The OABCIG volleyball team got on the winning track with a 3-0 sweep of Lawton-Bronson last Tuesday at Odebolt. The Falcons won a pair of close games by identical scores of 25-20, then pulled away in the third set 25-15 to come away with the three game sweep.
The Ridge View volleyball squad earned a second straight sweep to start the season, this time in a 3-0 defeat of Kingsley-Pierson last Tuesday at Schaller. The Raptors dominated game one, winning by a score of 25-13. The Panthers made game two a tighter contest, but still succumbed 25-18. Game three was hotly contested as well, but the Ridge View girls pulled away at the end for a 25-19 victory and a sweep of the match. The Raptors’ offensive attack was led by Rowan Jensen, who put down 16 kills.
The returning experience of the OABCIG football team was evident on Friday night in Ida Grove, as the Falcons got the better of Ridge View 47-6 in the season opener for both squads. The Raptors came into the contest with almost an entirely new starting lineup from last season. OABCIG raced out to leads of 21-0 after the first quarter and 33-0 at halftime.
The Ridge View cross country squads competed at the Deb Hankens Cross Country Meet in Cherokee on Thursday. In the girls race, Jaycie Vohs captured third place out of 30 runners with a time of 21:57.83. Madison Stowater took ninth place for the Raptors, finishing in a time of 23:28.73. Freshman Addy Tesch crossed the finish line just a few minutes later with a time of 24:35.41. Xaria Rojas turned in a time of 30:44.62, while teammate Kinzie Hagen was close behind with a time of 31:38.27.
The OABCIG volleyball team opened the season last Tuesday in Alta, where the Warriors of Alta-Aurelia handed the Falcons a 3-0 defeat. OABCIG lost the first game 25-14, but closed the gap in the second set, losing only by a score of 25-21. The third game was also close, but Alta-Aurelia ultimately pulled off a 25-19 victory.
The Ridge View volleyball team wasted little time in picking up where they left off last year. The Raptors swept South Central Calhoun 3-0 last Tuesday in Lake City, winning by scores of 25-19, 25-23, and 25-18. The Ridge View attack was led by Rowan Jensen with 14 kills and Gabi Mason with eight kills. Madison Stowater and Sydney Blackmore both added four kills to the winning cause. Taya Phillips led the Raptors in assists with 15, while Lilly Whitmer distributed 13 assists.
Iowa became the 16th state in the country to allow its high school athletes to benefit from their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) last week when the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s Board of Control released guidelines for which a student may earn compensation.
Under the newly-released guidelines, students may earn compensation for their NIL so long as they:
• Do not use their school or Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) or Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) names or logos;
Recent OABCIG graduate Easton Harms participated in the 50th annual Shrine Bowl football game, played on July 23 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The game features some of the best players from around the state in a North vs South matchup that raises money and awareness for the work of the Shriners Children's Hospitals. Harms was a standout wide receiver during his years at OABCIG. This fall, he will be attending Morningside University to major in business and play football.
The Ridge View softball squad came within one win of the state tournament, bowing out to a very good North Union team in the region championship game last Monday at Swea City. The Raptors were the only team to score against the Warriors so far in the tournament, as North Union had shut out its previous opponents. Ridge View fell behind early, trailing 3-1 after the first inning. The Raptors closed the gap to 3-2 in the fourth inning, but the Warriors scored three runs in the fifth inning to extend the lead to 6-2.
The Ridge View softball team once again used the long ball in a Class 2A Region 1 Semi-final win on Friday night at Hinton. Two home runs in the fifth inning, a solo shot by Addison Schmidt and a two-run blast by Tatum Shepherd, helped propel the Raptors to a 6-3 victory over the Blackhawks. It was Hinton that struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the third inning. That score held up until the fifth inning, when Scmidt hit a round-tripper to tie the game at 1-1. Later in the inning, Shepherd hit one over the fence to give the Raptors a 3-1 lead.
