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Warriors to travel to East Buchanan

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:36 am

After starting 0-3, the South Winn football team (5-3, 4-2) has turned the 2023 regular season around and finished on a five-game win streak and earned a playoff spot. Thursday night, the Warriors shut down the BCLUW (0-8, 0-5) offense, winning 34-0 as they celebrated Senior Night.

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Vikes fall to No. 2 Bobcats

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:35 am

The Decorah football team (5-3, 2-2) knew it faced a tough task Friday night, battling Class 4A No. 2 Western Dubuque (7-1, 4-0) on the road.
The Vikes put up a fight but fell to the Bobcats 28-7.

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Vikes finish fifth at NEIC tourney

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:34 am

Putting the regular season and the Northeast Iowa Conference behind them, the Decorah volleyball team (13-17, 2-8 NEIC) finished fifth over the weekend at the league tournament.

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Down the home stretch; Vikes finish second in conference

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:33 am

Having won the North Central Swim Conference meet three years running, the Decorah girls’ swim and dive team came up short Saturday. The Vikes hosted the meet at Luther College.
NCMP won the title with 314 points, while Decorah captured 275 points ahead of Grinnell’s 225.

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Roe, Decorah girls win NEIC title; boys second

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:26 am

The race to the postseason started with a bang for the Decorah cross country teams Tuesday, as the Vikings claimed three of the four titles and a runner-up finish.
The girls, ranked 14th in Class 3A, finished with 43 points, besting No. 20 Waverly Shell-Rock with 65 points. The boys, No. 15, secured second place with 51 points, behind Class 2A No. 2 Waukon who had 43.
The JV squads also did their job, sweeping their races.

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Wagner wins football contest

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:24 am

Randy Wagner is the winner in week five of the football pigskin picks football contest.
Wagner, of Fort Atkinson, missed two games as did Decorah’s David Luhman; however, Wagner’s guess of 68 was closer in the tie-breaker than Luhman’s 78.

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PLEASE NOTE – FBC week 6

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:23 am

In anticipation to heavy rains in the area two games (SW/BCLUW and NFV/Crestwood) that are in this week’s (week 6) Pigskin Picks contest have been moved to tonight (Thursday, Oct. 12) to hopefully lessen rain chances, so those games will be thrown out since entries are due after the games are played. If any other games get moved ahead, they too will be thrown out and not considered.

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XC state-qualifying meet info

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:21 am

The state qualifying cross country meets are Wednesday, Oct. 18 (Class 3A/4A) and Thursday, Oct. 19 (Class 1A/2A). The varsity girls run at 4 p.m., with the varsity boys at 4:30 p.m.

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Warriors “dig” out a win

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:20 am

The South Winn volleyball team (17-12, 7-1 UIC) captured a win in their regular season finale 3-1 Tuesday in front of a full house on Dig Pink Night over Central Elkader (10-19, 5-2 UIC).

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TV escapes West Central

Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:19 am

It was a rough night on the court for the Turkey Valley volleyball team (12-12, 6-2 UIC) as the Trojans survived to win 3-2 over West Central (4-21, 3-5 UIC) on Senior Night Tuesday. Set scores were 25-7, 23-25, 25-11, 20-25 and 15-12.

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