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Red Out event includes tribute to 1997 Creston state champions ■

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McCann takes executive role with The Native Fund ■

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Senior Todd Stalker holds the championship trophy as the Creston team gathers for television interviews after defeating Pella for the 1997 Class 3A title at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines. On either side of Stalker are all-tournament co-captains Ben Gerleman, left, and Kyle McCann, right.

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John Campbell of KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids interviews Creston coach Mike Gerleman after Creston defeated Pella, 74-57, for the 1997 state championship in Class 3A.

Todd Stalker, Ryan Taylor, Brady Steenhoek, Brian Bucklin, Cory Gerleman, Lucas Darby, Nick Nevins, Scott Jackson, Darin Schlapia and managers Dusty Kilgore, Cory Bailey, and Marty Healey. Head coach Mike

Religious artifacts found in ashes of Loras College building DUBUQUE (AP) — Maintenance workers cleaning up a Loras College building that was devastated by a fire have found a box filled with religious items dating back more than 50 years.

The north building of the Visitation Complex caught fire in March after being struck by lightning, the Telegraph Herald reported. No one was injured in the massive blaze, but the building that is more than 126 years old was deemed a total loss

and is slated for demolition.

Loras maintenance workers recently retrieved the cross that long adorned the complex. In it, they found a small copper box filled with religious statuettes, prayer cards, medallions, a rosary and a prayer to St. Agatha to specifically protect the building from burning.

Loras Center for Dubuque History archivist Michael Gibson said the prayer was “prophetic.” He said the

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WEST DES MOINES — Former University of Iowa football teammates Dallas Clark and Kyle McCann have hooked up again 15 years later in a nonprofit venture designed as “Iowans Helping Iowans.”

McCann, formerly a shareholding attorney with B r i c k G e n try P.C. of Des Moines, had served McCann as a legal consultant for Clark’s nonprofit venture, The Native Fund, before becoming its fulltime executive director 10 months ago.

Clark, an NFL tight end for 11 seasons, created The Native Fund as a nonprofit organization to help Iowans coping with natural disasters, with additional longrange plans of assisting Iowa youths and recent military veterans.

The nonprofit’s first large-scale fundraiser was a concert held where Clark and McCann played their home football games as Hawkeyes. The Aug. 27 concert was headlined by country music star Blake Shelton.

Also appearing was country musician Tucker Beathard,

brother of current Hawkeye quarterback C.J. Beathard.

Clark began working on his idea for such a venture in 2008, when a powerful tornado leveled the town of Parkersburg and floodwaters filled more than 10 square miles of Cedar Rapids and damaged much of the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. Growing up in Livermore in northwest Iowa, he knew there was a spirit among Iowans of helping each other in a crisis.

Clark and actor Ashton Kutcher, also an Iowa native, joined in a partnership to launch The Native Fund.

“My hope is that The Native Fund will provide an avenue for Iowans, both near and far, to directly help Iowans in their times of need,” Clark stated on the organization’s website, www.thenativefund.org.

When Clark retired from the NFL, he focused on the effort to raise funds and organize resources to assist Iowans in times of need.

Programs and financial assistance are also planned for Iowa’s post-9/11 military veterans and Iowa children afflicted with life-threatening illness or disease.

As the scope of the organization’s outreach grew and details of the concert as its first big event unfolded, Clark turned to his former quarterback for full-time assistance.

“I was working at Brick Gentry and worked closely with them as legal counsel for a period of time,” said McCann, an all-state quarterback, state tournament

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Gerleman was assisted by Vic Belger and Matt Somers.

The JV also included Jared Freml, Taylor Monday, Blake Moore, Josh Seddon, Matt Stibbs, Steven Peterson, Caleb Kralik and Mike Mansour.

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A high-scoring basketball team that captured the hearts of an entire community will be honored when Red Oak visits Creston for a varsity doubleheader Saturday, Jan. 7.

Creston’s 1997 boys basketball state championship team will be recognized at halftime of the 5 p.m. boys game on the 20th anniversary of their incredible run through the Class 3A competition at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Also at that time, the 1996-97 Panthers will be the first basketball team to be inducted into the KMA Sports Hall of Fame.

Derek Martin of the southwest Iowa radio station based in Shenandoah will lead the induction ceremony.

Fans are asked to wear red for a “Red Out” promotion for three local games that day — the Creston-Red Oak girls game at 3:30 p.m., the boys game that follows and a showdown of nationally ranked men’s teams when Southwestern hosts Indian Hills for the first time in 15 years in a 7 p.m. tipoff.

“Indian Hills is a pretty big game for SWCC, too, so we’re trying to get as many people involved that night as possible in both venues,” said Taylor Phipps, Creston boys basketball coach. “Last summer we as a staff realized it was 20 years ago that Creston won the championship.

So, it’s kind of a special anniversary. We wanted to honor that team as part of the tradition of Creston basketball.”

The varsity squad that year consisted of Conor Reed, Ben Gerleman, Jeff Finn, Kyle McCann, Eric Owens,

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Patty Lou (Perkins) Haight, 78, of Mount Ayr, formerly of Arispe, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in Mount Ayr of heart failure.

Celebration of life services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Powers Funeral Home, 612 N. Dodge St., in Afton. The Rev. Joel Sutton will o f f i c i a t e . Haight Burial will be in Cornwell Cemetery near Ellston.

Open visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2, at the funeral home with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Arispe United Methodist Church.

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

Patty, daughter of Roy Bruce Perkins and Beulah Josephine (Marler) Perkins, was born Jan. 7, 1938, in rural Arispe. She attended country school in Sand Creek township. Patty attended Arispe High School, and graduated in May 1956.

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Ervin Ehm, 92, of Greenfield died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, at

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On Nov. 25, 1956, Patty married Dale Franklin Haight at the Arispe UMC. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the church last month.

Patty was a farm wife and helpmate to Dale all of their years farming in rural Pleasant township in Union Country.

Dale and Patty moved to their current home in Mount Ayr in January 2011.

Patty was a member of the Arispe UMC and former member of UMW. Patty is survived by her husband Dale; children, Linda (Hal) McClelland of Cumming, Steven (Linda) Haight of Ellston and Lori Ann Haight of Grimes; grandchildren, Courtney (Bryan) Rush of Norwalk, Brenton (Jana) McClelland of Ankeny, Clinton (Jessica) Haight of Ellston and Catelin Haight (fiancé Aaron Haack) of Orange City; great-grandchildren, Colin and Delaney Rush of Norwalk, Carson and Maggie McClelland of Ankeny and Talon, Tristin and Titan Haight of Ellston; and brother Harris (Eva) Perkins of Creston.

Patty was preceded in death by her parents, brother Carl Perkins, sister Betty Alley and granddaughter Christa Haight.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle with burial in Greenfield Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the church following the burial.

Visitation with family present will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 2, at Steen Funeral Home, 101 SE Fourth St., in Greenfield.

Christmas basket falls short of goal The 2016 Union County Christmas Basket Fund campaign has come to an end falling short of this year’s fund goal of $17,500 by $3,398.25.

Last year, 214 baskets serving 841 people were distributed. Residents of care centers in Creston and Afton received fruit and Kleenex.

Baskets include meat, canned goods – donated through efforts of Boy Scouts and school and community projects – and certificates re-

deemable at local supermarkets for perishable foods.

Contributions may still be sent to: Christmas Basket Fund, P.O. Box 126, Creston, IA 50801, or dropped off at the Creston News Advertiser, 503 W. Adams St. Previous total: $12,624.75 A friend $50 Creston Eagles No. 1398 Aerie and Auxiliary $500 A friend $77 A friend honoring our troops and vets $200 Michael Emerson $50 In memory of Dick Fils $50 In memory of Phyllis Cheers and all other deceased family members $250 Martha Musmaker $100 Kentner Hudson $100 Jerry and Merry Nurnberg $50 In memory of Cecil Nichols Jr. $50 This week’s total: $1,477 Total to date: $14,101.75

golfer and leading scorer for the 1997 state basketball championship team while in high school in Creston. “As things moved more quickly, people on the board had other full-time obligations and they needed a staff in place to execute the mission. They asked me to take an executive role about 10 months ago.”

Last year, The Native Fund was in action as a force of volunteers helped with flood relief efforts, such as sandbagging, in northeast Iowa in Charles City and the surrounding area. Much of McCann’s work involves building a database of volunteers in various parts of the state who can be deployed when disaster strikes.

Overseeing the logistics and contracts associated with the concert, billed as “Back Porch Revival,” was

one example where McCann’s legal expertise came into play. He graduated from the Creighton University School of Law after earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa and playing one season in the now-defunct NFL Europe league. He was also in the New York Jets training camp before playing in Europe.

At Brick Gentry, McCann worked extensively in securities law, corporate gover-

Red Out schedule Saturday, Jan. 7 Creston High School • 1997 Creston boys championship team gathering, 3-5 p.m., Creston High School library.

• Girls basketball, Creston vs. Red Oak, 3:30 p.m.

• Boys basketball, Creston vs. Red Oak, 5 p.m.

• Recognition of Creston 1997 state championship

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items in the box were mostly undamaged.

“There were a couple things that looked like they had been heated up because they were wax,” Gibson

said. “Some of the wax was melted, but there was one little statuette that was ... pure wax and had not been damaged at all.”

The archivist, along with college employee Sister Bernadine Curoe, said nobody in the building fire was hurt thanks to the St. Agatha prayer in the box.

team and KMA Sports Hall of Fame induction, halftime of the boys game.

Southwestern Community Colege • Men’s basketball, NJCAA Division II No 2-ranked Southwestern Community College (15-0) vs. Division I 19th-ranked Indian Hills Community College (13-2), 7 p.m.

While Gibson and Curoe have worked to learn more about the box’s items, it’s still not known who put it there in the first place.

“In my younger days, we used to wear bigger rosaries on our sides (similar to the one found in the box,” Curoe said. “I was surprised about the size of the rosary,

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Native Americans who have long bemoaned their lack of participation in federal land decisions scored a major victory when President Barack Obama designated a new national monument in Utah that gives five tribes an opportunity to weigh in on the management of their ancestral home.

But federal bureaucrats working under President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees will still have the final say on all land decisions, and some tribal officials are concerned that the shared-management arrangement could quickly sour if the incoming administration charts a different course for the 1.35-million acre Bears Ears National Monument.

Navajo Nation lawmaker Davis Filfred, who hopes to be on the tribal commission helping to oversee the monument, said he and others are worried, but they are trying to stay hopeful that the administration will give the commission a legitimate voice.

“Now is not the time to bash him,” Filfred said, “because I need him.”

Federal officials will also create a different advisory committee made up of local government officials, business owners and private landowners to provide recommendations. That board will probably lean heavy with people who opposed the designation over concerns about adding another layer of federal control and closing the area to new energy development, a common refrain in the battle over use of the American West’s vast open spaces.

The language designating the monument creates a tribal commission composed of one elected official from each of five tribes.

That arrangement falls short of the full co-management system the tribes requested, but they still considered the setup a significant improvement.

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Obama has protected more acreage through new or expanded national monuments than any other president. But Trump is not expected to carry on that legacy. The Republican businessman has pledged to honor Theodore Roosevelt’s tradition of conservation in the West but has also said he will “unleash” energy production and has railed against “faceless, nameless bureaucrats” in land-management agencies.

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On Thursday, state elected officials and county commissioners blasted federal officials at a protest in the small city of Monticello, Utah, declaring that the monument shows the Obama administration ignores the wishes of Utah residents.

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5:30 p.m. JV/varsity wrestling quad at Carroll Kuemper Catholic HS. (Kuemper Catholic, Clarinda, St. Albert Catholic) Saturday 9 a.m. varsity wrestling tournament at Marshalltown HS. (Marshalltown, East Marshall, Johnston, Norwalk, Solon, Webster City) 1 p.m. varsity girls/boys bowling match against

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HOROSCOPE For Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might feel confused today, and because of this confusion, you are not sure where to put your energy. In other words, which horse should you put your money on?

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)When dealing with members of groups, clubs, organizations and classes, you might feel unsure of yourself. You don’t know whether to make a stand about something or let it go.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Although you have been ambitious to achieve what you want to do lately, today you might have second thoughts. Because of this, you will hold back and not be pushy or aggressive.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)When it comes to philosophical ideas, politics and religion, whatever you previously thought now seems to be questionable. You will not be quick to jump on your soapbox today.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Whereas before you were strong in your defense of your fair share of something regarding inheritances or shared property, today you are not so sure. Tread carefully.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) People have been a bit difficult lately. Today, however, someone who opposes you is not so sure anymore. He or she is softer and more quiet.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Don’t be hard on yourself if you have less energy to work today. It is what it is. Relax.

Many people feel this way today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Today you feel unsure about many things - romantic relationships, the arts, a social occasion, something related to sports and possibly something to do with your kids. This selfdoubt is a passing thing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You have been keen to make improvements and changes at home; however, today you are unsure about something. If you’re not sure what to do, do nothing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You are not as confident about expressing your ideas as you were recently. For some reason, you have second thoughts today. This could be

wise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Be careful with financial decisions today. Likewise, be careful about major expenditures. Go slowly and carefully.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You feel tired today and a bit world weary. Whereas before you were confident, today you’re not so sure. Life is like this at times; and today is one of those times.

YOU BORN TODAY You are goal-oriented. You have a great sense of humor, and

you’re kind and caring toward loved ones. As this year winds up, start to get ready for 2017, which will be one of the most powerful years of your life - a time of accumulation.

Whatever you have done in the past will now ripen. (2017 also is a good year to buy and sell.)

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Keep in mind that these hints may or may not be features you can carry out on your cellphone, but even one or two could help extend the battery life, somewhat. – Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 782795000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com COUNT THE AISLE SEATS Dear Heloise: After entering a plane when traveling, I’ll place my hand on the aisle seat of each row and count how many rows back

I am from the front of the plane.

If there’s ever an emergency and I can’t see my way around inside the plane, I will use this “stored” information to count back the number of rows needed to get back to the front of the plane.

It’s just a safety thing I do, and this information gives me peace of mind. – Laura in San Antonio BATTERY DISPOSAL UPDATE Dear Readers: Here’s the update on battery disposal.

Certain internet sites stated that it is OK to dispose of most household batteries in the normal trash. According to EHSO (Environment, Health and Safety Online): “Alkaline batteries can be safely disposed of with normal household waste, since the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act passed in 1996 that phased out the use of mercury in alkaline batteries. That means they aren’t nearly so toxic when disposed in landfills.”

Now, in looking back, “aren’t nearly so toxic” concerns me, so I’m revising my original hint to include this consideration: For any and all safety measures, whenever possible, recycle your

over-the-counter batteries.

Many states have different regulations in place concerning household batteries, but as of 2015, California seems to be the only state that mandates recycling.

So, check or call your city government or 311 to find out what’s in place in your area concerning proper battery disposal. As a side note, some stores have “takeback” programs established for consumers to bring in dead batteries. If you think it should be recycled, then recycle it! – Heloise REUSING GALLON CONTAINERS Dear Heloise: It seems like I need a trash container everywhere I work in my sewing/craft room. Because they don’t need to be large, I grabbed some plastic gallon water bottles that were headed for the recycle bin.

I cut the tops off them and strategically placed them in different areas around my workspace. Now I don’t have to constantly get up to throw away the trash.

Before I stop, I will dump each one into the main trash container so that it’s ready to use again. Saves time and allows me to continually work without stopping. – Jeri K., via email (c)2016 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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CLUB NEWS Friends of the Library

Friends of the Library (FOL) met Dec. 19 at the library with the following members present: Emily Cook, Cari Jack, Kay Raymond, Julie Schieffer, Karen Walter, Ann Coulter and David Hargrove. New members Maureen Bolinger and Barbara Thomsen were welcomed to the board.

There was an addition to the agenda and the minutes of the last meeting were approved as written.

Coulter, Board of Trustees president, reported there needs to be one more person added to the Board of Trustees and this person needs to be a male.

The mystery “Save the Star Crossed Lovers’ will be held 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. Cost is $25 per person or $100 for a team of five people. Participants will be wandering through the library trying to solve the mystery. Donor packets are close to being ready. Hargrove, library director, mentioned Kelly Franklin of Southwestern Community College wrote the play for the February mystery. She and Hargrove will be on Grapevine together and Hargrove will promote the play in his newspaper column.

The huge TV has been installed upstairs and there will be a mobile TV downstairs. Haley Jones is finishing up the LEGO Club and the library will host her robotics programming. Hargrove has finished the annual survey. Hargrove has also

shifted the audio and large-print books to make more room for growth.

The newspapers will be moved downstairs so all periodicals will be together. This will give room for adult fiction. Hargrove’s goal is to get the library as comfortable as possible with its limited space.

The treasurer’s report was placed on file for audit. A check was written for $80 to Connie Thompson for Mr. and Mrs. Claus and for the gambling license for $155.

Walter, Judy Hoakison and Starr Cure will prepare the audit.

Correspondence was from Ben Adamson, Discovery Kids Preschool and the Emmaus group of First United Methodist Church.

FOL moved to donate $10,000 to the capital campaign renovation fund project this December.

Photos with Santa went fine.

Scrapbooking forms are coming in. FOL needs silent auction items. FOL will provide lunch and dinner Saturday and lunch on Sunday. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at Quilts and Other Notions.

The next meeting will be 6 p.m. Jan. 16.

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary

Ladies Lakeshore Auxiliary met Dec. 28.

Canasta winners were Joan Chubick, first; Mary Kline, second; and Linda Clark, third.

Kline won the door prize.

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DECORAH – Schaeffer, Luther College vice president for enrollment management, has announced Danica Clayton of Greenfield has been accepted for admission for the 2017-18 academic year.

Clayton has been awarded the Founders Scholarship.

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LAMONI – The honor roll lists for Graceland University’s 2016 fall term have been announced. Students with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.64 are named to the dean’s list and included Megan McIntosh of Greenfield and Nathan Roberts of Mount Ayr. Students with a perfect 4.0 GPA are named to the president’s list and included Erin Dolecheck of Kellerton, Austin Halls of Murray, Katelyn Nolte of Thayer and Lucan Triggs of Mount Ayr. Graceland commends

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Magazine and closed with a prayer.

Minutes of the September unit meeting were read.

Roll call was answered by five members of Morning Circle and six members of Evening Circle. Business was the same as executive.

Driskell was in charge of the program entitled “History of Christmas Carols.”

She presented information on several carols and the meaning of “the 12 days of Christmas.”

Refreshments were served by Morning Circle.

Morning Circle met 9:30 a.m. Dec. 15. Ellen Rinner was hostess and Velma Riegel presided. This was a social meeting and there was no program.

Evening Circle met 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at Kay Ritter’s for a salad supper. This was a social meeting and there was no program or business transacted.

The Creston United Methodist Women Executive Committee met 1 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 1, in Fellowship Hall. There were seven officers and the special events coordinator in attendance. Susan Weight presided. The UMW Purpose was recited together, and joys and concerns were shared. Beth Perry led devotions with an excerpt from a Christmas letter, a scripture and a prayer.

Minutes from the November meeting were reviewed and approved. The treasurer’s report was given and approved.

Vice President Ann Driskell thanked those who helped clean the kitchen Beta Kappa and said next year’s pro- Chapter of gram booklets are nearly Delta Kappa complete.

Program resources reGamma ceived books on spiritual Beta Kappa Chapter growth and social action. of Delta Kappa GamIn old business, a moma International met the tion was made to purchase morning of Dec. 10 at the a 10-inch-tall electric can home of Karen Tussey opener. Motion will be pre- with 10 members and one sented to the unit meeting. guest present. Members In new business, Pastor answered roll call by reJodi asked the UMW to calling a special food they prepare goody bags for the associate with Christmas. children to have Dec. 18 Diane Burgmaier read after their Sunday School correspondence from Christmas program. There Mary Overholtzer of Winwill be 25 bags made. terset Junior High and Meeting was adjourned with everyone reciting the December Bible verse – Luke 2:30-40.

The unit meeting met directly after executive. Jan. 2-6 Weight presided. PerMenu subject to change. ry had the devotions and Reservations are required read scripture from Luke, the day before. Call 641-782a poem from the Response 2447.

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from the staff of Nodaway Valley’s Middle School thanking the chapter for the cookies sent for the teachers. Peggy Rupe sent a thank you for remembering her at the time of her husband’s death. A note was received from Pam Wittkamp, Upsilon state president, thanking the members for their part in the president’s meeting in October.

Tussey led the discussion reviewing of the next section of chapter rules.

Two recommendations for membership were read.

The second reading and vote will take place at the April meeting. Members were reminded that nominations for the chapter’s Excellence in Teaching Award should be sent to Julie Derby. Derby appointed an ad hoc committee of Lois Frederick and Karen Tussey to evaluate the nominations to determine the award recipients.

Members signed Christmas cards which will be sent to this year’s World Fellowship students. The Upsilon State Convention is June 9-11 in Mason City.

Early registration is due by April 26. The next chapter meeting will be 6:15 p.m.

Monday, April 3, at Winterset Public Library. After the potluck supper, a program honoring our men and women in the military will be presented.

This program was led by Mary McColloch, as she taught the members in at-

tendance to weave a basket which they were able to take home.

Elzevir Reading Circle

Elzevir Reading Circle met Dec. 9 at the home of Mary Burg. The group enjoyed a salad luncheon.

After playing a couple Christmas-themed games provided by the hostess, the meeting was opened informally by President Linda Topliff.

In the absence of the secretary, Terry Ammon took roll call with four members sharing their Christmas plans.

Topliff provided the list of suggested books to assist in reading selections this year.

The circle continued a tabled discussion from the November meeting. A decision was made to give money to the library and Christmas basket fund sponsored by Creston News Advertiser. Burg gave the treasurer’s report. She will disperse $50, the club’s share of the General Federated Women’s Club Scholarship, for a Creston High School senior.

After a tour of Burg’s home, the meeting adjourned with wishing each other well in the coming year.

The next regular meeting will be 12:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the home of Kay Ritter for an anniversary luncheon.

CONGREGATE MEALS supreme sauce, red potatoes, Brussels sprouts, wheat roll, fruit cocktail.

Wednesday: hamburger patty, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, hamburger bun, apple cobbler.

Thursday: tomato basil chicken, parslied noodles, green peas, wheat bread, strawberry shortcake cookie.

Friday: beef spaghetti casserole, green beans, cabbage with carrots, dinner roll, peaches.

the students who have devoted their efforts and talents to their academic success.

Founded in 1895 and sponsored by Community of Christ, Graceland University in Lamoni is a community of passionate, caring and dedicated individuals who put their relationships with students first. Campuses are located in Lamoni and Independence, Missouri. For more information and to see additional student achievements, follow @gracelandu on Twitter, like Graceland University on Facebook or visit www. graceland.edu.

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Panthers’ championship season. “Playing on that team, and working with some teams I’ve had since then, I’ve come to appreciate what sort of depth it takes to be able to sustain that level of performance,�

Gerleman said. “You need that level of competition in practice every day to win six (tournament) games against the best teams in the state on the way to a state title.�

Somers was an assistant to head coach Mike Gerleman during that 23-1 season, along with longtime Creston coach Belger. They and most of the players are expected to attend the reception. “The guys are excited about getting together,� said Somers, father of current Panther senior Kyle Somers.

Matt Somers said the 199697 Panther team ranks among the best Class 3A champions of all-time. The previous year a shot from the baseline at the final buzzer hung on the rim and fell off as time expired in a 62-60 loss to 3A champion Western Christian in the semifinals. Creston was that close to claiming back-to-back championships. “I can’t imagine there being too many teams being that

in a spectacular rally from a 19-point deficit with 6:30 remaining in a substate final game against Pella the year before at Southeast Polk High School. Second-half scoring bursts became a trademark of the Panthers. “What stands out to me about that team was how we just destroyed people in the second half, even if they tried to slow us down and keep it close in the first half,� Somers said. “We had basketball savvy kids who knew what was going to work, with Ben (Gerleman) and Kyle (McCann) leading the way. And, the other guys were such good role players.�

Creston’s half-court trapping press created problems for opponents with the 6-5 McCann and 6-4 Gerleman — both all-staters and co-captains of the all-state tournament team — and the quickness of 5-10 Brady Steenhoek at the top. Inside, the duo of 6-6 Jeff Finn and the force in the middle, 6-6, 260-pound Eric Owens, provided effective screening and rebounding. Owens was an all-state football player who played at Missouri State University, and Finn played basketball at Grinnell College.

Depth was provided inside with 6-2 reserves Conor Reed Signature rally and Nick Nevins. Guards The explosive nature of Todd Stalker, Ryan Taylor Creston’s team in that era and Lucas Darby provided pewas never more evident than rimeter help, along with some good in 3A,� Somers said. “They beat a Pella team (in the finals) with Kyle Korver on it and he’s still playing today, so they had to be pretty good.�

Korver, a sophomore then for Pella, is playing for the Atlanta Hawks in his 15th season in the NBA. Creston, averaging more than 80 points per game, sailed through a 23-1 season, losing only at home to Atlantic before avenging that loss in a resounding 88-66 victory at Atlantic to lock up the Hawkeye 10 title. Afterward, Creston native Steve Blazek said it was impossible for his Trojan team to duplicate Creston’s height and athleticism in practicing for the Panthers’ pressing style. “We were a pressing team that liked to run, but I did not press at all in that first game,� said coach Mike Gerleman. “I knew the conference championship could be decided later at their place, and I didn’t want to give them any film.

Jared Hoegh hit four 3-pointers for them near the end of the first half. Losing that game gave us greater incentive, I believe. We went up to Atlantic in their new gym and thumped them pretty good.�

others as Gerleman went deep into his bench many times in the fourth quarter of lopsided victories. Reed made all eight shots in scoring 16 points in the state championship game as Pella concentrated on slowing McCann and Gerleman. “We just wanted to win,�

Ben Gerleman said. “We didn’t care how we did it.�

Ben Gerleman went on to play for Northwestern College and McCann was an invited walk-on one season for Iowa basketball coach Tom Davis while on football scholarship as a quarterback. “The way we played fast had a cumulative effect and we’d make a run in the second half,� McCann said. “Teams would try to slow the pace down and be more methodical. As the game went on we kept pressing the tempo. We took advantage of some of our length and played the passing lanes and got people in traps.

We’d get some deflections and trigger our offense by scoring in transition.�

Pella trailed 33-28 at halftime of the championship game. Creston got its fast break going early in the third quarter to widen the gap, including a scintillating dunk by McCann. The score was 52-41 near the end of the third quarter when McCann sank a long 3-pointer before the buzzer that seemed to deflate the Little Dutch. McCann finished

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running down and pushed it ahead to Kyle,” coach Gerleman recalled. “He pulled up for a three and swished that baby. You could see the two Pella guys hustling back on the play just drop their heads.

That put us up 14 going into the fourth quarter. The guys were so much fun to watch play.”

That seemed to be the prevailing opinion throughout the community. The pep band played a rousing rendition of Van Halen’s “Jump” as the Panthers took the court for every home game in front of a jam-packed CHS gym. It was a local happening every Tuesday and Friday night, much like the wrestling crowds filling the gym for big meets during the past decade of their own championship runs.

“For home games that season, if you weren’t in your seat by halftime of the JV game, you might not get in,” coach Gerleman said. “People stood out in the lobby looking through the doors. They’d been playing together for me since fourth grade and they knew how to play.”

Community welcome Support was strong right through championship night when Creston received the Class 3A sportsmanship award, and later, when the team bus was met north of town on Cherry Street by a caravan led by emergency vehicles. Cherry and Townline streets leading to the high school were flanked by cars with flashing lights and honking horns.

The two team leaders both said this week that reception for the team, including an official welcome-home ceremony in the gym that began at 11 p.m., is a lasting memory.

“When we came into town and people were yelling and showing their appreciation for something that we had accomplished, it really felt like it was bigger than just our group of guys,” Ben Gerleman said.

“An entire community needed something like that, and they showed their appreciation. It was all surreal in that moment.”

The previous year was Creston’s first appearance in the state tournament since 1949.

The only previous championship was in 1939 in a 25-20 victory over area rival Diagonal

in the title game.

“What sticks out to me is how important it seemed to be to different people, not just the players,” McCann said. “It was community-wide.”

In that reception, McCann thanked seniors from the previous season — John David Weber, Will Carroll, Kelly Keenan and Marc Jackson — for leadership in substate and state competition. It was also a strong team in 1994-95, when the Panther team led by senior Brian Gerleman and a host of underclassmen lost a close substate game to Carroll Kuemper in the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln gym.

“It was more than just a couple of players, and more than just one team,” McCann said.

“It was a system that everybody understood and believed in.”

McCann and Gerleman were the leading scorers in the 3A tournament in 1997. The Panthers dispatched Carroll 71-61 and rolled over Mount Pleasant in the semifinals, 7552, before finishing with the 74-57 win over Pella.

McCann became Creston’s all-time leading scorer with 1,857 points and Gerleman passed Dale Gordon (1968 graduate with 1,009 points) for third place at 1,141. He trailed only McCann and Randy Long (1965 graduate with 1,258 points.)

Lasting memories McCann went on to pass for 4,349 yards and 23 touchdowns as a University of Iowa quarterback, finishing his career by completing 19 of 26 passes for 161 yards in the Hawkeyes’ 19-16 victory over Texas Tech in the 2001 Alamo Bowl. Yet, he still cherishes his memories as a Panther.

“We played a lot of basketball together from third and fourth grade all the way through high school,” McCann said. “That’s a long time to be with the same group of guys. That’s what makes high school sports special to me. It’s about the people you grow up with. It should be fun to see everyone again.”

Coach Phipps is asking any team members to RSVP their plans for attendance with their families so the current staff can properly prepare for the informal reception in the library before the game. They can email to tphipps@crestonschools. org or call 641-782-2116 (ext.

2320) when school resumes Tuesday.

activity report. Pay Voucher: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown for the chair to sign the pay voucher for Project #BROS-C088(50)--5F-88 in the amount of $80,800.31 to Herberger Construction Co. All voting aye, motion carried.

LETTER OF SUPPORT: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown for the chair to sign the letter of support for the City of Creston to apply for a CDBG Grant to assist in funding a housing sustainability (rehabilitation) project. All voting aye, motion carried.

CLOSED SESSION: Motion by Brown and seconded by Monday to go into closed session per Iowa Code 21.5(1) (c)- matters with counsel at 10:45 AM. Roll Call Vote: Brown, aye; Monday, aye; Riley, aye; motion carried. Closed session ended at 11:25 AM. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 AM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: RON RILEY, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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Regular Session December 19, 2016 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Regular Session on Monday, December 19, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM with the following members present: Lois Monday, Dennis Brown and Ron Riley. Also present from the Creston Community School Government Class were as follows: Leah Schuler, David Qualseth, Rebecca Coleman and Leah Stow.

AGENDA: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Brown and seconded by Monday to approve the minutes from December 12, 2016. All voting aye, motion carried.

OPEN FORUM: Ron Dunphy thanked the Board of Supervisors for the work they have done this year and realizes the challenges they have faced and will face in the new year.

ENGINEER: The Board of Supervisors looked over the weekly maintenance activity report. Pay Voucher: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown for the chair to sign the pay voucher for Project #BROS-C088(50)--5F-88 in the amount of $80,800.31 to Herberger Construction Co. All voting aye, motion carried.

LETTER OF SUPPORT: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown for the chair to sign the letter of support for the City of Creston to apply for a CDBG Grant to assist in funding a housing sustainability (rehabilitation) project. All voting aye, motion carried.

CLOSED SESSION: Motion by Brown and seconded by Monday to go into closed session per Iowa Code 21.5(1) (c)- matters with counsel at 10:45 AM. Roll Call Vote: Brown, aye; Monday, aye; Riley, aye; motion carried. Closed session ended at 11:25 AM. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 AM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: RON RILEY, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Special Session December 20, 2016 The Union County Board of Supervisors met in Special Session on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 1:14 PM with the following members present: Lois Monday, Dennis Brown and Ron Riley. Also present from the Creston Community School Government Class were as follows: Rachel Shepherd, Mattie Wheeler and Macy Evans.

AGENDA: Motion by Monday and seconded by Brown to approve the Agenda. All voting aye, motion carried.

SECONDARY ROADS ENGINEER: Motion by Brown and seconded by Monday for Union County to offer the Union County Engineer Position to Zach Gunsolley. Roll Call Vote: Monday, aye; Brown, aye; Riley, aye; motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:19 PM. ATTEST: SANDY HYSELL, AUDITOR BY: RON RILEY, CHAIRMAN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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Special thanks to: Jan Frink Bob McKee Penny Ripperger Dan Pine Rich and Vicki Homewood Phyllis Kimball Richard and Annette Rice Warren and Marlene Merboth Don and Sandra Kenworthy Miss Gardner's 3rd Grade Class Gary and Kim Riley Tom and Nancy Hawks Jean Weisshaar (Wiser Post) June Bower Ted Moon Rod & Rose Culbertson Denny and Lori Gross Dee Ann Chiodo Lorraine Stream Jerry Katzer Betty Abel In Memory of Merritt Eblen In Honor of: Brady and Danthanh Bargenquast Bob and Ines Bargenquast Matt and Marnie Moberg Eric and Ann Leonard Philip Moberg Your donations are greatly appreciated.

Creston Animal Rescue Effort

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We do not knowingly accept advertising that is fraudulent or has malicious intent.

While we attempt to screen advertising with potential of fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage readers to exercise caution and common sense, particularly when dealing with unfamiliar companies.

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CLS2 Auction Calendar Complete sale information is published in the Wednesday edition of the Creston News Advertiser and/or the Southwest Iowa Advertiser

Mon., Jan. 16- 10:00AM Grand Junction, IA. Tractors, Combine, Pulling Tractor, Tillage & Planting Equip., Harvest Equip., Trucks, Pickups, Trailers, Hay Equip,. for Nick Webb. Auctioneers: Tom Frey, Steve Bergren, Brandon Frey, Darwin West.

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Straight wins overall for the Villanova men’s basketball team dating back to last season. The topranked Wildcats have won 13 overall this season following Wednesday’s 68-65 win over DePaul. The Wildcats come to Omaha Saturday for a showdown with 10th-ranked Creighton. The Bluejays moved to a perfect 13-0 with an 89-75 win over Seton Hall Wednesday at CenturyLink Center Omaha. Tip off Saturday in Omaha is set for noon and the game can be seen on FS1.

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Correction The 1997 state championship-winning Creston boys basketball team will be honored at halftime of the 5 p.m. boys game against Red Oak as part of the “Basketball Red Out” day in Creston on Jan. 7, not at 3 p.m. as reported in Thursday’s News Advertiser. The girls game will start at 3:30 p.m.

Also at halftime of the boys game, the 1996-97 Creston team will be inducted into the KMA Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony with KMA sports director Derek Martin.

An informal reception for 1997 team alumni will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the school library. Team members and their families planning to attend are asked to RSVP at tphipps@ crestonschools.org or phone 641-782-2116 (ext. 2320).

Ice Fishing Tournament Jan. 21 at 12 Mile lake in Afton will be the inaugural Snow Down Ice Fishing Tournament.

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For more info, see the High Lakes Outdoor Alliance Facebook page or call Adam Randall at 641-278-6348.

Drake beats Loyola of Chicago 102-98 DES MOINES (AP) — De’Antae McMurray had a career-high 24 points and Drake held off a late rally to beat Loyola of Chicago 10298 in the Missouri Valley opener for both teams on Thursday night.

Reed Timmer added 23 points for the Bulldogs (3-10), who led from the 11:36 mark of the first half and had a 16-5 run to lead 89-69 with 4:41 left.

But Drake allowed the Ramblers (10-4) to score 16 straight in the next 2:39 to get to 89-85 and again within four at 96-92 with 53 seconds left.

Drake made 6 of 8 free throws from there to hold on for their second straight win after an eight-game losing streak. Billy Wampler added 16 points.

Donte Ingram set career highs with 30 points and 10 rebounds for Loyola.

He made 12 of 18 from the field but just 1 of 5 from 3-point range.

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Members of the Creston/O-M wrestling team pose with their Class 2A traditional State Wrestling Tournament team championship trophy after the awards presentation. Pictured are, from left: Assistant coach Eric Ehlen, Trevor Marlin, Kadon Hulett, assistant coach Tanner Webb, Seth Maitlen, Wyatt Thompson, assistant coach Cody Downing, Chase Shiltz, Cameron Leith, head coach Darrell Frain, Mitchel Swank, Joey Huntington, athletic trainer Chris Leonard and Jacob Goodson.

‘16 for ’16 —the year in local sports

By RYAN KRONBERG CNA sports editor rkronberg@crestonnews.com

EDITOR’S NOTE — Today, the sports pages pay homage to the year that was local sports 2016.

There were many special, memorable moments all across the News-Advertiser coverage area. They were indelible moments the athletes, coaches, families and supporters will never forget.

They are moments in time to celebrate, cherish savor.

After plenty of debate, shuffling of the order and discussion, myself and staff writer Kaleb Carter, with help from managing editor Scott Vicker and senior staff writer Larry Peterson, have come up with the list of the top 16 stories from 2016.

The stories are excerpts from stories that originally ran in the News-Advertiser throughout the year 2016.

While there were some easy decisions, such as our top selection, others were difficult.

Let me know what you think of the list and the order on Twitter by commenting to @ryankronberg.

The list was much fun to put together. For some of the events that happened before I arrived Memorial Day, it was fun to see how history was made.

For the events from Memorial Day on it was a fun retrospective.

We hope you all enjoy a look back at the year that was local sports in 2016.

And may 2017 provide as many awesome moments as 2016 did.

1. Panther wrestling reaches pinnacle for second time DES MOINES — After four days of competing against the best the state has to offer, the Creston/O-M wrestling team was left physically and mentally battered.

But when the State Wrestling Tournament came to a close Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena, the Panthers hoisted the Class 2A team trophy after scoring 90.5 points and finishing eight points ahead of runner-up Clarion-Goldfield-Dows.

It is the second team tournament title in Creston/O-M history. The Panthers also won in 2007 and finished runner-up in 2008 and tied for second in 2015.

Creston/O-M finished with five placewinners, headlined by junior 170-pounder Chase Shiltz repeating as state champion. Seniors Wyatt Thompson (138) and Seth Maitlen (195) ended their careers as runners-up, while junior Kadon Hulett finished fifth

at 220 and senior Cameron Leith took sixth at 160.

“I can breathe a little bit,” Creston/Orient-Macksburg coach Darrell Frain said after the trophy presentation.

“You watch all those other matches just wondering how it’s going to turn out. It was just a crazy night. Something we were looking for. I don’t know how much we really believed it. Everything just fell into place for us, thank goodness.”

The Panthers had a chance to clinch the team title with Thompson’s championship match at 138, needing just a decision victory to clinch the title.

Creston/O-M was relentless in its pursuit of the team title, doing all the things it takes to win a championship.

The Panthers won a number of dramatic matches — upsets, comeback wins in the final seconds, overtime winners — and Shiltz scored bonus points in each of his four matches on the way to his second individual title.

The whole week was an emotional roller coaster for the Panthers, going from disappointment at the State Dual Team Tournament to the ups and downs of the traditional tournament.

But it ended on a high note with the team championship.

“That’s amazing,” Thompson said. “That was one of our goals coming in, so to accomplish that is amazing.”

2. Sweet repeat for Nodaway Valley boys cross country FORT DODGE — Nodaway Valley’s boys cross country team huddled around each other right after the Class 1A race at the state championships.

They savored and cherished it all, realizing what they accomplished.

Nodaway Valley captured its second consecutive Class 1A boys state cross country championship in dominating, near record-setting fashion at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course on Oct. 29.

The Wolverines scored 36 team points, far ahead of runner-up Pekin, who scored 92 points. Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center was third with 105 points.

Nodaway Valley broke the all-time lowest score in state meet history in the four-class, five-counting runner era for all schools.

Des Moines Roosevelt set the previous four class, five counting runner lowscore record with 45 points in 2003, the state expanded four classes.

Since the state went to scoring five runners at state, the low score was set by

Waukon, which scored 29 points in 1996 back in the three-class era.

The previous low score in Class 1A was by Iowa City Regina with 55 points in 2007.

“This has got to be one of the lowest scoring teams ever in the state of Iowa,” said Nodaway Valley coach Darrell Burmeister.

The feat is made that much more impressive by the sheer number of schools in Class 1A — nearly 150 — compared with other classes.

“It’s hard to do in 1-A because it is the largest class,” Burmeister said. “It is quite an accomplishment.”

Burmeister credited their dedication, efforts now that will carry over beyond high school.

“They sacrificed a lot over the years,” Burmeister said.

“Not only did they have success at the end, it will lay the foundation for their future in life’s pursuits.”

3. Dolechek races way into record book DES MOINES — Mount Ayr senior Kyle Dolecheck entered elite company when he won his third consecutive Class 1A 800-meter state championship at the 2016 Co-ed State Track Meet on May 21.

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Nodaway Valley’s boys cross country team celebrates after winning its second-consecutive Class 1A state championship at the state meet in October at Lakeside Municipal in Fort Dodge. The Wolverines won it with a record-low score of 36 team points, the lowest in Class 1A history and the lowest since the state adapted a four-class, five-counting-runner format for the state meet.

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Dolecheck became just the fifth Iowa high school athlete to win three straight state titles in the 800 meters. He joins Cedar Rapids’ Harrison Barnes (1919-21), Cherokee’s John Graves (193234), Charles City’s Isaac Wendland (2006-08) and Mid-Prairie’s Aaron Stockstell (2006-08) as three-peat winners in the event.

“People I didn’t even know were cheering me on as I was running down the chute. It just gets you a lot of recognition when you win three in a row. It’s relieving, and it’s an awesome feeling to win three in a row,” Dolecheck said.

Dolecheck clocked a 1:57.15 to win by almost two full seconds over Nodaway Valley junior Jared Corder, who ran a PR and new school record of 1:59.03.

Dolecheck’s teammate and step-brother Trevor Anderson finished fifth in 2:00.67.

The Raider senior brought the field through the first 400 meters in 56 seconds, with the field trying to stick with him. By the time Dolecheck reached the backstretch on the last lap, he had gaping lead on the field.

No one challenged Dolecheck over the course of the final 300 meters.

“It’s hard to believe Kyle is one of five guys to win three consecutive titles in the 800,” Mount Ayr head coach Brad Elliott said. “It’s a huge feather in his cap for the type of runner he’s been for us and this kind of fouryear reign he’s had for us.”

4. Panther girls tennis finishes with best finish school history WATERLOO — They saved the best for last.

This Creston/O-M girls tennis team that charted new territory for the program

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with every passing week of the postseason tournament, finished its run with a spectacular weekend at Byrnes Park in the Class 1A Girls State Tennis Tournament.

After having two medal-winning doubles teams for the first time in Creston tennis history the day before, the Panthers finished the 2016 season with a runner-up finish in team tennis.

In the program’s first qualification for state team tennis play, Creston/Orient-Macksburg edged Decorah 5-4 on the strength of taking the final two doubles matches — one on an 11-9 tiebreaker — before top-seeded Waterloo Columbus earned its 18th state championship with a 5-0 victory. The first team to five wins in the format of six singles matches and three doubles matches.

When players from Waterloo Columbus and Creston/O-M were introduced prior to the start of the state

championship, all of the team’s preseason goals had been realized. The fact that a deep and talented Columbus team prevailed in the title match did nothing to tarnish the legacy of this all-senior varsity squad.

Participating at state were Jenna Taylor, Alli Thomsen, Caitlin McIlravy, Sydney Dunphy, Gracie Russell and Ann Waigand, along with freshman alternate Megan Haley, in case coach Kevin Cooper needed a substitute for illness or injury.

“At the beginning of the year, if people had said we’d get fourth and fifth in state doubles and make the state championship (team) match, some people may have believed it and others would not,” Cooper said. “I believed it the whole year.

It was all potential at the beginning. I’m excited today, because they did everything.

I think the girls understood what they could do.

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“We figured we had a chance to get two doubles teams to state, but to come as a team, it’s extra special that Gracie and Ann got to go to state an experience this, too.

We would not be here as a team without them.”

While there are 116 schools in the Class 1A classification, there are 65 schools playing tennis. To reach the state finals takes an ability to finish out a lot of close matches and tiebreakers along the way. Plymale said this group has that kind of fortitude.

“They could only accomplish the things they have done this year by working together,” Plymale said. “This group of girls is a prime example of teamwork. It’s a tight-knit group and these girls will truly be missed.”

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Mount Ayr senior Kyle Dolechek runs during the Class 1A 800-meter race at the Co-ed State Track and Field meet this past May in Des Moines. Dolechek became just the fifth boy in state history to win the 800meter race three times.

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One of Northwest Missouri State’s best defensive football players ever made a beeline for it for the Division II national championship trophy.

He clutched it inside his big paws, held it high for all of Bearcat Nation to see.

This Bearcat standout had a smile on his face that could’ve melted the snow accumulating inside Children’s Mercy Park.

For Creston product Collin Bevins, it was a fitting end to a storied college career.

Bevins and the Bearcats captured their second consecutive national championship with a 29-3 win over North Alabama on Dec. 17.

“You can’t put it into words how awesome it is,” Bevins said. “It’s an awesome feeling.”

Saturday’s game conclud-

ed a storied career for Bevins, among the best defensive players in school history.

He leaves as the program’s all-time leader in tackles for loss with 58.5 and sacks with 34. He’s the single-season record holder in tackles for loss with 26.5 and sacks with 15.5 as a junior. He was recently named a 2016 AFCA First Team All-American.

Beyond the individual accolades has been the amazing success of the team.

In Bevins’ four years in Maryville, the Bearcats won 55 games and lost just two.

The Bearcats won three national championships and had three perfect seasons.

“It’s crazy,” Bevins said.

“Coming in playing college football, you expect to lose games. You expect to have mediocre seasons, not be undefeated three seasons.

“To have the type of success we’ve had here at Northwest is awesome.”

6. Panther softball reaches

state, places seventh FORT DODGE — After two long hot days in Fort Dodge, Creston softball takes home hardware naming them as the seventh best team in Class 4A. Creston emerged victorious in the seventh-place game and earned a 4-3 victory over Bishop Heelan.

Panthers coach Mike McCabe showed no reason to be upset when all was said and done.

“Our kids really wanted to be on that winner’s side.

It’s a little different when you come down here on this (consolation) side, we’ve found out the last couple of years,” McCabe said. “But I told them, if I could end my year every year in Fort Dodge, I would probably take that.”

The Panthers finished the season 25-13.

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here and get the young kids some experience too,” said senior Alli Thomsen. “It’s always nice to get a little sniff of what it’s like and hopefully put a chip on their back.”

Taylor Briley, Alyssa Higgins, Shelby Palser Jami Sickels, Josie Sickels and Thomsen emerged victorious in their final high school softball game.

“Sad day, really. I hate to see them go. We just talked about how I’m glad it ended here for them. Now those younger kids have to step up,” McCabe said. “They know there are going to be opportunities for them. Four years ago it was these seniors hearing the same kind of talk.”

7. Closing the book on a storied senior class for Creston/O-M football Creston/Orient-Macksburg’s senior class football players will go down among the most memorable in school history.

The Panther seniors went 18-5 in district play and 2410 overall over their final three years. Included was the school’s first trip to the semifinals as sophomores.

The run for the seniors ended in a 22-21 loss to Boone in the first round of the playoffs, a season in which the Panthers were in the top-10 of the Class 3A poll virtually the entire season.

Even in the aftermath of a heartbreaking loss, the Panthers could still hold their heads high.

A total of 19 seniors saw their last action as Panthers.

“I told the kids that they shouldn’t hang their chins because of the loss,” said Creston/Orient-Macksburg coach Brian Morrison.

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last three years in the program. For that, we’re tremendously fortunate in our football program to have senior leadership like we’ve had.”

8. Creston/Orient-Macksburg girls golf places fifth at state AMES—Creston/Orient-Macksburg’s girls golf team had to battle both the challenging layout at Coldwater Golf Links as well as their own games at times during day two of the Class 4A girls state golf tournament on June 2.

The Panthers fought through the lows, rode the highs and made memories that will last a lifetime.

Creston/O-M placed fifth in Class 4A with a 782.

Washington was the champion with a 715.

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state, the program’s first appearance at the season’s final event since 1999, meant plenty to all involved.

“What a great year,” said assistant coach Ryan McKim. “This is a really challenging golf course. I thought the girls really battled through it.”

“We’ve got some great talent coming up through the middle school,” assistant coach Jon Thomson said.

“Hopefully this starts another tradition for us in girls golf.”

9. SWCC men’s basketball have solid part of 2015-16 season, start strong in 201617 season Southwestern Community College’s men’s basketball team had a solid finish to the 2015-16 regular season.

The Spartans tied for the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference regular season title at 10-2 and finished 25-6. The Spartans’ season came to an untimely

early end with a loss to NIACC in the first round of the region tournament.

Coach Todd Lorensen’s squad has carried that momentum over and built on it in the first part of the 201617 season.

The Spartans entered the holiday break a perfect 15-0 and ranked second in NJCAA Division II. It’s tied for the highest ranking in school history behind the 1996-97 squad.

Southwestern is off until Jan. 7, 2017. Indian Hills comes to Creston that night for a 7 p.m. game.

The Spartans will have a significant amount of time off in between to rest and recharge.

“We’re looking forward to a few weeks of unwinding,” Lorensen said. “We’re looking forward to coming back in January. There’s a lot of things we need to be focused on, get ready to get better at each day.”

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10. Top finish for Nodaway Valley boys golf team MARSHALLTOWN— Nodaway Valley’s boys golf team took turns passing around the newest addition to the school’s trophy case on May 28.

For the four seniors on this year’s team, this experience was one they will always remember.

They also left a legacy on the Wolverines boys golf program that won’t be soon forgotten.

The Wolverine boys golf team brought home what is believed to be the first boys

golf trophy in program history with a third-place finish at the Class 1A state boys golf tournament at the American Legion Memorial Golf Course in Marshalltown.

Nodaway Valley finshed with a two-day total of 648.

East Buchanan won with a 620. Mason City Newman was second with a 643.

“Our goal was to get a trophy and to make it become a reality,” said senior Jackson Lamb. “It’s kind of sweet.

It’s something we’ll never forget. Hopefully we represented the community well.”

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a trophy after the tournament was a sweet reward to the careers of Lamb, Sam Marnin, Wes Davis and Cooper.

“That’s what they were fighting for,” said Nodaway Valley coach Steve Shantz.

“They spent a lot of time on the golf course. They were pretty stoked about the whole thing.”

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anyone within the program could have envisioned back when practice started in early May. On July 22, it found the unranked and eighth-seeded Wolverines in a spot no Nodaway Valley team had ever been at before playing at Principal Park in the state tournament.

While the program’s first-ever appearance at the state tournament against top-ranked and top-seeded Newman Catholic of Mason City didn’t go Nodaway Valley’s way, the smiles were still abounding among the players and coaches after.

Nodaway Valley’s dream postseason run ended with a 12-2, six inning loss to Newman Catholic of Mason City in the Class 1A first-round state tournament.

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key Valley escaped with a 55-51 win to advance to Thursday’s Class 1A semifinals.

“It’s better to be the underdog,” Mount Ayr head coach Thad Streit said. “There’s no pressure on you. Our girls did a great job of handling the pressure and making it close at the end and putting them in a position (to win).

They’re No. 1 and we gave them a run.”

Mount Ayr bowed out at 18-8 for the season. The Raiderettes lost just one senior — Kirsten Dolecheck — with their entire starting five returning this year.

13. Lenox boys basketball wins tough POI race LENOX — Lenox basketball coach Jesse Cox gathered his team at center court after the Tigers beat Mount Ayr, 60-48, to clinch the outright championship of the Pride of Iowa Conference.

He had to take a moment to talk about how a net-cut-

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ting ceremony goes, while a ladder was brought out and placed under the east basket in the Tigers’ gym.

“I had to bring them together, because I’ll guarantee you none of those guys knew how to do it,” said Cox, who graduated from Lenox one year before the Tigers won their last conference title in the Tall Corn in 1990.

“Our last conference championship was 25 years ago, so none of these guys were born!”

Lenox finished with a final mark of 14-2 in the Pride of Iowa. Nodaway Valley and Interstate 35 each finished with three conference defeats.

It marks the first outright championship in any sport for Lenox since joining the Pride of Iowa Conference. The baseball team has shared first place with Martensdale-St. Marys, and the combined Bedford/Lenox wrestling team has won a

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Nodaway Valley’s baseball team celebrates after its season wrapped up in the quarterfinals of the Class 1A state baseball tournament at Principal Park in Des Moines.

conference tournament title.

“It means quite a bit to us,” Cox said. “We are a small school in the Pride of Iowa. Us and East Union are the smallest, and it’s a great conference.”

14. Creston’s Briley, Nodaway Valley’s Lamb named area athletes of the year

Creston senior Taylor Briley and Nodaway Valley senior Jackson Lamb were named as the female and male South Central Iowa Athletes of the year.

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“You can’t beat Principal Park,” said senior Jackson Lamb. “Just to step foot onto the field was a dream come true.”

Making program history meant plenty to all involved.

“It means a lot being here for the first time ever,” Sam Marnin said. “It’s all been real fun.”

12. Mount Ayr girls basketball reaches state, bows out in quarterfinals DES MOINES — Mount Ayr gave top-ranked and undefeated Turkey Valley all it could handle on March 1 in the Class 1A quarterfinals of the Girls State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

The unranked Raiderettes steadily chiseled away at a 10-point second-half deficit.

Turkey Valley led by seven points with less than two minutes left to play in the game.

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instructed Briley at Creston High School seem to be in agreement about that fact.

As a leader, as a worker and as a talent, Briley has been the type of player that people inside and out of her circle can point to as a role model.

When presented with the South Central Iowa Athlete of the Year Award, Briley was gracious but wasn’t overwhelmed by the honor.

Her demeanor was cool and collected, just as it is when she performs.

“She doesn’t take things too seriously. I mean that in the right way,” Creston softball coach Mike McCabe said.

Briley played basketball,

ran track and excelled in softball.

GREENFIELD— Jackson Lamb’s numbers on the fields he played on were certainly impressive.

While he was a standout athlete in all four sports he played in, earning all-conference and all-state recognition in all of them, it was off the field where he truly shined.

Lamb drove his teammates to become better. In turn, it elevated the teams he played on at Nodaway Valley to higher levels, and in a couple of cases, their best-ever finishes to a season.

Lamb is honored for his all-around excellence with the South Central Iowa Male Athlete of the Year award.

Lamb is at home with whatever sport is in season.

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15. Pair of former Spartans compete in Olympics Southwestern sophomore Sisilia Seavula competed in the women’s 100 meter dash at the Rio Olympics.

Seavula made it out of the preliminary round by placing second in her heat with a time of 12.34 seconds Friday morning. Seavula finished 63rd in Friday night’s round 1, running 12.48 seconds.

Theo Piniau, who ran for Southwestern Community College’s track team for two years, made his 2016 Olympics debut in the 200 meters preliminary round.

Piniau placed eighth in the sixth heat in a time of 22.14 and did not advance to the second round. He is representing Papua New Guinea in the Olympics.

16. Whittington, Patton excel on big stage

PLYMOUTH, Ind. — Former Creston state champion golfer Carson Whittington thrives under pressure.

The Kirkwood Community College sophomore was at his best when the pressure and circumstances said otherwise.

Whittington placed second at the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II national tourney.

WAVERLY — From the often torn up streets of Murray to two-time All-American. That’s the journey Central College rising junior Kate Patton has taken.

Patton and her Dutch teammates placed seventh in the 1,600 relay, giving Patton her second All-American honor. She earned All-American honors in the indoor season as a freshman.

Honorable mentions will appear Monday.

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