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Clear Creek-Amana sports

IOWA CLASS 3A DISTRICT BOYS’ BASKETBALL: Area teams go 2-2 in first round action; Grinnell and Williamsburg win

by Brathjen on February 20, 2012

Two area teams are still alive in the Iowa Class 3A district boys’ basketball tournament, while two others fell in heartbreakers in Monday night’s first-round contests. Three of the Class 3A teams are in District 10, which saw Williamsburg upend Benton Community 45-41 and Clear Creek Amana lose 42-41 to Solon. The Raiders and Spartans [...]

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IOWA HIGH SCHOOL STATE WRESTLING MEET: Among placement matches, Williamsburg’s Blythe is tops

by Brathjen on February 18, 2012

DES MOINES — The championship matches are still to come, with Williamsburg’s JC Vercande looking to etch his name in championship gold. But among five other Iowa County wrestlers who were looking for medals, two of them nabbed fourth-place finishes in Saturday’s consolation finals. Williamsburg 220-pounder Corbin Blythe was pinned in 1:19 by Charles City’s Brian Halligan [...]

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IOWA STATE WRESTLING MEET — Williamsburg’s Vercande to wrestle for state title

February 17, 2012 Amana Colonies news

Williamsburg senior JC Vercande will have a chance to make a dream come true Saturday night. The Raider 145-pounder will be vying for the state gold on the mats of Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, as he battles Denver-Tripoli’s Cory Chapin (43-3) in one of 14 Iowa Class 2A championship bouts. Vercande, who enters the [...]

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SECTIONAL WRESTLING – Iowa Valley, Williamsburg win sectional meets

February 4, 2012 Belle Plaine sports

Iowa, Benton and Poweshiek counties will be well-represented in next week’s district wrestling meet, after more than two dozen advanced from Saturday’s sectional meets in Belle Plaine. Williamsburg won the Iowa Class 2A meet in Tiffin, and will send 10 wrestlers on to districts. Meanwhile, Iowa Valley of Marengo was the Class 1A sectional champion [...]

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Proposed changes in Class 4A could affect who CCA, W’burg, Benton play under the Friday Night Lights

November 2, 2011 Amana Colonies news

By BRIAN RATHJEN Shortly after the final down of the season for Clear Creek Amana, coach Rodney Walls spoke about how his team faced adversity and dealt with life issues throughout a difficult 2011 season. He talked about how his team dealt with the tragic death of Mackenzie Lown in a car accident, and how [...]

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IOWA STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET — Results from state meet in Fort Dodge

October 29, 2011 Amana Colonies news

HLV’s Rhett Thys placed 64th at the Iowa Class 1A boys state cross-country meet, and he was just one of many area athletes to compete at the annual event Saturday at Lakeside Park north of Fort Dodge. The only other area individual qualifer was Maddie Hinsley, the Clear Creek Amana freshman who ran her way to [...]

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Post-season assignments announced for Iowa County teams

October 5, 2011 Clear Creek-Amana sports

Post-season football fates are still being determined for high school football teams in Iowa County, but volleyball and cross-country teams have learned where their destiny lies if they want to go to state. Here’s where Iowa Valley, Williamsburg, Clear Creek-Amana, English Valleys and HLV will be playing in the post-season, as announced by the Iowa [...]

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CLEAR CREEK-AMANA FOOTBALL: Clippers have Tigers by tail, but Grinnell lets go late

October 4, 2011 Clear Creek-Amana sports

Clear Creek Amana’s football gave Iowa Class 3A District 6 co-leader Grinnell all it wanted and more last Friday at Tiffin before losing, 38-21. On a night where they wore pink uniforms donated by CCA alum Ashton Kutcher to promote cancer awareness, the Clippers came into the game as heavy underdogs with an 0-5 record, [...]

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Grinnell capsizes Clippers with 38-21 victory

October 4, 2011 Clear Creek-Amana sports

• Tigers’ Strovers gains 189 yards on the ground to lead Tigers to big win on road By DANN HAYES dhayes1@dmreg.com A big fourth period by the Grinnell Tigers pushed them to a 38-21 victory over Clear Creek-Amana on the road Friday, Sept. 30. Wolfgang Strovers led the way for the Tigers with 189 yards [...]

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CLEAR CREEK AMANA VOLLEYBALL: Clippers sweep V-S in WaMaC action

September 27, 2011 Clear Creek-Amana sports

Clear Creek Amana’s volleyball team improved its record to 3-2 in the WaMaC and 15-7 overall with a 3-1 victory over Vinton Shellsburg Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Tiffin. Scores were 25-21, 20-25, 25-16, 25-22. Maliah Fligg led the Class 3A 15th-ranked Clippers with 14 kills, 15 assists, six digs and four blocks. Amy Kalkhoff and [...]

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