The Iowa Girls High School Girls High School Athletic Union has released the regional sites and assignments for the upcoming golf postseason. The first round of regionals takes place on Wednesday, May 13th. Regional finals will be contested on May 18th.
View the full regionals HERE
(Radio Iowa) – Planners in Pella are anxiously awaiting the Thursday opening of this year’s Tulip Festival. Pella Historical Village spokesperson, Valerie Van Kooten, says they are prepping for lots of visitors during the three-day run. “We are expecting probably some of our largest crowds ever. If advanced ticket sales are any indication — the buses that are coming in — I think people are ready to get out,” she says. It will be the first time things are like they were before the pandemic. “We had, what we kind of called a tulip time light last year, where we didn’t have parades. We needed to control crowds in one area, so we had a lot of the events but we didn’t have parades to encourage people not to gather in one area,” Van Kooten explains. “So this year we’re back totally to where we were three years ago in 2019.
The cold weather has slowed the tulip growth a bit — but she says that is a good thing. “They’re just coming into their peak and I think they’ll be at their peak probably this weekend and into next week. So, it’s a rare year when they haven’t yet hit their peak by tulip time but this might be the year where they’re going to be good for another week or two,” she says. Different varieties of tulips are planted to try and ensure there’s always the color for the festival. “We plant early varieties, middle varieties and late varieties and the early varieties are coming up to be finished. The middle varieties are just blooming on full bloom and the late varieties are coming up and starting to show color,” according to Van Kooten. “So there’s always something blooming at Tulip Time, but they can’t all bloom at the same time because of the way they’re planted for early, middle or late.” 
She says they learned from the changes they made in the scaled-back celebration. “It’s funny because as we meet and plan and everything, we all kind of have to think twice about how we did things, you know, three years ago and we learned a lot during the pandemic of things that work and things that don’t and some of the things we put in place during the pandemic will stay. So it wasn’t all bad. We learned a lot about our festival and about our visitors,” Van Kooten says.
You can find a full schedule of events at the website: pellahistorical.org.
Rolling Valley Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022
Girls Team Scoring
CAM got event wins from Mallory Behnken (Discus, Shot Put), Sprint Medley, and 4x100M Relay.
Exira-EHK was 3rd in the 4x400M Relay, and 4x800M Relay
Full results HERE
Boys Team Scoring
CAM picked up wins from Lane Spieker (100M, 200M, Long Jump), Cale Maas (400M), Jack Follmann (400M Hurdles), Cade Ticknor (Discus), Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and Distance Medley.
Exira-EHK had a 2nd place finish from Derrek Kommes in the High Jump and 3rd place finish from Cash Emgarten in the 200M.
Full results HERE
West Central Activities Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022
Girls Team Scores
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1
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Van Meter
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155.50
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2
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Madrid
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102.00
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3
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Ogden
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86.00
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4
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Panorama
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79.00
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5
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Des Moines Christian
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64.50
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6
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West Central Valley
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55.00
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7
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Earlham
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54.00
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8
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ACGC
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53.00
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9
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I-35, Truro
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46.00
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10
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Pleasantville
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36.00
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11
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Woodward-Granger
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7.00
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Jaidyn Sellers of Panorama won the 100M, 200M, 400M, and High Jump.
ACGC’s Chloe Largent was runner-up in the High Jump.
Full results HERE
Boys Team Scores
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1
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ACGC
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118.00
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2
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DSM Christian
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110.50
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3
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Madrid
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107.00
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4
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Earlham
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101.00
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5
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Van Meter
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78.50
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6
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I-35, Truro
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77.00
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7
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Pleasantville
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50.50
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8
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Ogden
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45.00
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9
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West Central Valley
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23.00
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10
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Woodward-Granger
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19.00
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11
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Panorama
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8.50
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12
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Woodward Academy
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3.00
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ACGC picked up event wins from Austin Kunkle (100M, 200M), Cael Hoing (Discus), 4x100M Relay, and 4x200M Relay.
Full results HERE
Pride of Iowa Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022
Girls Team Scores
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1
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Wayne
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162.50
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2
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Nodaway Valley
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145.00
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3
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Mount Ayr
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112.50
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4
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Cent Decatur
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93.50
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5
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Martensdale St Marys
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85.00
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Lenox
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49.00
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7
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Southwest Valley
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28.00
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8
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Southeast Warren
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21.00
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9
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East Union
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19.00
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10
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Bedford
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16.50
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Nodaway Valley got wins from Maddax DeVault (100M Hurdles, 400M Hurdles), 4x100M Relay, and 4x400M Relay.
Full results HERE
Boys Team Scores
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1
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Cent Decatur
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179.00
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2
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Mount Ayr
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130.00
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3
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Lenox
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113.00
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4
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Nodaway Valley
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64.00
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4
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Southwest Valley
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64.00
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6
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Martensdale St Marys
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55.00
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7
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Southest Warren
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48.00
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8
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East Union
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33.00
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9
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Bedford
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27.00
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9
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Wayne
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27.00
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Nodaway Valley got a win from Doug Berg in the 1600M and 3200M.
Marshall Knapp of Southwest Valley won the High Jump.
Lenox’s Devin Whipple won the Discus and Johnathan Weaver won the Shot Put. The Tigers also won the Shuttle Hurdle Relay.
Full results HERE
Corner Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022
Girls Team Scores
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1
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Fremont-Mills
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177.00
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2
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Stanton
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105.00
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3
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East Mills
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94.00
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4
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Essex
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79.00
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5
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Griswold
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70.00
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6
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Sidney
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53.00
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Fremont-Mills picked up event wins from Teagan Ewalt (400M, 800M), Emily Madison (400M Hurdles, High Jump), 4x400M Relay, 4x800M Relay, and Shuttle Hurdle Relay.
Griswold’s Paige Luft won the Discus and was 4th in the Shot Put.
Full results HERE
Boys Team Scores
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1
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East Mills
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141.00
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2
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Stanton
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119.00
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3
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Sidney
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104.00
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4
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Fremont-Mills
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97.00
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5
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Griswold
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67.00
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6
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Essex
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54.00
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East Mills got wins from Matthew Haley (100M), Shuttle Hurdle Relay, and Sprint Medley.
Griswold got wins from Cody Dorscher (800M, 3200M), and Cale Swain (Long Jump).
Full results HERE
Western Iowa Conference Track Meet
05/03/2022
Girls Team Scores
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1
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Treynor
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155.50
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2
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Underwood
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120.50
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3
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Riverside
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108.00
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4
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Logan-Magnolia
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99.00
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5
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Audubon
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71.00
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6
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IKM-Manning
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62.00
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7
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Tri-Center
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59.00
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8
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AHSTW
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32.00
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9
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Missouri Valley
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27.00
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Treynor picked up wins from Jozie Lewis (200M), Jadyn Huisman (Discus, Shot Put).
Riverside got wins from Veronica Andrusyshyn (100M, 100M Hurdles), 4x200M Relay, 4x400M Relay, and Distance Medley.
Audubon got a win from Stefi Beisswenger (1500M).
Full results HERE
Boys Team Scores
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1
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Underwood
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191.00
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2
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Treynor
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100.00
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3
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IKM-Manning
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90.00
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4
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Logan-Magnolia
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81.00
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5
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Missouri Valley
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73.00
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6
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Riverside
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71.00
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7
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Audubon
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62.00
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8
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AHSTW
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30.00
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9
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Tri-Center
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28.00
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Underwood wins were from Chase Ryan (100M), Raymond Patomson (400M), Scott Pearson (800M), Carter Davis (110M Hurdles), Mason Boothby (High Jump, Long Jump), Thomas Huneke (Shot Put), 4x200M Relay, 4x400M Relay, 4x800M Relay, Shuttle Hurdle Relay, Sprint Medley, and Distance Medley.
IKM-Manning got wins from Lane Sams (1500M), and Caden Keller (3200M).
Full results HERE
(Radio Iowa) – Cold, wet weather is keeping many Iowans from mowing their lawns, but some are swearing off the chore for the entire month as a way to help out tiny yet vital pollinators. Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green is leading by example through taking part in No Mow May as bees emerge from dormancy and need flowering plants as crucial foraging habitats — even though he was scared of getting stung as a kid. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to see just how critical they are to our food chain and for providing pollination for crops and being that linchpin of our food supply,” Green says. “So, as mayor, I’m really excited that I have this opportunity to educate other residents and hopefully get them excited about bees and butterflies and other pollinators.”
Cedar Falls residents are encouraged to limit or skip their lawn mowing during May, and the city council voted to not enforce the ordinance requiring eight-inch tall grass and weeds to be cut for the month. In his proclamation, Mayor Green calls No Mow May a “community science initiative.” “This gives us the opportunity to bring in schools and families and to help them build up a monitoring program in their own yards,” Green says, “and hopefully get kids excited about doing research. I would love to see kids out, counting the number of bees per square yard on a given day and reporting that out.”
Iowans who take pride in their landscaping may be slow to come around to the idea, and Green admits he was initially hesitant to get onboard. He says it took a mind shift. “I hate dandelions and so having been one who would have the yard herbicided and just make it as pristine as possible like a golf course,” Green says. “It’s just taken me some time to realize that that kind of approach to lawn care is damaging to the environment.”
City residents are encouraged to register their intent -not- to mow as well as the size of their yards. Some are posting signs to let neighbors know, they’re not being lazy, they’re helping promote pollinator-critical habitat.
GIRLS SOCCER
Atlantic 10, AHSTW 0 (Atlantic: Jada Jensen 5 goals and 1 assist. Kiera nichols 3 goals and 2 assists. Aubrey Guyer 4 assists)
CB Abraham Lincoln 11, LeMars 1
CB Thomas Jefferson 1, Sioux City East 0
Chariton 2, Creston 1
Des Moines Christian 10, Nodaway Valley/West Central Valley 0
Harlan 3, Denison-Schleswig 2
BOYS SOCCER
AHSTW 7, Atlantic 1 (AHSTW: Raydden Grobe 3 goals. Ramon Ciurana 2 goals and 1 assist)
CB Abraham Lincoln 7, Le Mars 1
Glenwood 4, Creston 0
Missouri Valley 2, Logan-Magnolia 1 OT
Sioux City East 7, CB Thomas Jefferson 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Audubon 6, Southwest Valley3
Audubon’s Audrey Jensen and Kya Petersen went 2-0 on the day.
Missouri River Conference
CB Abraham Lincoln won the team championship with 37 points. Jeena Carle won the singles championship and Savannah Maisel/Kylie Hansen won doubles for the Lynx.
BOYS TENNIS
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Southwest Valley 8, Audubon 1
Audubon’s duo of Griffith/Lauritsen won at #3 Doubles.
Missouri River Conference
CB Abraham Lincoln finished 2nd. Ty James and Chris Wailes teamed up for the doubles win for AL.
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