Gabe Winterrowd, a senior at OABCIG, was honored as the 2022 recipient of the Iowa Bankers Association’s Student Athlete Achievement Scholarship Award for Class 2A football during the Iowa high school state football championships Nov. 17-18 in Cedar Falls. This award recognizes student athletes excelling not only on the football field, but also in their classrooms and in their communities.
Winterrowd was selected by the IBA’s scholarship committee based on his scholastic standing, leadership skills, community involvement and athletic participation.
The OABCIG E Sports team brought home the championship title in the Iowa High School E Sports State Finals. The OABCIG Falcons are now the 2022 Iowa High School Division 2 Super Smash Brother Ultimate Champions. The Falcons faced off against the Osage Green Devils in the quarterfinals defeating them 2 to 0.
The Falcons faced off against the Forest City Indians in the semifinals beating them 2 to 0.
In both games the Falcons overcame 0 to 2 deficits to win the games.
Ridge View coach Alex Warnke has several returning starters to rely on when the 2022-23 season begins. While the Raptors will miss playmakers Cade Harriman, Tyhler Kolpin, and Travis Wiese, they return starters Tracin Price, Kyler Wunschel, and Cael Myrtue, as well as leading contributors in Gabe Chance and Cayden Clausen. Price, Wunschel, and Myrtue are seniors, while Chance and Clausen are juniors. The top prospects to fill lost players from last year’s team include senior Grant Movall and sophomores Kellen Jensen, Jordyn Hinrickson, and Carson Harriman.
The Ridge View girls basketball team is hoping to enjoy some of the success they experienced last season. Last year’s Raptor squad finished 19-5, including an 8-1 record in the Western Valley Conference, winning the conference tournament, and an appearance in the Regional Finals.
The OABCIG football squad saw its season come to an end against a tough Central Lyon-GLR team on Saturday in the UNI-Dome. The undefeated Lions bested the Falcons 37-14, but the game marked the end of a highly successful season. OABCIG lost only one regular season game, then reeled off three postseason victories for the right to play in the dome.
For the third time in four years, the OABCIG football team will be playing in the state semi-finals at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The Falcons avenged their only loss of the season with a 19-0 shutout of Spirit Lake on Friday night. The Indians had won the regular season matchup 28-13 earlier this year.
For the second week in a row, OABCIG won a back-and-forth football playoff game, this time coming out on top of Osage 34-22. The Falcons came into the contest at Osage with an 8-1 mark, while the Green Devils sported a 7-2 record. Osage got on the board first with a 35-yard touchdown pass midway through the first quarter, and held a 7-0 advantage after one period of play. OABCIG would answer at the start of the second quarter with a 14-yard strike from quarterback Beckett DeJean to Josh Peters. A Kelton Ladwig extra point kick would tie the game at 7-7.
It wasn’t easy, but the Ridge View volleyball squad came up with another tournament sweep, this time defeating South Central Calhoun 26-24, 25-19, 25-21. With the victory, the Raptors advanced to play Hinton in a regional final for a trip to the state volleyball tournament.
The OABCIG football team hosted Orange City Unity Christian in a Class 2A first round playoff matchup on Friday night in Ida Grove. Though the Knights came into the contest with a 3-5 record, they looked like a winning team, giving the Falcons all they could handle in a 29-23 OBCIG victory.
The Ridge View volleyball squad swept East Sac in their playoff opener at Holstein on Thursday night. The Raptors had their hands full as the Raiders kept each game close, but Ridge View ultimately came away with the victory, 25-19, 25-23, and 25-19. The Raptors advanced to take on South Central Calhoun on Monday night in Holstein. The Ridge View offensive attack was led by Rowan Jensen with an impressive 17 kills. Taya Phillips had seven kills, while Madison Stowater added six. Phillips also led the team in assists with a whopping 25.
