Ahead at halftime, but win still eludes Rams The Greene County Rams played their best football game of the season but came up short against the Gilbert Tigers at Linduska Field in Jefferson Friday. The Rams, winless on the season, lost to the 5-1 Tigers by a score of 35-18.
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Ram v’ball team loses to Nevada
The Greene County varsity volleyball team fell to Nevada Oct. 4 in Nevada by scores of 12-25, 14-25, 17-25. “Nevada is a disciplined and scrappy team and we just couldn’t stay with them throughout the match. We had moments when we competed right along with them, but we could not sustain any type of momentum,” coach Donna Carhill said.
Read MoreFisher wins archery competition
Kaleb Fisher of Churdan won his division at the Iowa State Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) competition held Sept. 10 in Cedar Rapids. He competed in the 50-meter recurve Cub division and earned first place honors with a combined score of 504 out of a possible 720 points. Fisher started archery at the local level with Don Orris and the…
Read MoreRam runners eighth at Leon Fox invitational
~The Scranton Journal The Greene County cross country teams ran at the Leon Fox Invitational in Perry on Thursday, Sept. 29. The girls team placed eighth out of 12 teams participating. The boys were short a couple of runners so they had no team score.
Read MoreEighth grade Rams lose close football game to NP
The eighth grade Ram football team lost a close game to the North Polk Comets Sept. 29 on the road. In a combined six quarter game the final score was 28-26. According to coach Tanner Lawton, the Ram defense had two goal line stands from inside the 5 yard line and forced the Comets to punt from inside the 5…
Read MoreRams lose fifth game of the season, but showing improvement
The Greene County Rams played their third consecutive homecoming football game Friday evening. All three games, against the Webster City Lynx in Webster City Sept. 16, as hosts of the Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets last week, and Sept. 30 against the Boone Toreadors, had the same result – a loss for the Rams.
Read MoreRam v’ball team plays well at R-S tournament
Greene County varsity volleyball coach Donna Carhill trip to the Roland-Story tournament Sept. 26 “a pretty good night.” The team entered the tournament seeded seventh and played second seed Carlisle in the first round. The Rams won in three with scores of 21-16, 21-23, 16-14. “We played well and didn’t let the second game loss affect us,” Carhill said.
Read MoreEighth grade Rams lose on the gridiron to R-S
The Greene County Ram eighth grade football team lost 34-28 to Roland-Story in the closing minutes of a fifth quarter game Sept. 22 in Story City.
Read MoreTough DC-G team races to victory in Roland
Greene County cross country teams ran in the Roland-Story Invitational on Sept. 22. The girls team placed 10th and the boys were 14th. Dallas Center-Grimes raced away with the team trophy, scoring only 17 points. Bondurant-Farrar led the boys competition with 61 points.
Read MoreRam eighth grade volleyball results
The Greene County eighth grade volleyball team hosted Gilbert Monday, Sept. 26, and lost all three matches. Game scores for the A squad were 10-21, 4-21, 5-12; for the B squad 9-21, 9-21, 5-18; and for the C squad 20-22, 6-21, 16-21.
Read MoreEighth grade volleyball update
The past two eighth grade volleyball matches have seen the C squad winning and the A and B squads losing. In Roland Sept. 22 against Roland-Story game scores were 9-21, 12-21, 2-10 for the A squad; 3-21, 9-21, 6-15 for the B squad; and 21-12, 21-9, 5-5 for the C squad.
Read MoreIowa Falls-Alden wins Greene Co homecoming on strength of defensive touchdowns
(More stats added Monday) The Iowa Falls-Alden Cadets burst into the Greene County homecoming football game with 21 first quarter points, including two defensive touchdowns, but they didn’t score again until the fourth quarter. In between, Ram senior Trey Tucker crossed the goal line twice. Final score was 28-13. The homecoming loss leaves the Rams at 0-5 on the season.…
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