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Class 2-A Wrestling Rankings

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December 2nd, 2011 by Jim Field

The Predicament’s Class 2A
Individual/State Tournament
Team Rankings #1


Top 10 State Tournament Teams (# of ranked wrestlers):

01 – Denver Tripoli (6)
02 – West Delaware (8)
03 – Davenport Assumption (5)
04 – Spirit Lake Park (7)
05 – Atlantic (7)
06 – Creston (4)
07 – New Hampton (4)
08 – Perry (4)
09 – LaPorte City Union (3)
10 – Webster City (5)

Individual Rankings

106
1 Doug Miner (Jr.) Spirit Lake Park
2 Darrian Schwenke (So.)  Atlantic
3 Broghan Kelly (So.) Harlan
4 Quinn Tonne (Sr.)  Denver-Tripoli
5 Joe Michels (Sr.) Osage
6 Patrick Woods (So.)  West Delaware
7 Cole Parmely (Jr.)  Oelwein
8 Brady Ruden (So.) Wilton
9 Fletcher Green (So.) Washingon
10 Austin Bainbridge (Sr.) Sheldon-SO
113
1 Zach Less (So.) West Delaware
2 Tanner Cowan (Jr.)  Centerville
3 Leighton Gaul (Jr.) New Hampton
4 Landon Felton (Sr.)  Monticello
5 Derek Miller (Sr.)  Winterset
6 Shadow Leshen (So.)  Albia
7 Jared Eischeid (So.) Kuemper Catholic
8 Max Thomsen (Fr.) Union
9 Keegan Witbeck (Jr.) Louisa-Muscatine
10 Grant McPheron (Sr.)  New London-WMU
120
1 Dylan Peters (Sr.)  Denver-Tripoli
2 Sawyer Farris (Sr.)  New London-WMU
3 Zach Skopec (So.)  Spirit Lake Park
4 Dalton Kingery (Sr.)  PCM Monroe
5 Tony Devriese (Jr.)  Davenport Assumption
6 Austin Evens (Sr.) Independence
7 Mitchell Broer (So.) Ballard
8 Blake Luna (So.)  Clarinda
9 Chase Goodman (Jr.) South Central Calhoun
10 Jordan Ihle (Sr.) North Polk
126
1 Brance Simms (Sr.) Humboldt
2 Colton McCrystal (Jr.)  Sgt Bluff Luton
3 Kody Krenz (Sr.) Louisa-Muscatine
4 Kyle Springer (Jr.)  Davenport Assumption
5 Jimmy Scieszinski (Sr.)  Van Meter
6 Brett Marcum (Jr.) Missouri Valley
7 Preston Hoelbelheinrich (Sr.)  BHRV
8 Patrick Rooney (Jr.)  Bondurant Farrar
9 Drew Foster (So.) Mediapolis
10 Haven Miller (Sr.) Maquoketa
132
1 Brandon Sorensen (Jr.)  Denver-Tripoli
2 Topher Carton (Sr.)  Davenport Assumption
3 Jordan Roths (Sr.)  New Hampton
4 Greg Vance (Sr.) Dubuque Wahlert
5 Walker Marshall (Sr.)  Missouri Valley
6 Allen Perry (Jr.) Bondurant Farrar
7 Isaac Lundgren (So.)  Spirit Lake Park
8 Rob Young (Sr.)  Atlantic
9 Jason Bowers (Sr.)  Anamosa
10 Adam Staudt (Jr.) Charles City
138
1 Jake Marlin (Jr.)  Creston-OM
2 Gunnar Wolfensperger (Sr.)  Denver Tripoli
3 Logan Thomsen (Jr.)  Union
4 Jesse Etherington (Jr.)  Charles City
5 Brandon Silbaugh (Sr.)  JSPCEG
6 Zach Muller (Jr.)  West Delaware
7 Shane Broderick (Sr.) Dubuque Wahlert
8 Eric Clarke (So.)  Davenport Assumption
9 Dylan Bryce (Sr.) Spirit Lake Park
10 Kacey Smith (Sr.) Wilton
145
1 Blake Meling (Sr.)  East Marshall
2 Cory Chapin (Sr.)  Denver-Tripoli
3 JC Vercande (Sr.)  Williamsburg
4 Rob Nichols (Sr.)  Atlantic
5 Mark Norland (Jr.)  Spirit Lake Park
6 Royce Nessa (Sr.)  Webster City
7 Griffin Osing (So.)  Albia
8 Jake Voss (So.) West Delaware
9 Logan Hewitt (Jr.)  Anamosa
10 Trey Ryan (So.) Mount Vernon
152
1 Tyler Walz (Sr.)  South Tama
2 Dylan McLaughlin (Sr.)  Union
3 Jed Siegwarth (Sr.)  MFL Central
4 Keegan Mumma (Sr.)  ADM Adel
5 Cody Fritz (Sr.)  Solon
6 Nate Dixon (Sr.)  East Marshall
7 Rick Maris (Jr.)  Spirit Lake Park
8 David Thompson (Sr.) Creston-OM
9 Joey Powers (Sr.)  Webster City
10 Drew Neibuhr (Sr.) Perry
160
1 Nick Georgean (Jr.)  Davenport Assumption
2 Dallas Rozeboom (Jr.)  BHRV
3 Adam Drain (So.)  Mediapolis
4 Aaron McMurphy (Sr.)  Dallas Center Grimes
5 Ryan Randall (Sr.)  Osage
6 Derek Stork (Sr.)  Atlantic
7 Connor Larson (So.) Webster City
8 Brent Stickrod (Sr.)  BCIG-OA
9 Cody Morris (Sr.)  Bedford-Lenox
10 Josh King (Sr.) – Sgt Bluff Luton
170
1 Nick Fuller (Sr.)  Independence
2 Sam Lahr (Sr.) West Delaware
3 JJ Hanus (Sr.)  Solon
4 Erik Lux (Jr.)  South Tama
5 Chase Shedenhelm (Jr.)  Denver-Tripoli
6 Tanner Matthews (Sr.)  Sheldon-SO
7 Keegan Davis (Sr.)  Perry
8 David Kramer (Sr.) New Hampton
9 Luke Shannon (Sr.) Webster City
10 Matt Williamson (Jr.)  Atlantic
182
1 Seth Esaias (Sr.)  Red Oak
2 Logan Kellogg (Sr.)  Clear Lake
3 Jacob Jensen (Sr.) Cresco
4 Jacyn Goebel (Jr.)  West Delaware
5 Dylan Fielder (So.) Webster City
6 Ethan Lindquist (Sr.) Laurens Marathon
7 Seth Davisson (Jr.) Fairfield
8 Casey Rohret (Sr.) Clear Creek Amana
9 Tate Hanson (Sr.) Spirtit Lake Park
10 Richard England (Sr.) Centerville
195
1 Adam Reth (Jr.) West Delaware
2 Colten Riley (Sr.)  South Central Calhoun
3 Noah Pickard (Sr.)  North Polk
4 Tyler Doll (Sr.)  Atlantic
5 Riley Denny (Jr.) Centerville
6 Joe Roll (Sr.) Osage
7 Keaton Hulett (Jr.)  Creston
8 Reed Dreyer (So.)  Humboldt
9 Isaac Hopkins (Sr.) Benton Community
10 Aaron Hundt (Sr.) MFL Central
220
1 Kane Seeley (Sr.)  Perry
2 Terron Geerdes (Sr.) Central Lyon
3 Dean Broghammer (Jr.) West Delaware
4 Brian Halligan (Sr.)  Charles City
5 Cass Weitl (Sr.) Carroll Kuemper
6 Bryce Kelleher (Jr.)  Sheldon-SO
7 Corbin Blythe (Jr.) Williamsburg
8 Karl Nicholson (Sr.) Gilbert
9 Jay Pike (Sr.)  Solon
10 Jacob Minert (Jr.) Fairfield
285
1 Collin Bevins (Sr.)  Creston-OM
2 Logan Hopp (Sr.)  New Hampton
3 Jake Tool (Sr.)  PCM Monroe
4 Creighton Fox (Sr.) DeWitt Central
5 Nick Buchanon (Sr.) Algona
6 Austin Conrad (Sr.) – Atlantic
7 Tanner Thompson (Sr.) BCIG-OA
8 Kendall McGinnis (Sr.) Grinnell
9 Tyler White (Sr.) Perry
10 Tommy Hamiel (Sr.) Solon

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Thursday Wrestling Results

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December 2nd, 2011 by Jim Field

Double Dual @ Griswold

  • Atlantic 42, Audubon 30
  • Audubon 67, Griswold 12
  • Atlantic 60, Griswold 3

Double Dual at Clarinda

  • Lewis Central 61, Clarinda 17
  • Clarinda 49, Shenandoah 30
  • Lewis Central 62, Shenandoah 15

Double Dual at Denison

  • Missouri Valley 48, Red Oak 33
  • Red Oak 61, Denison-Schleswig 24

Double Dual at Sidney

  • Underwood 69, Southwest Iowa 12

Double Dual at Wayne

  • Bedford/Lenox 72, Wayne 6
  • Central Decatur 54, Wayne 18
  • Bedford/Lenox 47, Central Decatur 24

Quadrangular at Clarke

  • Corning 54, Clarke 30
  • Corning 42, Mount Ayr 34
  • Corning 52, East Mills 21

Also:

  • Glenwood 54, Kuemper Catholic 18
  • OA-BCIG 54, Kuemper Catholic 27

Corning couple arrest on marijuana charges

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December 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Adams County report a Corning couple was arrested Thursday afternoon on drug charges. 48-year old Miles Cross, Jr., and 49-year old Shelly Cross, were taken into custody on Possession of Marijuana charges, following a traffic stop at around 4:40-p.m.  The drugs were discovered when a Ringgold County K-9 unit conducted a search of the couples’ vehicle. The Cross’ were being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond each.

And, a Corning man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a Parole Violation. 26-year old Ronald Gilbert was taken into custody at around 1:50-p.m., and was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $5,000 cash only bond.

National Weather Service forecast, Fri., Dec. 2nd, 2011

Weather

December 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Here’s the latest forecast for Cass and surrounding counties, including Atlantic….

Today: Sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values as low as 5. Calm wind becoming south between 12 and 15 mph. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before midnight, then rain. Temperature rising to around 36 by 1am. South wind between 7 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: Rain before 3pm, then rain and snow. Temperature falling to around 31 by 5pm. Calm wind becoming north between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Wind chill values as low as 10. North northwest wind between 9 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. West northwest wind between 7 and 9 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24.

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Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 35. We received .2″ of snow, which melted into just .01″ of liquid precipitation. Our low this morning (thru 5:30-a.m.), was 6 degrees above zero.

Winter Storm Watch & Advisories posted for parts of western/NW & N.Central IA

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December 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

349 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2011…WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN IOWA THIS WEEKEND

A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS IOWA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW IN WEST CENTRAL TO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO THE SNOW ENDING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH: EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

TIMING…A MIXTURE OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER…THE MOST SIGNIFICANT  SNOW IS EXPECTED TOWARD MIDDAY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS  EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WATCH AREA BUT THIS APPEARS MINOR AT THIS POINT.

WINDS/VISIBILITY…WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST  AT 10 TO 20 MPH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR AT THESE WIND SPEEDS. THE MAIN RESTRICTION TO VISIBILITY WILL BE DUE TO BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL.

IMPACTS…ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK, WHICH COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

IN ADDITION, A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9AM-9PM SATURDAY, FOR THESE COUNTIES IN NW IOWA: DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY & IDA.

Thursday’s High School Basketball Scores

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December 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

GIRLS BASKETBALL

  • Corning 57, Griswold 29
  • St. Albert 50, Red Oak 32
  • Tri-Center 45, Woodbine 23
  • Underwood 47, East Mills 22
  • Denison-Schleswig 69, Storm Lake 16
  • Missouri Valley 54, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 34
  • Siouxland Christian 54, West Harrison 43

BOYS BASKETBALL

  • AHST 59, Essex 50
  • Corning 86, Griswold 54
  • Tri-Center 85, Woodbine 55
  • Treynor 85, Shenandoah 43
  • East Mills 53, Underwood 37
  • Glenwood 48, Fremont-Mills 43
  • Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 71, Missouri Valley 47
  • West Harrison 83, Siouxland Christian 70

1 killed in I-29 accident Thursday near Council Bluffs

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December 2nd, 2011 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol says one person died as the result of a single-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 29 Thursday evening, in Pottawattamie County. 47-year old Eileen J. Walpus, of Glenwood, died after being flown from the scene of the crash near Council Bluffs, to the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. Officials says Walpus was traveling on I-29 at around 5:40-p.m. when her 2005 Dodge Neon left the road and entered a ditch before traveling through a fence and onto Beacon Lane. From there, the car entered another ditch and rolled over before finally coming to rest on its top. The Patrol says Walpus was wearing her seatbelt. The accident remains under investigation.

Two injured during single vehicle accident near Cold Springs State Park

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December 1st, 2011 by Ric Hanson

Two people were injured during a single-vehicle accident Thursday evening about one-half mile south of Lewis Lake. The accident happened at around 6:10-p.m. Lewis Fire and Griswold Rescue responded to the scene. One of the victims suffered a shoulder injury, the other a laceration to the head, when the car they were in went off the road and ended-up in a ditch. None of the injuries were believed to have been life threatening.
Emergency responders reported the roads in the area, especially on the curves, were “like a skating rink,”  meaning very icy. No other details are currently available.