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Decorah claims all four titles at Waukon Invite
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:17 am
The Decorah cross country teams blew the competition away last week, sweeping both the varsity and junior varsity titles at Waukon Tuesday, Sept. 24.
Staying perfect; No. 5 Vikes top Mason City
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:15 am
The Decorah football team (5-0, 1-0) demonstrated their skills Friday night as they took on Mason City. The Vikings, who remain the top passing and rushing team in the district, ran over Mason City’s Riverhawks, who are second in passing and third in rushing touchdowns. The Viking power was there all night consuming the grid iron and the 41-7 victory.
Vikings eighth at Cougar Invite
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:14 am
The Decorah girls’ swim and dive team faced stiff competition Saturday at the Cougar Invite, held at Cedar Rapids Kennedy and last week in a double dual in Waterloo.
Thompson wins week three
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:13 am
There were numerous close finishes to games in week three of the Pigskin Picks football contest.
When all 40 entries were scored, no perfect entries remained. The best was two missed games by five different individuals with Elaine Thompson of Decorah scoring the win by the first tiebreaker. The most points scored by a single team was 65 by Riceville, which was also Thompson’s guess.
Warrior offense produces 42 points in victory
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:13 am
A defensive effort that allowed just one touchdown spurred the South Winn football team (2-3, 2-1) to a 42-7 victory on the road over AGWSR (1-4, 1-3) Friday night.
“We had a great first half of football as we were able to put up a 35-0 lead going into halftime. Our defensive line answered the challenge this week and led the way to a total of eight tackles for loss and four quarterback sacks. Our defensive line was led by three seniors — Shayde Wermers, Tristen Bodensteiner and Brennan Franzen,” noted Coach Jason Ohrt. “Offensively, we were able to have great production again in the run game, but also connected on several big pass plays as well.”
Warrior harriers continue to show improvement
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:12 am
Times continue to drop for the South Winn cross country teams as the Warriors competed at the Panther Invite hosted by Central Springs Thursday.
Vikes compete in Minnesota
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:11 am
The last week has been a busy one for the Decorah volleyball team (11-7, 1-1 NEIC) as the Vikes competed in two matches and hosted the Viking tournament over the weekend (see separate story on page 18).
Tuesday, the Vikes defeated Waukon at home 3-0. Set scores were 25-13, 25-12 and 25-21. See next week’s Decorah Leader for stats and additional information.
SW netters snag easy ‘W’
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:10 am
The South Winn volleyball team (14-10, 2-1 UIC) was back on track Thursday on the road at Postville (1-11, 0-4 UIC) picking up an easy 3-0 win over the Pirates. Set scores were 25-6, 26-15 and 25-13.
TV still in the hunt for league crown
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:10 am
Tammy Vrzak and Ashley Walz are in season two of their tenure as a coaching tandem for the Turkey Valley volleyball squad.
The Trojan co-coaches took over for Shelbie Balk midway through the season last fall and helped guide the Trojans to a 6-2 league mark and third place finish in the Upper Iowa Conference.
Trojans fall to Clarksville in non-district matchup
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:09 am
Clarksville (4-2) had a touchdown party on Friday night during its homecoming tilt versus Mark Scott’s Trojans. The Indians scored on eight out of its nine offensive possessions and rocketed themselves to a 60-24 non-district win over the Trojans.
“Clarksville was a much more physical team. We did not block or tackle as well as they did. Missing three starters on defense led to reshuffling positions and it showed,” said Scott, in his 22nd season as head coach of the Trojans.
Four Trojans take to course at Waukon
Thursday, October 3, 2024 10:08 am
Three Turkey Valley sophomores cross country runners, plus a freshman, took to the Waukon Golf and Country Club last week Tuesday.
They didn’t bring any golf clubs, but they made sure to traverse the fairways of the course in respectable times across the finish line.
Warriors girls first, boys third at Central
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:53 am
Thursday was a beautiful night of racing for the South Winn cross country teams with the girls’ taking the title at Central Elkader with 27 points. The Class 1A No. 4 Lady Warriors had an average time of 22:53.3 and a spread of 1:22.8, among the top seven harriers.
For the South Winn boys, it was an average time of 20:44.7 and spread of 5:33.9, as the Warriors finished third in the team standings with 92 points behind Charles City and Central Elkader.
No. 5 Vikes squeak past Mustangs
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:50 am
There are just five undefeated teams in Class 4A football and Decorah fans have a lot to cheer about since the fifth-ranked Vikings are one of them.
Friday’s battle was the final non-district match for the Vikes, who are looking to win a district title this season after defeating a previously undefeated Independence team 21-14.
“The kids did an excellent job executing our game plan on Friday,” said coach Mike Tangen. “They played selfless football and our offensive and defensive line controlled the line of scrimmage. I am very proud of our leadership and excited about the growth that we have made each week.”
Decorah spikers play hard in loss to NH
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:49 am
It was an uphill battle much of Tuesday night for the Class 4A No. 15 Decorah volleyball team (8-3 1-1 NEIC) who fell in four sets to New Hampton (10-8, 2-1 NEIC) at home.
Good competition for Vikes at Cedar Falls
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:27 am
With each team fielding two squads, the Decorah girls’ and boys’ cross country teams competed well Thursday night at the 39th Annual Cedar Falls Rich Engle Classic.
Tuesday, the Vikes were at the Waukon Invite, results from that meet will be published in the Oct. 3 Decorah Leader.
A perfect entry for Christen
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:26 am
Several adjustments were made to the second week of the Pigskin Picks football contest, with the Crestwood versus Oelwein game cancelled after the printing of the entry page. A typographical error showed Iowa State playing Arizona State, when it should have been Arkansas State. Both games were eliminated from the scoring, leaving 13 games to score.
SW second at N-P tourney
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:25 am
The South Winn volleyball team (7-10, 1-1 UIC) continues to grow momentum as it competed in the Nashua-Plainfield tournament Saturday and ventured back into conference play at home Tuesday.
SW Homecoming spoiled by Knights, 44-42
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:24 am
Friday’s non-district homecoming game came down to the wire as the South Winn football team (1-3, 1-1) were looking to defeat Newman Catholic for the second year in a row. The Warriors had their hands full throughout the game, but in the end the pesky Knight defense got the stop it needed to spoil homecoming 44-42.
Turkey Valley sweeps Clayton Ridge
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:23 am
The Turkey Valley volleyball team swept Clayton Ridge at home last week Tuesday by scores of 25-21, 25-23 and 25-13.
That earned the Trojans their second win of the season in the conference. TV dropped its first league tilt later that week on Thursday at North Fayette Valley – 25-23, 25-23 and 25-18.
TV gains 375 yards on the ground in district rout over Central
Friday, September 27, 2024 9:21 am
Turkey Valley routed Central Elkader on Friday night.
The Dittmer Sports Complex in Elkader saw a lot of points scored in Week Four of this particular high school football clash. The problem for the host Warriors was that the majority of those touchdowns scored came from the opponent – Mark Scott’s Trojans.