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Warrior VB season ends in semifinals

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 16:12

 

South Winn senior Jaden Schweinefus watches her kill attempt go over the net during recent Warrior volleyball action. In Thursday night’s season-ending loss against Wapsie Valley, Schweinefus had a team-high 12 kills and five digs. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Warrior VB season ends in semifinals

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

Warrior VB season ends in semifinals

By Zakary Kriener

The Warrior volleyball team saw its 2017 season come to an end Thursday night as it was ousted from the Class 2A Region 6 Tournament by Wapsie Valley, 3-0.

“We put up quite a fight against a very talented Wapsie Valley team,” said head coach Glenna Munuswamy following the loss. “We prepared for this match by trying to identify their weaknesses so we could exploit them. Unfortunately, those girls from Wapsie that had shown weakness in past matches played strong on Thursday.”

The Wapsie Valley Warriors defeated the hometown Warriors by scores of 25-21, 25-19, and 25-19.

Wed
01
Nov

South Winneshiek turns in season-bests at State

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 16:06

 

South Winn senior Felicity Taylor led the Warrior girls’ cross country team at Saturday’s State Meet in Fort Dodge. In the final race of her career, Taylor finished fifth with a time of 19:25.2, which helped the Warriors place fifth in Class 1A. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

South Winneshiek turns in season-bests at State

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

Both the South Winneshiek boys’ and girls’ cross country teams turned in the best performances of the season Saturday at the biggest meet of the year, the State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge. The efforts were good enough to earn fifth-place finishes for both squads.

“We went into the State Meet knowing we were probably around the fourth-, fifth-, or sixth-best team on both sides,” said coach Kevin Kearney in reference to how he expected the boys’ and girls’ squads to stack up. “Our primary goal was simply to run as well as we were capable and let the chips fall and see if it was good enough to challenge for a top-three spot. We ended up with our best overall team performances on both the boys’ and girls’ side, and we are very proud of the effort of our runners.”

Wed
01
Nov

Warriors fall to Regina in double overtime thriller

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 16:00

 

South Winn senior defensive linemen Manning Kuboushek (76) and Gabe Kipp (68) team up to stop the Regina ball carrier during Friday night’s playoff game against the Regals of Iowa City Regina. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Warriors fall to Regina in double overtime thriller

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

The South Winneshiek football team didn’t care that it was going to battle with the No. 3-ranked team in Class 1A. It wasn’t impressed with the fact that Iowa City Regina had played in the State Championship game in each of the last seven seasons. The Warriors also didn’t care that the Regals had not been beaten on their home field since 2010.

Instead, South Winn was focused on the things it needed to do to advance to the next round of the 2017 Class 1A State Football Playoffs.

Up for the challenge, South Winn and Iowa City Regina exchanged blows throughout much of the first quarter, but neither team took command.

With 2 minutes left in the opening quarter, the high-powered Regal offense struck first with a 28-yard touchdown pass to take a 7-0 lead.

Midway through the second quarter, Iowa City Regina again found the end zone as it scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass to grab a 14-0 lead over the Warriors.

Later in the quarter, threatening to go up by another touchdown, the Warrior defense stepped up to the plate and said “not so fast.”

Wed
01
Nov

Catch 'Bye, Bye, Birdie' Nov. 10-12

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 15:52

 

The cast for South Winneshiek’s upcoming presentation of  “Bye, Bye, Birdie” include (front, l-r) Hunter Wagner, Chloe Suckow, Cassidy Young, Brandon Frana, Paxten DeVilbiss, Emma Houdek, Hannah Franzen, Sierra Breitsprecher, Madisen Ondrashek, Kerrigan Upton, Hanna Schmitt, and Helen Neuzil; (middle) Sami Bohr, Celia Neuzil, Danae Taylor, Karissa Kleve, Abe Schmitt, Trey Kriener, Manning Kuboushek, and Ethan Timp; (back) Cassidy Frana, Eric Franzen, Logan Humpal, Ashley Davis, Carson Brincks, Lucas Feltz, Kaelan Boe, JT Monroe, and Gabe Kipp. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Catch 'Bye, Bye, Birdie' Nov. 10-12

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

“Oh, one last kiss, just give me one last kiss.”

Famous singer Conrad Birdie, played by South Winneshiek senior Manning Kuboushek, is being drafted into the Army and has been given the opportunity to give one lucky lady a final kiss on national television before heading off.

Conrad’s songwriter pens the song “One Last Kiss” for Conrad’s final television appearance before heading off to war, in hopes that it will bring in enough money to get out of the music business and start his career as an English teacher.

The musical is full of funny one-liners and catchy songs that will have the audience wanting to come back to see the show again and again.

Don’t miss the hilarious musical “Bye, Bye, Birdie,” which is full of 1960s Elvis-style rock-and-roll music with showtimes at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11, and at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 12.

Wed
01
Nov

Luzums to be honored as 'Land Protectors'

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 15:45

 

Lyle and Sue Luzum of Calmar will be honored at the upcoming Third Annual Land Protector Recognition Dinner for donating their 170-acre farm to the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) earlier this year. The organization helps protect land and grow healthful food, leasing holdings to young farmers who otherwise might not be able to enter the business. (submitted photo)

 

Luzums to be honored as 'Land Protectors'

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

The Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) is honoring an Iowa family who donated 170 acres to the trust in July, establishing their farm as a permanent site for sustainable food production. 

SILT will recognize Lyle and Sue Luzum of Calmar at the organization’s Third Annual Land Protector Recognition Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Embassy Suites hotel in downtown Des Moines. 

Established in 2014, SILT is the only Iowa land trust dedicated to protecting land to grow healthful food. The organization leases its land holdings to young farmers who otherwise might not be able to enter the business.

Wed
01
Nov

Lorraine (Kittleson) Hoover

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2017-11-01 15:37

Lorraine (Kittleson) Hoover

 

 

Lorraine (Kittleson) Hoover Star Valley Ranch, Wyo., formerly of Clermont, died early on the morning of Oct. 12, 2017. 

She was cremated, and her ashes will be buried in the Thayne, Wyo., cemetery on June 30, 2018.

Lorraine Alice Hoover was born June 30, 1932 in her family’s farmhouse in Clermont, Iowa. Her family included four siblings and parents Clifford and Alice Kittleson. 

Lorraine was a force to be reckoned with at her little high school in Clermont. A talented basketball player and straight A student, she was beautiful and popular. 

After she graduated from Clermont High School in 1949, she attended Luther College in Decorah, where she got her teaching degree. 

Never one to be afraid of hard work, Lorraine spent her summers working jobs that ranged from running the exchange in the telephone office to pulling burrs out of peas on a conveyor belt in a cannery.  

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