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Warhawks final post-season tune-up

Published by editor on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 9:11am

SHEFFIELD — A spirited second-half rally by Forest City gave West Fork’s boys’ basketball team a taste of what it could face in the Warhawks’ post-season.

Leading by 15 heading into the final quarter, particularly with a half-court prayer that went for the Indians’ Andrew Snyder, the visitors outscored coach Frank Schnoes’ squad, 17-8, in the final eight minutes for a 58-52 final.

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Hot start for Cougars ends Bearcat year

Published by editor on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 9:08am

ACKLEY – Maybe it was the good luck charm AGWSR coach Laurie Gann wore around her neck.

The necklace, supplied by senior forward MaKenna Kuper’s fourth-grade sister Kesley, was all part of a spirited outfit for Gann and the Cougars before the Class 1A Region 1 opening game on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Whatever it was, AGWSR (13-7) couldn’t have asked for a better start in an eventual 60-39 win over North Butler.

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Cowgirls rally by Bulldogs

Published by editor on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 9:05am

HAMPTON – The Bulldog girls’ basketball team led 36-32 heading into the fourth quarter, but Clarion-Goldfield-Dows started hitting shots and outscored coach Miranda Valley’s team 20-7 in the final eight minutes to escape Hampton with a 52-43 North Central Conference win.

Up to the final stanza, it was a strongest overall team effort for the Bulldogs thus far this season.

“I was happy,” coach Valley said. “It came down to them making more shots in the fourth quarter. Everything they started throwing up was going in and we were getting good shots and it wasn’t.

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Bulldogs can’t handle CGD press

Published by editor on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 9:02am

HAMPTON – Bulldog interim boys’ basketball coach Matt Lokenvitz was thinking over the bitter irony of his team being unable to handle the 1-2-2 press that Clarion-Goldfield-Dows put them under.

Especially so since that is the type of defense his team uses in a 73-53 loss on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

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Hansen goes from hospital bed to district qualifier

Published by editor on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:54am

IOWA FALLS — Mid-December, 160-pound Bulldog junior wrestler Braden Hansen started feeling sick.

He ended up in the hospital and his future in wrestling was in doubt.

Fast-forward to December and Braden Hansen surprised everyone with a return to the mat at the Bulldogs’ home tournament.

A few weeks ago, he was a North Central Conference champion and on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Iowa Falls-Alden High School the wrestler whose nickname is ‘Fuzz’ advanced to the Class 2A District meet at New Hampton this coming Saturday.

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Cougars advance five to districts

Published by editor on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:50am

JEWELL – AGWSR senior Trey Lashbrook won the 126-pound title at a sectional wrestling tournament at South Hamilton High School on Saturday, Feb. 6 spearheading a group of five Cougars advancing to this coming Saturday’s district tournament in Clarksville.

The rest of the Cougars’ district qualifiers advanced as runners-up: Kaden Abbas at 120, Zach Johnson at 138, Jayden Bowles at 145, Ben Puente at 160.

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Two ends of the spectrum: West Fork advances 106, heavyweight to district

Published by editor on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:47am

JEWELL – West Fork’s top-ranked 106-pounder Kale Petersen and 285-pound senior Levi Janssen will represent the Warhawks at this Saturday’s district wrestling meet after advancing out of South Hamilton High School’s Class 1A Sectional 8 meet on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Petersen dominated his way to the 106-pound title, outscoring his opponents, 34-4.

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Hot start for Ames on Senior Night

Published by editor on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:44am

SHEFFIELD – Kayden Ames came out on fire from beyond the three-point line, coming up short of matching his school-record tying mark of three-point makes in a game as West Fork rolled out to a 79-31 win over North Butler on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Ames was 6-of-7 from beyond the arc in the first half alone with the last one just rimming out on his way to a game-high 22 points for the Warhawks.

“He’s really close,” West Fork coach Frank Schnoes said. “He was in a slump for a long time, so it was nice to see him come out of that.”

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West Fork completes season sweep of North Butler

Published by editor on Tue, 02/09/2021 - 9:40am

SHEFFIELD – Less pressure from West Fork resulted in a closer score, but the Warhawks completed the Top of Iowa East Conference girls’ season sweep with a 49-34 win over North Butler on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Part of the reason for pulling off the full-court pressure that smothered the Bearcats in a 24-point loss the first meeting at Greene was the fact that the Warhawks were missing the first person off their bench in Rylie Akins.