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Saturday, May 18, 2013
CMS 8th girls track (05/17/13)
Members of the Cherokee Middle School 8th grade girls track and field team this season include, front row, left to right, Clare Conley, Chandler Hohbach, Olivia Dagel. Back, coach Dianne Klinker, Samantha Conley, Jordyn Bingham, Fran Conley, MaKenna Carver, Madison Hodgdon. Photo contributed...
CMS 7th girls track (05/17/13)
Members of the Cherokee Middle School 7th grade girls track and field team this season are, front row, left to right, McKayla Benson, Whitney Wiemold, Jayden Wiltgen, Brianna Sleezer, Kylie Mongan, Apryl Mesler, Lindsay Williams, Jen Barritt. Back, Katrina Carlson, Alayne Graybill, Kenzie Walker, Kylee Nipper, Olivia Kruse, Addisyn Jensen, Emily Westphal, Emily Schlenger, Allie Driggs, Kristien Stowater, coach Sue Ann Johnson. Photo contributed...
Hershey Track Meet run in Cherokee (05/17/13)
On April 29th , the Cherokee Parks and Recreation Department hosted the annual Hershey Track meet. This is the 22nd year the Parks & Recreation Department has sponsored this meet at George Hicks Field in Cherokee. Over 100 youth from 14 communities participated again this year. ...
Ridge View sends several athletes to State Meet (05/16/13)
The following Ridge View High School athletes qualified for this weekend's State Track Meet : Long Jump - Gretchen Kistenmacher; 400 M. Hurdles - Gretchen Kistenmacher; 400 M. Dash - Sydney Kistenmacher; Distance Medley Relay - Jadyn Mohr, Rachel Hunt, Gretchen Kistenmacher, Nicole Snyder, Sydney Kistenmacher, Anna Davis; 4x400 Relay- Sydney Kistenmacher, Nicole Snyder, Anna Davis, Rachel Hunt, Gretchen Kistenmacher, Jadyn Mohr...
A-A JH boys win PV Relays (05/16/13)
LAKE CITY -- The Alta-Aurelia JH boys track team won the Prairie Valley Relays here last week with a team score of 113. Second place went to Manson NW Webster, which scored 97 points. A-A Coach Grant Peckenschneider said his Warriors "ran some of our best times of the year."...
Walker makes State Tennis (05/16/13)
STORM LAKE - Cherokee's Brett Walker won three of four matches to finish second and earn a trip to State after competing in the Class 1A Districts here last week. Spencer won the team title in the singles and doubles competition with 20 points, followed by runner-up Spirit Lake Park 17, Cherokee 11, Le Mars 9, Denison-Schleswig 7, Storm Lake 6, Estherville-LC 5, and Sioux City Heelan 2...
Tennis Braves fall to Indians (05/16/13)
OKOBOJI - Host Spirit Lake Park beat the Cherokee Braves 5-1 in Class 1A Preliminary Sub-State Team Tennis action here Saturday. The Indians advance to play Fort Dodge St. Edmonds Saturday in Fort Dodge. Alexx Maurer was the lone winner for the Braves, defeating CJ Kent of SLP 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 at #4 singles...
Le Mars girls knock out Cherokee (05/16/13)
LE MARS - The season ended abruptly for the Cherokee Washington High girls tennis team here Saturday, with host Le Mars sweeping the visitors 6-0 in Regional Team Tennis action. With the first team gaining five matches declared the winner, the Bulldogs sealed the deal by sweeping the singles action and no doubles matches were played...
Boys Basketball Camp (05/16/13)
The Cherokee Washington High basketball coaches will host a fundamental basketball camp at the Cherokee Middle School Gym. The camp is open to incoming 5th grade through 9th grade boys, and will focus on teaching the fundamentals of basketball.There will be a variety of contests and fun games related to basketball where campers can develop their skills...
MMC girls win Regional Golf (05/15/13)
MARCUS - The Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls defeated Newell-Fonda 434-445 to win a Class 1A Regional Golf Meet here Monday. Newell-Fonda's Jada Hess was medalist with a 93, followed by runner-up medalists Kayla Theisen of MMC and River Valley's Jenna Knaack, each with a 99...
Area 1A, 2A girls make State (05/15/13)
DES MOINES - Area State qualifiers for the Class 1A and 2A Girls Iowa State Track & Filed Championships starting Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines include several athletes from the Chronicle Times coverage area. In Class 1A, Nicki Schwarz of Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn made State in the 3000 meters after clocking 11:24 last week in the Laurens-Marathon Regional...
Rock Valley wins 2A Boys Golf (05/15/13)
ORANGE CITY - Four Chronicle Times - area teams played in the Boys' Class 2A Sectional Golf Tournament Friday on the Landsmeer Golf Course at Orange City, but unfortunately. none of them will advance to the next round of play in the District Tournament...
A-A wins Girls Regional Golf (05/15/13)
HINTON - The Alta-Aurelia girls golf team scored an impressive 21-stroke win over runner-up Hinton Monday in the Class 2A Girls Regional Golf Tournament played on the Deer Run course here. Alta-Aurelia, which used 360 team strokes, and Hinton, 381, will both advance to the next tournament, which will be played at Pocahontas on Monday May 20th...
2013 Iowa High School State Track and Field Meet Schedule (05/13/13)
9:00am -Shuttle Hurdle Relay preliminary--- girls 1A Shuttle Hurdle Relay preliminary--- girls 4A 9:40am-3000 Meter Run final---girls 1A 3000 Meter Run final---girls 4A 10:10am- 3200 Meter Run---boys 1A 3200 Meter Run---boys 4A 10:40am -100 Meter Dash preliminary---girls 1A...
Local teams compete to qualify for State Track Meet (05/13/13)
Whether you called them District Meets, Regional Meets or Qualifying Meets, the high school track meets held across the state of Iowa on Thursday all served the same purpose - to fill the field for the State Boys and Girls Track Meet, which will take place this Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18, at Drake University Stadium in Des Moines...
E-LC nicks Cherokee girls (05/10/13)
ESTHERVILLE - The regular season ended with a thud for the Cherokee Washington High girls tennis team here Tuesday night, after dropping a hard-fought, narrow 5-4 setback to Estherville-LC in Lakes Conference action. The WHS club split the six varsity singles matches, but lost two of three doubles matches to lose the meet...
WHS tennis girls beat Storm Lake (05/10/13)
STORM LAKE - The steadily improving Cherokee Washington High girls tennis team handled Storm Lake 6-3 in exciting Lakes Conference action here Monday night. In varsity singles action, Cherokee won four of six matches to set the tone for the night. In varsity singles for the winners, Megan Carlson beat Lani Brown 10-6 at #1, Megan Hummel defeated Emmerly Mai 11-9 ar #2, Lauren Yearous beat Chyann Smith 10-7 at #3, Angela Livezey lost 10-1 to Nouk Keovyphone at #4, Jennifer Davis fell 10-0 to Kathy Lai at #5, and Rachel Boyle beat Danielle Dawson 10-4 at #6.. ...
Braves end tennis regular season with win (05/10/13)
Cherokee's gritty boys tennis team, showing improvement throughout this inclement weather-shortened season, ended regular season play with a bang here Tuesday night, dispatching Estherville-LC 6-3 in Lakes Conference action. The Braves of veteran coach Dave Zelle captured four of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches to make their mark on their finale,...
SLP boys, Spencer girls win Lakes titles (05/09/13)
Spirit Lake Park nicked Le Mars, 116-115, to claim the thrilling boys' team title at the 2013 Lakes Conference Track & Field Meet in Cherokee Monday night. The Spencer boys were third with 78 points, followed by Storm Lake 65, Emmetsburg 59, Cherokee 45, Hull Western Christian 40, and Esthrville-LC 39...
MNW, Prairie win TLC Track (05/09/13)
LAKE CITY - The Twin Lakes Conference track meet was run here recently, on an evening which began in nice weather conditions but regressed to rain and lightning, which caused the meet to be cut short. Alta-Aurelia, the only area team in the conference, finished third in the Boys competition and 8th of 11 teams in the Girls' meet...
Spirit Lake wins Lakes boys' golf (05/09/13)
OKOBOJI - The Spirit Lake boys won the Lakes Conference Golf Tournament at Brooks National Golf Course here Monday, carding a 306 to runner-up Emmetsburg's 313. Spencer was third with 322, followed by Estherville-LC 329, Hull Western Christian 330, Storm Lake 334, Le Mars 363, and Cherokee 384...
SL claims Lakes golf triangular (05/09/13)
LE MARS - Storm Lake won a Lakes Conference boys golf triangular here Tuesday, carding a 151 to runner-up Le Mars 157, and Cherokee 183. Devin Mongan paced the Braves with a 42, followed by Adam Cedar 45, Alex Winchell 47, Aaron Boisen 49, Josh Haupert 50, and Hunter Eaton 56...
Ridge View boys take triangular (05/09/13)
HOLSTEIN - The Ridge View varsity and junior varsity boys hosted a triangular golf meet with River Valley and Siouxland Christian here on Monday, and the Raptors took first place in both meets. The Ridge View varsity totaled 189 strokes to River Valley's 209 and Siouxland Christian's 233...
Young MMC golfers show steady improvement (05/09/13)
The young Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn girls golf squad has shown steady improvement this season, despite losing much of the season due to inclement weather. In this photo, Lady Eagle golfer Alissa McDermott tees off during recent golf action in Marcus, under the watchful eyes of her coach and mother, Beth Ebert. Photo contributed...
A-A girls compete in SOS Relays (05/09/13)
The Alta-Aurelia girls were led by second-place finisher DJ Flores who clocked a 16.95 time in the 100 meter hurdles at Friday's South O'Brien Wolverine Relays hosted on the Cherokee track. Orange City Unity Christian won the girls team title with 136 points, followed by Sioux Central 111, South O'Brien 99, Newell-Fonda 82, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 47, Alta-Aurelia 38, Cherokee 37, Clay Central Everly 27...