeowners are struggling with the price of insurance. “We are seeing now the economic effects of climate,” Bohannan says. “We are not going to have an economy if we have to spend half of our GDP cleaning up from natural disasters that we could have prevented in the first place.”
Last (Monday) night’s debate on Iowa P-B-S was the only debate between the two first congressional district candidates.
Class 1A Region 4
Class 1A Region 5
Class 1A Region 6
Class 1A Region 7
Class 1A Region 8
Class 2A Region 2
Class 2A Region 8
The Exira-EHK Spartans Volleyball team is moving on to the Class 1A Region 8 Quarterfinal after their three-set sweep of the CAM Cougars. Despite being a sweep, every set was close and tightly contested. CAM played a spirited and high intensity match and even held multiple leads throughout the night but were never able to push it across the finish line. Meanwhile Exira-EHK’s big was never deterred and always came through in big moments to seal the victory and move on.
Outside of the first few rallies, set one belonged to the Spartans from start to finish. However, the set was never out of reach. Cam constantly battled back as neither team could go on a long-extended runs. The Spartan’s largest lead of the set was five, but it teetered between two and four for much of the set. Despite the intensity, the Spartans never lost control and won set one by a score of 25-23.
Looking to take control of the set early, Exira-EHK jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in set two. Despite this CAM refused to go down without a fight. Led by Courtney Follman, Maddie Richter, and Krista James the Cougars offense scored 13 of the next 18 points to take a 13-10 lead. A lead they would hold for the next several rallies. However, the calm and collected Spartans led by Jaelynn Petersen would go on a 7-0 run to establish a 22-18 lead that they would not relinquish. They went on to win the set 25-23. Petersen would finish the night with 14 kills on 19 attempts.
Set Three would see CAM get out to an early lead scoring the first point of the set for the first time. However, like the first two, the set remained closed as neither team could establish more than a two-point lead. However down 11-12 Exira-EHK would find the run they needed. Led by some terrific defensive play from Mayne Jorgensen who had 17 digs, Exira-EHK had firm control of the match. Although CAM (as they had done all night) battled back, the Spartans would walk away with a 25-21 win to take the match 3-0.
Head Coach Derek Reischauer was proud that his team pulled off another close conference matchup.
Reischauer says although the game was fun to watch he knew he group had to be focused on the goal at hand.
Although the Petersen cousins were dominant, Reischauer knows it was a total team effort.
Exira-EHK will take on Fremont-Mills in the Class 1A Region 8 Quarterfinal Wednesday at 7 pm.
The Riverside Bulldogs team looked as sharp as ever in their Class 1A Region 4 first round match against Whiting sweeping the Warriors 3-0. The Bulldogs came out swinging in the first controlling the tempo consistently dominating the front row with sets from Bently Rone and swings from Elly Henderson. The first set was easily won by Riverside 25-4 thanks to Rone with her 17 assists and 8 aces on the evening.
In the second and third sets Riverside stuck to their formula with diverse serves and aggressive swings. The Bulldogs were aided by Ashley Kelley with 12 assists/2 aces and Elly Henderson with 8 kills, and 6 aces. Both found success targeting the back and front row with their serves. The last two sets were easily won with scores of 25-6 and 25-3.
Riverside Head Volleyball Coach Brooke Flathers credited her team’s discipline and the way they minimized mistakes throughout the match.
Looking ahead to Wednesday’s match against West Monona coach Flathers wants her team to have a mindful practice.
Coach Flathers message to her squad after the match was stick to their style and be consistent for Wednesday.
Riverside’s matchup against West Monona is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:00pm.
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School
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Record
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LW
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|
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1
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Pleasant Valley
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30-2
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2
|
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2
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Ankeny Centennial
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29-4
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1
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3
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Ankeny
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34-4
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3
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4
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Dowling Catholic
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23-9
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4
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5
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Indianola
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36-6
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5
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6
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Waukee Northwest
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24-9
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6
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7
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Cedar Falls
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31-6
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7
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8
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Cedar Rapids Prairie
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29-11
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8
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9
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Waukee
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15-14
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9
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10
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Iowa City Liberty
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14-20
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10
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11
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Iowa City High
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16-12
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14
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12
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Sioux City East
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20-15
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12
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13
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West Des Moines Valley
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13-21
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11
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14
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Johnston
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18-17
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NR
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15
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Linn-Mar
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17-15
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15
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Cedar Rapids Xavier
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26-4
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1
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2
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Sioux City Bishop Heelan
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39-3
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2
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3
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North Scott
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27-4
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3
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4
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Clear Creek-Amana
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35-7
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4
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5
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Pella
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37-7
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6
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6
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Lewis Central
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24-8
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5
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7
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Glenwood
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34-6
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7
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8
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ADM
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18-7
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10
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9
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Carlisle
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23-9
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8
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10
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Marion
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23-14
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9
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11
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Norwalk
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27-13
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11
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12
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Sergeant Bluff-Luton
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19-13
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12
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13
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MOC-Floyd Valley
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15-13
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13
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14
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Grinnell
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16-14
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15
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15
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Ballard
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20-15
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14
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Mount Vernon
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39-4
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1
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2
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Western Christian
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28-13
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2
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3
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West Delaware
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35-6
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3
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4
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Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
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22-8
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4
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5
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Kuemper Catholic
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34-3
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7
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6
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Davenport Assumption
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22-8
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5
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7
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Sioux Center
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26-5
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6
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8
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Mid-Prairie
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30-8
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8
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9
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Cherokee
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26-7
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9
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10
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Wilton
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30-7
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10
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11
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Anamosa
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30-7
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12
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12
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Solon
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27-13
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11
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13
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Roland-Story
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29-4
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13
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14
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Center Point-Urbana
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18-12
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NR
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15
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Clarinda
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30-9
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14
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Denver
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41-3
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1
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2
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Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
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31-2
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2
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3
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Beckman Catholic
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32-6
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3
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4
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Dike-New Hartford
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26-15
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4
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5
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Aplington-Parkersburg
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33-6
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5
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6
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South Hardin
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23-8
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6
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7
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Hinton
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20-6
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10
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8
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Iowa City Regina
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21-14
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9
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9
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Pella Christian
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22-11
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8
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10
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Grundy Center
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23-15
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11
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11
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Boyden-Hull
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16-12
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7
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12
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Sumner-Fredericksburg
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23-17
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12
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13
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Wapsie Valley
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24-16
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13
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14
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West Burlington
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35-6
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14
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15
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Shenandoah
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22-9
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15
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School
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Record
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LW
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1
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Ankeny Christian
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34-5
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1
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2
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St. Ansgar
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24-6
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3
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3
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Holy Trinity Catholic
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26-12
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2
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4
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Riverside
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34-3
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4
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5
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North Tama
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22-15
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7
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6
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BCLUW
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28-10
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5
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7
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Janesville
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21-17
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6
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8
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Don Bosco
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17-15
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8
|
|
9
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River Valley
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27-2
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10
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|
10
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Sidney
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24-9
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9
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|
11
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Akron-Westfield
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18-4
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11
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12
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Fremont-Mills
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24-10
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13
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|
13
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Southwest Valley
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27-3
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14
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14
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East Mills
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24-9
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NR
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15
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Dunkerton
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23-11
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NR
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