Sports
LANSING - Taking on Lansing Kee on the road in the season opener on May 23, the Crestwood softball team erupted for six runs in the second inning on its way to an 11-0 win in five innings over the Kee Hawks.
Playing South Winn in their home opener on May 27, the Cadets blasted the Warriors, 12-1,...
DES MOINES - The Crestwood girls’ and boys’ track teams battled hard against hot and cold weather as well as excellent competition at the Class 2A State Meet held from May 19-21 in Des Moines. This year’s State Meet drew a record crowd of 35,500 despite the weather.
Cadet sophomore Kinze Shea...
DES MOINES - Excellent competition and weather that ranged from incredibly hot to cold could not prevent Turkey Valley senior Jalyssa Blazek from winning gold at the 2022 Class 1A State Girls’ Track Meet, held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines from May 19-21.
Blazek tallied first place in the 800...
OSAGE - The Crestwood boys' and girls' track teams both competed well at the Class 2A State Qualifying Track Meet in Osage on May 12. In the boys' meet, Crestwood's sprint medley team of Ayden Easley, Maurice Powell, Dashel Donlan and Aidan Skoda took first place in a school record time of 1:37.61...
CHARLES CITY - The Charles City Comets posted three individual scores under 40 to earn a 161-193 dual meet win over the Crestwood boys’ golf team on May 2 in Charles City.
Zane Wemark led the Cadets with a round of 45. Other Crestwood scores included: Landen Bergan 48, Brett Panos 50, Cade Korsmo...
CRESCO - Crestwood fans who want to purchase tickets to the Class 2A State Qualifier Track Meet in Osage on May 12 will need to go to iahsaa.org. Both the Crestwood girls' and boys' track teams will be competing in this meet.
After going to this website, click 'Tickets' and then 'Buy Tickets'. Next...
CALMAR - The Crestwood girls' track team finished in the top three in 13 events on its way to grabbing first place overall with 145 points at the South Winn Invitational on May 2. Complete Cadet results will be in the May 11 issue of the Times Plain Dealer.
DES MOINES - In a major shakeup to start in 2022-23, wrestling will drop Sectional tournaments in Class 2A and Class 1A and move the annual State Dual Team Tournament to that previously occupied date. Crestwood competes in Class 2A.
As a result of those changes, all three classes will now compete...
JACKSON JCT - The Cresco Area Clay Crushers Team 5 posted a score of 228 to earn first place during the meet against Turkey Valley on April 21 in Jackson Junction.
Kail Schmelzer, Ben Jackson and Kaid Headington all posted one perfect round of 25 at the meet.
Individual scores from Team 5 included...