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What a weekend.
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The two opening-round matches of the class 3A State tournament could get confusing really fast. All four teams that are playing, Davenport Assumption, Union, Kuemper Catholic and Unity Christian, all are nicknamed the Knights.
The defending champions are back, but everyone else appears to be just as dangerous.
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Kuemper Catholic Schools paid less this football season to rent the public school district’s stadium than the district did last year despite a recent school board vote that eliminated a 50-percent discount Kuemper previously had received.
Let me tell ya’ll, moving sucks.
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For six of the last seven years, and the last five years straight, Kuemper Catholic and the State volleyball tournament have gone hand-in-hand.
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This is what the playoffs were made for. Two undefeated teams battling with a trip to the promised land on the table.
Going into Saturday’s district swim meet the Tigers already knew they had a few events going to next week’s State meet. After the district meet the Tigers more than doubled their entries in the State meet.
Injuries often have a way of changing games, but on Friday a pair of injuries didn’t just alter game plans, it caused seismic shifts in both offenses.
Just before halftime the Wolves were down, but not completely out of the game against West Hancock.
The most head-scratching and laughable part of sports gambling is how simple it can be. Sports as a whole are a wonderful thing. But they can be incredibly stressful.
For the last six weeks the Wolves have been able to control the clock, and their own field position through their tough running tandem of Amos and Kyler Rasmussen.
Fans making the trip to Tabor on Friday night will not want to be late.
Although both teams have scored points in bunches this year, Friday’s game could feature points being a precious commodity on Friday night.
For the past 13 matches the East Sac County volleyball team hasn’t been able to be stopped.
In two prior matches it seemed that Glidden-Ralston had been just a touch better.
Once again the Kuemper Catholic volleyball team has earned their way to the regional finals.
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Hilton Coliseum in Ames might be known for its basketball magic, but this fall it seemed that Carroll High’s gym held some magic of its own.
There was no doubt entering Friday night that IKM-Manning was going to be in the playoffs. After Friday night there was no doubt who the top team in their district was.
Once again the running game was nearly unstoppable as Coon Rapids-Bayard ran away from Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton in a 42-7 victory Friday night.
Glidden-Ralston 44, West Harrison 28
A habit has been forming in Lake City. On Friday night the Titans added to the rather healthy habit.
ATLANTIC
A giant first half kept the ball moving and the points flowing for Kuemper Catholic on Friday night.
Although they were pretty well focused on eliminating Paton-Churdan, in the back of their minds they might have been thinking about a revenge game.
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It wasn’t the fastest start for the defending State champions. In fact, the start that the No. 2 ranked Kuemper Catholic volleyball team was extremely unexpected.
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Everything the Tigers have been building for the past eight weeks depends on what happens Friday night in Grimes.
The wins haven’t piled up like they may have hoped at the beginning of the season, but Friday night the Knights have a chance to end their season on a high note.
Monday night the Carroll High swim team took down both Perry and Algona.
After getting used to the style of Boyer Valley’s game in the first set, the Ar-We-Va Rockets seemed to go on a tear through the next two.
One thing I’ve learned rather quickly over the years, is to not get overconfident.
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Part of his offseason routine, and the healing process, was learning as much about his position as he could.
After surrendering scores to start both the first and second quarters the IKM-Manning offense, and defense would answer.
In their second top-10 battle in three weeks the Coon Rapids-Bayard football team had to work their way back into the game against CAM.
The first quarter left Kuemper with a feeling that an upset could happen.
Both teams liked to run the football, but it was the running efforts of East Sac County that ran away with the victory on Friday night.
Three of the top teams in the three biggest classes in Iowa squared off on Thursday night.
Coming into the game, the Glidden-Ralston players knew that they were going to have to shut down the top players of Audubon to pull off the upset.
Kuemper boys finish 7th at Hawkeye 10 meet; Knight girls place 10th
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Save for an alley that was created early in the game, Carroll showed how cohesive of a team they are on Friday night.
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