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.

OTTUMWA — It was a big night at Evans Middle School Gymnasium.

OTTUMWA — Even in the midst of a winning streak, there are always things to work on.

FAIRFIELD — One game separated the Fort Madison and Fairfield girls basketball teams in the Southeast Conference standings.

KEOSAUQUA — For Isabel Manning, it was just another brilliant week on the hardwood.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DES MOINES – Trae Swartz's pursuit for 1,000 career points will have to wait until a few more days.

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.

BURLINGTON – For the second time in 11 months, the Bulldog boys celebrated an eight-point win over Burlington.

OTTUMWA – Bryan Marlay has a plan to make the Fairfield boys better bowlers moving forward.

OTTUMWA – Dave Wenger brought his top 10 scoring wrestlers to Evans Middle School Gymnasium on Saturday.

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.