Archive - 2017

The Iowa men played two games last week.
They cruised to a 92-64 win over Southern Utah last week at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Once again, the Hawks used the size and depth to take down the Thunderbirds.
Southern Utah is a little bit like Drake as they rely on the 3-pointer. When they are hot, they are tough to defend, but the Hawks held the Thunderbirds to 8-26 from 3-point range (30.8 percent), controlled the boards (48-29) and points in the paint (52-24).

NORTH LIBERTY— The Liberty High varsity boys basketball team suffered their second consecutive loss, in as many days, as the Bloodhounds, of Fort Madison, bit the Lightning Bolts, 68-45, on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Liberty High.
The Lightning led, 8-4, at the end of the first period but dropped into a hole in the second trailing, 21-16, at halftime. The Bolts could only muster four points in the third period as Fort Madison led, 41-20, going into the fourth period.

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TIFFIN— Clear Creek Amana (CCA) gave themselves an early Christmas present Tuesday, Dec. 19, as they knocked off rival Williamsburg, 80-66, for their second win of the season.The Clippers took an early lead and were up, 16-5, at the end of the first period. Despite a resurgence by the Raiders in the second, CCA led, 37-23, at the half and enjoyed a 52-36 advantage going into the final quarter.
Darius Moore led everyone with 34 points and pulled down six rebounds, while Jordan Wolfe and TJ Bollers contributed a dozen points each and Tyler Schrepfer produced ten.

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SPENCER— Clear Creek Amana (CCA) junior varsity (JV) wrestlers competed in the Austin Roberts Memorial Tournament Saturday, Dec. 16, in Spencer, and crowned three champions.
Noah Banwart won the 105-110-pound class by pinning LeMars’ Donavon Daggett in 1:04 in the finals. Banwart pinned Luverne’s Abraham Hernandez in 3:08 in the first round and took a 13-6 decision from West Lyon’s Jose Richards in the semifinals.

OXFORD– All parents in the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) School District who have children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 15, 2018, and are planning on sending their children to school in August are asked to call the elementary school their child will be attending.