By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC boys will wrestle at the 1A District 9 meet at South Hamilton High School on Saturday, Feb. 15. ACGC will compete against AGWSR, South Central Calhoun, Don Bosco, Manson-NW Webster, North Tama, Ogden, Pocahontas Area, St. Edmond and host South Hamilton. The champion and runner-up from each weight class will advance to the state tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Feb. 19-22.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The No. 13 ACGC girls basketball team (20-1) picked up a win in their final regular-season game on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Madrid (6-15). The Chargers dominated this one from the jump, taking a 25-7 lead by the end of the first quarter. Shay Lemke led ACGC in scoring with 17 points while dishing out five assists. Lemke nearly had a double-double with nine steals. Stella Largent also reached double figures with 14 points, grabbing five rebounds. Karli Kautzky had nine points and six rebounds. ACGC finishes the regular season in second place in the WCAC with a 14-1 conference record. Des Moines Christian finished in first and handed the Chargers their only loss of the season. Regionals is next for the girls. ACGC will host the winner of Interstate 35 and Earlham in the Class 2A Region 1 playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The No. 4 ACGC boys (19-2) took their frustrations out from their loss earlier in the week on Underwood (16-5) at home on Thursday, Feb. 13. ACGC scored 49 points in the second half alone, nearly equaling Underwood’s total. ACGC shot an even 50% from the field. Jathan South led the team in scoring with 22 points, adding six rebounds, five blocks and five assists. Noah Kading scored 20 points with seven assists. Payton Policky was just shy of a double-double with 10 points and eight rebounds. ACGC ends the regular season in second place in the WCAC with a 13-2 conference record. Madrid takes first place with a 15-0 conference record. On Monday, Feb. 17, ACGC will face the winner of West Harrison (1-21) and Exira-EHK (4-17) at home in the 1A-8 Substate playoffs.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The No. 4 ACGC boys basketball team (18-2) lost a Top 5 1A matchup at No. 2 Madrid (21-0) on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The game was close at halftime with Madrid leading 32-25. A strong third quarter by the Tigers gave them a double-digit lead they would hold on to till the end. Both of ACGC’s losses this season are to Madrid. Jathan South led the Chargers in scoring with 14. Payton Policky gathered a double-double, 10 points and 10 rebounds.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
Panorama Esports (3-4) lost its final regular season matchup against Woodbine (5-2) on Tuesday, Feb. 11. “All three games were very close with a 2-1 loss in the first game mode of Control map of Antarctic Peninsula, a 0-1 in the Push mode and map of New Queen Street, and 0-1 in the Escort mode and the map of Rialto where Woodbine won by pushing their goal 1 meter further than PHS,” Head Coach Cameron Little said.