September 2019

D-NH girls open season with back-to-back victories

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:40am

DIKE — The Dike-New Hartford girls’ basketball team opened its 2015-16 season with back-to-back victories early last week before suffering its first loss on the young campaign in the North Iowa Cedar League Shootout.
D-NH outscored Don Bosco 47-17 Monday and Waterloo Columbus 44-21 Tuesday, holding both opponents under 30 percent shooting, before falling to Class 4A No. 12-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock 59-34 at Wartburg College in Waverly.

For more of this story see the Dec. 10 Grundy Register.

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Three Wolverines take titles at Belle Plaine Invite

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BELLE PLAINE – Three Dike-New Hartford wrestlers won individual championships Saturday at the Belle Plaine Invitational, lifting the Wolverines to third place in a competitive team race.
Marshalltown crowned six champions and won the tournament with 174 points while Grinnell edged D-NH by a single point, 147-146, for second place.
Wolverine champions included Kody Kugel at 132 pounds, Trent Johnson at 145 and DJ Ackerson at 195. Johnson and Ackerson pinned their way to championships, while Kugel scored two falls and a major decision.

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Wolverines sweep duals from GRNT/GC, Sumner-Fredericksburg

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DIKE – The Dike-New Hartford High School wrestling team showed off its depth Thursday, sweeping a season-opening triangular against GRNT/GC and Sumner-Fredericksburg.
The Wolverines topped GRNT/GC 72-12 and Sumner-Fredericksburg 39-25. S-F also topped GRNT/GC 64-12.
Four Dike-New Hartford wrestlers went 2-0 on the night.

For more of this story see the Dec. 10 Grundy Register.

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Comet boys go winless during opening week

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CONRAD, ELDORA- New coach Luke Higgins’s tenure at the head of the BCLUW boys’ basketball program got off to a shaky start with a pair of double-digit losses at the hands of Waterloo Christian and South Hardin to open the season last week.

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Fourteen players score as D-NH boys dominate opener

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DIKE — During preseason, Dike-New Hartford boys’ basketball coach Greg Moore lauded the depth his team could have this year. If last Tuesday’s opener is any indication, Moore’s thoughts could be on the mark as 14 players scored in the Wolverines’ 80-30 season-opening victory over West Marshall.
The Wolverines jumped ahead 23-5 after a quarter and never looked back, leading 45-20 at halftime and 61-25 after three quarters.

For more of this story see the Dec. 10 Grundy Register.

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Storm opens season at Clarksville, AGWSR duels

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CLARKSVILLE, ACKLEY- The 2015-2016 edition of the South Hardin-BCLUW Storm ended its first week of the season at 2-3 after duels in Clarksville on Tuesday night and Ackley on Thursday.

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Comet girls thump Waterloo Christian, fall to Spartans

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CONRAD- The BCLUW girls’ basketball team got its first win of the season last Monday with a 56-17 drubbing of Waterloo Christian but fell to conference rival Grundy Center 69-50 on the next night in Conrad despite a pair of stellar performances from the top two Comet scorers.