Sports
CRESCO - The Crestwood and Turkey Valley sports teams gave fans ample reasons to stand up and cheer during 2025.
Listed below are the top 10 local sports moments for this year. This is not meant to be a be-all, end-all list - it’s just one man’s opinion.
1. Cheerleaders Win State
The Crestwood...
CRESCO - The Crestwood varsity boys’ basketball team made the Postville Pirates walk the plank on Dec. 16 at home as the Cadets routed the Pirates, 94-29.
Facing Lansing Kee on the road on Dec. 19, the Cadets grounded the Kee Hawks, 77-40, to improve to 6-1 overall.
CW 94, Postville 29
After taking...
CRESCO - Before diving head-first into the high school winter sports seasons, I’d like to share a story with our loyal readers about a recent trip my wife, Sara, and I took to one of my favorite places - the University of Notre Dame.
I realize there are people who couldn’t give a frog’s behind...
DECORAH - Crestwood’s varsity girls’ wrestling team posted an impressive fourth place finish with 115 points at the South Winn Invite hosted by Luther College on Dec. 12.
Osage won the team title with 209 points. Decorah was second at 201 and New Hampton-Turkey Valley was third at 176. A total of...
OELWEIN - On a perfect fall afternoon at Hickory Grove Golf Course in Oelwein on Oct. 23, the Crestwood girls’ cross country team placed second overall with 87 points at the Class 2A State Qualifier to earn a trip to the State Meet, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 31 at Lakeside Municipal...
CRESCO - An impressive fourth quarter rally by the Crestwood varsity football team fell a few points short on Friday, Oct. 17 as the Waukon Indians held on to post a 36-34 win over the Cadets in the final regular season game.
The loss dropped Crestwood’s overall record to 4-4 (3-2 in Class 2A...
CRESCO - The Crestwood varsity volleyball team (15-11) will play Osage (20-9) in Osage in the first round of the Class 3A Region 1 Tournament at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 in Osage. The winner will play either Forest City (19-8) or Clear Lake (16-12) at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 in the semifinals. The region final...
CRESCO - Class 2A No. 6 ranked Osage stopped a two-point conversion run by the Crestwood football team with 32 seconds left to hold on for a 27-26 win on Friday, Oct. 10 in Cresco.
The loss dropped Crestwood's overall record to 4-3 and 3-1 in Class 2A District 3. The Green Devils improved to 7-0...
WEST UNION - Attention future Crestwood football opponents - never, EVER, count out the Cadets!
Trailing by three points late in the fourth quarter, Crestwood quarterback Alex Loden raced 18 yards for the game-winning touchdown with only 1:32 left to help the Cadets post a thrilling 21-17 win over...
FOREST CITY - The Crestwood varsity football team raced to a 21-0 first quarter lead and sailed to a 42-7 victory over Forest City on Friday, Sept. 26 on the road.
The win improved Crestwood’s overall record to 3-2 and 2-0 in Class 2A District 3. Crestwood, Osage and Waukon are all tied forst first...
