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Coach Vannornam Shares More Goals for 2024
Perry football looks to build off a season where they went 2-7. The Bluejays have their third head coach in as many years. Coach Vannornam is hopeful to have one of the better seasons of recent memory. “I would love obviously a .500 season. That’s my goal.” The Bluejays last reached 4 wins in 2017 and haven’t made the playoffs since 2011. Vannornam also shared another personnel goal. “I love that the kids have set their goals for what they want and my goal is to make those goals happen and how we’re going to go about those things.”
Unique Schedule for Perry Swimming
The Perry swimming team will have their first meet of the season next week against Algona on Thursday, August 29. The swimming season is different than most sports. The Jayettes don’t belong to a conference or district. One opponent even appears on the schedule 5 times. “We see Algona quite a bit. They don’t have the luxury of having to be able to have home meets so much in their pool so you’ll see those on our schedule several times and it’s almost like a second family when Algona comes to town we’re rivals but we have a lot of fun.”
ACGC Cross Country Would Love Another Shot at State
(Guthrie Center, IA) — The Chargers Cross Country team both finished in the top five at state a year ago — the guys got a trip to the deck with a second place finish while the girls got into the top 5 at #5. With a ton of runners returning, expectations will be high for a return trip to Ft. Dodge.
Perry McCreary’s Center Offering Fall Swimming Hours
The summer is quickly coming to an end, but the Perry McCreary Center is rolling out their fall hours. According to Office Manager Jean Dowd, Monday through Friday’s fall hours for adult swim are open from 6-10am and 5:30-6:30pm with open swim from 4-8:30pm and family swim is available from 9-10am and 5:30-6:30pm. Saturday’s hours for adult swim is from 7-11am, then open swim from 11am-5:30pm, with open swim on Sunday in the afternoon from 1-5:30pm.
Wildcat Football Coach Lindsay Prepares for Tiger Scrimmage
With Meet the Players night scheduled for Friday at West Central Valley, Wildcat Activities Director and head football coach Jim Lindsay has two different hats to wear for the festivities. When asked how Lindsay manages both responsibilities, Lindsay explained how he plans to use his Activity Director responsibilities to his advantage. Lindsay said, “you know, having a whole lot to do before our football part starts kind of helps with the nerves of the actual football game. That does help, but I have a lot of help, so I can focus on the football still. It’s a big community effort, and a lot of people help us out.”
Perry XC Running Hard After First Week of Practice
Fall sports have began their second week of practice this week. Perry boys cross country coach, Nathan Krohn, is pleased with what he’s seen so far. “Throughout this first week of practice, I’ve really noticed that some of the boys that participated a little bit more are quite a bit ahead of those boys that didn’t really put in the time over the summer. So it’s good to see that some of our boys are putting in that effort and that the other boys that may not have put in that earlier are now trying to get caught up which is a good thing for competition within our practices.” He also shared the different type of practices the team does. “At least once a week we try to go through and do a longer run where we’ll put on maybe five or six or maybe seven miles. We’ve done some interval training working on pacing and maintaining at pace here at the track and then we try to sprinkle in some hills at least one or two days a week.”
ADM AD Rod Wiebers Preparing for 2024-25 Athletic Year
The 2024-25 fall athletic season is underway for Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, as Athletic Director Rod Wiebers details final preparations. Wiebers tells Raccoon Valley Radio that the tradition of family week in the state of Iowa was much needed following a championship run by the Tigers’ softball team in late July. He mentions that his focus at the moment is getting students registered for their respective sports, plus finalizing ticket pricing information for home games. Wiebers zeroes in on the main premise of the upcoming athletic year.
Perry Swimming and XC Coaches Set to Join Us Tonight on the Raccoon Valley Bank Dallas Co PM Sports Mag
We will be joined by Jean Dowd, Perry Swimming Coach, tonight on the Raccoon Valley Bank Dallas County PM Sports Magazine. She is entering her 26th season as coach. The long time swimming coach will be one of our many guests as we take a look at local sports at Perry, Adel-Desoto-Minburn, and Dallas Center-Grimes schools. Bluejay Cross Country Coach, Nathan Krohn, will also join us as he steps in to the Boys XC role. The show begins at 6PM on KDLS and streams online at raccoonvalleyradio.com.
Chargers Volleyball in Action Tonight with Scrimmage at Coon Rapids-Bayard
The AC/GC Chargers volleyball team will be in action tonight for the first time this season. Head Coach Barb South says the team is heading to play in a scrimmage against the Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders. The two teams have faced off against each other 20 times, with an even 10-10 split on the record. The last match between the two was in September of 2019, with a 2-1 loss for the Chargers. The Crusaders won the first set 21-19, while AC/GC took the second set 21-15. The third and final set went to Coon Rapids-Bayard 15-8. The first set tonight begins at 5:30pm.
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