September 2019

PARKERSBURG – Dike-New Hartford has the pieces in place right now to make the big play happen and take opponents out of the game at critical moments.
  
Aplington-Parkersburg doesn't have those big playmakers solidified just yet.
  
But both teams saw steps forward in the 27-7 win for the Wolverines at Ed Thomas Field last Friday night, and both teams will also be looking for ways to improve as non-district play continues in Class 1A.
  

GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center football team brought physicality to the line of scrimmage against South Hamilton last Friday.
  
The Spartans clamped down on the Hawks' run-first offense and put up 415 yards of total offense in a 40-6 rout of South Hamilton at Grundy Center High School.
  
Grundy Center improves to 2-0, entering district play at home against on Friday. Several football polls in the state have taken notice and put the Spartans in their top 10 rankings in Class A as a result of Friday's dominant win.
  

Darlene Reece was just 23 years old when she attended the inaugural meeting of the Conrad American Legion Auxiliary Unit 681 in 1946, and her husband Vern had recently returned from Navy service during World War II. Over seven decades later, she’s still an active member.
           
“They do things a little different (now), and there aren’t as many of us now as there were. We had quite a group before, and we could do a lot of things because there were that many,” she said. “Now, there’s just a few, and we’re all getting old. We don’t have any real young ones.”