The Mason City girls basketball team pulled within six points of tying the game late in the fourth quarter of Saturday s game against Ankeny Centennial.
Midland track and field resumed their indoor track and field season at the Ward Haylett Invitational on Saturday. The event, hosted by Doane University, featured several area college teams competing
Months of hope amid delay turned to despair on Friday as the Arizona Interscholastic Association announced the cancellation of all winter sports.
Student-athletes on Payson Highâs boys and girls basketball and wrestling teams patiently waited and adjusted as the AIA pushed the start of winter sports competition from early December to mid-January and cut their schedules.
COVID-19 minimization efforts spurred the moves that included elimination of regular-season wrestling tournaments and a limit of one match per day for wrestlers prior to the section tournament, limiting teams to 14 dual matches in the shortened season.
With only duals allowed during the regular season rather than the common four-team formate with two matches going simultaneously, Payson would have been able to hold all home matches under one of the few spotlights in the state, which opponents love to wrestle under.
Months of hope amid delay turned to despair on Friday as the Arizona Interscholastic Association announced the cancellation of all winter sports.
Student-athletes on Payson Highâs boys and girls basketball and wrestling teams patiently waited and adjusted as the AIA pushed the start of winter sports competition from early December to mid-January and cut their schedules.
COVID-19 minimization efforts spurred the moves that included elimination of regular-season wrestling tournaments and a limit of one match per day for wrestlers prior to the section tournament, limiting teams to 14 dual matches in the shortened season.
With only duals allowed during the regular season rather than the common four-team formate with two matches going simultaneously, Payson would have been able to hold all home matches under one of the few spotlights in the state, which opponents love to wrestle under.
Ozarkâs Braxton Strick and Hunter Tennison and Nixaâs Peyton Moore all find themselves undefeated at the start of the new year. Theyâre quick to add itâs no time to rest on their laurels.
âIâm waiting for that time when I get to wrestle someone who is better than me,â Strick said. âI try to treat all my opponents the same. But if I know Iâm wrestling someone really good, Iâm going to bring my âA game.ââ
âAn undefeated record is still not an indicator of where you need to be,â Ozark coach Tod Sundlie said. âIâm proud of (Strick and Tennison) and theyâve wrestled tough. At the same time, I know they want to see other undefeated guys down the road. They crave that opportunity.â