Category: Sports

Both the Ram boys and girls track and field teams placed fourth at the Panorama Kip Janvrin Coed Invitational held Tuesday in Panora. The weather was warm and breezy, but not blustery. “What a wonderful night for a track and field meet,” girls coach Derek Merk said. The 4 X 200m relay team of Olivia Shannon, Natalie Heupel, Makalya Kafer…

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The Ram boys track and field team placed seventh of 13 teams at the Winterset Husky Invitational April 2. The North Polk Comets dominated the meet, winning seven events. The Rams posted no first place finishes. The Rams finished second in behind NP in the 4X110m shuttle hurdle relay with a time of 1:05.34. Running the race were Jaxon Warnke,…

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Olivia Shannon paced the Ram girls track and field team with her first place finish in the 200m dash at the Audubon meet Thursday, April 1. Shannon set a personal best time of 28.50 seconds. Coach Derek Merk noted she ran against “great competition,” and shortened her previous PR of 29.12 set in 2020. Shannon also was part of the…

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After going the entire 2020 season without outdoor track and field, Ram girls coach Derek Merk enjoyed being with his team Monday night at the Greene County Early Bird meet. “It was a lot of fun getting to watch them finally compete outdoors after almost two years,” the coach said. Rams Brooklyn Olson and Brianna Osterson started the 2021 outdoor…

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Greene County boys track coach Chad Morton was pleased with the efforts of the team’s first meet of the season, the Greene County Early Bird meet held at Linduska Field in Jefferson. “I’m very happy with our team’s efforts. For our first meet, I couldn’t have asked for much more from our boys,” he said. Bryce Stalder and Nathan Black…

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~courtesy of The Scranton Journal Greene County can boast a wrestling champion following Saturday’s state tournament in Des Moines. McKinley Robbins maintained his undefeated season with a 7-5 victory in the Class 2A 120-pound final.  Robbins, the tournament second seed, opened his championship quest with a 9-4 decision over Dawson Townsend of Davis County.  In the second round, Robbins posted a…

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Greene County sophomore McKinley Robbins brought home the Class 2A State Championship medal at 120 pounds on Saturday. After finishing second at 106 pounds as a freshman, Robbins achieved his goal of a state title this year. It wasn’t easy as his matches were close, including one overtime decision. He finishes this season with a perfect 34-0 record.  Robbins is just…

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~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys basketball team split in action recently, losing to Southeast Valley 69-48 on Feb. 8 and defeating Saydel 75-48 on Feb. 9. The Rams had another run at SEV Feb. 16 in the first round of the Class 2A substate tournament but came up short. Greene County ended the regular season with…

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~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestling team has four wrestlers going to the state tournament this week in Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines. Sophomore McKinley Robbins and seniors Brady Stauffer and Sawyer Schiltz won their weight classes. Freshman Gavin Scheuermann was runner-up at the Class 2A District 1 tournament held Saturday in Adel. Class 2A competition at…

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~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County boys’ basketball team split in action last week, losing to Southeast Valley 69-48 and defeating Saydel 75-48. The Rams had another run at SEV Tuesday in the first round of the Class 2A substate tournament. The game was postponed from Monday due to extremely cold weather.  Greene County ended the regular season with…

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~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County wrestling team competed at the regional dual tournament in Winterset February 9. The Rams qualified for the tournament by winning the sectional in Woodward on Feb. 6. They opened against Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, losing 51-30. CGD won nine matches and two more by Ram forfeit. Winning by fall for Greene County were Brenner Gallagher,…

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~courtesy of The Scranton Journal The Greene County girls basketball team picked up a final victory Feb. 9 in Saydel, defeating the Eagles 46-31. The final home game for the Rams was Feb. 8, ending in a 33-29 loss to Southeast Valley.  GC entered post season Saturday in a Class 3A regional tournament game at Atlantic. The Trojans ran away…

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