Cherokee Chronicle Times: Sports

Ege leads #3 Braves past HWC (07/02/09)
Junior hurler Cody Ege struck out 10 and allowed just one earned run on four scattered hits and four walks to lead Cherokee's third-ranked Braves to a 9-3 Lakes Conference baseball victory over Hull Western Christian here Monday night. The win avenged the Braves' lone Lakes Conference loss after HWC beat Cherokee 5-1 in Hull on June 8...

HWC pounds WHS 12-0 in 3 innings (07/02/09)
Cherokee's youthful softball squad managed just one hit and visiting Hull Western Christian pounded out nine hits in three at-bats to dust the Washington High lasses 12-0 in three innings of Lakes Conference softball action here Monday night. Megan carlson had Cherokee's lone hit as Wolfpack pitcher Abby Hortman limited WHS to no runs and one hit, while striking out one in three innings of work...

GHSC Lady Pirates beat K-P, BCIG (07/02/09)
Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland defeated Kingsley-Pierson in Kingsley, 10-2, in Tuesday night Western Valley Conference softball action. Monday night, the Lady Pirates beat Battle Creek-Ida Grove 5-1 in Galva. GHSC scored eight times in the 6th inning to break open what had been a tight game against K-P...

NYFL Summer Camps scheduled (07/02/09)
NYFL Summer Camps scheduled Jim Demers, the Executive Director of Sports That You Deserve and President of the Northwest Youth Football League , has sent along this information, addressed to area youth. Area Youth, It is time to begin preparing for the 2009 Football Season! There are two youth football camps being offered this summer through Sports That You Deserve and the NYFL. Both camp opportunities are open to all players in grades 3-6 (2009-2010 school year) and all positions...

#3 Braves beat Storm Lake, 1-0 (07/01/09)
The #3 Cherokee Braves won three of four recent games, including ringing up a 2-1 record at last weekend's Carroll Kuemper Invitational, losing 7-1 to second-ranked Class 3A Harlan Sunday night in the Championship game. The Braves rode the pitching of Matt Koch to nick Storm Lake 1-0 in a pitcher's duel in Cherokee Friday night, and beat Le Mars 13-3 in five innings (mercy rule), and Kuemper 9-5 in six innings (time limit) on Saturday to advance to Sunday's title game in Carroll against Harlan...

MMC girls win three of four games (07/01/09)
The busy and youthful Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn softball team continued to show marked improvement this season, defeating a solid Hinton club 7-3 in Hinton Monday night. Last week, the Eagles of veteran coaches Steve Blair and Leo Hupke beat LeMars Gehlen 1-0 in an eight-inning thriller, and then split two games Friday in the Spencer Tournament, beating Estherville-LC 2-0, and falling 4-3 to Spirit Lake...

Cherokee girls drop tourney games (07/01/09)
SPENCER - The young Cherokee softball squad dropped four games against stiff competition at the Spencer Tournament here Friday and Saturday. On Friday, the Washington High girls lost 4-1 to Denison-Schleswig, and 9-0 to undefeated, top-ranked Class 3A Sioux City Heelan. Saturday, Cherokee lost 11-1 to Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn, and 11-1 to George-Little Rock...

River Valley girls win two, drop six (07/01/09)
The River Valley softball team picked up a couple victories in a series of eight recent games that saw the youthful Wolverines drop six competitive games, while winning two. The RV club beat Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland 4-3 in an exciting contest (see accompanying story), and defeated Remsen-Union 6-5 in the Rockets tourney, while falling 3-2 at Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto, 5-1 to #1 Woodbury Central in Correctionville, 7-1 at Westwood, 4-2 to Battle Creek-Ida Grove in Correctionville, 6-4 to Kingsley-Pierson in Correctionville, and 10-0 to Remsen St. ...

Lady Pirates win one of three over weekend (07/01/09)
Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland "continues to play solid softball but isn't getting the job done to get victories," said their coach, Scott Phelps, following a 5-1 defeat by Westwood in conference play at Sloan on Friday. Taking the loss on the mound was Dana Hustedt , who gave up seven hits and three earned runs, with four walks and no strikeouts. ...

Aurelia girls top L-M twice in four days (07/01/09)
AURELIA - The young Aurelia Bulldog girls won a close Northwest Conference game against Laurens-Marathon here on Friday by a score of 5-4. Winning pitcher Erin Laursen struck out eight and didn't walk a batter and also helped her cause at the plate. ...

GHSC Lady Pirates top BC-IG, 5-1 (06/30/09)
GALVA - The Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland softball defeated Battle Creek-Ida Grove by the score of 5-1 in Western Valley Conference action here on Monday. Getting the victory on the mound was Jaime Christensen, who gave up six hits and allowed no earned runs. Christensen had two strikeouts and issued no walks...

RV Wolverines top Lady Pirates, 4-3 (06/30/09)
CORRECTIONVILLE - The tough week continued for the Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland softball team as they went down in defeat to a very fired-up River Valley team by the score of 4-3 here on Thursday night. Taking the loss on the mound was Dana Hustedt, who pitched all seven innings and gave up five hits and one earned run, walking four and striking out four...

Storm Lake shuts out WHS girls (06/29/09)
A five-run first inning propelled Storm Lake to a resoundinng 13-0 Lakes Conference sofball victory in three innings over Cherokee's youthful team in Cherokee Thursday night. The Washington High girls could muster just three hits off Storm Lake's pitcher Blum, who faced just 12 batters in here three innings of work, striking out three on the way...

MMC boys finally getting noticed (06/29/09)
The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn baseball team, finally getting some notice with a #10 rating in Class 1A in Iowa, ran its shiny record to 15-1 with three more recent victories over tough War Eagle Conference foes. The Eagles of coach Al Vasher pounded Orange City Unty Christian 9-0 in Orange City last week, and then slipped past traditional power Remsen St. Mary's 2-0, and bombed Class 3A Sergeant Bluff-Luton 11-1 in six innings, both of those games played in Marcus...

Cherokee Swim Team hosts dual (06/26/09)
The Cherokee Swim Team hosted the second meet of the season on Wednesday, June 17 at the Bacon Aquatic Center when they swam a dual meet against a large Storm Lake team. The Cherokee team continued to improve their times from the previous week and had 14 individuals place first in 25 of their events; while 11 relay teams placed first during the meet...

Tough week for River Valley boys (06/26/09)
The River Valley baseball team had a tough week last week, starting with a 12-1 loss to Galva-Holstein on Tuesday night. Zach Hullinger took the loss on the mound for the Wolverines, pitching three innings and giving up five runs (three earned) on three hits. Hullinger struck out two and walked three. Taylor Georgopolous pitched the 4th inning and gave up seven runs ( six earned) on four hits. Georgopolous issued one walk and had one strikeout...

Rated E-Hawks slam Cherokee girls (06/26/09)
EMMETSBURG - The sixth-ranked Emmetsburg E-Hawk softball team ran roughshod over the youthful Cherokee Washington High girls 11-0 in five innings in Lakes Conference action here Wednesday night. The closest Cherokee came to scoring was in the first inning when Autumn Shaefer singled with two outs, advanced to second base on a wild pitch, and arrived at third after a single off the bat of Jackie Wilson. ...

Ege, Koch home runs carry Braves (06/26/09)
EMMETSBURG - The potent Cherokee Braves feasted on Emmetsburg pitching to score 13 runs in the first two innings on the way to a 17-5 demolition of the E-Hawks in a 5-inning Lakes Conference encounter here Wednesday night. Once again Matt Koch and Cody Ege led the Braves with the long ball, Ege having a superb 3-4 night with a three-run home run in the second inning, and Koch going 2-2 with a two-run dinger in the fourth frame. Ege finished with four RBI and Koch with three...

Hershey State Track Meet area results (06/26/09)
MARSHALLTOWN - Nearly 800 youth from around the state, including 40 from the Nortyhwest Iiowa area, participated in the recent Hershey State Track Meet in Marshalltown after previously qualifying at the local meet sponsored by Cherokee Parks & Recreation Department...

Lady Pirates tumble to #1 Wildcats (06/26/09)
MOVILLE -The Galva-Holstein/Schaller-Crestland softball team played a very tough Woodbury Central team here on Wednesday night and trailed by a score of 7-4 as WC came to bat in the bottom of the 4th inning. The bats of the #1 Wildcats then came to life, and when Woodbury Central pitcher Randi Ebert slugged a homer, it capped off a 10-run inning and a 17-4 Western Vlley Conference win for Woodbury Central...

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