TRIPOLI — With only two wrestlers competing, Riceville finished 10th out of 11 teams at the Tripoli Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 6. Both Will Felper, wrestling at 138, and Andrew Pridgen, at 190, finished sixth to score 10 points for the Wildcats. Each lost in the quarterfinal round after receiving a bye with Felper pinning…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Going from no points at halftime to 18 by game’s end, St. Ansgar senior guard Tyke Remster helped the Saints pull off a huge 61-58 home win on Friday, Jan. 5. He scored 13 alone in the fourth quarter, hitting three of his four three-pointers. It was a full…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — St. Ansgar girls basketball coach Scott Cakerice knew that Mason City Newman would be bothersome in his team’s 54-47 triumph on Friday, Jan. 5. It was only a matter of handling their swarming full-court pressure defense, something he said they managed much better after half. “Better the second half…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — Even minus a few of its regular lineup, the Class 2A top-ranked Osage boys wrestlers showed how formidable it is with a double-dual sweep of a Class 1A ranked Nashua-Plainfield team and St. Ansgar at home on Thursday, Jan. 4. The Green Devils topped the Class 1A fifth-ranked Huskies in…
NASHUA — Riceville’s boys basketball team stepped out of conference play to eke out a 58-57 victory over Nashua-Plainfield on Tuesday, Jan. 2. N-P failed to complete an old-fashioned three-point play on a basket and foul on Landon Foelske, and Gunnar Smith took the ball and scored with about five seconds left to pull out…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — With the flip of the calendar, Osage 110-pounder Gable Hemann (30-1) made the necessary changes it took to defeat an opponent who topped her handily less than two weeks ago. The junior, who was ranked second at 105 pounds by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches Association, suffered her only loss to…
Due to an omission in the print edition, this article is running online only. OGDEN — Gable Hemann was Osage’s lone champion at the Ogden Girls Wrestling Tournament, taking the 110-pound title with a win by fall over Nevada’s Ashlyn Leslie. She pinned her way to the title, leading coach Ryan Fank’s Green Devils to…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — Two previously unbeatens tangled in Top of Iowa East Conference boys basketball action and, fittingly, the game was decided in overtime. After a slow start, Osage and West Fork came out firing in the second half, and the Green Devils had to rally from a flurry by the visiting Warhawks…
By Kristi Nixon RICEVILLE — Riceville junior guard Jaylyn Beran is well aware that every single Iowa Star North Conference team the Wildcats face are going to give she and her teammates their best shot. It’s just a matter of handling it. “Coming into each game, knowing that they are going to play their best…
By Kristi Nixon WATERLOO — Osage head coach Brent Jennings will be the first to say his team is not the same as it was a year ago. Aiming to defend the Battle of Waterloo title, his Green Devils were missing a few key components in dropping to fourth with losses to three quality Class…
