September 2019

Wolverine girls win own triangular

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DIKE – The Dike-New Hartford girls’ golf team continued their winning ways on their home course last Tuesday, topping both Aplington-Parkersburg and Union. The Wolverines accumulated a team score of 174, putting them 42 strokes ahead of the second place Falcons. Ashley Dumler and Bri Weber shared medalist honors with matching scores of 40. Nikki Weisenfluh and Maddi Brummond both carded a 47, Katie Camarata shot a 48, and Abby Camarata a 52.  
Aplington-Parkersburg took the win for the boys with three golfers shooting under 40.

 

Lippert leads AGWSR to fourth place finish

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ELDORA — Bethany Lippert won the 3,000-meter run, leading the AGWSR girls to fourth place in the South Hardin Co-Ed Meet last Friday in Eldora.
The Cougars finished with 89 ½ points. South Hardin won the meet with 147 while Iowa Falls-Alden (118) and Madrid (108 ½) also finished ahead of the Cougars.
The AGWSR boys also ran in the meet, taking fifth place with 71 points. CMB, Baxter ran away with the team title with 185 points while Denver was a distant second with 103. South Hardin (99) and Madrid (93) also finished ahead of the Cougars.

Grundy Center clocks second best 4 x 800 time in Class 1A

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HUDSON – The Grundy Center Spartan girls not only won the 4 x 800-meter relay event at the Hudson Relays last Monday night, they clocked the second best time in Class 1A this season. The team of Piper Johanns, Tiana Saak, Katie Lindeman, and Hannah Stumberg shaved 25 seconds off the relay’s previous best mark this season, running the event in 10:13.79. North Linn currently holds the top time in Class 1A at 10:02.71.

Schupbach sees bright spots, has concerns during busy week for Spartans

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GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center girls’ golf team wrapped up a busy week last Friday with a dual victory over NICL West rival South Tama. The week also included second-place finishes in the West Marshall Invitational and the Nashua-Plainfield quadrangular.
Coach Rick Schupbach said his team is having bright spots but still isn’t playing as well as it needs to if it hopes to reach lofty goals.

Spartan boys win third, fourth straight

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GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center boys’ tennis team continued its strong early-season play last week with a pair of one-sided victories.
The Spartans (4-1) defeated Union 7-2 Monday before shutting out South Tama 9-0 Tuesday.
Despite the victory over Union, Coach John Baade said his team could have played better.
“The boys played well with a few exceptions. This is a team we should have beaten 9-0,” he said. “We need to focus and play at a higher level during matches.”

Former Spartan, Frisch, to play at Upper Iowa

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FAYETTE — Former Grundy Center High School volleyball standout Sarah Frisch has announced her intentions to continue her collegiate volleyball career.
Last week Upper Iowa University announced that Frisch, who is currently a sophomore at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), will be transferring to the university and playing for the Peacocks next season.

APGC soccer scores two more wins

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 HUMBOLDT – The APGC girls’ soccer team went 2-0 on the week, earning a hard fought 2-0 victory at Humboldt on Thursday, after a dominating 10-0 win over CAL, Latimer at home on Tuesday. APGC was scheduled to host Garner-Hayfield/Ventura in Aplington on Tuesday, April 29.
APGC 2, Humboldt 0
At Humboldt, defense proved critical in an extremely physical, closely played game. Senior goalkeeper Kym Lind set the tone with big plays early to lead the APGC defensive effort.    

Wolverines rally to win own invitational

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DIKE — Dike-New Hartford rallied in the final event of the night to win its own Wolverine Invitational last Tuesday.
The Wolverines trailed Wapsie Valley 96-93 entering the 4 x 400-meter relay, needing to finish at least two spots ahead of the Warriors to take the title. D-NH did everything it could do, winning one the event by more than 2 ½ seconds while Wapsie came in sixth.

Cougars sixth at Comet Relays

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CONRAD — AGWSR athletes won a pair of events, leading the Cougars to sixth-place at the BCLUW Comet Relays Thursday in Conrad.
Junior Clay Meinders led a 1-2 Cougar finish in the shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 6 inches while senior Austin Heitland won the 100-meter dash.
Vinton-Shellsburg won the meet with 122 points while BCLUW (82), Aplington-Parkersburg (80), West Marshall (68) and South Hardin (55) rounded out the top five. Dike-New Hartford ran a limited team in the meet and placed 10th with 17 points.
 

Lois Mae Erpelding

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Lois Mae Erpelding, 93, of Waterloo, formerly of Dike, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2014, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. A graveside service will be held on Friday, May 9 at 1 p.m. at the Elmwood Cemetery in Dike. Online condolences can be left for the family at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.

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