ELDON – A bit of confidence never hurt. Friday night the Sigourney-Keota football team gained more than a little confidence as they start to focus on the post season. The confidence for the Cobras came via a dominating 49-0 shutout over Cardinal to conclude the regular season. “It says a lot of our defense,” said Sigourney-Keota head football coach, Jared Jensen about the ability to gain the Cobras third shutout of the season. “We were challenged in this game too, its not like we weren’t challenged, Cardinal put us in tough situations tonight. It takes a total team effort to preserve that zero on the scoreboard. There are still things we need to work on, but overall it is nice to get that shutout. I don’t know if we’ve ever had three shutouts in one season before. It was good for this group. Hopefully that propels them into the playoff game next week.” The Cobras have shutout opponents twice in recent history. The first time was in 2023 when the Cobras recorded shutouts over Mediapolis, Cardinal and Colfax-Mingo, all three of those games were at home. During the 2020 season Sigourney-Keota recorded shutouts over Louisa- Muscatine, Cardinal and Pekin with two of those games being on the road. This year the Cobras recorded shutouts against EBF, Louisa-Muscatine and Cardinal with the latter of those two coming on the road. Cardinal threatened twice in Friday night’s game. The first time came just before halftime. Despite getting to the Cobra four yard line, the Cobras were able to fight off the challenge and eventually force a turnover on downs. Later, in the third period the
Day: October 22, 2025
Panthers down Columbus, prepares for Earlham in playoffs
COLUMBUS – Consistency in the first half helped earn them an undefeated regular season. With the district title already wrapped up, and no threat of losing their home field advantage for at least the first playoff game, it would have been easy to overlook the game on Friday night against Columbus. Instead the Panthers rolled into the regular season with something to play for. They were able to take a 43-14 victory home with them. “We came out with a sense of motivation to play cleaner,” said Pekin head football coach, Klynt Weber. “We were able to score through the air and ground multiple times. Overall, we played really well on offense. We did have one turnover that I blame on myself. Other than a missed tackle or two we played a pretty solid game on Friday night. Just a good feeling to get out and finish off with a win to end the regular season 8-0.” The Panthers struck quickly in the game. They scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and added another 15 points in the second quarter to retire to half with a 29-7 lead. Both teams scored a touchdown in the third quarter and the Panthers capped off the game with a fourth quarter touchdown. The Panthers were able to do most of their damage through the ground as they gobbled up 262 yards running the ball. Nolan Glick led the Panthers with 24 carries for 170 yards and three touchdowns. Henry Adam rushed twice for 76 yards. Riley Smith had nine carries for 15 yards and a touchdown. Smith connected on seven of his 14 pass attempts for 132 total yards. He threw two touchdowns and one interception. Alijah Brock had three
Klett wins SICL title
English Valleys girls wins team championship SEARSBORO – He had been here before and knew what to expect. In the closing meters of the race the Sigourney senior, once again, made his attack. After trailing Lynville-Sully’s Colton Alberts for most of the course, Troy Klett knew he had just one chance to make his move. The Sigourney senior knew that going into the small bend right before the finish line there would be an opening. He took it. Klett mustered all the power he had left in his legs and was able to zoom past the Lynnville-Sully runner. Although it was a sprint to the finish line, Klett was able to edge Alberts by almost a second at the finish line. The Sigourney senior won the conference cross country meet with a time of 16:46.43, just ahead of Alberts who finished with a time of 16:47.89. Overall Sigourney would finish third as a team with 114 points. English Valleys took second in the boys team standings with 92 points. Lynnville-Sully won with 33 points. Isaac Frazier of English Valleys was fifth overall with a time of 1741.54. Will Luers was sixth overall with a time of 18:16.85. Evan Koehn was 18th overall with a time of 19:00.23. Dayne Render finished 28th. Drake Offerman was 42nd overall. Hunter Offerman finished 52nd. Davis Burdick was 64th overall. Outside of Klett, the Savages also featured Levi Myers pacing 22nd. Jordan Anderson finished 30th. Cole Klett would finish in 31st place. Isaac Jones finished 39th overall.
Bears maul Warriors in season finale
NORTH ENGLISH – It may have been their last game of the regular season, but by almost any account, it was one of their best.
Glosser dominates SEISC race
KALONA – There’s fast and then there’s whatever Chloe Glosser was able to do last Tuesday. At the Southeast Iowa Super Conference cross country meet
Volleyball briefs: English Valleys downs Sigourney, falls to Iowa Valley
NORTH ENGLISH – All three sets were a battle to gain the slightest bit of control. Both teams split the opening two sets as English Valleys
South English Council Approves Applying for Endowment Grant for Library Sign
By Casey Jarmes | The News-Review SOUTH ENGLISH – During the Oct. 14 meeting of the South English City Council, Chandra Harper from the library
What Cheer Pottery Shown At Historical Society Open House
By Casey Jarmes | The News-Review SIGOURNEY – Local couple Doran and Toni Hull showed off their collection of Johnny Nelson clay art during an
