South Hardin never trailed against East Marshall.
After eight minutes, South Hardin trailed the visiting East Marshall by just one point. Throughout the next three quarters, the Tigers were outscored by 22 to fall 47-24 in their first home conference game.
Meghan VanDePol has always been extremely competitive. From a young age, she was a tomboy that loved sports. That has blossomed through the years as she is now a multi-sport athlete at South Hardin who competes in every season.
Two SH-BCLUW wrestlers finished undefeated on the day at the Gilbert Duals while the team went 2-3.
South Hardin trailed through much of the game on Friday. A comeback in the third stanza and a strong defensive output in the fourth allowed the Tigers to pick up their first win of the season, 46-44. It also happened to be the opening game of the NICL-West slate against Grundy Center.
The first night of a new season with many different faces, there are bound to be some growing pains.
South Hardin came out and scored the first four points of the contest before Clarion-Goldfield-Dows caught fire and went on a 21-1 run and eventually earned the 57-29 victory.
In the waning moments of the third stanza, South Hardin and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows exchanged the lead four times. The Cowboys went ahead 42-39 before the final frame and never trailed again. The visitors outscored the Tigers 19-6 in the last eight minutes for the 61-45 final.
featured
Red and black are South Hardin’s official colors, but Tiger Gymnasium was a sea of blue Tuesday night.
South Hardin traveled to Nevada on Monday night for their first boy-girl doubleheader of the season. The Cubs swept up the visitors with the girls taking the opener 56-27 and the boys holding off a surging Tigers 71-62.
The greenbelt area was well-represented on the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association's All-State Football teams.