In just their second season of existence, the Greene County Rams girls and boys wrestling teams saw great success. Starting the girls squad, they placed sixth overall at their state qualifying meet with a score of 1,663 pins. The top team was St. Albert, with 2,503 pins. For the individual finishers, Allison Fields placed 11th with a 476 series, Trinity…
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Ram girls basketball falls in first round of post season
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The 2024-25 season has ended for the Greene County Rams girls’ basketball team. This season was winless for the Rams; they finished the year out 0-23 overall and 0-16 in Heart of Iowa Conference play. Their last game of the year was a loss to Cherokee Washington, 67-13. The Braves would move on…
Read MoreRam boys hoops fall to Pleasantville to end season
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal Things are moving in the right direction for the Greene County Rams boys’ basketball team, as they finished this year with more wins than last season. This season ended at the hands of the Pleasantville Trojans in the first round of the postseason by a final of 80-42. The Rams finished with an…
Read MoreRams send school record six to state wrestling tourney
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal It’s a good day at the office when you can qualify a wrestler for the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament; it’s even better when you qualify a school-record number of wrestlers. The Greene County Rams headed to Humboldt for their Class 2A District Tournament, and six wrestlers, a school record, qualified for…
Read MoreRam boys hoops enters postseason on heels of 93-57 win over SH
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams boys basketball team is entering the first round of their postseason after a scoring outburst. With a regular season record of 4-18, the Rams are heading into the first round of the postseason after picking up a head of steam in their regular season finale. The last two games…
Read MoreRam girls end regular hoops season without a win
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams girls’ basketball team recently finished their regular season schedule and showed improvement as the season progressed. Last week featured the final two regular season games of the year for the Rams girls, and they ended up with a 40-26 loss to Southeast Valley Feb. 10 and a 57-21 loss…
Read MoreP-C Rockets close boys regular hoops season with loss to Woodbine
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Paton-Churdan Rockets boys basketball team closed their regular season slate of games against the Woodbine Tigers Feb. 17. The Rockets traveled to Woodbine to face off with the Tigers in their last regular season game of the year and came away with a 98-47 loss to one of Class 1A’s Iowa High…
Read MoreRam bowlers end regular season with wins
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal There is no better way to end your regular season slate of action than with a win as the postseason is set to begin. The Greene County Rams girls and boys bowling teams welcomed the Carroll Tigers to Spare Time Lanes and Lounge in Jefferson Feb. 13 for the last regular season meet…
Read MoreRam grappler Brent Dennhardt reaches 100 wins
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal One Greene County wrestler recently reached a significant milestone in his high school career. The Greene County Rams take wrestling seriously, very seriously. Not only do they consistently have a great program, but year after year, they send wrestlers who perform well to the state tournament, and then they often go on to…
Read MoreRam bowlers take 4th, 6th spots in Denison
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County Rams girls and boys bowling teams participated in a Monarch Baker Tournament Feb. 6 at Lucky Lanes Bowling in Denison. The Rams girls placed sixth overall out of six teams and the Rams boys took the fourth spot out of six teams. The girls finished with 1,621 pins, while the…
Read MoreP-C boys battle CR-B, Exira-EHK on the hardwoods
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Paton-Churdan Rockets boys basketball team faced two tough opponents in back-to-back conference play last week. The Rockets squared off against two Rolling Valley Conference opponents in the Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders Feb. 3 and the Exira-EHK Spartans Feb. 4. The Rockets fought hard in both games but fell 88-53 to the Crusaders and…
Read MoreP-C girls fall to Spartans, Crusaders in hoops
~by Dustin Teays for The Scranton Journal The Rolling Valley Conference has no shortage of tough opponents, and the Paton-Churdan Rockets’ girls basketball team faced two of them last week. As the regular season is coming to a close, the Rockets have shown immense improvement all season long, especially considering how young the team is overall. This past week, the…
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