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CAM boys ride quick start to win over Exira-EHK

Sports

January 21st, 2022 by admin

The CAM boys basketball team jumped out to a ten point lead in the first quarter against Exira-EHK on Friday night and made the Spartans try to play catch up the rest of the night. The Cougars ultimately prevailed 61-56. The Cougars led by as many as 15 in the second quarter, but the Spartans used a 10-3 run to get within 6 by half. The Spartans got the first bucket of the second half, but Sam Foreman hit a three to put the Cougars back up by 7 and the Spartans wouldn’t get any closer than that until the final seconds. CAM Head Coach Ian Hunt said getting on top early was big for his team.

Seth Hensley was a spark-plug for the Cougars, dropping in 11 points in the first quarter. He would go on to finish the night with 24 points to lead all scorers. Coach Hunt loved Hensley’s aggressiveness.

Sam Foreman added 13 points for CAM and Colby Rich had 12, with both players hitting timely threes in the second half. CAM improved to 9-3 on the season. The Cougars will travel to West Harrison for their next contest on Tuesday.

Exira-EHK was led by 15 points from Cash Emgarten and 13 from Jackson Radcliff. The Spartans fall to 10-4 on the year. Next up for the Spartans in a road trip to Coon Rapids-Bayard on Tuesday.

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Emgarten leads Exira-EHK girls to big road win over CAM

Sports

January 21st, 2022 by admin

Macy Emgarten poured in 22 points and led Exira-EHK to a big 56-43 road win over CAM on Friday night. CAM led by 2 at the end of the first, but the Cougars only managed 2 more in the second quarter to fall behind 27-16 by half. The Spartans kept the intensity up in the second half and earned the season sweep over the Cougars.

Emgarten was consistent all night with 12 points in the first half and 10 in the second. She did a great job roaming the baseline to find open spaces and Exira-EHK Head Coach Tom Petersen said they wanted to try to attack that area of the floor.

Exira-EHK’s 2-3 zone was very effective in limiting CAM’s offensive looks throughout the game. Coach Petersen said they’ve been working hard on improving their zone pressure.

The Spartans also got 14 points from Mollie Rasmussen and 10 from Quinn Grubbs. Exira-EHK stays unbeaten at 12-0 on the season. Next up for the Spartans is a road trip to Red Oak on Monday.

Mallory Behnken had a nice game in the post for CAM and finished with 22 points. Eva Steffensen added 12 as the Cougars fall to 11-3 on the season. Next up for CAM is a trip to West Harrison next Tuesday.

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2022 John J. Harris Invitational Day 1 Results

Sports

January 21st, 2022 by admin

Team Scores
1 Creston 94.0
2 Winterset 87.0
3 Atlantic-CAM 68.5
4 Clarinda 52.0
5 Nodaway Valley 41.0
6 Missouri Valley 38.0
7 Bedford/Lenox 36.0
8 Riverside 34.5
9 Panorama 30.0
10 Southwest Valley 29.5
11 MVAOCOU 27.0
12 ACGC 26.5
13 Red Oak 25.5
14 Mt Ayr 19.0
15 Central Decatur 18.0
15 Tri-Center 18.0
17 Earlham 17.0
18 Clarke/Murray 15.5
18 Southwest Iowa 15.5
20 Denison 14.0
21 East Mills 13.0
22 Shenandoah 11.0
23 Griswold 3.0
24 Des Moines North-Hoover 2.0
25 Wayne 1.0

Individual Semifinalists
106: Aiden Smith (Atlantic-CAM), Brock Shaha (Mount Ayr), Justin Parsons (Creston), Kaden Whipp (Clarinda)
113: Tegan Slaybaugh (AC/GC), Christian Ahrens (Creston), Seth Ettleman (Southwest Iowa), Brayden Maeder (Southwest Valley)
120: Jace Rose (Riverside), Travis Allen (Winterset), Lincoln Keeler (Creston), Tristan Harger (Earlham)
126: Ethan Follmann (Atlantic-CAM), Brandon Briley (Creston), Abe Bushong (Winterset), TJ Nutt (MVAOCOU)
132: Elliott Cooney (Nodaway Valley), Riley Radke (Missouri Valley), Easton O’Brien (Atlantic-CAM), Zeke Hoven (Winterset)
138: Austin Evans (Creston), Cayden Van Meer (Panorama), Devin Adams (Central Decatur), Jaxon Christensen (Nodaway Valley)
145: Ryan Stortenbecker (East Mills), Conner Fitzgerald (Bedford/Lenox), Adam Baier (Red Oak), Kale Downey (Clarinda)
152: Nolan Moore (Riverside), Cayden Jensen (AC/GC), Briley Hayes (Creston), Eduardo Garcia (Winterset)
160: Dawson Bond (Red Oak), William Bolinger (Creston), Karson Downey (Clarinda), Logan Fairchild (Winterset)
170: Kolby Scott (MVAOCOU), Jaydon Knight (Mount Ayr), Kadin Stutzman (Atlantic-CAM), Brady Barringer (Winterset)
182: Reilly Hoven (Winterset), Jase Wilmes (Clarinda), Jarrett Armstrong (Atlantic-CAM), Gage Clausen (Missouri Valley)
195: Brecken Freeberg (Tri-Center), Brek Boruff (Missouri Valley), Carter Smuck (Winterset), Jaxson Hildebrand (Denison-Schleswig)
220: Cooper Andersen (Panorama), Miles Mundorf (Atlantic-CAM), Max Chapman (Creston), Tegan Carson (Central Decatur)
285: Logan Green (Clarinda), Trenton Warner (Nodaway Valley), Nathan Messerschmidt (Riverside), Devin Whipple (Bedford/Lenox)

Riverside’s Jace Rose reached 150 career wins.

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High School Basketball Scoreboard Friday 01/21/2022

Sports

January 21st, 2022 by admin

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference 
Creston 56, Kuemper Catholic 41
Glenwood 96, Red Oak 21
Lewis Central 48, Shenandoah 31
St. Albert 50, Denison-Schleswig 43

Western Iowa Conference
Audubon 56, AHSTW 38 (A: Jaci Christensen reached 1,000 career points)
Riverside 58, Missouri Valley 18
Treynor 48, Logan-Magnolia 40
Tri-Center 57, IKM-Manning 44

Rolling Valley Conference
Exira-EHK 56, CAM 43- ON KJAN (E: Macy Emgarten 22pts)
Boyer Valley 47, Glidden-Ralston 42
West Harrison 67, Paton-Churdan 46
Woodbine 61, Coon Rapids-Bayard 50

Corner Conference Tournament
Championship: Stanton 40, Sidney 34
Consolation: East Mills 45, Fremont-Mills 39

Pride of Iowa Conference
Nodaway Valley 76, Central Decatur 70
Lenox 55, SE Warren 36
Wayne 58, Bedford 34

Other Scores
CB Abraham Lincoln 63, LeMars 40
Panorama 61, ACGC 21
Earlham 48, Van Meter 46
Twin Cedars 56, Orient-Macksburg 19

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Kuemper Catholic 64, Creston 55
Red Oak 63, Glenwood 57
St. Albert 60, Denison-Schleswig 54
Lewis Central 80, Shenandoah 15

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 74, Audubon 20
Riverside 65, Missouri Valley 37
Treynor 49, Logan-Magnolia 17
Tri-Center 50, IKM-Manning 29

Rolling Valley Conference
Boyer Valley 58, Glidden-Ralston 34
CAM 61, Exira-EHK 56- ON KJAN
West Harrison 89, Paton-Churdan 42
Woodbine 62, Coon Rapids-Bayard 37

Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford 61, Wayne 30
Lenox 75, Southeast Warren 35
Martensdale-St. Marys vs Mount Ayr- PPD
Central Decatur 68, Nodaway Valley 62

Other Scores
Panorama 65, ACGC 57
Sioux City East 75, CB Thomas Jefferson 41
Twin Cedars 51, Orient-Macksburg 40

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LEROY J. ANASTASI, 95, of Harlan (No Svcs. at this time)

Obituaries

January 21st, 2022 by admin

LEROY J. ANASTASI, 95, of Harlan died Friday, January 21st at Elm Crest Assisted Living in Harlan. No services are planned for LEROY J. ANASTASI at this time. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.

LEROY J. ANASTASI is survived by:

Daughters: Mary Jo (Tony) Sondag of Harlan. Vicki (Gary) Fagan of Harlan. Kris (Dave) Pope of Harlan.

Brother: Ray (Frances) Anastasi of Harlan.

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FREDERICK W. EHRMAN, 90, of Anita (Mass of Christian Burial 1/26/22)

Obituaries

January 21st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

FREDERICK W. EHRMAN, 90, of Anita, died Friday, Jan. 21st, at Cass Health, in Atlantic. A Mass of Christian burial for FREDERICK EHRMAN will be held at 10:30 am, Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Anita. Schmidt Family Funeral Home of Anita has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family present will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, from 5-until 7-p.m., with a Prayer service at 7 pm.; Online condolences may be sent to schmidtfamilyfh.com.

Burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Anita. A luncheon at St. Mary’s Catholic Church hall will follow.

Memorials in Fred’s memory may be directed to the family for later designation and may be mailed to the Schmidt Family Funeral Home P.O BOX 523 Atlantic, IA 50022

FRED EHRMAN is survived by:

His wife – Delores Ehrman.

His sons – Bob (Kathy) Ehrman, of Anita; Bill (Katie) Ehrman, of Des Moines;

His daughters –  Kathy (Doug) Husted, of Arlington, TX; Kay (Chris) Stork of Atlantic;

Daughter-in-law: Terri Ehrman, of Atlantic.

9 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; his sisters-and brothers in-law, and many other relatives.

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House Speaker says October law on vaccine mandates may be sufficient

News

January 21st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The top Republican in the Iowa House says a new law on Covid vaccination exemptions for Iowa employees appears to be working — and House Speaker Pat Grassley says it’s not clear that legislators need to pass another bill on the topic. The law, passed in October, lets Iowa private sector workers claim religious or medical exemptions from any Covid vaccination requirement in their workplace and, if their exemption is denied and they’re fired, they may file for unemployment benefits.

In early January, both Grassley and Governor Kim Reynolds said lawmakers should wait for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a federal mandate that workers in large businesses get vaccinated or be tested weekly for Covid. A week ago, the court blocked the Biden Administration from implementing that mandate.

Other Republicans in the legislature have introduced bills addressing vaccine mandates, including one that would forbid Iowa cities and school districts from requiring students get Covid shots before returning to school. Another bill still in development would prohibit all types of vaccine mandates in Iowa businesses. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government’s Covid vaccination requirement for the health care sector.

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Ag group wants mandatory use of biofuels at all Iowa pumps

Ag/Outdoor

January 21st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The head of Iowa’s largest agricultural organization is urging state lawmakers to reconsider a measure which would -mandate- the use of renewable fuels in Iowa that are produced in-state. Iowa Farm Bureau president Brent Johnson says the Iowa Biofuels Standard was narrowly defeated in the legislature in 2021.

He says the organization has some work to do to rebuild consumer support and to get the legislative backing needed for the mandate to pass. Johnson is also urging the E-P-A to uphold the Renewable Fuels Standard R-V-O or Renewable Volume Obligation levels, after reports the Biden administration may drop the proposed blending levels below 15-billion gallons.

Johnson says the Farm Bureau supports Governor Kim Reynolds’ move, asking the E-P-A to provide a waiver to sell E-15 year-round in Iowa.

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69 Iowa nursing homes have Covid outbreaks among residents

News

January 21st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The number of Iowa hospital patients who’ve tested positive for Covid has dropped by about three percent since Wednesday. State data shows six out of 10 patients in an Iowa hospital today were admitted for treatment of Covid. And about 18-and-a-half percent of those Covid patients are in an intensive care unit.

The number of Iowa nursing homes with Covid outbreaks continues to rise — more than doubling in the past two weeks. Nursing home residents were at the head of the line when Covid vaccines became available a year ago. The A-A-R-P’s state director is calling on Iowa nursing homes to require booster shots for residents and staff.

The state’s coronavirus website shows 69 nursing homes have Covid outbreaks today. The state’s vaccination rate has inched up. One-point-eight MILLION Iowans are fully vaccinated. That’s just under 60 percent of the state’s population.

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Supreme court throws out charges brought after Polk County jailhouse conversation

News

January 21st, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out charges brought against a Polk County man following an online jail conversation with his former girlfriend. Kourtney Hall told former girlfriend Emily Bowers if she doesn’t go to church that doesn’t mean she will go to jail. That was a code telling her not to show for a deposition seeking information in a criminal case against Hall. She did show up and gave testimony, and Hall was then charged and convicted of suborning perjury and obstructing prosecution.

The Iowa Supreme Court overturned the perjury conviction — saying Hall did not offer any inducement that she testify falsely under oath or that she conceal material information. And the ruling says there is no crime of “attempted obstruction of prosecution,” it only prohibits actually causing a witness to fail to appear when subpoenaed.

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