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No. 8 Central too much for SW
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 8:05 pm
The South Winn girls’ basketball team (3-9, 3-6 UIC) went ice cold Tuesday night in Elkader, scoring just nine points in the game while falling to Class 1A No. 8 Central Elkader (11-0, 7-0 UIC), 49-9.
The Warriors went without a point in the first quarter, with Central leading 18-0. Josie Hemesath stopped the bleeding early in the second with a basket, but that is all SW would get as the visiting Warriors trailed 35-2 at halftime. A pair of free throws in the third period would be all South Winn would put up as Central continued to pull away, 54-4, with eight minutes to play. A trey by Aubrey Willey and a bucket by Allison Hageman would wrap up the scoring for South Winn in the fourth.
Vikes crowned champs at Central
Monday, January 9, 2023 8:04 pm
The No. 8 Decorah girls’ wrestling team is peaking at the right time with a close finish at No. 3 Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday and a team title at the Central Elkader Invite Friday night.
Oh, so close
It all came down to matches forfeited by Decorah Thursday as Waverly-Shell Rock claimed victory 48-36 in the NEIC dual in Waverly.
The Vikes won six matches at Waverly including No. 5 Chloe Sheffield (105), Kaitlyn Bjork (115), Ana Simon (135), No. 9 Mairi Sessions (155), No. 1 Naomi Simon (170) and Kamryn Steines (190).
Trojan boys on five-game win streak
Monday, January 9, 2023 8:03 pm
Let the win streak continue.
The Turkey Valley boys’ basketball team (6-3, 5-2 UIC) in on a roll, this time besting Riceville and Kee at home late last week.
Down to wire
From tip-off to the final buzzer, Thursday’s non-conference game versus Riceville (1-8) was a back-and-forth drill with the Trojans fending off the Wildcats, 54-52.
No. 6 Decorah come out on top of No. 11 W-SR
Monday, January 9, 2023 8:02 pm
It was a tough test Friday night on the road as the Class 4A No. 6 Decorah girls’ basketball team (10-2, 5-0 NEIC) defeated No. 11 Waverly-Shell Rock (6-3, 3-1 NEIC) in Waverly, 60-48.
It’s just the second time since January 2010 that Decorah has gotten the best of the Go-Hawks.
The Vikes were in a tussle from the beginning, going up 18-13 at the end of the first quarter. The game was still too close for comfort at halftime with Decorah holding on to a 33-27 lead. In the third, the Vikes opened the gap a little more and led 47-39 with eight minutes left to play. The Red and Blue maintained and extended its lead in the fourth to take home the win.
Holm champion, Warriors sixth at Tripoli
Monday, January 9, 2023 8:00 pm
It was a busy start to the second semester as the South Winn wrestling teams competed at Postville Thursday and the 56th annual Tripoli Invite Saturday.
“Monday the junior varsity wrestled in Osage and wrestled well, these younger guys are continuing to make some nice improvements,” said Coach Jacob Elsbernd. “Thursday we headed to Postville where the team went 2-2 in duals. The nice thing about getting back into competition is, that’s where you are reminded of your current weaknesses. We were exposed in some areas and are able to focus on some of those specific areas. Saturday both JV and Varsity went to Tripoli which had a very competitive group of teams, highlighted by several top 10 teams in the state. Overall, our kids wrestled to their seed, but I think at the end of the day, we felt as a team that we could have performed better and had several wins that we let get away.”
Vikes shine at Wahawk Invite
Monday, January 9, 2023 7:59 pm
It was a stellar day in the pool for the Decorah boys’ swim team as the Vikings topped the field at the Wahawk Invite in Waterloo Saturday. Decorah tallied 344 points to win the invite with Vinton-Shellsburg-Center Point-Urbana coming in second with 270.
Of the 11 events, the Vikes touched the wall first in three.
Winning gold to start the day was the 200 medley relay team of Isaac Knaack, Mason Cote, Simon Kutz and Dylan Hogan. The quartet had the best time of 1:47.99.
Keglers shine over Comets
Monday, January 9, 2023 7:58 pm
While Decorah boys’ bowling team continues to roll in the wins, the girls suffered their first defeat of the season Friday night at Charles City.
Improving to 5-0, the Viking boys had an outstanding showing in Charles City, winning 2,964 to 2,533. Baker game scores were 188, 157, 188, 169 and 180.
Pacing Decorah with a 462 was senior co-captain Will Marx (195, 267) with Grady Brauer providing games of 169 and 248 for a 417 tally. Also, in on the varsity scoring with a 408 total was freshman Tyler Novak (215-193), along with junior Cade Averhoff totaled 398 (195-203). Rounding out the scoring was Easton Luzum (235-162) and Daniel Skrade (185-171).
Decorah takes third at Flanagan Invite
Monday, January 9, 2023 7:57 pm
The Decorah boys’ wrestling team was faced with some stiff competition last week as it took on Waverly-Shell Rock in a conference dual Thursday and competed in the Flanagan Invite in Cresco Saturday, where the Vikes finished third.
Warrior girls finish ninth at Central
Monday, January 9, 2023 7:56 pm
Getting on the mats for the second time last week, the South Winn girls’ wrestling team competed at the 28-team Central Invite in Elkader Friday, finishing ninth with 75 points and one champion. Eighth-ranked Decorah took home the team title with 208 points while No. 4 East Buchanan was second with 170 points.
Seventh-ranked Izzy Kipp was the lone champion of the night at 190 pounds. A first-round bye placed the senior in the quarterfinal match against Avery Hoffmeyer of North Central where Kipp picked a pin in 1:00. It took Kipp 40 seconds to put Southeast Polk’s Grace Ellsbury on her back in the semifinal and 1:43 to throw No. 9 Alyson Krum of East Buchanan for the title.
Warriors win at Clayton Ridge
Monday, January 9, 2023 7:55 pm
A road win is always good, especially when its without one of the best rebounders in the Upper Iowa Conference.
The South Winn boys’ basketball team (6-4, 5-2 UIC) did just that Friday night, defeating Clayton Ridge (8-3, 5-2 UIC) in Guttenberg, 59-50.
Currently second in rebounds in the UIC, Warrior senior Keagen Streeter is sidelined with an injury; however, with a bench filled with talent has stepped up to fill the void.
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