Sports

South Hardin boys 2nd, girls 3rd at home co-ed

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:38am

ELDORA – The South Hardin boys track and field team finished a point short of Denver in the team title race at the South Hardin Co-Ed on Friday.

The Cyclones scored 154 points to the Tigers’ 153. AGWSR was fourth with 86 points.

Beau Butler scored 32 team points for the Tigers: He won the 200 in 24 seconds flat, took second in the 400 in 53.66, third in the 100 in 12.26 and was second in the long jump after landing an 18 foot, 11.5 inch leap.

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Tiger girls tennis wins two in a row

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:37am

South Hardin girls tennis ended a three-meet week with wins against South Tama and Hampton-Dumont/CAL on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

TIGERS 9, H-D/CAL 0: The Tigers swept the Bulldogs at Hampton on Friday night.

South Hardin did not give up much to the Bulldog opponents they faced, with three 8-0 victories in singles competition for Jaidyn Teske, Emma Spieker and Mary Brady - Brady’s first varsity win. Teske and Spieker also won 8-0 at No. 1 doubles, as did Mary Brady and Peyton Benson.

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Tiger boys golf showing improvement

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:35am

MARSHALLTOWN – John Lepley and Tyler Harrell shot matching 51s for the South Hardin boys, third in a triangular with East Marshall and Colo-NESCO/Collins-Maxwell on Thursday.

C-N/C-M hit 193 strokes as a team, followed by East Marshall with 203 and South Hardin with 211.

Austin Hennick of C-N/C-M won medalist honors with a 40.

Dante Dolash shot 53 and Nolan Gehrke contributed a 56 to the team total. Kayne Harrell turned in a 62 and Brayton Diedrich shot 66.

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Sperfslage commits to Dubuque

Published by admin on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 11:33am

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Cougar girls control shorthanded Comets

Published by admin on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 12:04pm

ACKLEY – Alyssa Hames led AGWSR girls basketball with 20 points and the Cougars defeated BCLUW, 49-30, in NICL West action at AGWSR High School on Friday, Jan. 15.

Grace Finger added 14 points for the home team. AGWSR started the game on a 14-2 run, leading from start to finish.

“I thought we did a better job of breaking the defense down,” AGWSR head coach Laurie Gann said. “We’ve been working on trying to get better post entries, and hope that will help our post players so that we can open up our outside a little better.”

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Comet surge upends Cougars

Published by admin on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 12:00pm

ACKLEY – BCLUW's final offensive play on Friday night didn't go off as planned.

But Noah Gallentine's hot hand was an excellent improviser, and the BCLUW senior hit three 3-pointers in the final 53 seconds as the Comets rallied to a 42-41 victory over AGWSR in NICL West boys basketball action at AGWSR High School on Friday, Jan. 15.

"We talk a lot about punching through when we hit that wall, when we hit adversity. … The guys had to give it their all to get back in the game, and they did," BCLUW coach Evan Janssen said. "They hit the shots they needed to get the win."

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Kolthoff gold at home invite

Published by admin on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:49am

ELDORA – South Hardin-BCLUW 120-pounder Carter Kolthoff won his weight class at the Storm Invite at South Hardin High School on Satur-day.

Kolthoff went 3-0 on the day, defeating Denver's Joe Ebaugh via 12-11 decision in the championship match. Ebaugh is ranked fourth in Class 1A by The Predicament at 120; Kolthoff is ranked third at 113 pounds in 2A.

Other placewinners for the Storm on Saturday were Aid-en Farnsworth in 4th place at 285 pounds and Chance Cordes, Lane Hartwig and Zach Bennett in 5th place at 106, 126 and 182 pounds, re-spectively.

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Tiger boys get West win

Published by admin on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 11:45am

South Hardin boys basketball bounced back from an overtime loss to Iowa Falls-Alden last Monday with a win against East Marshall on Tuesday.

The Tigers are 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the NICL West and are currently in a three-way tie for the top spot in the West with Grundy Center and Gladbrook-Reinbeck. Last Friday's game at Grundy Center was postponed to Saturday, Jan. 30 due to inclement weather.

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A look back at sports in 2020

Published by admin on Mon, 01/04/2021 - 10:29am

ELDORA – This past year has been an interesting one for those playing high school sports. When the pandemic struck, an athlete’s ability to compete depended on a positive or negative COVID-19 test result. Sometime a handful of students sat out, and other times, it sidelined a whole team for two weeks.

Let’s take a look back at the highs and lows of 2020 – both pre-COVID and post-COVID:

January:

• AGWSR junior Trey Lashbrook and senior Ali Gerbracht reach 100 career wins at a dual in Hudson during wrestling action.

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Butler’s quick start propels South Hardin over North Tama

Published by admin on Mon, 12/28/2020 - 9:10am

ELDORA – South Hardin (5-2) already had a definitive size-advantage over the visiting North Tama RedHawks (4-4) on December 21. The Tigers also got a huge boost with Beau Butler playing his first game in nearly two weeks. South Hardin exploited the paint early and often leading to a dominant 68-39 win.