Category: Sports

The Greene County varsity boys basketball team finished the regular season with a razzle-dazzle 65-62 win in overtime vs the PCM Mustangs  in Jefferson Feb. 12. It was the Rams’ second overtime win for the week, taking a win from Roland-Story 64-62 in Story City Tuesday. The win gave the Rams a .500 season after being 3-8 in early January. The Rams…

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The Paton-Churdan girls basketball team advanced to the second round of Class 1A Region 8 tournament play with a 51-27 win in Coon Rapids over Coon Rapids-Bayard Feb. 11. The Rockets dominated throughout the game, taking an early lead and ending the first quarter up 14-6. The score was 21-13 at halftime and44-18 after three quarters.

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Paton-Churdan lost to CAM in girls hoops in Churdan Feb. 9, 56-51. The loss evened the season for the Rockets and the Cougars as the Rockets had won in Anita in December 50-41. “This was a difficult and frustrating loss for us as we were up 10 with seven minutes to go in the game. It was the second straight…

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Greene County High School will have three wrestlers battling for spots at the Class 2A State Tournament next week. Kane Borgeson, Tommy Bradshaw and Isaiah Yoder all advanced after finishing second in their respective weight classes at the Class 2A Sectional 16 meet held in Perry Feb. 6.

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Two members of the Greene County Ram football team signed National Letters of Intent Feb. 3 to continue their athletic careers as Iowa State Cyclones.

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The Greene County boys Tuesday night reminded the Roland-Story Norsemen of an important fact in sports: it’s the final score that counts.

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The Greene County Ram girls basketball team ended their regular season with a 50-34 loss to the Roland-Story Norsemen in Story City Feb. 9. The finished at 3-17 for the season and 3-13 in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference.

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The Paton-Churdan girls split the series with Ar-We-Va, losing a disappointing game at home Feb. 5, 70-67. “This was a difficult loss, as we were up six with two minutes to go,” coach Chris Petersen said. Ar-Wa-Va’s lead scorer, freshman Emilee Danner, put up 15 points in the last two minutes. “It was one of the most impressive single player…

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Boys win both vs Saydel for season, girls lose both The Greene County Rams split basketball games in Saydel against the Eagles with the boys winning 60-46 and the girls losing 49-25. The boys have won all five games on the road since Christmas. The win over Saydel puts them at .500 in the Heart of Iowa Activities Conference at 7-7…

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The Greene County Rams lost the girls game but won the boys game Feb. 4 against the North Polk Comets in Alleman. The games were scheduled for Feb. 2 but were delayed due to the Groundhog Day storm. The Rams win in the boys game evened the season, as the Comets had won in Jefferson Dec. 18 by a 62-46…

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~by The Scranton Journal Tommy Bradshaw, Greene County senior wrestler, went undefeated and won the outstanding wrestler award at the Tiger Invitational held Saturday, Jan. 30, in Guthrie Center. Bradshaw wraps up the regular season with an unblemished 35-0 record this season. The Rams had two other place winners in Mark Kendall, sixth, and Isaiah Yoder, seventh. GC had just…

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The Paton-Churdan boys beat the Woodbine Tigers at Woodbine Friday but lost to the Boyer Valley Bulldogs Saturday in Churdan. In Friday’s game Woodbine scored just four points in the first quarter and the Rockets held a 17-4 lead at the end of the quarter. The Tigers outscored the Rockets by one point in the second quarter for a 29-17 score…

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