South Winneshiek celebrated Senior Night for the Warrior wrestling team on Thursday night in Calmar. Throughout their SW careers, the seniors have amassed a combined 605 wins so far and carry a winning percentage of over 60 percent. (submitted photo)

South Winn wrestlers top S-F and Ed-Co

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The Warrior mat men competed Tuesday night, Jan. 11, at Sumner-Fredericksburg and went 2-0 on the night with wins over the Cougars and Edgewood-Colesburg.

“Sumner-Fred. Is a very good team and is ranked in the top 15 in Class 1A,” said coach Jacob Elsbernd after the duals. “We were able to compete hard and come out with a win. We knew going into this dual that it would take everybody and that it would be close. Once again, this team finds a way to continue winning.”

South Winn sophomore Aubrey Willey was one of several players to come off the bench and help propel the Warriors to a 30-25 victory over Postville last week. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Warrior girls get second consecutive win

by Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The Warrior girls picked up their fifth win of the season last week by defeating Postville, 30-25. 

“I am proud of how all of our girls are stepping up when we need them to,” said coach Justin Izer after the ‘W.’ “On nights like tonight when we had a short bench, we need someone to step in and play quality minutes. I thought Hailey Riehle and Aubrey Willey did a great job off the bench tonight.”

South Winn senior Trey Kriener goes up for a basket during recent Warrior action. Last week, Kriener. lead SW to a 70-41 victory over Postville with 22 points and 12 rebounds. On the season, Kriener is third in the UIC with 17.1 points per game and first in rebounding with 11.5 boards per game. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Kriener and Streeter post double-doubles in UIC win

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepubishing.com

The South Winn boys scored a season-high 70 points Tuesday night (Jan. 11) on their way to a 70-41 win over Postville.

“This was a good home win for the team,” said coach Derek Taylor. “We played fast tonight and applied heavy ball pressure to generate a lot of transition points.”

Blue Devil girls grab win over CVC

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The West Central girls went 1-1 last week as it dropped an Upper Iowa Conference matchup to Central and got a win over non-conference foe Cedar Valley Christian.

West Central boys get win over Central

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The West Central boys’ basketball team notched a conference win last week as it went 1-1 overall on the week. Now 3-8, the Blue Devils got a win over Central before losing to Cedar Valley Christian.

North Fayette Valley’s Leslie Graves give it her all on a shot attempt during one of her matches at Thursday night’s UIC Duals. Graves went on to get the pin in the second period over Nora Schellhorn. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Graves claims title at CF girls' tournament

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The North Fayette Valley female wrestlers competed at the Cedar Falls JV and Girls Tournament on Monday night, Jan. 10. All three competitors brought home top-two finishes, including Leslie Graves who went 3-0 and claimed first place.

TigerHawk freshman Kenny Kerr works to turn his opponent to his back during last week’s UIC Dual meet. Kerr went on to earn the fall at the 1:12 mark in the first period. (Zakary Kriener photo)

TigerHawks go 2-1 in dual action at Wapsie Valley

By Zakary Kriener

zkriern@fayettepublishing.com

Tuesday night (Jan. 11) was a big one for the TigerHawk wrestling team as NFV picked up a pair of dual wins.

North Fayette Valley got wins over East Buchanan and Bellevue, but fell to dual host Wapsie Valley.

North Fayette Valley bowler Mason Brown-Gonnerman and the TigerHawk bowling teams got the week off as Friday afternoon’s meet against Oelwein was postponed due to inclement weather. The teams will return to the lanes Thursday with the makeup meet and Friday at Denver. (Zakary Kriener photo)

NFV Bowling

North Fayette Valley’s Zaida Moore drives into the lane during last week’s home contest against Clayton Ridge. The senior had three points and three rebounds in the victory. (Zakary Kriener photo)

NFV girls are clicking with perfect 2-0 week

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The North Fayette Valley girls had a great week on the court, going a perfect 2-0 with a pair of important Upper Iowa Conference wins. The TigerHawks beat Clayton Ridge on Tuesday (Jan. 11) and then took down Kee on Thursday night.

TigerHawk junior Kaleb White gets some serious hang time as he lays in a two-point floater. In two games last week, White had 18 points and six rebounds as NFV went 1-1. (Zakary Kriener photo)

TigerHawk boys take down Kee, go 1-1 on week

By Zakary Kriener

zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

North Fayette Valley had a tough week of basketball with two of the top three teams in the Upper Iowa Conference (Clayton Ridge and Kee) on the schedule. After the dust had settled, the TigerHawks escaped with an even 1-1 mark and improved to 4-4 in the conference.