Sports

By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader

CEDAR FALLS– Iowa City West High’s Trojans improved to 3-0 on the varsity football season as they slipped past the Cedar Falls Tigers, 32-30, in overtime Friday, Sept. 8, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls.
The Tigers controlled the first half and held a 17-0 lead at halftime before the Trojans regrouped.
Owen McAreavy put the Trojans on the scoreboard in the third quarter with a 2-yard leap into the end zone. Lucas Karwal’s extra point kick made it 17-7.

I’ve got to admit that I had almost given up when Iowa State scored with 4:36 left in the game and the ‘Clones took a 38-31 lead.
The Hawks had tied it up 31-all when Miguel Recinos kicked a 23-yard field goal, but on its first play after the kickoff, Iowa State completed a wide-open, 74-yard touchdown pass to take the lead.
Thank goodness Akrum Wadley wasn’t giving up.
The 46-yard touchdown pass that retied the game at 38 was one of the best catch-and-runs I have ever seen.
The Hawks had a first and 10 on the ‘Clone 46.

By Joe Wilkinson
Special to the Economist

ATKINS– To call the Atkins Roundhouse trail ‘tree-lined’ is a severe understatement. Over the last decade, the park has literally had a running trail carved out of its heavily-wooded acres. No manicured golf course or graded trail to traverse. At the Benton Community Invitational cross country meet, even fans stumble through the woods to get to their next vantage point. With stubble, occasional tree roots and a dropoff here and there, it is, truly, a cross country course.

The opening game at Kinnick Stadium is always special.
This is the 36th straight year I’ve gone to Hawkeye home openers, and it all started in 1981.
The only one I missed was the opening game in 2011, when the Hawks hosted Tennessee Tech. That was the game when lighting and thunderstorms delayed the game for over an hour. They had everyone (over 60,000) leave the stadium and when the game started again there were a little over 20,000 that came back.

Solon Economist
SOLON– The Lady Spartans swept Anamosa to win their home opener, but it may be what they did over the weekend that’s more impressive.
Solon’s varsity volleyball squad jumped out to a 4-1 start with wins over Liberty High, Williamsburg and Anamosa.
But Solon Head Coach Sarah Ferin was just as excited about going 1-3 at a weekend tournament at Cedar Rapids Washington.
“Don’t let that fool you, we hung with some big dogs,” Ferin said of the tournament.