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'A great first week;' Panthers pin down Guilford title, sweep quadrangular at Anamosa

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:26am

   The first week of the wrestling season couldn’t have gone much better for the Monticello Panthers.

   Monti opened Dec. 1 by sweeping three River Valley Conference opponents at Anamosa Thursday, beating Durant 51-25, topping Camanche 57-24, and overcoming the host Blue Raiders 51-30.

   Then, the Panthers posted a team championship at its own Dan Guilford Invitational Dec. 3, earning five individual championships and one runner-up finish.

MHS shines at State

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:24am

   With a championship, a runner-up finish and a third place finish at the Iowa State Dance and Drill Team Association state championships, along with top-10 solo efforts, the Monticello High School dance team had shining performances.

   The Panthers won the Class II Lyrical state title, took second in Class V Hip-Hop, and was third in Class VIII Pom at the event, held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at Wells Fargo Arena and Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines.

Two wins, and a milestone; Petersen passes 1,000 career points as Panthers beat Tipton, fight off WB

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:22am

   A whirlwind of results came out of the first week of boys basketball for the Monticello Panthers.

   Two wins. Tate Petersen reaching the career 1,000 point mark. Petersen totaling 49 points and Preston Ries totaling 45. The Panthers committing just 13 total turnovers.

   Monticello opened with an 80-50 win at Tipton Nov. 29, putting the game away with a 25-11 fourth quarter.

Panthers start out 3-0

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:17am

   Three starts. Three wins.

   Monticello began the girls basketball season in impressive fashion, taking down three opponents in the space of five days.

   Included were a 56-33 victory at Tipton Nov. 29, a 60-50 pull-away triumph in the home opener against West Branch Dec. 2, and a 60-51 win at Western Dubuque Dec. 3 in Epworth.

Anamosa girls in four meets

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:14am

   Four meets occupied the Anamosa girls wrestling team, which includes Monticello’s Izzy Taylor, to start the season.

   Anamosa competed in the Independence Invitational Nov. 19. Taylor won all three of her matches by fall.

   The Blue Raiders then competed in a duals meet Nov. 22 in Fort Dodge, hosted by Iowa Central Community College, and Anamosa went 1-4. Taylor went 4-1 with four pins.

COLUMN: College teams are changing

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:13am

   How will your favorite college football team look next season? In case you don’t follow along, yesterday, Dec. 5, was the official opening day for players to enter the transfer portal. For some teams this is good, for others bad.

   Even though the official day wasn’t until the 5th, many players were already making their intentions known. For my favorite team, as of Monday, the Hawkeyes had five players already announce their intentions to transfer. Since I am writing this early in the morning, I suspect there could be more.

Eagles are third in Tipton tourney

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:12am

Boys wrestling

   Midland had a strong showing at its season-opening wrestling tournament Dec. 3 in the Tipton Invitational.

   The Eagles placed third out of nine teams scoring 145.5 points. North Scott was the champion with 175.5, and West Branch was second with 160.5. Tipton had 145 to finish one-half point behind Midland.

   Midland had one champion and four finalists. Caden Ballou was champion at 195 pounds, pinning each of his three opponents in the first period.

Wildcats pick up pair of victories

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:11am

Girls basketball

   Maquoketa Valley won two out of three games to open its girls basketball season.

   The Wildcats (2-1) started with a Nov. 22 home game against Central City, winning 64-42. MV led 43-35 after three periods, but pulled away in the fourth quarter. Haley Ronnebaum had 23 points, and Bianka Ronnebaum recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 assists. Jada Knipper and Bianka Ronnebaum had six rebounds apiece.

Middle school wrestling

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:10am

JV wins opener

Published by admin on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 10:09am

   Monticello picked up a win in the junior varsity boys basketball season opener Nov. 29, winning 75-43 at Tipton.

   Nine different players scored for Monticello, including Conley Schauf and Cole Welter with 15 points apiece, Jack Lambert and Brady Gogel with 10 each, Lucas Foust and Alex Jamison with seven apiece, Lincoln Schneiter with five, Dalton Holub with four and Ben Welter with two. Lambert also made eight assists. Schneiter and Gogel had five rebounds apiece. Schneiter also had three steals.

 

 

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