SPORTS BRIEFS

Herman lights up

scoreboard for

Wartburg College

     Monticello’s Sawyer Herman continues to have strong performances for Wartburg College in Waverly. On Dec. 30, Herman put up 23 points as Wartburg lost to Augsburg College of Minneapolis, Minn. 68-64 at South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

     Herman shot 8-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-8 from three-point range.

     The senior also scored 14 points in Wartburg’s 80-65 home win over Central College of Pella Jan. 3. Herman also had six assists in that game.

MV’s Mini-Cat

wrestling tourney

is scheduled

     The Maquoketa Valley Athletic Boosters are hosting their annual Mini-Cat Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 20 for ages JK thru eighth grade.

     The tournament will be held at Maquoketa Valley High School in Delhi. Tournament format will be a four-person round robin with trophies or medals awarded to all four places. There will also be a team trophy competition.

     Deadline for entries is Thursday, Jan. 18. For entry forms or more information please contact Mike or Karla Stahlberg at 563 920-7292.

Eby’s Mill Artifact

Labeling Work

Day is planned

   In 2013, the Jones County Conservation Board and the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, with help from a team of AmeriCorps, volunteers, dozens of local students, and an archaeologist, conducted a restorative excavation of a cave site at the Eby’s Mill Wildlife Area.

     Join archaeologist Bryan Kendall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19 at the Central Park Nature Center to help label artifacts, including many animal bones, found during the excavation and cave restoration. Bryan will discuss what the artifacts tell us about life for the prehistoric peoples who inhabited the cave periodically over the last 3,000 years.

     Items will already be identified, separated, and in bags. Volunteers will use epoxy/glue to adhere small labels to each artifact before re-bagging for storage. Reading glasses will be helpful, bring yours along – if needed.

     Volunteers should pre-register by contacting Michele at 319-481-7987 or e-mailing naturalist@co.jones.ia.us by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17. Sign up to help all day or choose a time slot of your preference. A light soup lunch will be provided for volunteers.