By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The No. 8 ACGC girls basketball team (6-0) continued its undefeated streak to start the season at AHSTW (3-3) on Monday, Dec. 15. ACGC led going into the half, 29-15. The Chargers scored 24 points in the third quarter to give them an insurmountable lead over the Vikings.

The Chargers next game is on Friday, Dec. 19 at home against Panorama (1-4). The WCAC and nearby opponent leads the all-time series between the two schools, but ACGC got the better of the Panthers in both games last season, winning 61-40 and 54-35.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The No. 8 ACGC girls basketball team (5-0) handily defeated Ogden (0-6) at home on Friday, Dec. 12. ACGC had 28 steals thanks to its hounding defense that helped the team hold the Bulldogs to just 17 points. Camdyn Richter with 14 and Meranda Gruber with 12 reached double-figure scoring for the Chargers. Stella Largent led the team in rebounds with five. Becca Littler led the team in assists with five. In all, 10 different ACGC players scored in this game, and six players had four or more steals.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama boys wrestling squad traveled to West Central Valley for a quadrangular meet on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The Panthers left the meet with one win thanks to a tie-breaker, over Van Meter, 32-32. Panorama would lose the other duals to Earlham, 47-23, and host West Central Valley, 53-22.

The Panthers’ next competition is today, Friday, Dec. 12, when the team competes in the Dan Christensen Wrestling Invitational at Central Decatur. Other teams at the tournament are Albia

Bedford, Centerville, Central Decatur, Davis County, Humboldt, Martensdale-St Marys, Mid-Buchanan, Mount Ayr, Ottumwa, Red Oak, Southeast Warren, Van Meter, Wayne and Winterset.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama girls basketball team (0-4) lost a home game to Earlham (4-0) on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The Panthers were down by 10 at halftime before a strong second half from the Cardinals gave them the win. Morgan Crees was most of the offense for Panorama in this game. The senior scored 20 points out of Panorama’s 31. Crees also led in rebounds with five, tied with Ruth Fett. Lexi Galvan led in assists with two.

Tonight, Friday, Dec. 12, will be the Panthers best chance yet to end their early-season skid as they travel to West Central Valley (1-3). Panorama and WCV split last season’s series 1-1 with Panorama winning one, 33-29, and WCV winning the other, 37-32.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama girls wrestling team competed at a triangular at Gilbert on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The girls lost both dual matchups at the meet, one to Ames, 78-6, and the other to Gilbert, 66-12.

The girls turn their sights to the Saydel Girls Invitational today, Friday, Dec. 12. The Panthers will compete against Albia, Ballard, Chariton, Clarinda, Colfax-Mingo, DMPS Girls Wrestling, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, Johnston, Newton, Ogden, Oskaloosa, PCM, Perry, Raccoon River, Saydel, Southeast Polk, Southeast Warren and Winterset.

By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette

The Panorama boys basketball team (0-4) fell at home due to a strong second half performance from Earlham (4-0) on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Panorama led at the end of the first quarter by one point and only trailed by three heading into halftime, 29-26. Earlham slowly extended its lead over the Panthers throughout the second half. Reed Draper led the game in scoring with 17 points, Cruz Crandall was close behind with 14. Draper’s game-high 11 rebounds gave him a double double. Galvan led the team in assists with four.

The Panthers are surely frustrated with an 0-4 start, but with two of those games being lost by single digits, the team appears to be heading in the right direction. Their next game is tonight, Friday, Dec. 12, against West Central Valley (2-1). WCV won both games of the season series a year ago, but both were close, 55-48 and 55-51.