The State Cross Country Meet is no longer an overwhelming experience for Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Cadet Ellie Meyer. The junior has been there three times now, and finally got her medal after finishing 123rd as a freshman and 31st as a sophomore. She placed 10th in Class 3A on Saturday in Fort Dodge
Familiarity, it’s been said, breeds contempt. The AGWSR Cougars and Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels are certainly familiar with each other. Monday, in Reinbeck, marked the fourth time that the two North Iowa Cedar League-West rivals faced each other.
It was an anticlimactic ending to an otherwise great football season for the AGWSR Cougars Friday night in Ackley. Heavily-favored to win, but with nothing more to play for than a 7-2 mark, they beat Twin Cedars 58-18.
The Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Cadet harriers have been building their confidence all season. When they saw who they would be running against at a Class 3A State Qualifier in Independence Thursday, the outlook was tempered some by the quality of the field.
The playoff hopes of AGWSR dimmed with last Friday’s 40-0 loss to Gladbrook-Reinbeck, but they are not completely extinguished. To have any chance, however, they will need to beat the last place team in 8-Player Dist. 5, Twin Cedars. And then hope.
Once the regular season is finished, it’s all about survival. The AGWSR Cougars did more than that Tuesday in Fort Dodge, they thrived with a 3-0 Class 1A Regional opening win over the St. Edmond Gaels (25-18, 25-12, 25-23).
Ellie Meyer had two years of running behind one of the best runners ever for the Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR girls cross country team. With Aubrie Fisher leading the way, Meyer made State in her first two seasons.
It seems like every time the AGWSR Cougars and Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels meet up on the gridiron, there’s title and playoff implications involved. Friday, in Gladbrook, was no different.
AGWSR and Gladbrook-Reinbeck have been on a collision course all season. Since last season, actually. If the past is any indication, dating back to 11-player football and tussles on the basketball court, Friday night should be a war.
The regular season came to an end for the AGWSR Cougars. It wasn’t the ending they wanted on a season they didn’t want. But with one senior being honored on Senior Night, it served as another building block in what first-year head coach Jill Smith is building.
Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR Cadet junior Ellie Meyer broke the old course record at the Links Course in Webster City Tuesday. Unfortunately, Humboldt’s Bryce Gidel destroyed it. And with that, the future University of Iowa runner became the first girl to ever win four North Central Conference ind…
The AGWSR Cougars dropped three matches at the Don Bosco Tournament. They fell 2-0 to Hudson (21-18, 21-17), South Tama (21-13, 21-16) and Aplington-Parkersburg (25-18, 25-22).
