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Today's Sports

  • Wolverine volleyball finishes 2-...

    The East Mills volleyball team finished 2-2 at the East Union Volleyball Invitational Tournament Saturday in Afton.

    The Wolverines (11-7 overall, 3-1 in the Corner Conference) opened pool play with a 2-1 record, earning wins over Lamoni (21-16, 21-4) and Truro/I-35 (21-19, 21-16) before dropping their pool final to East Union 22-14, 21-18, 14-16.

    Winterset knocked the Wolverines out in the semifinals, 19-25, 13-25

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  • Glenwood volleyball sweeps...

    Glenwood scored the first nine points of game one and never trailed in a 25-8, 25-13, 25-23 sweep of Shenandoah in Hawkeye 10 Conference volleyball last Tuesday.

    The Rams (11-6 overall, 2-1 in the conference) recorded 33 kills in the win and hit .361 on a balanced hitting night.

    Overall, I was happy with how  we played,” said Glenwood coach Maria Jacobus.

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  • Ram cross country second at Red...

    Aubrey McIntyre, Kate Kaufman and Katelyn Wilwerding all placed in the top 10 to pace the Glenwood girls cross country team to a second place showing the at the Red Oak Invitational last Monday.

    Harlan edged Glenwood 41 to 43 in the standings to take the team crown. The Rams’ second place showing matched their highest finish since winning the Corning Invite in 2010.

    The Rams’ junior varsity and middle school teams swept the team titles.

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  • Knight defense shuts out second...

    Another district game, another shutout for Fremont-Mills.

    For the second time in as many weeks, the Knight football team shut out an Eight-Man, District 8 opponent, rolling over Nishnabotna 52-0 on Friday.

    The Knights (4-0), a week after shutting out Sidney 48-0, scored 31 points in the first quarter and led 45-0 at the half.

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  • Strong second half carries East...

    MALVERN - “Halftime adjustments” is one of the most popular coach speak clichés.

    But in the case of East Mills, it was a perfect description of the Wolverines’ second half against Stanton in a showdown of unbeatens in Eight-Man, District 8 football.

    After a lackluster first half, the Wolverines out-scored the Vikings 26-8 after halftime while allowing just 98 total yards in a 40-24 victory in Malvern.
    A few tweaks to the Wolverine defense – yes, during halftime – made all the difference.

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  • Glenwood storms to 4-0 start

    The beat goes on for the undefeated Glenwood football team.

    The Rams dominated Winterset on both sides of the line of scrimmage Friday night on their way to a 42-13 Class 3A, District 8 win at Ram Memorial Field. With the victory, the 2015 Rams became the first Glenwood team in 35 years to start the season 4-0.

    “I’m really proud of the kids. Winterset’s a really good team,” Glenwood coach Cory Faust said. “We played well in all aspects of the game.”

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  • Fremont-Mills serves up victory

    Fremont-Mills recorded a season-high 14 aces in a 25-7, 25-13, 25-5 sweep of Clarinda Academy in Corner Conference volleyball Thursday.

    We had an overall good night,” said Fremont-Mills coach Tracy Malcom. “We really wanted to focus on speeding up our offense and concentrate on a perfect free ball pass every time. Our serving was strong and we had some girls really step up.”.

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  • Glenwood places fifth at LC...

    The Glenwood boys cross country team placed fifth at the Council Bluffs Lewis Central Invitational Saturday at Iowa Western Community College.

    Plattsmouth took home the team title with 38 points led by top medal winner Corey Kress. Kress bested the field with a time of 16:44.06, nine seconds better than second place Brendon O’Brien of Lewis Central.

    The Rams’ 127 points trailed fourth place Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson by two points.

    Freshman Parson Convington led Glenwood with an 11th place finish time of 17:37.93.

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  • Glenwood wins Atlantic tournament

    The Glenwood volleyball team won four of its five matches to win the team title at the Atlantic Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

    In the round robin tourney, the Rams (10-6) swept the host Trojans 21-4, 21-19, Council Bluffs St. Albert 21-14, 24-22 and Underwood 21-15, 23-21 and rallied in the final two sets to down Winterset 19-21, 21-15, 15-6 before falling to Treynor 14-21, 22-24 in the capper.

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  • Hopkins’ big night lifts...

    HAMBURG - Josh Hopkins ran for a career-high 237 yards and five touchdowns and the East Mills defense limited Nishnabotna to 148 total yards in 44-13 victory in the Eight Man, District 8 opener for both teams Friday in Hamburg.

    A week after bulldozing West Harrison for 389 yards, 298 coming on the ground, in a 52-16 victory, East Mills and Hopkins were even better against the Blue Devils. The Wolverines racked up a season-high 501 yards Friday with 346 coming on the ground.

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