By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

ACGC boys wrestling traveled to Interstate 35 for the West Central Activities Conference tournament on Saturday, Jan. 20. The Chargers left the competition with one champion, Angel Martinez (165). Martinez defeated Panorama’s Blake Schwartz in the first-place match. Ty Ganzer (132) placed second, losing to Brayden Scheffers of Interstate 35. Carter Richter (190) placed second, losing to Oscar Potter of Woodward-Granger. Gavin Sloss (126) placed second, losing to Dallas Canoyer of Earlham. Ryder Cline (144) placed third. Jack Sheeder (185), Chase Slaybaugh (120) and Lane Stringer (138) all placed fourth. Brandon Carlson (175) and Blaise Tallman (150) placed fifth. The Chargers travel to South Central Calhoun tonight, Jan. 21, to compete in duals against host South Central Calhoun and Woodward-Granger.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

ACGC girls basketball (11-1) made quick work of CAM (6-7) on Monday, Jan. 20. ACGC jumped out to a 13-point lead by the end of the first quarter and never looked back. Camdyn Richter picked up a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Shay Lemke nearly had an unconventional double-double 12 points and nine steals. She led the team in assists with four. Karli Kautzky joined them in double figures with 11 points. The Chargers travel to Ogden (1-12) tonight, Jan. 21.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

ACGC girls basketball (10-1) was down 17 points during the third quarter but ultimately prevailed to defeat Earlham (5-7) away from home on Friday, Jan. 17. Stella Largent led the Chargers on offense with 15 points. Camdyn Richter, with 14 points, and Karli Kautzky, with 11 points, joined her in double figures. Richter led ACGC in rebounds with eight.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

No. 5 ACGC boys basketball traveled to face CAM (4-8) on Monday, Jan. 20. ACGC struggled in the second quarter, getting outscored by nine points to go into the half down by nine. ACGC outscored CAM, 9-6, in the third quarter, chipping away at the CAM lead, down by six heading into the fourth quarter. The two teams exploded on offense in the final quarter, both producing their best scoring period of the game. ACGC outscored CAM, 28-22, tying the game and sending ACGC into overtime for the second game in a row. Seven was once again the lucky number in overtime for the Chargers, outscoring CAM, 7-5, to give them the close win. ACGC will hope for an easier result when the team travels to Ogden (5-7) tonight, Jan. 21.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

No. 5 ACGC boys basketball (9-1) needed overtime to defeat Earlham (8-4) away from home on Friday, Jan. 17. ACGC trailed at the end of the first, second and third quarters of this game. A strong fourth quarter made it a tie game, 57-57, sending the WCAC foes into an extra period. ACGC would shutout Earlham, 7-0, to give the Chargers the 64-57 win. Payton Policky had a monster game on the boards, setting a new school record with 24. This breaks the previous record of 23 rebounds set by Policky last season. The 24 rebounds last night were more than half of his team’s total rebounds. His 14 points gave him the double-double. Jathan South led the Chargers in scoring with 23 points.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

Panorama girls wrestling traveled to Perry High School to compete in the Perry Girls Wrestling Invite on Friday, Jan. 17. Two Panthers made the final round: Emma Walker (170) lost in the championship to Briar Blake of North Tama. Hali Klingenberg (235) lost to Aubrey Borcherding of Dallas Center-Grimes. Several Panthers placed in the tournament. Gracie Recker (155) placed third. Ella Carico (100), Natalie Waltz (110) and Dafne Hernandez (140) all placed fourth. Piper Downing (130) placed fifth. Emma Brown placed sixth. Panorama will compete in two duals tonight, Jan. 21, at South Central Calhoun against the host and Woodward-Granger.