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Tue
13
Oct

Central cross country competitive at South Winn

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

It was another competitive performance put in by Central’s cross country team at the Oct. 6 meet in South Winneshiek. The team once again saw medalists and season best times as the runners prepare for next week’s conference meet. 

Beginning with the varsity girls, Delaney Scherf and Hannah Asche led the way, finishing 10th and 11th, respectively. They both had a time of 21:34, good enough to medal, and it was a season best for Scherf. In the field of 52 runners, Allie Mussman finished 23rd, with a season best 22:48. Other team members finished outside the top 25, including Jaydin Dettman, who ran a career best 23:37 for 31st, Taylor Moser (33rd), Maria Medberry (42nd) and Haley Mueller (43rd). 

Tue
06
Oct

Dunkerton defeats Central 52-6


Evan Schroeder dives forward for extra yards. He led Central with 50 yards rushing in the loss to Dunkerton. (Photos by Bev Hamann)

Nate Shirbroun returns a kickoff in Central’s Oct. 2 game against Dunkerton.

Evan Pensel tackles the Dunkerton runner.

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

The Central football team headed into the Oct. 2 game against the Dunkerton Raiders riding a high from their homecoming victory and coach Joe Koehn’s unwavering loyalty to running the football. The Raider defense was undaunted, stymieing the Warriors’ rush offense, holding it to 70 total yards for a 1.9-yards-per-carry average. The end result was a 52-6 loss, bringing the Warriors’ record to 1-4 on the season. 

Tue
06
Oct

Central volleyball drops two games


Chelsia Larson goes for the block against the Eagles. (Photos by Bev Hamann)

Kaitlyn Wiley serves against Clayton Ridge on Oct. 1. She had three of Central’s six aces in the 3-0 loss.

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

The Central volleyball team had a tough past week, dropping two matches in straight sets. 

On Sept. 29, the Warriors took on MFL MarMac, losing 25-15, 28-26 and 26-24. While the match was competitive, and the Warriors actually outperformed the Bulldogs in certain statistical categories such as serve efficiency, serve aces and blocks, they could not overcome a disparity in kills and kill errors. 

Tue
06
Oct

Bulldog runners face strong fields at Jesup, Crestwood

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

The MFL MarMac cross country team raced in two events last week, including an invitational at Jesup on Sept. 29 and a meet hosted by Crestwood on Oct. 3.

Junior Sydney Moser was back in action at Jesup, leading the lady Bulldogs with an 18th-place finish with a time of 21:17.3. Freshman Clare Grau wasn’t far behind, running the course in 21:27.4 to place 25th. Freshmen Kaylee Walch and Ayla Gerndt were 85th and 87th, respectively, with times of 23:47.5 and 23:47.9, while freshman Ruby Koeller and sophomore Alexis Ross came in at 26:34.6 and 26:56.8 to take the 125th and 126th spots. 

Tue
06
Oct

Bulldogs beat South Winn, creating three-way tie atop district standings


Junior fullback Gabe McGeough rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns in MFL MarMac’s 36-22 victory over South Winn on Oct. 2. Here, he gets a block from teammate Chauncy Drahn. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

The Warriors’ star quarterback, Jacob Herold, was sacked twice by the Bulldogs, including this one by freshman Wyatt Powell.

The MFL MarMac defense kept South Winn’s prolific triple option offense largely under wraps. Head coach Dan Anderson attributed a lot of that success to nose guard Josh Reichard.

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

The MFL MarMac football team defeated rival South Winneshiek 36-22 on Oct. 2. The victory, paired with a win over Postville in the final regular season game this coming Friday, would give the Bulldogs a share of the Class A District 4 title with the Warriors and Wapsie Valley.

“It’s a huge victory,” said head coach Dan Anderson. “We went against a really good football team that was undefeated and ranked top four. I thought we dominated for a lot of that football game.”

Tue
06
Oct

MFL MarMac volleyball has 1-1 week


Riley Moreland led the Bulldog attack against Central, smashing 12 of the team’s 21 kills. She also had a team-high two blocks and was one of the leaders with 10 digs. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

Lakota Morrissey earned nine assists in the Sept. 29 victory over Central.

Miranda Lang completed seven of eight serves, including two aces, against Central.

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

The MFL MarMac volleyball team went 1-1 last week, defeating Central and dropping a game to Turkey Valley.

The Bulldogs faced Central on Sept. 29, in Monona, sweeping the match 3-0. The first set ended 25-15, but the second took extra points, 28-26. The final set was also close, as MFL MarMac rallied from behind to beat the Warriors 26-24.

Riley Moreland continued to lead the Bulldog attack, smashing 12 of the team’s 21 kills. She also had a team-high two blocks and was one of the leaders with 10 digs. Fourteen of her 15 serve attempts were successful, including two aces.

Tue
06
Oct

Warrior cross country team performs well against tough competition


Allie Mussman ran a season best time at the Jesup Invitational last week. (Photos by Bev Hamann)

Brayden Finley ran a personal course record and a season best.

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

The Central cross-country team took part in the Jesup Invitational this past week, performing well against what assistant coach Martha Bauder said was “extremely tough competition.” 

The tough competition began in the varsity girls’ race, where stalwarts Hannah Asche finished 20th and Delaney Scherf came in 40th, out of 131 total runners. Asche won a medal, and both girls ran season best times. 

But it wasn’t enough to overcome the assembled field of talent. As a result, the team finished 13th out of 20 teams with a score of 320. Jesup, the winners of the team competition, scored 110 points. 

Tue
29
Sep

Central football team wins homecoming game


Central running back Sean Wilwert drags a West Central tackler during the Warriors’ 56-48 victory Friday night. Wilwert and teammate Evan Schroeder combined for 274 of the team’s 367 rushing yards and had five touchdowns. (Photos by Bev Hamann)

Elliot Kelly took over as quarterback against West Central. He threw for 26 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 37 yards and a touchdown.

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

In a week that took on extra significance for the Central Warriors football team because of homecoming, they did not disappoint, delivering a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback victory to defeat the West Central Blue Devils 56-48. It was the team’s first win of the season and first win since Sept. 14, 2018. 

“It feels really good to get that first win. The kids were really excited and I know that my coaching staff and myself were very excited as well. I think homecoming added a little bit more to it, but I try to treat every game the same,” coach Joe Koehn said after the game.

Tue
29
Sep

Warrior volleyball team adds two wins to season total


Libero Maddy Wille secures a dig while teammates Alivia Keppler (1), Alyson Feickert (12), Chelsia Larson (7) and Brandy Beatty (0) look on. (Photos by Bev Hamann)

Central’s Ava Pensel gets ready to serve.

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

In a spectacular week of sports for Central, the varsity volleyball team won two out of three matches, defeating Kee and South Winneshiek to bring their season record to 3-12 and forge the building blocks that will carry the team forward. 

In the first match against Kee on Sept. 22, the Warriors dominated the Hawks, winning all three sets, 25-16, 25-22, and 25-18. 

Alivia Keppler led the team in assists with 21, while Isabelle Groth and Brandy Beatty combined for 17 of the team’s 28 kills. Overall, on 74 kill attempts, the Warriors converted 28 for an efficiency of .176. 

Tue
29
Sep

Bulldogs dim Stars 40-14, picking up homecoming victory


Austin Schlee (33) had a team-high 7.5 tackles in MFL MarMac’s dominant defensive performance against Starmont Sept. 25. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

Karter Decker (8) scored four times against the Stars: two receiving touchdowns, one on the ground and another on a kickoff return.

Chauncy Drahn (75) wraps up a Starmont runner during the Bulldogs’ 40-14 victory.

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

It was a happy ending to MFL MarMac’s homecoming week, as the Bulldog football team rolled to a 40-14 victory over Starmont on Friday night.

“The kids came out ready to play this week,” said head coach Dan Anderson. “It was a dominating performance by our defense, and offense and special teams played pretty well too.”

MFL MarMac scored first in the game when, with seven minutes to go in the opening quarter, Karter Decker picked up a short touchdown after a muffed Stars punt gave the Bulldogs good field position. The extra point made it 7-0.

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