Remsen Bell

Remsen St. Mary’s sent eleven great musicians to the Junior and Senior High School Sioux City Diocese Honor Band in Storm Lake on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019. Two students, Austin Schwickerath (percussion) and Sean Cronin (trumpet) were selected for the high school band. ...

The Annual Free Throw Contest, sponsored by the Remsen Knights of Columbus, was held at St. Mary’s High School Gymnasium, on Sunday, January 27, 2019. Seventeen participants, ages 9-14, shot 15 free throws. Medals were awarded for the first, second, and third most shots in each age group for boys’ and for girls’ divisions...

AKRON — Akron-Westfield hosted MMCRU in basketball action on Friday, January 18 with both schools claiming a victory. The MMCRU girls picked up a 53-45 win. The Royals led 10-2 after a quarter before the Westerners pulled to within one by halftime. Emily Dreckman and Taylor Harpenau led the charge for the Royals with 20 and 19 points, respectively. ...

REMSEN — Non-conference action on Monday, January 28, pitted two St. Mary’s teams with Storm Lake winning the girls game and Remsen taking the boys contest. SLSM pulled in front in the final minutes for a 42-35 win to start the night. “We led much of the game and at the three minute mark had a small lead,” RSM girls coach Scott Willman said. “SLSM hit two critical threes late and we weren’t able to match them.”...

The MMCRU cagers faced South O’Brien on January 11 at the MMCRU High School. Coming into the game MMCRU had a record of 10-3 and their opponents were 9-3. The Royals were able to stay ahead of the Wolverines during the first half as they held the lead with a score of 37-27 at the break. However, South O’Brien made a dramatic comeback at the end of the fourth quarter outscoring the home team 8-20, forcing the Royals into overtime...

On Friday, January 25, the MMCRU Royals traveled to Hawarden to take on the West Sioux Falcons in a boys’ varsity matchup. The Royals entered the contest with a record of 3-13, while the Falcons remained unbeaten on the season. The strength for the Falcons all season has been their offense, and it showed in the first half. The leading scorers for the Falcons, Hunter Dekkers and Baxter Walsh, took over the first quarter, leading the team to a 32-13 lead after one...

On Friday, January 11, the MMCRU Royals’ boys’ basketball team hosted the South O’Brien Wolverines. The visitors came into the game looking for their tenth win of the season, while the Royals were in search of win number three. Quick out of the gates were the Wolverines with steals, good ball movement, and rebounds, which led to a 16-1 lead after one quarter of play. ...

HAWARDEN — The MMCRU girls basketball team knocked off one of the War Eagle Conference frontrunners on Friday, January 25, with a 64-45 victory over West Sioux. It was the first loss in conference play for the Falcons which now leaves Unity Christian as the lone unbeaten in league play...

HULL — Scoring came at a premium in Friday’s (February 1) game between Remsen St. Mary’s and Trinity Christian, but in the end the Lady Hawks were able to secure their third win of the season with a 32-31 overtime win. RSM finally broke the ice with three minutes left in the first quarter to take the 2-0 lead and the Hawks maintained a slim advantage for most of the game...

Although many of the Catholic School’s Week (CSW) activities were postpone due to the frigid temperatures, Friday, February 1, turned out to be a balmy day. The mild weather came just in time for the closing of CSW with Mass at RSM cafeteria and a family picnic. ...

Matthew J. Begnoche and Wyatt J. Staab, both of Remsen, were two out of the approximately 45 Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers recently recognized during a patching ceremony held at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa. This ceremony represents a time-honored tradition where Iowa Citizen-Soldiers officially receive the left-shoulder military patch representing their unit of assignment in the Iowa Army National Guard. ...

RSM celebrated Catholic Schools Week on January 28 to February 1. Starting off Catholic Schools Week, the RSM student body met in the cafeteria, at the beginning of the day, to have a prayer service. Two guest speakers, Greg and Erin Schroeder, talked about how and why they chose to send their five children to Remsen St. ...

MARCUS — The MMCRU girls basketball team jumped into the latest rankings at No. 15 in Class 1A and their first game at the spot featured the Royals claiming a 55-24 win over Hinton on Friday, February 1. MMCRU Head Coach Gillian Letsche said it’s a nice goal to check off the team’s list...

MARCUS - The Royal Scholarship Dinner took place on Saturday, January 19, 2019, to help raise money for student scholarships and teacher grants. The dinner is organized by the RU Foundation, MMC Foundation, and Royal Scholarship Fund Committees. According to MMC Foundation member Geri Lynn Schroeder, “The Annual Royal Scholarship Dinner was a HUGE success thanks to all of you. ...

MARCUS — This is the time of year teams want to be playing their best basketball to ride the momentum into the postseason. Hinton appears to be finding their groove at the right time as they have now won three straight games after a 60-59 final against MMCRU on Friday, February 1. This is the lone stretch of multiple wins in a row for the Blackhawks this season...

LE MARS — It’s been a rivalry series that’s been fairly competitive over the last few years and yet has seen both sides string together long streaks against the other. Monday’s (February 4) 68-50 win for Remsen St. Mary’s over Gehlen Catholic in boys basketball was a bit of an outlier in its final margin. ...

REMSEN — The MMCRU/RSM bowling teams fell just short of OA-BCIG in action on Thursday, January 24. The girls finished just 15 points back of the Falcons in a 2,152-2,137 match that went down to the wire. MMCRU/RSM held a slim six point advantage after the first round of the individual games. ...

LE MARS — The Gehlen Catholic girls basketball team has been trying to string together wins lately but had been unable to get much in the way of momentum. With a 61-29 victory over Remsen St. Mary’s on Monday, February 4, the Lady Jays now have three straight wins for the first time since mid-December. While the team has some momentum going for them, Head Coach Brandon Schaecher said there are still areas the team can improve on...

SIOUX RAPIDS — The MMCRU/RSM bowling teams came away with a pair of wins on Thursday, January 31, over Sioux Central/Spencer. The wins are the first for both teams since Jan. 10. The MMCRU/RSM girls opened up a 125 point advantage at the end of the individual games and more than doubled the margin by the end of the match in a 2,042-1,744 win...

The MMCRU girls’ basketball team headed to Akron last Friday on January 18 to face the Westerners. The trip resulted in another win for the Royals, giving them a 12-4 record on the season. The Royals and the Westerners played nearly head to head in the first half, as MMCRU was only a point ahead with the score of 18-17. They remained close in score until the end. The final score was 53-45, Royals leaving with the win...

The MMCRU-RSM bowling team played a tough match against OABCIG on January 24. The boys put up a tough fight against the Falcons but came up too short losing by 105 pins. The final score was 2,039-2,144. The girls also played a tough and close game against the Falcons. They managed to take the win, winning by a close 20 pins. The final score for the girls was 1,678-1,658...

Seven alumni and one coach were inducted into the St. Mary’s Hall of Fame at the Friday, January 25, 2019, home basketball game. Heading into the fall of 1998, Remsen St. Mary’s hadn’t qualified a team for state in any sport in over a decade. The boys’ cross country team, coached by Mr. ...

Due to the cold weather during Catholic Schools Week, the following events have been postponed to next week. The Chamber Coffee at St. Mary’s Cafeteria has been postponed to 8:45-10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 6. The Explore RSM & Family Fun Night will now be held on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 5:30 p.m. for Explore RSM and 6:30 p.m. for Family Fun Night...

KINGSLEY — The Class 1A No. 13 ranked Kingsley-Pierson girls basketball team used a strong start to the second half to pull away for what ended as a 71-60 victory for the team against MMCRU in non-conference action on Thursday, January 17. “Offensively, we were just kind of going through the motions that whole first half. ...

REMSEN — The Remsen St. Mary’s boys and Clay Central-Everly girls claimed wins on Friday, January 25, in basketball action. The RSM boys scored 74 points for the second consecutive game as they routed their opponent 74-33. Nine players scored for the team with Spencer Schorg topping all scorers with 18 points. ...