West Central senior Cheridan Brickman sinks in the rain a put at Pleasant Valley Country Club on Thursday, April 28, as the Blue Devils fell to the NFV TigerHawks. 

Blue Devil boys down MFL/MarMac

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

The West Central Blue Devils boys’ golf team secured its second win of the season with a home victory, 176-188, over MFL/MarMac on Monday, April 25.

Nice weather conditions led to five West Central golfers finishing with a score below 50 on their home course, Big Rock Country Club in Fayette. It was Dustin Gordon who was the medalist for the Blue Devils with a nine-hole score of 42, thanks to three pars and a birdie on his final hole.

Cherokee Noggle and Sadie Kuennen (l-r) finished seventh and sixth respectively in the 100-meter dash at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School on Monday, April 25. The duo was neck-and-neck for the entire race with Kuennen fbeating Noggle by 0.12 seconds. 

Blue Devils compete during busy week

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

With three meets for the boys and two for the girls, it was a busy week for the West Central track and field teams.

It started off on a gorgeous Monday night, April 25, at Sumner-Fredericksburg that saw the Lady Blue Devils turn in a dozen personal records and five season-best times. It was the 4x100-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay, and the sprint medley relay that shone most brightly on the sunny evening. Each relay turned in a season-best time, placing sixth in 57.75 seconds, second in 2:02.03, and fifth in 2:07.39, respectively. It was Sadie Kuennen making up ground and passing teams on the final leg of the 4x200 that spurred the Blue Devils to their second-place finish.

NFV’s Claire Hanson scrutinizes this putt as it rolls across the waterlogged green toward the hole Friday against West Central. The cool temps, high winds and steady rain dictated warm clothes and cold hands for the TigerHawk girls as they won their seventh straight meet Thursday at Pleasant Valley Sports Club in Clermont. (Jerry Wadian photo)

TigerHawk gals preying on UIC foes

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

The North Fayette Valley girls’ golf team continued to feast on UIC opponents last week, taking a pair of conference meets.

Monday (April 25), the TigerHawks swooped by Starmont, 187-217 in Strawberry Point.

MacKenna Koch doesn’t even need to look back as Rebecca Miller slaps the baton into her hand during a recent 4x200. Last week the 4x200 won its only race of the week in Oelwein. The meet in Cresco was cancelled due to the weather. (Jerry Wadian photo)

NFV girls' track rolls on

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

The NFV girls won their third consecutive track meet Monday (April 25) in Oelwein. The TigerHawks put on a dominant performance overwhelming runner-up Wapsie Valley by almost 100 points, 195-97.5.

It turned out to be the only meet of the week as rain and cold cancelled Thursday’s meet in Cresco.

NFV senior Trevor Hurd has been running hurdles at NFV for so long, he can do it with his eyes closed. Shown in recent action, Hurd helped the shuttle hurdle to a gold and a silver medal in meets last week; he also won the 400 dash and ran in the 4x400 and 4x800 relays. (Jerry Wadian photo)

TigerHawk boys win at Starmont

The North Fayette Valley boys’ track team won the Starmont Invitational last week; it also won silver at the Warrior Invitational Monday (April 25) in Oelwein.

Friday, the TigerHawks overwhelmed the 13-team field at Starmont with 129   points more than double the 63 by runner-up Oelwein.

Warrior girls impressive in busy week

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The South Winneshiek girls’ golf squad wrapped up a busy week that yielded several strong appearances.

Monday, the varsity girls carded an impressive 177 as a team against Postville. Because they did not have enough golfers to post a team score, the SW girls claimed the victory.

Blue Devils set season bests

The West Central boys’ and girls’ track and field teams had a productive week attending two meets and one, respectively.

It was the boys who traveled to Oelwein on Monday, April 18, and finished fifth of nine teams with a score of 61. West Delaware won the meet with 121 points while Union Community finished second with 103 points.