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High School

  • Stanton, EM have big day at “Last Chance”

    TABOR — Many of the area track and field teams took part in one last meet before state qualifying last Thursday when they competed at the Last Chance Coed Relays at Tabor May 6.

    For the female division, Stanton and Villisca were third and fourth, while East Mills and Essex tied for eighth.

    On the boys side, East Mills took third, while Villisca was sixth, Stanton placed eighth and Essex finished 10th.

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  • Red Oak teams finish 10th at Hawkeye Ten meet

    SHENANDOAH — Red Oak began the week with 10th place finishes at the Hawkeye Ten meet in Shenandoah, last Monday.

    The girls had a team score of nine points, while the boys finished with 11. Glenwood won the boys title with a score of 156 points, while Harlan won on the girls side with 175.

    Individually for the girls, Nikki Graber, Blake Bergren and Michaela Buntrock had the best finishes. Graber took fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.20 seconds. Bergren placed sixth in the long jump with a jump of 15’3”.

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  • Red Oak boys golf wraps up season at sectional

    STUART — The Red Oak boys golf season came to an end Friday at the 2A sectional golf meet hosted by West Central Valley.

    The Tigers didn’t have a qualifier advance to the district meet.

    As a team, they finished fourth with a score of 351.

    Ryan Plambeck missed out on the top four by one stroke, shooting a 78.

    Mitch Hilder had an 89 Nick Carlson shot a 91, John Johnson finished with a 93, Nick Leinen recorded a 94 and Nolan Black had a 96.

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  • Walker, Nelson advance to state tournament

    RED OAK — A couple of familiar faces will once again make the trip to Waterloo for the state tennis tournament in a couple of weeks.

    Red Oak’s Pete Walker and Jordan Nelson will both advance to the state tournament, competing as singles, after finishing 1-2 in the district meet Thursday in Red Oak.

    Walker defeated his teammate 6-0 and 6-1 to clinch the district tournament title.

    “I have one more thing to do and that’s win it,” Walker said. That’s all there is.”

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  • Area athletes get ready for the task of state

    With a wet spring to deal with, the track and field season concludes for many area athletes this weekend at the state meet in Des Moines.

    Griswold will once again be leading the area to the state meet in Des Moines, which starts Thursday and continues through Saturday at Drake Stadium.

    The Griswold boys are qualified for state in six events, five relay races and one field event. Collin Fast is the lone individual qualifier on the boys side for Griswold as he won the shot put title at Corning last Thursday. Fast won with a throw of 43’10.25”.

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  • Red Oak girls advance to regional final

    RED OAK — It is back to the regional finals for the Red Oak girls tennis team as they were able to win in the quarter and semifinals Saturday at home to begin the 1A team tennis tournament.

    The Tigers won in the regional semifinal against Clarinda 5-0.

    “It was a very competitive day,” Red Oak Tennis Coach Dan Martinez said. “I’m proud of the girls.”

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  • State Qualifying Track Preview

    We’ve finally reached the track postseason. Teams will compete at state qualifying meets all across the state Thursday with all competitors looking to get into state meet in Des Moines next week.

    The Red Oak track teams will be at Nodaway Valley High School for the 2A state qualifying meet. They will be competing against schools like Clarinda, Clarinda Academy, Shenandoah, Treynor, Tri-Center, St. Albert, Nodaway Valley, Clarke, I-35 and Mount Ayr (boys).

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  • Red Oak golf continues through season

    The Red Oak boys golf team finished 10th at the Trojan Tournament last Tuesday in Atlantic.

    Ryan Plambeck had the top score with a 94. Mitch Hilder was two shots back with a 96, while Nolan Black finished with a 97.

    Nick Carlson had a 100 and Gabe Nelson scored a 111.

    Red Oak vs. Creston/Clarke

    The Red Oak boys team finished third in the triangle meet against Creston and Clarke, last Monday.

    Red Oak had a team score of 202. Creston won the meet.

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  • Big wins for area athletes at Corner Conference meet

    TABOR — It was a big day for East Mills as they were able to win the Corner Conference boys track and field title at last Tuesday’s Corner Conference meet at Fremont-Mills High School.

    East Mills finished with a team score of 136 points, beating Fremont-Mills by 16 points. Villisca and Stanton were tied for sixth with 30 points. Essex took eighth with a score of 26 points.

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  • Red Oak has lone meet at Trojan Relays

    ATLANTIC — The Red Oak track teams picked up top six finishes at the Trojan/Trojann Relays in Atlantic last Monday, their lone meet of the week.

    The Red Oak girls placed 11th, while the boys finished ninth.

    Josh Sunberg and Casey Dykes once again provided the most points for the boys with strong finishes in several races.

    Sunberg had the best finish by placing second in the 1,600.

    After passing Sean Skillern of Shenandoah in the final 200 meters of the race, Sunberg made a last ditch effort to catch Philip Sciranko of Harlan.

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