Archive - Sep 2015

The good news in my ongoing battle to lose weight (and alleviate gout) came courtesy of a website telling you how many calories various activities burn.
Walking, for a guy my weight and age, uses about 200 calories per hour (CPH), the digital assistant assures me. Running comes in at about 500 followed by vigorous cycling at 600. I thought swimming, at 700, was the top fat burner until I plugged in playing golf with a motorized cart. According to the program hitting the links eats up a full 750 CPH!

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WILLIAMSBURG– Heat and humidity added to the challenges of the season-opening meet for the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) cross country teams on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as they competed in the Williamsburg invitational. Due to the oppressive conditions, times for the races were changed to later in the afternoon with the junior varsity and varsity teams combined.
Eric Douglass, a senior, led the Clipper boys with a fourth-place finish and the team placed fourth overall behind Mount Pleasant, Mid-Prairie and Marion.

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MARSHALLTOWN– West High volleyball coach Randy Dolson described the Women of Troy’s day at the Marshalltown Roundhouse and Pat Apgar Invitational as “up-and-down.”
West went 3-1 in pool play, defeating Charles City 2-0 (21-18, 21-18), Southeast Polk 2-1 (21-15, 17-21, 15-13) and Iowa Falls 2-0 (21-18, 21-16), but lost to Dike-New Hartford 0-2 (19-21, 13-21). The Women of Troy faced the Wolverines of Dike-New Hartford again in the semifinals, taking the first set, 25-19, and falling, 25-21, in the second forcing a hard-fought third set. West fell, 16-14, in that game.

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CEDAR RAPIDS– The West High Women of Troy marched to victory Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Cedar Rapids Jefferson as the sophomores, junior varsity (JV) and varsity teams posted volleyball wins over the J-Hawks.
The sophomores won 3-0 with scores of 21-15, 21-14 and 21-7 while the JV squad swept Jefferson 25-11 and 25-17. Varsity took a 3-0 sweep, winning 25-18, 25-12 and 25-20.
Emma Norris led West with 11 kills and two ace serves, while Ali Tauchen had nine kills and Anna Mabry put up five.

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WELLMAN– Aaron Akers’ 3-yard sprint for a touchdown helped the cause, but wasn’t enough for the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers to overcome the Golden Hawks of Mid-Prairie in Wellman Friday, Sept. 4. The Golden Hawks took the varsity contest, 27-7, dropping the Clippers to 0-2 on the season.