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Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Volume 6>>Issue 10>> An Independent newspaper serving Springville, Iowa

“I Don’t Want To Coach Too Far Into My 60’s. By Then I’ll Be

Playing Golf 4 Or 5 Times A Week” ~Steve Spurrier

ORIOLE PRIDE

LORIMER TO REPRESENT THE ORIOLES AT STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET

VOLLEYBALL ADVANCES IN DISTRICT PLAY

Iowa Mennonite won their opening round district game to earn a trip to Machovec on Tuesday night. One could really question whether they saw that as a good thing. The Lady Oriole’s were all over the visitors immediately in the first set. Springville swept Iowa Mennonite, 25-17, 25-22 and 25-13. It was another great display of energy and talent as the girls were fired up from the first serve to the last point. Senior Megan Wagaman led in kills with 17 and Senior Jordyn Johnson added 7. Junior Olivia Dlouhy had 15 assists and Sophomore hitter Alyssa Jaeger was near perfect on her serves, finishing 20 of 22 with 4 aces. Tuesday’s win moves the girls to 29-7 overall and they’ll advance to a match with 19-17 Burlington, Notre Dame. The two will face off in Tiffin Friday evening. Date Night? No problem, bring your significant other with you and cheer on the O’s. (Pictured to the left is Senior Megan Wagaman and on the right is Jordyn Johnson)

The Springville Cross Country teams competed in the District Meet at Monticello last Thursday. The boys were coming off their conference winning performance and the girls were looking to turn in some fast times with the purpose of qualifying for the State meet. The girls team finished in 8th place with several runners finishing with personal bests. Janelle Staal finished 19th in a team record 21:14, Katelyn Gloeckner finished 34 in 22:13, Sariann Uhlenkamp continued to make huge end of the season improvements finishing 39th in 22:26, Elle Scriver finished 46th in 22:48 and Paige Wolf finished 69th in her best time of 24:41. In boys action, Coach Pershing said that “The Springville-Central City boys cross country club came up just a little short in their effort to qualify for the state meet. The team finished 5th only 14 points behind 3rd place Tipton for the qualifying spot. I knew it was going to be close but I also thought we had a real shot at qualifying”. Caleb Christiansen finished 18th in 18:02. Garrett Wolf finished 29th in 18:36, Brady Barner finished 33rd in 18:46, and Logan Heath finished 51st in 19:27. Junior Sam Lorimer however, will be making a return trip to Fort Dodge as he finished in 6th place with a time of 17:05. Sam is no stranger to state competition and will run on Saturday in the state venue. Congratulations to all the runners on a great season—a record setting season for some. We are very proud of all of you and good luck Sam! (Sam is pictured to the right—we thank Rich Lorimer for the photo)

Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Oriole Pride 2

FOOTBALL ENDS THEIR SEASON WITH A DOMINANT WIN AND PREPARES FOR THE PLAYOFFS...

What’s that saying? When the going gets tough—the tough get going. After starting the season with the toughest competition in 8-Man and losing 4 in a row, Coach Martin and the Oriole football team have finished the season with dominant performances and countered with four straight wins Their last regular season game and win came at home against Cedar Valley Christian last Friday. Friday’s win moves the team to an even 5-5 mark on the year and 4-3 in District play. Friday night was all Springville from the opening drive as the O’s scored first and often, cruising to a 55-8 win. Springville had 250 plus yards of offense at the half and spread the ball around in the second half to give the Senior’s a few carries they normally wouldn’t have. Cedar Valley’s lone score came late in the game on a 5 yard run. The win at home is the last we’ll see at Allison Field this year. The O’s prepare to take on Don Bosco in first round playoff action on Wednesday. The 7pm

game will be in Gilbertville this evening. The Dons beat the O’s early in the season, 54-6 but this time of year? Everything changes and the O’s have simply gotten stronger as the season progressed. Break out your fall gear, show off your new hat and gloves and take a trip to watch the O’s advance after a Don Bosco win tonight. See you there! (Pictured above is Niklas Brede & Lucas Pilipovec making a tackle. To the right is John Evens scoring an Oriole touch down!)

CRAZY MASCOT OF THE WEEK… There’s some pretty wild mascots out there and this week we look at Bell Buckle, Tennessee. Located right in the middle of the state, the tiny town is home to the South’s oldest boarding school called The Webb School. With 320 students in grades 6 through 12, the school offers athletic programs in only football, cross country, soccer, volleyball and golf. Their school colors are blue and gold and their mascot? Well what goes well with the term Web? Feet of course—they are known as The Webb Feet!

WEEKLY PICKS CONTEST… This week we have some pretty interesting match-ups in college and the pro’s: Notre Dame at Temple Texas at Iowa State Vikings at Bears Packers at Broncos Choose your winners and for the tie-breaker, predict how many points Iowa will score on Maryland Saturday. This week’s winner came down to the tie-breaker. Many of you were a perfect 4 for 4 but Cavanaugh Riley was the one who chose 56 for the number of points Baylor would score on ISU (Baylor scored 45). Everyone else predicted scores in the 60’s—Thanks for playing and have a great week.

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