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The Fremont-Mills’ defense gang tackles WACO-Wayland running back Louden Huisesnga.
Clayton Miller’s scrambling, 12-yard touchdown pass to Colton Leichty with :13 seconds left broke a 20-20 tie and lifted WACO-Wayland to a 26-20 victory over Fremont-Mills in a battle of Eight-player Top 10 teams at the Battle in the Valley in Des Moines Saturday night. Playing under the lights on...
Glenwood girls and boys cross country opened the 2023 season with a sweep of the team titles at their own 49th annual Glenwood Cross Country Invite at Glenwood Lake Park Saturday. With the cool temperatures, the ideal morning conditions for running suited the state-ranked girls and boys Rams squads...

Emily Williams, East Mills senior.
Something to Smile About There are 15,000 fans in the stands at Drake Stadium and Emily Williams has just won a gold medal at the Iowa State Track and Field meet.            And she’s barely cracked a smile. Williams didn’t run over to the rail or jump up and down or become overwhelmed with emotion...
A Man of Four Seasons As a true four sport athlete, Kayden Anderson doesn’t get many days off. Baseball. Football. Basketball. Tennis. Maybe some more baseball. “I’d say for four years, I’ve had very little break at all,” said the Glenwood junior, who took over as the Rams’ varsity starting...

Softball Captain Allison Koontz, Glenwood.
All-Mills County Softball P – Allison Koontz, Soph., Glenwood Went 13-7 in the circle with 185 strikeouts and a 1.95 ERA; also hit .436 at the plate with 9 HRs and 29 RBIs.   IF – Emily Williams, Sr., East Mills Wolverines’ shortstop hit team-best .375.   IF – Ella Thornton, Fr., Fremont-Mills Hit...

Glenwood’s Nolan Allmon, shown here early this season, singled and drive in a run inthe Rams’ postseason loss to Council Bluffs Lewis Central.
Council Bluffs Lewis Central picked up the season sweep and ended Glenwood’s season with a 9-3 victory in the Class 3A, District 8 second round last Monday in Council Bluffs. The top 10 ranked Titans (29-4) got six strong innings from starting pitcher Luke Woltman – and a solo home run at the plate...

Braden Turpin scattered four hits and struck out 11 to earn the win on the hill in Fremont-Mills’ 5-4 victory over Stanton in the Corner Conference Tournament Championship Game Friday in Tabor.
Braden Turpin struck out 11 in six innings and Kyler Owen closed it out in a wild seventh inning for Fremont-Mills in a 5-4 victory over Stanton in the Corner Conference Baseball Tournament Championship Friday in Tabor. The Knights’ win was their second over the Vikings in 10 days and third of the...

Fremont-Mills’ Kinley Blackburn, shown here earnier this season, singled and drove in a run and was perfect in the field in the Knights’ 6-4 win over Tri-Center.
Fremont-Mills split a pair of games at its own Knights Softball Invitational on Saturday in Tabor. The Knights (12-10 overall, 7-2 in the conference) fell 8-6 to Southwest Valley in the opener and then topped Tri-Center 6-4 in the tournament capper. Seven fielding errors led to all eight of the...
The Glenwood softball team got just one game in at a rain-shortened Roland-Story Softball Classic in Story City Saturday. Class 3A, No. 7 ranked Saydel (17-3) jumped all over the Rams (14-9 overall, 11-5 in the conference) in the first inning, plating nine runs in a 12-0, three-inning victory....
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln scored three runs in each of the final two innings to break a 6-6 tie and down Glenwood 12-6 in Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball Friday at A.C. Nuckolls Field.     The Lynx roughed up a trio of Ram hurlers for 10 hits. Brody Taylor look the loss on the hill for Glenwood...

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