By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The Panorama girls track and field team will hit the blocks for the first time this season at the 2026 IATC Indoor Championships held at Iowa State University today, Friday, March 13. The girls will compete against 56 other teams.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
Four Panorama girls basketball players earned West Central Activities Conference honors for their performances this season on and off the court. Among them were Morgan Crees, Ashley Crees, Nerea Gimeno-Perez and Ruth Fett. Morgan Crees was also named to the IBCA Southwest All-Region 2 Team.
Morgan Crees was named First Team All-Conference and IBCA All-Region. Morgan was a dominate force on the Panther offense. She led the team scoring at 14.3 points per game, in rebounds with six, steals with 3.3 and assists with three. Crees also hit the career mark of 1,000 points scored this season.
Ashley Crees and Nerea Gimeno-Perez earned Honorable Mentions. Ashley was the team’s third leading scoring at 5.4 points per game, while averaging 4.8 rebounds and just under one steal per game. Gimeno-Perez averaged an even five points per game, 3.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals.
Ruth Fett, Ashley Crees and Nerea Gimeno-Perez were all named Academic All-Conference. In order to be named Academic All-State, athletes must be a senior and meet two of the following criteria: A cumulative GPA of 3.85, ACT score of 27 or higher (1200 or higher SAT), and have a class rank in the top 5% in class 3A/4A/5A or top 10% in class 1A/2A. On the court, Fett averaged 4.5 points per game and five rebounds.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC girls and boys track and field teams will get their first taste of competition this season today, Friday, March 13, at Iowa State University in Ames. The girls will face 53 other teams, and the boys will face 56 other teams.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC girls basketball team had five girls earn awards for their performances this season. They were Meranda Gruber, Savannah Akers, Becca Littler, Stella Largent and Camdyn Richter. Several girls set records this season. The team also set several school records. Points per game at 56.1, field goal percentage at 39.1%, total rebounds with 781 and free throws made with 253.
Star of the squad, Camdyn Richter, racked up awards just as she racked up points this season. Richter led the team with 16.9 points per game and led in steals at 2.6. She also averaged 6.2 rebounds and one assist. Richter was named First Team All-Conference to the Southwest All-District Region 3 Team, and Third Team All-State. Richter now holds the school record for points at 1,016, rebounds with 521 and tied for blocks with Stella Largent at 44. She is also second all-time in steals at 202.
Stella Largent earned First Team All-Conference honors. Largent was a double-double machine during the season, averaging 11.4 points per game, a team-high 9.2 rebounds, two assists and 1.7 steals. She set the school record for rebounds in a season with 203. She is currently fifth all time in total points with 572, second in rebounds with 460, eighth in assists with 98, eighth in steals with 137 and is tied with Richter for most blocks with 44.
Meranda Gruber and Becca Littler were named Honorable Mention to the WCAC. Gruber averaged 7.8 points per game and a team-high 2.5 assists. She also averaged three rebounds and 2.3 steals. Littler averaged 4.9 points per game, 2.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 steals. Littler ranks second all-time in assists at 161 and third all-time in steals with 182.
Savannah Akers was named Academic All-State. In order to be named Academic All-State, athletes must be a senior and meet two of the following criteria: A cumulative GPA of 3.85, ACT score of 27 or higher (1200 or higher SAT), and rank in the top 5% in class 3A/4A/5A or top 10% in class 1A/2A.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
If you are an Iowa State fan, you know that point guard Tamin Lipsey played his final home game for the Cyclones on Saturday, March 7. His final game inside the storied Hilton Coliseum looked like many other Tamin Lipsey performances: 16 points, six assists and six steals.
Tenacious and unwavering on both sides of the court, he embodied what it meant to be an ISU basketball player — made even more impressive by the current college basketball landscape.
My first experience watching Lipsey came when he was a Little Cyclone at Ames High School. A friend of mine, who played at my alma mater, Des Moines Lincoln, faced Lipsey in a second-round substate playoff game. I was living in Ames at the time, so a few friends and I decided to attend. Lincoln lost, 68-41, but Lipsey shined, scoring 27 points. Little did we — and my fellow Cyclone fans — know at the time that he would become one of the greatest ISU basketball players of all time.
Lipsey spent all four years at Iowa State. It was a shock that he even kept his commitment at the time. He committed to ISU when the team went a dismal 2-22 — including 0-18 in Big 12 play. T.J. Otzelberger immediately turned the program around, winning 22 games the next season. Lipsey joined the team the following year and never looked back.
How rare is that? At the end of this season, there were only 22 major scholarship players who spent their entire college careers at one school. Just 22. There are 68 schools in the Power Four conferences. If each team had a maxed-out roster, that would be more than 1,000 players. Only 22 stayed at one school for their entire careers, and Lipsey was one of them.
Winning certainly played a role in why he stayed. He and the Cyclones have done plenty of it. With the Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinals and championship game still ahead — along with the NCAA Tournament — Iowa State has gone 100-38 with Lipsey on the roster.
The list of accolades he accumulated during that time could fill a column of its own. Here are a few eye-popping Lipsey statistics and numbers.
Lipsey holds the ISU record for the most career starts in program history with 127. He ranks fifth all-time in total games played and total minutes played. He is the 14th three-time All-Conference selection in school history. He ranks sixth all time in assists, first all time in defensive win shares and first all time in steals with 302.
Those are just a few of the jaw-dropping numbers Lipsey put up over the years.
It was recently announced that the Cyclones — for the first time in a long time — will retire a jersey number: the No. 3 worn by Melvin Ejim, another all-time program legend. If you have watched ISU games recently, you might notice another player wearing No. 3: Tamin Lipsey.
I like to think they held off on Ejim’s jersey retirement because they knew that someday they will likely add Lipsey’s name to that banner in one way or another a few years from now.
Iowa State posted a heartfelt tribute video for Lipsey, and he can still make history for the Cyclones with the NCAA Tournament looming. Whether the season ends with cutting down the nets or not, I simply want to thank Lipsey for his service and for providing Cyclone fans with countless memories during his time in Ames.
Go make some noise this March — and go make your mark in the NBA.
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