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Fernando takes third place, Dulce finishes 27th
Fernando Ramos finished third overall to help Storm Lake place seventh in the Cherokee Invitational on Tuesday.
Unity Christian won the meet with 56 points. Storm Lake scored 159.
Ramos finished the race with a time of 15 minutes, 59 seconds. Bazyl Horsey took 36th in a time of 18:01 and Ruben Rodriguez 40th in 18:07.
Storm Lake’s Madison Gaffney hits the ball toward Western Christian’s Kaira Moss during their Lakes Conference match on Tuesday night. TIMES photo by JAMIE KNAPP
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Western Christian proved why it is the No. 1-ranked team in the state in Class 2A as the Wolfpack beat Storm Lake in a Lakes Conference match on Tuesday at Tornado Fieldhouse.
Game scores were 25-6, 25-7, 25-4.
“Western Christian is one of the best teams in the state and they showed why,” Storm Lake coach Kim Johnson said. “We did do some things well though and that’s what we should focus on.”
Toni Besch, Rylee James and Nyajouk Lam each had a kill for Storm Lake. James recorded two set assists.
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reporter@storml... on Thu, 10/10/2013 - 10:13am
Raptors need to beat Pocahontas Area
BY JAMIE KNAPP
Ridge View is on the cusp of making its third state playoff appearance in the last four years.
The Raptors control their own destiny as they sit in second place in their district with three games to play.
But Ridge View isn’t focused on all that stuff. It is just looking to get better each game. That’s the goal tonight when they play host to Pocahontas Area in Holstein.
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Running back a huge concern for Mustang defense tonight
BY JAMIE KNAPP
Newell-Fonda has faced some very good running backs this season, but the Mustangs might see the best of the best tonight when CWL comes to Newell for a homecoming game.
The Panthers feature one of the state’s leading rushers in Esden Carroll, who ranks 14th in the state with 1,130 yards. He has scored 14 touchdowns.
Carroll is one notch below Newell-Fonda’s Brady Bohe, who has 1,143 yards and 18 touchdowns.
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Anna Davis went 29-for-38 in hitting with 13 kills to help power Ridge View to its 16th straight win with a 22-25, 25-16, 25-7, 25-22 triumph over Western Valley Conference rival OA-BCIG Tuesday at Schaller.
Jadyn Mohr went 29-for-35 in hitting with 11 kills for the Raptors, now 8-0 in the league and 28-3 overall. Lexi Johnson was 23-for-30 with 10 kills and Emily Brosamle 14-for-15 with nine kills. Kyra Hoffman was 10-for-15 with five kills.
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Buena Vista was back in Iowa Conference play on Tuesday at Wartburg, and it was the Knights who pulled away late in both the first and third set en route to a three-set victory.
Maddie Bardole turned in nine of the team’s 27 kills to go along with five digs and one block. Chelsea Clayton followed with seven kills as Shelby Wiederhoeft added four. Jordan Leehy charted 19 set assists.
Taylor Salisbury tallied a team-leading 12 digs.
Wartburg finished with an attack percentage of .357 while BVU (12-7) was held to .093.
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Brooke Runneberg went 51-for-60 in hitting with 31 kills to help Laurens-Marathon beat North Union in five games in a nonconference match on Tuesday at Laurens.
Game scores were 25-23, 15-25, 25-20, 25-27, 16-14.
Briley Sullivan was 35-for-40 in hitting with 22 kills for the Chargers, now 8-16. Rhianna Aschenbrenner was 6-for-10 with five kills and Caitlin Rohrbaugh 8-for-10 with four kills.
Rohrbaugh charted 45 set assists. Runneberg totaled five blocks.
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Erin Rachuy went 23-for-25 in hitting with 10 kills to help lead Sioux Central to a 25-22, 25-13, 25-23 win over North Union on Tuesday at Laurens.
Nicole Hamilton went 26-for-30 in hitting with seven kills for the Rebels, now 17-8. Chelsey Blomgren was 13-for-16 with seven kills and Mikayla Landsness 22-for-26 with seven kills. Gloria Jensen added four kills.
Nicole Scharn charted 26 set assists. Jensen led the team in digs with 21. Scharn had 13, Rachuy and Jessica Johnson eight apiece, and Blomgren and Hamilton seven each. Jensen totaled five blocks.
Storm Lake’s Joy Bral swims the butterfly during her leg of the 200 medley relay in last Thursday’s home meet against Spencer and Algona at the BVU Pool. TIMES photo by JAMIE KNAPP
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Keely Soellner finished first in two invidual events to help Storm Lake finish second in a double dual last Thursday at the BVU Pool.
Storm Lake beat Algona 61-33, but lost to Spencer 62-32.
Soellner won the 100 freestyle with a clocking of 56.59 seconds. She took the 100 breast stroke with a time of 1 minute, 14.82 seconds.
Joy Bral won the 50 freestyle with a clocking of 26.39 seconds.
Buena Vista’s Mason Nielsen tackles Coe’s Elijah Phillips after catching a pass during their Iowa Conference game last Saturday. TIMES photo by JAMIE KNAPP
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Kohawks score twice in final 2:11 to break tie and win, 21-7
To beat the really good teams, you’ve got to be focused and play a full 60 minutes of quality football.
Buena Vista did so for the first 57-plus minutes.
Coe scored two touchdowns in the final 2:11 of the game to break a 7-7 tie and the 20th-ranked Kohawks went on to beat Buena Vista 21-7 in the Iowa Conference opener for both teams last Saturday at J. Leslie Rollins Stadium.
