Cascade
Cascade, IA · Education
nwestiowa.com
Hinton denied championship again in five-set loss to Beckman Catholic
CORALVILLE — Hinton reached the Class 2A state title match two years in a row and the end result was the same, a five-set loss. This year, the top-seeded Blackhawks fell victim to third-seeded Beckman Catholic in Thursday’s contest at Xtream Arena. The Trailblazers won the odd-numbered sets 25-23, 25-19 and 15-10 while the Blackhawks won the even-numbered frames 25-15 and 25-19. Sophomore Addy Ortegren said it was hard to be on the losing end of a five-set championship match for the second year in a row.
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Iowa City Press-Citizen
Solon takes down West Delaware to advance to IHSAA football seminfals
Solon is headed back to the UNI-Dome. The Spartans earned a 23-14 win over West Delaware in the Class 3A Iowa high school football state quarterfinals to stay undefeated and advance to next week's state semifinals. The start of the game looked like every other Solon game this season. Maddox Kelley scored on the first play from scrimmage, taking a 67-yard punt return to the house to give the Spartans a 7-0 lead 19 seconds in. West Delaware answered with a 79-yard scoring strike on third-and-14 to tie it 7-7. After the two teams traded empty posessions, Kelley found Kaden Hoeper on a screen to retake the lead 14-7. The Hawks went 90 yards to tie the game on their first possession out of halftime behind running back Wyatt Johnson. Solon would then get down to the West Delaware 5-yard line, but a false start pushed them back, and they settled for a Collin Mckie 20-yard field goal to take a 17-14 lead. A big fourth-and-5 stop from Solon's defense changed the momentum of the game. Solon bled the clock and, as the Hawks' defense least expected it, Kelley found James Thomsen wide open for a touchdown to seal the