Sports
CRESCO - A great team effort helped the Crestwood volleyball team earn a thrilling 3-2 win over Oelwein on the road on Oct. 10 (25-21, 25-20, 16-25, 23-25, 15-11).
Crestwood Head Coach Robin Gossman said solid team helped the Cadets.
“The real key to the win was defense, both at the net and on...
WAUKON - The Class 2A No. 3 Crestwood girls’ and boys’ cross country teams both performed well in the rain at the Northeast Iowa Conference Meet on Oct. 10 in Waukon as the girls’ took third overall with 61 points while the boys’ placed fifth with 118.
In the varsity girls’ meet, Ellie Friesen,...
CRESCO - Brenda Kappes of Cresco correctly picked 13 of 15 games to earn first place in the Times Plain Dealer Football Contest for the week of Oct. 11.
Wayne Kreitzer of Cresco took second place by picking 12 of 15 games correctly.
For placing first, Kappes will receive $20 in Cresco Chamber...
CRESCO - The Crestwood ninth grade football team raced to a 20-0 halftime lead and sailed to a 40-0 thrashing of Clear Lake Friday at home to improve to 6-1.
Midway through the first quarter, Reid Wiley plunged over the goal line from two yards out to give the Cadets a 6-0 lead. The two-point...
CRESCO - A solid group effort by the Crestwood football team was not enough to overcome a rough night on offense Friday as the Class 2A No. 9 Clear Lake Lions shut out the Cadets, 21-0.
Clear Lake held a slim 7-0 halftime edge before the Lions put the game out of reach with two second half...
CRESCO - Solid team play helped the Crestwood varsity volleyball team post an impressive 3-0 win over Waukon on Oct. 3. The Cadets won by scores of 25-16, 25-21 and 25-7.
“We played with lots of emotion,” Crestwood Coach Robin Gossman said. “We served well as a team and our defense was excellent...
CRESCO - Dean Shatek of Elma correctly picked 10 of 15 games and was closest in the tie-breaker game to earn first place in the Times Plain Dealer Football Contest for the week of Sept. 27.
Mike Bruess took second place. He picked 10 of 15 games correctly, but he was not as close as Shatek in...
NEW HAMPTON - The Crestwood varsity girls’ cross country team didn’t let the rain stop them as the Cadets captured their second straight team title on Oct. 5 at the New Hampton Invitational as the Cadets grabbed first place with 37 points.
The Cadet varsity boys’ team also ran well as it took...
GARNER -The old saying, ‘It ain’t over till it’s over’ most definitely applied to Friday’s varsity football game between Crestwood and Garner-Hayfield-Ventura.
With 2.4 seconds left on the clock and the ball at the G-H-V 30-yard line, Cadet quarterback Jon Henry dropped back and fired a strike to...
CRESCO - Because of the weather, the Crestwood ninth grade football game at Garner-Hayfield-Ventura scheduled for 4:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6, has been cancelled. The varsity game between Crestwood and Garner-HV for Friday, Oct. 6, has been moved up to 6 p.m. at Garner.
