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Wed
16
Oct

Devil VB finishes regular season

WC’s Isabell Eitel had to use all of her speed to get to this ball to save it from scoring a point for NFV Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Maynard. Eitlel made 11 digs and had two assists against the TigerHawks; Thursday in Calmar she led the team with 11 assists. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Devil VB finishes regular season

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

West Central volleyball finished the regular season last week by splitting a pair of conference games.

The team is off this week as it prepares for postseason play next Tuesday, Oct. 22, in Winthrop as it faces East Buchanan (4-19) in a 7 p.m. contest with the winner moving on to face Wapsie Valley (18-13) in Fairbank on Monday, Oct. 28, also at 7 p.m.

The final week of the regular season started in Maynard on Tuesday, Oct. 8, against NFV.

Fans at the game saw a very competitive match with many long volleys.

Wed
16
Oct

SW netters bested in pair of UIC matches

South Winn freshman Allison Heying sets the ball during recent Warrior volleyball action. The team will close out the regular season this week as it takes on Postville on Thursday. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

SW netters bested in pair of UIC matchups

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

The Warrior volleyball squad took to the court twice last week, dropping both matches against Upper Iowa Conference foes to fall to 2-23 on the season and 0-6 in conference play.

MFL/MarMac

South Winn began the week Tuesday, Oct. 8, against UIC front-runner MFL/MarMac (currently 14-11, 7-1 in UIC). The Bulldogs were able to defeat the Warriors in three consecutive sets (25-17, 25-17, and 25-18).

“Our girls played a great match, but we just couldn’t get past one rotation in each set,” said coach Glenna Munuswamy. “Our blocking and defense did a great job of slowing down a very powerful Bulldog offense.”

South Winn had six blocks, led by Sydney Becker and Kaitlyn Theis with two apiece.

Junior Madison Kriener led the team with seven

kills, while classmate Sara Biraschi had team-high five aces.

Wed
16
Oct

Warrior fall to #2 St. Ansgar

Junior receiver Cael Kuboushek stiff arms a Saint defender during Friday night’s 49-14 loss to St. Ansgar. Kuboushek, who entered the week as the second-leading receiver in all of Class A (behind only teammate Noah Tieskoetter) had four receptions for 35 yards and a touchdown. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Warriors fall to #2 St. Ansgar

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

Friday nights contest between the Class A, No. 9-ranked Warriors and the No. 2-ranked Saint Ansgar Saints featured two of the top offenses in the entire state. While the two district foes are used to putting up big numbers, their means of doing so couldn’t be more polar opposite as the Saints entered the game as the top rushing team in the state among all classes, while the Warriors brought the second-leading passing attack in the state among all classes.

Unfortunately for South Winn, only one of the offenses prevailed in the battle for the District lead and likely title. 

“This was a tough loss for our kids,” said head coach Jason Ohrt. “I felt like we had a great week of practice, but Saint Ansgar is just a tough team to prepare for. They have a special group this season.”

Saint Ansgar rushed for 479 rushing yards and seven touchdowns in the 49-14 win, while the Warriors were only able to accumulate 246 yards of offense (89 passing yards).

Wed
16
Oct

Warrior runners perform well at SW Invite

South Winn’s Chance Adam helped the Warrior boys to a second place finish at last week’s South Winn Invitational in Calmar as he finished 14th in a time of 18:13.02. (submitted photo)

 

Warrior runners perform well at SW Invite

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

The Warrior cross country program played host to the 2019 South Winn Invitational last week (Tuesday, Oct. 8) at the South Winneshiek Golf Course near Calmar and neither the boys or girls disappointed.

In a field filled with many top teams in the area, the Class 1A No. 6-ranked boys’ team placed second with 70 points behind only Class 3A No. 7-ranked Decorah (23). Crestwood (Class 2A, No. 13) finished third with 73 points.

Wed
16
Oct

Younger runners step up for XC

Freshman Lexi Steffens has been a mainstay of the NFV girl’s cross country team. Shown in recent action, Steffens last outing Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Manchester saw her complete the course in 22:48, second on the team and 36th overall. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Younger runners step up for XC

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

“After losing last week’s race at Jesup, the kids were really ready to go Tuesday (Oct. 1), at West Delaware,” stated NFV head cross country coach Neal Bentley.

With some of the varsity runners out with illnesses and nagging injures, younger runners had to step up and compete at the Hawk Cross Country Meet in Manchester.

Both the boys and girls had a pair of varsity runners sitting out this race. 

“Those kids really stepped up,” noted Bentley. “Several either set or came within a second of matching season-best times.”

Wed
16
Oct

TigerHawk volleyball in title hunt

NFV’s Alyssa Bohr is right there to block West Central’s Abby Squires shot attempt Tuesday, Oct. 8 in Maynard. Bohr had two solo blocks like this one and assisted on four other blocks while spiking home 11 kills; she also had 11 digs. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

TigerHawk volleyball in title hunt

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

NFV stayed in contention for the UIC championship Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Maynard by edging West Central in a five-set thriller.

It was an important match for both teams since the TigerHawks have just one conference loss and the Devils’ came in with just two.

Wed
16
Oct

NFV beats former coach, 42-22

The Oelwein QB has nowhere to run and nowhere to hide as Zander Britt (73) and Isaiah Corbin (78) apply intense pressure. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

NFV beats former coach, 42-22

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

Friday’s game in Oelwein was everything people expected, a hard-fought game by two ground-and-pound teams coached by the master, Oelwein’s Bob Lape, and his student, NFV’s Justin Heins. In the end, it was the student with the better team as NFV rallied to win, 42-22.

  The game was played in miserable weather with temperatures in the 30’s, wind chill in the 20’s and a 30 mph wind coming across the field into the faces of the TigerHawk bench and fans.

  “We knew it’d be tough early because the Huskies were going to try and take something away from us,” Heins stated. “We knew they could only take so much away, so had to keep working until we found out what we could do.”

  The TigerHawks found out, but it took awhile as they didn’t earn their initial first down for over seven minutes.

  Meanwhile, Oelwein jumped to a 6-0 lead on its third possession as it drove the field using its hard-driving fullback behind a big line.

Wed
09
Oct

Devil VB survives leaky roof for 5-set win

This shot had no chance of scoring as WC’s Marlee Squires (3) gets the block in recent action. Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Elkader the junior made four blocks to go with 30 assists, 14 digs eight kills and two aces during a 12-15 night serving. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Devil VB survives leaky roof for 5-set win

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

In its only game of the week, West Central volleyball pulled off a major coup Tuesday, Oct. 1, in Elkader, knocking off defending champion Central in a five-set thriller, 22-25, 25-14, 25-18, 21-25, and 15-11.

“It was a wild night,” admitted WC head coach Abby DeGroot.

Not long into the first set, the heavy rains in Elkader caused the gym to start to leaking!

Wed
09
Oct

Devils fall to Eagles 48-6

Anthony Martin (18) takes the handoff and runs behind Brandon Cushion (35) for a nice gain in recent action. Martin was the leading rusher for West Central in Friday’s Homecoming game against Midland with 28 yards; Cushion ran for 26. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Devils fall to Eagles, 48-6

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

West Central had the new lighting system ready to go for Homecoming Friday night but couldn’t get its offense untracked as it fell to Midland, 48-6.

  “Midland had some very quick linebackers and we had difficulty maintaining blocks,” explained head coach Steve Milder. “We struggled more on offense than we have all year.”

The Eagles came out hot, scoring two touchdowns in the opening quarter and three more in the second to take a commanding, 36-0 lead into the break.

Wed
09
Oct

Volleyball loses 1st in UIC

Emma Ney earned this save by going quickly to her left to make this acrobatic move keeping the ball in play against MFL/MM, Tues. Oct. 1, in West Union. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Volleyball loses 1st in UIC

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

After having over a week off, NFV lost its first UIC game of the season Tuesday, Oct. 1, in West Union when the TigerHawks fell to MFL/MM in three sets.

The first set saw NFV jump to an early lead with the Bulldogs scrambling to catch up. It took to point 18 before the Bulldogs did, and the two teams traded one-and two-point leads with the visitors pulling out a 25-21 victory.

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