WU Triathlon June 28

The Triathlon will begin at 8 a.m. with a 5K run winding around the North Fayette Valley cross country course. After the run, there is a 16-mile bike ride on roads north of the Aquatic Center. The final leg is swimming eight lengths of the pool (approximately 200 yards). 

A person may participate in all three legs of the competition, or be part of a three-person team in which each person takes a different leg. The teams may be all male, all female or coed. 

Preregistration is required.  The deadline for entering is Thursday, June 25. Registration forms are available at City Hall or the Chamber of Commerce office, or on the Park & Rec website, www.WUParkandRec.com. 

First baseman Jalyn Brownell tags out Clayton Ridge’s Abigail VonHandorf as she runs down the first base line.

Successful for Blue Devils

It was a tale of two completely different games as the West Central Blue Devils split a softball doubleheader with the Clayton Ridge Eagles on Thursday, June 18.

Sophie Leuck swims the backstroke at West Unions meet against Postville on Tuesday night.  

WU swimming rallies to beat Calmar

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

Despite being short some of the team’s best swimmers, the West Union Swim team rallied to defeat Calmar on Thursday, June 18, after easily defeating Monona/Postville on June 16.

Monona/Postville was no match for W.U., losing 471-168. The dominance started with the relays, which won every event but two, and in both of those each team was disqualified. 

The score continued to add up in West Union’s favor during individual competition as number of swimmers rose to the occasion in just their second meet of the season.

Monona/Postville wasn’t much competition for West Union, but W.U.’s June 18 meet against Calmar was a much different story.

Football playoffs to change in 2016

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) voted last week to change the football playoff system in 2016.

Regular season schedules and the playoff system for this fall will remain as set last year.

The IHSAA has voted to change the playoff format that currently allows the top four teams in each district to advance for a total of 32 teams per class. 

Bayley Monroe had a terrific week with three wins that included a win over Kee High School and striking out 12 Waukon Batters. She also threw a no hitter in a 12-0 win over Edgewood-Colesburg Wednesday.

North Fayette Valley continues to roll

By Chris Deback

cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

The North Fayette Valley softball team kept its winning ways alive this past week, taking five of the seven games it played.

“It was a productive week,” TigerHawks coach Bob Lape said. “We would like to win a little more, but we will take what we get and try to keep on working on improving.”

North Fayette Valley catcher Tyler Johansen had a heyday in the batter’s box on Thursday when his TigerHawks beat Kee High, 17-7 and 12-0, in doubleheader action. The NFV senior went 5-6 in the two-game series, picking up five doubles over the span. (Kris Van Sickle photo)

TigerHawks go 3-2 during grueling stretch

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The North Fayette Valley baseball team played one of its toughest stretches of games for the 2015 season, picking up a pair of wins over traditional powerhouse Kee High on Thursday and a win over Independence on Saturday. The TigerHawks dropped games to Class 2A No. 1-ranked Cascade and Class 3A Decorah.

SW golf to Co-Ed State

Four members of the South Winneshiek boys’ and girls’ golf teams, (l-r) Jaden Schweinefus, Logan Schweinefus, Anthony Emanuel, and Skyler Luzum, competed in the State Coed Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 9, in Boone. The brother-and-sister team of Logan and Jaden placed seventh, while the team of Emanuel and Luzum placed eighth. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Nicole Kuboushek settles in at the plate in recent Warrior softball action. The senior went 2-4 and scored a run from her lead-off spot Tuesday, June 9, as South Winn took down Waukon on the road, 10-4. (Zakary Kriener photo)

South Winn bats boost Warriors

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The South Winn softball team picked up its seventh win of the season Tuesday night, June 9, in Waukon. The softball was jumping off the bat for South Winn, as eight girls collected hits in the 10-4 road win.

Taylor Bucheit, a freshman who has found herself to be the cornerstone of the South Winn pitching rotation, tossed seven innings of two hit-baseball to earn the decision.  She struck out eight Waukon batters and allowed only one earned run.

Senior second baseman Ryan Hageman had time to make a sandwich and eat it, too, while waiting for the Decorah base runner to reach him on a steal attempt in recent Warrior baseball action. The throw from catcher Christian Kleve ended the inning and provided more proof that you don’t test the senior’s arm behind the plate. (Zakary Kriener photo)

South Winn baseball splits over weekend

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

Just over 24 hours after the birth of his third son, South Winneshiek baseball coach Alex Smith had his team ready to roll for game one of the Riceville Tournament on Saturday. The Warriors picked up the shutout win over Nashua-Plainfield, but they were edged in game two by Riceville.

It took only five innings for the Warriors to clean up the Huskies of Nashua-Plainfield, winning 13-0.

Blue Devils take two on rain shortened week

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

The West Central Blue Devils’ busy week was partially interrupted by rain, but the weather couldn't stop them from squeaking in two wins last week.

They started the week off at Central Elkader on Monday, June 8, where they split a doubleheader with the Warriors, losing the first game, 4-3, and winning the second, 14-11.