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Wins elusive for Ram basketball

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County basketball teams are still looking for their first win of the 2023/24 season. Both teams struggle to put points on the scoreboard, unable to keep up with their opponents.  The teams fell to Nevada, West Marshall and Kuemper Catholic last week.  Greene County was scheduled to play on Tuesday at…

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Ram bowlers show improvement

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys bowling team is now 4-0 while the girls team is 0-4 after the teams played in Ankeny last Thursday. The Rams were scheduled to bowl at home on Monday against Gilbert. Their next competition is set for Jan. 8 in Waukee.   The varsity girls lost by 530 points…

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Ram wrestlers in dual tournament

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal Greene County grapplers saw the mat on Thursday and Saturday last week, traveling to West Marshall High School for a duals meet on Thursday and going to Ogden for a duals tournament on Saturday. Against Roland-Story, Greene County fell 45-33. Jaron Jacobs, Brennan Jacobs, Jacob Harmeyer, Crew Conner, Jackson Turner and Brent Dennhardt…

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Ram bowlers split with Dowling Catholic

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County bowling teams hosted Dowling Catholic last Tuesday, the boys varsity and junior varsity teams picking up wins with the girls narrowly missing their first victory of the season.  “The girls won the baker’s format. The boys did awesome,” commented coach John Woodford. “We need to make spares an important process…

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Ram basketball teams still looking for first win

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County basketball teams faced three tough opponents last week, falling to South Hamilton, Glidden-Ralston and Roland-Story, as their quest for a win this season continues.  The Rams were scheduled to play again on Tuesday at home against Nevada. They’ll host West Marshall in a Rams Against Cancer event on Friday and…

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Ram grapplers attack the mats

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys wrestling team has kicked off their season with a Nov. 28 quadrangular in Ogden and a Dec. 2 tournament in Independence.  On Tuesday, the team traveled to Ogden High School to face the Bulldogs, Van Meter and PCM. Greene County beat Ogden and Van Meter, with a 39-39 tie…

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First win eludes Ram boys hoops team

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Ram boys hoops team opened their home season Nov. 28, hosting Panorama and falling 62-46 to the Panthers. The Rams had the lead in the first quarter with an 11-9 score, but it wasn’t long before they lost the lead and the score gap opened up, trailing 28-16 at the end of…

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Ram girls lose 56-23 in consecutive games

~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Ram girls basketball team had their first home game on Tuesday, Nov. 28, facing the third ranked team in 2A, Panorama. Greene County had a difficult time getting on top of the Panthers, trailing 36-7 at the half and ultimately falling 56-23. Greene County game leaders were Kaycee Pittman who…

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Ram boy keglers 2-0, girls 0-2

The Greene County bowling teams kicked off their season last week, with a Monday home meet, the girls falling and the boys finding a win, both against Clarke.  The girls team has six bowlers, with the boys having 22 from Greene County and one from Carroll. Many of the members on the boys team have plenty of bowling experience, having…

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