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Today's Sports

  • East Mills wrestling earns pair...

        The East Mills wrestling team earned a pair of wins at the Clarinda Academy quadrangular last Tuesday.
        The Wolverines knocked off East Union 66-18 and the host Eagles 60-24. East Mills’ lone loss was a 39-34 setback to Bedford/Lenox.
        Josh Hopkins (152  pounds), Cavin Darnold (145), Colby Jennings (160), Colton Story (195), David Howell (285) and Ben Christensen (106) all earned three wins for the Wolverines.

    East Mills 66,
    East Union 18

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  • Rams win OT thriller

        Momentum is fickle.
        Just ask Denison.
        One minute the Monarchs are up five points and in control of their Hawkeye 10 Conference basketball game at Glenwood last Tuesday.
        Less than 20 seconds and a Grant May 19-footer later, the game is tied and headed into overtime where Glenwood scores the first eight points of the extra frame to snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat in a 66-59 win before a reporter-estimated crowd of 400.

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  • East Mills advances to Corner...

         The East Mills girls overcame a slow start to out-score Clarinda Academy 35-4 in the second half of a 67-30 victory in the opening round of the Corner Conference Girls Basketball Tournament.
        “We started out a little sluggish, but were able to open things up in the second half,” said East Mills coach Jeff Laughlin. “I thought that we played excellent defense all night. We limited them to four second half points.” 

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  • Wolverine wrestlers 4-1 at...

        The East Mills wrestling team finished second at the Griswold Duals on Saturday.  
        The Wolverines defeated Griswold 42-37, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 54-16, Corning 45-34, and Treynor 42-30.  Their only loss was to state-ranked No. 6 Tri-Center 45-33.  
        Heavyweight David Howell was the lone Wolverine on the all-tournament team going 5-0 on the day.  
        Justin Formhals (120 pounds), Lane Stortenbecker (138) and Colton Story (182) all went 4-1 on the day.

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  • Glenwood grapplers down L.C.,...

    The Glenwood wrestling team placed 10th out of 36 teams at the Basehor-Linwood, Kan. Bobcat Classic Wrestling Invitational this weekend.
    Cole Peckham (113 pounds) and Alex Killpack  (285) both placed at the tournament which features hundreds of wrestlers from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Colorado.
    Killpack reached the finals and lost a close match to a top heavyweight from Mountain Range, Colo. Peckham could not continue in his bracket after injuring his shoulder.

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  • Glenwood ice cold in loss to...

        Glenwood missed its first 12 shots, went scoreless for the first 10 minutes, found itself down 22-0 midway through the second quarter and never seemed to get into a rhythm in a 56-18 loss to Council Bluffs Lewis Central on Friday.
        “We didn’t shoot it well, didn’t defend well, and they shot the ball really well,” said Glenwood coach Barry Loeffelbein. “They came with a lot of pressure and that got to us. We didn’t respond. They played a great game and we didn’t.”

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  • East Mills downs Heartland...

        East Mills opened the game on a 36-6 run and never looked back in a 67-30 rout of Heartland Christian in Corner Conference boys basketball on Friday.
        The Wolverines (9-3 overall, 7-2 in the conference) shot 50 percent from the field and grabbed 21 steals, while holding Heartland Christian to 26.8 percent shooting (11-of-41).
        Colden Hillyer led East Mills with 13 points and nine rebounds. Keegan Wederquist added 12 and Joe VanSant 11.

    Villisca 47,
    East Mills 36

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  • Rams second at Rollin Dyer invite

        The Glenwood wrestling team had four champions and three other wrestlers reach the finals at the Rollin Dyer Invitational on Saturday in Atlantic.
        Johnston edged Glenwood 229.5 to 228 in the final team standings. The host Trojans were a distant third with 189.5 points.

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  • Cold shooting Rams fall to...

         Kuemper Catholic jumped out to a 10-1 lead and led by as many as 21 in a 55-36 Hawkeye 10 Conference girls basketball victory over Glenwood on Friday.

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  • Kuemper edges Glenwood, 56-54

        Glenwood couldn’t hold on to a five point lead with four minutes remaining in the game as Kuemper Catholic rallied for a 56-54 Hawkeye 10 Conference boys basketball victory over the Rams on Friday.
        “This was a good quality high school basketball game between two good teams. We just came up two points short,” said Glenwood coach Curt Schulte.

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