Articles Tagged: West Liberty High School

Preston Ries of Monticello and Holden Arnaman of West Branch are the boys’ basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the River Valley Conference.

Decorah’s Naomi Simon captured the 170-pound at the IGHSAU state wrestling tournament Friday night at Xtream Arena in Coralville. She became the first Iowa female to become an undefeated four-time state champion.

Decorah’s Chloe Sheffield opened Friday with a pin to reach the 100-pound finals of the IGHSAU state wrestling tournament at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Naomi Simon reached her fourth final and was one of five medalists for the Vikings, who clinched the team title after the third session.

West Liberty’s Silvia Garcia-Vasquez placed third at state last year with her lone loss coming to Sioux City North’s runner-up Molly Sek. She got revenge Thursday, pinning the top seed in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union 115-pound state quarterfinals. Garcia-Vasquez was joined in the quarterfinals by sisters, Dionni and Bricsia.

Sigourney’s Reanah Utterback has placed at the IHSAA state tournament. She is competing in the IGHSAU state tournament this season and opened with two pins quicker than a minute Thursday morning.

Kelsey Joens’ desire to excel is all-consuming. It’s a family trait her older sister, Ashley — Iowa State’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder — exhibited in five seasons as a Cyclone. But Kelsey Joens adds a unique twist to her family’s formula for success.

Jason Dumont said he was retiring from football when he announced he was stepping down as head coach at Iowa City Regina in early November. The retirement didn’t last long, as he has been named head football coach at West Liberty, the school said Thursday.

Photos from the Benton Community Bobcat Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament at Benton Community High School in Van Horne on Saturday.

There have been holiday races, backyard football games and living room scraps. Mikey Ryan honed his competitive edge at home as the youngest of nine athletically gifted siblings. The returning state medalist claimed the 150-pound title at the Mount Vernon Invitational on Saturday. The Mustangs won the team title.

All-state volleyball: Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester is an Elite selection and the Class 3A player of the year.

Here are five of Thursday’s best area Iowa high school volleyball regional-quarterfinal matches in 5A, 4A and 3A. Cedar Rapids Prairie is surging under Claude Howard; Monticello visits West Delaware in a battle of 3A ranked squads.

Clear Creek Amana remains a clear No. 1 in The Gazette’s volleyball Super Ten after winning the Wamac tournament and moving to 43-0.

Kelsey Joens boldly charted the path she hopes to trace throughout her Iowa State career. “I want (to be) Big 12 freshman of the year,” Joens said during ISU’s media day event on Thursday.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson hosted its annual Westside Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday.

Here’s our Week 7 roundup with Iowa high school football scores, stats and complete Gazette-area coverage.