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First trip back to state since 2016 for Warrior boys
Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:43 am
For just the third time in school history, the South Winn boys golf team is headed to state.
The Warriors punched their ticket to the Class 1A tournament after winning the district meet Tuesday at Highland Park Golf Course in Mason City.
Season ends in Mason City for TV boys
Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:42 am
The Turkey Valley boys golf team saw their successful 2024 season come to an end with their second straight appearance at the Class 1A District Golf Meet held Tuesday, May 14, at Mason City.
The Trojans placed sixth in the 11-team field with a 348 total. Fellow UIC member South Winn claimed the team title with a 325 score. Lake Mills placed second, also with a 325.
D-NH closes the door on Viking netter’s season
Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:41 am
The season came to an end for the Decorah girls tennis team in a tight match against Dike-New Hartford Tuesday on the Luther College courts, 5-4.
11 Warrior events to compete at Drake
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:37 am
There will be 11 events on the track at Drake Stadium this week for the South Winn girls’ and boys’ track teams.
The boys qualified four events at the state qualifying meet Thursday at St. Ansgar. Overall, South Winn was sixth in team standings with 64.5 points.
The girls will have seven entries to state. They were fourth, scoring 75 points.
Decorah will be well represented on Blue Oval this week
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:36 am
There will be no shortage of Viking Blue and Red at the 2024 state track and field championships later this week after a combined 29 events qualified Thursday at the Class 3A state-qualifying meet in Clear Lake. In addition to the large contingent of athletes heading to Drake Stadium, the Vikings swept both divisions for the team titles. The boys topped the field with 179 points, while the girls claimed the title with 163.
“Our guys really were fearless and locked into the task at hand on Thursday night. What a night! The coaching staff is unbelievably proud of the efforts during both the NEIC championship and the district championship. It has really been special to celebrate with the girls team as well,” said Viking boys’ coach Joel Rollinger.
Two Trojan relays to compete on Blue Oval
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:35 am
Competing in the Class 1A state-qualifying meet in Saint Ansgar, the Turkey Valley track and field teams each finished with 12 points in 12th place.
Time to shine
For the boys, Hugo Busta, Burke Busta, Russell Nieman and JD Kruse will represent the Trojans in the 4×800 relay. In spite of finishing fifth, the quartet’s time of 8:42.96 is the 22nd best in Class 1A for Thursday’s race.
Viking girls advance to regional finals
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:34 am
On the court for the second time in less than a week Friday, the Decorah girls’ tennis team hosted the first two rounds of the Class 1A Region 4 team matches at Luther College.
In regional play, all matches stop once a team has earned five points.
The Vikings advance to the regional final against Dike-New Hartford and will host the Wolverines Tuesday, May 14, at 9 a.m. for the chance to compete at the state tournament.
Viking trio off to state tennis tourney
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:33 am
In Wednesday’s Class 1A boys’ singles and doubles districts competition hosted by Decorah, the Vikes managed to send an individual and a doubles team to state.
The competition is aligned where eight teams enter two singles players and two doubles teams with the champion and runner-up from each getting an invite to the State Championships. The Class 1A state individual and doubles state tournament will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21-22, at Byrnes Park in Waterloo.
Netters’ season continues
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:32 am
It was a good start Saturday as the Decorah boys’ tennis team is looking to make a return trip to the team state meet in 2024. The Vikes hosted Oelwein, Osage and Clear Lake for the first two rounds of the Class 1A Substate 3 bracket.
In team competition, four teams square off in the first two rounds with the winners playing each other to move into substate finals, which is the final 16 teams. Now Decorah will host Aplington-Parkersburg for the state bid Wednesday, May 15, at 4 p.m.
Warriors, Trojan boys advance to district golf
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 11:29 am
Across the board there was a lot of good golf played at Silver Spring Golf Course in Ossian Wednesday, with all seven teams scoring under 400 at the Class 1A Sectional 8 boys’ tournament. It was a beautiful day overall and the area schools took advantage of finally having the weather cooperate with some excellent scores.
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