Trey Darnall (11) goes flying out-of-bounds on a two-point conversion attempt. The NFV junior couldn’t quite turn the corner against Columbus and wasn’t tall enough to extend the ball over the goal line. (Jerry Wadian photo)

One point heartache

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

NFV lost a one-point heartbreaker, 35-34, to the heavily favored Sailors of Waterloo Columbus Friday night in West Union.

  It was a seesaw contest all night, but missed PATs left the TigerHawks playing catch-up.

 NFV started on the wrong foot when it fumbled the opening kickoff, giving Columbus the ball on the TigerHawk 22. Four plays later, the Sailors scored to make it 7-0 with just 2:51 gone in the opening quarter.

Brynn Gamm leads a long line of runners in the cross country meet Thursday that drew 700 athletes to West Union. Gamm placed fourth with a time of 21:22.38. (Jerry Wadian photo)

700 runners invade WU

 After the cross country meet Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Manchester was cancelled due to the weather, officials at NFV decided to schedule a home meet. It was necessary because the runners really needed the competition, particularly with the conference meet next Thursday.

The meet had to be organized in less than 48 hours because it had to be run on Thursday. It was open to middle school, JV and varsity (with JV and varsity running together).

Initially, 10 schools were expected, with many bringing runners for only one or two events.

It seems with the record-setting rains last month and carrying over to this week, a great many schools were in the same boat (seemingly an ark) as NFV, because meet officials had to turn away 22 schools to keep the event to a manageable 12.

NFV VB in Region 8

By Jerry Wadian

jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

NFV will open the Class 3A Region 8 volleyball playoffs against highly-rated New Hampton on Wednesday, Oct. 17, on the Chickasaws home court. Starting time will be 7 p.m.

The winner will play the winner of the Waukon/Crestwood match in a 7 p.m. contest on Tuesday, Oct. 23, in New Hampton. 

Gunner Rodgers (7) upends the Oelwein quarterback for a sack as Drew Berger (67) flies to the action. Seth Meyer (76) and Brooks Hovden (10) were both converging on the hapless Husky. (Jerry Wadian photo)

TigerHawks pound out a win

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

NFV pounded out a workman-like 24-6 victory Friday against visiting Oelwein.

  After the Huskies opened the game by going three-an-out, the TigerHawks took over on the 50. It took NFV 13 plays to make the score 6-0 with 5:17 left in the first quarter. A 14-yard pass from Brooks Hovden to Mac Whelan set up a four yard TD run by Liam McIntyre.

Warrior VB splits UIC action

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The Warrior volleyball team split last week’s Upper Iowa Conference contests, dropping a 3-1 set to Central Elkader on Tuesday, Sept. 25, and earning a 3-0 shutout over Postville on Thursday.

Zach Taylor had a team-high 10 carries in South Winn’s victory over Nashua-Plainfield on Friday night in Calmar. (Zakary Kriener photo)

SW football improves to 4-2

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The Warriors picked up their fourth win of the season Friday night in Calmar as they defeated the Huskies of Nashua-Plainfield, 38-16.

“We came out with a nice balanced attack on offense and were able to establish the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball,” said SW coach Jason Ohrt. “Our offensive line protected our quarterbacks well all night and we were very efficient throwing the ball as Jacob Herold and Nick Holien completed over 80 percent of their passes.”

Sophomore quarterback Jacob Herold got the Warriors on the board first in the first quarter as he scrambled into the end zone on a 23-yard run to give SW a 6-0 lead.

South Winn cross country runner Sami Bohr helped lead the Warrior girls to a third-place finish at Saturday’s Crestwood Invitational. (Jerry Wadian photo)

XC boys 1st, girls 3rd at Cresco

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The South Winneshiek cross country teams traveled to Cresco Saturday for the Crestwood Invitational.

The Warrior boys posted another stellar performance as they claimed the team title with 37 points, 15 fewer than runner-up Waukon.

This kill-attempt by Central/Elkader went for naught as NFV’s Rachel Reicks gets a hand in the way. The senior also had three kills, three digs, and a pair of assists against the 13^th-ranked Warriors. (Jerry Wadian photo)

Slow starts stop volleyball

By Jerry Wadian

jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 NFV lost a pair of UIC games last week because of  slow starts. 

Tuesday, Sept. 25, the TigerHawks lost to MFL/MM, 25-12, 25-19, and 25-18, in Monona. 

Friday, conference-leading Central/Elkader came to West Union, walking off with a 25-15, 25-21, 19-25, and 25-18 victory.

In Monona, the Bulldogs played well. According to co-head coach Jared Tilleraas, “We got off to a slow start, and MFL/MM put us in a hole with a strong all-around game. We just didn’t respond well enough, quick enough.”