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High School

  • Tigers tennis continues to stroll

    RED OAK — With the tennis postseason starting this week, both Red Oak varsity tennis teams ended the regular season with perfect dual records.

    The Tigers wrapped up the regular season with wins against the Harlan Cyclones at the Carder Indoor Tennis Center at the Montgomery County Family YMCA Thursday afternoon.

    “It’s good to finish the regular season undefeated. The boys have especially had some close ones,” Red Oak Tennis Coach Dan Martinez said after the meet.

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  • Good finishes for Villisca and Essex at Bedford

    BEDFORD—Both the Villisca and Essex track teams scored points at the Bedford Coed Invitational at Bedford High School Friday.

    Both Villisca track teams took fifth, while the Essex girls took sixth and the Essex boys finished seventh.

    The girls team for Villisca had several runner-up finishes. Morganne Haer finished second in the long jump, while Heather Means took second in the 1,500 and third in the 3,000. Essex’s Jasmine Glasgo scored the win in the 3,000, winning with a time of 12:29.22.

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  • Griswold has strong showing at home meet

    GRISWOLD — Much of both Griswold varsity track and field team didn’t attend the Drake Relays as they were able to have a strong showing during the Tiger Coed meet.

    The Griswold girls team took first overwhelmingly with a team score of 201 points, beating Shenandoah by 70 points. The Griswold boys team meanwhile finished second behind St. Albert with a team score of 122 points.

    Stanton and Villisca also competed in the girls meet and finished fifth and sixth. Stanton had a team score of 61 points, while Villisca scored 38.

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  • Topham has several top 10 finishes at Drake Relays

    DES MOINES—The Griswold girls track and field team recorded a couple of top 10 finishes while competing at the Drake Relays this weekend.

    Rebekah Topham had the top finishes for Griswold as she took fourth in the 800-meter race and sixth in both the 1,500 and 400-meter hurdles.

    Topham ran a time of 2:13.29 in the 800, finishing about two seconds behind the winner of the race, Lydia Saggau of West Valley Des Moines.

    In the 1,500, Topham ran a time of 4:42.27. Stephanie Jenks of Linn-Mar won the race with a time of 4:35.22.

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  • Tigers tie for fifth at Mustang Relays

    SHENANDOAH — After not competing for more than a week, the Red Oak boys track team tied for fifth at the Mustang Relays in Shenandoah last Thursday.

    The Tigers tied for fifth along with Clarinda, scoring 50 points. Glenwood won the meet with a team score of 149 points. 

    Essex and Villisca also competed at the meet with the Trojans placing 10th, while Villisca, short on competitors for several races, didn’t score points.

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  • Red Oak boys golf stays tough against Clarinda

    CLARINDA—The Red Oak boys golf team scored the win Friday by two strokes against Clarinda.

    The Tigers won 186-188. Ryan Plambeck shot a 39, which made him the medalist for the meet.

    Nick Carlson was the next highest scorer for Red Oak as he finished with a 47.

    Nolan Black and John Johnson weren’t far behind as they shot 49 and 51, respectively.

    Brandon Farnum shot a 53 and Mitch Hilder finished with a 60.

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  • Red Oak girls take fourth at Shenandoah

    SHENANDOAH—The Red Oak girls track and field team finished fourth out of seven teams competing at the Fillie Relays in Shenandoah Friday.

    Red Oak finished with a team score of 47 points. Shenandoah won the meet by scoring 188.

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  • Tigers wrap up week with tennis tourney win

    RED OAK—The Red Oak boys tennis team finished in a tie for first at Saturday’s Atlantic Trojan Tennis Invitational held in Red Oak.

    Pete Walker and Tanner Johnson picked up the lone individual title win by claiming the title in No. 1 doubles, defeating Koontz and Ragland of Abraham Lincoln 6-2 and 6-1.

    Jordan Nelson finished second in the singles match, falling to Kyle Crowl of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 6-1 and 6-2.

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  • White steps down as Red Oak coach

    RED OAK — After a season on the sidelines for the Red Oak boys basketball, Bryan White will be moving on.

    The Red Oak School Board approved White’s resignation last Monday.

    “I felt like it was the best move for our family,” White said. “I just really want to thank Red Oak and thank the community for making us feel so welcome.”

    White accepted the position of the girls basketball coach at Carlisle High School. Carlisle is a town south of Des Moines.

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  • Thoren signs to swim with UNI

    RED OAK — Red Oak High School student Kelsey Thoren spent much of her time in high school driving nearly an hour everyday during the swimming season to Council Bluffs for practice.

    Thoren’s hard work and dedication has finally paid off as she will make the transition to swimming for the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) next season.

    Thoren signed a national letter of intent to swim for UNI last Thursday at Red Oak High School.

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