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REMSEN — Leading by as many as 15 in the fourth quarter, Akron-Westfield had to hold off a late challenge from MMCRU in the game’s final minutes as they escaped with a 63-58 road win on Tuesday, November 27. “Well, we got our first victory of the year,” A-W Head Coach Jon Harris said. ...

REMSEN — It hasn’t quite been the start the Akron-Westfield girls basketball team was hoping for after beginning the year ranked. Following a loss to fellow ranked team Westwood in their season opener, the Lady Westerners dropped a 61-47 game to MMCRU on Tuesday, November 27...

The MMCRU varsity boys’ basketball team opened up the season in Remsen for a home matchup with Akron-Westfield on Tuesday, November 27. The Westerners returned many fresh faces to the lineup, but the MMCRU starting lineup featured a complete makeover from a year ago. Sophomore Cade Pepper joined Robert Russell, Joel Johnson, Andy Maass, and Jordan Marks in the lineup, all of whom are seniors...

EVERLY — The third quarter proved to be the difference-maker as Clay Central-Everly came away with a 60-42 win over Remsen St. Mary’s. The Hawks trailed by just five at halftime, but the Mavericks pulled away out of the intermission by outscoring RSM 23-9 in the third...

EVERLY — Two-time defending state qualifier Remsen St. Mary’s got off to a good start in their latest season with a 69-16 win over Clay Central-Everly. Three players scored in double digits with two more within two points of that mark for the Hawks as they dominated the game from start to finish. RSM led 20-4 after a quarter and scored in double digits in every frame while holding the Mavericks to single digits and no points in the final quarter...

MARCUS — Gehlen Catholic picked up a pair of road wins against MMCRU on Friday, November 30. The No. 13 Lady Jays rallied from a halftime deficit to earn a 61-53 victory. It was a slim four-point advantage for the Royals at the intermission, but the Jays outscored their opponent by nine in the third quarter to take the advantage and held it for the final eight minutes...

The MMCRU Royals girls’ basketball team had another great victory last Tuesday the 27th with the second straight victory of their season. The Royals squared off against the Akron-Westfield Westerners. The Royals faced some challenges but they ultimately pulled through and scored a victory with a final score of 61-47...

The holiday season is a time for giving and Giving Tuesday brings a great deal of giving to the table. Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving to charities throughout the world. The event occurs annually on the Thursday after Thanksgiving in the United States. This year’s Giving Tuesday was held on November 27. Big companies that helped take part in the donating procedure this year were Facebook, Pizza Hut, Ronald McDonald House, and the Buddy Project...

Instead of attending classes on Wednesday, November 28, Remsen St. Mary’s High School students gathered at St. Catherine’s school in Oyens for a retreat. The theme for the retreat was “Almost There!” based off of St. Joseph of Cupertino. The phrase symbolized how we are almost to heaven yet, there are a few more steps we have to take. ...

The MMCRU Royals’ girls’ basketball team had an outstanding first game of their 2018- 2019 season, kicking things off with a victory against the Storm Lake St. Marys team on November 20. The Panthers put up a good fight, but the Royals pulled ahead and beat them with an amazing final score of 67-26...

The Royal’s varsity bowling team played against the West Sioux Falcons Thursday night on November 29. For the boys first two games they kept it rolling. For round one they outscored the Falcons by a total of 2,030-1,771. Ethan Riedemann got the highest score with games of 224 and 247 for a 471 series. For round two the MMCRU boys won with a total of 2605, leaving the Falcons with 1743...

As the holiday season is in the air, the members of the MMCRU study body are taking part in it together as a school. The Student Council has come up with fun holiday activities for the students to take part in. Activities include a Christmas Tradition Tree, “12 Days Before Christmas” dress up days, and a hat and mitten tree...

PLYMOUTH CO. — Sixty-one percent of registered voters in Plymouth County turned out to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s general election (November 6). There are 17,636 registered voters in the county and 10,761 cast ballots. Of that total, 4,251 were absentee ballots...

Congratulations to the MMCRU fifth grade youth football team as they completed back-to-back undefeated seasons. These Royals followed up last year’s undefeated season with an even more impressive season this year as the boys played tougher competition and did so while not allowing one single point scored on them all season long!...

ORANGE CITY — Trent Hilbrands scored a career-high 29 points and Parker Mulder recorded his first career double-double in leading Northwestern to an 89-83 home win over Mayville State Friday evening at the Bultman Center. Down by two at the half, a basket by Hilbrands coupled with a pair of three pointers put the Red Raiders in front for good, 62-58, with 13-minutes left to play. ...

On October 22 the MMCRU Royals played Gehlen Catholic in a season ending regional loss. The loss resulted in the close of the 2018 season. The Royals’ season match record ended up at 10-15. As a team the Royals played 75 sets, had 503 kills, 7.6% kill efficiency, 91.5% serve efficiency and 135 aces. ...

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The 91st National FFA Convention & Expo celebrated its third year of a nine-year commitment in Indianapolis beginning October 24th. More than 65,000 FFA members and guests from throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. ...

On November 3, the MMCRU cheer team packed their bags and bows to take part in the state cheer competition. The competition was held at the Jacobsen Center in Des Moines against 155 teams. There were seven teams in their division. The Royals took 5th place...

The Lady Royals come into the 2018-2019 basketball season looking to build off of an 11-12 record from the previous season. Aliyah Jackson, Megan Loutsch, Aspen Woodall, and Mahaley Dirks are the four seniors gone from last year. Jackson led the team in points, averaging a little over nine per game, and led the assist category with 43 on the year. Loutsch was third on the team with just under six points per game and almost three rebounds per game...

On Saturday, November 3, Plymouth County 4-H’ers, families, and friends attended the annual 4-H Halloween Party hosted by the County 4-H Council. The spook-tacular party was held at the Plymouth County Extension Office in the Lower Level of the Le Mars Convention Center. ...

The 45th Annual Remsen Oktoberfest on Saturday, October 27 was a beautiful day to celebrate the Remsen tradition. Serving as an early start to some holiday shopping, there were some eager people hoping to find some deals at the Craft/Retail Vendor Event, which was held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the MMCRU Middle School parking lot. Over 70 booths were filled with assorted merchandise, something for everyone to enjoy. Breakfast and lunch were also available in the cafeteria...

PLYMOUTH CO. — A total of $122,131.22 has been awarded by the Community Foundation of Greater Plymouth County for the 2018 year. The presentation of checks was made Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Floyd Valley Healthcare Conference Center for 33 projects...

LE MARS - Ten “kid-friendly” exhibits at the Plymouth County Historical Museum in Le Mars will be in the spotlight this Saturday, Nov. 10, with the grand opening of Kay-t’s Kid Zone. Children of all ages are invited to attend the Kid Zone celebration with their parents or some other adult at 10 a.m. in the Museum’s “Old Central” Gym...

The Remsen Chamber of Commerce will again be sponsoring a nine-pin Bowling Night at 6:00 p.m. on Sat., November 17, 2018 at Maple Lanes Bowl. There will be two person teams at $50 per team. A meal will be provided following the games. Prizes will be awarded as well...

The MMCRU Lady Royals played their first round of regionals last Tuesday, October 13 against Trinity Christian, Hull. By winning the match against the Tigers, they advanced to the regional quarterfinals played against the Gehlen Catholic Jays Monday night, October 22. The Royals won three out of the four sets. The final scores of the match were 25-22, 22-25, 28-26 and 25-8...