Local Schedule/Results – Tuesday, April 9
Girls Golf AGWSR Oelwein @ Grundy Center – 4:15 p.m. Medalist: Runner-up: Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Eagle Grove @ South Hamilton – 4:00 p.m. Medalist: Runner-up: Clarksville Dunkerton Tripoli @ Nashua-Plainfield – 4:15 p.m. Medalist: Runner-up: Hampton-Dumont-CAL Garner-Hayfield-Ventura @ West
UConn defeats Purdue 75-60 to win back-to-back NCAA men’s championships
UConn won a second straight NCAA mens basketball championship on Monday night, defeating Purdue in a 75-60 win over the Boilermakers at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The victory makes UConn the first team since Florida
Shooting at Las Vegas law office leaves 3 dead, including suspected gunman
Three people were killed, including the suspected gunman, after a shooting inside a Las Vegas-area law office on Monday. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill confirmed that the shooting occurred
Last-minute attempt from Donald Trump to delay NY hush money trial is denied by judge
ABC News reports that a judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan. The decision comes just one week before
Aplington-Parkersburg spring sports update – 4/9/24
Several Aplington-Parkersburg spring sports teams were in action Monday. In a game that aired on 99 The Wave, the girls soccer team fell to Dike-New Hartford 2-0. The Wolverines got on the board with a Lucy Varney
Dike-New Hartford spring sports update – 4/9/24
The Dike-New Hartford golf teams split a dual with Hudson at South Hills Golf Course in Waterloo Monday. The DNH/AP girls won 194-252 and the Dike-New Hartford boys lost 163-181. Keely Kauten was the leading girls golfer
AGWSR spring sports update – 4/9/24
The AGWSR girls golf team was defeated 203-210 at home by East Marshall Monday. Gabrielle Kruger was the top Cougar, firing a 44 for a runner-up finish, two strokes behind East Marshall’s champion. Head Coach Stacy Drake
Grundy Center spring sports update – 4/9/24
The Grundy Center boys tennis team was defeated 8-1 at Waverly-Shell Rock Monday. The lone win was by Tanner Laube at #1 singles, who needed a third set to defeat Benny Ramker 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. The Spartans
NAIA bans transgender athletes from women’s sports competitions
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the governing body for mostly small colleges, announced on Monday that athletes in the NAIA will only be allowed to compete in women’s sports if they were assigned the female
Clarksville spring sports update – 4/9/24
The Clarksville golf teams began their seasons at a triangular with Tripoli and Dunkerton at Red Carpet Golf Course in Waterloo. The only girls team to post a team score, the Indians shot a 279. The boys