Archive - 1969

WILLIAMSBURG– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity volleyball squad improved to 17-10 as the regular season began to wind down with a 3-1 win over rival Williamsburg on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Williamsburg.
The Clippers took the first set, 27-25, dropped the second, 16-25, and rallied back to 25-15 and 25-20 victories.
Junior Hailey Pollock led the Creek Girls with 16 kills. Sophomore Calia Clubb produced 15 and sophomore Morgan Etscheidt made a dozen. Senior Cheyaenne Bunch produced 44 assists.
The WaMaC Conference Tournament is Thursday, Oct. 17, at Marion High School starting at 4 p.m.

CORALVILLE– The combined team of Iowa City West High and Liberty High swimmers chalked up another dual meet victory Tuesday, Oct. 8, as they dominated Cedar Rapids Kennedy at the Coralville Recreation Center. West’s junior varsity squad won, 136-50, while the varsity took care of the Cougars, 138-48.

DAVENPORT– Clear Creek Amana’s (CCA) varsity football team dipped to 4-3 on the season with a Thursday, Oct. 10, road loss to the Knights of Davenport Assumption Catholic High School at the Brady Street Stadium in Davenport.
The Clippers were down 14-0 in the first half when Ryan Navara connected with Tom Johnson for 59 yards and a touchdown to put the Creek Boys on the scoreboard. Navara would score in the fourth quarter on a quarterback keeper, but the Knights held onto their 27-14 advantage for the victory.

NORTH LIBERTY– Three incumbents will face two challengers on the Tuesday, Nov. 5, election ballot in North Liberty for three city council seats. RaQuishia Harrington, Chris Hoffman and Brent Smith will defend their four-year terms against challengers Matthew Eckhardt and Michael Nicholls. Harrington and Smith are new to the council with Harrington winning a special election in March to fill the vacancy left by Jim Sayre (who moved out of state) while Smith was appointed by the council in May to replace Jennifer Goings (who also has left the area).

TROY MILLS– Going into postseason runs, Solon’s boys notched a sixth-place finish among 16 teams at the 2019 North Linn invitational cross country meet, Oct. 12. “It was an amazing meet for the whole Solon cross country team. Almost every runner had season best times,” reviewed head coach Emy Williams. “We looked strong and really competed.”