Basketball and Wrestling Update
By: Jeff McGovern
Basketball
The
Central City Wildcats have had five consecutive home games. The first again was
against a pretty tough team, Starmont. The Wildcats came out of the game empty
handed despite a run in the 4th quarter losing 50-59. The girls’ team lost
40-18. Although they played a lot better than the score shows.
The
Wildcats then hosted Waterloo Christian. The girls had a great game! They had a
phenomenal defense. They held Waterloo Christian to just 24 points with a final
score of 41-24. The boys’ team did just as good. Scoring was a strong suit for
the boys in this game. Chad Griggs led the team in scoring with 21 points,
Dylan Berg was right behind him with 17 points and 7 rebounds, and David Mosher
with 15. The team ended the night with a score of 74-58.
Wrestling
The
Central City wrestling squad headed to Starmont on Friday. The boys came out
victorious against Ed-Co winning their 1st dual meet of the year. The boys then
went to Clear Creek Amana on Saturday. They had a pretty successful day there
too. Colton Viesek and Seth Schlotterbeck both got 1st place, Ashton Van Alst
got 3rd place, AJ Lucas got 4th place.
Central City/Springville Wrestling Preview
By: Jeff
McGovern
This year's Central City/Springville wrestling squad is: AJ
Lucas, Colton Visek, Seth Schlotterbeck, Aaron Baker, Warren Fuller, Ashton
Vanalst, Jack Holton, Nathan Carpenter, and Tyler Oberhauser.
The team’s expectations for this
year are to keep developing, teaching the sport of wrestling, and to improve
individually every week. Coach Schlotterbeck said, “They hope to win the match
that they have head to head with opponents.”
The first match is on Thursday, November 29th. The boys would
appreciate all the support they can get. Good luck to all the wrestlers.
Basketball Opener
By: Matt Knudsen
Basketball
has officially kicked off for the Central City Wildcats. Practice started
November 5th for the girls’ basketball team. They have been practicing hard and
figuring out a position for everyone. Friday, November 16th, the
girls had a Jamboree at North-Linn. The girls’ coach, Coach Ratliff, had this
to say, "I was pleasantly surprised with the Jamboree. All problems I saw
were fixable."
When
asked about how he thinks the year will go, Ratliff replied, "We will see
improvement from last year. Younger kids have been thrown in the mix, they've
done good, and the starters did good at the Jamboree."
The
girls’ basketball team faces Alburnett for their first official game Tuesday,
November 27th, at Alburnett.
Boys’
basketball practice started Monday, November 12th. They have been practicing
hard and getting use to their new coach. The boys' new coach is Coach Carlson.
He has been pushing the boys and making sure that they are in tip-top condition
to face their opponents in this upcoming season. Carlson had this to say about
the team, "I'm excited to get started, we have returning experience. Our
goals are to work hard and reap the benefits. To be a competitive team.”
They
boys' first game is November 30th, against North-Linn at Central
City.
Coach Ratliff and Coach McCarthy ready for
practice!
Sports Page
By: Matt Knudsen
Football played their hearts out
Friday, October 12th, against Preston. Preston was 6-1 before Friday, now they
are 7-1. Central City, 1-5 before the game, played alongside Preston the entire
game. Preston was favored to win by 65 points. The final score of the game was
64-39 Preston. Central City scored the first touchdown in the game and lead for
the first five minutes of the first quarter. Central City's next opponent is
Valley Elgin at Elgin.
"We haven't had that great of a year, but I know we are
all working hard, and are looking to get a win this week against Elgin. I'm
going to miss playing here at Central City because we aren't just a team, we
are a family." -Knudsen
Central City's volleyball team had
a conference tournament on Saturday, October 13th, at Starmont High
school. They won one out of the four games. They lost to Monticello, Starmont
and Ed-Co. Central City won two out of three matches against Springville. The
team’s current record is 6-19.
Sam Koehn, a
senior volleyball player, stated. "The day was full of changes with
people, so we dealt with that and still pulled out a victory."
Football and Volleyball Review
By: Jeff McGovern
On Friday, September 28, the Central City Wildcats took on Lansing Kee. Lansing
Kee had previously lost only one game this season. Kee scored 49 points before
the first half was over. The wildcats though put up a fight in the second half.
The defense was the highlight of the night for the Wildcats. In the second half,
Matt Knudsen managed the Wildcats’ only turnover with a forced fumble and a
fumble recovery. The rest of the game was three and out for Lansing Kee.
Senior linebacker, Skyler Matthias, who
had 5 solo tackles and 13 total tackles, led the Wildcats’ with his excellent
defense. Seniors, Dylan Berg, Brandon Stevens added with 6 total
tackles. Offensively the Wildcats struggled a bit. Junior, David Mosher,
completed 8 of 17 passes for 85 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions.
Sophomore, Seth Schlotterbeck, had 3 receptions for 40 yards and one
touchdown. The Wildcats play Cedar Valley Christian for Homecoming and
they are looking for a victory.
The Central City Volleyball Team had 2 games last week. On September 27, the
ladies traveled to Alburnett. Central City put up a great fight against
Alburnett; however, they lost the first 2 sets, but were not going away quietly.
They won the next game, making the next set tough on Alburnett. Central City
lost the game, but the team had great team spirit. September 28, the Wildcats
took on the Springville Orioles at Central City. The Orioles and the Wildcats
fought hard, the Orioles barely won because the Wildcats put up a tough fight.
Time to Play: Football and Volleyball
By: Matt Knudsen
'We Believe' is football's
motto for this season. Football has a new coach this year as well as a new
technique on how the team works together and plays. Football had a bye week
during September 10th - September 14. The team is currently 0-4 and looking for
their first win. They have been training extra hard this week for their
upcoming game, which is against Springville, a rivalry known as the Tractor
Bowl. Last year Central City lost it for the first time since going to 8-man.
Volleyball had a
tough opponent match up this week. Coming from a win against Cedar Valley
Christian, the volleyball team was looking for another winning game against
Ed-Co (Edgewood-Colesburg). Unfortunately they did not win against Ed-Co, but it
did not dampen their spirits for their next game against Monticello. Practicing
hard for the game, Central City went to Monticello hoping for a good game and a
win. It was a good game, and all the sets were really close (within a few
points of each other), but Monticello won the last set, and the game. I talked
to one of the players to see if they had anything to say about the team or
games so far this year,
"It's been a
rough start, but I know we will pull through and get some wins this week and
finish the season strong," said Sam Nielsen.
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