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Glenwood Activities Complex renovation

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September 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Plans for renovating the Glenwood School District’s activities complex were heard at a special meeting Wednesday night. School officials, along with members of the Glenwood Activities Booster Club, held a public meeting to discuss results of a feasibility study by Lucas Partners on the proposed renovations, including a new track and press box, plus improved entrances, exits and parking. Glenwood School Superintendent Devin Embray says the improvements are much needed.

“The facility has served us very well over the years,” said Embray. “It’s just getting to the point where it’s very outdated, and needing upgrades, and to the point where some major things need to be done. The booster club, in looking at that, felt that if we have to do a lot of renovations and a lot of upgrades in a lot of different areas of the complex, maybe we should do it in one big project. So, that’s what they took on, and did.”

While saying most attendees expressed support for the project, Embray says money is the big question. “This feasibility study came back,” he said, “basically saying that people were in agreement that something had to be done with the sports complex, they differed in terms of how grandeur that would look, and how much money it would take to do that.

“The feedback basically said, ‘we’re for it, we just don’t have the money at this time to do it all at one time. Is there a possibility of scaling it back a little bit, and also phasing it out over time so that we can accomplish the end goal of getting it updated, so it doesn’t strain us at one point?'” Embray added. Coming off construction of Glenwood High’s new auxiliary gym, and the city’s new outdoor aquatic center, the superintendent says residents may be leery of another facilities project.

“Those two projects are revenue bond projects,” said Embray. “It wasn’t a capital campaign project, but it does affect people in terms of donations–kind of a donor fatigue that’s going on. We’re doing great things in Glenwood around our area. This was just one more thing that needed to happen. How it happens, when it happens, and how much of it happens–we’re just going back to the drawing board, and putting those things back together.”

Though Embray believes support for the upgrades is there, he adds it may not be at the level the district’s visionary committee originally expected. He says the district’s booster club will spearhead a capital campaign for the renovations, estimated at $5.2 million “in one fell swoop.” “The funding source for that is basically a capital campaign of donations,” he said, “and possible grants that we can get to do the project. The part that the district is looking at are the things that the district would normally be looking at in terms of facility plans and maintenance plans. So our dollars, our school dollars, would probably go into the track complex, itself.”

Embray says visionary committee members are expected to set a timetable for the project, and present it to the Glenwood School Board in three weeks.

(Story courtesy Mike Peterson/KMA Shenandoah)

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 9/8/2016

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September 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Kang’s HR ends Pirates’ 8-game skid; Bucs beat Cards 4-3

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September 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jung Ho Kang led off the eighth inning with a home run, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.

Kang hit a drive deep into the bullpens in left-center off rookie Alex Reyes (1-1) for his 17th homer and third in two games. It helped snap the Pirates’ longest skid since dropping 10 straight in 2011. The Cardinals are percentage points ahead of the New York Mets for the second NL wild card, and the Pirates drew within 4 ½ games of St. Louis.

Trevor Williams (1-0) allowed one unearned run in three innings for the win in his major league debut. Tony Watson worked a perfect ninth inning for his 11th save.

Treynor XC Invite 09/06/2016

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September 7th, 2016 by admin

Treynor Cross Country Invitational
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

GIRLS

Team Results

1
Underwood
70.00
2
AHSTW
103.00
3
Tri-Center
158.00
4
Logan-Magnolia
182.00
5
Boyer Valley
187.00
6
EHK/Exira
232.00
7
St. Albert
257.00
8
Riverside
261.00
9
West Harrison
264.00
10
Treynor
275.00
11
Southwest Iowa
357.00

Individual Results

1
Karley Larson
Underwood
20:08.34
2
Janette Schraft
East Mills
21:10.73
3
Payton Sporrer
IKM-Manning
21:41.30
4
Taylor Sporrer
Logan-Magnolia
21:52.09
5
Emily Copic
EHK/Exira
21:54.66
6
Mary Grace Martin
Underwood
21:55.43
7
Katlyn Holaday
CAM
22:24.39
8
Kiley Cook
Underwood
22:46.12
9
Jaycie Schueman
AHSTW
22:54.55
10
McKenzie Mantell
AHSTW
23:17.76

Full results here.

BOYS

Team Results

1
Tri-Center
95.00
2
Boyer Valley
125.00
3
Underwood
226.00
4
Riverside
244.00
5
AHSTW
265.00
6
IKM-Manning
272.00
7
St. Albert
282.00
8
Southwest Iowa
286.00
9
Treynor
304.00
10
Logan-Magnolia
344.00
11
Whiting
407.00

Individual Results

1
Jerry Jorgenson
Treynor
17:39.32
2
Connor Garrett
Boyer Valley
18:03.99
3
Joe Weber
Boyer Valley
18:05.81
4
Zach Ambrose
Boyer Valley
18:28.68
5
Lane Ausdemore
Tri-Center
18:52.75
6
Justin Ambrose
Boyer Valley
18:54.83
7
Dalton Fischer
Ahstw
18:57.19
8
Stephen McGee
Southwest Iowa
19:08.44
9
Caleb Chmelka
Tri-Center
19:09.88
10
Braxton Larsen
Tri-Center
19:15.39

Full results here.

Clarinda Cross Country Invitational 09/06/2016

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September 7th, 2016 by admin

Clarinda Cross Country Invitational
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Full results 20160906ClarindaXCMeet.

GIRLS

Team Standings

  1. Shenandoah-Essex 56
  2. Atlantic 76
  3. Gretna 105
  4. Griswold 153
  5. Maryville 155
  6. Clarinda 160
  7. Nebraska City 198
  8. Bedford 212
  9. Red Oak 224
  10. Southwest Valley 255
  11. Rockport 287

Individual Standings

  1. Mazie Larsen, Gretna 19.02.1
  2. Lily Abdulla, Winnetonka 20:25.2
  3. Lydia Mitchell, Maryville 20:55.3
  4. Claire Campbell, Shenandoah-Essex 21:23.4
  5. Ashley Wendt, Atlantic 21.30.5
  6. Laura Feuerbacher, Maryville 21:36.6
  7. Carlie Manrose, Shenandoah-Essex 21:47.7
  8. Nicole Martendale, Gretna 21:50.8
  9. Devan Gray, Shenandoah-Essex 22:22.9
  10. Cayla Adamson, Winnetonka 22:37.10

BOYS

Team Standings

  1. Gretna 61
  2. Atlantic 74
  3. Shenandoah-Essex 92
  4. Red Oak 104
  5. Maryville 110
  6. Clarinda 216
  7. Griswold 219
  8. Nebraska City 238
  9. Bedford 245
  10. Southwest Valley 258
  11. Rockport 392

Individual Standings

  1. Jordan Lorenz, Gretna 16:54.1
  2. Nate Harmon, Gretna 17:22.2
  3. Phoenix Shadden, Atlantic 17:49.3
  4. David Thompson, Griswold 18:07.4
  5. Josh Alvarez, Maryville 18:15.5
  6. Bradley Dennis, Atlantic 18:18.6
  7. Alec Selberg, Red Oak 18:19.7
  8. James Kearney, Nebraska City 18:34.8
  9. Bridger Nebel, Shenandoah-Essex 18:37.9
  10. Trent Finnegan, Shenandoah-Essex 18:37.10

Full Atlantic results Clarinda Results 2016.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 9/7/2016

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September 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast w/Jim Field.

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Iowa Association of Track Coaches Week 2 Cross Country Rankings

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September 7th, 2016 by admin

Released September 6, 2016

Boys 4A

Rank School
1 Pleasant Valley
2 Dowling WDM
3 Valley WDM
4 Prairie CR
5 Waukee
6 Iowa City West
7 Johnston
8 Indianola
9 Iowa City-City High
10 Cedar Falls
11 Urbandale
12 Muscatine
13 Linn-Mar
14 Ankeny
15 Dubuque Hempstead

Teams to Watch
Ankeny Centennial
Cedar Rapids, Washington
Dubuque Senior
Epworth, Western Dubuque
Sioux City, North

Girls 4A

Rank School
1 Johnston
2 Iowa City West
3 Iowa City City High
4 Ankeny Centennial
5 Cedar Falls
6 Waukee
7 Dowling WDM
8 Dubuque Senior
9 Pleasant Valley
10 Linn-Mar
11 Dubuque Hempstead
12 Bettendorf
13 Muscatine
14 Roosevelt DM
15 Ankeny

Teams to Watch
Ames
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy
North Scott Eldridge
Urbandale
Valley WDM

Boys 3A

Rank School
1 Mount Vernon-Lisbon
2 Dallas Center-Grimes
3 Grinnell
4 Gilbert
5 Marion
6 Mount Pleasant
7 Decorah
8 Pella
9 Cedar Rapids Xavier
10 Dubuque Wahlert
11 Spirit Lake
12 Carlisle
13 Waverly Shell Rock
14 Humboldt
15 Atlantic

Teams to Watch
Bondurant-Farrar
Glenwood
Oskaloosa
Sioux City Heelan
Webster City

Girls 3A

Rank School
1 Gilbert
2 Decorah
3 DCG
4 Pella
5 Assumption
6 Wahlert
7 Bishop-Heelan
8 Ft. Madison
9 Marion
10 Humboldt
11 Charles City
12 Denison-Schleswig
13 Spencer
14 North Polk
15 Mt.Vernon-Lisbon

Teams to Watch
Ballard
Center Point-Urbana
Spirit Lake
Winterset
Xavier, Cedar Rapids

Boys 2A

Rank School
1 Garner Hayfield Ventura
2 Unity Christian
3 Mid Prairie Wellman
4 South Hamilton
5 Western Christian
6 Aplington Parkersburg
7 Clear Lake
8 George Little Rock
9 East Marshall LeGrand
10 Anamosa
11 South Winnesheik
12 Tipton
13 Monticello
14 Dike New Hartford
15 Davis County

Teams to Watch
CMB
Ogden
Sioux Center
Waukon

Girls 2A

Rank School
1 Monticello
2 South Winneshiek
3 Pocahontas
4 Mid Prairie
5 Okoboji
6 Cascade
7 Emmetsburg
8 Unity Christian
9 CMB
10 Osage
11 Shenandoah
12 Western Christian
13 Clear Lake
14 Aplington Parkersburg
15 Iowa City Regina

Teams to Watch
Dike-New Hartford
KP-WC
Mediapolis
North Cedar
Underwood

Boys 1A

Rank School
1 Nodaway Valley
2 Pekin
3 Denver
4 Panorama
5 Eagle Grove
6 Boyer Valley
7 West Central Valley
8 Trinity Christian
9 Tri Center
10 Starmont
11 West Fork
12 Calamus Wheatland
13 Marquette
14 Newman Mason City
15 Colo Nesco

Teams to Watch
Bellevue
BCLUW
Central Elkader
Dunkerton
Wapello

Girls 1A

Rank School
1 Central Elkader
2 Pekin
3 North Linn
4 Saint Edmond
5 Hudson
6 Newman
7 Panorama
8 Denver
9 West Fork
10 Jesup
11 Alta Aurelia
12 Treynor
13 Colo Nesco
14 Edgewood Colesburg
15 ACGC

Teams to Watch
Durant
Maple Valley Athton Oto
Marquette
Saint Ansgar
Starmont

Area Volleyball Scores from Tue., 9/6/16

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September 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(3-0) A-D-M, Adel 25-25-25, Perry 10-16-22
(3-0) Boone 25-25-25, Carroll 17-12-16
(3-1) Coon Rapids-Bayard 25-25-24-25, CAM, Anita 15-22-26-23
(3-1) East Mills 21-25-25-25, Fremont-Mills 25-19-18-21
(3-1) East Union 25-25-22-25, Lenox 15-20-25-22
(3-0) Essex 25-25-25, Clarinda Academy 6-5-7
(3-0) Harlan 25-25-25, Shenandoah 13-17-14
(3-0) Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 25-25-25, Denison-Schleswig 20-22-15
(3-1) Lewis Central 25-25-22-26, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 10-20-25-24
(3-0) Mount Ayr 25-25-27, Southwest Valley 19-18-25
(3-0) Nodaway Valley 25-25-25, Bedford 18-21-11
(3-0) OA-BCIG 25-25-25, Woodbury Central 17-22-13
(3-0) Red Oak 25-25-25, Glenwood 13-11-10
(3-0) Sidney 25-25-25, South Page 10-9-12
(2-0) Siouxland Community Christian 25-25, Charter Oak-Ute 8-9
(3-0) Stanton 25-25-25, Heartland Christian 6-7-17
(3-0) Westwood, Sloan 25-25-25, Siouxland Community Christian 15-24-19
(3-0) Woodward-Granger 25-25-25, Earlham 11-16-15

Cardinals hit 3 homers in 9th, top Pirates 9-7

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September 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Carpenter, Randal Grichuk and Jhonny Peralta all homered off closer Tony Watson with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally past the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-7 on Tuesday night. The Cardinals were down to their last strike when Carpenter sent a long drive to right-center to tie it 6-6. Grichuk followed two batters later with a two-run shot off Watson (2-4), and Peralta piled on with a solo homer as St. Louis held on to the second wild card in the NL.

Carpenter’s homer was the 15th by a St. Louis pinch-hitter this season, a major league record. Yadier Molina went 4 for 5, including a first-inning grand slam. Mike Mayers (1-1) tossed a scoreless eighth for the win, and Seung-Hwan Oh worked around a solo homer to Jung Ho Kang in the ninth for his 16th save.

AP High School Football rankings released after week 2

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September 6th, 2016 by admin

Poll released Septmeber 6, 2016

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2014 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Des Moines Dowling (11) 2-0 173 1
2. West Des Moines Valley (7) 2-0 169 2
3. Cedar Rapids Washington 2-0 137 3
4. Ankeny Centennial 2-0 115 4
5. Iowa City High 2-0 107 7
6. Iowa City West 2-0 73 9
7. Council Bluffs Lewis Central 2-0 72 8
8. Waukee 1-1 36 5
9. Bettendorf 1-1 31 NR
10. Cedar Falls 2-0 29 NR

Others receiving votes: Pleasant Valley 24. Johnston 7. Muscatine 5. Urbandale 4. Newton 3. Clinton 3. Epworth Western Dubuque 2.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Cedar Rapids Xavier (11) 2-0 168 1
2. Pella (5) 2-0 158 2
3. Washington (1) 2-0 136 3
4. Norwalk (1) 2-0 133 4
5. Manchester West Delaware 2-0 80 8
6. Spirit Lake 2-0 72 5
7. Carroll 2-0 55 NR
8. Webster City 2-0 52 T6
9. Glenwood 2-0 46 9
10. Creston-Orient-Macksburg 2-0 45 10

Others receiving votes: Huxley Ballard 14. Sioux City Heelan 12. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 8. Fairfield 5. West Burlington-Notre Dame 4. Gilbert 1. Harlan 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. West Union North Fayette (17) 2-0 179 2
2. New Hampton 2-0 146 5
3. Cascade 2-0 102 10
4. Boyden-Hull-RV (1) 1-1 93 1
5. Union, La Porte City 2-0 86 NR
6. Garner-Hayfield Ventura 2-0 65 NR
7. Waukon 1-1 53 6
8. Mount Vernon 0-2 51 3
9. Clarion-Goldfield 2-0 42 NR
10. Monticello 2-0 35 NR

Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 25. Dyersville Beckman 23. Central Lyon-GLR 20. Carroll Kuemper 11. Saydel 10. State Center West Marshall 10. Anamosa 8. Donnellson Central Lee 8. South Central Calhoun 7. Underwood 5. Sheldon 5. Dike-New Hartford 4. Monroe PCM 1. Wellman Mid-Prairie 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City Regina (14) 1-1 172 1
2. Pella Christian (1) 2-0 143 3
3. Inwood West Lyon (2) 2-0 128 8
4. Hinton 2-0 124 4
5. Denver (1) 2-0 115 5
6. Van Meter 2-0 85 7
7. Madrid 2-0 79 6
8. Hull Western Christian 1-1 43 9
9. Wilton 2-0 32 NR
10. West Branch 1-1 20 2

Others receiving votes: Calmar South Winneshiek 9. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 8. Logan-Magnolia 7. Mount Ayr 6. Sigourney-Keota 6. Riverside Highland 5. Bellevue 3. Okoboji, Milford 2. Truro Interstate 35 1. Pleasantville 1. Wapello 1.

Class A
Record Pts Prv
1. St. Ansgar (15) 2-0 173 1
2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3) 2-0 133 4
3. Algona Garrigan 2-0 128 3
4. Council Bluffs St. Albert 2-0 123 6
(tie) Lisbon 2-0 123 2
6. Hawarden West Sioux 2-0 105 7
7. Lynnville-Sully 2-0 72 8
8. Britt West Hancock 1-1 26 NR
9. Mason City Newman 2-0 25 NR
10. Belle Plaine 2-0 24 NR
(tie) Hudson 2-0 24 NR

Others receiving votes: Troy Mills North Linn 14. Akron-Westfield 10. Sloan Westwood 3. Montezuma 3. New Sharon North Mahaska 2. Fairbank Wapsie Valley 1. Grundy Center 1.

Class 8-Man
Record Pts Prv
1. Gilbertville-Don Bosco (17) 2-0 179 1
2. Fremont Mills, Tabor (1) 2-0 142 2
3. Audubon 2-0 104 3
4. Ackley AGWSR 2-0 92 5
4. Graettinger-Terril Ruthven-Ayrshire 2-0 92 T7
6. Coon Rapids-Bayard 2-0 88 T7
7. Lone Tree 3-0 65 9
8. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 2-0 58 6
9. Bedford 2-0 39 NR
10. Remsen Saint Mary’s 2-0 18 10
(tie) Wyoming Midland 2-1 18 NR

Others receiving votes: Harris-Lake Park 13. Central City 8. Glidden-Ralston 7. Westside Ar-We-Va 6. West Bend-Mallard 4. Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira 3. Riceville 2. Newell-Fonda 2. Elkader Central 2. Bussey Twin Cedars 2. Springville 1.