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Cross Country Results from the Council Bluff Abraham Lincoln 4A State Qualifying Meet

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Christian Adams

Girls Team Results

1. Waukee Northwest – 38
2. Valley, West Des Moines – 55
3. Ames – 66 pts

5. Lewis Central – 125 pts

9. Council Bluffs Lincoln – 244 pts

Girls Individual Results

1. Ella Jones – Waukee Northwest (19:26.43)
2. Emee Dani – Waukee Northwest (19:44.84)
3. Lauren Risdal – Ames (19:47.05)
4. Claire Helmers – Ames (19:49.77)
5. Allison Sheriff – Waukee Northwest (19:55.38)
6. Delayna Reese – Lewis Central (20:03.77)
7. Klaire Lietz – West Des Moines Valley (20:04.68)
8. Autumn Mills – West Des Moines Valley (20:12.82)
9. Kate Vogel, Kate – West Des Moines Valley (20:17.63)
10. Piper Vander Ley – Waukee Northwest (20:25.44)
11. Emma Stanley – Ames (20:41.53)
12. Jayde Kearney – West Des Moines Valley (20:47.74)
13. Molly O’Halloran- Dowling Catholic (20:47.82)
14. Sadie Reinhardt – Dowling Catholic (20:48.32)
15. Arianna Horras – Dowling Catholic (20:52.58)

18. Madelyn Hoss – Lewis Central (20:54.11)

Boys Team Results

1 Dowling Catholic – 30 pts
2 Waukee Northwest – 74 pts
3 Ames 87 – pts
4 Lewis Central – 89 pts

8. Council Bluffs Lincoln – 250 pts

Boys Individual Results

1. Jack Flori – Dowling Catholic (16:19.25)
2. Owen Wolfe – Dowling Catholic (16:19.29)
3. Kuma Gutema – Sioux City North (16:23.27)
4. Nicholas Paulsen – Dowling Catholic (16:29.77)
5. Ayden Gabrielson – Waukee Northwest (16:34.16)
6. Kevin Coots – Lewis Central (16:35.69)
7. Brennen Bhave – Ames (16:37.12)
8. Zack Janulewicz – Waukee Northwest (16:38.22)
9. Charlie Deick – 10 Dowling Catholic (16:44.6)
10. Marshall Arkfeld – Lewis Central (16:51.12)
11. Kellen Tuylsn – Waukee Northwest (16:56.01)
12. Jonathan Owens – Valley, West Des (16:57.66)
13. Evan Lillie – Lewis Central (16:59.31)
14. Brody Burr – Dowling Catholic (16:59.63)
15. William Tice – William 10 Dowling Catholic (17:00.68)

 

 

Cross Country Results from the Pella 3A State Qualifying Meet

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Christian Adams

Boys Team Results

1. Pella – 35 pts
2. Washington – 71 pts
3. Bondurant-Farrar – 96 pts
4. Winterset – 119 pts

8. Knoxville – 173 pts

Boys Individual Results

1. Canaan Dunham – Pella (15:05.57)
2. Isaac Rankin – Knoxville (16:15.68)
3. Tyler Alderton – Washington (16:29.11)
4. Mason Gaulke – Pella (16:29.91)
5. Andrew Rees – Washington (16:31.53)
6. Noah Schuknecht – Pella (16:34.24)
7. Nyle Davis – Bondurant-Farrar (16:35.00)
8. Devon Browne – Pella (16:35.94)
9. Collin Kessler – Winterset (16:37.76)
10. Cole Hotopp -Winterset (16:52.42)
11. Cooper Lenz -Newton (16:57.28)
12. Sawyer Tschantz – Washington (16:58.05)
13. Riley Tripp – Fort Madison (17:07.00)
14. Jacob Shottenkirk – Fort Madison (17:07.99)
15. Brady Sanger – Bondurant-Farrar (17:08.83)

Girls Team Results

1. Pella – 18 pts
2. Winterset – 82 pts
3. Washington – 96 pts

8. Bondurant- Farrar – 195

Girls individual Results

1. Marissa Ferebee – Pella (16:37.99)
2. Elsie Brenneman – Pella (17:32.91)
3. Ruth Dunham – Pella (18:34.85)
4. Lizzy VandeVoort – Pella (19:02.75)
5. Iris Dahl – Washington (19:14.68)
6. Ava Hope – Winterset (19:22.26)
7. Tierney Carter – Oskaloosa (19:23.80)
8. Carleigh Altwine – Pella (19:25.31)
9. Lizzie Neumann – Pella (19:39.15)
10. Maven Smith – Winterset (19:40.67)
11. Avery Rump – Fort Madison (19:44.31)
12. Mara Schiebout – Pella (19:48.27)
13. Morgan Back – Winterset (19:50.50)
14. Audrey Muckler – Newton (20:06.400
15. Mallory Back – Winterset (20:08.25)

23. Lauren Watson – Bondurant-Farrar (20:56.25)

 

 

Cross Country Results from the Harlan 3A State Qualifying Meet

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Christian Adams

Girls Team Results

1. Glenwood – 59
2. Harlan- 71
3. North Polk Alleman – 76

7. Denison-Schleswig – 203 pts

Girls Individual Results

1. Lindsey Sonderman- Harlan (18:10.50)
2. Grace Berglund – Glenwood (18:17.48)
3. Addison Bertrand – Bishop Heelan Catholic Sioux City (18:59.58)
4. Ashlyn Rau – Harlan (19:11.19)
5. Kyliee Zylstra – Grinnell (19:16.16)
6. Alexis Hergenreter – North Polk Alleman (19:34.13)
7. Elyse Zwart – Boyden-Hull (19:40.12)
8. Peyton Morey – Spencer (19:51.60)
9. Breckyn Petersen – Glenwood (19:57.00)
10. Megan Hughes – Glenwood (20:07.84)
11. Lola Mendlik – Denison-Schleswig (20:14.19)
12. Ellie Bunnell – North Polk Alleman (20:16.97)
13. Alexa Tremblay – Denison-Schleswig (20:17.95)
14. Madelyn Berglund – Glenwood (20:27.60)
15. Elliotte Von Roden – ADM Adel (20:36.94)

Boys Team Results

1. Grinnell – 50 pts
2. ADM, Adel – 53 pts
3. Carlisle – 104 pts

7. Denison-Schleswig – 204 pts

Boys individual Results

1. Cadel Conner – Grinnell (16:14.07)
2. Torin Timmerman – ADM Adel (16:29.62)
3. Kael Streeter – Carlisle (16:41.37)
4. Liam Crites – Grinnell (16:52.83)
5. Rylei Koppie – Spencer (17:01.28)
6. Andres Gonzalez -Bishop Heelan Catholic Sioux City (17:03.450
7. Kamden Brown – Carlisle (17:04.84)
8. Ty Landphair- ADM Adel (17:05.03)
9. Shay Holdmeyer – ADM Adel (17:06.27)
10. Kevin Sanchez – Denison-Schleswig (17:11.17)
11. Isaac Sandquist – Grinnell (17:12.47)
12. Brett Postel – North Polk Alleman (17:13.84)
13. Aaron Lee – LeMars (17:14.52)
14. Max Marple – ADM Adel (17:15.44)

 

Cross Country Results from the 3A Gilbert State Qualifying Meet

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Christian Adams

Boys Team Results 

1. Gilbert – 15 pts
2. Sioux Center – 82 pts
3. Moc-Fv  – 101 pts

9. Atlantic – 238 pts

 

Boys Individual Results

1. Carson Squiers – Gilbert (15:12.50)
2. Logan Bleich – Gilbert (15:48.00)
3. Jacob Tallman – Gilbert (15:50.70)
4. Emmett Barber – Gilbert (16:00.00)
5. Emrick Ryan – Gilbert (16:03.20)
6. Gavin Weber – Algona (16:04.20)
7. Joel Ramirez-Parra – Storm Lake (16:04.30)
8. Caden Kooiker – Sioux Center (16:15.50)
9. Preston Stensland – Gilbert (16:17.00)
10. Matthew Dahm – Sioux Center (16:20.50)
11. Isaac Hummel – Moc-Floyd Valley (16:27.90)
12. Micah VandeVegte – Sioux Center (16:30.20)
13. John Artz – Gilbert (16:33.30)
14. Thatcher Doughan – Moc-Floyd Valley (16:35.60)
15. Max Davidson – Ballard (16:36.10)

36.  Luke Irlmeier – Atlantic (17:43.90)

 

Girls Team Results

1. Sioux Center – 54 pts
2. Gilbert – 72 pts
3. Moc-Fv – 80 pts

7. Atlantic – 206 pts

Girls Individual Results

1.  Annika Larson – Ballard (18:47.10)
2. Natalie Anderson -0 Moc-Floyd Valley (18:50.30)
3. Sarah Feddersen – Gilbert (18:51.20)
4. Kienna Lassen – Moc-Floyd Valley (19:02.80)
5. Molly Isakson – Sioux Center (19:08.40)
6. Audrina Jones – Sioux Center (19:12.20)
7. Silvia Kampbell – Storm Lake (19:14.70)
8. Sarah May – Moc-Floyd Valley (19:26.90)
9. Brynn Wilson – Ballard (19:32.90)
10. Kolby Oldenkamp – Sioux Center (19:34.90)
11. Macyn Van Aartsen – Sioux Center (19:38.50)
12. Lily Myers – Perry (19:39.20)
13. Emmalyn Thomas – Boone (19:41.20)
14. Keira Andersen – Gilbert (19:48.10)
15. Reese Strunk – Creston (19:54.60)

18. Katrina Williams – Atlantic (20:27.30)

 

Postseason Volleyball Scoreboard from Wednesday Oct. 23

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Christian Adams

Class 1A Region 4 Quarterfinals

Riverside – 3 vs West Monona – 1

East Mills – 3 vs St. Albert – 1

 

 Class 1A Region 5 Quarterfinals

St. Edmond – 3 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard – 0

BCLUW – 3 vs Madrid – 0

 

 Class 1A Region 6 Quarterfinals

Stanton – 3 vs Lenox – 0

Southwest Valley – 3 vs Lamoni – 0

 

Class 1A Region 7 Quarterfinals

River Valley – 3 vs IKM-Manning – 0

Newell-Fonda – 3 vs Boyer Valley – 0

 

Class 1A Region 8 Quarterfinals

Sidney – 3 vs Griswold – 0

Fremont-Mills – 3 vs Exira-EHK – 2

 

Iowa Class 2A Region 2 Quarterfinals

Shenandoah – 3 vs Underwood- 0

Tri-Center -3 vs Treynor – 2

 

Class 2A Region 8 Quarterfinals

Pleasantville – 3 vs ACGC – 2

 

GTRA Titans football is relying unity for success

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The 7-1 GTRA Titans football program is preparing for a competitive matchup against the 6-2 CAM Cougars this Friday night. The Titans last game a week ago turned into a 66-20 rout of the North Iowa Bison.

44-point victories are a good reminder for GTRA head coach Todd Hough of how much improvement his team has seen in the last year.

A large part of the Titans success is the equal distribution on offense. Starting quarterback Kasey Hough has been sharp in the pocket with a 73.8 completion percentage and over 23 touchdowns. Those 23 touchdowns have been distributed to seven different receivers.

Coach Hough has also liked the disruption his defensive has caused on opposing offensive lines. That has allowed linebackers Caleb Swedin and Landen Dietrich to cause havoc on offenses. Both linebackers combine for 74 tackles and six tackles for a loss.

Even with a tested defense, the Titans are not overlooking the running attack of CAM. The Cougars have rushed for over 1800 yards and average 6.4 yards a carry. A large part due to senior Makade Paulsen and his 985 rushing yards.

The bus ride for CAM will be over two hours on Friday and coach Hough thinks that will only play a small part in the game.

KJANTV will be broadcasting the game with the pregame slated to start at 6:30 p.m.

JACQUELINE “Jacque” SMITH, 95, of Exira [formerly of Macedonia] (Svcs. 10-29-24)

Obituaries

October 23rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

JACQUELINE “Jacque” SMITH, 95, of Exira [& formerly of Macedonia], had died. Funeral services for “JACQUE” SMITH will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at the Macedonia Community Church of Iowa (formerly Macedonia United Methodist Church). Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation at the church will be held prior to the funeral beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Burial will be in the Macedonia Cemetery.

Atlantic Parks & Rec Commission approves planting of new trees in the Disc Golf Course area

Ag/Outdoor, News

October 23rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Members of the City of Atlantic’s Park Advisory Board, today (Wednesday) approved a request by Frank Saddlemire, on behalf of the Disc Golf Club, to plant 11 trees in the area around the course at Sunnyside Park, plus one very unique tree in an area of the park to be determined.

Saddlemire said last year the group spent $600 and planted several trees. This year, they purchased 12 trees from in a clearance aisle with about 100 trees at the TimberPine Nursery & Greenhouse near Earlham, for $1,000.

He provided the Board with a map where they would like to plant the trees, including in the southeast corner of the Camblin Addition, and an area around a culvert near the fairgrounds, to name a few locations. One of the trees the Disc Golf Club is donating to the park, is the Dawn Redwood, which has its origins in China.  That single tree was in the nursery’s clearance aisle, and it’s no small sapling.

One possible location is near the Camblin Shelter. Another is near Sunnyside Park Bandshell. The Dawn Redwood was thought to have been extinct for at least 20-million years, but according to the Save the Redwoods League, in 1944, a Chinese forester found an enormous dawn redwood shedding its leaves in the Sichuan province of China.

The 11 trees will be planted next Spring. Meanwhile, they will remain in the nursery’s care until then. In other business, Board Chair Kevin Ferguson said the Atlantic Junior Federate Club has all the money needed that’s been pledged, for a new sign at the entrance to the Bull Creek and the placard they would like to attach.  Ferguson said Junior Federated representative Jamie Joyce will submit a rendering of the placard for the Board to review.

Atlantic Parks Board 10-23-24

The Atlantic Parks Advisory Commission will hold a Special Meeting Oct. 30th at 3:30-p.m., to consider ideas for 2025, and discuss matters they spoke about during the Oct. 23rd meeting.

Lenox locked in for Friday against Exira-EHK

Sports

October 23rd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The 8-0 Lenox Tigers football team are focused and ready for their matchup this Friday against the 3-5 Exira-EHK Spartans in the first round of the 8-player playoffs. Lenox has seamlessly cut through the regular season with their closest game being a 28-point victory against a talented Bedford program.

Co-Head Coach Cole Bonde noted that the Tigers have seen large amounts of success from the leadership of their senior class with athletes like Gabe Funk and Jordan-Martin-England.

The Lenox offense has been nearly unstoppable this year thanks to the arm and decision making of Funk. Funk has thrown for 957 yards, 15 touchdowns, and only one interception on the year. Combined with the ground game of Martin-England’s 81 carries, 735 rushing yards, and 17 scores the duo have been hard to contain.

Defensively the Tigers have been led by Brody Brokaw with 37.5 tackles and 7.5 tackles for a loss. Laramie Stoaks is another defensive back who leads the team in interceptions with four and has minimized most teams passing attacks.

While studying film in preparation for Friday, coach Bonde noted that Exira-EHK tends to be creative with their schemes. That creativity lends the Spartans numerous opportunities to score and take momentum away.

One of Lenox’s main focuses heading into Friday is to quickly create explosive plays and get an early lead. This offensive mentality has kindled a Tiger offense that is scoring 55-points a game.

KJAN will have the coverage for Friday’s contest with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m.

Harrison County man dies in an east-central Iowa dump truck accident

News

October 23rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Montezuma, Iowa) – A dump truck accident late this (Wednesday) morning in east central Iowa claimed the life of a man from Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a Peterbilt dump truck loaded with gravel was traveling westbound in the 1600 block of Highway 85 (east of Montezuma) at around 11:30-a.m., when the vehicle had a tire failure. The incident caused the driver of the truck, 52-year-old Christopher Phillip Hudnut, of Logan, to lose control.

The truck left the road on the south side and entered a ditch, causing Hudnut to be ejected. He was not wearing a seat belt. The man died at the scene. The Patrol was assisted in the investigation by the Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office.