~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County baseball team has seen plenty of field time the past two weeks, adding two wins and five losses to their season total. On Monday, May 23, the Rams traveled to Saydel to take on the Eagles. Greene County was unable to score a run in the game, while the Rams…
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Rams E-Sports finishes 7th in state
Greene County finished its E-Sports year with a convincing win over Bettendorf in the consolation bracket in the playoffs. With the win, Greene County placed seventh in the state. Greene County played a tough schedule, losing to three of the top four teams in the state. Starters in the final match were Captain Aaron Knoll, Caleb Pederson, Caleb Most, Charlie…
Read MoreRam baseball splits games in first week
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County baseball team kicked off their season last week with two games. On May 16, the Rams traveled to Denison High School where they faced the Denison-Schleswig Monarchs. The Rams got no runners across home plate in the first or second innings, but had one run in the third and fourth.…
Read MoreRam soccer teams finish season
~by Taylor Teays for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County soccer teams’ seasons have ended. The Rams girls finished their season May 16 after a match against the Nodaway Valley – West Central Valley Wolverines. The Rams scored only one goal, made by Esther Van Horn, against the Wolverines’ three. The boys faced Panorama on May 16, winning 8-1. Brenner Gallagher and…
Read MoreRams bring pair of medals home from state meet
Ram senior Jackson Morton earned second place in the Class 2A 100m hurdles at the State Track & Field Meet. Morton finished the prelims in third place with a time of 14.80 seconds. He trimmed his time to 14.64 seconds in the finals to win the silver medal, less than one second behind gold medalist Jack Latham of Sprit Lake.…
Read MoreRam boys soccer team wins two
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys soccer team picked up two wins last week for the last full week of regular season play. On May 10, the Rams faced the Nevada Cubs. Greene County scored one goal in the first half, followed by one in the second. The Cubs scored no goals in the first,…
Read MoreRam girls sending four events to state meet, finish fifth in qualifying meet
~by Taylor Teays for GreeneCountyNewsOnline The Greene County girls track team qualified four events at the state qualifying meet last week at Treynor. The Rams were fifth in the team standings. The Rams 4×100 meter relay and 4×200 meter relays punched their ticket to the state meet. Both events are made up of a team of Olivia Shannon, Katrina Heupel,…
Read MoreRam boys qualify five events, place sixth in team standing at track & field state qualifier
~by Taylor Teays for The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys track and field team competed in the 2A state qualifying meet in Treynor last Thursday, with five events punching their state tickets. Jackson Morton will go to the state meet to compete in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles, and the shuttle hurdle relay. The other three running in…
Read MoreRams qualify nine events for state track & field meet
The Greene County Rams will have five events at the state track and field meet this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The Rams competed at a qualifying meet in Treynor last Thursday. The top two places in the qualifying meet are automatic qualifiers for the state meet, with the remaining positions filled by comparing times/distances…
Read MoreRams tie with Nevada in HOIAC golf meet
The Greene County boys golf team tied with Nevada for first place at the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference meet May 3 at Lincoln Valley Golf Course in State Center. Both teams scored 338, but the Cubs’ fifth score was 94, beating the Rams’ fifth score. Joe Carey shot a 76, earning him the conference champion title. ack Hansen was…
Read MoreRam girls pick up first soccer win, boys claim two wins
~by Taylor Teas for The Scranton Journal The Greene County girls soccer team picked up their first win of the season last week, with two losses sandwiching the victory. On May 5, the girls traveled to Kuemper Catholic High School in Carroll to face the Knights. The Rams took the loss 3-1. Chanlyn Cunningham scored the loan Ram goal for…
Read MoreRam girls fifth at NP meet, fifth in HOIAC meet
The Greene County girls track team had two meets last week, one of which was cut short due to weather, and the other being the Heart of Iowa Conference track meet. On May 2, the Rams traveled to North Polk, where the meet was stopped due to inclement weather. With the events that were completed, the Rams were sitting in…
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