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Rick Walker’s house, 400 N. Walnut St., displays one of the largest residential Christmas light displays in Creston, which features more than 15,000 lights that are sychronized to Christmas carols. Walker is challenging others to display at least one strand of lights for a few hours on Christmas Eve.

Rick Walker proposes a Christmas challenge. He’s asking for Crestonians to put up at least one strand of lights or Christmas tree in their front window.

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have the whole block of houses on both sides with just one strand of lights on each house, it’s just going to look cheerful.”

Traditions Walker said one of his favorite memories was driving around with his parents Christmas eve to scope out the neighborhood lights in his hometown of Hays, Kan. “One guy had had a farmhouse all lit up with a sign that said ‘Santa’s Workshop,’” Walker said.

“There would be people coming from miles and miles away to look at it.”

Walker said, when he first moved to Creston in 2012, he had to keep decor on the exterior of his apartment to a minimum. After he set out with his son Austin to find some big Christmas light displays in town, Walker decided to take ac-

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ick Walker is on a mission. His goal? To make this Christmas the brightest.

This month, Creston Area Swap members reacted to Walker’s post where he proposed a Christmas Light Display Challenge.

“Basically, all I am asking is for people to put up at least Walker one strand of lights or a Christmas tree in their front window that you can see from the road,” Walker said. “Just to give the town a little bit more of a Christmas feel to it. If you

tion.

“I moved into a house shortly after Christmas because I was so disappointed,” Walker said.

Walker said his dad goes “all out” covering his childhood home in lights. And, as the saying goes, “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”

“I have 15,152,” Walker said of his lights, which are all synchronized to Christmas music.

Walker said he just wants to give his son the same enjoyment of looking at lights that he had as a child.

“I know, as a kid, I loved them,” Walker said.

And now, Walker enjoys watching passersby slow down to appreciate his lighted Christmas display.

Got lights?

After Walker’s challenge on Creston Area Swap, he has received messages from other Crestonians who have decorated.

“The west side of town is starting to put up a lot more lights just since that post,” Walker said.

Walker said his Christ-

mas light display is the result of collecting over the years.

“I add to it each year,” Walker said.

Walker said the best time to purchase Christmas lights is after the holidays and the best selection he has found is at ACE Hardware and Menards.

“It’s great,” Walker said.

“Everything is at least 75-percent off.”

Walker hopes more people will partake in the challenge, but, understands if it is financially challenging for some.

“I know people struggle day to day to make their bills, but, with one strand of lights and having it on for four hours on Christmas eve or Christmas day, won’t affect their electricity bill,” Walker said.

He is so passionate about the challenge, he has even offered to help people hang their lights — as time allows.

Have you taken the challenge? Let the CNA know by sending and email to sbrown@crestonnews.com.

CORYDON – After being sent home early Friday, the jury received their instructions and started deliberation for the civil trial Steve Green vs. City of Creston, Water Works Board of Trustees 11 a.m. today at the Wayne County Courthouse.

Friday afternoon, Creston Water Works attorney Patrick Smith – subject to his understanding of discussions in the judge’s chamber – had two witnesses from the Creston Water Works testify without the jury present, then ask the judge for a directed verdict.

Green’s attorneys, Michael J. Carroll and Richard Owen McConville, resubmitted their objections to Smith’s witnesses for the record, but made a similar request for a directed verdict in favor of ■ Jury will Green. reconvene today A directed verdict is at 11 a.m. in an order from the presiding judge in a jury Wayne County. trial to return a specif- Verdict expected ic verdict. It is typicalsometime today. ly used when a judge determines no reason- Story will be able jury could reach a posted at www. decision contrary to the crestonnews. judge.

“Bottom line is, I com think there is enough evidence to submit this entire case to the jury on all the issues that have been pled by both sides,” Judge John Lloyd said. “And that’s what we are going to end up doing.”

Green finishes After spending all Thursday afternoon on the witness stand, Green returned to the post to start the trial Friday. He spent just over an hour explaining his accrued vacation and other allegations made in the state auditor’s report.

“I earned it, it’s mine, it’s banked, I own it,” Green said about his accumulated vacation time. “It is mine to use.”

Green was not the only employee to receive payouts for vacation time, but he was the only one who Please see TRIAL, Page 5

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Cold turkey: Delmer McElfish, right, of Massena speaks with Norman Lear, television writer and producer, while Lear signs his book for McElfish Saturday in Greenfield.

Lear’s film “Cold Turkey” was mostly filmed in Greenfield, as well as in Orient, Macksburg, Winterset and Des Moines in 1969. Lear, who produced TV successes “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” visited Greenfield on the 45th anniversary of the film’s production.

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Merriam-Webster names ‘culture’ word of the year NEW YORK (AP) — A nation, a workplace, an ethnicity, a passion, an outsized personality. The people who comprise these things, who fawn or rail against them, are behind Merriam-Webster’s 2014 word of the year: culture.

The word joins Oxford Dictionaries’ “vape,” a darling of the e-cigarette movement, and “exposure,” declared the year’s winner at Dictionary.com during a time of tragedy and fear due to Ebola.

Merriam-Webster based its pick and nine runners-up on significant increases in lookups this year over last on Merriam-Webster.com, along with notable, often culture-driven — if you will — spikes of concentrated interest.

In the No. 2 spot is “nostalgia,” during a year of big 50th anniversaries pegged to 1964: the start of the free speech movement, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the birth of the Ford Mustang and the British Invasion heralded by the landing of the Beatles on U.S. soil for the first time.

Nostalgia was followed by insidious, legacy, feminism and a rare multiword phrase that can be looked up in total, in a foreign language at that: the French “je ne sais quoi.”

The Springfield, Massachusetts-based dictionary giant filters out perennial favorites when picking word of the year, but does that formula leave them chasing language fads?

“We’re simply using the word culture more frequently,” said Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster. “It may be a fad. It may not. It may simply be evolution.”

Sokolowski noted that the reasons words are looked up aren’t just about not knowing what they mean. Sometimes, he said, we seek inspiration or a way to check in on ourselves. Of more than 100 million lookups on the website each month and a similar number on the company’s app, culture enjoyed a 15 percent year-over-year increase.

Percentage-wise, it doesn’t sound like much, but the raw number in that stratosphere is large, Sokolowski said.

He wouldn’t disclose actual numbers, though, citing the proprietary nature of that data for a company still privately held.

Sokolowski is a lexicographer, not a mind reader, so his observations about why any single word takes off in terms of lookups is well-informed but theoretical.

“The word culture’s got a cultural story. We have noticed for years that culture has a cyclical spike every year at around Labor Day. That is to say back to school time during the month of September, so we’ve been watching this word spike at

that time for years,” he said by telephone from Springfield. “In recent years we’ve seen similar spikes at the end of semesters during finals.”

But traffic throughout the year indicates that culture is a “chameleon,” Sokolowski said. “When you put it next to another word it means something very different. For example, ‘consumer culture’ or ‘rape culture,’ which we’ve been reading about lately.”

There’s the “culture of transparency” in government and business, and “celebrity culture,” and the “culture of winning” in sports, he noted.

“It’s a word that can be very specific, like ‘test prep culture,’ or it can be very, very broad, like ‘coffee culture.’”

One standout reference that caught Sokolowski’s eye in The New Yorker’s December issue is from a new book, “How Google Works,” which includes a description of a software fix by a few engineers that made ads more relevant on the search engine: “It wasn’t Google’s culture that turned those five engineers into problem-solving ninjas who changed the course of the company over the weekend,” wrote the authors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former head of product development Jonathan Rosenberg.

“Rather it was the culture that attracted the ninjas to the company in the first place.”

Before the word culture exploded, Sokolowski said, “we used to talk about ‘society’ a lot. Certain groups are taking ‘society’ out of their names now. It seems to be receding. Part of that seems to be because it’s elitist. We’re using the word culture more frequently in that place.”

Not all lookup spikes are quite that complex. The reason “je ne sais quoi” landed at No. 6, for instance, is “dead simple,” he said.

The fast-food drive-in chain Sonic, known for TV spots featuring two goofy dudes eating in a car, had them munching on boneless chicken wings in September.

“I’ve finally found myself a wingman,” goofy guy No. 1 says of the wings he hopes will make him a chick magnet.

“Oh right,” sneers goofy guy No. 2, “gonna give you that certain je ne sais quoi.”

Responds No. 1: “Jenna said what?”

They mine the word play a couple more times, but you get the picture.

“Since September when this ad came out this word has been close to the Top 10 or in the Top 10 of our lookups almost every single day,” Sokolowski said.

Fast-food aside, he called this year’s list a relatively sober one.

“This is a fairly sober list.

It was a fairly sober year,” he concluded.

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A hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday. New South Wales state police would not say what was happening inside the cafe or whether hostages were being held. But television footage shot through the cafe’s windows showed several people with their arms in the air.

Police end Sydney hostage siege after 16 hours SYDNEY (AP) — A swarm of heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of downtown Sydney early Tuesday, ending a siege where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people hostage for more than 16 hours.

A police spokesman confirmed “the operation is over,” but would not release any further details about the fate of the gunman or his remaining captives.

After a flurry of loud bangs, police swooped into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe shortly after five or six hostages were seen running from the building.

After the police moved in, one weeping woman was helped out by the officers and at least two other people were wheeled out on stretchers.

The dramatic scene unfolded shortly after the gunman was identified by local media as Iranian-born Man Haron Monis, who is facing charges including sexual assault and accessory to murder in separate cases. A police official said “you wouldn’t be wrong” in identifying the 50-year-old Monis as the gunman. Under department rules, officials do not identify themselves unless speaking at a formal news conference.

Monis has long been on officials’ radar. Last year, he was sentenced to 300 hours of community service for writing offensive letters to families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

He was later charged with being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife. Earlier this year, he was charged with the sexual assault of a woman in 2002. He has been out on bail on the charges.

“This is a one-off random individual. It’s not a concerted terrorism event or act. It’s a damaged goods individual who’s done something outrageous,” his former lawyer, Manny Conditsis, told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

“His ideology is just so strong and so powerful that it clouds his vision for common sense and objectiveness,” Conditsis said.

Throughout the day, sever-

al people were seen with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the window of the cafe, and two people holding up a black flag with the Shahada, or Islamic declaration of faith, written on it.

The Shahada translates as “There is no god but God and Muhammad is his messenger.” It is considered the first of Islam’s five pillars of faith, and is similar to the Lord’s Prayer in Christianity. It is pervasive throughout Islamic culture, including the green flag of Saudi Arabia. Jihadis have used the Shahada in their own black flag.

A number of Australian Muslim groups condemned the hostage-taking in a joint statement and said the flag’s inscription was a “testimony of faith that has been misappropriated by misguided individuals.”

In a show of solidarity, many Australians offered on Twitter to accompany people dressed in Muslim clothes who were afraid of a backlash from the cafe siege. The hashtag #IllRideWithYou was used more than 90,000 times by late Monday evening.

Seven Network television news staff watched the gunman and hostages for hours from a fourth floor window of their Sydney offices, opposite the cafe.

The gunman could be seen pacing back and forth past the cafe’s windows. Reporter Chris Reason said the man carried what appeared to be a pump-action shotgun, was unshaven and wore a white shirt and a black cap.

Earlier Monday, network staff counted about 15 different faces among hostages forced up against the windows.

“The gunman seems to be sort of rotating these people through these positions on the windows with their hands and faces up against the glass,” Reason said in a report from the vantage point. “One woman we’ve counted was there for at least two hours — an extraordinary, agonizing time for her surely having to stand

on her feet for that long.”

“When we saw that rush of escapees, we could see from up here in this vantage point the gunman got extremely agitated as he realized those five had got out. He started screaming orders at the people, the hostages who remain behind,” he added.

Reason later reported that staff brought food from a kitchen at the rear of the cafe and the hostages were fed.

As night set in, the lights inside the cafe were switched off. Armed police guarding the area outside fitted their helmets with green-glowing night goggles.

St. Vincent’s hospital spokesman David Faktor said a male hostage was in satisfactory condition in the hospital’s emergency department. He was the only one of the freed hostages to be taken to a hospital, and Scipione said he was being treated for a pre-existing condition.

Hundreds of police blanketed the city as streets were closed and offices evacuated.

The public was told to stay away from Martin Place, site of the state premier’s office, the Reserve Bank of Australia, and the headquarters of two of the nation’s largest banks. The state parliament house is a few blocks away, and the landmark Sydney Opera House also is nearby.

“This is a very disturbing incident,” Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. “It is profoundly shocking that innocent people should be held hostage by an armed person claiming political motivation.”

Lindt Australia posted a message on its Facebook page thanking the public for its support.

“We are deeply concerned over this serious incident and our thoughts and prayers are with the staff and customers involved and all their friends

and families,” the company wrote.

Australia’s government raised the country’s terror warning level in September in response to the domestic threat posed by supporters of the Islamic State group.

Counterterror law enforcement teams later conducted dozens of raids and made several arrests in Australia’s three largest cities — Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

One man arrested during a series of raids in Sydney was charged with conspiring with an Islamic State leader in Syria to behead a random person in downtown Sydney.

The Islamic State group, which now holds a third of Syria and Iraq, has threatened Australia in the past. In September, Islamic State group spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani issued an audio message urging so-called “lone wolf” attacks abroad, specifically mentioning Australia. Al-Adnani told Muslims to kill all “disbelievers,” whether they be civilians or soldiers.

One terrorism expert said the situation appeared to be that of a “lone wolf” making his own demands, rather than an attack orchestrated by a foreign jihadist group.

“There haven’t been statements from overseas linking this to extremist groups outside the country — that is quite positive,” said Charles Knight, lecturer in the Department of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism at Australia’s Macquarie University. “The individual or individuals involved didn’t kill early, which is part of the pattern of some recent international attacks. ... It seems to be shifting more into the model of a traditional hostage situation, rather than the sort of brutal attacks we’ve seen overseas.”

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

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

Agenda includes: second reading to amend policies 1004.10 and 404.10; discussion and possible action on staffing for One-to-One laptop program and district web page updating; presentation, discussion and possible action concerning architectural and engineering services for track and other projects; fundraiser; consider approval of school start date waiver resolution for 2015-16; discussion on bargaining schedule; consider approval of resolution authorizing the request of modified allowable growth and on-time funding budget adjustment for increased enrollment and limited English proficient program expenditures; discussion on and consideration of approval of estate funds; consider approval of revisions to the district developed special education plan; new hire; administration/board reports.

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

Agenda includes: public forum; resolution tax abatement for David and Marjorie Patch; resolution on seating city energy advisory team, Brent Wise, Amanda Cannon and Raymond Hensley; reconsider maintenance agreement – 2015 generator service contract renewal; Superintendent Brent Wise report; consider employee wages for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015; consider action for the purpose of a one time pay adjustment; treasurer’s report; claims.

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Colorado resort towns TRIAL: worry over pot perception

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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — Business is booming in Colorado’s mountain resorts, and the addition of recreational marijuana stores this year has attracted customers curious about legalized pot. But there’s mounting anxiety that ski towns have embraced stoner culture a little too much, potentially damaging the state’s tourism brand.

That worry flared up in two resort towns last week.

In Breckenridge, residents voted overwhelmingly to force downtown’s lone dispensary off Main Street to a less-visible location. And just up the road in Granby, town officials used a property annex to prevent a dispensary from opening.

“It’s not a morality issue, or that we think marijuana is bad,” said Breckenridge councilman Gary Gallagher, who supported legal marijuana but also voted to force the Breckenridge Cannabis Club out of downtown. “Marijuana, it is not in this country’s DNA yet.

It’s a little bit too early.”

So far, there’s no indication that legal pot has damaged tourism, Colorado’s No. 2 industry. The state notched a record $17.3 billion in tourism spending the year after legalization, with a record 64.6 million visitors, and state tourism officials say 2014 is poised to top last year’s record.

But it’s an open question whether pot has anything to do with it. Officials cite the improving economy and the weather, with healthy snow totals historically being the most significant driver for mountain visits.

The state and its marijuana industry are barred by law from advertising weed out of state, and the head of the Colorado Tourism Office says the state isn’t tracking the role of marijuana in tourist behavior.

“It’s all anecdotal,” Al White said. “I have heard from some angry parents who said they’ll never come back to Colorado because of marijuana. And I’ve also heard from peo-

Still, at rates greater than their urban neigh“Why don’t fami- bors, mountain commulies get turned off nities backed marijuana when they go on legalization in 2012, including Breckenridge, vacation and see an early and enthusiastic a bar and people support base, and there’s doubt that recreational drinking alcohol? no pot has had an effect on ski towns.

Because they’re A state-produced July used to it.“People report on the new mariwill eventually get juana industry concluded used to this, too.” that 90 percent of recreational sales in mountain resort communities go to — Bill Kiser out-of-state visitors.

Breckenridge retiree The influx of shoppers — and camera crews that have become frequent ple who say they came to sights as they work on Colorado just to see the pot-themed news stories and documentaries — has marijuana.

“At the end of the day, prompted a lively debate it may be having a modest among residents about effect, but it’s not huge ei- how pot is changing their resorts. ther way.”

“Whether you’re The recent friction isn’t the first time officials have pro-marijuana or against moved to lower marijua- marijuana, you have to be concerned about how na’s profile.

The nation’s largest ski tourists react to seeing operator, Vail Resorts, it,” said Bob Gordman, a made headlines over the Breckenridge retiree who last year tearing down voted to move the dispenmakeshift shelters built il- sary.

Others say the marijualicitly in hard-to-reach areas and used by stoners to na novelty will die down “get safe,” mountain slang naturally and that resort for toking up out of the towns shouldn’t worry cold and away from ski pa- about dispensaries or the trollers. Resorts across the souvenir shops that put “Rocky Mountain High” state are dotted with the puns on T-shirts. so-called smoke shacks, “In five or 10 years, it’ll and some of them are debe no big issue,” said Bill cades old.

Kiser, a Breckenridge re“We will continue to tiree who voted to keep communicate that conthe dispensary on Main sumption of marijuana Street. is illegal in public and on “Why don’t families get federal land,” Vail Re- turned off when they go sorts’ Russ Pecoraro said on vacation and see a bar in a statement about de- and people drinking alcostroying the shacks in its hol? Because they’re used four areas, Beaver Creek, to it,” Kiser said. “People Breckenridge, Keystone will eventually get used to and Vail. this, too.”

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accrued vacation year to year and received a payout for his unused vacation quarterly.

“No sense of stacking more on top of it when I knew I was going to retire at 62,” Green said. “They (the board) knew they were going to have to take care of it sometime, so why continue to let it build and build and build and build.”

Smith ended his cross examination with the power washer and generator found in Green’s personal garage where he kept his work truck.

“We needed light for a number of reasons,” Green said. “If you received a call and had to go out, a lot of our things are not by street lights. Most of the problems we have are in the winter.”

Green added that having a light weight generator in his heated garage was for convenience.

McNichols testimony Current Creston Water Works Chairman Lee McNichols took the stand after Green. He has spent the entire trial sitting behind the defendant’s table across from Green.

McNichols first described his role in establishing the board’s finance committee, which he was the lone member.

“I thought we needed a little more oversight for what was going on at the water works,” McNichols said. “We would go over the financial report, go over all the bills, approve the hiring of a CPA firm.”

He recalled the March 2011 meeting where the board approved Green to receive three weeks paid out for his vacation time, but said it was the only

time he recalled Green asking for a payout.

“My understanding was that instead of getting five weeks of vacation, we were going to buy back three weeks of vacation time,” McNichols said. “Steve Green did not have time to be gone five weeks in the year.”

After the 2012 audit, Draper, Snodgrass and Mikkelsen CPA Randy Cook contacted McNichols about his findings that he wanted to report to the finance committee. Bill Stuart attended the meeting with McNichols.

“I agreed to attend a meeting at his office,” McNichols said. “We learned that Randy Cook had some concerns.”

McNichols said he believed it was an ongoing investigation and did not discuss the information Cook presented to anyone else, including other members of the board. The board later put Green on paid administrative leave after a special meeting was called in November 2012.

“We received the auditor’s report and terminated Steve Green’s contract,” McNichols said. “I thought we had just cause at that time to terminate his contract.”

Green was terminated in June 2013.

“I wasn’t happy that this

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hadn’t been reported earlier,” McNichols said. “They hadn’t reported it to us and second, that the board over sighted that.”

Water works employees Creston Water Works Distribution Superintendent Rick Reed and employee Justin Davis took the stand Friday afternoon.

Reed discussed his understanding of how vacation time worked for management employees.

“I have lost hours,” Reed said, but he had received payout for some time. “Because I wasn’t able to use all of it, sometimes I would ask for it, sometimes Steve would offer it.”

He also said he never personally saw the generator or power washer Green kept in his garage on site for the Creston Water Works, but said it was understood that employees could use work equipment for personal projects with approval.

“There is no (written) policy that I know of,” Reed said.

Davis recalled a conversation he had with Green in the summer of 2012 about if a generator the size of the portable one found in Green’s garage could power an air conditioner.

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Rough start CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnny Manziel spent his first NFL start being chased and taunted by Cincinnati defenders as the Bengals rudely welcomed the hyped rookie quarterback to the league with a 30-0 demolition of the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Manziel failed to live up to the overwhelming hype surrounding his debut as the AFC North-leading Bengals (9-4-1) built a 20-point halftime lead and rolled to their fourth straight road win.

Bengals rookie Jeremy Hill rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns, backing up his postgame trash talk of the Browns following a loss to them last month.

Manziel, promoted over the slumping Brian Hoyer to spark the Browns (7-7), finished 10 of 18 for 80 yards and two interceptions. He was sacked three times, under pressure all afternoon and had Bengals players imitating his signature “money-rubbing” gesture more than once.

Cowboys win PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dez Bryant caught a career-best three touchdown catches from Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys rallied to beat the Eagles 38-27 on Sunday night after wasting a 21-0 lead.

DeMarco Murray had a pair of TD runs to help the Cowboys (10-4) move ahead of the Eagles (95) into first place in the NFC East. The Eagles dominated the Cowboys in a 33-10 road win on Thanksgiving, but Dallas takes control of the division with two weeks left.

Six straight FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady was upset that his New England Patriots hardly looked like a division champion in the first half.

So upset that the slow-footed quarterback made a rare scramble for a first down that sparked them to a big third quarter and their sixth consecutive AFC East title Sunday.

“I wasn’t in the best mood at that time,” Brady said after a 41-13 win over the Miami Dolphins.

He and his teammates were feeling better after the Patriots became the first team in NFL history with 11 division titles in 12 years. They missed only in 2008, when Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener and Miami won the AFC East.

SPORTS

Shorthanded Panthers win CD team title

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

LEON — A shorthanded Creston/O-M wrestling squad crowned three individual champions and claimed the team title here Friday at the Central Decatur Invitational.

The Panthers scored 248.5 team points, finishing 44 points ahead of runner-up Albia. Mount Ayr finished 11th with 85 points in the 13-team field.

Creston/O-M contested only 13 weight classes, as junior 195-pounder Seth Maitlen was held out of the tournament after suffering a concussion during his match against Clarinda’s Maitlen Christian Lauritsen Thursday night.

Coming off Thursday’s physical duals against Hawkeye 10 Conference opponents Atlantic/CAM and Clarinda, head coach Darrell Frain said it took his team a little while to get going on Friday.

“I think we kind of started a little sluggish the whole

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Creston/O-M freshman 106-pounder Kelby Luther works the arm of Central Decatur’s Wyatt Dale during the championship match at Friday’s Central Decatur Invitational.

Luther won an 11-6 decision over Dale.

night, but we battled hard and got some guys to the finals,” he said. “Everybody just kind of did their job and stepped up and got some wins for us.”

Champions Five Panther wrestlers advanced to the finals, with freshman Kelby Luther (106), junior Wyatt Thompson (138) and senior Tayler Pettit (170) claiming individual titles.

Luther advanced to the finals with a 47-second pin of top-seeded Storm Little of Albia in the semifinals. He then picked up an 11-6 deci-

sion over Central Decatur’s Wyatt Dale in the finals.

“He struggled a little Thursday night,” Frain said.

“We talked about some of the mistakes he made. He fixed them a little bit. He got a big lead on the Central Decatur kid in the finals.

Let him close the gap a little bit, but a great day, especially after the struggles he had Thursday.”

Thompson, meanwhile, pinned his way through the tournament, spending just 4:17 on the mat for the day.

He decked Albia’s Kyle Sinnott in 2:33 in the finals.

Wipeout at the Well Panthers blast ADM early in 67-50 victory

By LARRY PETERSON

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

DES MOINES — The Panthers removed any doubt early in Saturday’s Wells Fargo Arena matchup with their coach’s former employer.

Creston boys basketball coach Brett Watson was at ADM (Adel) nine years, starting with a stint as boys assistant coach before becoming head girls coach for the past four years.

He watched his unbeaten team open up a 30-point spread in the first half (4515) on the way to cruising to a 67-50 victory.

It was a preliminary game to the Iowa Energy’s NBA D-League home game against Sioux Falls.

Admission was good for both games for those attending the high school contest.

It was the Panthers who came out shooting like pros, racing to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter, punctuated by McClain Haines’ 3-pointer. Earlier in the period, Sam Hartsock and Jay Wolfe also canned 3-pointers as the Tigers were limited to a rebound putback, a layup and traditional three-point play by post player Jacob Hardy.

Hot half Steals, fast breaks and two more 3-pointers by Alex Nielsen and Christian Groumoutis provided the spark for the 30-point halftime bulge. At the break, Nielsen already had 16 of his 18 points and Wolfe had 11 on the way to a gamehigh 23.

Less than 24 hours after whipping Atlantic in conference action, Watson was pleased with his team’s energy on the arena court where they would like to return for Class 3A state tournament action.

“We didn’t want Friday night and the intensity we showed against Atlantic to be a fluke,” Watson said. “I thought we did a nice job in the first half. We had a little bit of lull there in the third quarter. Give ADM credit, their kids came out and played harder after halftime. They fought hard.”

After scoring 45 points in the first two quarters, Creston managed 22 points after halftime, to ADM’s 35. A 15-3 Tiger run shaved a 4715 deficit to 20 points at 5030 in the third period. It got as close as 18 (50-32) before Wolfe drained a 3-pointer with 1:00 left in the quarter.

Both teams began liberal substitution after Groumoutis hit two free throws

with 2:29 left to make it 6645, with ADM cutting it to 66-50 on a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.

Hartsock, the team’s senior point guard, saw limited duty in the second half with a thigh c o n t u - Hartsock sion.

“Somebody’s knee got me and I was having a hard time getting it loose,” Hartsock said.

The Panthers were 8-of16 from 3-point range, led

by Wolfe going 3-5. Haines made two while also handing out a team-high four assists with six rebounds.

Wolfe had a double-double with 13 rebounds, and Nielsen had 10 rebounds.

Haines, Hartsock and Groumoutis got their first extensive action on the spacious court where they hope to end their careers.

“It helps a lot. I think I air-balled my first three (warm-up) shots,” Haines said, smiling.

Wolfe and Nielsen are veterans of multi-starts on the Wells Fargo Arena court. They’re grateful the Please see WELL, page 8A

Jordan passed MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kobe Bryant has reached rarefied air.

The Los Angeles Lakers star passed Michael Jordan for third on the NBA’s career scoring list Sunday night in a 100-94 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Bryant entered the game needing nine points to pass the icon with whom he is often compared. He got the mark with two free throws with 5:24 to play in the second quarter.

CNA photo by SCOTT VICKER

Creston senior point guard McClain Haines defends an ADM ballhandler during the first half of Creston’s 67-50 win over the Tigers Saturday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. Haines scored 11 points with four assists in the win.

“Wyatt has wrestled well all year,” Frain said. “ H e ’ s c o m e up short on two Thompson matches, but for the most part has been a leader for us. He pretty much controlled it (Friday).”

Pettit also pinned his way through the tournament, wrestling a total of 4:19. He pinned Albia’s Christian Powless in 1:49 in the finals.

“ H e had a big win for us Thursday and he was never really threatened (Fri- Pettit day),” Frain said. “All three of them stepped up and wrestled really well, and did what we expected out of them.

Took care of business.”

Sophomore Trevor Marlin had a solid day at 120 pounds, winning by fall and tech fall to reach the finals, before losing a 16-5 major decision to Panorama’s Garrett Simmons.

Sophomore 220-pounder Kadon Hulett also won by fall and tech fall to reach the finals, before being derailed by state top-ranked Carter Isley of Albia in a 14-6 major decision.

“Trevor was the 6-seed and knocked off the 3-seed and then the 2-seed to get to the finals,” Frain said. “He was pretty darn excited. He hadn’t made it to finals yet.

He got behind a little bit in that championship match and closed the gap a little bit.

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Panthers pelt Trojans with 3-pointers in 66-45 victory

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

Creston dominated a matchup of Hawkeye 10 unbeaten boys teams here Friday, 66-45.

The Panthers used a stifling defense and shot 10of-20 from 3-point range in improving to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference. Atlantic fell to 2-1 and 1-1.

A balanced Creston offense with five players scoring between nine and 17 points was led by Jay Wolfe.

He scored 17 points while collecting 10 rebounds and seven assists.

The passing was as Wolfe important as the scoring, as hot Panther shooters stood ready on his drives to the basket. McClain Haines chipped in nine assists while

scoring six points.

“It’s Jay reading the defense,” Panther coach Brett Watson said. “He is very good off the dribble. But if they want to help, then we want to get it to shooters who can knock down shots.

We try to create spacing and hope for good things to happen.”

The 3-pointers were spread among five players.

Post player Alex Nielsen had one while scoring 14 points with a team-high 11 rebounds. Sam Hartsock and Cooper McDermott, off the bench, each drained three treys in scoring 10 and nine points, respectively. Christian Groumoutis netted two 3-pointers and 10 points, including a back-breaking trey from nearly 30 feet at the volleyball line just as the third period expired to give the Panthers a 52-32 lead.

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Panther girls overcome early deficit for H-10 win

By SCOTT VICKER

CNA sports editor • svicker@crestonnews.com

ATLANTIC — The Creston girls basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 67-54 win over Atlantic here Friday.

The Trojans built an early lead, holding a 21-16 advantage after a high-scoring first quarter. Atlantic eventually built its lead to 11 points in the second quarter.

After reducing the lead to 10 points at 31-21, the Panthers finished the first half on a 12-0 run to take a 33-31 lead into the halftime break.

“We actually switched from man to a 2-3 zone in the second quarter,” Creston head coach Brent Douma said. “I thought our intensity started to pick up a little bit. We limited them to one shot each time. I think that threw them out

of their rhythm.”

Atlantic senior Erin Olsen scored nine early points, but once Creston switched to its 2-3 zone, the Panthers were able to slow her down, holding her to just eight points for the remainder of the contest.

“Our man-to-man intensity wasn’t quite what it usually it is,” Douma said.

“Typically, against Glenwood and some of those teams, we play hard-nosed man-to-man.

We just seemed a little bit slower in that first quarter on Friday night.”

The Panthers carried their momentum from the end of the first half into the third quarter. When Natalie Mostek canned a 3-pointer just before the third-quarter buzzer, Creston took a 50-40 lead into the final quarter.

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made a run and cut it to 13 or 14,” SWCC coach Todd Lorensen said. “Mataika (Koyamainavure) kicked it to Jaylon for an open three with about seven minutes to go. That essentially put it away. We were capable of being up 30 at the half.

We had some careless turnovers and went 4-of-11 at the free throw line.”

For the game, Southwestern was only 10-of-25 on charity shots. But, that was about the only low grade in Lorensen’s assessment as the Spartans improved to 11-2. Southeast fell to 6-9.

“We did some really good things,” the Spartan coach said. “We did a good job of recognizing Mataika had an advantage down low, and letting him make the right decision. We had scoring from all over. Jaylon had 25, Mataika 23, TJ 17. Everybody gave a solid effort.”

Point guard Ahmad

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First 20-win season in more than 25 years

The ninth-ranked Southwestern men got off to an 8-0 start on the way to beating Southeast (Neb.) Community College for the second time here Saturday, 93-75.

On Southwestern’s first three possessions TJ Bower of Nodaway Valley made two 3-pointers and Jaylon Smith drained a pull-up Bower jumper, prompting Southeast coach Joel Wooten to call a quick timeout trailing 8-0.

Southwestern led 47-31 at halftime.

“In the second half they

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By SCOTT VICKER

By LARRY PETERSON

Unable to keep Southeast Nebraska off the offensive glass here on Saturday, the Southwestern women’s basketball team ended the 2014 portion of its schedule with a 73-48 loss.

“We started the game OK. And it was competitive, I think, for the first few minutes of the game, but it slowly started to get away from us,” head coach Addae Houston said. “We didn’t do a good job of rebounding the basketball against them. They had too many offensive rebounds.

They really hurt us on the offensive glass. For the most part, I think that’s where we lost the game.”

Southeast Nebraska owned a 36-32 rebounding edge over the Spartans for the game, but grabbed 16 offensive rebounds in the game.

Breanna Grant and Dionne Martin each finished with five offensive boards for the Storm. Grant scored 22 points to lead all scorers, getting many of her points off offensive boards and and-one opportunities.

She shot 9-of-13 from

New mindset Physical maturity and varsity experience helped form the foundation of what was to come, Luther said. The team went through the 2013 season relying mostly on sophomores and juniors.

“The girls matured, and their attitudes matured,” Luther said. “I think they had goals in mind and that’s where they set their sights. I think they knew what they were capable

to, but, for the most part, these kids were unbelievable.”

Creston won its first regional match at home against Glenwood, 3-1, before falling in straight sets to state qualifier Lewis Central in the semifinals.

LC lost to repeat state champion Harlan at the state tourney.

In her remarks, Luther said a big part of this year’s success is a credit to the junior varsity players in preparation for competition.

“We have a lot of kids,” she said. “We cannot put them all on the court.

One big reason our varsity team got better, is the rest of these kids every day in practice were digging up balls, passing balls, hitting balls. They made each other better nonstop. Every day, they came in and worked their tails off.”

Assistant coach Jessie McClellan and freshman coach Mike McCabe also introduced their players and shared memories from Please see BANQUET, page 8A

the field and 4-of-6 from the free throw line.

“Our lack of defense on certain players let the game get away from us,” Houston said.

The Spartans handled Southeast Nebraska’s fullcourt pressure better than in the first meeting between the two teams, but Houston said a majority of the Spartans’ 24 turnovers came in running their halfcourt sets.

“We made a lot of mis-

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takes in our halfcourt offense,” he said. “You can’t win when you turn the ball over like that.”

Southwestern featured balanced scoring in the game, but no player scored more than seven points.

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In many respects, it was a fairy tale season.

That was the description of the 2014 volleyball campaign by head coach Polly Luther at the teams postseason banquet Sunday night at Creston High School commons.

The team posted a 20-8 record — the best since coach (Gammell) Luther was the team’s setter for a state tournament squad in the late 1980s — and tied Lewis Central for third in the Hawkeye 10 Conference at 6-4. A year earlier the Panthers were 13-14 overall and ninth in the league at 2-8.

The varsity lineup on the court was basically the same. But a new mindset played a part in the turnaround, Luther said.

“Everyone was returning for the most part,” Luther said. “We walked into the season and in the first week of practice I went, ‘ W h o a , Luther we have something really special here. We’re going to show some people what these kids are capable of doing.’ And, we did.”

of doing. To see them succeed was pretty special.”

Seven seniors were among the 15 letterwinners, and Luther has been involved with them since their younger club years.

Her daughter Hanna, second-team all-conference setter, is a member of the class.

Others are Brenna Baker, Nicole Haley, Ashley Harris, Marie Hood, Haylee LaMasters and Natalie Mostek, who was named Hawkeye 10 all-conference on the first team, and honorable mention all-state.

Luther paused to gather her emotions as she introduced the seniors one last time.

“I’ve been with these kids for a long time,” she said, her voice cracking.

“When I look at them, they turned out just how I wanted them to be. They are really great kids and great athletes. I know when they walk out these doors for the very last time, they are going to be successful people. I am very, very proud of them.”

The crux of next year’s team will be junior letterwinners Alli Thomsen, Jenna Taylor, Angela Sorensen, Jami Sickels, Gracie Russell, Alyssa Higgins, Sydney Dunphy and Ashley Bargstadt.

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Seniors from Creston’s 20-8 volleyball team recognized at Sunday’s team banquet are, from left in front, Natalie Mostek, Nicole Haley and Brenna Baker. In back, Marie Hood, Hanna Luther and Haylee LaMasters. Not pictured, Ashley Harris.

CNA sports writer • lpeterson@crestonnews.com

Newsome was the intangible leader, providing eight rebounds, five assists and Newsome two steals while guarding Southeast’s top perimeter player.

“Over there, we turned it over way too much and gave up 15 offensive rebounds,” Lorensen said.

“We cut our turnovers to 15 this time and cleaned things up on the defensive glass.”

Southwestern outrebounded the visitors 48-30, led by Simon Joseph with 10 and Koyamainavure and Josh Kirk with nine each.

Kirk and Koyamainavure each had three steals.

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“Isley is number one in the state. He is definitely deserving of his number one rating. Kadon got behind early and couldn’t catch up. He got him tired and made it exciting at the end, though.”

Jacob Goodson wrestling up to 113 pounds, Mitchel Swank at 132 pounds, Joey Huntington at 145 pounds and Jackson Mikkelsen at 182 pounds all placed third for the Panthers.

Mikkelsen, who wrestles above his weight at 182 pounds, kept his match with state-rated Trenton Wells of Central Decatur to a 2-0 decision before coming back to win two more matches on his way to third place.

“All those guys in third did a great job,” Frain said. “The rest of them all scored valuable points for us along the way, too.”

Creston returns to action Tuesday in double dual action at Glenwood against the Rams and Denison-Schleswig.

“It’s going to be tough to win with Seth, so if he’s not with us, we’ll have to be really creative to score points,” Frain said. “I think it’s a tossup — who comes up with the most pins, who gets the most bonus points.

That’s going to determine who wins this one. It’s going to be a barnburner.”

Raiders 11th Mount Ayr finished 11th in the team standings with 85 points.

The Raiders were led by senior heavyweight Joe Ricker, who dominated his way to the title at 285 pounds.

WELL: Ricker pinned his way through the tournament, beating Albia’s Trever Blackford in :55, Davis Coun- Ricker ty’s Ben Kincart in 3:45 and Panorama’s Wilson Solorzano in 2:58.

Senior Grant Staats finished fifth at 152 pounds, beating Panorama’s Gunnar Grunsted 2-0 in the fifth-place match.

Central Decatur Invitational Team standings 1. Creston/Orient-Macksburg 248.5, 2. Albia 204.5, 3. Knoxville 159, 4. Central Decatur 149, 5.

Chariton 126.5, 6. Panorama 121.5, 7. Pleasantville 110.5, 8. Davis County 98, 9. Red Oak 96, 10. Van Meter 94, 11.

Mount Ayr 85, 12. Wayne 41, 13. Martensdale-St. Marys 29.5 Individual results (Placing matches) 106 — 1. Kelby Luther (C/OM) dec. Wyatt Dale (CD), 11-6; 3. Cade Costlow (VM) pinned Storm Little (Albia), :31; 5.

Blake Lee (Knox) pinned Nathan Stone (Pleas), 2:04; 7.

Davin Veach (Wayne).

113 — 1. Dylin Harberts (Char) pinned George Appleseth (Pan), 1:29; 3. Jacob Goodson (C/O-M) pinned Keane Wasson (CD), 5:02; 5.

Ben Wooldridge (Knox) pinned Nick Conger (Wayne), :37; 7.

Adrian Richards (MA).

120 — 1. Garrett Simmons (Pan) major dec. Trevor Marlin (C/O-M), 16-5; 3. Stetson Baker (Wayne) pinned Hunter Tyree (Pleas), 4:22; 5. Sam Bass (VM) dec. Sully Holman (DC), 8-3.

126 — 1. Joe Hollinrake (Knox) pinned Zach Oldham (Albia), 1:37; 3. Caleb Orme (RO) dec. Luke Costlow (VM), 10-4; 5. Brody Frain (C/O-M) injury def. Garrett DeYoung (Pan); 7. Marcus Daughton (MA) dec. Hunter Patrick (MSM), 3-2.

132 — 1. Walker Henderson (DC) pinned Griffin McBride (Pleas), :54; 3. Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) pinned Bryce McKim (Albia), 1:40; 5. Sawyer Atwell (Char) tech fall Kaleb Stogdill (Pan), 17-1 (4:00); 7. Alec Selberg (RO) pinned Luke Jones (CD), 1:04.

138 — 1. Wyatt Thompson (C/O-M) pinned Kyle Sinnott (Albia), 2:33; 3. CodyRay Smith (Knox) pinned Evan Havick (Char), 5:55; 5. Chance Masters (CD) major dec. Jonathan Vanbuskirk (MA), 12-2; 7. Clay Selberg (RO) pinned Max Johnson (Pleas), 1:24.

145 — 1. Kale Baird (DC) dec. Tanner Mertz (RO), 7-3; 3. Joey Huntington (C/OM) pinned Kade Kelso (CD), 3:14; 5. Sawyer Phillips (Pleas) pinned Tyler VanHouten (Pan), 3:14; 7. Trevor Kromray (Albia) pinned Alex Craig (MSM), 1:21.

152 — 1. Bryce Leshen (Albia) major dec. Devin Harberts (Char), 9-1; 3. Logan Schumacher (MSM) pinned Cameron Leith (C/O-M), 1:15; 5. Grant Staats (MA) dec.

Gunnar Grunsted (Pan), 2-0; 7.

Kevin Woodhouse (Knox) dec.

Clayton Dale (CD), 8-3.

160 — 1. Colton Ranney (CD) pinned Blake Lawless (Albia), 1:28; 3. Blayde Baker (Wayne) pinned Dylan Henderson (DC), 5:01; 5. Alex Fargo (C/O-M) pinned Zach Squires (Pleas), 3:42; 7. Jake Kindley (Knox) pinned Cal Daughton (MA), :42.

170 — 1. Tayler Pettit (C/OM) pinned Christian Powless (Albia), 1:49; 3. Daniel Ilyenko (Char) pinned Derek Golwitzer (VM), 1:39; 5. Cameron Brown (Knox) pinned Garrett Clark (CD), 2:43; 7. Jackson Welter (RO) pinned Hunter Wilson (MA), 2:49.

182 — 1. Trenton Wells (CD) dec. Jac Agan (Knox), 8-1; 3.

Jackson Mikkelsen (C/O-M) dec. Christian Terry (RO), 2-1; 5. Isaac Benton (VM) pinned Ben Mason (Albia), :45; 7.

Dalton Holmes (Pan) dec.

Bradly Johnson (DC), 4-2.

195 — 1. Joe Kauffman (Pleas) pinned Jacob West (Albia), 3:15; 3. Colin Bruce (RO) pinned Tim Good (Char), 4:00; 5. Jordan Beal (Knox) pinned Justin Wehling (MA), 3:18; 7. Nathan Willem (VM) pinned Trae Reed (CD), 3:49.

220 — 1. Carter Isley (Albia) major dec. Kadon Hulett (C/OM), 14-6; 3. Travis Poffenbarger (Knox) dec. Marcus Boldy (Pan), 1-0; 5. Trace Carson (CD) pinned Logan Kelley (MA), 2:19; 7. Chris Wright (Char) pinned Dakota McMann (RO), :21.

285 — 1. Joe Ricker (MA) pinned Wilson Solorzano (Pan), 2:58; 3. Ben Kincart (DC) pinned Brock Caviness (Knox), :38; 5. Jake Gutschenritter (C/OM) dec. Trevin Nance (Char), 3-2 (UT); 7. James Haberling (Pleas) pinned Trever Blackford (Albia), :46.

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entire team got a taste of the state tournament venue.

“Yeah, it’s nice to play in a big arena like this to kind of get used to it,” Nielsen said. “It’s a lot different than shooting in a regular gym. It can screw with your depth perception, obviously with my (airball) free throw.

First time, you get nervous.

I remember our sophomore year, I checked in the game and I remember kicking it off my foot.”

Good start Wolfe said the team is playing with an extra level of intensity, which comes at a good time with Harlan visiting the CHS gym for a varsity doubleheader Friday night.

“They’re always tough and well-coached,” Wolfe said. “Our defense is turning into our offense, giving us transition buckets and open threes. We’re playing a little bit harder and for each other.”

Despite the 6-4 Wolfe and 6-2 Nielsen being the tallest players on the floor, rebounding has been a strength of this year’s Panthers. That’s as much a testament to hustle as anything.

“We’re limiting people to one shot, cleaning up the boards,” Wolfe said. “Our guards are rebounding really well, and that helps us out a lot.”

“Kudos to the kids,” Watson said on the 5-0 start.

“They’re the ones busting their tails off. They’ve

bought in.”

ADM (52) — Jake Hardy 5 3-3 13, Matt Larson 3 6-7 12, Jake Sloss 4 0-1 8, Joe Sloss 2 0-0 5, Kyle Ferguson 1 0-0 3, Kody Irwin 1 0-0 3, Ian LaFollette 1 0-0 2, Frank Weiland 0 2-2 2, Elijah McCartney 1 0-0 2. Totals — 18 11-13 50. 3-point goals — 3 (Joe Sloss 1, Irwin 1, Ferguson 1).

Team fouls — 18. Fouled out — None.

CRESTON (67) — Jay Wolfe 8 4-4 23, Alex Nielsen 8 1-4 18, McClain Haines 4 1-1 11, Sam Hartsock 3 0-0 7, Christian Groumoutis 1 2-2 5, Cooper McDermott 1 0-2 2, Seth Thompson 0 1-2 1, Kyle Somers 0 0-2 0. Totals — 25 9-17 67. 3-point goals — 8-16 (Wolfe 3, Haines 2, Hartsock 1, Groumoutis 1, Nielsen 1). FG shooting — 25-39 (64 percent).

Rebounds — 35 (Wolfe 13, Nielsen 10, Haines 6). Assists — 13 (Haines 4, McDermott 3, Groumoutis 2, Nielsen 2). Steals — 2 (Wolfe 1, Nielsen 1). Blocked shots — 2 (Wolfe 2). Team fouls — 16. Fouled out — None.

ADM — 7 15 35 50 Creston — 21 45 57 67

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the season.

Letterwinners (Years lettered) Seniors — Brenna Baker (3), Nicole Haley (4), Ashley Harris (4), Marie Hood (3), Haylee LaMasters (4), Hanna Luther (4), Natalie Mostek (4).

Juniors — Ashley Bargstadt (2), Sydney Dunphy (3), Alyssa Higgins (2), Gracie Russell (2), Jami Sickels (3), Angela Sorensen (2), Jenna Taylor (3), Alli Thomsen (3).

Managers — Coleton Hoepker (1), Jaaron Kautz (1), Kiana Stuart (1).

Participation awards JV — Macy Evans, Cali Foglesong, Taylor Fredrickson, Morghan Frey, Hannah Hood, Ellie Johnston, Cayla Maitlen, Logan Pettit, Katie Powers, Kristy Powers, Cydney Seley, Breanna Wallace.

Freshmen — Macy Andreasen, Alexis Baker, Victoria Borha, Cassity Conley, Makayla Davis, Mykenna Hribal, Kiersten Latham, Paige Parsons and Faith Wilson.

Hawkeye 10 All-conference First team — Natalie Mostek.

Second team — Hanna Luther.

Honorable mention — Alyssa Higgins.

All-academic — Hanna Luther, Natalie Mostek, Haylee LaMasters, Marie Hood, Ashley Harris, Nicole Haley, Brenna Baker.

Statistical leaders Setting assists — Hanna Luther 660, Haylee LaMasters 17, Jenna Taylor 14.

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Serving aces — Dunphy 27, Luther 22, Mostek 21, Higgins 18.

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Panthers to finish in double figures scoring, netting 12 points. Junior Taylor Briley led the way with 23 points Mostek and junior Jenna Taylor added 17 points. Senior Brenna Baker contributed nine points.

“They did not have anybody that could guard Taylor. She kept driving and doing her little pull-up in the lane. They didn’t have an answer for that,” Douma said.

“Down low, they didn’t have anybody that could guard Jenna, either.

When we were patient and could get a few ball reversals, we did a Taylor nice job of getting it inside to Jenna and she did a nice job of finishing.”

Creston maintained an eight to 10-point lead through much of the fourth

quarter, despite missing several free throws down the stretch.

The Panthers eventually pulled away for the 67-54 victory.

Creston, now 5-1 for the season and 2-0 within the Hawkeye 10 Conference play, returns to action at home Tuesday against topranked Harlan in a varsity doubleheader. That game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

The Panthers enter the game in a three-way tie with Harlan and Kuemper Catholic for first place in the Hawkeye 10 Conference, as all three teams are 2-0 in conference play.

Harlan defeated Denison-Schleswig on Friday, 74-17. The Cyclones are 3-0 for the season.

“It’s the number one ranked team in the state, and they haven’t been beat in a while,” Douma said.

“I’m glad it’s at home. I think the girls will be excited for the challenge.”

ATLANTIC (54) — Erin Olsen 7 0-0 17, Kate Fulk 3 1-2 10, Tiffany Williams 4 0-0 8, Macey Schmitt 3 0-0 7, Stephanie Sandbothe 3 1-2 7, Ally Siggins 0 3-4 3, Meghan Reilly 1 0-0 2.

Totals — 20 5-8 54.

CRESTON (67) — Taylor Briley 23, Jenna Taylor 17, Natalie Mostek 12, Brenna Baker 9, Cammy Rutherford 4, Alli Thomsen 2.

Glenwood — 21 31 40 54

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JUNIOR VARSITY The Creston JV fell to Atlantic on Friday, 37-35.

“We had our chances to win this game,” Creston JV coach Ryan McKim said.

“Ultimately, we missed too many layups and turned the ball over too much to get it done.”

Madison Callahan led the Panther JV with nine points, while Caitlin McIlravy and Becca Ross each scored eight points.

Steph Sandborne led Atlantic with 14 points.

Creston (35) — Madison Callahan 9, Caitlin McIlravy 8, Becca Ross 8, Jessica Beatty 4, Logan Pettit 3, Lexie Little 3.

Atlantic (37) — Steph Sandbothe 14, Brooke Newell 10.

FRESHMEN The Creston freshman team dropped a 31-25 game to Atlantic on Friday.

Chloe Hagle led the way for the Panthers with eight points.

“The girls led through three quarters, but just couldn’t hold on,” Creston freshman coach Anthony Donahoo said. “We’ll practice harder and come out stronger next week.”

Creston (25) — Chloe Hagle 8, Taylor Fredrickson 5, Bre Wallace 4, Kiersten Latham 4, Sophia Groumoutis 2, Rachel Shepherd 2.

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after one quarter (13-9) and quickly got it to a double-digit margin in the second on a 3-pointer from the corner by McDermott and running layup off a defensive rebound by Wolfe. The Panthers’ transition game, including a steal by Haines leading to a 3-pointer by Wolfe for a 29-15 lead, kept the cold-shooting Trojans at bay.

“When our shots don’t fall, you don’t have time to feel sorry about it,” Atlantic coach Alan Jenkins said.

“The other team is coming at you.”

As far as Jenkins was concerned, one team showed up with more intensity. Creston outrebounded the Trojans 33-24. Atlantic shot only 38 percent from the field, including 2 of 12 from behind the arc.

“I give Creston a lot of credit tonight,” Jenkins said.

“I thought we had a game plan to try to limit Wolfe.

They had a lot of guys hit shots, and I know they’re capable shooters. We did not execute the way we were supposed to at the defensive end. There were some things we practiced for two days that weren’t getting done on the floor. And we got outworked on the boards.

They were the aggressors at the offensive and defensive ends.”

In some respects, his players were too concerned about stopping Jay, the Panther senior all-stater, Jenkins explained.

“The thing about Jay is, he makes everyone around him better,” Jenkins said.

“Those guys are solid players. Jay’s dribble penetration gave them good looks.

We over-helped at times.

We didn’t want him to beat us off the dribble. Offensively, we expect to shoot the ball a heck of a lot better than we did tonight.”

Denison-Schleswig knocked off Harlan Friday, 53-40. In other conference games, Kuemper edged Lewis Central 55-54 and Shenandnoah routed Clarinda 66-41. In a game not counting in the league, St.

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On Saturday Harlan rebounded to beat Blair, Neb., 63-46; Red Oak nipped Clarinda Academy 76-74 in overtime; and Glenwood topped St. Albert in conference play, 73-64.

ATLANTIC (45) — Ryan Hawkins 8 1-2 18, Joey Walker 6 2-2 15, Garrett Franken 1 2-2 4, Nick Podhajsky 1 2-2 4, Brendan Holmes 1 2-2 4. Totals — 17 9-13 45. 3-point goals — 2-12 (Hawkins 1, Walker 1). FG shooting — 17-45 (37.8 percent).

Rebounds — 24 (Hawkins 10, Franken 6). Assists —6 (Franken 2, Podhajsky 2). Steals — 8 (Hawkins 3). Team fouls — 13.

Fouled out — None.

CRESTON (66) — Jay Wolfe 7 2-2 17, Alex Nielsen 6 1-4 14, Christian Groumoutis 4 0-0 10, Sam Hartsock 3 1-2 10, Cooper McDermott 3 0-0 9, McClain Haines 3 0-1 6. Totals — 26 4-9 66. 3-point goals — 10-20 (McDermott 3, Hartsock 3, Groumoutis 2, Wolfe 1, Nielsen 1). FG shooting — 26-47 (55.3 percent). Rebounds — 33 (Nielsen 11, Wolfe 10, Haines 5).

Assists — 17 (Haines 9, Wolfe 7). Steals — 7 (Wolfe 2, Haines 2). Blocked shots — 3 (Nielsen 2). Team fouls — 15. Fouled out — None.

Atlantic — 9 17 32 45 Creston — 13 31 52 66

JUNIOR VARSITY Atlantic pulled away in the second half for a 46-37 junior varsity victory over Creston Friday. The teams were tied 18-18 at halftime.

Kyle Somers led Creston with 10 points. Chris Foster, Cody Crawford and Ian Burns each scored eight points. Somers and Crawford each sank two 3-pointers.

“It was a competitive game,” Creston coach Michael West said. “The guys

played hard, and that’s all you can ask. Atlantic got their big guy going, and they had a guard that was shooting it well.”

Creston (39) — Kyle Somers 10, Ian Burns 8, Cody Crawford 8, Chris Foster 8, Seth Thompson 3, Brenden McDowell 2. 3-point goals — Somers 2, Crawford 2, Thompson 1. Free throws — 8-9.

Halftime score — Creston 18, Atlantic 18.

Atlantic (46) — Austin Alexander 13, Alec Hayes 12, Scott Leonard 10, Kyle Nelson 7, Jake Olson 3, Kyle Krueger 1. 3-point goals — Alexander 2, Nelson 1 Free throws — 13-27.

FRESHMEN The Panther freshmen suffered through a cold shooting night, including 0-of-6 to start at the free throw line in a game where they shot 11-23 overall at the line in a 49-33 loss.

Creston trailed 9-1 after one quarter and 22-10 at halftime.

Jaden Driskell scored 11 points and Tucker Flynn added 10 points and six rebounds.

“Our shooting was poor throughout the game,” said Creston coach Todd Jacobson. “The effort was there, but we just didn’t execute.”

Creston (33) — Jaden Driskell 11, Tucker Flynn 10, Nate Pudenz 4, Dalten Bierle 3, Evan Jacobson 2, Dustin Merritt 2, Cole Higgins 1. 3-point goals — None.

Rebounds — Merritt 6, Flynn 6, Driskell 4. Assists — Jacobson 2. Steals — Jacobson 3, Higgins 2. Free throws — 11-23. Halftime score — Atlantic 22, Creston 10.

Atlantic (49) — Grant Podhajsky 23, Ben Renaud 6, Jaxson Eden 6, Dillon Sonntag 5, Luke Hohenberger 4, Morgan Gwyer 3, Braden Bean 2, Blake Pelzer 1. Free throws — 11-22.

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second game of the season against Wartburg JV. SWCC won the first meeting, 87-53.

SOUTHEAST (Neb.) (75) — John Swift 5 5-6 17, Maurice Young 4 3-3 11, Snyder Cenecharles 5 0-2 10, Noah Scott 3 2-3 9, Londell Stephens 2 4-4 8, Altez Davis 3 1-2 7, Akot Riak 2 0-0 4, Rakeem Hicks 1 0-2 3, Tyrell Allen 1 0-1 2, Pabek

Middle school basketball Pabek 1 0-0 2, Arise Asham 1 0-0 2. Totals — 28 15-23 75. FG shooting — 28-62 (45.2 percent).

3-point goals — 4-20 (20 percent). Rebounds — 30 (Davis 6, Cenecharles 6). Assists — 8 (Scott 3, Davis 3). Steals — 13 (Swift 3, Scott 3, Cenecharles 3). Blocked shots — 5 (Hicks 2, Davis 2). Turnovers — 17. Team fouls — 22. Fouled out — Hicks.

SOUTHWESTERN (93) — Jaylon Smith 10 4-11 25, Mataika Koyamainavure 10 3-6 23, TJ Bower 6 2-4 17, Josh Kirk 7 1-3 15, Simon Joseph 5 0-1 10,

Dylan Mason 1 0-0 3. Totals — 39 10-25 93. FG shooting — 39-71 (54.9 percent). 3-point goals — 5-14 (Bower 3, Smith 1, Mason 1). Rebounds — 48 (Joseph 10, Koyamainavure 9, Kirk 9, Ahmad Newsome 8). Assists — 17 (Newsome 4, Smith 3, Bower 3, Mason 3). Steals — 11 (Koyamainavure 3, Kirk 3).

Blocked shots — 5 (Smith 2).

Turnovers — 17. Team fouls — 17. Fouled out — None.

SECC — 31 75 SWCC — 47 93

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with six points.

The Spartans shot just 26.7 percent from the floor and 22-36 from the free throw line.

Southwestern goes into the holiday break with a record of 1-11 for the season.

The Spartans scrimmage Fort Scott Community College on Jan. 3 before starting the ICCAC schedule at Southeastern Community College on Jan. 10.

SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA (73) — Breanna Grant 9 4-6 22, Veshae Wilkinson 4 4-6 12, Dionne Martin 2 6-8 10, Makayla McDaniel 3 1-2 8, Shanae Collins 2 2-2 6, Amber Jo 2 1-3 5, Chelseah Savage 1 1-2 3, Sierra Friedly 1 0-0 3, Hannah Roberts 1 0-0 2, Ahlia Tai 0 1-6 1, Kenae Merritt 0 1-2 1. Totals — 25 21-37 73. FG shooting — 25-56 (44.6 percent). 3-point goals — 2-10 (McDaniel 1, Friedly 1). Rebounds — 36 (Martin 11, Grant 10). Assists — 15 (Savage 5). Steals — 14 (Grant 6). Blocked shots — 4 (Martin 2). Turnovers — 19. Team fouls — 27. Fouled out — none.

SOUTHWESTERN (48) — LaStella Slack 2 3-3 7, Olivia Reifert 2 2-2 6, Peyton Russell

1 3-4 6, Sabrina Fountain 1 3-9 5, Jazzlyn Wimbush 1 2-2 4, Jill Vanderhoof 1 2-2 4, Jordan Williamson 1 1-4 4, Sa’Lisa Bruce 0 4-6 4, Na Keyia Harris 0 2-4 2, Cambry Schluter 1 0-0 2, Ashley McClary 1 0-0 2, Brinee Stewart 1 0-0 2. Totals — 12 22-36 48. FG shooting — 12-45 (26.7 percent).

3-point goals — 2-9 (Williamson 1, Russell 1). Rebounds — 32 (Wimbush 5, Harris 4, Stewart 4, McClary 4, Reifert 3, Slack 3, Fountain 2, Schluter 2). Assists — 4 (Vanderhoof 2). Steals — 3 (Wimbush 1, Williamson 1, Schluter 1). Blocked shots — 1 (Reifert 1). Turnovers — 24.

Team fouls — 29. Fouled out — Slack.

SE Neb. — 39 73 SWCC — 21 48

Sports briefs Central splits DAVENPORT — Central College went 1-1 at the St. Ambrose University Classic over the weekend.

The Dutch beat 11thranked St. Ambrose Friday night and won 8684. Colby Taylor of Creston had 21 points, 12 rebounds, eight as- Taylor sists and t h r e e steals.

Central played Mount Mercy early Saturday afternoon and fell 73-46, shooting only 2-of-34 on 3-pointers (6 percent) and 17-for-68 (25 percent) from the field overall. Taylor had five points and a team-high three assists in the loss.

Despite the poor offen-

sive numbers, the Dutch (6-2) trailed the Mustangs (11-3) by just seven points, 35-28, at halftime.

Guard Aaron Rosenstiel (senior, Oelwein) was the lone Dutch player in double figures, finishing with 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

The Dutch will travel to St. Louis Friday to take on Webster (Mo.) (6-3) at 8 p.m.

Food Pantry Events MOUNT AYR — The Mount Ayr Community School FFA Chapter, athletic department and music department, together with the Ringgold County Farm Bureau, are teaming up to host a series of food pantry events at Mount Ayr Community High School this week.

Fans will receive free admission to the following events by bringing non-per-

ishable items to help stock the local food pantry: Tonight — 7th-grade boys basketball “B” game vs.

East Union Tonight — Band and vocal winter concert Tuesday — JV and varsity basketball vs. Nodaway Valley Thursday — Wrestling triangular vs. Nodaway Valley and East Union The Ringgold County Farm Bureau will also be accepting donated food items at their office, as well as making a cash donation to the food pantry.

8th girls WINTERSET — A slow start hampered the previously-unbeaten Creston eighth-grade girls in a 50-46 overtime loss to Winterset Thursday.

Brielle Baker led Creston (3-1) with 19 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and four assists. Megan Haley had 15 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots.

Creston trailed 14-2 after one quarter.

“The girls stepped it up in the second quarter and forced Winterset to turn the ball over and we took advantage, making some easy shots to be within five at the half,” coach Sarah Stephens said. “Winterset beat us on the boards and was able to get offensive rebounds, which turned into easy points for them. The girls played hard in the fourth quarter to tie the game at the end of regulation. The shots just weren’t falling in overtime.”

Stephens said Haley also excelled on the defensive end, holding the Huskies’ 6-foot-1 post player to 12 points.

“Everyone really worked hard and played as a team,” Stephens said.

Creston won the B game 20-15. Kaitlyn Osmun had 10 points for Creston and Jesse Vicker and Breanna Ross each had six.

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7th girls Creston held leads of 9-5 and 12-9 after the first two periods, but Winterset seventh-grade girls outscored the Panthers 17-12 in the second half to pull out a 2624 victory.

Sydney Hartsock had eight points and five steals for Creston (2-2). Heylee Shields added seven points and five steals. Kara Kinsella had team-high totals of 10 rebounds and six steals while scoring four points.

Lexi Rounds added five steals.

Sydnee NIcholl had a game-high 15 points for Winterset.

“The girls showed they were capable of winning this game in the first half, but in the end we just had too many passing turnovers,” coach Larry Peterson said. “There are things we can work to improve on to finish a game like that. It was a good experience for the girls to be in a game that went down to the final possession.”

Winterset won the B game 23-11. Haley Wilson had four points and a team-high seven rebounds for Creston.

Ashley Reynard grabbed five rebounds. Emma Hanson and Brittnay Linch each snared three steals.

“This was the first time these girls got to play a full four-quarter game and I was proud of how they kept battling,” Peterson said.

Winterset also won the C game 13-2. Emma Hanson scored two points for Creston. Chasity Clayton and Jazmine Stow each had two rebounds and Stow collected four steals.

“What a great reward for all of their practice time to have some sustained playing time on the floor,” Peterson said. “I was happy they went out and competed together with a great attitude.”

Creston (24) — Sydney Hartsock 8, Heylee Shields 7, Kara Kinsella 4, Kaylyn McClellan 3, Lexi Rounds 1, Kylee LaMasters 1. Rebounds — Kinsella 10, McClellan 5, LaMasters 3, Rounds 2, Shields 2. Steals — Kinsella 6, Hartsock 5, Shields 5, Rounds 5.

Winterset (26) — Sydnee Nicholl 15, Elizabeth Wangler 5.

Creston B (11) — Haley Wilson 4, Lexi Rounds 4, Danika Schultes 2, Emma Hanson 1.

Rebounds — Wilson 7, Ashley Reynard 5, Abbi Hood 3, Sara Keeler 2, Brittany Linch 2. Steals — Hanson 3, Linch 3, Rounds 2.

Winterset B (23) — Olivia Hamner 6.

Creston C (2) — Emma Hanson 2. Rebounds — Jazmine Stow 2, Chasity Clayton 2, Abbi Hood 1, Sara Keeler 1. Steals — Stow 4, Hanson 1, Clayton 1, Haley Wilson 1.

Winterset C (13) — Sophia Pastorino 3.

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Arts educators seek to be Des Moines officials take charge of mall animals part of state standards DES MOINES (AP) — Fine arts advocates in Iowa are renewing an effort to get music, drama and art included in state education standards.

The Iowa Alliance for Arts Education will lobby lawmakers again next year to amend the Iowa Core to add the fine arts, said Leon Kuehner, the group’s executive director. A similar attempt failed in 2014, but Kuehner and allies hope that they will have more luck this time.

“To me it’s not a Democrat or a Republican issue, it’s a kid issue,” Kuehner said.

State law dictates that schools teach the arts, but the fine arts are not listed in the Iowa Core, which was adopted in 2008 after ap-

“To me it’s not a Democrat or a Republican issue, it’s a kid issue.”

—Leon Kuehner

Executive director with Iowa Alliance for Arts Education

proval from the Legislature and governor. The Iowa Core sets learning goals in five subject areas: literacy, mathematics, science, social studies and 21st century skills.

Kuehner said including fine arts in the learning standards would encourage more investment from schools, as well as make it easier for arts teachers to get professional development funding. His group plans an aggressive effort with dozens of volunteers talking to lawmakers and a day of fine arts events at the

Capitol.

A spokesman for Republican Gov. Terry Branstad said he had proposed including the arts in the state standards several years ago, but the effort failed. Jimmy Centers said in a statement that Branstad would need to see any new legislation in the final form but remains generally supportive of the concept.

But the issue may face roadblocks in the Legislature, where Democrats control the Senate and Republicans hold a majority in the House.

Iowa man wounded over weekend deer hunting DES MOINES (AP) — An Iowa man is recovering from a shotgun wound after being shot by a fellow hunter who was trying to hit a moving deer.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said 47-year-old Eric Winkler was hit in the abdomen Sat-

urday by a shotgun slug fired by someone else in his hunting party.

The Carroll man was helping to drive deer at the time of the shooting.

He was taken to an area hospital and later transferred to a Des Moines hospital. Recreational Safe-

Thirty-two animals including black bears, wolves and a cougar moved from the “mall zoo.”

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DES MOINES (AP) — Des Moines officials have taken charge of more than 30 animals — including three black bears, wolves and a cougar — that had been on display at a nowclosed controversial “mall zoo.”

Polk County deputies executed a writ of removal to evict Pella Wildlife Co. and its owner, Ron DeArmond, from the mall this week, The Des Moines Register reported Saturday. The organization had operated the Academy of Wildlife at the mall until closing its doors in Octo-

ty Officer Jeff Barnes says hunters should make sure they know where everyone in their party is at all times.

And hunters shouldn’t fire in the direction of other hunters.

Barnes says most hunting incidents happen when shots are fired at moving deer.

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Police Sgt. James Butler, the department’s chief humane officer, said 32 animals occupy the premises.

All appeared to be healthy and were in their cages, he said. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa and the Blank Park Zoo are assisting with the case.

DeArmond has seven days to relocate the animals to a habitat that meets all state laws and city ordinances. He is also responsible for the animals’ transportation to a new location, Butler said.

If DeArmond is unable to move the animals within seven days, they will be turned over to the zoo and the Animal Rescue League, which will keep searching for a suitable habitat for them.

A phone listing for a Ron DeArmond in Pella, Iowa,

rang unanswered Saturday.

The animals will be sheltered at the mall under the care of zoo employees until a new location is found, Butler said.

Butler said 30 of the animals require permits from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Iowa Department of Land Stewardship and the Department of Natural Resources to be within city limits.

Butler said DeArmond does have valid permits from the state DNR, but was unable to provide the other permits during the eviction process. Butler said DeArmond insisted he has valid permits.

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