Sports

Cowgirls defeat Clear Lake, Eagle Grove

Published by editor on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 5:46am

Last Tuesday in a home match, The Cowgirls defeated the Lions in NCC play 3-1 with set scores of: W25-10, L 25-19, W27-25 and W25-13. Team serving was at 89.9 percent, with Clarissa Hasty at 21 of 21 (three aces) and Summer Traub at 18 of 20 (three). Indy Johnson was 12 of 15, Karlee Lehman 10 of 10 (two), Brooke Askelsen 10 of 12 (two) and Lexie Lane 9 of 11 (one).

Cross country team visits Osage, C. Lake

Published by editor on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 5:45am

(Editor’s note-In last week’s results from the Belmond-Klemme meet, Madison Ingebritson’s name was inadvertently left out. She finished in 58th place. Our sports reporter apologizes for the error).

The team competed at Osage on Tuesday, with Crestwood (Cresco) taking the girls team title followed by Newman Catholic and Nashua-Plainfield. The Cowgirls were ninth in the final standings.

Cowboy posse keeps riding, Indians latest victim

Published by editor on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 6:59am

Using nearly 300 yards of rushing offense, the C-G-D Cowboys won their third game in a row 26-14 at Forest City. Preston Gardner was a one-man scoring machine in this one, piling up 207 total yards on the ground with four scores which included a 61-yard scamper. He was joined in the total by Nevan Foss (31 yards), Cale Kirstein (25 yards) and Garrett Seaba (10 yards).

Gardner only needed to throw three times, completing two for 11 total yards for a final rating of 97.5. Foss caught one ball for six and Mack Seaba one for five.

Cowgirls pull out three-set win over Algona in close match

Published by editor on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 6:56am

The set scores were close as the home team Algona Bulldogs gave the red & block all they could handle but still fell short of taking a set in the C-G-D sweep. Scores were 25-23,25-19 and 25-23. Team serving for the night was at 85.9 percent, with Brooke Askelsen leading the way at 14 of 16 (two aces). Lexie Lane and Summer Traub were both 13 of 14 with Lane making two aces and Traub one. Clarissa Hasty was good on 10 of 10, Karlee Lehman 7 of 10 and Indy Johnson 4 of 7.

Cross country travels to Belmond-Klemme invite

Published by editor on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 6:51am

Last Tuesday the C-G-D cross country team took part in the Belmond-Klemme Invitational held at the golf course east of Belmond. Roland-Story took the girls title with 35 points, followed in the top five by Clear Lake at 50, Garner-Hayfield/Ventura at 110, West Fork at 112 and Hampton-Dumont/CAL at 121 points. Lily Nelson of Forest City took the individual top spot in 21:07. McKayla Pulido led the way in 67th at 27:41.

Cowboys 2-0 after a 32-20 home win over B-K

Published by editor on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 7:14am

The Cowboys ground out nearly 300 rushing yards, and combined it with over 100 passing yards, to turn back a stubborn Bronco team 32-20 in a home game last Friday. Nevan Foss and Preston Gardner each ran for two touchdowns, while Gardner hit Jaxon Carpenter for a ten-yard TD pass.

Cowgirls lose in three to Webster City

Published by editor on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 7:12am

Unforced errors led to a short night in a home match with Webster City, resulting in a 3-0 Lynx win by scores of 25-17, 25-19 and 25-22. Team serving was at 81.4 percent, with Lexie Lane good on 12 of 13 from the serve line and three aces. Nikki Kapka went 11 of 12 (one), Brooke Askelsen 10 of 10 (two), Karlee Lehman 8 of 8, Clarissa Hasty 6 of 6 and Emma State 1 of 1.

Cross country team travels to Webster City

Published by editor on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 7:08am

Briggs Woods course was the setting for the Lynx Invitational last Tuesday. North Polk won the girls team title with 37 points, followed in the top five of 12 complete teams by Ballard at 53, St. Edmond at 113, Roland-Story at 115 and Algona at 156. Liza Schaffer of North Polk crossed first individually in 19:35.

Cross country team opens at Southeast Valley

Published by editor on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 7:07am

Some very nice weather greeted the Cowgirl and Cowboy cross country team as they traveled to Gowrie Country Club in a meet hosted by Southeast Valley. The St. Edmond Gaels won the girls team title with a low of 54 points, followed in the top five of nine teams by Manson NW Webster with 63, West Central Valley with 88, Perry with 112 and South Central Calhoun with 114.

The Cowgirls did not field enough runners for a team score. Makayla Pulido finished 47th in 28:14.28, while Lauren Hansch came home 72nd in 38:31.55.

Cowgirls win their invitational again

Published by editor on Wed, 09/01/2021 - 7:05am

When asked about her team prior to the start of the season, head coach Katrina TerHark felt their strength lay in the fact that the returners have played a lot of volleyball at a higher level of competition. “The only problem is, our potential weakness is not having as much varsity experience as in years past,” she said.

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