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
The Panorama boys track and field team sent several athletes to compete in the Dickinson Relays on Monday, March 9 at UNI. More than 100 schools attended the early season track and field meet.
Hunter Kempf (8.15), Court Vogel (8.20) and Connor Deardorff (8.60) ran in the 60-meter prelims. Syler Shaffer had the highest placement in a race for Panorama, placing 56th in the 60-meter hurdle prelims. Corbin Deardorf (1:00.38), Adrian Leone (1:04.40) and Bennett Allen (1:08.11) competed in the 400-meter. Cristian Monrroy-Nunez placed 49th in the shot put with a 43-07.75 toss after recently committing to the University of Dubuque for the same event. The Panthers sent one relay team, with Kempf, Vogel, Shaffer and Deardorff placing 56th (1:44.08) in the 4×200-meter relay.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
Former Panorama girls basketball standout Tyme Boettcher was voted as an Honorable Mention in the American Rivers Conference All-Conference awards while playing with the Buena Vista University Beavers.
Boettcher, despite just missing out on all-conference accolades this season, ranked 13th in the A-R-C in scoring at 11.8 ppg, ninth in rebounding (6.4 rpg) and fifth in steals (1.9 spg). She shot just under 40% from the field and missed only one free-throw in conference play (22-of-23). In a home game at home against Dubuque on Jan. 31, Boettcher scored a season-high 20 points to go along with six rebounds and six assists as BVU completed the season sweep. During an overtime victory at Central, she turned in 17 points, including three makes from long range, to go along with four rebounds.
BVU, led by Head Coach Kylee Boettcher, another former Panther, reached 10 conference wins for the first time since 2009-10 and qualified for the conference tournament for the first time in eight seasons.