Cherokee Chronicle Times: Sports

Northern Iowa Youth League to meet (03/12/10)
AURELIA - The 2010 Northern Iowa Youth League Baseball/Softball coordinator meeting will be April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the United Methodist Church in Aurelia, unless otherwise notified. All community program directors or their representatives, for girls 1st-8th grade softball and 1st-4th grade baseball, should attend...

CYSBA baseball, softball sign-up (03/12/10)
The Cherokee Youth Summer Ball Association (CYSBA) baseball and softball sign-up is scheduled for Cherokee Roosevelt Elementary School from 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 16; and 4-8 p.m. Thursday, March 18. Cost is $30 per player, or $80 maximum per family if signed up before March 30. AFter March 30 deadline, cost is $60 per player, with no maximum per family...

CYSBA seeking volunteer labor (03/10/10)
The dedicated Cherokee Youth Summer Ball Association (CYSBA) that organizes and manages all of Cherokee's youth baseball and softball programs, is forming a valuable new "Physical Labor Committee." CYSBA is in the process of organizing such a committee to help with preparing the CYSBA ball fields for the season...

Bernie Saggau Award of Merit (03/10/10)
Three outstanding examples of Iowa spirit have been at halftime of the Class 4A Iowa Boys State Basketball Championship game at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Saturday. Mr. Kanaby has been Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) since 1993. ...

One last Winter Memory (03/10/10)
These Cherokee track athletes took time out of their strenuous pre-season workout to pay homage to the rapidly-melting winter season. Photo by Paul Struck

Basketball lettermen (03/10/10)
The varsity lettermen for the 2009-10 Cherokee Braves basketball team were recognized by coach Bob Lee at the team's post-season potluck in the WHS Commons last week. Front row, left to right, Zac Woods, Matt Pitts, Cole Renken, John Hunt. Middle, Nolan Sampson, Jakob Hummel, Kyle Schuck, Cody Ege, Seth Mahnke, Cory Bryant. Back, Nick Parker, Brock Dagel. Photo by Paul Struck...

Nelson's relay team sixth fastest qualifier at Nationals (03/08/10)
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Morningside College Women's Distance Medley team was the sixth fastest qualifier Friday for Saturday's final at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships here. Morningside's relay unit of Erin Keitges, Deidre Hinkeldey (an Alta High School alum), Jessica Hudelson, and anchor Kara Nelson, a Cherokee Washington alum, ran the race in 12:21.50, breaking a school record which had stood since 1991...

NWC Girls All-Conference Basketball (03/08/10)
The Northwest Conference has released the Girls Basketball All-Conference teams recently selected by conference coaches. Two Aurelia Bulldog juniors, Meghan Glawe and Audrey Winterhof, received votes for the honor. Glawe, the Bulldogs' leading scorer and rebounder, who recorded nine "double-doubles" this season, was named to the Second Team All-Conference, while Winterhof received Honorable Mention honors...

Cory Ege slams game-winning HR (03/05/10)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. -- Cory Ege could have picked few venues better for his first career home run than Whataburger Field. It came against an area rival and pushed the contest in favor of Ege's side. Add that it was hit to an area of the ballpark that professionals seldom clear, and it makes Ege's shot Tuesday night for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi all the more memorable...

IHSAA Media Awards and Officials Hall of Fame inductees named (03/04/10)
DES MOINES - Four members of the media and seven officials will be honored by the Iowa High School Athletic Association at the Boys' State Basketball Tournament next week at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The media presentations will occur during the intermissions of the Class 1A championship, Friday night, with the officials being honored at the halftime of the Class 2A championship, also on Friday, March 12...

Iowa Boys Basketball Hall of Fame recipients named (03/04/10)
DES MOINES - Three former basketball coaches and seven players will join the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame at the Boys' State Basketball Tournament next week at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The presentations will be Saturday evening at the intermission of the Class 4A championship game...

Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament starts next week (03/04/10)

CYFL Fundraiser held (03/03/10)
Members of the Cherokee Youth Football League (CYFL) participated in the recent CYFL fundraiser, organized and supported by Cherokee's Builders Sharpening & Service, Holzhauer Motors, and ICON AG Solutions. Raffle tickets for a tractor lawn mower and a mo-ped were sold, and a meal was donated during a two-day sales promotion by the participating businesses at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee. Photo contributed...

IGHSAU softball rules changes (03/03/10)
Effective with the summer 2010 softball season, the pitching distance for junior high and high school softball in Iowa will be increased from 40 feet to 43 feet from the tip of home plate to the pitcher's plate. This rules change has been considered by the NFHS Softball Rules Committee for the past 10 years and has steadily gained support. ...

All-NWC boys basketball teams (03/03/10)
The Northwest Conference recently announced the coaches' selections for All-Conference boys' basketball teams. Unanimous selections to the first team were Storm Lake St. Mary's players Paul Yak and Nathan Lenhart; Sioux Central's Adam Ehlers; Alta's Ryan Freidrich; and Laurens-Marathon's Bryce Maschimo. Brian Bohe of Newell-Fonda was also named to the first team...

Two Gymnastics teams complete regular season (03/01/10)
OWATONNA, MN- Two of Springer's Gymnastic teams completed their regular season here on Sunday, February 21, in an upper division meet against six other teams from Minnesota and Wisconsin. The teams were divided into an upper and lower division. In the upper division, the Springer's Blue Team placed 2nd with a team total of 120.45. ...

Gymnastic action (03/01/10)
STORM LAKE, IA-The Springer's Gymnastics teams were in action on Saturday, Jan. 30, at the first of two home meets for the club. Nine teams with a combined total of almost 80 gymnasts competed in the "Candyland Invitational" at the BVRMC-Fitness and Health Center...

Springer's head to Minnesota (03/01/10)
JACKSON, MN-Three teams represented the Springer's Gymnastics program at the "Aloha Tournament" in Jackson on Sunday, January 24. The three teams, from the Springer's program in Storm Lake, competed amongst a field of 13 teams during the meet. There were 6 teams in the upper division where the Springer's Blue and Springer's Pink teams competed and 7 more in the lower division where the Springer's program was represented by the Black team. ...

New football districts delete old rivals (03/01/10)
The result of the Iowa High School Athletic Association's realignment of the high school Football Districts for the next two years means the Cherokee Braves, along with many other teams, have been uprooted from playing familiar foes and long-established rivals...

Area natives receive honors at Northwestern (03/01/10)
Bryan Case (left), a 1989 Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn graduate, watches as Pete Stevenson, a 1975 grad of Meriden-Cleghorn, (middle) receives the Barnabas Award from the duo's college alma mater, Northwestern College. The Barnabas Award is bestowed upon former Raiders who have encouraged others to strive for their best performance athletically, academically and personally, and who used their sport as a way to bring others to a knowledge of Jesus Christ. ...

Egger playing tennis at Concordia (02/26/10)
Cole Egger of Galva, a 2009 Galva-Holstein graduate, is now a student at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska and playing tennis for the Bulldogs. The team opened their 2010 season with an 8-1 win (8-1) over Doane University in the brand new Bulldog Fieldhouse in Seward on Februray 20...

RV boys season ends in OT (02/25/10)
CORRECTIONVILLE - The River Valley boys closed out their season on Tuesday with a heartbreaking 61-58 overtime loss to Western Valley Conference rival Woodbury Central, in Class 1A District Semi-Final Basketball Tournament action here. The game "was back and forth the whole way," said RV coach Dean Norris, "before it was decided at the end in overtime."...

Hummel All-Lakes second team pick (02/25/10)
Cherokee Washington High freshman Megan Hummel was named to the 2009-2010 All-Lakes Conference second team following the annual post-season vote of the coaches. First-team picks included seniors Slone Masters and Cassie Meylor of Storm Lake; senior Kelsie McCauley and sophomore Alyssa Johnson of Estherville-LC; seniors Mary Brown and Chelsea Stettnichs of Spirit Lake; senior Ally Mahrt and sophomore Ashley Williamson of Spencer; and junior Layla Gesink of Hull Western Christian...

Girls State Tournament (02/24/10)