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On 92-3 vote, House approves bill aimed at raising students’ reading score

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April 3rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Some elements of Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to improve Iowa students’ reading scores have won approval in the Iowa House. Under the bill, schools must notify parents if their child isn’t reading at grade level in kindergarten through sixth grade — and teachers would have to chart a plan for each of those students falling behind in reading. Representative Thomas Moore, a Republican from Griswold, says most teachers are doing that already.

“I don’t want to say, ‘all teachers,’ because obviously we wouldn’t be in the middle of the pack nationally, reading wise, if all of our teachers were doing some of these things,” Moore says. The bill also says college students in teacher prep programs would have to take an exam to test their knowledge of research-based reading instruction, but a passing grade wouldn’t be required for graduation. The governor recommended that current teachers take the test, too, but that’s not in the House bill.

“I also want to thank the governor’s office for their willingness to accept my toning down what their original bill was and to come up with what I feel was a good compromise,” Moore says. The bill passed on a 92-to-three vote. Representative Sharon Steckman, a Democrat from Mason City, supported it, but she says the bill could have gone farther in addressing the needs of students with dyslexia.

“Dyslexia is estimated to affect 20% of our kids in school and the intervention to help those kids with dyslexia is very specific,” Steckman said. “…It’s very important that we get our universities that are teaching our teachers to understand the importance of knowing how to teach a child with dyslexia.”

The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says he’s working on legislation to improve the reading skills of Iowa students and it’s not yet clear what a final bill that gets approval from the Senate, House and the governor may look like.

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Riverside Bulldogs Boys Soccer Preview

Sports

April 3rd, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

The Riverside Bulldog boys soccer team has been preparing for their first match of the season. The Bulldogs are being coached this year by Rick Ryun.

Coach Ryun mentioned what his squad has been working on in practice.

Coach Ryun commented on who is going to be his standout athletes for the year.

Coach Ryun talked about what his goals are for the squad this season.

The Bulldogs first match of the season will be Friday April 5th, as they will be at Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex to take on Council Bluffs Jefferson in a non-conference matchup. That matchup will get underway at 5:00 p.m.

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Riverside Bulldog Girls soccer preview

Sports

April 3rd, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

Since the 2020-2021 season, the Riverside Bulldog girls didn’t have a soccer program due low number of participants. So now in the 2023-2024 season they have started up the Bulldog girls soccer program again under first year head coach Kayla Harris. The Bulldogs have 23 participants out this season.

Before the season, the Bulldogs were looking for a coach for the year. Coach Harris commented on how she was encouraged to be the Bulldogs soccer coach this season.

Even though the Bulldogs already have played in one match this season in a 10-0 loss to Council Bluffs Jefferson this past Monday. Coach Harris had this say after the conclusion of the game.

Coach Harris said her squad worked pretty hard in practice and even put in extra work after practice for the last month to prepare them for the season.

Coach Harris talked about what the team goals for the team this season.

The Bulldogs next match will be Tuesday April 9th as they will be taking on Denison-Schleswig in a non-conference matchup. That match will start at 5:00 p.m.

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High School Boy’s Tennis Scores (Tuesday)

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Shenandoah 9 Clarinda 0 

Shenandoah singles winners — Andrew Lawrence, Lucas Sun, Seth Zwickel, Teagan Brunk, Luke Daoust, Ryan Lawrence

Shenandoah doubles winners — A. Lawrence/Brunk, Sun/Zwickel, Daoust/R. Lawrence

Red Oak 6 Creston 3 

Red Oak singles winners — Max DeVries, Joshua LeRette, Emmanuel Grass

Red Oak doubles winners — DeVries/LeRette, Grass/Landon Gigstad, Ethan Strunk/Griffin Eubank

Creston singles winners: Damion Meyer, Carson Cooper, Ben Hill

Kuemper Catholic 8 Lewis Central 1 

Kuemper Catholic singles winners — Josh Langel, Hans Kraus, Max Reincke, Jake Hausman, Braxton Lucas

Kuemper Catholic doubles winners — Langel/Kraus, Mason Reicks/Landon Pottebaum, Colby Pudenz/Hausman

Lewis Central singles winners — Christian Jensen

Abraham Lincoln 5 St. Albert 4

Abraham Lincoln singles winners — Chris Wailes, Andy Brace, Cooper Schaa, Hunter Albertus

Abraham Lincoln doubles winners — Schaa/Albertus

St. Albert singles winners — Cole Pekny, McCoy Daley

St. Albert doubles winners — Noah Narmi/Pekny, McCoy Daley/Mack Daley

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High School Girl’s Golf Results (Tuesday)

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Missouri Valley 247 Tri-Center 252 

Medalist: Henley Arbaugh, Missouri Valley (49)

Treynor 215 Underwood 243 

Medalist: Kailynn Brecher, Underwood (50)

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High School Girl’s Tennis Scores (Tuesday)

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Clarinda 8 Shenandoah 1 

Clarinda singles winners — Riley Nothwehr, Emma Stogdill, Hanna Higgins, Ellie Cole, Alivia Higgins

Clarinda doubles winners — Taylin Walter/Cole, Nothwehr/Stogdill, H. Higgins/Ellison Lovett

Shenandoah singles winner — Gabi Jacobs

Sioux City East 9 Glenwood 0 

Sioux City East singles winners — Gracie Bruening, Taryn Dobbs, Faith Kranz, Payton East, Mia Corella, Mattie Wineland

Sioux City East doubles winners — Bruening/Dobbs, Kranz/East, Colella/Wineland

Kuemper Catholic 6 Lewis Central 3

Kuemper Catholic singles winners — Kaylie Simons, Sophie Tidgren, Charlotte Schwabe, Julia Craig

Kuemper Catholic doubles winners — Brooke Rohe/Tidgren, Simons/Schwabe

Lewis Central singles winners — Mallory Kjeldgaard, Reese Meaike

Lewis Central doubles winner — McKenzie McMorris/Riah Koenck

St. Albert 9 Abraham Lincoln 0 

St. Albert singles winners — Georgie Bohnet, Mari Valdivia, Lily Barnes, Ella Narmi, Ellie O’Donovan, Grace Manz

St. Albert doubles winners — Bohnet/Valdivia, Barnes/Narmi, O’Donovan/Manz

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High School Soccer Scores (Tuesday)

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Girls Scores

Missouri Valley 7, Atlantic 0
St. Albert 4, Harlan Community 0
Des Moines Christian 9, Winterset 0

Boys Scores

Atlantic 5, Missouri Valley 4
Carlisle 4, Winterset 2
Lewis Central 10, Kuemper Catholic 0

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Sergeant Bluff-Luton Girl’s Invitational Results

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

1. Glenwood (108 points) — Winners: Danika Arnold, 100 meters (12.85) & 400 meters (1:04.30)|Jaylynn Floyd, high jump (5-00.00)|4×800 meter relay: Breckyn Petersen, Grace Berglund, Maya Schau, Lauren Hughes (10:52.73)

2. LeMars (58 points) — Winners: Sprint medley relay: Aubree Leusink, Stella Hector, Madi Huls, Sienna Kass (1:58.11)|Shuttle hurdle relay: Liberty Larson, Leusink, Aduk Dut, Claire Susemihl (1:13.03)|4×200 meter relay: Leusink, Hector, Huls, Kass (1:55.01)

3. Bishop Heelan Catholic (53 points) — Winners: Addison Bertrand, 3000 meter run (11:33.67)|Shannon Cleary, long jump (16-05.00)|Distance medley relay: Cleary, Maddy Schermerhorn, Maddie Demke, Scarlett Walsh (4:45.27)

5. Abraham Lincoln (45.5 points) — Winners: Lexie Pearce, high jump (4-02.00)

6. Sergeant Bluff-Luton (29.5 points)

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Tuesday High School Boy’s Golf Scores

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Shenandoah 165 Clarinda 170

Medalist: Ethan Laughlin, Shenandoah (39)

Missouri Valley 166 Tri-Center 208

Medalist: Jackson Tennis, Missouri Valley (39)

Treynor 173 Underwood 190

Medalist: Ethan Konz, Treynor (40)

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Results from Riverside Girl’s Invitational

Sports

April 2nd, 2024 by Asa Lucas

Team Scores
1) Riverside: 170
2) Tri-Center: 150
3) IKM-Manning: 120
4) Logan-Magnolia: 96
5) AHSTW: 68
6) Missouri Valley: 45
7) Sidney: 37
8) East Mills: 16
9) West Harrison: 4Girls 100 Meter Dash
1 Rasmussen, Caylie 09 (Ikm-Manning) 13.39
2 Haning, Addy 11 (Sidney) 13.84
3 Gordon, Emma 12 (Riverside, Oak) 13.85
4 Elsener, Lucy 10 (Tri-Center) 13.98
5 Larson, Sadie 09 (W Harrison) 14.04
6 Meade, Dilynn 09 (MO Valley) 14.22
7 Reed, Ella 09 (Riverside, Oak) 14.25
8 McKinney, Hannah 11 (Ikm-Manning) 14.36

Girls 200 Meter Dash
1 Henderson, Elly 11 (Riverside, Oak) 28.54
2 Payne, Jozie 09 (Tri-Center) 28.96
3 Goshorn, Delaney 12 (Ahstw) 29.19
4 Thornburg, Jenna 12 (East Mills) 29.32
5 Rasmussen, Caylie 09 (Ikm-Manning) 29.58
6 Lund, Olivia 10 (Riverside, Oak) 29.88
7 Fogelman, Kylee 11 (Logan-Magnolia) 29.96
8 Haning, Addy 11 (Sidney) 30.10

Girls 400 Meter Dash
1 Casey, Tess 09 (Tri-Center) 1:03.45
2 Henderson, Carly 12 (Riverside, Oak) 1:05.64
3 Henderson, Elly 11 (Riverside, Oak) 1:07.36
4 Gawley, Laynie 11 (Ikm-Manning) 1:09.71
5 Rasmussen, Caylie 09 (Ikm-Manning) 1:10.33
6 McCool, Soleil 10 (Tri-Center) 1:11.62
7 Myers, Rayna 09 (Ahstw) 1:17.77
8 Hayes, Ashlyn 09 (Sidney) 1:18.48

Girls 800 Meter Run
1 VanArsdol, Isah 11 (Tri-Center) 2:32.86
2 Rone, Bentley 10 (Riverside, Oak) 2:38.54
3 Hall, Haedyn 11 (Logan-Magnolia) 2:42.11
4 Bandow, Addisyn 09 (Ikm-Manning) 2:43.64
5 Paulsen, Ava 10 (Ahstw) 2:45.48
6 Lamp, Bella 09 (Ahstw) 2:46.27
7 Schechinger, Veronica 11 (Riverside, Oak) 2:54.69
8 Barrett, Alexis 09 (Sidney) 2:58.40

Girls 1500 Meter Run
1 Johnsen, Allysen 10 (Logan-Magnolia) 5:34.83
2 Bandow, Addisyn 09 (Ikm-Manning) 5:49.35
3 Garrison, Raegan 11 (Ikm-Manning) 5:52.84
4 Richardson, Bailey 10 (Riverside, Oak) 6:06.90
5 Cody, Becca 12 (Riverside, Oak) 6:11.78
6 Boruff, Bella 12 (MO Valley) 6:14.52
7 Hoden, Danica 10 (Tri-Center) 6:22.57
8 Arnold, Kacee 09 (Tri-Center) 7:07.32

Girls 3000 Meter Run
1 Sporrer, Madison 11 (Logan-Magnolia) 12:27.48
2 Garrison, Raegan 11 (Ikm-Manning) 12:37.81
3 Cody, Becca 12 (Riverside, Oak) 13:33.45
4 Reginato, Emma 12 (Ikm-Manning) 14:03.66
5 Feigenbutz, Danika 10 (Riverside, Oak) 14:43.25

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
1 Payne, Zohie 09 (Tri-Center) 17.35
2 Meador, Layla 10 (Tri-Center) 17.69
3 Neiheisel, Abbagail 12 (Ikm-Manning) 17.91
4 Partlow, Graycen 12 (Ahstw) 18.19
5 Monico, Addyson 12 (Logan-Magnolia) 18.34
6 Reed, Lilli 09 (Riverside, Oak) 18.44
7 Ferris, Hailey 12 (MO Valley) 18.65
8 Richardson, Ayla 11 (Riverside, Oak) 19.00

Girls 400 Meter Hurdles
1 Schneckloth, Quincey 11 (Tri-Center) 1:13.46
2 Paulsen, Makenna 10 (Ahstw) 1:15.78
3 Partlow, Graycen 12 (Ahstw) 1:19.01
4 Beckendorf, Taylor 11 (Ikm-Manning) 1:23.05
5 Reed, Lilli 09 (Riverside, Oak) 1:24.29
6 Stangl, Anna 10 (Ikm-Manning) 1:27.50
7 Kiger, Maria 09 (Logan-Magnolia) 1:29.53
8 Haines, Meg 09 (Riverside, Oak) 1:32.46

Girls 4×100 Meter Relay
1 Riverside, Oak  53.54
2 Tri-Center 55.20
3 Ahstw 55.64
4 Ikm-Manning 56.92

Girls 4×200 Meter Relay
1 Riverside, Oak 2:00.89
2 MO Valley 2:05.22 80
3 Logan-Magnolia 2:06.05
4 Tri-Center 2:07.54

Girls 4×400 Meter Relay
1 Tri-Center 4:23.08
2 Riverside, Oak 4:31.30
3 Ikm-Manning 4:46.57
4 Ahstw 4:46.80

Girls 4×800 Meter Relay
1 Tri-Center 10:54.42
2 Ahstw 11:08.65
3 Riverside, Oak 11:37.50
4 Ikm-Manning 12:16.06

Girls 800 Sprint Medley
1 Riverside, Oak 2:01.46
2 Tri-Center 2:04.00
3 Logan-Magnolia 2:06.84
4 Ahstw 2:10.03

Girls Distance Medley
1 Logan-Magnolia 4:50.40
2 Tri-Center 5:08.39
3 Riverside, Oak 5:10.43
4 Ahstw 5:15.23

Girls 4×100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle
1 Tri-Center 1:11.58
2 Logan-Magnolia 1:14.76
3 MO Valley 1:17.02
4 Ikm-Manning 1:17.53

Girls High Jump
1 Lund, Olivia 10 (Riverside, Oak) 08.00 1.42m
2 Beckendorf, Taylor 11 (Ikm-Manning) 06.00 1.37m
2 Kiger, Maria 09 (Logan-Magnolia) 06.00 1.37m
4 Payne, Zohie 09 (Tri-Center) 06.00 1.37m
5 Reed, Lilli 09 (Riverside, Oak) 06.00 1.37m
6 Brown, Cloe 11 (East Mills) 04.00 1.32m
6 Bandow, Addisyn 09 (Ikm-Manning) 04.00 1.32m
6 Tackett, Jocelyn 09 (Sidney) 04.00 1.32m

Girls Long Jump
1 Payne, Jozie 09 (Tri-Center) 15-01.00 4.59m
2 Casey, Tess 09 (Tri-Center) 15-00.50 4.58m
3 Schnack, Kayden 09 (Riverside, Oak) 14-10.00 4.52m
4 Czarnecki, Abby 12 (Logan-Magnolia) 14-03.00 4.34m
5 McGinn, Alikxa 11 (Ikm-Manning) 14-00.25 4.27m
6 Cunningham, Cassidy 12 (Tri-Center) 13-09.00 4.19m
7 Madsen, Rory 12 (Logan-Magnolia)  13-08.50 4.17m
8 Stangl, Anna 10 (Ikm-Manning) 13-06.50 4.12m

Girls Shot Put
1 Peters, Lilly 12 (Sidney) 33-07.50 10.24m
2 Fenner, Sophia 09 (Riverside, Oak) 33-03.00 10.13m
3 Zappia, Maya 12 (MO Valley) 32-00.25 9.75m
4 Bowman, Nancy 11 (Logan-Magnolia) 31-10.50 9.71m
5 Bertelsen, Marki 12 (Logan-Magnolia) 30-01.00 9.16m
6 Perkins, Kaycie 09 (Riverside, Oak) 30-00.50 9.15m
7 Olson, Nicole 12 (MO Valley) 29-10.00 9.09m
8 Carroll, Addison 09 (Ahstw) 29-06.00 8.99m

Girls Discus Throw
1 Zappia, Maya 12 (MO Valley) 108-11 33.19m
2 Peters, Lilly 12 (Sidney) 107-05 32.74m
3 Kelley, Madison 10 (Riverside, Oak) 96-06.50 29.42m
4 Somers, Sydney 09 (Riverside, Oak) 87-02 26.56m
5 Bowman, Nancy 11 (Logan-Magnolia) 83-06 25.45m
6 Carroll, Addison 09 (Ahstw) 70-04.50 21.45m
7 Christensen, Sarah 11 (Ikm-Manning) 69-09.50 21.27m
8 Wingert, Ella 09 (Tri-Center 68-08 20.92m

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