By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama boys basketball team (1-19) lost its home game to Des Moines Christian (13-5) on Friday, Feb. 6. Panorama was only down six points at the end of the first quarter, 16-10, but the Lions stepped on the gas in the next three. Jaxson Stauffer led the team in points, with six, and rebounds, with three. Brayden Galvan led in assists with three.

The Panthers play again tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Ogden (4-16). Ogden has won the three games against Panorama, including a 75-64 result earlier this season.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama girls basketball team (6-14) lost at home to No. 2 Des Moines Christian (18-3) on Friday, Feb. 6. Ines Gimeno-Perez led the Panthers in scoring with 14 points. Ines also led the team in rebounds with six. Morgan Crees joined her in double-figure scoring with 13 points. Crees led the team in assists with four.

The girls return to the court tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Ogden (2-19). Panorama has won at least 31 straight against the Bulldogs and defeated Ogden earlier this season, 67-27.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama boys wrestling team will compete at the IHSAA 1A District 7 tournament on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Ogden. The top two wrestlers from each weight class will qualify for the state championship tournament in Des Moines at the Casey’s Center from Feb. 18-21. Other teams competing at the district tournament are AGWSR, Janesville, Manson-NW Webster, Martensdale-St Marys, North Tama, Ogden, South Hamilton, West Central Valley and West Hancock.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC boys basketball team’s (9-10) late-season surge continued with a home win over Pleasantville (11-8) on Friday, Feb. 6. The score was close heading into halftime with the Trojans leading 36-32. ACGC rallied in the third quarter, outscoring Pleasantville 25-14 to take a seven-point lead, 57-50. Pleasantville would outscore ACGC in the final stanza, but it would not be enough to keep the Chargers out of the win column. Joe Crawford and Thomas Skram were dominant on offense. Crawford led the way with 23 points, adding five rebounds, five assists and three steals. Skram scored 20 points and led the team in assists with six. Jonny Kading secured a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

ACGC will have the chance on Friday, Feb. 10 to get back to .500, but they will have to go through No. 10 Madrid (16-4) to do so. Madrid defeated ACGC earlier this season, 62-20.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC girls basketball team (16-4) beat Pleasantville (8-11) at home on Friday, Feb. 6. The Chargers built a substantial lead in the first quarter, heading into the break winning 23-11. There was little to separate the two teams in the following three quarters. Camdyn Richter led the game in scoring with 21 points and completed the double-double with 11 rebounds. Stella Largent also earned another double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds. ACGC’s next game is at home, tonight, against Madrid (10-10). ACGC has a win over Madrid from earlier this season, 62-35.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC boys wrestling team will battle for a trip to the state tournament on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Colfax-Mingo in the IHSAA 1A District 2 meet. The top two wrestlers from each weight class will qualify for the state tournament on Feb 18-21 at Casey’s Center in Des Moines. Other teams at the competition will be Baxter, Colfax-Mingo, Columbus Catholic, East Marshall/Meskwaki, English Valleys, HLV, Victor, Lynnville-Sully, Montezuma, Moravia and North Mahaska.