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High School

  • Griswold defeats Red Oak to start golf season

    RED OAK — The Griswold golf varsity teams swept Red Oak to kick off the 2013 season, last Thursday at Red Oak Country Club.

    The Griswold boys defeated Red Oak 173-207, while the Griswold girls won 242-298.

    In the boys meet, Griswold’s James Reynolds had the high score as he finished with a 40. His teammate Tyler Wyman had a 41, while Treigh Oakleaf recorded a 44.

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  • Red Oak has solid finishes at Clarinda, Glenwood

    CLARINDA—The Red Oak boys track and field team picked up several top finishes at the Cardinal Relays in Clarinda Friday.

    Gavin French provided the highlight for Red Oak when he placed second in the 1,600 with a time of 4:57.42. French was six seconds behind the winner, Phillip Sciranko from Harlan.

    Most of the other finishes were fifth and sixth place results.

    Logan LeRette had a fifth place finish in the 3,200-meter race when he ran a time of 11:20.30. Travis Fournier took fifth in the high jump when he had a jump of 5’6”.

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  • Tigers start strong with early meets

    RED OAK — After being delayed a full week, the Red Oak girls track team kicked the 2013 season into high gear with meets at home and in Clarinda.

    Red Oak girls track coach Rachel Lammert said she was happy with how the first week has gone for the team and hopes warmer weather will be part of the future meets.

    “We really got out there and got after it tonight,” Lammert said following the Lady Tiger Relays.

    Red Oak finished fifth at their home meet last Thursday, recording a team score of 26.50 points.

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  • Johnson to play basketball for Morningside College

    RED OAK — Red Oak’s Tanner Johnson will be continuing his basketball career beyond high school.

    Johnson signed a letter of intent to play for Morningside College’s men’s basketball program, last Wednesday at Red Oak High School.

    “They were the first people to talk to me about playing basketball,” Johnson said. “Mostly they wanted me to play basketball for them  and that’s what I love so it brought up my interest the most.”

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  • Griswold wins big at Red Oak and Clarinda

    RED OAK — After completing the 1,500-meter race,  Griswold track and field athlete Jordyn Sindt had to focus on the 4x400 relay, which was the final race for the Lady Tiger Relays at Red Oak High School, last Thursday.

    About 20 minutes after winning the 1,500, Sindt ran the third leg of the 4x400 and helped Griswold win the race, capping off a 171 point first place day at the Lady Tiger Relays.

    “It was a nice test to know I can compete even when I’m tired,” Sindt said after the meet.

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  • Spring Sports Calendar: April 2

    Finally! It is time for spring sports. The wait is over and hopefully so is the snow. We do have area events going on for Tuesday.

    The main area events will be track meets.

    In Glenwood, the Red Oak boys track team makes its regular season debut when they compete in the Ram Relays. The meet will start at 5 p.m. at the Glenwood High School Football Stadium.

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  • Griswold stays strong with weightlifting conference title

    With winter sports over and spring sports starting this week, Griswold High School kept busy with their weight lifting team.

    The Griswold weight lifting team won its third straight Western Iowa Conference title at the conference meet in Missouri Valley March 22.

    Coached by football and girls track and field coach Andy Everett, the team has been solid at the conference meet as of late. To go along with the three straight WIC titles, Griswold was runner-up in the previous two seasons.

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  • Villisca’s Arnold faces melanoma battle

    Everybody tries to make plans but, sometimes, those plans change.

    The plans for Villisca senior basketball player Jacob Arnold were simple: graduate and join the Army National Guard and enter military police training. After would come college and, hopefully, becoming a trooper for the Iowa State Patrol.

    Those plans took a detour for Arnold in an unexpected direction. Right around late January, early February, during a military physical, the doctor found a mole on Arnold’s back.

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  • Postponements Updated

    Wednesday 10:20 a.m. update: The Early Bird girls track and field meet in Audubon scheduled for Thursday has been canceled.  Audubon High School confirmed the cancelation Wednesday morning. Griswold was scheduled to compete at the Early Bird meet.

    EDITOR's NOTE: These cancellations were announced after the sports edition went to press.

    Because of this weekend's snowfall, both Hawkeye 10 Southern Division track meets have been canceled.

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  • H-10 releases basketball/academic list

    RED OAK — Three Red Oak basketball players were chosen for all-conference in boys basketball for the Hawkeye Ten.

    Tanner Johnson, Pete Walker and Jose Perez, all three seniors, were chosen for the all-conference team. Johnson and Walker were both picked for second team, while Perez was named an honorable mention.

    Kuemper Catholic’s Sam Brincks, Harlan’s Nathan Cave, Creston’s Briar Evans and Colby Taylor, Atlantic’s Chad Christensen and Glenwood’s Corey Bertini joined Johnson and Walker on the second team list.

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