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SIOUX CITY — The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following wrestler-of-the-week for contests played Nov. 9-15, 2020. Hauff MidAmerica Sports is the presenting sponsor of the 2020-2021 GPAC Players-of-the-Week and Players and Coaches-of-the-Year awards program...

SIOUX CITY — Le Mars native Krista Zenk became Morningside College’s kill leader in the current 25-point rally-scoring era in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-17 sweep of Peru State (Neb.) in non-conference action at Allee Gymnasium on Nov. 10. Zenk concluded the match as one of three players with a team-best eight kills. ...

OLATHE, Kan. — Zoe Wittkop of Le Mars helped the Tri-State Revolution team based out of Sioux City win the Heartland Invitational soccer tournament on Nov. 8. Trailing 1-0 at halftime of their first game, Wittkop provided the equalizer en route to a 4-1 win over the VNA High School Elite Program from Lincoln, Nebraska...

MARSHALLTOWN — Three MMCRU runners and one Hinton athlete competed at the 27th Washburn Classic Middle School State Championships on Saturday, Oct. 17. Jace Colling of MMCRU had the best finish of the local competitors in the 164 runner 1A field. He took 19th with a time of 11:41.6...

Shutout win gives Hawks second state title, first since 2004

The MMCRU football team finished with a 1-7 overall record in 2020 and 0-5 record in district play. Team statistics Individual statistics Passing (comp-att, yards, td, int) KC Nicks 57-150, 661 yards, 7 TDs, 13 INTs Rushing (Attempts, Yards, TDs) Eban Hicks...

The MMCRU volleyball team went 22-6 overall on the season and finished with a 7-3 record in War Eagle Conference play. The team advanced to the regional final with wins over Woodbury Central, Kingsley-Pierson and Westwood before falling to Gehlen Catholic in the match to go to state. The team graduates seniors Kristina Goth, Jaylen Bork, Belle Bush and Molly Reuter. The Royals were coached by head coach Heather Youde and assistant coaches Kayla Means and Kendra Knapp...

LE MARS — The Le Mars Community boys golf team finished with a 3-2 dual record in their fall golf season as they completed the year at the district golf tournament in October. The team’s best score of the season came at the Missouri River Activities Conference tournament where they shot a 334 at Green Valley Golf Course in Sioux City to finish in second place. The team had a pair of MRAC All-Conference honorees from that meet with Dylan Susemihl and Cameron Daggett earning the honors...

Team statistics Individual statistics Passing (comp-att, yards, td, int) Carter Arens 34-73, 327 yards, 0 TDs, 7 INTs Tyler Iverson 7-20, 76 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INTs Rushing (Attempts, Yards, TDs) Carter Arens 99 carries, 403 yards, 6 TDs Elijah Dougherty...

CEDAR FALLS — In what was the highest scoring game in the history of Iowa high school football, No. 2 Remsen St. Mary’s came away with a 108-94 victory over No. 5 Montezuma in Thursday’s 8-player state semifinal at the UNI-Dome. It’s a game people won’t soon forget...

Girls- 2nd of 4 complete teams Individual- Out of 38 runners Addison Arens, 13th, 23:36.58 Patricia Sitzmann, 17th, 23:48.59 Kailey Sitzmann, 19th, 24:21.36 Kendal Hamerlinck, 23rd, 24:59.96 Sera Chung, 27th, 25:58.43 Hannah Zubrod, 32nd, 27:40.74 Boys- 4th of 6 complete teams...

Girls- 6th of 8 complete teams Individual- Out of 54 runners Rebecca Hulinsky, 18th, 23:14.3 Kylee Britt, 24th, 23:39.3 Lilly McNaughton, 29th, 24:21.1 Caroline Meis, 33rd, 24:41.5 Katie Cunningham, 40th, 25:32.3 Abby Tilberg, 45th, 26:07.1 Claire Blezek, 48th, 27:42.6...

Girls Individual- Out of 38 runners Maria Russell, 21st, 24:58.08 McKenna Loutsch, 22nd, 24:59.13 Girls Individual- Out of 80 runners Maria Russell, 43rd, 25:16.80 McKenna Loutsch, 48th, 25:40.10...

REMSEN — Trailing 27-7 in the second quarter, the Remsen St. Mary’s football team roared back for 35 unanswered points as they knocked off Audubon in a battle of unbeaten teams in the 8-player quarterfinals on Friday by a 42-27 score. The win advances the Hawks to the UNI-Dome for the second consecutive season and the third time in the last four years...

Girls Individual- Out of 38 runners Kaci Allen, 9th, 22:42.65 Maryn Frein, 10th, 22:45.92 Kayana Kunkel, 37th, 32:33.07 Individual- Out of 49 runners Zach Sypersma, 17th, 19:56.52 Dylan DeVries, 18th, 19:59.17 Will Schindler, 21st, 20:05.36 Garrett Morran, 39th, 23:08.71...

Girls Individual- Out of 38 runners Alyson Ball, 34th, 28:36.43 Boys- 3rd of 6 complete teams Individual- Out of 49 runners Kaden Galles, 5th, 18:17.05 Owen Alesch, 7th, 18:53.03 Gunnar Grage, 15th, 19:48.42 Brett Staab, 20th, 20:03.34 Preston Astidias, 27th, 20:57.79...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Gehlen Catholic volleyball team had their season come to a close Wednesday in the Class 1A state semifinal round as they fell in straight sets to Burlington Notre Dame. The Lady Jays were hoping that the first time of playing under the bright lights at the Alliant Energy Power House for No. ...

Girls- 1st of 4 complete teams Individual- Out of 50 runners Erika Kuntz, 1st, 20:42.24 Sarah Putze, 3rd, 21:13.21 Sarahy Hamman, 4th, 21:25.55 Mary Putze, 6th, 21:34.42 Kalyn Cameron, 11th, 22:45.14 Lillian Ofert, 12th, 22:50.07 Hanna Rogers, 13th, 22:55.10...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Gehlen Catholic volleyball team battled past New London in a five-set back-and-forth match in the Class 1A state quarterfinals on Tuesday. The match between the third-seeded and ranked Jays and the sixth-seeded and No. 11 ranked Tigers was the longest of the day at the Alliant Energy Power House with Gehlen finally able to come out on top with a 15-12 win in the fifth capping off a 1 hour and 48 minute marathon...

FORT DODGE — Years of hard work culminated at the state cross country meet for the Le Mars Community boys team who competed as a full team at the Class 3A portion of the two-day event on Friday. It was the first time Le Mars had sent a full squad over to Fort Dodge for state since 2009...

FORT DODGE — A pair of WC-KP cross country runners hit the course at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course for the third time in their careers for the Class 2A state meet Saturday morning. With sunny, but windy conditions and temperatures in the 40s, Erika Kuntz and Sarahy Hamman finished in the top half of the 133 runner field...

REMSEN — The No. 2 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s football team jumped out to a 26-0 advantage after a quarter and that was more than enough as the team added on to their lead for a 53-13 victory over Harris-Lake Park in 8-player third round playoff action Friday...

PAULLINA — For the fourth consecutive season and the 11th time in the last 12 seasons, the Gehlen Catholic volleyball team will be making the trip to Cedar Rapids for the state volleyball tournament. The No. 3 ranked Lady Jays topped War Eagle Conference foe MMCRU 3-1 to secure their 13th appearance in school history in Wednesday’s Class 1A regional final held at South O’Brien High School...

LE MARS — The No. 3 ranked Gehlen Catholic volleyball team picked up a 3-0 victory over Akron-Westfield in the Class 1A regional semifinals on Monday. The win saw two close sets along with a surprising blowout frame. “It was a bit of a strange night as we seemed to be like Dr. ...

MARCUS — After surviving a five-set thriller against Kingsley-Pierson in their regional quarterfinal, MMCRU’s Class 1A regional semifinal match against Westwood on Monday was a relative cakewalk as the team picked up a 3-0 victory. The Rebels did keep things fairly competitive in the three sets, including a 26-24 score in the second, but the Royals came away with 25-20 and 25-17 wins around the extended second set for the sweep...

HULL — A marathon fourth set finally went in favor of Class 2A No. 4 ranked Boyden-Hull in a regional semifinal match Monday as the Comets fended off an upset bid from Hinton by a 3-1 score. Boyden-Hull clinched the match with a 32-30 victory in the fourth set. The Comets, who had beaten Hinton 2-0 twice this season at separate weekend tournaments, also got out to an easy 2-0 advantage in this meeting by scores of 25-13 and 25-16...

NEWELL — The Kingsley-Pierson football team was held to just 38 yards of offense as they dropped an 8-player playoff pod second round game on Friday to 8-player AP No. 9 ranked Newell-Fonda by a 20-0 score. The zero on the scoreboard for the Panthers came a week after scoring their season high in a 64-29 win over Ar-We-Va...

HARTLEY — Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn came away with a 38-6 victory over Gehlen Catholic on Friday in the second round of a Class A playoff pod. The highlight of the game for the Jays came on an 83-yard touchdown pass from Connor Kraft to Ryan Livermore to make the score 14-6 near the end of the first half...

REMSEN — No. 2 Remsen St. Mary’s put up the most points of any 8-player team in action across the state in the second round of the playoff pods, scoring a 71-6 victory over West Harrison on Friday. The offensive surge was propelled by a return to the lineup of quarterback Blaine Harpenau. He opened the scoring with a 37-yard touchdown pass to Damen Brownmiller. Then on the team’s next possession, he took a low snap and ran 35 yards for a touchdown...

ORANGE CITY — It was a close four-way race in the girls team standings at the Class 2A state qualifying meet held at Landsmeer Golf Club on Thursday. Unfortunately for the WC-KP team, they were left on the outside looking in when the final point totals were tallied, finishing in fourth place when only the top three teams advance to state...

HOLSTEIN — In an attempt to reduce the number of teams and spectators as a precautionary COVID-19 measure, Class 1A state qualifying cross country increased the number of sites from five to eight this season. Coinciding with that change, only two teams and 10 individuals from each site advanced to the state meet, lower than the usual 15 individuals and three teams from each site...

ALTA — The 8-13 Hinton volleyball team was a bit of an underdog entering their Class 2A regional quarterfinal match against Alta-Aurelia on Wednesday as the Warriors sported a 15-4 record. That didn’t matter to the Lady Blackhawks who scored a three-set sweep to advance to the next round...

REMSEN — Less than a week after sweeping them in the regular season finale, the Akron-Westfield volleyball team did the same thing in Class 1A regional quarterfinal action Wednesday as they won by scores of 25-15, 25-20, 25-19 over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn...

LE MARS — The No. 3 ranked Gehlen Catholic volleyball team came off their first round bye looking like a well-oiled machine in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal match against George-Little Rock on Wednesday, winning in straight sets by scores of 25-14, 25-5, and 25-8...

MARCUS — After MMCRU and Kingsley-Pierson went to five sets in their first meeting of the season, it shouldn’t have come as any surprise that the two evenly matched teams would battle it down to the wire again in a Class 1A regional quarterfinal matchup Wednesday. The Royals came away with another 3-2 win over the Panthers, but the battle was as close as possible as all five sets were decided by the minimum margin of victory of two points...

SPENCER — After knocking on the door the last two seasons but falling one place short with fourth place finishes, the Le Mars Community boys cross country team finally found their way into the top three teams to advance to the state meet as a full team for the first time since 2009...

LE MARS — A decade of dominance for Le Mars over Spencer in volleyball came to an end Tuesday in Class 4A regional quarterfinal action. The Lady Bulldogs had won 18 straight in the series dating back to 2011, including a 2-0 win in a season-opening tourney match this year, but fell short in a 3-1 match to have their season come to a close...

REMSEN — Akron-Westfield secured a sweep of Remsen St. Mary’s in the first round of Class 1A regional volleyball action Monday. The Westerners won the first two meetings of the season, but had given up a set in each of those matches. A-W Head Coach Robyn Van Eldik said her team was focused on getting the sweep...

KINGSLEY/MARCUS — The Kingsley-Pierson and MMCRU volleyball teams will meet Wednesday after both teams won their respective first round Class 1A regional matches by sweeps on Monday. The Panthers swept their Western Valley Conference foe River Valley for the second time this season as they came away with a 25-20, 25-22, 25-13 win. It is the 11th consecutive win for K-P in the series dating back to the 2016 season...

ONAWA — For the fourth straight year, the WC-KP girls cross country team claimed the Western Valley Conference title. Saturday’s race saw Erika Kuntz reclaim her individual WVC title after a one-year absence from the top spot. The junior won the race with a time of 20:42.24. She won the title two years ago, but dropped to second place last year...

HARTLEY — It was a bad case of deja vu for the MMCRU football team as they played Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Friday in a Class A playoff pod opener. After losing to the Hawks by a 62-0 score in their district meeting, the team saw themselves in an identical scoring game in the postseason matchup...

KINGSLEY — Whether or not you want to put an asterisk next to it because of this year’s expanded playoff format, the Kingsley-Pierson football team did something Friday which they’ve only done once before — win a playoff game. The Panthers did so by topping Ar-We-Va 64-29 in the 8-player first round pod...

STORM LAKE — The Le Mars Community football team fell a touchdown short of Storm Lake in the opening round of the Class 3A playoff pod on Friday as they lost by a 36-28 score. The game was closer than their regular season meeting just two weeks prior where the Tornadoes outscored the Bulldogs 27-6. Le Mars led in Friday’s game until 3:39 left in the third quarter when the Tornadoes took the lead for the first time and they did not relinquish it after that...

REMSEN — Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire kept things interesting for most of the first quarter against No. 2 ranked Remsen St. Mary’s, but the Hawks took control after that for a 56-14 win in the first round of 8-player playoff pod action Friday...

ALTA — After a scoreless first half, the second half turned out to be an exciting back-and-forth battle between Gehlen Catholic and Alta-Aurelia in the opening round of the Class A playoffs on Friday. A scoring run with 1:36 left in the game gave the Jays a 23-20 victory...

SIBLEY — After keeping their regular season matchup with Sibley-Ocheyedan close in a 14-0 loss, the Hinton football team hoped they could keep things competitive and possibly avenge that loss in a Class 1A postseason pod game Friday. Unfortunately for the Blackhawks, that wasn’t the case as the Generals scored the first 38 points before Hinton answered with a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter of a 38-12 loss...

HOLSTEIN — Ridge View’s rushing attack overpowered Akron-Westfield 45-6 in a Class A postseason pod matchup on Friday. The Westerners trailed by just a touchdown at halftime by a 13-6 score, but the Raptors scored 32 unanswered points in the second half to pull away...

AKRON — The Akron-Westfield volleyball team ended the War Eagle Conference season with a 3-0 win over Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn on Thursday. A-W won by scores of 25-19, 25-14 and 25-15. Natalie Nielsen’s 15 kills were just one shy of what H-M-S had as a team as she hit .321 for the match. Aubie Hartman was next with seven kills while Molly Vondrak and McKenna Henrich had four apiece...

REMSEN — The Remsen St. Mary’s volleyball team stunned MMCRU in the War Eagle Conference finale for both teams Thursday in a 3-2 final. RSM won the first (25-21), third (26-24) and fifth (15-9) sets to claim the match while MMCRU took the second (25-22) and fourth (25-14) sets...