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Decorah to face North Scott in first round

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:43 am

Missing out on the playoffs in 2022 made the Decorah football team (6-3 overall) hungry to earn a bid this year, finishing the regular season with a 3-2 district record in a three-way tie for second. The Vikes picked up their third district win Friday at home over Waterloo East 54-22.

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Road to Dome ends for Trojans at No. 4 Clarksville

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:42 am

For the second time this season the Turkey Valley football team fell to fourth-ranked Clarksville; however, this time it also ended the Trojans’ season in the first round of the eight-man playoffs.
Falling behind early, TV couldn’t recover in the second half with the Indians rolling to a 68-26 victory. Turkey Valley ends the season 5-4.

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East Buchanan tops Warriors 46-3 in opening round

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:41 am

The 2023 playoff bid for the South Winn football team ended in Winthrop Friday night against East Buchanan, 46-3, in the first round of the Class A playoffs.
East Buchanan held South Winn to just 131 total yards with the Buccaneers totaling 395 themselves to take the victory. The Warriors end the season with a 5-4 record.

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Beckman closes door on SW

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:40 am

The South Winn volleyball season came to an end in the Class 2A Regional Quarterfinal on Wednesday evening, as the Warriors were defeated by No. 11 Beckman Catholic in Dyersville.
The Warriors finish the season 17-13 overall as the UIC runner-up team.

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Xavier ends Viking’s season

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 8:39 am

The Decorah volleyball team knew it would be an uphill battle against the returning state champion Xavier team Thursday in Cedar Rapids and it was right. The Viking finished the season 0-3 against the Saints in the Class 4A regional semifinal. Set scores were 11-25, 15-25 and 5-25.

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Regional swim sites announced

Thursday, October 19, 2023 10:05 am

The Decorah swim team will compete at the Dubuque Hempstead regional.
The regional diving competition, which will also be held in Dubuque, is Thursday, Nov. 2. The champion from each regional site (a total of six), plus the next highest scoring 24 divers qualify for the state meet.

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Bring on Xavier; Vikes spike MC

Thursday, October 19, 2023 10:04 am

The season remains alive for the Decorah volleyball team as the Vikings defeated Mason City 3-1 Tuesday at home.
The Vikes (14-17) move on to face No. 3 Xavier (22-6) in the regional semifinal Thursday, Oct. 19, at Xavier at 7 p.m. Mason City ends the year 10-26.

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TV playoffs end with Riceville

Thursday, October 19, 2023 10:03 am

It wasn’t the way the Turkey Valley volleyball team wanted the season to end, but it did Monday, on the Trojans’ home court, to Riceville in five sets with the Wildcats winning 3-2 in the Class 1A Region 6 opening round.

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SW girls win UIC; harriers earn conference

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:39 am

The Class 1A No. 3 South Winn girls’ cross country team has made it four years in a row as the Warriors claimed the Upper Iowa Conference title again Wednesday at Silver Springs Golf Course in Ossian. Turkey Valley did not have enough runners to compete for team titles but did have three harriers earn all-UIC honors for finishing in the top 15.
The UIC meet, originally scheduled for Thursday, was moved up a day to avoid the heavy rains that were forecasted to hit northeast Iowa.

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Trojans draw No. 4 Clarksville

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:37 am

The season lives on the for the Turkey Valley football team.
The Trojans (5-3, 4-2) earned an at-large bid to the playoffs Friday night by defeating Riceville (6-2, 4-2) on the road in the regular season finale.

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