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WELLNESS SCREENING

A record nine Creston/O-M wrestlers qualified for the state wrestling tournament over the weekend. Who made it? See SPORTS, page 5A.

Greater Regional Medical Center is offering several different health screenings during the month of February. For more information on how to register, see page 3A of today’s paper. >>

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Cross coming home for Spring Creston’s ‘Night of Comedy’ enrollment at SWCC grows despite state trend

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A familiar face will be adding some fresh flair to next month’s Creston Parks “Night of Comedy.”

Brandon Cross, a 1997 Creston High School graduate, will take the stage March 7 as a member of Omaha-based improvisational comedy group Workhouse Entertainment.

Other featured comedians will be Eric Green, Randy Wallace and Dave DeLong.

While growing up, Cross worked for the Creston Parks and Recreation Department as a mower in McKinley Park and lifeguard at the pool. Following his graduation from CHS, he attended one year at Southwestern Community College before moving to Iowa City to study theatre arts at the University of Iowa.

Cross currently lives in Council Bluffs, where he manages a Texas Roadhouse. He has been performing with Workhouse

The comedy night event will begin with a social hour at 5 p.m. March 7. At 6:30 p.m., a smoked prime rib dinner will be served, followed by a small auction.

Then the comedians will take the stage. Tickets are $30 each, or $340 to reserve a limited number of eight-seated tables closest to the performance.

Cross

Entertainment for about two years and said he has been trying to make it work to do a comedy show in Creston.

“I thought it would be perfect to come back,” Cross said. “I’m pumped that it’s all coming together the way it is.”

John Kawa, chairman of the board of the Creston Parks and Recreation Department, said the Creston Parks comedy night has supported projects ranging from new restrooms to walking trails. This year’s event will specifically raise

funds to clean the “swamp area” at the north end of McKinley Park near Adams Street. It will also help with the installment of a new restroom on the north end.

Kawa said the projects will start this summer and be completed next year.

The event will begin with a social hour at 5 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., a smoked prime rib dinner will be served, followed by a small auction.

Then the comedians will take the stage, performing a couple of individual standup routines followed by a group improvisation routine.

Kawa said the improvisation, which has never been done at a Creston Parks night, should be a fun new feature.

“We have never had an improv. We’ve aways just

had a single act,” Kawa said.

“I think an improv when they all get together, from what I’ve seen on television, is pretty funny.”

Cross said live improv is an art form that people may have never seen performed in this area, and he’s excited to bring it to town.

“I thought it would be a great way to introduce to another comedy artform that, other than TV, not many people get to experience,” he said.

Tickets are $30 each, or $340 to reserve a limited number of eight-seated tables closest to the performance. There are 300 tickets available, and they can be purchased at the Eagles Lodge, Creston News Advertiser or from any Parks board member.

Iowa making plans to close 2 of its 4 mental institutions DES MOINES (AP) — Closing some of Iowa’s four state mental hospitals might be needed, but people who work in the field warn that any changes should be made carefully.

Gov. Terry Branstad said last month he plans to close state mental institutions at Clarinda and Mount Pleasant this summer and move any remaining patients to the other two state institutions in Cherokee and Independence or to private

programs.

Ron Honberg with the National Alliance on Mental Illness told the Des Moines Register it can be dangerous to close facilities like this quickly.

“If there’s not a good plan in place, it’s frankly a prescription for disaster,” said Honberg.

As officials plan to close the two state mental institutions, Iowa is also working to improve community mental health services.

Regional agencies are adding programs, such as crisis centers where people can stay for a few hours or days. Those programs are supposed to be an alternative to expensive hospitalizations.

Suzanne Watson, CEO of the new, nine-county Southwest Iowa Mental Health and Disabilities Region, said she hopes the new crisis center in Clarinda is ready by the time the Clarinda hospital closes, but she

would like to have more time to prepare.

“These are great programs,” she said of the new alternatives. “We’re just jumping the gun a little bit.

It would be great to have about a year to plan.”

The use of Iowa’s mental hospitals has been decreasing gradually over the years.

The development of modern psychiatric medications

and Janet Gutschenritter (upper left) celebrate as their son, Jake, wins 2-1 in overtime in his heavyweight district championship match Saturday at Atlantic.

Panther fans had a lot to celebrate as a school-record nine Panthers qualified for this week’s state tournament. For more on the district meet, see page 5A.

A public hearing for Southwestern Community College’s 2015-16 budget is slated 5:30 p.m. March 10.

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Southwestern Community College’s springtime enrollment continues to rise in the face of a downward trend in community college growth statewide.

During the SWCC Board of Directors meeting Tuesday morning, Beth Kulow, SWCC dean of students, said enrollment has increased 2 percent from last spring and credit hours have increased 5.5 percent.

Kulow said the head count of fulltime and part-time s t u d e n t s Kulow combined is 1,509, up from 1,481 last spring. Credit hours have increased from 13,994.5 to 14,820.5.

According to the Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges Report 2014, which was released by the Iowa Department of Education in January, statewide community college enrollment has decreased every year since 2010. However, SWCC’s has increased since 2013.

Kulow said she believes location, campus appearance and the student life aspect have made SWCC an appealing campus for incoming students.

“What we’re trying to package together at SWCC is low cost and campus life,”

DES MOINES (AP) — From Washington state to North Carolina, federal lawsuits are challenging the efficient, profitable livestock industry to change its ways. The arguments found in the suits are based on studies that increasingly show the impact phosphorous, nitrate and bacteria from fertilizer and accumulated manure have on lakes and

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Looking to the future, Kulow said one of SWCC’s admissions goals is to continue attracting graduates of regional high schools.

She also mentioned attracting non-traditional students while still focusing on creating a lively student life atmosphere for traditional students.

In other SWCC news: • Tom Lesan, vice president of economic development, said the newest SWCC residence hall, Spartan Court, came in at almost $9,700 under budget, costing $5.72 million instead of the budgeted $6.42 million, according to numbers presented at the meeting.

• The board agreed to have a public hearing for next fiscal year’s budget on March 10 at 5:30 p.m. The Creston News Advertiser will provide more information on the budget as the hearing date approaches.

• The board approved early retirement for four SWCC employees. They were Deb Andrews, payroll and benefits clerk; Jean Gibbons, health education occupation coordinator; Terry Wangberg, early childhood program director; and Darwin Wetzel, welding technology instructor.

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rivers as well as air pollution that may be harmful to respiratory health.

Large-scale livestock farmers insist they’re using techniques to keep manure and fertilizer from draining into waterways, though fifth-generation Des Moines farmer Bill Couser says, “We realize this is not going to happen overnight or in two years.”

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Deaths Rich Jones

In 1976, they moved to Afton where Richard and Marcia owned and operated Jones G & G. Later, they sold the business and moved to a farm west of Shannon City where Richard raised cattle and hauled hogs for Murphy Brown.

In 2010, Richard retired.

Richard was a member of the United Methodist Church in Afton.

Richard is survived by his wife Marcia Jones of Shannon City; daughters, Darci (husband David) Campbell of Afton and Sheri (Jones) McNamara of West Des Moines; sons, David (wife Mindy) Jones of Shannon City and Brad (wife Julie) Jones of Winterset; grandchildren, Cole Campbell, Patrick and Madilyn McNamara, Kyle Campbell, Elizabeth McNamara and Jake, Brock, Kennedy and Samantha Jones; brothers, Ron (wife Lucille) Jones of Afton and Ted (wife Kate) Jones of Shannon City; brothers-in-law, Phil (wife Linda) Tisue of Knoxville, Tenn., and Roger Tisue of Bettendorf; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents; and niece Tiffani (Jones) Braman.

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Richard Jones, 69, of Shannon City died Feb. 13, 2015, at his home from Alzheimer’s disease.

Celebra- Jones tion of life services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Powers Funeral Home, 612 N. Dodge, Afton. The Rev. Jim Morris will officiate. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Shannon City. Open visitation will be 1 to 6 p.m. today with family present 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the family.

Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Richard Arlen Jones, son of Bernadine (Hoffman) and Glee Jones, was born July 13, 1945, in Creston.

Richard graduated from Afton High School in 1963.

Richard joined the Iowa National Guard after high school and served for six years.

On June 16, 1968, Richard married Marcia Ella Tisue at the United Methodist Church in Afton. They first lived in Shannon City and owned and operated Jones Service in Afton.

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livestock and the right to clean water and air.

Earlier this year, a federal judge in eastern Washington ruled that an industrial dairy farm’s manure management practices posed an “imminent and substantial endangerment” to the environment and to thousands relying on well water. And Des Moines’ water utility has recently filed a notice of intent to sue farmers in three counties populated by 1.2 million pigs and a million turkeys, as the water it sources from two central Iowa rivers must be run through a costly system to strip out nitrates.

About 68 percent of the nation’s lakes, reservoirs and ponds and more than half of its rivers and streams are impaired, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, whose reports show the main culprit is agriculture.

“Pork is cheap and cheap to produce in large factories because they don’t pay for cleaning up the Des Moines water supply and they don’t pay for the asthma neighbors get, they don’t pay for polluting downstream water that used to be potable and they don’t pay for the loss of property values,” said Steve Wing, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill epidemiologist.

The hog industry’s national shift from small family farms to large-scale farms is dramatic — from more than 200,000 in the early 1990s to just over 21,600 in 2012. A driving force behind some of the farms is Murphy-Brown LLC, which is part of China-based WH Group — the world’s largest pork producer. WH Group aims to feed China’s appetite for meat with cheaper hogs from the U.S., according to lawsuits.

Advocates of locally grown food and animal-rights and environmental activists are behind many of the suits, but in some cases, farmers are going after farmers.

Barb Kalbach has fought against the construction of huge hog operations in Iowa, where pork is a $7 billion industry and there are seven times more hogs than humans. “I have in the back of my mind this idea that we have thousands of miles of clean water, which is a gift in this state and we just throw manure in it,” the 61-year-old crop farmer said.

The choice, says Iowa State University economist Catherine Kling, will come down to consumers: “We don’t know how to produce food and fuel from this incredibly rich land without having nitrogen and nutrient pollution, so society has to figure out what balance it wants.”

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Ear buds, computers needed for new standardized tests

The tests have multimedia components, written essays and multi-step calculations needed to solve math problems that go beyond just using rote memory.

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STOCKPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sixth-grader Kayla Hunter considers herself pretty tech savvy. She has a computer at home unlike about half her classmates at her elementary school. And it matches up well with the one she’ll use this week to take a new test linked to the Common Core standards.

Still, the perky 11-year-old worries.

During a recent practice exam at her school in Ohio, she couldn’t even log on. “It wouldn’t let me,” she said. “It kept saying it wasn’t right, and it just kept loading the whole time.”

Her state on Tuesday will be the first to administer one of two tests in English language arts and math based on the Common Core standards developed by two separate groups of states.

By the end of the school year, about 12 million children in 29 states and the District of Columbia will take them, using computers or electronic tablets.

The exams are expected to be more difficult than the traditional spring standardized state exams they replace.

In some states, they’ll require hours of additional testing time because students will have to do more than just fill in the bubble. The goal is to test students on critical thinking skills, requiring them to describe their reasoning and solve problems.

The tests have multimedia components, written essays and multi-step calculations needed to solve math problems that go beyond just using rote memory. Students in some states will take adaptive versions in which questions get harder or easier depending on their answers.

But there’s been controversy.

The tests have been caught up in the debate playing out in state legislatures across the country about the federal role in education. Although more than 40 states have adopted Common Core, which spells out what reading and math skills students should master in each grade, several have decided not to offer the tests — known as the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, and Partnership for As-

sessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. Some states are introducing other new state standardized tests this year.

The Common Core tests fulfill the requirement in the federal No Child Left Behind law for annual testing in reading and math in grades three to eight and again in high school. But as Congress seeks to rewrite the education law, there’s debate over whether the tests should be required by Washington, and whether students are being tested too much. Parents in pockets of the country have joined a movement to “opt out” of these standardized tests.

Questions also have been raised about students’ keyboarding skills and schools’ computer capacities.

In the Appalachian foothills where Kayla attends Morgan South Elementary School, administrators and teachers worry that they don’t have the bandwidth to provide reliable Internet connectivity on testing day. Both tests offer a paper option. PARCC officials anticipate that about a quarter of students will use the paper version; Smarter Balanced officials estimate roughly 10 to 20 percent will take it on paper.

Just eight days before the test, the Morgan Local School District in rural southeastern Ohio ordered 200 more Chromebooks, which worked best during the practice run.

The week before the test, Kayla and her classmates huddled in pairs sharing what devices were available at the school. “They’ll be more comfortable with the technology, but it is a worry of mine that, as far as the content that’s on it, there’s still stuff I could be doing to prepare for the test,” says their teacher, Carrie Young.

Eleven-year-old Colton Kidd says the screens on the Chromebooks are too small. Classmate Josie Jackson, 12, prefers pencil and paper. But Liam Montgomery likes computerized tests: “It’s easier to get the answers down, because I don’t have to flip back and forth.”

In some places, school administrators and state leaders are only grudgingly moving forward.

Referencing federal law, Illinois State Board of Education officials threatened to withhold funds from any district that didn’t administer the PARCC exam. Chicago Public Schools officials cited technology concerns in announcing they won’t give the exam

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The Common Core tests fulfill the requirement in the federal No Child Left Behind law for annual testing in reading and math in grades three to eight and again in high school. But as Congress seeks to rewrite the education law, there’s debate over whether the tests should be required by Washington, and whether students are being tested too much. Parents in pockets of the country have joined a movement to “opt out” of these standardized tests. in a majority of its schools.

Trisha Kocanda, superintendent of the Winnetka Public Schools in Illinois, told parents that she’s concerned about the length of the tests and the “excessive rigor.”

“We grow wary,” Kocanda said, adding, that they believe “this test continues the over-emphasis on standardized assessments as evaluation tools for students and schools.”

In Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s effort to stop the PARCC exam was derailed by a state judge who said the governor’s actions were harmful to parents, teachers and students. Jindal has said he took the action because he opposes what he views as federal intervention in the adoption of the standards.

Officials from the testing groups stand by the tests. In each of the states, students will see something that’s familiar and something that’s “new, different and exciting,” said Tony Alpert, executive director for Smarter Balanced.

“Smarter Balanced took the best of what states had in their previous systems and we made sure each state had access to that,” Alpert said.

Laura Slover, the chief executive officer of PARCC, said the tests have an important equity component because parents can compare how their students are doing in comparison to students in other states.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said states are going to “figure this out together.”

“I think change is hard but anyone who thinks we should just do fill in the bubble tests and not look at critical thinking ... I don’t quite understand that,” Duncan said.

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and treatment methods has made it possible for many people to receive treatment while living at home or in a small group home.

Now, fewer than 300 patients are being treated at the four state institutions at any one time.

But advocates of the state programs aren’t happy with the decision to close the facility. Mike Olson drove 75

miles to testify at a community hearing and urge officials to reverse the closure.

Olson said his daughter, Erika, spent several months at Mount Pleasant about six years ago and was able to find an approach that’s working for her bipolar disorder and problems with drugs and alcohol.

“Please don’t deny others what we got here,” he said.

Shelly Chandler, executive director of the Iowa

Association of Community Providers, said she thinks private agencies can expand services to help the people who have been treated at the state institutions.

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Schedule of driver’s license examiners: Bedford: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Taylor County Courthouse, 407 Jefferson St. Corning: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adams County Courthouse.

Driving tests on Wednesday mornings by appointment.

Creston: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Union County Courthouse, 300 N. Pine St. Driving tests Wednesdays. Call 782-1710 for an appointment.

Greenfield: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., treasurer’s office, Adair County Courthouse, 400 Public Square.

Mount Ayr: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., treasurer’s office, Ringgold County Courthouse, 109 W. Madison St. Osceola: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., treasurer’s office, Clarke County Courthouse, 100 S. Main St. Winterset: Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Madison County Courthouse, 112 N. John Wayne Drive.

Monday

TOPS No. 1338, 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church.

AA, 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Mental Health Center, 1003 Cottonwood Rd. Open meeting.

Friends of the Creston Public Library Board, 6 p.m., Gibson Memorial Library, 200 W. Montgomery St. Meeting open to all members.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Mount Ayr

American Legion.

AA, 7:30 p.m., United Church of Christ, 501 W. Montgomery St. Use east door.

Wednesday

TOPS 116, 9:30 a.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. J.C. Penney former employees coffee, 9 a.m., The Windrow.

Friends Helping Friends Bereavement Support Group, 3 to 5 p.m., Prairie View Assisted Living private dining room, 1709 W. Prairie St. Southwest Iowa Dancers Jam Session, 6 to 9 p.m., Chicken Inn, 3 miles west of Creston on Hwy 34.

Thursday

Super 8 Club, 1 p.m., Regency Park.

Markets Grain prices quoted at 10 Soybeans — $9.36 a.m. today: • Gavilon Grain: • Farmers Co-op, Creston: Markets are unavailable Corn — $3.67 today.

For the record Meetings

Lenox School Board, 6 p.m. today, high school building.

Agenda includes: presentation on the Iowa Public School insurance program; discuss resignations; early retirement applications; new hire; E-rate proposal; 2015-16 technology budget, capital outlay expenses and calendar; continue shared wrestling program with Bedford; administration/board reports; consider entering into closed session under Iowa Code 21.51(1)i.

—————— Mount Ayr City Council, 6 p.m. Monday, meeting room.

Agenda includes: 6 p.m. public hearing on proposed plans and specifications, form of contract, and estimate of cost for the construction of the 2015 street improvement; consider resolution approval; review construction bids for 2015 street improvement project; consider resolution agreement with the IEDA to participate in the city energy management program as a pilot local government organization; set date for public hearing on proposed budget fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016; store credit policy; transfer of funds; Superintendent Brent Wise report; treasurer’s report; claims.

—————— Creston City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, council cham-

bers, restored Creston Depot.

Agenda includes: public forum; possible resolutions to adopt proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 and set public hearing on 6 p.m. March 3 or the adoption of final budget for fiscal year 2016; set public hearing for 6 p.m.

April 7 for tobacco hearing notice, Hy-Vee Food Store; set public hearing 6 p.m.

March 3 for application of United States Department of Agriculture grand for fire grass truck; early retirement program; consider approval of contract with A.M.E., Inc. on behalf of artist Double Vision for Party in the Park June 20 and pay $1,500 deposit, as recommended by Park and Recreation Board; consider approval of contract with Glen Carroll on behalf of The Sticky Fingers Band for Party in the Park, and pay $1,800 deposit, as recommended by the Park and Recreation Board; council to discuss comprehensive plan proposal from Southern Iowa Council of Governments; consider granting a conditional use permit to Jack Willis.

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ODO Club, 11:30 a.m. luncheon, Creston Family Restaurant, 802 W. Taylor St. Creston Lions Club, noon luncheon, The Pizza Ranch, 520 Livingston Ave. Creston Kiwanis Club, noon, The Windrow, 102 W. Taylor St. Holy Spirit Rectory ReRun Shop, noon to 5 p.m., 107 W. Howard St. Free community meal, 5 to 6 p.m., United Church of Christ (Congregational), 501 W. Montgomery St. Creston City Council, 6 p.m., Council Chambers, restored Creston Depot.

Southwest Iowa Dancers, 7 to 10 p.m., the Junction (Hwys 2 and 65) east of Leon. Homemade buffet for free will offering before dance.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 7:30 p.m. closed meeting, St. Malachy Rectory, 407 W. Clark St.

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Record nine Panthers headed to state Creston/O-M wins 7 weight classes; Clarinda sends 6 to state

By LARRY PETERSON CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

ATLANTIC — The depth in Creston/O-M’s wrestling lineup paid off in an undefeated dual season and a trip to the Dual State Tournament on Wednesday.

On Saturday, that depth also spelled a school record for state qualifiers.

A record nine Panthers will participate in the 16man brackets at the Class 2A state tournament beginning 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena.

That surpasses the mark of eight Panthers from the 2004 team that placed third in the state in Class 2A, including state champion Daniel Scarberry.

Crowned district champions Saturday were Trevor Marlin (120), Spencer Wray (138), Joey Huntington (145), Chase Shiltz (160), Seth Maitlen (195), Kadon Hulett (220) and Jake Gutschenritter (285).

Going to state as district runners-up are Wyatt Thompson (138) and Tayler Pettit (170).

Bedford/Lenox is sending two wrestlers to state as district c h a m p i o n s in fifthranked J a r e d Hensley at 113 p o u n d s Hensley and No. 1-ranked

Dusten Reed at 132.

Creston/O-M scored 1 6 2 . 5 points to top the 11 Reed participating teams. Atlantic qualified only four of 12 district wrestlers but took second with 107 points. Clarinda had six state qualifiers in scoring 86 points in third place.

Returnees Some of the Panther state contingent has experience there. Shiltz was state runner-up as a freshman at 145 pounds last year. Maitlen placed eighth last year as a sophomore. Huntington and Pettit each won a match at state a year ago.

Thompson qualified for state two years ago and ran into a loaded district field last year, as did Hulett as a freshman, losing out to two state placewinners at district.

Only four Panthers are ranked individually, and the team is still not in The Predicament’s top 10 of 2A tournament teams — the Panthers are fifth in the dual ratings — and yet it’s a team that keeps performing at an elite level when it counts.

The team’s mantra — “Gunnin’ for Gold” — pertains to a quest to end the season with championship hardware in both the dual and individual tournaments. So far, both are in

play.

“I think it’s pretty impressive for this team to set the (qualifiers) record, because we’ve had some pretty talented groups come through, including the state championship and runner-up groups,” coach Darrell Frain said. “This is not a flashy group. They just come in and do their job, and it showed on the mat.

A lot of these matches went just like our practice does.”

Frain said the team’s depth is a daily factor in improvement, citing the head-to-head battles between Hulett and Maitlen, who are both state-ranked, and the daily middleweight battles of qualifiers like Thompson, Wray and Huntington, along with district qualifiers Mitchel Swank and Cam Leith.

“We might have a guy who has been getting beat on in our room for two days straight,” Frain said. “You get to the third period, you better be scoring a lot of points before then, or you could be in trouble. Our guys are battling well in the third period.”

Tight matches Indeed, there were some dramatic finishes in getting the Panther qualifier list up to nine on Saturday.

In an important heavyweight semifinal match for Gutschenritter, the only scoring was his second-period escape in a 1-0 win over Missouri Valley’s Seth Jimmerson.

Then, in the finals, he and Clarinda’s Jared DeVoe

Four advance to state in 1A

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

TRURO — East Union advanced two wrestlers to this week’s State Wrestling Tournament, while Mount Ayr and Nodaway Valley each pushed one wrestler through.

East Union’s Brogan Kinyon and Mount Ayr’s Joe Ricker each won district titles here Saturday at the Class 1A District 2 Tournament, while East Union junior Mike Ward and Nodaway Valley junior Ben Freese each finished as runner-up to advance to state.

First round matches for Class 1A begin 6 p.m. Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Champs Kinyon, who finished as runner-up at the sectional meet at 170 pounds to Southeast Warren’s TJ Dierking, opened his district tournament with a 9-5 decision over AHSTW’s Dustin Engel, who was the sectional champ from the Audubon sectional meet.

“That was a pretty big deal,” East Union head coach Steve Kinyon said.

“When we came in, we were kind of looking like we were

sitting third. Then when he beat that Engel kid, that was a big deal.”

That set up a rematch of the previous week’s sectional final against Dierking, who scored a 10-8 decision in overtime against Kinyon at the sectional meet.

“When we wrestled TJ at sectionals, we though we could get him, but not by pin,” coach Kinyon said.

After surrendering an early takedown and getting off his back, Kinyon turned things around in the finals.

Dierking chose the bottom position to start the second period, and after scramble, Kinyon caught him in a cradle, pinning his shoulders to the mat just as time expired at the end of the second period.

The pin caused a roar from the East Union fans in attendance and got coach Kinyon and assistant coach Bryson Kinyon to leap from their chairs in the corner of the mat in celebration.

“Scrambles happen all the time. Sometimes I’m good with them, sometimes I’m not,” Kinyon said after his match. “It just feels like today I wrestled the best I have all season. I can’t really describe it. I felt so great. I was not only wrestling for myself.

I was wrestling for my fans

out there, too.”

It will mark Kinyon’s first trip to the state tournament.

Meanwhile, Mount Ayr senior Ricker breezed through yet another tournament, winning the district title.

Ricker, ranked first in Class 1A at 285, scored a 45-second pin in his first match against Guthrie C e n t e r ’ s Ricker Tom Herron, and then pinned Riverside’s Coy Maher (43-15) in 2:30 in the finals.

It marked Ricker’s 50th consecutive win dating back to last year’s state tournament, and leaves him two wins short of 175 for his career — a mark he’ll likely hit Friday at the state tournament.

“It’s totally awesome,” Mount Ayr co-head coach Kurt Wallace said. “It’s great to have a kid that’s been there already once, has the experience of being there.

He’s rated pretty high in state. Has set high goals and Please see CLASS 1A, page 7A

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East Union senior Brogan Kinyon locks in a cradle on Southeast Warren’s TJ Dierking during the second period of his 170-pound finals victory over Dierking. Kinyon pinned Dierking in 4:00, earning his first trip to state.

CNA photo by LARRY PETERSON

Joey Huntington of Creston/O-M has Jacob Koke of Harlan stacked in a predicament on the way to winning a 15-0 technical fall in the 145-pound district semifinals Saturday.

Huntington was one of seven Panthers winning district championships.

were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, and neither wrestler scored in the first o n e - m i n - Gutschenritter ute overtime period. Then came the two 30-second riding periods, and Gutschenritter was able to escape with 11 seconds left in the first one. He then rode out DeVore in the

next 30 seconds to hold on for a 2-1 victory.

“He’s as athletic or more athletic on the mat than the guys are going to football at South Dakota State (DeVore) and Iowa Central (Atlantic’s Skyler Svoboda).

He outscrambles those guys every time. When he rides those bigger guys, he really digs in and he’s on them hard the whole time.”

Wray fell behind 2-0 and was still tied 3-3 early in the second period before locking

up Atlantic’s Austin Williamson in a fall in 2:55.

“Spencer is never out of a match and he has a chance to score on anybody,” Frain said. “He really deserves this. Every single day, even when he was ineligible the first semester, he came in and worked hard. He made other kids better because of it.”

A rival of Wray’s last year, Please see PANTHERS, page 6A

Senior night blitz

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

Friday night’s home finale for the Creston boys basketball team was all about the team’s six seniors.

Seniors Sam Hartsock, McClain Haines, Christian Groumoutis, Jay Wolfe, Alex Nielsen and Jake Miller combined to score 65 of the team’s 73 points in a 73-45 blitzing of Clarinda here Friday.

The Panthers bolted to a 30-9 lead after one quarter, as Creston went on a 16-4 run during the opening quarter.

“That was the pregame speech, that was the postgame speech. It was all about these seniors,” Creston head coach Brett Watson said. “Those six guys have bought into everything we’ve been trying to do. Can’t say enough about their character, their work ethic and just the type of kids they are. They’re a joy to coach. Tonight was about them.”

Creston hit four 3-pointers during the opening quarter, as Hartsock scored 10 points in the quarter and Wolfe added eight.

“We played with a lot of emotion,” Watson said.

“You could just tell, with the pregame stuff, we came out and just blitzed them. First time we played them, we didn’t start off as well, so we kind of talked about that. Against any Hawkeye 10 Conference team, to score 30 points (in one quarter), that means we’re clicking on a lot of cylinders.”

Wolfe scored 10 more points in the second quarter and nine in the third quarter. He added five

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Creston senior Sam Hartsock pokes the ball loose from Clarinda guard Elijah Bix during Creston’s 73-45 senior night victory over the Cardinals. Hartsock scored 11 points in the win.

more in the fourth quarter before exiting the game to a round of applause with a Wolfe d o u ble-double of 32 points and 11 rebounds.

“It was pretty special,” Watson said about Wolfe’s performance in his final home game. “He’s a special player. It’s pretty amazing, when you put in the time, you’re rewarded for it. He’s one of those great kids with great character. Was nice to see him have a great night tonight.”

Groumoutis and Hartsock also scored in double figures for the Panthers, scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively.

The Panthers improved to 15-5 for the season with the win, while Clarinda ended the regular season with a record of 1-19.

Creston hits the road Tuesday to play Harlan (14-5), a 59-57 victor over the Panthers in Creston on Dec. 16. The game will be a preview of the Feb. 23 district opener in Atlantic.

“We want to play to win, that’s the bottom line,” Watson said about Tuesday’s matchup. “First of all, they were two points better the first time, so we have to avenge. We have to be better there. And then we can kind of assess from there some things we need to change, improve upon. It’s kind of a dress rehearsal to see how do we Please see SENIORS, page 7A

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Red Oak’s Tanner Mertz, brought a 39-7 record into the day but lost to Huntington in the 145-pound finals, 6-4. Huntington also trailed 2-0, gradually took over the lead and escaped late for the final 6-4 margin.

“If you’re going to beat Joey, it has to happen the first one or two minutes, because he will push the pace on you in the third period,” Frain said.

For the second week in a row, Maitlen had to score in overtime to defeat C l a r inda’s Christian Lauritsen. He turned a Maitlen single-leg shot into a double-leg takedown with two seconds left in the first one-minute overtime period for a 3-1 win.

Leith worked a third-period tilt to gain a 3-2 victory in the third place match at 152 and earn a wrestleback chance against Clarinda’s Luke Strong, who was pinned in the finals

by Atlantic’s Reid Nichols. Strong snared second place with a 12-4 major decision over Leith.

“Cam took Nichols to the wire in the semis,” Frain said. “He beat a pretty good kid from Missouri Valley and had a chance there in the wrestleback.”

Pettit had to earn his spot at state through the wrestleback round, after getting pinned by Clarin-

da’s J.J. Clark in the finals.

P e t t i t dominated Atlantic’s D r a k e R o l l e r , Pettit winning by fall in 1:46.

“Clark is just pretty physical and got us to our back,” Frain said. “I thought Tayler would be fine in the wrestleback.”

Rated matchup In a battle of stateranked wrestlers, the No. 1-ranked Shiltz methodically put together a 7-2 victory over Central Decatur’s Colton Ranney (a 5 0 - m a t c h Shiltz winner) in the 160 finals.

“It wasn’t a big score, but Ranney is really good and Chase wasn’t really threatened. It was probably good for him to go out and wrestle hard for six minutes,” Frain said.

Shiltz had time to get two takedowns before winning his semifinal match in just 22 seconds.

Marlin’s continued improvement was cited by Frain as a big factor in the record-setting performance.

“Before John Harris, I’m not sure anybody would have picked him as a district champion,” Frain said. “He’s wrestling with

confidence now.”

“Underneath I’m trying to stay moving and not just sit there waiting for him to do stuff,” Marlin said.

“I’ve been working with Matt (Long) and working the w r i s t s m o r e on top, Marlin k n o w ing more what to do on top. Just staying off my knees is a big thing.”

With nine competitors, Frain is hopeful of accumulating enough points to be a factor in the trophy race (top three). How they fare Thursday will go a long way in determining that.

“Day one is going to be huge,” Frain said. “If we can keep people going into Friday, then everybody is a match from placing and the points start racking up.

You never know.”

Class 2A District At Atlantic Team scoring — 1. Creston/ Orient-Macksburg 162.5; 2.

Atlantic 107; 3. Clarinda 86; 4.

Central Decatur 51; 5. Winterset 44.5; 6. Bedford/Lenox 39; 7. Kuemper Catholic 19; 8.

Shenandoah 18; 9. Missouri Valley 17; 10. Red Oak 14; 11.

Harlan 10.

106 — Semifinals: Logan Allen (Wint) tech fall Skylor Rice (Shen), 18-1 (5:36); Kole Hansen (Atl) major dec. Wyatt Dale (CD), 11-1. Champ: Hansen (Atl) dec. Allen (Wint), 3-0. Third: Dale (CD) pinned Rice (Shen), 3:45. Wrestleback: Allen (Atl) pinned Dale (CD), 1:02.

113 — Semifinals: Jared Hensley (B-L) tech fall Brandon Trevino (Harl), 17-1 (3:34); Carter Cox (Atl) dec. Britton Gibson (Wint), 7-2. Champ: Hensley (B-L) pinned Cox (Atl),

4:29. Third: Gibson (Wint) dec.

Trevino (Harl), 9-2. No wrestleback.

120 — Semifinals: Trevor Marlin (C/O-M) major dec.

Colby Sorensen (Atl), 10-0; Derek Koster (Wint) dec. Elias Shaeffer (Harl), 9-3. Champ: Marlin (C/O-M) dec. Koster (Wint), 6-0. Third: Shaeffer (Harl) pinned Sorensen (Atl), :56. No wrestleback.

126 — Semifinals: Austin Gutknecht (Clar) major dec.

Marshal McDermott (Atl), 8-0; Nick Rounds (MV) major dec.

Mitchel Swank (C/O-M), 10-2.

Champ: Rounds (MV) dec.

Gutknecht (Clar), 6-4. Third: McDermott (Atl) dec. Swank (C/O-M), 6-5. No wrestleback.

132 — Semifinals: Dusten Reed (B-L) pinned Tanner Mauk (Atl), :37; Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) major dec. Tim Sibbel (CK), 12-1. Champ: Reed (B-L) tech fall Thompson (C/O-M), 15-0 (3:05). Third: Sibbel (CK) major dec. Mauk (Atl), 10-1. No wrestleback.

138 — Semifinals: Spencer Wray (C/O-M) pinned Jake Johnson (Shen), 5:49; Austin Williamson (Atl) dec. Jacob Jenkins (Wint), 3-2, OT. Champ: Wray (C/O-M) pinned Williamson (Atl), 2:55. Third: Johnson (Shen) dec. Jenkins (Wint), 6-2.

Wrestleback: Williamson (Atl) dec. Johnson (Shen), 9-8.

145 — Semifinals: Joey Huntington (C/O-M) tech fall Jacob Koke (Harl), 15-0 (5:18); Tanner Mertz (RO) pinned Justin Smith (Wint), 5:20.

Champ: Huntington (C/O-M) dec. Mertz (RO), 6-4. Third: Smith (Wint) major dec. Koke (Harl), 20-9. No wrestleback.

152 — Semifinals: Luke Strong (Clar) dec. Nathan Haynes (MV), 6-5; Reid Nichols (Atl) dec. Cameron Leith (C/OM), 6-3. Champ: Nichols (Atl) pinned Strong (Clar), 4:59.

Third: Leith (C/O-M) dec.

Haynes (MV), 3-2. Wrestleback: Strong (Clar) major dec. Leith (C/O-M), 12-4.

160 — Semifinals: Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) pinned Winston Veatch (MV), :22; Colton Ranney (CD) major dec. Zac Stork (Atl), 8-0. Champ: Shiltz (C/O-M) dec. Ranney (CD), 7-2.

Third: Stork (Atl) pnned Veatch (MV), 2:39. No wrestleback.

170 — Semifinals: J.J. Clark (Clar) pinned Drake Roller (Atl), 1:25; Tayler Pettit (C/O-M) pinned Zane Harvey (MV), 4:36.

Champ: Clark (Clar) pinned Pettit (C/O-M), 1:06. Third:

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Creston/O-M’s Cameron Leith tries to complete a reversal in his wrestleback match against Clarinda’s Luke Strong at 152 pounds Saturday. Strong got the state-qualifying runner-up position with a 12-4 major decision, ending Leith’s campaign at 31-22.

Roller (Atl) pinned Harvey (MV), 1:34. Wrestleback: Pettit (C/O-M) pinned Roller (Atl), 1:46.

182 — Semifinals: Trenton Wells (CD) dec. Travis Petersen (Atl), 9-2; Trey Stickler (Clar) pinned JD Lewis (Shen), 1:15.

Champ: Wells (CD) dec. Stickler (Clar), 1-0. Third: Lewis (Shen) pinned Petersen (Atl), 6:43. No wrestleback.

195 — Semifinals: Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) pinned Aaron Johannsen (Harl), 2:48; Christian Lauritsen (Clar) dec.

Keagan Hosfelt (Atl), 5-1.

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Lauritsen (Clar), 3-1 OT. Third: Hosfelt (Atl) pinned Johannsen (Harl), 1:47. No wrestleback.

220 — Semifinals: Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) major dec. Tom Rief (MV), 8-0; Trace Carson (CD) dec. Seth Gehling (CK), 6-5 OT. Champ: Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Carson (CD), :58. Third: Gehling (CK) pinned Rief (MV), 1:34. No wrestleback.

285 — Semifinals: Jake Gutschenritter (C/O-M) dec.

Seth Jimmerson (MV), 1-0; Jared DeVoe (Clar) pinned Skyler Svoboda (Atl), 3:02.

Champ: Gutschenritter (C/OM) dec. DeVoe (Clar), 1-0, OT. Third: Svoboda (Atl) pinned

Jimmerson (MV), 5:17. No wrestleback.

State tournament Thursday, 1:30 p.m.

(State rating) 113 — No. 5 Jared Hensley (B-L) vs. No. 7 Travis Pulse (Davenport Assumption).

120 — Trevor Marlin (C/O-M) vs. Freddie Seeley (Webster City).

132 — Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) vs. No. 6 Chase Leinhard (Crestwood); No. 1 Dusten Reed (B-L) vs. Drew Davis (Independence).

138 — No. 8 Spencer Wray (C/O-M) vs. No. 7 Austin Moen (Saydel).

145 — Joey Huntington (C/OM) vs. Zack Konz (Boyden-Hull/ Rock Valley).

160 — No. 1 Chase Shiltz (C/O-M) vs. Trevor Nelson (Solon).

170 — Tayler Pettit (C/OM) vs. No. 3 Beau Sorensen (Forest City).

195 — No. 7 Seth Maitlen (C/O-M) vs. No. 3 Zach Lamphere (Oelwein).

220 — No. 8 Kadon Hulett (C/O-M) vs. Zach Ostendorf (ADM).

285 — Jake Gutschenritter (C/O-M) vs. Colten Smolders (Sioux Center).

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worked hard to achieve them.�

Co-head coach John Ford said there’s potential for Ricker to do some big things at the state tournament. “Right now he’s on a 50-match winning streak,�

Ford said. “I just hope the bracketing falls so that (Levi) Paulsen and us don’t meet until finals. That’s luck of the draw.�

Ford can breathe a sigh of relief. Second-ranked Paulsen is on the opposite side of the bracket as Ricker, setting up the potential for a 1 vs. 2 showdown in the finals Saturday night.

Runners-up Ward and Freese also earned their first trips to the state tournament, as each finished second in their respective weight classes.

Ward opened up at 195 pounds Saturday with a 12-1 major decision over Exira/EHK’s Lane Ring.

He got an- Ward other crack at Southeast Warren’s Ty Schneider (43-2) in the finals, but lost by fall in 1:40.

Ward did not have to wrestle back, when Ring won a 5-3 decision over AHSTW’s Erik Jorgensen in the third-place match. “Mikey, he had wrestled that kid (Ring) before,� coach Kinyon said. “We were hoping he could get by him. We were kind of thinking we could do OK with Ty. Ty is a big kid and wrestles real well.�

Coach Kinyon said that with his son and Ward qualifying for the state tournament, they are the second and third state qualifiers he has had in 17 years as head coach of the Eagle wrestling program. His son Bryson was the first in 2012.

For Nodaway Valley, Freese cruised into the

SENIORS: 120-pound finals with a 44-second pin over Riverside’s Ethan Rankin.

In the finals, he met up with Griswold’s Hadley Ogg (44-5) for the fourth time this season, where he fell by a 6-2 decision. “That was one of the better matches we’ve had with him,� Nodaway Valley head coach Jeff Ohnemus said. “Wrestled hard for six minutes. He’s improving, getting better. That’s a big step for him there.�

Freese had to wrestle back after Interstate 35’s Nathan Phillips won a 6-4 decision in overtime in the third-place Freese match, but Freese stuck Phillips in just 1:08 to earn true second place. “It’s nice to get one through this year, since we didn’t get anyone through last year,� Ohnemus said. “He’s worked hard, so he’s earned the right to go on.

He wrestled tough today and put himself in that position.�

Southwest Valley’s Tyler Bissell (160), Mount Ayr’s Grant Staats (145) and Nodaway Valley’s JD Lyman (126) each finished their high school wrestling careers with fourth-place finishes Saturday in tough brackets.

Wolverine junior Dylan Cornelison finished third at 138 pounds, but did not get a chance to wrestle back. East Union sophomore Kessler Tomas earned a chance to wrestle back at 220 pounds, but lost by fall to Southeast Warren’s Tate Van Dyne.

Class 1A District 2 At Truro Team scores — 1. Southeast Warren 147.5, 2. Interstate 35 66, 3. Audubon 57.5, 4. Riverside 55.5, 5. Guthrie Center 53, 6.

AHSTW 43, 7. East Union 41, 8. Exira/EHK 27.5, 9. Nodaway Valley 25, 10. Mount Ayr 20, 11. Martensdale-St. Marys 19.5, 12. Griswold 17, 13. Wayne 8, 14. Clarinda Academy 0, 14.

Southwest Valley 0, 14. West Central Valley 0.

Individual results

106 — 1. Blake Bauer (SEW) dec. Tatem Bluml (Riv), 11-5; 3.

Brayden Egli (I-35) pinned Zach Fees (GC), :15. No wrestleback.

113 — 1. Brady Kyner (SEW) pinned Joel Becerra (AHSTW), :51; 3. Zac Willey (I-35) pinned Chris Gaynor (Riv), 1:07. No wrestleback.

120 — 1. Hadley Ogg (Gris) dec. Ben Freese (NV), 6-2; 3.

Nathan Phillips (I-35) dec.

Ethan Rankin (Riv), 6-4 (SV-1).

Wrestleback: 2. Ben Freese (NV) pinned Nathan Phillips (I-35), 1:08.

126 — 1. Austin Pontier (I-35) dec. Christian Danker (AHSTW), 3-2; 3. Brock Beeler (GC) pinned JD Lyman (NV), :42. Wrestleback: 2. Christian Danker (AHSTW) dec. Brock Beeler (GC), 4-2.

132 — 1. Jake Hunerdosse (SEW) pinned Tucker Bluml (Riv), 1:34; 3. Andrew Malloy (Aud) pinned Jake Catron (MSM), 1:08.

Wrestleback: 2. Tucker Bluml (Riv) pinned Andrew Malloy (Aud), 5:06.

138 — 1. Jake Mulford (Aud) dec. Jacob Vogel (Riv), 10-9; 3.

Dylan Cornelison (NV) major dec. Tanner Flesher (SEW), 13-0.

No wrestleback.

145 — 1. Brad Kerkhoff (Aud) dec. Gabe Henderson (SEW), 5-2; 3. Lane Rumelhart (GC) major dec. Grant Staats (MA), 11-0. No wrestleback.

152 — 1. Logan Schumacher (MSM) pinned Trevor Smith (Aud), 3:45; 3. Blayde Baker (Wayne) dec. Jacob Dickenson (Gris), 6-5. No wrestleback.

160 — 1. Jacob Hoch (SEW) dec. Sal Arzani (I-35), 10-8 (SV1); 3. Timmy Barr (AHSTW) dec.

Tyler Bissell (SWV), 5-2. No wrestleback.

170 — 1. Brogan Kinyon (EU) pinned TJ Dierking (SEW), 4:00; 3. Dustin Engel (AHSTW) pinned Teddy Daggett (GC), 2:38. Wrestleback: 2. TJ Dierking (SEW) pinned Dustin Engel (AHSTW), 3:48.

182 — 1. Evan Hansen (EEHK) tech fall Austin Laabs (GC), 25-10 (5:40); 3. Dante Arzani (I-35) pinned Nathen Jimenez (SEW), 1:37. No wrestleback.

195 — 1. Ty Schneider (SEW) pinned Mike Ward (EU), 1:40; 3. Lane Ring (EEHK) dec. Erik Jorgensen (AHSTW), 5-3. No wrestleback.

220 — 1. Cale Crowder (GC) pinned Tate Van Dyne (SEW), 6:42; 3. Kessler Tomas (EU) pinned Christian Sousley (CA), 1:09. Wrestleback: 2. Tate Van Dyne (SEW) pinned Kessler Tomas (EU), 1:18.

285 — 1. Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Coy Maher (Riv), 2:30; 3.

Elijah Williams (SEW) dec. Tom Herron (GC), 5-2. No wrestleback.

State Tournament Thursday, 6 p.m.

(State rating) 120 — Ben Freese (Nodaway Valley) vs. No. 2 Bryce West (Highland Riverside).

170 — Brogan Kinyon (East Union) vs. Jordan Woodward (Lisbon).

195 — Mike Ward (East Union) vs. Jed Van’t Hoff (West Lyon) 285 — No. 1 Joe Ricker (Mount Ayr) vs. No. 4 Tim Butcher (Manson Northwest Webster).

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match up with them, how do they match up with us.�

CLARINDA (45) — Jett Kettwick 4 2-2 12, Austin Smith 2 6-8 11, Jacob Degase 3 0-0 7, Alex Stull 1 2-2 4, Jacob Carlson 2 0-0 4, Dedric Kettwick 1 0-2 3, Josh Espinosa 1 0-0 2, Elijah Bix 1 0-0 2. Totals — 13 10-14 45. 3-point goals — 5-17 (J. Kettwick 2, Degase 1, D. Kettwick 1, Smith 1). FG shooting — 15-52 (28.8 percent). Rebounds — 28 (Stull 11). Assists — D. Kettwick 3.

Steals — Degase 3, J. Kettwick 3. Team fouls — 21. Fouled out — Carlson.

CRESTON (73) — Jay Wolfe 12 3-6 32, Christian Groumoutis 3 5-6 12, Sam Hartsock 4 1-2 11, Cooper McDermott 3 0-0 8, Alex Nielsen 2 2-4 6, McClain Haines 1 0-4 2, Jake Miller 1 0-2 2. Totals — 26 11-24 73.

3-point goals — 10-23 (Wolfe 5, McDermott 2, Hartsock 2, Groumoutis 1). FG shooting — 26-48 (54.2 percent). Rebounds — 28 (Wolfe 11, Miller 4, Nielsen 3, Hartsock 3, Haines 3, Chris Foster 2). Assists — 16 (Haines 5, Nielsen 5). Steals — 13 (Groumoutis 4, Wolfe 3, McDermott 2, Hartsock 2, Haines 2). Blocked shots — 4 (Wolfe 2, Hartsock 1, Haines 1). Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — None.

Clarinda — 9 26 33 45

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Somers dropped in 26 points and made six 3-pointers in the win for the Panthers. Chris Foster added 11 and Cody Crawford scored 10 points.

Creston (67) — Kyle Somers 26, Chris Foster 11, Cody Crawford 10, Deaven Reese 6, Evan Jacobson 5, Brenden McDowell 4, Tucker Flynn 3, Ian Burns 2.

Clarinda (52)

FRESHMEN The Creston freshmen outscored Clarinda 28-5 in the first half, cruising to a 55-14 win on Friday.

Cole Higgins led the Panthers with 13 points, while Tucker Flynn added 10. Dustin Merritt grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

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Creston (55) — Cole Higgins 13, Tucker Flynn 10, Evan Jacobson 9, Joe Eblen 7, Dalten Bierle 6, Dustin Merritt 6, Jaden Driskell 2. Rebounds — Merritt 8. Assists — Jacobson 3, Driskell 3. Steals — Bierle 4, Jacobson 4. Halftime score — Creston 28, Clarinda 5.

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DES MOINES (AP) — Even as lawmakers work through Gov. Terry Branstad’s latest proposal to expand broadband Internet in Iowa, officials and service providers said the effort will last for years and cost far more than the $5 million now under discussion.

Supporters of Branstad’s grant program said it’s intended to bring attention and jumpstart work on a long-term Branstad broadband expansion the governor believes is vital to ensuring the state’s rural economy remains competitive as the nation relies more heavily on technology.

The example of Bloomfield, a southeast Iowa city of nearly 3,000 people, offers a good example of how expensive that expansion could be. Service provider Citizens Mutual spent more than $4 million to install a robust system of highspeed Internet in the community.

“We knew that it was a long-term investment,” said Citizens Mutual general manager Joe Snyder. “It takes time to do that and it takes a lot of money to do that.”

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Figuring out that cost depends largely on an area’s population and the system that’s installed.

Increasingly, companies are opting for a fiber-optic network. The system of underground cables can meet not only current needs but increased future Internet speeds.

Bloomfield installed a fiber-optic network, and Branstad’s bill and a separate broadband bill in the Senate focus on expanding such systems.

Snyder said it can cost between $3,000 and $3,500 per household to establish a fiber-optic network in an urban area, and that figure can jump to $10,000 to $12,000 per household in less populated rural areas.

There are at least 20,000 households in Iowa that have no high-speed Internet, according to Connect Iowa, an organization that works with communities across the state to expand service.

Branstad’s bill includes a grant program aimed at helping service providers with the costs. If the Legislature approves it, Robert von Wolffradt, the state’s chief information officer, will oversee the program. Von Wolffradt said the $5 million included in the program never was intended to pay for all the state’s broad-

band needs.

For years, service providers have been expanding broadband through a combination of their own money, private loans and federal funding, said Dave Duncan, CEO of Iowa Communications Alliance, a group that represents more than 130 community-based telecommunications providers that offer some type of broadband.

Von Wolffradt and industry experts said it’s unclear how long it would take to expand broadband throughout the state.

Branstad made broadband a priority last session, but his measure failed as some lawmakers cited concerns about language dealing with cell towers for wireless service and others complained the tax breaks for providers were too generous.

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