Broadcast Doubleheader Preview for October 2nd

football-strategy-22687119Northwest Iowa —Week six of the Iowa high school football season finds the Sheldon Orabs on the road at Western Christian for their final non district game of the year.

The Orabs are coming off a home loss to Sioux Center while the Wolfpack fell in the final seconds at West Lyon and stand at 3-2 on the year.

Orab head coach Tyler Lloyd talks about the explosiveness of Western Christian.

Taking advantage of opportunities is the big key for the Orabs friday night.

Western head coach Travis Kooima feels the Orabs are one step away from a win and knows his team will need to be aware of that.

Controlling the line of scrimmage will go a long way toward deciding the ballgame.

LA and Joe Nilles bring you the coverage on KIWA AM 1550.

On KIWA FM 105.3 it’s Boyden Hull Rock Valley at Sioux City Heelan for the Crusaders homecoming. The Nighthawks rebounded from their only loss of the season with a non district win over Central Lyon George Little Rock.

Heelan fell to Sergeant Bluff Luton in their first setback of the year this past Friday. Sergeant Bluff Luton handed the Nighthawks their only loss of the year earlier this season. Both teams enter the game at 4-1.

Nighthawks head coach Corey Brandt talks about Heelan presenting a number of challenges.

Brandt feels the game is going to come down to making plays.

Crusaders first year head coach Jim Steffen talks about what he anticipates from the Nighthawks.

Steffen sees the keys to the game this way.

Pregame for both contests begins with the Radio Iowa Scouting Report at 6:05 with kick off at 7:00. We’ll stream both contests from the website at www.kiwaradio.com.


2015 SIXTH Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings

ighsauThe Sixth Iowa High School Volleyball Rankings features very slight movement throughout the area. In class 1A Central Lyon and LeMars Gehlen both reamain at 2 and 10 respectivley, while Harris-Lake Park and Trinity Christian fall from the Top 15.

Class 2A still has Western and Unity on top at 1 and 2, and 3A still has Sioux Center at #4 and Spirit Lake at #15.

 

School

Record

LW

1

Janesville

16-9

1

2

Central Lyon

194

2

3

Tripoli

13-8

3

4

Holy Trinity Catholic

22-1

4

5

Sidney

16-1

5

6

Springville

19-7

6

7

Iowa Valley

17-6

7

8

Grand View Christian

17-10

8

9

Marquette Catholic

15-4

9

10

Le Mars Gehlen Catholic

21-10

10

11

New London

20-6

11

12

Don Bosco

14-6

15

13

Audubon

14-7

NR

14

Turkey Valley

13-5

NR

15

George-Little Rock

12-7

12

Dropped Out: Harris-Lake Park (13), Trinity Christian (14)

Class 2A

School

Record

LW

1

Western Christian

19-3

1

2

Unity Christian

23-2

2

3

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

23-1

3

4

West Branch

18-1

4

5

Wapsie Valley

20-4

5

6

Dike-New Hartford

26-6

6

7

Sumner-Fredericksburg

21-2

7

8

Grundy Center

16-7

8

9

Lake Mills

28-1

9

10

Tri-Center

17-2

12

11

Denver

24-6

14

12

Nashua-Plainfield

16-6

NR

13

Tipton

17-5

NR

14

Council Bluffs St. Albert

12-4

15

15

Lawton-Bronson

22-2

10

 Dropped Out: North Cedar (11), Starmont (13)

Class 3A

School

Record

LW

1

West Liberty

19-0

1

2

Kuemper Catholic

17-1

2

3

Nevada

19-5

3

4

Sioux Center

22-3

4

5

Mount Vernon

13-4

5

6

Center Point-Urbana

17-5

9

7

Forest City

17-4

6

8

Waterloo Columbus

10-9

7

9

Union

15-8

8

10

Davenport Assumption

12-7

10

11

Humboldt

19-2

11

12

Osage

12-5

NR

13

East Sac County

22-7

13

14

Algona

19-11

14

15

Spirit Lake

25-6

15

Dropped Out: Sergeant Bluff-Luton (13)

Class 4A

School

Record

LW

1

West Delaware

30-1

1

2

Marion

16-3

2

3

Harlan

14-3

3

4

Lewis Central

22-3

4

5

Clinton

19-5

6

6

Waverly-Shell Rock

21-8

8

7

Sioux City Bishop Heelan

15-8

5

8

Charles City

12-8

7

9

Dubuque Wahlert

11-5

9

10

Fairfield

22-2

11

11

Pella

15-7

13

12

Independence

14-5

12

13

Western Dubuque

11-6

NR

14

Carroll

19-6

10

15

Bondurant-Farrar

11-5

15

 Dropped Out: Norwalk (14)

Class 5A

School

Record

LW

1

Bettendorf

19-1

1

2

Ankeny Centennial

21-2

6

3

Dowling Catholic

24-3

2

4

Cedar Falls

22-2

4

5

Cedar Rapids Prairie

15-3

4

6

Cedar Rapids Kennedy

17-6

5

7

Linn-Mar

19-4

7

8

Johnston

12-3

9

9

Southeast Polk

24-4

10

10

Iowa City West

16-7

9

11

Ankeny

16-8

11

12

West Des Moines Valley

26-7

12

13

Marshalltown

17-6

13

14

Dubuque Hempstead

16-7

15

15

Sioux City East

20-2

NR

 Dropped Out: Iowa City High (14)


This Week’s DNR Fishing Report

Iowa DNRSpirit Lake, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest information heading into the weekend. The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For more information contact the Spirit Lake fish Hatchery at 712-336-1840.

NORTHWEST

Storm Lake (including Little Storm Lake)

Boaters should use caution around the dredge barge, booster pump barge, and pipeline. Walleye regulations for Storm Lake are three fish per day, all fish between 17 and 22 inches must be released and only one over 22 inches may be kept. Walleye – Fair: Successful anglers are trolling crankbaits in the dredge cuts and also in the shallower areas near east shore. Channel Catfish – Fair: Anglers are catching catfish using dip baits, cut bait, and chicken liver fishing from boat and shore. White Bass – Good: White bass are being caught on shad, crawlers, and crankbaits.

Lake Pahoja

Bluegill – Good: Bluegills are schooled up off the jetties. Bluegills are very large with many 7-8 inch fish. Fish a worm and bobber. Largemouth Bass – Good: Throwing spinner baits or soft plastics for the aggressive males will produce bites.

Big Spirit Lake

Largemouth Bass – Good: Fish are being caught under boat hoists around the lake using jigs, wacky worms, and spinner baits. Fish the inside and outside edge of weed lines with Texas rigs, drop shots, swimbaits, or crankbaits in 8-9 feet of water. Smallmouths are hitting top-water along the west shore in the evening. Yellow Perch – Fair: Perch bite has slowed with only a few anglers coming in with more than 20 fish. More fish are starting to reach the 10 inch mark. Successful anglers are using blue and silver pilkies. Fish the north and south ends of the lake.

East Okoboji Lake

Yellow Bass – Good: Large numbers of yellow bass are being caught near East Okoboji beach near the boat docks. Fish vary from small to a few larger 8-9 inch fish. Throw soft plastic shad for them. Anglers fishing under the Highway 9 bridge are catching fair numbers of yellows using small plastic minnows. Walleye – Good: Anglers fishing the south end are reporting a hot bite for walleye. Drift minnows along the bottom before dark. Larger walleye are being caught in 10-12 feet of water.

Silver Lake (Dickinson)

Walleye – Good: A new walleye bite is going at Silver Lake. Anglers are catching many smaller 15-18inch fish.

West Okoboji Lake

Largemouth Bass – Good: Fish jigs, crankbaits, or Texas rigs under boat hoists, near weed lines, and on the drop offs. Smallmouth Bass – Good: Smallmouth have moved off beds and are headed towards the rocky drop offs. Fish the rock points that shoot out into the main basin of West Lake, Pillsbury, Fort Dodge, or Gull Point. Use jerk baits, football jigs, or swimbaits. Yellow Bass – Good: In Smiths bay just north of the amusement park anglers are reporting a high catch rate of large yellow bass. Anglers using orange twister tails or plain hook with worm and split shot are catching yellows on every cast.


Moss Claims GPAC Honor

Dordt_Defenders logoDordt’s Haley Moss is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Attacker-of-the-Week for matches played September 21-26. Moss, totaled 25 kills in a pair of 3-0 league wins over Morningside and Nebraska Wesleyan last week. For the week she had an attack percentage of .595. The right side also added two solo and five assist blocks as Dordt improved to 13-1 overall and 5-0 in the GPAC.

“Haley had a strong week for us with production in offensive and defensive efforts. She has really continued to develop this season in all areas and is a fun teammate to have on the floor,” said Dordt College coach Chad Hanson.

Moss is averaging 2.6 kills per set this season and has a kill efficiency of .311 while also averaging 1.06 blocks per outing.

Dordt will play three road matches this week as they are scheduled to travel to Northwestern on Wednesday night, Jamestown (North Dakota) on Thursday and the College of Saint Mary on Saturday.


2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 4

naia_logoKANSAS CITY, Mo. – Biola (Calif.) tops the fourth regular-season edition of the 2015 Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday.

From the GPAC, Midland leads the conference at #4, Northwestern dropped a spot to the 12 spot. Dordt and Concordia both remain at 14 and 18 respectively, while Hastings and Doane both fall 1 spot to #22 and #25

RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) 2015 RECORD TOTAL POINTS
1 1 Biola (Calif.) (16) 14-0 557
2 2 Viterbo (Wis.) (3) 16-0 543
3 3 Missouri Baptist 17-1 524
4 4 Midland (Neb.) 18-0 506
5 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 16-3 481
6 6 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 13-4 464
7 7 Eastern Oregon 13-1 452
8 8 Southern Oregon 15-0 431
9 9 Evangel (Mo.) (1) 21-0 428
10 10 Vanguard (Calif.) 11-4 395
11 12 Columbia (Mo.) 11-4 374
12 11 Northwestern (Iowa) 16-4 356
13 13 Coastal Georgia 15-1 340
14 14 Dordt (Iowa) 13-1 339
15 15 Madonna (Mich.) 17-3 295
16 16 Westmont (Calif.) 11-4 293
17 17 Georgetown (Ky.) 14-2 264
18 19 Park (Mo.) 11-5 247
18 18 Concordia (Neb.) 16-4 247
20 T21 Montana Tech 14-6 199
21 23 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 15-7 189
22 T21 Hastings (Neb.) 13-6 173
23 RV Oklahoma City 9-3 140
24 RV Indiana Wesleyan 15-3 139
25 24 Doane (Neb.) 12-6 101

Dropped from the Top 25: No. 20 Wayland Baptist (Texas); No. 25 The Master’s (Calif.).

Others receiving votes: The Master’s (Calif.) 97; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 79; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 64; Carroll (Mont.) 53; Grand View (Iowa) 38; Lourdes (Ohio) 23; St. Thomas (Fla.) 20; Mobile (Ala.) 15; Cumberlands (Ky.) 10; IU Kokomo 8; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 8; Great Falls (Mont.) 7; Ottawa (Kan.) 5; Jamestown (N.D.) 4; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 3.


Orab Girls win Alta Aurelia Invite

Sheldon Orabs 1Alta Iowa — The Sheldon girls cross country team finished first at the Alta Aurelia invite Monday. The Orabs posted a team total 30 to win the girls competition over host team Alta Aurelia who put together a team total 53. On the boys side Sioux Center outscored Manson Northwest Webster 70-83.

The Sheldon girls had four runners in the top 10 individually led by Anna Marie Fjeld who was second overall in a time of 21:43. Anessa Schoo was third in 22:07 followed by Emma Van Meeteren who was 4th in 22:11. McKenzie Wagner was 7th in 22:43 with Sarah Cain rounding out the Orab individuals with a time of 24:41.

Girls Team Totals
1 Sheldon 30
2 Alta Aurelia 53
3 Cherokee 78
4 Sioux Central 99
5 Hinton 112
6 Manson NW Webster
7 HMS 94

Boys Team Totals
1 Sioux Central 70
2 Manson NW Webster 83
3 South O’Brien 90
4 Sheldon 107
5 Sibley Ocheyedan 114
6 HMS 149
7 Cherokee 172
8 Hinton 205

Sheldon was led by Dawson Jacobsma with an 8th place finish in a time of 18:05. Mitchal Van Gorp was in the top 15 finishing 12th overall in a time of 18:43