After getting down 0-2, Ellsworth Community College was on the brink of getting swept by Northeast Community College.
For week four of the high school football season, Iowa Falls-Alden hosts Prairie City Monroe in their Class 2A District 7 opener; South Hardin hosts Dike-New Hartford to begin Class 1A District 3 play; and AGWSR travels to Wapsie Valley in Class A District 3 action.
The AGWSR Cougars gave the 11th-ranked in Class 2A Grundy Center Spartans all they could want Tuesday in Grundy Center. The visitors fell in four sets (25-23, 18-25, 18-25, 24-26) and are now 6-6 overall and 1-2 in the North Iowa Cedar League-West.
After dropping a set in uncharacteristic fashion, the South Hardin coaches told their players it was time to fight like tigers. Co-head coach John Teske said to pin their ears back, get mad and fight for their team. He told them not to let a ball drop and keep swinging and being aggressive.
Jaidyn Teske does not give up on a ball.
The South Hardin cross country teams were without some of its regulars on Monday night.
Any meet after the Bobcat Invite last week might seem easy. With Class 4A ranked teams and runners scattered throughout that race last week, the Monday’s Ballard Invite in Huxley was just as tough.
On the road at Waverly, Ellsworth Community College ended an eight match side.
Sean Stephens had a big day at quarterback for Ellsworth Community College as they picked up the first win of the fall 2021 campaign on Sunday afternoon in Des Moines.
The AGWSR Cougars went 1-3 at Saturday’s Aplington-Parkersburg Tournament in Parkersburg. They beat Nashua-Plainfield 2-0 but were swept by Class 2A rateds Denver (2nd), Wapsie Valley (6th), and Grundy Center (11th). AGWSR is now 3-5 on the season.
Winless in six matches entering Saturday' Belmond-Klemme Invitational, Iowa Falls-Alden returned home with three victories in four matches.
The South Hardin Tournament has been kind to the host Tigers in recent years.