Archive - Oct 2016

There’s been trouble in the old hen house. Someone complained to the ACLU (American Chicken Liberties Union) about the Buddhist prayer flags draped in a corner.
Like the much older and more renowned American Civil Liberties Union (also ACLU), both organizations are nonpartisan, non-profit. Both work through litigation, lobbying and community empowerment to achieve their mission: “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every chicken in this country by the Constitution and the laws of the United States.” Of course in the “civil” version, people are defended.

You start with the Hawks converting only 2-13 first downs, the Badgers had the ball for 15 more minutes, the Hawks dropped a couple of passes, missed a couple of tackles and a field goal.
Final line... the Hawkeyes get beat by a pretty good Wisconsin team.
“We missed a field goal,” said Iowa Head Football Coach Kirk Ferentz. “We missed a plus-50 punt or two to get them backed up. We played hard on defense, but there are still some things we can do better there. We missed too many tackles today.”

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IOWA CITY– The West High sophomore Women of Troy won their home Wild Wild West volleyball invitational Saturday, Sept. 24. West knocked off Dubuque Hempstead 2-0 (21-11, 21-16), Pleasant Valley 2-1 (18-21, 21-13, 15-11) and North Scott 2-0 (21-11, 23-21) in pool play. Linn-Mar and West both had a bye in the quarterfinal rounds after the Lions swept Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Marshalltown in pool play. The Lions defeated Cedar Rapids Prairie, 2-0 (21-14, 21-19), in the semifinals while the Women of Troy took care of North Scott, 2-0 (21-15, 21-11).

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IOWA CITY– The North Central Junior High Knights cross country squads ran Thursday, Sept. 29, in Iowa City High’s Bud Williams Invitational meet held at the Kickers Soccer Complex in Iowa City.
The Knights’ girls team won its race with 32 team points ahead of Southeast Junior High (45), Northwest Junior High (50) and Pekin (104). North Central’s Ashlyn Keeney was the individual winner with a time of 11:57.8. Katie Hoefer was fourth in 13:09.9, Camille Mac finished fifth in 13:30.2 and Isabelle Woody was seventh in 13:43.4.

Western Dubuque knocks CCA out of tournament chase
Bobcats topple Creek Girls, 3-0

TIFFIN– The 2016 varsity season has ended for the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) volleyball girls. Western Dubuque’s Bobcats took a Class 4A regional quarterfinal match, 3-0, Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Tiffin. The Bobcats advanced to the semifinal round with the win.