The Ridge View girls track team is looking to repeat last year's success, under the guidance of head coach Angie Kohn, assistant coach Angela Brinkman, and volunteer coach Lisa Shepherd. The Raptors have 31 athletes on the roster, including 2 seniors, 12 juniors, 9 sophomores, and 8 freshmen.
Coach Angie Kohn talked about what she feels the team strengths will be.
The OABCIG boys track team took part in the Nielsen Indoor meet at Humboldt on Friday. The Falcons’ Gabe Winterrowd won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.54 seconds, while Ethan Behrendsen finished eighth out of 49 runners with a time of 7.62 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Kade Spotts finished 20th out of 43 runners with a time of 27.65 seconds. In the 800 meter run, Hunter Maier finished 12th out of 33 runners with a time of 2:30.54.
The Ridge View boys track squad competed at the Nielson Indoor meet at Humboldt on Friday. In the 60-meter dash, Isaac Goettsch took fourth place with a time of 7.58 seconds, while Kade Wright finished ninth with a time of 7.65 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Zach Kolpin finished eighth out of 43 runners with a time of 26.46 seconds. Cornell McCray took 17th place with a time of 27.37 seconds. In the 400-meter dash, Clayton Jacobson finished ninth out of 34 runners with a time of 59.84 seconds.
Carter Wright, an 8th grader at Ridge View, wrestled in Districts on Feb. 6 and won Northwest Iowa's District One 160-lb C division.
In round one, Wright won by fall over Marcus Loutsch from Hinton. In the semifinal match, Wright won by fall over Abraham Palma from Boyden-Hull-Rock Valley.
Ridge View Archers wrapped up their season this past weekend with state qualifiers competing in Des Moines. The students spent Friday volunteering helping the Iowa DNR and NASP staff setting up for the state event. On Saturday morning, students shot 3D and Bullseye. 3D consists of 6 animals set a various distances from 10m - 15m). A perfect score - all 10s - would be a 300. Bullseye competition is shot at a traditional archery target with 15 arrows shot at 10m and 15 arrows shot at 15m.
The OABCIG Girls Bowling team finished their season with a 6-4 record. The girls team placed 2nd at the State Qualifying Meet in Sanborn on Feb. 13. Jade Wilcox placed 6th individually, just missing her chance at participating at the state meet by just 27 pins. Letter winners for the 2022-2023 season are:
Jade Wilcox, Payton Mathies, Erika Swanger, Hailey Wilcox, Kenzey Davis, Kendra Baker, Abigail Minor, Elizabeth Hoefling and Leah Sholty.
All-District, 2nd Team Honors go to Jade Wilcox and Payton Mathies.
The OABCIG boys’ basketball squad lost to a talented Carroll Kuemper team on Tuesday night in Sac City, 79-57. The playoff loss marked the end of an outstanding season by the Falcons, as they finished with a record of 18-3. The Knights moved on in tournament play with a record of 17-6.
The Western Valley Conference has released its all-conference basketball honorees. Shae Dutler and Madison Stowater of Ridge View were named first team, while OABCIG’s Krista Sibenaller was named second team. For the boys, Kane Ladwig and Beckett DeJean of OABCIG, as well as Kellen Jensen of Ridge View, were named to the first team. Treyten Kolar and Griffin Diersen of OABCIG, and Kyler Wunschel of Ridge View were named to the second team. The complete list, as wells as final team standings, are as follows:
