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Vikes compete in Minnesota

Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:11 am

The last week has been a busy one for the Decorah volleyball team (11-7, 1-1 NEIC) as the Vikes competed in two matches and hosted the Viking tournament over the weekend (see separate story on page 18).
Tuesday, the Vikes defeated Waukon at home 3-0. Set scores were 25-13, 25-12 and 25-21. See next week’s Decorah Leader for stats and additional information.

SW netters snag easy ‘W’

Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:10 am

The South Winn volleyball team (14-10, 2-1 UIC) was back on track Thursday on the road at Postville (1-11, 0-4 UIC) picking up an easy 3-0 win over the Pirates. Set scores were 25-6, 26-15 and 25-13.

TV still in the hunt for league crown

Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:10 am

Tammy Vrzak and Ashley Walz are in season two of their tenure as a coaching tandem for the Turkey Valley volleyball squad.
The Trojan co-coaches took over for Shelbie Balk midway through the season last fall and helped guide the Trojans to a 6-2 league mark and third place finish in the Upper Iowa Conference.

Trojans fall to Clarksville in non-district matchup

Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:09 am

Clarksville (4-2) had a touchdown party on Friday night during its homecoming tilt versus Mark Scott’s Trojans. The Indians scored on eight out of its nine offensive possessions and rocketed themselves to a 60-24 non-district win over the Trojans.
“Clarksville was a much more physical team. We did not block or tackle as well as they did. Missing three starters on defense led to reshuffling positions and it showed,” said Scott, in his 22nd season as head coach of the Trojans.

Four Trojans take to course at Waukon

Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:08 am

Three Turkey Valley sophomores cross country runners, plus a freshman, took to the Waukon Golf and Country Club last week Tuesday.
They didn’t bring any golf clubs, but they made sure to traverse the fairways of the course in respectable times across the finish line.

Warriors girls first, boys third at Central

Friday, September 27, 2024 11:53 am

Thursday was a beautiful night of racing for the South Winn cross country teams with the girls’ taking the title at Central Elkader with 27 points. The Class 1A No. 4 Lady Warriors had an average time of 22:53.3 and a spread of 1:22.8, among the top seven harriers.
For the South Winn boys, it was an average time of 20:44.7 and spread of 5:33.9, as the Warriors finished third in the team standings with 92 points behind Charles City and Central Elkader.

No. 5 Vikes squeak past Mustangs

Friday, September 27, 2024 11:50 am

There are just five undefeated teams in Class 4A football and Decorah fans have a lot to cheer about since the fifth-ranked Vikings are one of them.
Friday’s battle was the final non-district match for the Vikes, who are looking to win a district title this season after defeating a previously undefeated Independence team 21-14.
“The kids did an excellent job executing our game plan on Friday,” said coach Mike Tangen. “They played selfless football and our offensive and defensive line controlled the line of scrimmage. I am very proud of our leadership and excited about the growth that we have made each week.”

Decorah spikers play hard in loss to NH

Friday, September 27, 2024 11:49 am

It was an uphill battle much of Tuesday night for the Class 4A No. 15 Decorah volleyball team (8-3 1-1 NEIC) who fell in four sets to New Hampton (10-8, 2-1 NEIC) at home.

Good competition for Vikes at Cedar Falls

Friday, September 27, 2024 9:27 am

With each team fielding two squads, the Decorah girls’ and boys’ cross country teams competed well Thursday night at the 39th Annual Cedar Falls Rich Engle Classic.
Tuesday, the Vikes were at the Waukon Invite, results from that meet will be published in the Oct. 3 Decorah Leader.

A perfect entry for Christen

Friday, September 27, 2024 9:26 am

Several adjustments were made to the second week of the Pigskin Picks football contest, with the Crestwood versus Oelwein game cancelled after the printing of the entry page. A typographical error showed Iowa State playing Arizona State, when it should have been Arkansas State. Both games were eliminated from the scoring, leaving 13 games to score.