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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...

The #15 (Class 3A) Cherokee Braves hosted Estherville - LIncoln Central in the first round of district softball play on Tuesday evening, and the Braves scored a 7-0 victory. The Braves scored in the bottom of the second inning when Kassidy PIngel hit for a single. Sarah Kach then walked, and JeMae Nichols singled, scoring Pingel, and Lindsay Williams singled to score Kach. Payton Slaughter then singled to drive home Nichols and Grace Anderson, who was courtesy running for WIlliams...

HOLSTEIN - Ridge View scored 14 runs in the 1st inning to take control of their Western Valley Conference Tournament game here Tuesday with River Valley right away.  River Valley scored their lone run in the top of the 5th inning, and the game ended after that half inning.  Each batter in the Ridge View starting lineup had a hit, led by Dylan Wood’s three hits and two RBI.  Karlo Weldon had two hits and three RBI, Jaxon Franken had two hits and one RBI, and Logan Cuthrell had a double and three RBI.  In all, the Raptors had 13 hits, including seven doubles.  Caleb Kistenmacher was the winning pitcher, finishing with 12 strikeouts and one walk, giving up one run on four hits.. ...

The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Remsen Union girls defeated Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn, 6-2 in a Class 1A opening round District Tournament game in Marcus on Monday. Emily Dreckman went the distance to pick up the win for MMCRU, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits in seven innings, walking two and striking out two. Dreckman, Meagan Loutish and Kaelee Letsched each doubled for the Royals...

ALTA - The Alta-Aurelia softball team scored a run in the bottom of the 6th to go ahead, then blanked Ridge View in the top of the 7th to post s 5-4 second round Class 2A Regional Tournament on Tuesday. With one out in the 6th, Alta-Aurelia’s Jessica Flaherty singled sharply to right field. The ball was misplayed, and as Flaherty ran to third base the relay throw hit the base path umpire and rolled into left field allowing her to score what proved to be the winning run...

HULL - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Remsen Union baseball team scored six runs in the final two innings for the comeback win against Trinity Christian on Friday.  The Royals started stron in the top of the first, taking advantage of two errors and a Tyler Whited double which scored Tristen Olson.  Connor Sand then came through with a two - run single to center. ...

The Cherokee softball team hosted Estherville - Lincoln Central on Thursday in a makeup game from earlier last week.  The Braves started off the game taking the lead as Payton Slaughter lead off with a single to left, then was sacrificed by Lily Anderson to second and scored on sister, Teagain’s double to left field.  Estherville scored three times in the third inning off a Morgan White single, a Braves error, a walk, a passed ball, and  a triple.  The Braves scored one more in the fourth inning when JeMae Nichols reached on an error by the shortstop and scored on a Megan Boger single to right field to make the score 3-2 Estherville.  The Braves were down 3-2 going into the bottom half of the 7th inning with the top of their lineup up.  Payton singled to start the inning but got out on Lily Anderson’s fielder’s choice.  With two outs, Kassidy Pingel singled to right followed by a walk to Sarah Kach to load the bases.  Apryl Mesler then walked to score Anderson to tie the game.  In the 8th inning, all stayed calm but in the 9th inning Teagan Slaughter reached on a dropped third strike followed by Kassidy Pingel and Sarah Kach drawing walks again.  With the bases loaded, Apryl Mesler singled to left field to score Slaughter to win the gam, 4-3..  Lindsay Williams got the pitching win allowing just 4 hits and striking out 10 ELC batters.. ...

Still looking for their first Lakes Conference baseball win, Cherokee had two more chances last week as they hosted Estherville -Lincoln Central on Thursday and hit the road to take on Spencer on Friday. The Estherville - Lincoln Central Midgets used a fourth run first inning to propel them over the Braves by a score of 12- and the Braves struggled to get base runners and create offense and lost at Spencer, 10-0...

On Thursday June 28th, after four days without games due to rains in the area, the South O’Brien softball team arrived in Orange City ready to play against host team Unity Christian. South O’Brien scored five runs in the 1st inning as all nine batters went to the plate. ...

The Alta-Aurelia softball team held a 3-1 lead going into the 6th inning of their non-conference game with Woodbury Central Friday night, but the host team tied it up in the bottom of the 6th. No one scored in the 7th, and the Wildcats won the game, 4-3, with one run in the bottom of the 8th...

MOVILLE - Woodbury Central scored four runs in the bottom of the 6th to take a 6-5 lead over Alta-Aurelia in non-coference baseball action here Friday. The Warriors tied it up in the top of the 7th, only to hate the host team win the game, 7-6, in the bottom of that frame...

HAWARDEN - Connor Sand returned to the MMCRU lineup Thursday, going 1 for 3 with a walk and brining some much needed defense back to the team as they faced West Sioux in a War Eagle conference baseball game here.   "For the boys, its like getting a family member back.  All of us love Connor and, we are thrilled to have him back,"  siad Coach TJ Schaefer. ...

HOLSTEIN - Ridge View earned its first shutout victory of the season here Thursday behind a great pitching performance by Jake Tokheim, who went the distance, givinh up seven hits.  At the plate. Jaxon Franken had two hits and an RBI  for the Raptors and Jake Mitchell had three hits and an RBI.  ...

With two more recent wins, the Alta-Aurelia softball team, ranked third in Class 2A, pushed their season mark to 19-1 as the season winds down and heads to post-season play. In Twin Lakes Conference action at Emmetsburg on Wednesday, the Warriors scored two in the first on their way to a 6-1 win over the E’Hawks. ...

LEMARS - The Cherokee Braves were on the road Wednesday night as they traveled to LeMars for a conference game against the Bulldogs. In their first meeting this season, LeMars took down the Braves 5-3. This time the Bulldogs used two big innings to win, 13-3, in five innings...

LE MARS - Experiencing one of those games where all the hard hits went right to a defender proved costly for the Cherokee girls here Wednesday night as they dropped an 8-1 verdict at Le Mars. Cherokee managed just four hits in the game, with Alexus Jones getting two of those, including knocking in the team’s lone run in the 7th inning. Kassidy Pingel and Apryl Mesler also had hits for the WHS girls...

DES MOINES - The pairings for the Iowa High School baseball tournaments have been released. Here are the pairings for the schools in the Chronicle Times coverage area: In Class 1A, District 2, MMCRU will meet Lawton-Bronson in first round action at Remsen St. Mary’s at 5 p.m. on Tuesdy July 10th, with the winner of that game meeting the winner of the CC-E - Remsen St. Mary’s game in Remsen on Thursday July 12th at 7 p.m...

The Ridge View softball team had a full day of games on Tuesday, playing three varsity games to try to make up for all the rain-outs in conference play. In their first game,he Raptors lost to OA/BCIG by the score of 5-1. Taking the loss on the mound was Addison Schmidt, who threw all seven innings, allowing five runs (two earned) on seven hits, walking two and striking out three. At the plate for Ridge View, Kara Richard had a double...

On Monday, the Ridge View baseball team hosted Westwood and the Raptors lost the WVC game by a 17-8 score. Westwood jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the 1st inning.  Ridge View battled back to narrow the deficit to one run, 7-6, after the 5th inning, but Westwood scored 10 more runs over the final two innings to put the game out of reach.  Dylan Wood had three hits for Ridge View andJake Tokheim and Jake Mitchell each had two hits. ...

Akron-Westfield showed why they are ranked #3 in Class 1A softball in Paullina on Monday June 18th. South O’Brien started out hitting the ball well in the first inning, putting two runs on the board after holding A-W to no runs. Hannah Dau led off with a single, but was erased on Sydney Struve’s fielder’s choice at 2nd. ...

ALTA - One night after suffering their first loss of the season Friday, the Alta-Aurelia girls rebounded, scoring three runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to edge Ridge View, 4-3, in the Alta-Aurelia tournament here Saturday. Abby Kraemer went seven innings in the pitcher’s circle for the Warriors, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits, walking three and striking out 13. Jessica Falherty slugged a triple for A-A and Brittany Turnquist, Abby Kraemer and Alicia Turnquist all doubled...

SAYDEL - The Alta-Aurelia boys made the long trip to Saydel on Saturday to play in the Brent Prange Classic, and the Warriors lost a tough one to the host team, 2-1, as Saydel scored one run in the bottom of the 6th and the wining run in the bottom of the 7th. The loss dropped Alta-Aurelia’s season record to 14-3...

The Ridge View softball team ran into a hot hitting Woodbury Central Friday night., dropping a 12-1 game.  Taking the loss for the Raptors was Katie Brinkman, who threw four innings, allowing nine earned runs on nine hits, walking two.  Leading the Raptors at the plate were: Beth Pickhinke, 2-2 with a double and Kara Richard, 1-2 with a double and RBI. ...

HOLSTEIN - In Western Valley Conference baseball action here on Friday, Ridge View scored one in the bottom of the 1st inning for the early lead against Woodbury Central but after four innings, the visiting Wildcats had a 4-1, then increased their lea to 6-2 entering the 5th inning.  The Raptors scored three runs in the bottom of the 5th and anotherin the bottom of the 6th to tie it up, 6-6. ...