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Senior netters Payton Slaughter and Lily Anderson highlighted Cherokee’s 3-0 win over Estherville-Lincoln Central here Tuesday by receiving special recognition for career digs and assists, respectively. In the match, Cherokee recorded victories of 25-15, 25-20 and 25-16 with Anderson notching 43 assists, and Slaughter collecting 32 digs. ...

The connection between quarterback Kaden Ladwig and receiver Cooper Dejean proved to be too much for the Braves to handle as Dejean caught two touchdowns on five receptions and 120 yards as the OABCIG Falcons took down the Braves 32-18 on Friday night in Cherokee...

PAULLINA - The lights went out, but when they came back on so did Alta-Aurelia’s Warriors here Friday on their way to a 22-9 victory over the host South O’Brien Wolverines. After nearly a 45 minute power outage here, the two local grid teams were deadlocked in a scoreless defensive battle with over 9:00 to play in the second quarter. Defense continued to dominate this contest as the half ended with no scoring...

It’s Deja Vu all over again. “The more things change, the more they are the same.” That famous quote fits today. I’m at a desk in a building I worked in 35 years ago. A lot has changed, but much remains the same. The presses are gone but the strong smell of newspaper ink lingers. Gone are the sounds of old Royal manual typewriters replaced by the softer click clack of computer keys. It’s no longer the Cherokee Daily Times, it’s now the Chronicle Times...

MARCUS - The Cherokee Braves football team pick up their first victory of the young season on Friday as they put up 545 yards of offense in a 57-0 rout on the road in Marcus against the MMCRU Royals. The Braves did not wait long to get on the score board as they received the opening kickoff and scored on their first drive of the game as quarterback Alex Paulsrud hooked up with receiver Kobe Grell on a fourth down play for a 42 yard touchdown. ...

It was a busy weekend for Cherokee’s volleyball Braves, winning a 3-0 match at Emmetsburg on Thursday and finishing 3-1 on Saturday at the Sheldon Invitational Tournament. At Emmetsburg, set scores for the Braves were 25-17, 25-16 and 25-16. The Braves, coached by Charity Anderson, were led in kills with Kassidy Pingel, Teagan Slaughter and Grace Anderson hammering home eight each. ...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia volleyball team opened its season here Tuesday night against Odebolt-Arthur/Battle Creek-Ida Grove and the Warriors fell to the Falcons, 3 games to 1. A-A Coach Jeannie Henningsen commented, "We started off the match slow and out- of- sync. ...

Area high school football games this Friday include: Storm Lake at Cherokee ; MMCRU at MVAO; South O’Brien at GTRA; Ridge View at OA/BCIG; Lawton-Bronson at Alta-Aurelia; River Valley at West Harrison

Here are the Pre Season Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) for Classes 1A and 2A : 1. Janesville; 2. LeMars Gehlen Catholic; 3. Starmont; 4. Holy Trinity Catholic; 5. North Tama; 6. Tripoli; 7. East Mills; 8. Harris-Lake Park; 9. Westwood; 10. HLV...

The Cherokee Washington High School Booster Club is holding its annual Golf Outing at the Cherokee Golf Course on Sunday, August 19th. The four person best ball tourney has a shotgun start at 11 a.m., and the cost is $40 per person, including meal and cart and 18 holes of golf. There will be door prizes and various WHS coaches will speak during the program following golf...

Cherokee Washington’s Payton Slaughter and Lindsay Williams have each been named to the 3A Northwest All-District Team. Payton was named to the 3A All-state 2nd team and Lindsay was named to the 3A All-state 3rd team for the second time. ...

Pitcher Alex Snyder of Alta-Aurelia was selected for the First Team Class 2A All State Baseball Team by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association during their selection meeting Saturday at Principal Park in Des Moines. Snyder, a senior, posted an 11-0 record this season, with a 1.56 ERA. ...

Academic All State selections are nominated by their coaches, and they are senior players who demonstrate outstanding academic, moral, and athletic characteristics...

CHEROKEE-The Cherokee Swim Team opened their 2018 season by hosting Emmetsburg on Wednesday, June 13. The meet was cut short after event 49 when lightning occurred in the area; so many swimmers only swam one event, and a few didn’t swim any, but the team still won 16 individual events and 8 relay races before the meet stopped...

 DECORAH, Iowa—The Cherokee High School wrestling team recently participated in the 2018 Luther College Team Wrestling Camp here. The Luther wrestling camps, directed by Luther Head Wrestling Coach Dave Mitchell, have grown into some of the largest and most recognized athletic camps in the Midwest. More than 1,000 wrestlers from 10-plus states will attend the 2018 Luther College Wrestling Camps throughout July, making the series of camps some of the biggest camps in the country...

DECORAH, Iowa—The Cherokee High School wrestling team recently participated in the 2018 Luther College Team Wrestling Camp here. The Luther wrestling camps, directed by Luther Head Wrestling Coach Dave Mitchell, have grown into some of the largest and most recognized athletic camps in the Midwest. More than 1,000 wrestlers from 10-plus states will attend the 2018 Luther College Wrestling Camps throughout July, making the series of camps some of the biggest camps in the country...

Area boys and girls have until August 17 to register for Cherokee Flag Football, sponsored by Cherokee Recreation Department. The league is for grades 3-5, and games will be played on Saturdays from Sept. 8 to Oct. 13. The cost is $45 and includes an NFL team jersey, flag belt, and a USA Football membership...

Matt Mongan / Kent Lundquist v. Tyler Halverson/ Tanner Carlson Tyler Gerstandt / Jared Koch v. Tim Greenwood / Kent Wenck Paul Hyndman / Bill Spindler v. Kim Addudel / Kelly Perrin Jeff Brown / Scott Christensen v. Gene Streeter / Rick Westphal...

Twin Lakes Conference champion Alta-Aurelia placed two players on the All Conference baseball team released Tuesday - senior pitcher Alex Snyder and sophomore infielder Logan McCoy. Another Warrior soph, catcher Michael Ryherd, as well as senior outfielder Kaleb Sleezer and junior utility player Aric Stephan, were named to the Second Team, and senior TJ Walter received honorable mention...

ANKENY - The Iowa Summer Games Trapshooting finals were held on Saturday July 14th at the Ankeny Izaak Walton League, and several of the members of the Alta-Aurelia Trap team competed at the event. In regular 16 yard singles trap for the 5th grade and under, Alta-Aurelia’s Brayden Aberson finished in first place; for the 6th-8th grade boys, Zach Erpelding finished second; for 9th-12th grade boys, Noah Sundene finished third; Sarah Sundene won the 9th-12th girls; and in the adult men’s division, Coach Luke Erpelding placed 2nd.. ...

MMCRU softball player Haley Schwarz displays the ball she hit for her first career grand slam home run this past season. A junior this fall for the Royals, Haley is the daughter of Bill and Kim Schwarz of Cleghorn.

The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association (IHSBCA) has announced its selections for the 2018 All District baseball teams. Athletes from the Chronicle Times coverage area who were selected for the All Northwest District Team include: catcher Jaxon Franken of Ridge View on the Class 1A First Team; pitcher Joel Johnson of MMCRU on the Class 1A Second team; pitcher Alex Snyder and outfielder Kaleb Sleezer of Alta-Aurelia on the Class 2A First Team; and shortstop Logan McCoy and utility player Aric Stephan of Alta-Aurelia and utilty player Jack Benson of Cherokee on the Class 2A Second Team.. ...

DES MOINES - For the fourth time in school history the Alta-Aurelia Warriors looked for a victory at Principle Park in Des Moines on Monday, but a late rally by the Van Meter Bulldogs in the sixth inning would end the Warriors season. The Bulldogs, who came into the game with a 29-8 record, scored the first run on the game in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly by catcher Brett Berg to go up 1-0...

DES MOINES - The Alta-Aurelia baseball team (20-4) opens Class 2A State Baseball Tournament play at Principal Park in Des Moines at 1:30 p,m, today (Monday), when they meet Van Meter (29-8). The winner of that game will meet the winner of the Iowa City Regina - Treynor game in the semifinal round on Thursday, and the Class 2A Championship game will be played Saturday...

Cherokee senior Lindsay Williams and junior Payton Slaughter have been named to the Class 3A West District Softball First Team announced this week by the Iowa Girls Softball Coaches Association. In addition, Cherokee varsity coach Jenn Nixon was named District Coach of the Year as her team recorded a sparkling 21-7, advancing to the substate final and losing 3-2 in nine innings to Lakes Conference nemesis Spirit Lake...

Sophomore Taylor Knaack of River Valley and two Ridge View players, junior Kara Richard and senior Beth Pickhinke, were recently named to the Western Valley Conference’s First Team All Conference softball team. Senior Delaney Zahnley of River Valley and junior Madeline Else of Ridge View were second team All Conference selections...

Twin Lakes Conference softball champion Alta-Aurelia had four players named to the First Team All Conference, according to a Wednesday press release. The Warriors, who finished 10-1 in TLC play and 22-5 overall, including a berth in the 2A State Tournament, landed juniors Abby Kraemer (pitcher), Rowan Kolpin (infield) and Brittany Turnquist (outfield) and senior Lily Peterson (catcher) on the First Team...

Hank Hayes/ Gary Borcherding v. Bill Spindler / Paul Hyndman Don Ehrich/ Jim Robinson v. Mike McLaughlin / Scott Ladenthin Jeff Brown / Scott Christensen v. Jeff Weaver / Pat Walsh Mark Braunschweig / Jim Cedar v. Terry Graybill / Jim Rodgers Jim Haselhoff / Mike Letsche v. Travis Wiese / Charlie Barry...

FORT DODGE - A big inning by their opponent was the fate of the Alta-Aurelia softball team in their first-round loss to Iowa City Regina at the state softball tournament Monday, and the same fate befell the Warriors Tuesday in a 2A Consolation Bracket game with Earlham (28-12)...

ORANGE CITY - Alta-Aurelia added a substate win to their conference and district championships here on Tuesday when the Warriors defeated West Sioux, 5-2 , to advance to next week’s Class 2A State Baseball Tournament at Principal Park in Des Moines...

The annual Cherokee youth football camp at Washington High School will be held next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (July 23-25) from 4 - 6 p.m. The camp is free and will be ran by the Cherokee High School and Junior High Staffs with assistance from Cherokee high school players. ...

Warriors post 3-2, 9 inning win over Unity Christian ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia boys won the Class 2A district baseball championship here Saturday, edging Unity Christian in a tough ball game, 3-2 in nine innings. TJ Walter drove in Kaleb Sleezer wth a sacrifice fly to score the winning run for the Warriors...

FORT DODGE - The Alta -Aurelia girls started off the class 2A state softball tournament as a three seed, but they had the tough task of taking on last year's 2A champion, Iowa City Regina in the first round of the state tournament here on Monday. Although the Warriors led early , a big sixth inning busted open the game as Regina took down the Warriors, 7-2...

Cherokee’s Matt Koch has been recalled by the Arizona Diamondbacks, and he pitched a scoreless inning of relief in the D’backs loss to Colorado on Thursday. While assigned to Class AAA Reno, Nevada, Koch started four games, hurling 25 innings and allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 20 hits, walking seven, striking out 14, hitting one batter, and giving up four home runs. He was 1-1 with a 2.52 ERA. His 2018 record with the Diamondbacks is 5-4...

(indicates unanimous selection) Pitcher -Kelsey Kannenberg, Spirit Lake; Alyssa Buren, Western Christian; Lindsay Williams, Cherokee Catcher - *Karli Olsen, Spirit Lake; Sarah Kach, Cherokee Infield - Payton Ahrenstorff, Spirit Lake; Hannah Poolman, Spirit Lake; Brooklyn Van Oort, Western Christian; Tori Wynia, Western Christian; Payton Slaughter, Cherokee; Morgan White, Estherville- Lincoln Central; Brooke Haage, LeMars...

KINGSLEY - Ridge View scored two runs in the top of the 1st inning in their first -round District baseball game her against Kingsley-Pierson Tuesday, but that was all the scoring the Raptors would do, as Kingsley-Pierson scored 13 runs over the first four innings and won the game 13-2 in four innings...

lALTA - The Alta-Aurelia baseball team posted a 5-0 win over East Sac County in the second round of Class 2A district baseball here Tuesday. The two teams had met previously this season with A-A winning the earlier contest by an 8-5 score. Alex Snyder threw a complete game shutout, giving up four hits, striking out 15, and walking just one batter.all 7 innings and struck out 15 batters and gave up 4 hits and walked 1...

REMSEN- Joel Johnson pitched a complete game shutout to lead Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Remsen Union to a 5-0 win over Lawton-Bronson in first round Class 1A district baseball play Tuesday in Remsen. Johnson gave up only five hits and struck out six as he kept Lawton-Bronson scoreless. ...

The Marcus- Meriden-Cleghorn Remsen Union baseball team finished their 2018 regular season with three games last week. In their first game, Drew Woodall nearly led the Royals past Akron - Westfield as he went 3 for 4 with a triple to put the Royals in good position to win.  Unfortunately the Royals could not bring him home on his one - out triple in the 5th inning. ...

Jon Curry / Dave Peck v. Kelly Goodlaxson / Brian Shea Dan Hansen . Bob Berger v. Scott Aden/ Wayne Pingel Ricky Swain / Michael Swain v. Kim Addudel / Kelly Perrin Craig Schmidt / Mike Tracy v. Rick Weaver/ Ben Roos Mark Murphy / Will Miller v. Brett Roof / Rod Keleher...

Wiley Walker shot a hole in one at the Cherokee Country Club on July 5, 2018, during men's league.  Walker aced Hole #8 with a pitching wedge. Jim Robinson, Tom Rutter and Dennis Nelson were playing with Wiley. Pictured here: Cory Ege, Sales Manger at Holzhauer Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram (right),.presents Wiley with a commemorative putter...

SPIRIT LAKE - The #15 Cherokee Braves took on another ranked team, Lakes Conference foe Spirit Lake, in Regional Tournament play here Friday evening and the Braves’ season unfortunately came to and end with a 7-2 loss. The Indians bats’ were just too much for Cherokee as they had 10 hits. Spirit Lake scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning on a series of hits by the bottom of their lineup and then scored again in the bottom of the sixth inning when pitcher Kelsey Kannenberg homered to left field after a Payton Ahrenstorff single to take the lead, 6-0. . ...

ORANGE CITY - The Cherokee Braves started district play on Saturday in Orange City, taking on the East Sac County Raiders, who came into the game with a 7-12 record. The Braves were able to hang with the Raiders until the sixth inning when the Raiders scored four runs to take down the Braves, 9-5...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia softball team defeated Hull Western Christian, 5-2 , in a Class 2A Regional Softball final here on Monday, earning the Warriors their first trip ever to the State Softball Tournament in Fort Dodge. Warriors’ ace Abby Kraemer struck out 19 batters as she threw a seven inning three hitter, giving up two earned runs and walking five. The Warriors on;y manged five base hits themselves, with Jessica Flaherty’s 2-run home run being a big hit...

STORM LAKE - Storm Lake scored in each of the first four innings en route to a 10-0, five inning win over Ridge View in non-conference baseball action on Julky 5th.  Jake Mitchell, Karlo Weldon, Dylan Wood, Austin Degen and Logan Cuthrell each had a hit in the game...

A youth basketball camp for 3rd - 8th grade girls recently took place in Cherokee, supervised by Washington High School girls’ basketball coach Heath Hagberg, ssisted by members of thye Braves’ team. Here are the results of some of the competitive events at the camp:...

On Saturday June 30th, the Palo Alto Gun Club held an Iowa Games Qualifier Trap shoot at the Sportsman's Park near Emmetsburg, one of five sites throughout the state. The top three qualifiers at each location will compete at the Iowa Games State Finals on Saturday, July 14th at the Izaak Walton League/Dragoon Trail Chapter near Ankeny...

PAULLINA -- South O’Brien fell to Hull Western Christian, 5-4 , in a Class 2A regional quarterfinal game here Tuesday. Hannah Dau had two singles for South O’Brien, which finishes its season with an outstanding 22-3 record. Western Christian (15-9) scored three runs in the seventh inning, with the go-ahead run scoring on a passed ball...

The Cherokee Braves took on Hull Western Christianon Monday evening in their last conference game, with the Braves coming up just short, 5-2.  The Braves could not push any runs across the board until the 6th inning, when Sarah Kach walked and was driven in by a single from JeMae Nichols.  The Braves got another run in the 7th inning when Lily Anderson singled and advanced to third on a passed ball. Teagan Slaughter then walked and Anderson scored on Kassidy Pingel’s fielder’s choice...