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High School

  • Villisca falls short in quarterfinals

    DES MOINES  — A 29-4 second quarter put a damper on the Villisca girls basketball state tournament run.

    Villisca lost to Newell-Fonda Monday morning in the quarterfinals of the 1A State Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena 75-28.

    “Today, we just didn’t come with the right game,” Villisca girls basketball coach Donna Williams said. “I’m still very proud of all of them.”

    Villisca stayed close with Newell-Fonda early, even holding a three-point lead in the first quarter.

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  • 1A Girls State Basketball Preview

    DES MOINES — The last stop on the “Final Flight” for the Villisca girls basketball team is the Wells Fargo Arena.

    The state tournament begins Monday at 10 a.m. when the Blue Jays take on Newell-Fonda in the 1A quarterfinals.

    “It's amazing we've been dreaming about this since our first basketball game,” Villisca’s Amanda Focht said after the Bedford game. “We always wanted to go to the state tournament and it's awesome now.”

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  • Red Oak girls basketball state tournament notes

    The Red Oak High School Activities Department released the following information about the state tournament next Tuesday.

    Tickets can be purchased at the high school office now and will be available until Tuesday at 8 a.m. Tickets may also be purchased at the Wells Fargo Arena before the game.

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  • State bowling postponed

    UPDATE: According to a joint press release, both associations felt there would be much more trouble with teams returning home Thursday or driving up for the tournament Friday. Information from the National Weather Service Office in Des Moines led to the postponement decision. Both Associations believe the conditions will deteriorate rapidly Thursday afternoon and added they don't want students, coaches or spectators to go to or from the tournament in unsafe and dangerous conditions.

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  • Boys Basketball District Preview: Red Oak plus 1A district semifinals

    The focus for this week will be on the boys basketball teams now that most of the regionals for girls basketball are done with. Class 4A and 5A for girls play in the regional final Tuesday night.

    For the Red Oak and Villisca boys basketball teams, they look to get one step closer to joining their counterparts and qualify for the state tournament.

    Red Oak will be at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs Tuesday night when they take on St. Albert in the district final. Both teams are coming off big wins in the district semifinals.

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  • Villisca girls advance to state tournament

    CLARINDA — The Villisca girls basketball team defeated Bedford Monday night 57-50 to advance to the state tournament.

    Villisca trailed by four points at halftime, but rallied and pulled away from the Bulldogs in the fourth quarter.

    This is the first state tournament appearance for Villisca's girls team since 1968.

    The Blue Jays will play Newell-Fonda in the quarterfinals of the 1A tournament. The game will take place Monday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m.

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  • Essex knocked out by Bedford

    BEDFORD — The Essex boys basketball season came to an end last Monday when they lost in the opening round of districts to the Bedford Bulldogs 45-28.

    Essex stayed close with Bedford as they trailed by two points at halftime. However, the Bulldogs outscored the Trojans 19-8 in the third quarter to pull away and pick up the win. Bedford advanced on to play Villisca in the next round of districts.

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  • Stanton’s season ends in district loss to South Page

    COLLEGE SPRINGS — The 2012-13 Stanton boys basketball season came to an end last Thursday when they lost in the 1A district quarterfinals to South Page in double overtime 54-50.

    The game went back and forth between the two teams. South Page led by three points at halftime, but Stanton had a one point lead entering the fourth quarter.

    Stanton and South Page scored a combined eight points in the first overtime.

    The difference was the second overtime when South Page outscored the Vikings  8-4.

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  • Viqueens lose to Bedford in quarterfinals

    BEDFORD — The Stanton girls basketball season came to an end during the 1A regional quarterfinals last Tuesday when they lost to the Bedford Bulldogs 51-41.

    Bedford jumped out to a 19-11 lead in the first quarter. The Viqueens recovered, but trailed 26-24 at halftime.

    The Bulldogs outscored Stanton in the second half and were able to pull away and advance on in the regional tournament.

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  • Griswold, East Mills gain experience at state wrestling

    DES MOINES—The Griswold and East Mills wrestling teams fell short of having qualifiers place in the top eight at the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines last week.

    For Griswold, both Zach Vance and Tanner Potter were eliminated on the first day of the tournament. Vance (126-lbs.) lost in the first round to Lane Nichols of Woodbury Central via technical fall. Vance was eliminated in the consolation round by Colby McIntire of Central Lyon via an 8-4 decision.

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