ACGC’s Camdyn Coffman during the Woodward-Granger invite. Coffman placed fifth. Photo by Kimberly Kent
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Vivian Crawford
The next meet for the girls is Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Gilbert Cross Country Meet at Iowa State University. ACGC competes against 20 other teams.
ACGC’s Preston Kent won the Woodward-Granger Invitational on Sept 1. Photo by Kimberly Kent
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Jonny Kading
Two meets, two wins for ACGC’s Preston Kent after the Woodward-Granger Invitational on Tuesday, Sept.1. As a team, ACGC placed third with 90 points. Perry won the meet with 37. Due to the heat, varsity ran a shorter distance, resulting in faster times. Kent placed first in 12:10, 20 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. The second-best time Charger time was by Jonny Kading, who placed ninth in 13:30.
The next meet for the Chargers is Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Gilbert Cross Country Meet at Iowa State University. ACGC competes against 20 other teams.
Preston Kent (left) won the Woodward-Granger invite, and ACGC placed third overall on Sept. 1. Photo by Kimberly Kent
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The ACGC football team (1-0) plays Southwest Valley (2-0) at home on Friday, Sept. 4. The Timberwolves won their most recent game 34-7 over Red Oak. ACGC got off to a hot start with a 53-7 win over Panorama. ACGC has won all three meetings between the schools, winning 54-6 last season, 40-7 in 2024, and 41-0 in 2023.
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The ACGC volleyball team (7-0) made quick work of its opponents at its home quadrangular on Thursday, Sept. 3. ACGC picked up wins against West Central Valley (0-4), 2-0, Exira-EHK (3-4), 2-0 and over Nodaway Valley (1-6), 2-0. Individual stats were not available as of press time.
The next set of games for the Chargers is a home triangular on Tuesday, Sept. 8, where they host Madrid (2-1) and Ogden (2-2).
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The ACGC volleyball team (4-0) continued its winning streak to start the season with two more victories at the Panorama triangular on Tuesday, Sept. 1. ACGC defeated West Central Valley (0-3), 3-0, and Panorama (2-2), 3-0.
ACGC 25 25 25 3
West Central Valley 11 22 11 0
ACGC won its first game of the night in straight sets. While the second set was close, for the most part, the Chargers had little trouble defeating the Wildcats. Kailee Kautzky led the team in assists with 30. Ilana Baumert was next closest in assists with five. Stella Largent had 21 kills on the night. Blair Brown had the second most with 10. Nora Langgaard led the team in blocks with two. Baumert led in digs with 20. Kautzky also hit double-digit digs with 13. Largent and Baumert led the way in aces with four apiece.
ACGC 25 25 25 3
Panorama 17 7 18 0
The Chargers continued their hot streak with a win over Panorama. Statistical leaders for this game will look familiar this season. Kautzky led in assists again with another 30. Largent led in kills with 24. Olivia Mahaffey was next closest with eight kills. Digs were spread evenly with Baumert leading with 13 and Brown with 10. Four other Chargers had five or more digs. Largent led in aces again with four.
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The next meet for the Panorama boys and girls cross country teams is the Madrid Invite on Thursday, Sept. 3. The girls will run against BGM, Boone, Colo-Nesco, Earlham, Madrid, Ogden, Perry, Woodward Academy and Woodward-Granger. The boys will run against BGM, Boone, Colo-Nesco, Earlham, Madrid, Ogden, Perry, Woodward Academy and Woodward-Granger.