By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama volleyball team (7-14) competed at the Madrid Invite on Saturday, Oct. 4. Several tough opponents were in attendance. Panorama walked away from the tournament with two wins, one over Des Moines East (9-10), 2-0, and another against Madrid (3-16), 2-0; and losses to Earlham (14-9), 2-0, Ankeny Christian (13-11), 2-1, Ogden (13-9), 2-1, and Webster City (15-9), 2-0.

Vs. Ankeny Christian: 2-1 L

Most of the offense in this one went through Nerea Gimeno Perez, who had a team-high 10 assists. Andrea Knode and Jessica Randol had four each; Gracie Recker and Ashley Crees had three each had the most kills. Elah Molly led the team in digs with 12. Ruth Fett had two blocks. Gracie Recker and Crees had one block apiece. Evelyn Hummel led the team with three aces. She went a perfect 13/13 serving. Gimeno Perez went 11/11 serving the ball.

Vs. Madrid: 2-0 W

Gimeno Perez led the team with five assists, the other in this game coming from Hailey Hellman. Recker led the team in kills with three. Four Panthers tied for the led in digs with two apiece: Nerea Gimeno Perez, Ines Gimeno Perez, Lexi Galvan and Molloy. Jessica Randol and Crees had one block each. Nerea Gimeno Perez led in aces with seven and went 17/18 serving.

Vs. Des Moines East: 2-0 W

Nerea Gimeno Perez led in assists with six. Recker had the most kills, also with six. Molloy once again led the team in digs with five. Crees, Alexis Olson and Randol had one block each. Recker led in aces with three. Hummel went 15/16 serving.

Vs. Ogden: 2-1 L

Nerea Gimeno Perez had the team-high in assists with six. Recker led the team in kills with seven. Ten different Panthers recorded two or more digs in this game. Molloy had eight, and Nerea Gimeno Perez had seven. Recker and Hummel had one ace apiece. Nerea Gimeno Perez went 12/13 serving.

Vs. Webster City: 2-0 L

Nerea Gimeno Perez led with four assists; Hellman was close behind with three. Recker once again led in kills with four. Seven Panthers recorded kills against Webster City. Molloy continued to lead in digs with 10. Nerea Gimeno Perez and Hummel each recorded an ace. Hummel went a perfect 9/9 serving.

Panorama will compete at a Quadrangular at Grand View Christian on Thursday, Oct. 9, against Des Moines East, Nodaway Valley and Grand View Christian.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama football team lost its home game against West Marshall (4-2) on Friday, Oct. 3. The Panthers’ touchdown was thrown by Cruz Crandall to Reed Draper. Crandall went 18/29 with 152 yards, one TD and one INT. Draper had a solid day with 11 receptions for 109 yards to go along with his receiving TD. Austin Wagner was the Panthers’ lead back with 19 carries for 65 yards. Draper also led the team in tackles with five and four solo tackles. Gavin Lindstrom recovered a fumble.

The Panthers next game is at Ogden (3-3) on Friday, Oct. 10. Panorama has won its last four games against Ogden but has not faced the Bulldogs since its 40-24 win in 2017.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The next race for the ACGC boys and girls cross country squads is the Jim Klein Cross Country Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 9. The other teams competing is BCLUW, Collins-Maxwell, Colo-Nesco, Eagle Grove, East Marshall, Lynnville-Sully, Madrid, Meskwaki Settlement, Newman Catholic, Ogden, Panorama, Roland-Story, South Hamilton and West Marshall.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The ACGC girls volleyball team (14-6) traveled to Greene County for a volleyball tournament on Saturday, Oct. 4. ACGC won one game against Carlisle (5-19), 2-1, and lost its two other contests to South Hardin (9-13), 2-1, and Vane Meter (14-7), 2-1.

Vs. South Hardin: 2-1 L

Becca Littler led in assists with 15. Stella Largent led the team with 14 kills. On defense, Camdyn Richter led the team in digs with seven. Largent and Nora Langaard had one block each. Littler also led the team in aces with four, and went a perfect 14/14 serving.

Vs. Carlisle: 2-1 W

It was more of the same from Richter in game two. She once again led in assists, this time with 19. Largent, with 11, and Richter, with nine were on the receiving end of most of her passes. Richter was flying on defense with a team-high 14 digs. Kailee Kautzky also reached double-digits with 10. Savannah Akers and Olivia Mahaffey had one block apiece. Littler led in aces with three. Littler and Richter both went a perfect 9/9 on serves.

Vs. Van Meter: 2-1 L

Littler had every single assist for ACGC in this game with 21. Largent led in kills with 14. Largent also led in digs with eight. Richter was close behind with five. Akers recorded one block. Largent led in aces with two. Richter went 11/11 on serves.

ACGC plays at home tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 7 against Ogden (13-9). ACGC is currently one spot above Ogden in the WCAC standings with the Chargers in fourth and Ogden in fifth. ACGC has won the last seven games in a row against the Bulldogs.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The No. 3 ACGC football team (6-0) defeated Central Decatur (2-4) with a dominating performance on both sides of the ball. This game was over quickly, with ACGC jumping out to 35-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. ACGC would only rush for 164 yards in the game, a far cry from its 305 rushing yards per game average. Even so, the Chargers still scored five rushing touchdowns. ACGC’s defense recovered two fumbles, one for a touchdown by Xander Harwood, the other by Ryan Martens. The Chargers also intercepted three passes, one for a touchdown by Brexton Schnieder, the others by Ryder Cline and Harwood.

Joe Crawford led the Chargers in rushing yards with 83 on six carries for one TD. Cline scored on his one carry for seven yards. Schneider reached the endzone twice on offense on eight carries for 35 yards. Thomas Skram also scored once on four carries for 18 yards. Brandon Carlson was a force on defense with two sacks.

ACGC’s next game is at AHSTW (3-3) on Friday, Oct. 10. The Vikings have won all four games between the schools, with the most recent game being played in 2017, a 36-0 win for AHSTW.

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By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The next meet for the Panorama cross country team is the 2025 Jim Klein Cross Country Invitational hosted by South Hamilton on Thursday, Oct. 9. The other teams competing are ACGC, BCLUW, Collins-Maxwell, Colo-Nesco, Eagle Grove, East Marshall, Lynnville-Sully, Madrid, Meskwaki Settlement, Newman Catholic, Ogden, Roland-Story, South Hamilton and West Marshall.