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Vikes come up 10 strokes short

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:33 pm

The Bridges Golf Course in Winona presented many challenges for the young Decorah boys’ golf team Thursday as the Vikings fell short by 10 strokes to Winona Senior, 399-389, in the 18-hole dual.

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Girls’ tennis overthrows Union

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:33 pm

Hitting the road Thursday afternoon, the Decorah Viking girls’ tennis team faced Union and took seven of the nine matches.

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Decorah netters win first home meet

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:32 pm

After numerous rainouts in the past weeks, the Decorah boys’ tennis team concluded their first home meet with a hard fought 7-2 team win over Waverly Shell-Rock Saturday morning.

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Limited squad competes

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:31 pm

With clear skies and warm temperatures, the Decorah boys’ track and field team sent a small contingent of athletes to the Harold Sweet Invitational at Dubuque Senior Thursday night. Decorah scored 34 points in the meet with all six events finishing in the top five of their respective fields.

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Two golds for Decorah in Waterloo

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:31 pm

Robust opposition had the Decorah girls’ track and field team competing to improve times Thursday as the Vikes participated in the Wahawk Invitational at Waterloo West. Cedar Rapids Prairie took home the team crown with 132 points, while Dubuque Hempstead was the runner-up with 111. Decorah was two points out of third with 100.

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Vikings to compete at Drake Relays

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:29 pm

The Decorah girls’ and boys’ track teams will have eight events competing at the annual Drake Relays, set for Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30, in Des Moines at Drake Stadium.

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Lady Vike linksters show improvement Thursday

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:26 pm

With the weather allowing the Decorah girls’ golf team to get on the course, the Vikings showed improvement versus Winona Senior Thursday at Oneota Golf and Country Club. Although Decorah improved, Winona still dominated the links 393-529 in the 18-hole meet.

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Decorah girls’ soccer fall in close contests last week

Monday, April 25, 2022 2:25 pm

Sunshine and decent temperatures finally followed the Decorah girls’ varsity soccer team (2-4) onto the pitch in an away game against Dubuque Hempstead (5-1) Thursday. The first half saw the teams evenly matched, but some unexpectedly placed shots from the Mustangs ended the game in their favor, 3-0. The weather was a different story Friday when the Vikes were back in action with Clear Lake, that once again went to the opponent, 2-1.

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Decorah boys, SW girls claim titles in Winn. Co.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 4:47 pm

Finally with some half-decent weather, high school linksters were able to play the annual Winneshiek County Golf Classic between the area schools Tuesday night at Jackson Heights Golf Course

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Decorah soccer teams go into overtime Monday

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 4:45 pm

Both the Decorah girls’ (2-3) and boys’ (2-2-1) varsity soccer teams took to the pitch on Monday night (April 18), each falling to their opponent in overtime. The girls faced off against Waterloo East (2-3) in an away game, losing in a shootout. The boys played North Fayette Valley (4-1) at home, losing 0-1 in overtime. 

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