By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

Panorama (0-2) dropped its season-opener at Earlham (1-0) on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 3-0. The closest set was the second, where Panorama pushed Earlham but ultimately lost the set, 26-24. Nerea Gimeno Perez led in assists with five. Gracie Recker led in kills with six. Recker and Ashley Crees both registered one solo block. Elah Molloy led in digs with 13. Molloy was also the Panthers’ best server with three aces and 15 successful serves.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama football team (0-1) lost its first game of the season, 40-0, to one of the best teams in Class A, ACGC (1-0). Gavin Lindstrom got the start at quarterback, going 9/21 with 82 yards and one interception. The Panthers split carries between Austin Wagner (six), Lindstrom (six), Bryce Dawes (four) and Blake Schwartz (three). Dawes was the most effective with 17 yards. The ball was spread throughout the air as well. Cruz Crandall performed the best with three catches for 33 yards. Lindstrom led the team in total  tackles with 6.5.

Panorama’s next game is at home against South Hamilton on Friday, Sept. 5. These teams have met twice before, most recently in 2017 when South Hamilton won, 18-15.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC girls cross country team competed at the Southeast Valley Invite on Thursday, Aug. 28. The Chargers did not have enough participants to score. Madrid won the meet with 41. Despite lacking a team score, ACGC still had a top-10 placement in Cadence Petersen, who took ninth in 22:43.13. Not far behind her was Brooklyn Schafer, who placed 14^th in 23:11.98. Lillie Lauzon placed 27^th in 25:06.42. Elizabeth Drake placed 46^th in 26:48.15.

ACGC’s next meet is the Madrid cross country meet on Tuesday, Sept. 2. ACGC competes against Indianola, Van Meter, Dallas Center-Grimes, Carlisle and Atlantic.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC boys cross country team competed at the Southeast Valley Invite on Thursday, Aug. 28. ACGC placed 13^thwith a team score of 296. East Sac County won the meet, scoring 48. Despite the lower finish, ACGC had one of the best overall times from Preston Kent, who finished fifth in 17:42.53. Jameson Pfrang had the next best ACGC time, placing 52^nd in 21:27.10. Cameron Mozingo placed 67^th in 22:42.39. Ryne Noland placed 82^nd in 23:33.69. Tai Riordan placed 108^th in 25:50.47. Bryce Benda placed 134^th in 29:03.21. ACGC’s next meet is at Dallas Center-Grimes on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Other teams competing will be Carlisle, Van Meter, Indianola, Dallas Center-Grimes and Atlantic.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

ACGC volleyball (0-1) stumbled in its first game of the season away from home against a tough Van Meter (2-1) squad on Tuesday, Aug. 26. ACGC lost the first two sets, 25-15 and 25-12, but made the final set close, falling 25-24. ACGC’s next game is at home against Woodward-Granger (1-0) on Tuesday, Sept. 2. These two squads faced each other four times last season with ACGC winning three of the four.