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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.  . ...

The Braves came into the Lakes Conference showdown 3-0 and the Wolfpack was 4-0.  The deciding game for the Lakes Conference title.   Camille Zwiefel led the team with 25 assists, 3 ace serves, 3 kills, and 2 assist blocks.  Zwiefel is a triple threat for the Braves.  Grace Anderson also had a hot hand for the Braves.  Anderson tallied up 7 kills and 6 defensive digs.  JeMae Nicholes and Teagan Slaughter were very effective at the net.  Slaughter had 6 kills with a .105 kill efficiency and Nicholes had 7 kills with a .227 kill efficiency.  Nichols also had 2 assist blocks with a solo as well.  Molly Pitts is the Braves libero and had 9 defensive digs and great serve receive.  Jada Timmerman also helped out the Braves with her 2 kills and 1 assist block.  Lexi Pingel rounds out the Braves offensive force with 5 kills and 1 assist block.  The Braves defense tallied up 50 digs.  Kenna Mongan and Emma Good assisted with 3 & 5 respectively.  . ...

DES MOINES (2008) - Undefeated Cherokee senior Nick Loughlin (38-0) chased history into the Class 2A championship match of the 2008 Iowa State Wrestling Championships, facing off against Ballard-Huxley junior Trent Weatherman, the state's #1-ranked 152 pounder with a snazzy 42-0 record heading for the title match...

We had a great night in Alta even with a little rain but the temps were perfect for racing. Our middle school ran fantastic with the girls taking 2nd and having medalist McKenna Benson 5th, Lydia Hart 9th, and Abryl Mongan 10th. The boys finished 3rd lead by Medalist Kyler Ducommun in 6th. ...

Cherokee cross country teams had great results in the HMS Cross Country Invite in Sanborn on September 21 despite multiple ill students. Varsity boys landed second place, with a total time of 1:38:32, and 3 runners in the top ten spots. They were led by Sam Gebers, who came in fourth place...

The Alta-Aurelia offense has had trouble this year finding the endzone but on Friday night against Bishop Garrigan, the Warriors exploded with a handful of big plays to take a 26-2 victory for their second win. “Good night. The game had a weird flow to it,” Warrior coach Chris Reinert said. “We had some more trouble in the red zone and we have to find a way to get it done down there.”...

Cherokee hosted their annual volleyball tournament on Saturday.  Normal pool and bracket play was limited due to the current pandemic, so no pool cross-play with semifinals and finals were played, keeping teams in separate buildings.   Cherokee won their pool winning both matches of the day.  They beat South O'Brien, 2-0 with set scores of 21-18 and  21-11.  They also beat Siouxland Christian 2-1 with set scores of 21-12, 18-21, and 15-13.  Their record improves to 12-5. ...

The cross-country team was blessed by fantastic weather at Tuesday’s track meet in Storm Lake. Junior Kyrstin Agnitsch blasted her way through the course, landing in first place with a time of 19:47. Head cross country coach Matt Hoskinson offered this commentary: “We had a gorgeous night to compete. ...

After much thought and consideration, the Cherokee football coaches and administration decided that they are unable to play the Varsity football game on Friday night at Okoboji. They have had several players out due to COVID-19 and they simply do not have enough Varsity ready players to play a game that would be safe for their athletes. Monday's JVR football game vs. Alta-Aurelia has also been canceled. There has been no decision on any other football games at this time...

Last Friday the Cherokee Braves hosted the Cardinals of Garner Hayfield Ventura for their homecoming football game with hopes of getting back in the win column after the previous week’s loss against Ridge View. The Cardinals had other plans for the Braves as the Cardinals used a ground and pound offense to rack up 490 rushing yards on their way to a 41-0 take down of the Braves...

AURELIA - The Alta-Aurelia football team had their fair share of chances on Friday night when they welcomed Lawton-Bronson to Valor Field. Both teams have visions of their first win, but three trips inside the Eagle 10 yard line yielded no points for the Warriors in a 14-7 setback...

On September 1 Cherokee played in the Dutch Invite, facing stiff competition but coming out 2-2. The girls lost to class 3A, 9th ranked MOC-FV 20-22 and 23-25, beat Sheldon 9-21, 21-10, and 15-11, lost to 4th ranked, class 4A Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21-17, 16-21, 10-15, and beat Spencer 21-7 and 21-10. ...

The Wolverines traveled to Sioux Rapids Friday for the 2020 Football season opener. The Wolverines stumbled a bit with 3 fumbles and lost 27-7. The Wolverines kicked off to the Rebels to start the game. The Rebels put together a long drive and scored the opening touchdown with 7:50 to go in the 1st quarter. ...

(This column written several years ago couldn’t be more appropriate than now as a long overdue reckoning between blacks and whites hopefully is at hand. Perhaps goodness will prevail after all.) I’ll never forget her beautiful face as she saved the Struck boys’ lives...

The Cherokee Braves overcame a slow first half last Friday against the Royals off MMCRU to advance to 1-0 on the season with a 21-7 victory on the road. Both teams struggled offensively early in as the Braves led 2-0, scoring a safety, going into halftime...

The Alta-Aurelia Warriors went 5-4 last year but a new district looms overhead for the returning starters (seven on offense and eight on defense) as Chris Reinert takes over as the lone head coach this year for the Warriors, his first as the solo top leader...