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High School Cross Country Results from Panorama Meet

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September 19th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Panorama Meet 

Girls:

Team Standings

  1. Van Meter 42
  2. Earlham 62
  3. ACGC 90
  4. Atlantic 139
  5. Panorama 146
  6. Clarinda 155
  7. Kuemper 208
  8. Perry 211
  9. Ogden 218
  10. Exira EHK 277
  11. Southeast Valley 284
  12. Greene County 298
Individual Results
Atlantic:
8. Katrina Williams. 21:51.30
28. Hailey White. 24:36.50
28. Elynor Brummer. 24:36.50
38. Megan Birge. 25:40.80
40. Bella Brock. 25:46.80
46. Allison Middents. 26:59.20
69. Claire Comer. 32:06.60

ACGC:

3. Ava Campbell. 20:49.10
15. Jayla Hoover. 23:09.00
19. Cadence Petersen. 23:28.70
23. Adalyn Benson. 23:47.40
31. Paige Van Meter. 25:01.10
42. Brooklyn Schafer. 25:54.40
44. Emmarae Ellis. 26:34.30
Exira-EHK:
17. Michelle Wilson. 23:23.70
58. Ruby Vanderwal. 29:28.50
70. Gracie Bartz. 32:38.90
71. Kaitlyn Christensen. 33:58.00
73. Olivia Dixon. 34:42.70
Nodaway Valley:  
49. Jazz Christensen. 27:11.50
65. Kaylee Van Horn. 30:42.30
Boys:

Team Standings

  1. Ogden 66
  2. ACGC 99
  3. Kuemper 104
  4. Van Meter 107
  5. Earlham 112
  6. Greene County 169
  7. Clarinda 196
  8. Nodaway Valley 218
  9. Atlantic 220
  10. Panorama 281
  11. Southeast Valley 286
  12. Woodward Academy 286
  13. Exira EHK 329

ACGC:

4. Gavin Sloss. 18:17.50
8. Preston Kent. 18:40.30
20. Noah Kading. 19:18.40
30. Tate Fever. 20:10.10
38. Jonny Kading. 20:30.70
52. Brody Beeler. 21:05.60
59. Jameson Pfrang. 21:34.30
Nodaway Valley: 
13. Gabe Winkelmann. 18:58.40
27. Luke Kading. 19:59.30
39. Paul Kading. 20:30.90
63. Haden Colton. 22:11.90
87. Dom Breheny. 25:18.90
Atlantic: 
21. Luke Irlmeier. 19:18.60
40. Devon Fields. 20:34.00
49. Anthony Akers. 20:54.00
51. Vincent Meisinger. 20:59.20
66. Kouper Kinney. 22:19.90
69. Hadin Thompson. 22:39.50
70. Caleb Andersen. 22:40.70
Exira-EHK: 
11. Austin Rasmussen. 18:48.10
81. Ben Baggett. 24:44.50
85. Carter Wiemann. 25:07.70
89. Tim Reinhardt. 32:28.10
92. Fred Harris. 34:38.30

Griswold with a Tough Test Against Fremont Mills

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September 19th, 2024 by Christian Adams

The Griswold Football Team will face a tough test on Friday when the Fremont Mills Knights visit the Tigers. Despite coming off a 20-point loss to the Sidney Cowboys last week, the game was closer than the final score implied. The Tigers put up a season-high 24 points and were only down by six points heading into the fourth quarter. Head Coach Seth Lembke appreciated his team’s intensity to start the ballgame.

Senior Wyatt Peterson has been a marque player for the Tigers’ defense this season. Peterson plays with a physicality that tows the line and more times than not it helps his team. He currently leads the Corner conference with 20 solo tackles and ranks second in total tackles with 29.  Lembke says he doesn’t need much guidance to be the leader of the defense.

Offensively, the Tigers are led by senior quarterback Bode Wyman and the senior receiver trio of Auden Wilson, Holden Jensen, and Connor Bowers. Wyman is second in the conference in completions and third in passing yards. As far as receivers, Wilson, Jensen, and Bowers all rank in the top ten in receptions and are in the top 12 in receiving yards. Lembke knows and appreciates the importance of having senior leaders that are capable of running the offense.

Fremont Mills will be a tough opponent for the Tigers as they look to pick up their first win of the season. Knights’ quarterback Sawyer Forney is second in the conference in both passing yards and passing touchdowns. Fremont Mills also has two rushers with over 220 yards in Jonathan Epkai and JW Linkenhoker. Lembke says the key for the Tigers will be to play responsible football and limit their explosive plays.

Kickoff in Griswold will be at 7 pm.

Sioux City warming shelter to close

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September 19th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Attempts to keep Sioux City’s warming shelter open have failed and the shelter will close on October 1st.
Shelter board treasurer, Joe Tidewell, says they are making the announcement now to give other local agencies time to prepare to deal with the homeless. “The shelter during the wintertime houses on the average of about one hundred men, women and children per night. And last year, in the most severe Blizzard, we had 151 people here in the shelter. And those people are going to now need to find another place,” Tidewell says.

He says the shelter has a half million dollar shortfall in funding for this year, and says the Siouxland Community in general has not supported the shelter.  “It’s not just 500-thousand for this year. What we have made a decision is, if the if the shelter is truly going to be able to be part of the fabric of serving the poor and homeless in the community, we need five year commitments for the funding,” he says. “We’re very disappointed, because both the city and the county and area churches, not all of them, but some area churches support us. ”

Tidewell says the shelter has been hurt by misinformation spread in the community — including the idea that the shelter is a magnet for homeless from other areas of the Tri-state regions. “Approximately 80 percent of the people were born or raised here in Siouxland. So when we close or a shelter closes, where are they going to go?,” Tidewell asks. :They’re not going to go to some other city. They’re not going to just disappear. They’re going to stay where the remnants of their family might be, or the people that they went to school with.”

City leaders say they have spent four million dollars this year trying to address a complicated issue.

MARALYNN MAE BORUFF, 88, of rural Carson (Celebration of Life visitation 9/21/24)

Obituaries

September 19th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

MARALYNN MAE BORUFF, 88, of rural Carson, died September 12th, 2024. A Celebration of Life visitation for MARALYNN BORUFF will be held from 9-until 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21st, at the Legacy Baptist Church in Oakland. Rieken-Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is assisting the family.

A time of sharing at the church will be held at 9:45-a.m., Saturday.

Interment will be in Carson Cemetery at 11:00 AM.

MARALYNN MAE BORUFF is survived by:

Her sons: John, of Carson, and Bill, of Oakland.

2 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren

RICHARD JENSEN, 88, of Audubon (Memorial Svcs. 9/28/24)

Obituaries

September 19th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

RICHARD JENSEN, 88, of Audubon, died Thursday, September 19, 2024 at his daughters home, in rural Casey. Memorial services for RICHARD JENSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at the Audubon Church of Christ. Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.

Burial with Military Honors will follow, at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.

The family will greet friends during a luncheon in the church fellowship hall following the burial.

Memorial contributions may be directed to the family and can be sent in care of Schmidt Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 201 Audubon, IA 50025.

Hawkeyes Finalize 2024-25 Schedule

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September 19th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa women’s basketball finalized its 2024-25 schedule Thursday when the 18-game Big Ten Conference slate was released live on BTN Today.

2024-25 SCHEDULE NOTES
– The Hawkeyes will play back-to-back road games (at Oregon (1/19) and Washington (1/22); at Minnesota (2/6) and Nebraska (2/10) twice during the regular season.
– Iowa will play on New Year’s Day at Penn State. It is the team’s first game on New Year’s Day since 2023.
– The start and end of Iowa’s conference slate is balanced with two away/home contests.
– The Hawkeyes will host their first three conference games on Sundays (Purdue (12/29), Maryland (1/5) and Indiana (1/12).
– Six of Iowa’s nine Big Ten home games will be played on Sundays.

The Hawkeyes are coming off a season where they won a school-record 34 games, claimed a Big Ten Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Championship game for a second consecutive season. Iowa returns a pair of starters in 2024-25 under P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Jan Jensen, who is in her first season as head coach.

Game times and television info will be released in the coming weeks. The Iowa Athletics Department anticipates a season long sellout for women’s basketball. Donors and season ticket deposit holders are currently being contacted.

2024-25 SCHEDULE
Oct. 30 – Missouri Western (Exh.)
Nov. 6 – Northern Illinois
Nov. 10 – vs. Virginia Tech (Charlotte)
Nov. 13 – Toledo
Nov. 17 – at Drake
Nov. 20 – vs. Kansas (Sioux Falls)
Nov. 24 – Washington State
Nov. 28 – vs. Rhode Island (Cancun)
Nov. 29 – BYU (Cancun)
Dec. 7 – vs. Tennessee (Brooklyn)
Dec. 11 – Iowa State
Dec. 15 – at Michigan State
Dec. 20 – Northern Iowa
Dec. 29 – Purdue
Jan. 1 – at Penn State
Jan. 5 – Maryland
Jan. 9 – at Illinois
Jan. 12 – Indiana
Jan. 16 – Nebraska
Jan. 19 – at Oregon
Jan. 22 – at Washington
Jan. 28 – Northwestern
Feb. 2 – USC
Feb. 6 – at Minnesota
Feb. 10 – at Nebraska
Feb. 13 – Rutgers
Feb. 17 – at Ohio State
Feb. 23 – UCLA
Feb. 26 – at Michigan
Mar. 2 – Wisconsin

Winterset Football expects tough game against Atlantic

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September 19th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

The 2-1 Winterset Huskies football team are taking on the 4-0 Atlantic Trojans Friday night in Winterset. The Huskies are recently coming off a 28-26 physical win against Carlisle, but also have a 31-6 victory against Creston, and a 31-9 loss to ADM. Those first three games of the year really helped Winterset Head Coach Zach Sweeney understand the strengths of his Huskies squad and pushed them to be better.

A key factor to Winterset’s two victories is the dual threat ability of senior quarterback Hunter Lyon. Lyon has thrown for 522 yards and 3 touchdowns and on the ground, Lyon has scrambled for two scores. His versatility and persistence have credited praise from Coach Sweeney.

Defensively the Huskies have seen great effort from junior Wyatt Swanson and senior Gavin Day who both have collected two interceptions through three games. Winterset’s leading tackler is a hard hitting junior named Jace Bellamy and Bellamy has 23.5 tackles so far into the season. Coach Sweeney likes the consistent tenacity from his defense and labels it as a strength for Winterset this year.

Next up for Winterset is a steadfast Atlantic team that continues to count on its overwhelming run game for success. Senior running back Tyson O’Brien is the leading rusher for Atlantic with 780 yards and five touchdowns through 95 carries. In the backfield with O’Brien is the strong junior fullback Gavin McLaren with his 37 carries, 257 yards, and seven scores. Those two combined with sophomore Ethan McNeal’s 153 yards on the ground have created a run game that most squads struggle with.

Coach Sweeney is keeping it simple for his team heading into Friday as he wants his defense to limit turnovers and focus on stopping the Trojans run game.

KJAN and KJANTV will have the broadcast for Friday’s matchup with the pregame show beginning at 6:30 PM and kickoff is at 7:00 PM.

2024 FOURTH Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings

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September 19th, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Class 5A
School
Record
LW
1
Ankeny Centennial
14-3
1
2
Pleasant Valley
15-2
4
3
Ankeny
19-3
2
4
Dowling Catholic
16-5
3
5
Waukee Northwest
14-4
7
6
Indianola
15-2
5
7
Cedar Falls
9-2
6
8
Waukee
8-8
8
9
Iowa City High
9-2
11
10
Iowa City Liberty
7-10
12
11
Sioux City East
7-5
9
12
Cedar Rapids Prairie
10-8
10
13
West Des Moines Valley
7-14
NR
14
Bettendorf
6-9
14
15
Linn-Mar
11-8
NR
Dropped Out: Dubuque Hempstead (13), Johnston (15)
Class 4A
School
Record
LW
1
North Scott
15-2
2
2
Cedar Rapids Xavier
12-1
1
3
Sioux City Bishop Heelan
16-2
5
4
Clear Creek-Amana
17-4
3
5
Pella
18-4
4
6
Lewis Central
13-4
6
7
Glenwood
17-2
7
8
Norwalk
12-6
9
9
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
8-5
10
10
ADM
10-5
NR
11
Marion
9-7
14
12
Carlisle
9-4
13
13
Dallas Center-Grimes
12-6
8
14
Knoxville
7-4
11
15
Decorah
8-1
NR
 
Dropped Out: Grinnell (12), MOC-Floyd Valley (15)
 
Class 3A
School
Record
LW
1
Mount Vernon
15-2
1
2
Dubuque Wahlert
10-3
2
3
Western Christian
10-7
4
4
West Delaware
17-2
9
5
Davenport Assumption
10-6
3
6
Sioux Center
12-1
5
7
Kuemper Catholic
21-0
7
8
Cherokee
12-1
8
9
Center Point-Urbana
8-5
10
10
Solon
13-6
11
11
West Liberty
12-5
10
12
Mid-Prairie
14-5
6
13
Union
11-2
13
14
Van Meter
5-1
14
15
Wilton
17-0
15
 
Dropped Out: None
 
Class 2A
School
Record
LW
1
Denver
20-1
1
2
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
13-2
2
3
Beckman Catholic
15-2
3
4
South Hardin
13-2
4
5
Hinton
7-1
5
6
Dike-New Hartford
5-8
6
7
Aplington-Parkersburg
10-4
7
8
Boyden-Hull
6-6
8
9
Sumner-Fredericksburg
10-3
10
10
West Burlington
17-4
9
11
Pella Christian
9-4
11
12
Iowa City Regina
8-8
15
13
Wapsie Valley
8-7
13
14
Grundy Center
6-3
12
15
South Central Calhoun
17-5
NR
 
Dropped Out: Lisbon (12)
 
Class 1A
School
Record
LW
1
Ankeny Christian
11-4
1
2
St. Ansgar
13-4
4
3
Riverside
17-1
2
4
Holy Trinity Catholic
4-2
5
5
Janesville
6-4
6
6
River Valley
13-1
3
7
BCLUW
9-1
8
8
Don Bosco
8-7
7
9
East Mills
13-3
9
10
North Tama
11-12
10
11
Burlington Notre Dame
12-4
12
12
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
10-8
11
13
Coon Rapids-Bayard
9-0
14
14
Sidney
7-5
13
15
Stanton
9-8
15
Dropped Out: None

Iowa’s offense gets ready for Minnesota

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September 19th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s offense has made progress in three games but faces a big test in Saturday’s Big Ten opener at Minnesota. It’s early but after ranking at or near the bottom of the country in total offense the past few years Iowa is currently 53rd. Quarterback Cade McNamara.

The Hawkeyes have been much better this season on third down.

One part of the offense that the Hawkeyes hope to get going is tight end. Senior standout Luke Lachey only has nine catches in three games and has yet to score a touchdown.

Iowa State’s defense prepares for Arkansas State

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September 19th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Iowa State defensive back Jontez Williams says the Cyclones are not focused on their role as heavy favorite entering Saturday’s game against Arkansas State. The 20th ranked Cyclones are a better than three touchdown favorite against a Red Wolves team that is 2-1 after a 28-18 loss at Michigan.

The task for the defense this week is to slow down Arkansas State dual threat quarterback Jaylen Raynor. The sophomore has passed for more than 700 yards and also has two rushing touchdowns.

It has been next man up at linebacker for the Cyclones at a position that has been hit with injuries. Sophomore Kooper Ebel  made his first start in a 20-19 win at Iowa and finished with six tackles.

Ebel says the injured players are still having an impact.