Stories from Thursday, April 2, 2015

ROCKWELL CITY - After a long winter of being cooped up inside, the St. Mary's track and field team were more than a little anxious to get out on the track. Monday night at the Chelsey Henkenius South Central Calhoun Earlybird track meet, the Panthers were able to run, pounce and throw for the first time this season. They didn't waste any time showing just what they could do...

WAYNE, Neb. - Over 80 teams competed, but only one could stand as champions last weekend. As it turns out, those champions happened to be from Storm Lake. The Storm Lake Alatross Rugby Club traveled to Wayne tis last weekend and faced four tough matches on their way to four wins as well as the overall tournament win...

HOLSTEIN - At some meets, only winning two events could spell trouble. For Alta-Aurelia though, the Warriors didn't worry about only netting two race wins Tuesday afternoon. A number of top placing finishes led the Warriors in their first outdoor meet of the year and granted the Warriors girls and boys team a fourth place finish in the meet...

CEDAR RAPIDS - For the first time this season, the Buena Vista Beavers were held without a run in a game. They made up for it in the second game though. To open up the doubleheader against Coe College on Tuesday afternoon, Buena Vista played hard, but were shut out for the first time all season. Known as a great hitting team, the Beavers were stuck swinging not just for the fences, but for just about anything they could in the opener...

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