Mark Schafer is a dedicated local journalist based in Ottumwa, Iowa. With a focus on high school and college sports, Mark's articles provide in-depth coverage of games, players, and teams in the Ottumwa area. His work has also been featured in various newspapers, including the Ottumwa Courier, Pella Chronicle, Cleburne Times Review, and Carroll Today.
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SIGOURNEY – Early and very often.
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SIGOURNEY - It is hard to imagine a first half going any better. At the end of the first half the Cobras had put up head-turning numbers. They had been able to run 11 offensive plays, seven of which went for a touchdown.
BELLE PLAINE – Exactly what they feared came true. After winning their South Iowa Cedar League volleyball conference match opener on OCt. 14, the Savages were weary of what might await them in the gold bracket on Oct. 17. The fear was they were going to draw North Mahaska in the first round. They did, and ended up falling to them in a pair of close sets.
PEKIN — Just as they needed a lights-out performance, the lights literally went out.
Kalona – They weren’t going to make it easy on them. Although Hillcrest Academy was able to win the post season match 3-0 the Eagles sure gave the Ravens a fight in the first round of the class 1A playoffs held Oct. 21 in Kalona. While the Ravens were able to work their way to a quick lead in the first set, Keota did just enough to keep the Ravens off guard.
BELLE PLAINE – As the match went on one team only seemed to get better. Throughout the start of the class 1A regional volleyball tournament played Oct. 21 English Valleys seemed to only get better as the match went on. The Bears weren’t quite able to pull off the upset though as Belle Plaine won the match 3-0.
The Athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 28 is English Valleys senior cross country runner Gage Heyne. The senior was able to run his way to a fourth place finish at the State cross country meet held Nov. 2 at the Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Heyne finished the 5K course in a time of 16.08.9 which was the fourth-fastest time in the class 1A race. For most of the race Heyne was stride-for-stride with eventual race winner, Gavin Grundhovd. Heyne finished 11 seconds behind Grundhovd.
CORALVILLE - Sweeps were the main story at the final day of the State volleyball tournament. Last week the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union crowned their five new State volleyball champions. Only one of the five classes had a match that didn’t end in a sweep. Class 5A
PEKIN – There was no shortage of talent on the field for the Panthers this fall. Pekin made sure to remind everyone of that throughout the fall as the Panthers were able to battle their way through the season. At the end of the season the Panthers were able earn 12 total players that were named to their class A district 5 All-District team.
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