September 2019

C. E. “Satch” Paige

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C. E. “Satch” Paige, age 82, of Waterloo died February 11, 2014, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home. Memorial services are being planned for a later date with inurnment in the Garden of Memories Cemetery.  His body has been cremated.  There will be no visitation.  Kearns Funeral Service Kimball Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

Spartans drops two in final week of regular season

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GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center boys dropped games to a couple of NICL-East teams, Columbus and Dike-New Hartford, in their final week of regular season play. The Spartans fell to the Sailors 70-39 on their home court Tuesday after coming up short in a closely played road game at Dike, 64-57 on Monday.
The 6-15 Spartans opened the postseason with a Class 1A first round game against Clarksville at Grundy Center on Monday, Feb. 17.    
Columbus 70, Grundy Center 39

Spartan girls fall in regular season finale

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GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center girls’ basketball team closed out the regular season with a pair of losses, falling to Columbus 43-37 at home in their final regular season game last Tuesday, after dropping a game to Class 2A No. 8 Dike-New Hartford at Dike on Monday, 76-35.
The 11-10 Spartans played BCLUW in the first round of the Class 2A Region 2 postseason bracket on Saturday.
Columbus 43, Grundy Center 37

Wolverines fall just short in dual regionals

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    STATE CENTER — Dike-New Hartford saw its dreams of a state dual tournament berth come up two points short last Tuesday as it dropped a dual regional final to familiar foe West Marshall, 33-31.
    The Wolverines (23-5) had fallen to West Marshall 42-34 on Jan. 20.
    The difference in the match was bonus points. Each team won seven bouts in a rare forfeit-free matchup, but West Marshall had four falls while D-NH had three falls and a major decision.

Parker makes history with 53 points against West Marshall

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DIKE – It was a history making week for the Dike-New Hartford boys’ basketball, specifically for senior Carson Parker, as he achieved a record-setting 53 point performance in the Wolverines’ 79-77 win over West Marshall last Tuesday.

G-R girls fall in regional opener

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    TRAER — An old bugaboo reared its ugly head one final time for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball team Saturday, as the Rebels saw their season end with a 63-46 loss to North Tama in a Class 2A regional opener.
    The Rebels (8-13), who went 2-7 on the road in the regular season, could not break the curse in their second game in Traer in two weeks.

G-R boys finish on high note

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REINBECK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team wrapped up its sterling regular season last week with a pair of non-district victories.
The Rebels (19-2) downed Aplington-Parkersburg 63-53 last Tuesday and won their regular-season finale over Wapsie Valley 71-55 Thursday.
The Rebels host the winner of Monday’s BCLUW-CAL game Thursday at 8 p.m. The game is the second of a district doubleheader, with North Tama and GMG meeting in the opener.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 63,
Aplington-Parkersburg 53

Wolverine girls finish regular season with 18-2 mark

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DIKE – The Dike-New Hartford girls’ basketball team moved to 18-2 with a couple of wins in their final regular season games at home last week. The Wolverines downed West Marshal 54-37 Tuesday, after handing Grundy Center a 76-35 loss on Monday.
After a first round bye, the Class 2A No. 8 Wolverines were to host Grundy Center on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the second round of the Class 2A Region 2 bracket.
 
Dike-New Hartford 54, West Marshall 37

AGWSR boys wrap up regular season

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 ACKLEY — The AGWSR boys’ basketball team wrapped up its regular season last week with a pair of victories and a tough loss.
    The Cougars dominated Meskwaki Settlement 78-61 Monday and came from behind to win at Denver 51-48 Tuesday. Friday they hosted Jesup, dropping a 63-52 decision. AGWSR finishes its regular season with a 14-7 record.
    The Cougars host either Grundy Center or Clarksville in a second-round district tournament game Thursday after receiving a first-round bye. Clarksville and Grundy Center played Monday.
AGWSR 78, Meskwaki 61

Cougars dominate Cal

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ACKLEY – Hot-shooting AGWSR hit four early 3-pointers and never looked back on its way to a 54-24 Class 1A, Region 2 first-round victory over CAL, Latimer Thursday in Ackley.
The Cougars (12-10) used the early success from the outside to build a 14-2 lead in the first five minutes and led by double digits most of the game from there.
“One of our goals was that we had to get out and establish that we were a team that they were going to have to play catchup with all night long,” AGWSR coach Laurie Gann said.

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