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AGWSR rallies back against Bulldogs

Published by editor on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 10:32am

ACKLEY – AGWSR started out hot, faded, and then roared back in the fourth quarter to take an opening win over the Bulldog boys’ basketball team on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

Coach Ryley Schipper’s Cougars, who just got their coach back in time for the first game after his wife delivered their first baby on Sunday, delivered in a big way in the end for a 51-48 victory.

The Bulldog bench looks different for the first time in years, also, with veteran coach Heath Walton taking this season off as he recovers from a second round of cancer amid COVID-19.

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West Fork trio earn IPSWA all-state; Severs, Penning honored in 2A, 8-Man

Published by editor on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 9:24am

DES MOINES – Following West Fork’s first-ever state playoff victory, the Warhawks earned some individual state recognition via the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association, announced early Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Seniors Kayden Ames and Ren Heimer were voted to the Class A second team and senior lineman Levi Janssen was voted to the third team.

Ames, who was a multi-dimensional quarterback for the Warhawks, earned a spot as an offensive utility player.

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Fisher wins ARC cross country title

Published by editor on Tue, 11/10/2020 - 9:48am

PELLA – AGWSR graduate and Wartburg sophomore Aubrie Fisher claimed the American Rivers Conference cross country title, helping the Knights to a male-female sweep of the event, hosted by Central College in Pella.

Fisher completed the 6,000-meter course in 21 minutes, 56.85 seconds and started to get some distance on Kassie Rosenbum of Loras College, who came across seven seconds back.

Fisher averaged 5:53 per mile and covered 5:53.98 in the first mile.

All five of Wartburg’s scoring runners finished among the top-10 as the Knights finished with 24 team points.

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Bulldog freshman medals in first state meet run

Published by editor on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 10:36am

FORT DODGE – Lydia Maas came to Fort Dodge’s Kennedy Park with something to prove.

The Bulldog freshman maybe didn’t run her goal time nor have a great start, but she finished eighth overall in a field of 131 Class 3A runners at the state cross country meet to earn her first in what she hopes is four state medals.

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West Fork duo have tough second state cross country meet

Published by editor on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 10:33am

FORT DODGE – Neither Kacie Eisentrager or Cail Weaver thought their second state cross country meet went as well as they’d hoped it would.

The West Fork junior and senior, respectively, had their ups and downs on the 3.1-mile course at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Oct. 31.

Eisentrager said she had a good start, but felt she faded in finishing 77th out of 152 runners in the Class 1A field.

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No. 2 St. Ansgar runs over West Fork

Published by editor on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 12:54pm

ST. ANSGAR – If playing Class A second-ranked St. Ansgar tough for three quarters gave West Fork hope it could do the same again, the Saints stamped out any notion of that in the first quarter of an eventual 56-14 second-round playoff game on Friday, Oct. 23.

St. Ansgar gave the Warhawks a steady dose of its run game, pounding the ball with its bruising backs and amassing 415 ground yards to improve to 8-0 and move on.

Coach James Perez’s team completes its campaign at 5-3.

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Warhawks qualify two for state meet

Published by editor on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 12:50pm

MANLY – Both Kacie Eisentrager and Cail Weaver were wistful while celebrating their second state cross country meet berth on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Eisentrager really hoped that at least one teammate, if not her whole team would join her this time.

Weaver wanted the rest of the team to return again.

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Bulldog freshman Maas qualifies for Class 3A state meet

Published by editor on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 12:47pm

WAVERLY – Lydia Maas admits she didn’t want to let anybody down.

She certainly did enough to make Bulldog faithful proud by qualifying for her first state meet as a freshman by finishing fifth out of 83 runners at the Class 3A state qualifier in Waverly on Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Maas ran 18 minutes, 46.77 seconds to reserve her spot at Fort Dodge’s Kennedy Park on Friday, Oct. 30.

“I’m really excited,” Maas said. “Going into this meet, the goal was top-five which I did end up doing. So, that was really good.

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Cougar aces flush Royals

Published by editor on Thu, 10/29/2020 - 12:44pm

ACKLEY – The AGWSR volleyball team served up a swift start to the postseason with a sweep of Colo-NESCO at AGWSR High School on Monday, Oct. 19.

The Cougars won 25-13, 25-14, 25-8. AGWSR (9-16) advanced in Class 1A Region 3 and hosts Paton-Churdan (10-9) in Ackley today, Oct. 21.

The winner of that game plays again on Monday, Oct. 26 in a regional semifinal, likely against top-seeded Janesville.

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Warhawks rally by North Union

Published by editor on Tue, 10/20/2020 - 9:45am

SHEFFIELD – West Fork trailed 14-0 early against North Union, only to tie the score at halftime and go ahead for good in the third quarter to take a 42-28 Class A playoff win over the Warriors on Friday, Oct. 16.

It was the Warhawks’ first-ever playoff football win.

At 1-7, North Union was still dangerous and had the Warhawks on their heels early.

However, Kayden Ames came through with five touchdown passes in the victory, three to Kellen Cameron and one a big 52-yarder to Trevor Guritz as well as a 14-yard pass to Joe Ingham.