Sports
JACKSON JUNCTION - Turkey Valley High School crowned its 2017 Homecoming King and Queen on Sept. 28 before the varsity volleyball match against Postville. Cale Reicks was crowned the king, and Ashton Kout was crowned the queen. The traditional homecoming football game scheduled for Sept. 29 was...
WAUKON - Warm weather and strong competition didn’t faze the Class 2A No. 4-ranked Crestwood varsity girls’ cross country team on Sept. 19 at the Waukon Invitational as the Cadets nabbed second overall with 57 points, led by No. 4-ranked Ellie Friesen, who took first in 19:16.
The Crestwood...
CRESCO - Jean Eldridge of Cresco correctly picked 11 of 15 games and came the closest in the tie-breaker game to earn first place in the Times Plain Dealer Football Contest for the week of Sept. 20.
LaVerne Bruess of Cresco took second place. Bruess picked 11 of 15 games correctly, but was not...
OSAGE - Sometimes in football, a handful of minor miscues and mistakes make a big difference. That was certainly the case during Friday’s varsity game between Crestwood and Osage as the Green Devils took advantage of the Cadets’ miscues.
Osage rallied from a six-point deficit in the fourth with a...
CALMAR - The Turkey Valley volleyball team competed hard on Thursday, Sept. 14 against South Winn before losing to the Warriors in three games (13-25, 19-25, 24-26).
“The girls dropped a very hard-fought three-game loss,” TV Coach Ethan Adams said. “We kept improving as the night went on. They...
JACKSON JUNCTION - The Riceville Wildcats rallied from a 28-22 third quarter deficit to nip the Eight-Man No. 6 Turkey Valley Trojans, 52-44, Friday in overtime to hand the Trojans their first loss of the year (3-1 overall, 1-1 district).
After tying the game at 44-all at the end of the fourth...
CRESCO - The Crestwood ninth grade volleyball team chalked up recent wins over New Hampton and Waverly-Shell Rock at home.
WSR match
Playing against Waverly-SR on Sept. 5, the Cadets played two solid matches against the Go-Hawks and swept all the games. Scores from the first match were 25-17...
RESCO - The Crestwood varsity volleyball team didn’t come out on top on the scoreboard against New Hampton on Sept. 12 at home, but the Cadets proved they can battle hard against any team. New Hampton downed the Cadets, 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 26-24).
Playing Clear Lake at home Thursday, Sept. 14,...
CRESCO - The Crestwood varsity and Junior Varsity girls’ teams both captured first place on Sept. 12 at the Osage Invitational. The Class 2A No. 4-ranked Cadet varsity girls’ team had seven medalists, and the JV squad also tallied seven girls who earned ribbons for placing in the top 15....
