High School

Wetzel earns state bid

Southwest Valley’s Gavin Wetzel finished second in his weight class at the Class 1A District Wrestling Meet at Riverside High School in Oakland Saturday to earn a spot in this week’s Iowa State Wrestling Tournament.The host Bulldogs, with their seven state qualifiers, won the team title with 206.5...

CAM ends Stanton’s season in regional opener

A slow start offensively doomed Stanton in the girls Class 1A, Region 7 basketball opening round Thursday in Anita.Cumberland-Anita-Massena scored 19 of the first 22 points and then extended that margin to 27-5 at the half in the win over the Viqueens.Piper French led Stanton with nine points....

Tigers’ Zarate, Gusman punch tickets to state

Red Oak’s Izic Zarate and Dayton Gusman are headed to state.Zarate and Gusman both finished as runners-up in their respective weight classes at the Class 2A District Wrestling Meet in Glenwood Saturday to punch their tickets to Iowa State Wrestling Meet this week in Des Moines.The state tournament...

Stanton notches Corner win over Griswold

Stanton downed Griswold 59-31 in Corner Conference boys basketball Friday.Brodee Sowers scored 14 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked five shots to lead Stanton (10-10 overall, 6-4 in the conference). Jayden Burke and Nolan Case each added 12 points.Griswold (2-16 overall, 1-10 in the...

SW Valley’s Maeder fifth at state

Southwest Iowa’s Kenzie Maeder placed fifth at the Girls Iowa State Championships in Coralville.Maeder scored a 7-3 decision over Pekin’s Hailey Pedrick in the fifth-place match to grab her medal.The Timberwolves senior opened up her day at the Xtream arena with a 7-1 win over Pleasantville’s Addie...

Timberwolves win on senior night

Southwest Valley pulled away in the second half to defeat Pride of Iowa Conference rival Martensdale-St. Marys 54-44 in in Corning Friday.The victory, combined with a Central Decatur loss to Nodaway Valley, put the Timberwolves alone in third place with an 11-5 conference record. This was a...

Tigers hold on late in win over Stanton

Amanda Houser and Sadie Gohlinhorst combined for 33 points for Griswold in a 49-43 win over Stanton in Corner Conference girls basketball Friday in Stanton.Houser hit 6-of-15 shots and added eight steals while pouring in 19 points to lead the Tigers (11-9 overall, 5-7 in the conference)....

Gusman wins title, Red Oak eighth at Hawkeye 10 meet

Dayton Gusman won his weight class and the Red Oak boys placed eighth as a team at the Hawkeye 10 Conference Tournament Saturday in Glenwood.Council Bluffs Lewis Central edged Glenwood for the team title, 259.5 to 233. Defending tournament champion Atlantic was third with 198 points.“I was proud of...

Sholes tops 1,000 career points in Trojans’ win

Isaiah Sholes scored 25 points to surpass 1,000 career points and help Essex to a 52-40 victory over Griswold in Corner Conference basketball Friday.The Trojans (7-11 overall, 3-8 in the conference) led 27-21 at the half and extended that lead with a 12-5 second quarter run in the win.Sholes came...

SW Valley 11th, Red Oak 14th at John J. Harris invite

Southwest Valley finished 11th and Red Oak 14th at the 71st annual John J. Harris Boys Wrestling Invitational in Atlantic Saturday.The host Trojans won the meet with two champions and three runners-up and a team score of 230.5. Riverside was the runner after scoring 209 points.Southwest Valley...