By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

Panorama girls wrestling competed in the 2025 Rich Gray Women’s Wrestling Invite on Saturday, Jan. 25. Panorama placed fifth out of 13 teams, with several wrestlers making the podium. Emma Walker won the championship at 170, defeating Brylee Schwebach of Mount Ayr. Gracie Recker placed second, falling to Chelsea Smith of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Freemont in the championship bout at 155. Ella Carico placed fourth at 105. Hali Klingenberg placed fourth at 235. The postseason starts now for the Panthers. The 1A Region 5 meet will be at Red Oak on Friday, Jan. 31. Seventeen other schools will be at the tournament.  

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

Panorama boys wrestling traveled to Southwest Valley High School on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25, to compete in the John J. Harris Invitational. Two Panthers placed in the competition. Gabe Wagner earned third place at 157, defeating Dreven Smith of Atlantic. Blake Schwartz earned fifth place at 165, defeating Mason Allen of Central Decatur. Joel Cooper (285) and Will Knapp (150) also had wins at the tournament. Cooper defeated Hayden Jones of Red Oak in the championship round two. Cooper had to medically forfeit after the match. Knapp won in the championship round two over Tyler Babe of Shenandoah and in consolation round two over Brody Sparks of Southwest Valley. Panorama will travel to Pleasantville on Thursday, Jan. 30, for a quadrangular meet against host Pleasantville, Lynnville-Sully and East Union.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

Panorama girls basketball (9-6) hosted ACGC (13-1) on Friday, Jan. 24. ACGC’s dominance on the boards appeared to be the difference maker. ACGC had 28 offensive rebounds on the night, equaling Panorama’s total rebounds. Nerea Gimeno Perez led the Chargers in scoring with 10 points. Ruth Fett was a close second with nine. Morgan Crees led Panorama in rebounds with 10. Panorama will travel to Madrid (5-11) tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Madrid and Panorama have had equal struggles as of late. Both teams are 2-3 in their last five games.

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