OTTUMWA — One state wrestling tournament made news on Thursday.
The Albia High School wrestling team wrapped up the dual portion of their season with three more wins on Thursday, edging Central Decatur 41-25 and Pleasantville 47-36 while adding a 47-26 win over South Central Conference rival Davis County.
CENTERVILLE — The Centerville girls' high school basketball team cruised to their 12th straight win to remain perfect on the season, earning a 50-21 win over the Chariton Chargers.
OTTUMWA — Kevin Kretz has won a lot of races in his four years swimming for the Ottumwa Bulldogs.
CENTERVILLE — One week after breaking through with the first win of the season, the Centerville Big Reds were still seeking their first South Central Conference victory.
DES MOINES — The Ottumwa boys and girls both secured their first CIML Metro conference wins of 2021 on Thursday. The Bulldogs boys posted their best team score of the season, rolling a 3,162 at Air Lanes to beat Des Moines Roosevelt by 575 pins.
OTTUMWA — It was a big night at Evans Middle School Gymnasium.
DES MOINES — For the first time in 32 days, the Ottumwa High School bowling returned to the lanes.
OTTUMWA — Even in the midst of a winning streak, there are always things to work on.
PEKIN — Brady Millikin missed out on facing Wapello earlier this season in a Southeast Iowa Superconference north division showdown.
FAIRFIELD — One game separated the Fort Madison and Fairfield girls basketball teams in the Southeast Conference standings.
Brayden Messamaker drilled seven shots from 3-point territory, scoring 21 points to lead the Albia boys basketball team to a ninth straight win on Monday.
EDDYVILLE — Tied after one quarter. Tied after two quarters. Tied after three quarters.
KEOSAUQUA — For Isabel Manning, it was just another brilliant week on the hardwood.
EDDYVILLE — It took the highest scoring effort of the season by Davis County on Friday to prevent the Rockets from scoring consecutive South Central Conference wins.
CENTERVILLE — Trevor Summers was on a roll earlier this season when he stepped on the mat for a championship match against Lucas Henderson.
PEKIN — Following Friday night's 49-43 victory over Mediapolis, defending Southeast Iowa Superconference north division champion Pekin hosted Cardinal from the south division in a cross-division game.
BURLINGTON — Six Ottumwa High School swimmers medaled on Saturday at the 46th annual Burlington Grayhound Invitational.
PEKIN — The Pekin girls basketball team hosted Cardinal in a South Iowa Super Conference cross division contest on Saturday.
PLEASANTVILLE — The Albia wrestling team improved their dual record to 16-1 on the season, earning five wins including a 45-34 victory over Pleasantville on Saturday night at the Trojans Duals.
BLOOMFIELD — Travis Stout may not have had time to make the left-handed signal normally reserved for Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont head baseball coach Thomas Hallgren.
BLOOMFIELD — Stay calm.
FAIRFIELD — Defense wins championships.
PEKIN — With a showdown for the Southeast Iowa Superconference north division lead looming next week, the Pekin Panthers needed to hold off an upset bid by three-win Mediapolis on Friday.
DES MOINES — The Ottumwa girls and boys basketball team will have to wait until next week to make the trip to Des Moines Roosevelt.
SEYMOUR — Tom Hill didn't mince words, channelling his inner Steve Young moments after the final buzzer sounded at Seymour.
SEYMOUR — The high-flying Redette girls' basketball team steamrolled past the Seymour Warriorettes Thursday night in a non-conference matchup.
ALBIA – Carter Anderson recorded his 100th career win on Thursday, helping the Blue Demons clinch the South Central Conference dual championship. The Blue Demons rolled to a 78-6 win over Chariton before clinching a sweep of SCC titles this season with a 53-30 win over Clarke.
BLOOMFIELD – Austin Payne spent most of the first period of his last match on Senior Night at Davis County fighting from underneath.
OTTUMWA – On paper, it looked like an even battle.
DES MOINES – The first weather-related postponements of 2021 impacted the Ottumwa High School bowling and boys swimming teams on Thursday.
EDDYVILLE – Tony Fenton was feeling much better prior to tip-off on Tuesday.
DONNELLSON — Jaelyn Boley has missed more free throws attempts than she's made so far this season for the Van Buren County girls basketball team.
EDDYVILLE — Records. Titles. Milestones.
MORAVIA – The Moravia boys basketball team has been playing at high level for well over a month.
DES MOINES – Trae Swartz's pursuit for 1,000 career points will have to wait until a few more days.
MORAVIA – The Moravia girls basketball team was on fire during the first quarter of play as they hosted Moulton-Udell with each team looking to move up from the middle of the Bluegrass Conference standings.
OTTUMWA – On Friday, Joe VandenBerg was ready and waiting to celebrate the first win of the season for the Ottumwa girls basketball team in the locker room.
SIGOURNEY – The Sigourney girls basketball team didn't a score a point over the final 11 minutes of Saturday night's Backyard Brawl with Pekin.
SIGOURNEY – Bo Schmidt hit a 3-pointer to give the Sigourney a lead right out of the blocks.
LETTS — Isabel Manning outdueled Kylee Sanders, scoring 35 points while grabbing 13 rebounds for Van Buren County in a 67-57 Southeast Iowa Superconference crossover win.
BURLINGTON – For the second time in 11 months, the Bulldog boys celebrated an eight-point win over Burlington.
FAIRFIELD – PCM didn't find the confines of the Fairfield High School gymnasium too friendly on Monday night, mustering only four points in the first half of play.
FAIRFIELD – PCM opened the contest with a 3-pointer 20 seconds into the game.
DES MOINES – It was the first CIML Metro dual of the season.
OTTUMWA – Bryan Marlay has a plan to make the Fairfield boys better bowlers moving forward.
NEW SHARON – Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont took part in two very different wrestling tournaments over the weekend.
OTTUMWA – Dave Wenger brought his top 10 scoring wrestlers to Evans Middle School Gymnasium on Saturday.
LONE TREE — Kerrigan Pope and Erika Coleman each record double-doubles, leading a dominant night in the paint for the Panthers in a 68-27 Southeast Iowa Superconference north division win.
DES MOINES – Making her start on the varsity high school hardwood, Zoey Jones helped the Ottumwa High School girls basketball team break through with the first win of the season.
DES MOINES – Trae Swartz scored a season-high 34 points, including 22 in the first half, as the Ottumwa boys basketball team rolled to the team's first CIML Metro conference win of the season.