NFV senior Natasha Guenther spikes the ball in recent action. The senior had a pair of kills Thursday in Postville. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Spikers top Postville

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

The NFV volleyball team kept undefeated in the UIC with a 3-1 victory Thursday over Postville on the Pirates home court.

Saturday at the Lisbon Tournament, the TigerHawks went 1-3 against some top-flight competition.

Postville proved tough at home as the TigerHawks had to hustle to win, 25-14, 22-25, 25-17, and 25-23.

Joel Grimes breaks through this tackle on his way to a 36-yard touchdown, the only score of the game for NFV. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Denver upends TigerHawks, 29-7

“They did to us what we normally do to others,” was NFV head football coach Justin Heins reaction at Saturday morning’s Coach’s Roundtable after his TigerHawks dropped a 29-7 game to Denver Friday night in West Union.

  The TigerHawks averaged 5.4 yards a carry to 5.2 for the Cyclones. However, Denver   had 53 running plays to only 32 by NFV.

  The opening drive by the TigerHawks symbolized the game as they marched to the Denver 9, but turned the ball over on downs.

South Winn senior Emmett Schwartzhoff led the way for the Warrior boys on Saturday morning as they competed at the Luther All-American Invitational. Schwartzhoff placed 63^rd in a time of 17:57. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Warrior XC competes at Luther All-American

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The South Winneshiek boys’ and girls’ cross country teams competed at the Luther All-American Invitational on Saturday morning in Decorah.

The varsity boys had a strong showing as they competed against some of the best teams in the Midwest. The Warriors finished 14th with 441 points.

Leading the way for the Warriors was Emmett Schwartzhoff who finished 63rd in a time of 17:57.9. 

Zach Poshusta (56) brings down a Postville ball carrier during South Winn’s 66-6 win over the Pirates on Friday night. The Warrior defense held the Pirates to only 104 yards of offense, while putting up a school record 651 yards themselves. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Warriors roll to 66-6 win over Postville

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The Warriors were rolling in all aspects of the game on Friday night in Postville as the team set a new record for total offense on its way to a 66-6 win over the Pirates.

“We were able to get into rhythm offensively midway through the first quarter,” said coach Jason Ohrt after the big win. “Our offensive line protected very well, helping us set a new school record with 641 total yards from scrimmage.”

Zach Taylor got the scoring started in the first quarter as he rushed in for a 10-yard touchdown.

Postville responded with a long, 58-yard passing touchdown to tie the game up.

From there, it was all Warriors who put up 60 unanswered points throughout the next 3 ½ quarters.

South Winneshiek junior Madison Kriener (6) returns to sender as she records a block during the Warriors’ matchup with North Fayette Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 10, in West Union. (Jerry Wadian photo)

SW volleyball continues struggles

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The 2019 season has been a tough one thus far for the young South Winneshiek volleyball team as the Warriors fell to 0-13 last week, including a 0-29 mark in individual sets.

North Fayette Valley

The team began the week Tuesday, Sept. 10, at North Fayette Valley. The Warriors went down in consecutive sets, 25-9, 25-23, and 25-21. Individual statistics were not available at press time.

Turkey Valley

On Thursday evening, the Warriors took on Turkey Valley in Jackson Junction. South Winn fell by scores of 25-19, 25-15, and 25-15. 

“I don’t think the score really reflects how close this battle felt. The Warriors put up one heck of a fight,” said coach Glenna Munuswamy after the loss. “We had a lot of great attacks that were just missing. This was by far our best play this season. If we can find the kind of intensity we have against our rival for every match, we’ll start to see some success.”

WC volleyball has 6-3 week

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

It was a busy week for West Central netters last week with nine games in just five days.

Tuesday (Sept. 10), the Devils were at Maq. Valley for a quadrangular. WC won two of three games. The Blue Devils opened by beating host Maq. Valley, 25-12 and 25-23. It took three sets to down Lisbon, 19-25, 25-10 and 17-15. The finale was a rematch against MFL/MM with the Bulldogs once again prevailing, 22-25 and 17-25.

Thursday, the Devils hosted Postville, sweeping the Pirates in three sets, 25-14, 25-16, and 25-9. It was the Devils’ first conference win of the season.

Dalton Vick (24) makes one of his eight unassisted tackles in Friday’s loss to visiting Central City. The senior led the Devil defense as he has done all season. In three games, he has 19 solo tackles and has assisted on three other tackles. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Devil football improving

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

West Central lost a football game, 54-0 to 2-1 Central City, but the Devils looked better in many facets of the game.

“We definitely did some things better,” stated head coach Steve Milder. “We knew we’d have trouble scoring on them, but our offense was clicking better on the ground.”

WC was without Logan Westcott due to an injury and Aiden Nelson was ill most of the week, but he still managed to rush 19 times for 101 yards against the Wildcat’s very tough defense; he also caught two of the Devils’ five completed passes for another 23 yards. Brandon Cushion netted 43 yards on the ground with his 11 carries.

Alyssa Bohr slams home a kill Tuesday, Sept. 10, against South Winn. In two conference games last week, the sophomore delivered eight kills, 10 digs, 3 blocks, and was 15-17 serving with one ace. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Volleyball sweeps 4 UIC foes

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

NFV volleyball swept four UIC teams last week. The girls added two conference wins last week sweeping both South Win and Kee in three sets apiece. 

Over the weekend the TigerHawks went 2-4 at the Kepros tournament Saturday in Cresco. Both wins were over UIC teams, giving NFV four wins this week against teams in the conference.

The week opened Tuesday at home against South Winn. 

The TigerHawks won the opener in a 25-9 laugher, but had to fight for its life in the final two sets before winning, 25-23 and 25-21.

“We made a lot of very good open-field tackles,” stated NFV head football coach Justin Heins. Here, Kale Rodgers (51) and Zander Britt (73) help the S-F runner go airborne on one of the numerous big hits by the TigerHawk D. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Dominant D + varied O = W

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

A dominant defense and a varied offense helped NFV craft a workman-like 26-0 victory Friday in Sumner. 

  In terms of scoring, it was a close contest for most of the game, with a pair of fourth-quarter TDs giving the NFV a comfortable edge.

  However, the TigerHawks really controlled the game. The defense only allowed four first downs. Last year, Sumner-Fred only made three first downs in the Cougars, 26-22 victory, but big plays and NFV miscues led to the loss.

Warrior volleyball struggles

The South Winneshiek volleyball team continued its early season struggles last week as it dropped all three of its matches.

The Warriors opened the week Thursday evening as they hosted the Cadets of Crestwood in a non-conference matchup.

Crestwood took all three sets on the night by scores of 25-13, 25-22, and 25-18.

On Saturday, the Warriors traveled to New Hampton for tournament action.

SW opened against Tripoli, falling 21-8 and 21-12, before going on to lose to St. Ansgar, 21-8 and 21-13.

No individual player statistics or coach’s comments were available at press time.

The Warriors took on North Fayette Valley on Tuesday evening; however, results and statistics were unavailable at press time.

Next on tap for South Winn is a UIC match at Turkey Valley on Thursday, followed by matches against North Linn, Jesup, Alburnett, and Central on Saturday at the Jesup Tournament.