By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The Panorama football team officially kicks its season off against nearby rival ACGC at home tonight, Friday, Aug. 28. Panorama’s last game against Southwest Valley was officially a scrimmage. The Panthers will take some positives away from that game with solid performances from Reed Draper, who had seven receptions for 121 yards and three scores, and Cole Carstens with 11 tackles.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The Panorama volleyball team faced its first competitive action of the season on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at a triangular meet at Van Meter. Panorama lost its first game to No. 15 Van Meter (3-0), but bounced back with a win against Interstate 35 (0-1).
Panorama was unlucky to start its season off against a ranked opponent but still pulled some positives. Nerea Gimeno-Perez led in assists with seven. Hailey Hellman had the second most with six. Kills were spread throughout with Ashley Crees leading with five. Leah Carstens and Jessica Randol were next highest with three apiece. Ashley Crees led in blocks with three. Gracie Recker had one. Lexi Galvan led in digs with 10. Hannah Dishman led the team in aces with two. Gimeno-Perez went 9/9 serving.
The Panthers’ fortune turned around against I-35. Assists were mainly shared between Hellman and Gimeno-Perez again. Hellman led with 15; Gimeno-Perez had 13. Crees led in kills with 14. The next closest was Randol with five. Randol also led in blocks with two. Leah Carstens, Crees, Ruth Fett and Danica Isom all had one block apiece. Galvan led the way in digs with 14. Dishman hit double-digits with 10. Gimeno-Perez had eight aces, going 24/27 serving. Dishman was close behind with six aces.
The next games for the girls are in a home triangular against West Central Valley (0-1) and ACGC (2-0) on Sept. 1.
ACGC’s Camdyn Coffman had the best time for the Chargers, placing 12th in 22:46. Photo by Kimberly Kent
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC girls cross country team competed at its first meet of the season at the Southeast Valley Invite on Thursday, Aug. 27. The girls did not have enough runners to place at the meet. Madrid won the meet with 28 points. Camdyn Coffman had the best ACGC time, finishing 12th in 22:46. Her time was also the third best among all freshmen.
Other ACGC finishes were Cadence Petersen, 29th in 24:47; Lillie Lauzon, 33rd in 25:21 and Brooklyn Schafer, 44th in 26:03.
The next meet for the girls is the Woodward-Granger Cross Country Meet on Thursday, Sept. 1. ACGC races against Baxter, CAM, Clarke Community, Collins-Maxwell, Des Moines North, Perry, Saydel and Woodward-Granger.
Preston Kent started ACGC’s cross country season off with a first place finish at the Southeast Valley Invitational on Thursday, Aug. 27. Photo by Kimberly Kent
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC boys cross country team had its first meet of the season at the Southeast Valley Invite on Thursday, Aug. 27. Preston Kent led the Chargers, and the entire field, finishing first in 17:24, a full 12 seconds ahead of the second-place runner. As a team, ACGC placed ninth with 226 points. Fort Dodge won the meet with 49.
Other ACGC finishes were: Jonny Kading, 41st in 20:34; Jameson Pfrang, 64th in 21:38; Bryce Benda, 68th in 22:01; Carver Johnston, 72nd in 22:11; Ryne Noland, 73rd in 22:14; Meyer Chance, 79th in 22:45; Cameron Mozingo, 83rd in 23:03; Leo Mendoza, 91st in 23:32; Dayton Crawley, 93rd in 23:36; Adam Brown, 118th in 25:53; and Tai Riordan, 124thin 26:25.
The next meet for the boys is at Woodward-Granger on Tuesday, Sept. 1. ACGC will run against Baxter, CAM, Clarke Community, Collins-Maxwell, Perry, Saydel and Woodward-Granger.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC football team returns to the gridiron for the first time this season at Panorama (0-1) tonight, Friday, Aug. 28. ACGC is led by a new head coach, Will Shull, for the first time in eight seasons after the departure of Cody Matthewson. It will be his and the Chargers’ first test under new leadership.
By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The ACGC volleyball team (2-0) started its season off with a pair of wins at Martensdale-St Marys on Tuesday, Aug. 25. ACGC defeated both M-SM (0-1) and Earlham (0-1), 3-0.
ACGC won in straight sets against Earlham. Kailee Kautzky led the way in assists with 22. Stella Largent was on the end of the majority of them, leading the way with 16 kills. Blair Brown contributed nine kills as well. Kautzky, Meranda Gruber and Olivia Mahaffey had one block each. Digs were split fairly evenly throughout the team with Ilana Baumert leading with six. Brown and Gruber had five apiece. Baumert also led in aces with four and successful serves, going 18/18.
It was more of the same in game two. Kautzky again led in assists, this time with 24. Largent led in kills, this time with 17. Brown was next closest with five, and Nora Langaard was behind her with four. Brown and Langaard also had one block apiece. Baumert led in digs with nine. Brown was a close second with seven. Kautzky led the way in aces with five. She and Baumert both went 15/15 on serves.
The next game for the girls is Tuesday, Sept. 1 at Panorama for a triangular against the Panthers (1-1) and West Central Valley (0-1).