Stories from Wednesday, September 19, 2007

COON RAPIDS - The Aurelia Bulldogs trailed 20-6 at one point in the second quarter of their season-opening football game here on Friday. They tied it at 10:16 of the third quarter, and again two minutes later. The 'Dogs finally took their first lead at 32-26, but fatigue set in, and Coon Rapids-Bayard scored the game's final 21 points to win the non-district contest, 47-32...

HOLSTEIN - The Galva-Holstein Lady Pirates dropped a volleyball match to West Monona here last week, 3 games to 1, with game scores of 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, and 21-25. The hosts regrouped, however, to then defeat Woodbury Central 3-1. Game scores were 22-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-13...

HOLSTEIN - East Sac County (Sac City/Wall Lake View-Auburn) defeated Carroll, 25-15, 25-18, in the finals of the Galva-Holstein Volleyball Classic here on Saturday Sept. 1 to win the tournament championship. The Lady Pirates had defeated Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 21-10, 21-3, and Ar-We-Va 21-19, 21-15 in Pool Play, and also dropped a tough three-game match to Battle Creek-Ida Grove, 13-21, 21-17,13-15...

MANSON - The Galva-Holstein Lady Pirates ran very well at the Sept. 4th Manson-Northwest Webster Invitational Cross Country Meet here, taking first place in the team scoring with a total of 39 points. Fort Dodge St. Edmond scored 66 points to take second place...

100 years ago District Court Court convened at 2 p.m. Monday and the grand jury for the term was chosen as follows: Chas. Addy, J. S. Elliott, W. H. Jones, P.O. Johnson, Will Hartigan and E. V. Wilcox, Cas. Addy were appointed foreman and Addison Smith clerk to grand jury and Abe Stiner bailiff. ...