~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The inaugural season of Greene County bowling came to a close last week as neither team qualified for the state tournament. The girls got the first go at qualifying for state, with a trip to Atlantic Feb. 12 to compete in the Class 1A District 7 meet. With the first place team advancing…
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Ram boys hoops season ends with 2-20 record
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys basketball team saw their season come to an end Feb. after 12 after falling 60-42 to the Manson Northwest Webster Cougars in the first round of 2A postseason play. Greene County ends their season 1-13 in conference play and 2-20 overall, sitting last in the Heart of Iowa Conference. …
Read MoreScheuermann places sixth at state wrestling tournament
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal A quartet of Greene County wrestlers competed at Wells Fargo Arena in the state tournament last week with Gavin Scheuermann placing sixth in the 2A-157 weight class. Scheuermann was 30-6 his senior season, losing in the fifth place match by a fall with 35 seconds left in the match. Scheuermann’s first loss of…
Read MoreQuartet of Ram wrestlers advance to state meet
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal Gavyn Winters, Gavin Scheuermann, Brent Dennhardt and Degan Miller advanced to the Class 2A state wrestling meet after the team took on districts last Saturday, placing third as a team. The Rams wrestled on Tuesday at Woodward-Granger ahead of the district meet. Those advancing to state will compete in the tournament at Wells…
Read MoreRam girls end one-win hoops season
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County girls basketball team ended its season last week in Class 3A regional action, finishing the season 1-21 overall and 1-13 in conference play, finishing last in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference. On Feb. 5, the team traveled to Southeast Valley High School, falling 61-29 to the Jaguars after trailing…
Read MoreRams boys finish 2023-24 hoops campaign with two wins
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys went 1-1 in their last week of regular season play, topping Southeast Valley before falling to Perry ahead of the first round of district play on Feb. 12. The Rams ended the regular season 2-19 overall and 1-13 in Heart of Iowa Conference play, finishing last in the conference…
Read MoreRam boys play three hoops games
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys basketball team went 0-3 last week as the team works to make up games missed due to winter weather. On Jan. 23, the Rams hosted sixth ranked Roland-Story with Greene County falling 79-44 after trailing 41-24 at the halftime break. Nathan Behne led the Rams with 10 points and…
Read MoreRam girls still looking for hoops win
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The search for the season’s first win is still underway for the Greene County girls basketball team after going 0-3 last week. The Greene County girls hosted number five ranked Roland-Story on Jan. 23 with the Rams falling 65-12. Ella Shipley scored five points for Greene County with Makenna Ebersole scoring three and…
Read MoreRam bowlers back on the lanes
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County bowlers were back in action after a month of no competition due to winter break and winter weather. On Jan. 22, the team traveled to Ida Grove to face OABCIG with the boys picking up a 75 point loss, the girls falling by a wider margin. The junior varsity boys…
Read MoreRam grapplers have successful week
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestling team traveled to Manson Northwest Webster Jan. 23, going 2-0 against CAM and the host school, then took fourth at the powerful AC/GC Charger Invitational on Saturday. According to IAwrestle’s newest rankings, senior Gavin Scheuermann at 157 and junior Brent Dennhardt at 165 are both ranked fourth at their…
Read MoreRam wrestlers place second in HOIAC meet
Scheuermann and Dennhardt win titles ~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestlers had two meets last week with a quad at home on Tuesday and the HOIC tournament on Friday. The Rams were a close second in the Heart of Iowa Conference Tournament and crowned two champions in Gavin Scheuermann and Brent Dennhardt. On Jan. 16,…
Read MoreRam boys get within one quarter of beating undefeated
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Rams boys basketball team got in one game last week as they worked around the winter weather, hosting the South Hamilton Hawks Jan. 19 and falling 73-60 to the 11-1 team. Greene County put up an impressive fight against the nearly undefeated team with the score tied at 32 at half time.…
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