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High School Golf Scoreboard 04/03/2023

Sports

April 3rd, 2023 by admin

GIRLS GOLF

Boyer Valley 242, Glidden-Ralston 270, CAM 324, Woodbine 340, Exira-EHK 346, Coon Rapids-Bayard 382
Medalist: Addy Boell, Glidden-Ralston, 49
Runner-Up: Shay Burmeister, Exira-EHK, 49

Clarinda 214, Glenwood 241
Medalist: Faith Weber, Glenwood, 51
Runner-Up: Gianna Rock, Clarinda, 51

Denison-Schleswig 214, Lewis Central 219
Medalist: Tanna Petersen, Denison-Schleswig, 50
Runner-Up: Sydney Thien, Lewis Central, 53

Logan-Magnolia 221, Tri-Center 243
Medalist: Lilly Thomas, Tri-Center, 52
Runner-Up: Natalie Ausdemore, Tri-Center, 53

Nodaway Valley 234, Essex NTS, Griswold NTS
Medalist: Ashlynn Gutierrez, Nodaway Valley, 49
Runner-Up: Linsey Keiser, Griswold, 51

Sidney 204, Shenandoah 234
Medalist: Avery Dowling, Sidney, 45
Runner-Up: Ellie Ward, Sidney, 47

Treynor 227, Underwood 249
Medalist: Brooklyn Currin, Treynor, 47
Runner-Up: Mary Stephens, Underwood, 51

BOYS GOLF

CAM 176, Boyer Valley 178, Coon Rapids-Bayard 192, Woodbine 205, Exira-EHK 211, Glidden-Ralston 233
Medalist: Seth Hensley, CAM, 37
Runner-Up: Chase Jahde, CAM, 40 & Ben Nichols, Boyer Valley, 40

Fremont-Mills 178, Logan-Magnolia 183, Tri-Center 199
Medalist: Layne Brenden, Logan-Magnolia, 42
Runner-Up: Caden Blackburn, Fremont-Mills, 42

Glenwood 163, Clarinda 164
Medalist: Braden Sneed, Glenwood, 38
Runner-Up: James McCall, Clarinda, 39

Lewis Central 164, Denison-Schleswig 177
Medalist: Owen Okerbloom, Lewis Central, 39
Runner-Up: Payton Greenwood, Lewis Central, 39

Nodaway Valley 183, Essex 187, Griswold 188
Medalist: Zack Gebbie, Nodaway Valley, 39
Runner-Up: Kamron Brownlee, Griswold, 41

Shenandoah 180, Sidney 189
Medalist: Jade Spangler, Shenandoah, 41
Runner-Up: Ethan Laughlin, Shenandoah, 42

Treynor 179, Underwood 185
Medalist: Ethan Konz, Treynor, 37
Runner-Up: Danny Stein, Underwood, 43

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High School Soccer Scoreboard 04/03/2023

Sports

April 3rd, 2023 by admin

GIRLS SOCCER

Glenwood 6, Atlantic 0
Bondurant-Farrar 10, Carroll 0
Denison-Schleswig 3, Logan-Magnolia 2
Harlan 2, St. Albert 1
Underwood 10, Missouri Valley 0
West Central Valley 2, AHSTW 0

BOYS SOCCER

Glenwood 8, Atlantic 1
Bondurant-Farrar 5, Carroll 0
Harlan 3, St. Albert 2
Sioux City North 10, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
West Central Valley 2, AHSTW 0

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High School Tennis Scoreboard 04/03/2023

Sports

April 3rd, 2023 by admin

GIRLS TENNIS

Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Sophie Rohe 12 (K) def Rio Johnson 12 (A) 8-0
2. Ella Schwarte 10 (K) def Keira Olsen 12 (A) 8-1
3. Sophie Tidgren 10 (K) def Quincy Sorenson 11 (A) 8-5
4. Brooke Rohe 10 (K) def Jade Harter 11 (A) 8-5
5. Kaylie Simons 9 (K) def Genevieve McCalla 11 (A) 8-1
6. Elsa Tiefenthaler 9 (K) def Mary McCurdy 11 (A) 8-1
Doubles
1. SRohe/Schwarte (K) def Johnson/Olsen (A) 8-0
2. Tidgren/BRohe (K) def Sorenson/Harter (A) 8-2
3. Simons/Tiefenthaler (K) def McCalla/McCurdy (A) 8-1

Clarinda 9, Glenwood 0
Lewis Central 7, Red Oak 2
Shenandoah 6, Southwest Valley 3

BOYS TENNIS

Kuemper Catholic 9, Atlantic 0
Singles
1. Josh Langel 11 (K) def Clevi Johnson 12 (A) 11-9
2. Hans Kraus 11 (K) def Nolan Waters 11 (A) 10-2
3. Max Reineke 10 (K) def Kinnick Juhl 10 (A) 10-4
4. Mason Reineke 10 (K) def Nick Bennett 11 (A) 10-3
5. Jake Hausman 11 (K) def Alex Rosenbaum 12 (A) 10-4
6. Braxton Lu 10 (K) def Isaac Henson 12 (A) 10-5
Doubles
1. Langel/Kraus (K) def Johnson/Waters (A) 10-8
2. Mas Reineke/Hausman (K) def Juhl/Bennett (A) 10-2
3. Max Reineke/Lu (K) def Rosenbaum/Henson (A) 10-7

Glenwood 9, Clarinda 0

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Iowa women’s basketball season celebration to be held April 14

Sports

April 3rd, 2023 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa Athletics Department will hold an end-of-season celebration to honor the NCAA runner-up women’s basketball team on Friday, April 14, at 5:30 p.m. (CT) at the Pentacrest on the University of Iowa campus.

Fans will have the opportunity to hear from P. Sue Beckwith, MD, head women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder and Hawkeye student-athletes, including National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark and seniors Monika Czinano and McKenna Warnock.

The team’s trophies will be on hand at the celebration, along with the Iowa Spirit Squad, Herky and the Iowa Pep Band. There will also be giveaways for those in attendance.

Iowa advanced to the Final Four for the second time in school history and was a national finalist for the first time. The Hawkeyes repeated as Big Ten Tournament champion and finished the 2022-23 season with a school-record 31 victories.

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Preliminary numbers show at least 16 tornadoes in eastern Iowa Friday

News, Weather

April 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service office in the Quad Cities shows at least 16 tornadoes touched down in eastern Iowa Friday. Lead Meteorologist, Justin Schultz, says that number could still go up as they continue looking at damage. “The vast majority of the tornadoes that we surveyed were of the E-F-zero to E-F-two range. So that’s the bottom portion of the Enhanced Fujita tornado strength scale,” he says. The strongest tornado
traveled through Keokuk and Washington counties.

“That was rated as an EF-four. The E-F-four is not as the highest on the Enhanced Fujita scale goes, that goes up to five,” Schultz says, “but still a very powerful and very violent tornado, that particular one.” He says that tornado started on a smaller scale in Wappello County before traveling into Keokuk County. “When it was in Wappello County down by Ottumwa — it was an E-F 2 at that time,” he says..

The E-F-four tornado had a width of 600 yards by the time it hit its peak, and did lots of damage. “There were several severely damaged homes near that Keota, Iowa, in fact, wiping one house completely off its foundation,” Schultz says. “So, in addition, a car was lost in the air and toss about one thousand feet into a nearby field and trees were completely debarked and only stubs are the largest branches for remaining. So that kind of gives you a glimpse at the damage that we saw.”

The N-W-S says there were nine people confirmed injured in the tornadoes — and no one was killed. Schultz says that’s because many of the twisters had a short life. “A lot of these tornadoes were actually fairly short lived, only on the ground for a few minutes or maybe up to 10. But that E-F-four, that was actually on the ground for close to 50 minutes. So that was a very long-track, long-lived tornado,” he says. That tornado had estimated peak winds of 170 miles an hour. Schultz says many of these tornadoes appeared darker as they pulled up dry ground and debris into them as they moved along.

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SCOTT FUNKE, 47, of Fontanelle (Mass of Christian Burial 4/10/23)

Obituaries

April 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

SCOTT FUNKE, 47, of Fontanelle, died Friday, March 31, 2023, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial for SCOTT FUNKE will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, April 10, 2023, at St. John’s Catholic Church, in Greenfield.  Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at the Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m

Memorials may be directed to the Scott Funke Memorial Fund to be established by the family at a later date.

SCOTT FUNKE is survived by:

His sons – Scott Funke, Jr., Triston, and Richard Funke.

His father – Dean Funke

His mother – Sandra Funke

His brother – Joseph Funke

His sisters – Angela and Christina

3 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

Online condolences may be left to the family at www.lambfuneralhomes.com.

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Former Hawkeye All-American Frank Gilliam passes

Sports

April 3rd, 2023 by admin

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former University of Iowa All-American Frank Gilliam passed away on April 2 at the age of 89.  Funeral arrangements are pending.

Gilliam was a three-year letterwinner, playing for the Hawkeyes from 1953-56 as a defensive end, where he was a member of the “Steubenville Trio” with Calvin Jones and Eddie Vincent. All three players hailed from Steubenville, Ohio, before making their way to Iowa City.

Iowa finished the 1953 season with a No. 9 national ranking, finishing the year with six first-place votes.  It was the team’s highest finish since 1939. Gilliam led Iowa in receptions during the 1953 and 1954 seasons.

After missing the 1955 season because of injury, Gilliam helped the Hawkeyes to a 9-1 record, a Big Ten title and their first Rose Bowl appearance in 1956. Iowa won the 1957 Rose Bowl, defeating Oregon State, 35-19.

Gilliam was named second-team All-American and first-team All-Big Ten in 1956.  He was also a second-team All-Big Ten honoree in 1954. Gilliam was selected in the seventh round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.

In 1989, Iowa fans selected Gilliam to the all-time Iowa football team during the 100th-anniversary celebration.  He was voted as a starting defensive end along with Andre Tippett.

Gilliam played his final three seasons for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League before returning to the University of Iowa as an assistant coach under Jerry Burns from 1966-70.  He then joined the Minnesota Vikings as one of the first Black scouts in the National Football League (NFL) – a position he held for more than 36 years – until retiring in 2007.

In 2022, the Vikings launched the Gilliam-Reichow Personnel Fellowship to teach participants about “player evaluation, scouting, film study, data analysis and intangible elements” that factor into developing an NFL roster while honoring the legacies of Gilliam and Jerry Reichow.

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ISU-UNI midweek softball contest canceled due to inclement weather

Sports

April 3rd, 2023 by admin

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Tuesday afternoon softball game at Northern Iowa has been canceled due to inclement weather. The game will not be rescheduled.

The Cyclones (12-19, 1-5 Big 12) will be back in action this weekend when they host the Texas Longhorns for their third Big 12 weekend series of the season. First pitch in the series opener is set for 4 p.m.

Admission to the Cyclone Sports Complex is free.

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Council Bluffs man dies as the result of a motorcycle accident, Sunday

News

April 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Underwood, Iowa) – A motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon in northwestern Pottawattamie COunty resulted in the death of a Council Bluffs man. Sgt. Jim Doty, with the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division tells KJAN News that at approximately 3:20-p.m. Sunday, Deputies and Underwood Rescue were dispatched to the area of L-34 and 230th Street for a single vehicle motorcycle accident.
The motorcycle and lone operator were located in a field east of of L-34 and north 230th.  The motorcycle was a 2013 Harley Davidson and the operator, 60-year-old Timothy Brandt, of Council Bluffs, died at the scene. 
The accident remains under investigation.

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Survey: Iowa economy falls below ‘growth neutral’ during March

News

April 3rd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The monthly survey of supply managers and business leaders in Iowa and eight other Midwest states finds the economy’s numbers slipped slightly during March, compared to February. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says recession warning signals have been flashing for three straight months, but there are now also signs of slow growth — while inflation also continues climbing.

“What I think we’re in right now nationwide is what we call sometimes called a rolling recession,” Goss says. “In other words, recessions in construction, and in other areas like finance, real estate, and also in certain states that specialize in banking and finance.” On the zero-to-100 scale, a score of 50 is considered growth neutral, and the region’s economy fell from 56-point-one in February to 50-point-eight in March.

Iowa’s Business Conditions Index for March also fell, from February’s 53-point-two to 49-point-four in March, that’s below growth neutral. Supply managers across the nine states were asked about their outlook for the rest of the year, and the biggest challenges they see ahead.  “Four out of ten said supply chain disruptions. No surprise there since these are supply managers so they’re concerned about that,” Goss says. “Three out of ten said labor shortages, which was also not very surprising. Two out of ten said higher interest rates, and only one out of ten said higher inflation.”

Hiring rates for the region were relatively steady, in what Goss describes as a case of “labor hoarding.” “In other words, individual companies are just very reluctant to lay off workers, to fire workers, to get rid of workers,” Goss says. “They’re, in fact, hiring workers even in cases where they don’t really have that significant demand, just to guard themselves against an upturn in the economy and in their businesses.”

The report included a look back at last year for Iowa. The state’s top three exported manufactured goods for 2022 were: 1) Machinery at $4.0 billion, 2) Processed food at $3.9 billion, and 3) Chemicals at $3.0 billion.

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