Sports

When pre-season state rankings were first announced last November, West Monona was ranked seventh in Class 2A and Cherokee third in Class 3A. The two teams met here Monday night in a lopsided 67-28 Cherokee win. The Braves, now 12-0 atop the Class 3A rankings, are averaging 73.5 points a game with a defensive average of 42.4. With the loss, West Monona's Spartans still boast an impressive 9-3 record, but are no longer listed in current rankings...

I couldn’t be prouder of how our men competed tonight especially the first competition back from break. All of our guys battled through the entire matches. We grew as a team and as wrestlers tonight. That’s what I ask my guys to do everyday and they were able to do just that. ...

Braves Get Tigers By 1

Cherokee dominated Manson Northwest Webster here Tuesday night and caged the Cougars early before notching a 73-35 win and ending a three-game skid. It was all good for the Braves (5-4) in their return from the holiday break. Everything seemed to click sparked by intense and bothersome defense along with good ball movement offensively...

In our final game of the season we traveled to Hartley for a makeup game. HMS had 8 kids so we let the boys decide how they wanted to handle playing a team with only enough kids to play one game, we were proud of the boys deciding unanimously that they wanted all 18 of their teammates to play. ...

With a couple minutes left in the game, Cherokee trailed Spirit Lake by just six points but were never able to take the lead and fell 61-55 here last Tuesday. Spirit Lake, undefeated at 7-0, utilized strong three-point shooting to take control of the game early, hitting eight threes in the first half to post a 32-20 halftime lead...

The Cherokee Braves wrestling program hosted their popular Paul Fuhrman invite tournament last weekend.  The Braves were able to crown two champions as they welcomed Sheldon-South O’Brien, Kingsley-Pierson, MOC-Floyd Valley, Sioux Central, Western Christian, MVAOCOU, North Union, and East Sac County...

ESTHERVILLE - It was clear early Cherokee's Class 3A, No. 3 ranked, basketball girls were too much for 12th ranked Estherville-Lincoln Central here Tuesday night. The result was a convincing 62-41 win, the seventh win in a row this season for the Braves...

“Walk a little slower Daddy, I'm following in your footsteps and I don't want to fall. Sometimes your steps are very fast, sometimes they're hard to see. So walk a little slower Daddy, for you are leading me…” Aurelia native Tom Radke this season coached St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kansas to the first football state championship in school history, navigating the most difficult of paths along the way...

Camille Zwiefel recorded a career high 20 points and picked off four steals to highlight a lopsided 91-25 win over Storm Lake here last Friday night. Zwiefel's 20 points coupled with teammate JeMae Nichols' game high 23, along with four steals and six rebounds, bolstered the Braves to a 5-0 record before defeating Ridge...

ORANGE CITY - In an early season battle between two Class 3A ranked teams, Cherokee's No. 3 Braves rode the offensive wave of JeMae Nichols in the second half and rolled to an 80-66 win over No. 7 ranked Unity Christian here last Friday. "Anytime you play Unity, it's going to be a dog fight," said Brandon Slaughter, Cherokee head coach. "I was a little nervous as we came out and missed a lot of easy...

This community lost its “Everyman” last week when LeRoy Lanxon died of Covid at age 88. “Everyman” is defined as an ordinary or typical human being. And although that’s simply not the case with this man, it was what he sought and how he lived, and was plenty good enough for him...

The Cherokee Braves wrestlers have been getting prepared for their season to start as they will start their Varsity season at Maple Valley Anthon Oto Charter Oak Ute with a double dual on December 1st . Other important dates for the Brave wrestlers include a home double dual against Spirit Lake on December 17th, the Paul Fuhrman invite in Cherokee on December 19th, a home double dual on January 7th, and a home meet on January 21st...

The Braves Girls Cross Country team made their third straight appearance at the Iowa State Meet in Fort Dodge, but this time they were running as the District Champions. The self-dubbed “Braids” would have to run without talented sophomore Riley Lubeck, but just as they have done all season they tackled the challenge with determination...

First Team South O’Brien: Wilson Millan-Herrera, Jarome Jackson, Micah Davis, Reid Nelson, Wyatt Harper, Carter Wohlert. MMCRU: Brenin Stodden, Preston Astidias. Second Team South O’Brien: Jett Keith, Mason Warnke. MMCRU: KC Nicks, Braeden Kamphoff...

Although nobody’s done it better than former CT and Daily Times Sports Editor Denny Holton and his End of the Bench column, this newspaper has always been a grateful recipient of news about former Cherokee Braves and times gone by way too fast. A few weeks ago, I was told of this promising running back, baseball player, and point guard Chase Hultman, the son of Cherokee WHS grad Mark Hultman and wife Wendy. ...

The Braves Cross Country team took to the course on a windy and cold day at Landsmeer Golf Course in Orange City last Thursday with crystal clear goals.  The girls had their eyes set, not only on a qualifying run that would put them back into the state meet for the 3rd straight year, but to challenge the #7 and #10 state ranked teams for a district crown.  The boys were looking for the highest team finish in the Coach Matt Hoskinson era.  Both teams hit their mark! ...

We lost to Hinton in the 2nd round of regionals 3-0.      23-25,  16-25,  22-25 Alta-Aurelia Warriors were defeated by Hinton in the second round of regionals 3-0. Set scores were 23-25, 16-25, and 22-25. Coach Jeannie Henningsen commented “This was a great volleyball match with two aggressive teams. ...

The Braves played a very hard fought game but were ultimately defeated by Sheldon 3-2.  Set scores were 25-22, 24-26, 27-25, 24-26, and 15-12. All of our hitters had positive kill percentages which is usually unheard of when a team loses.  Leading the attack was Grace Anderson with 18 kills, 9 defensive digs, 3 serving Aces, 1 assist block, and 2 solo blocks.  Second on the attack was Teagan Slaughter with 16 kills, 5 defensive digs, 2 Ace serves, and 4 assist blocks.  JeMae Nichols played a very solid game for the Braves as well.  She lead with a .560 kill percentage with 14 kills and 2 digs.  . ...