No problem for Black Raiders

There’s a lot of talent in Jeff Vanderloo’s stable.
East steamrolled past Sgt. Bluff-Luton on Saturday night, winning 93-68 and staying unbeaten at 4-0.
Quinton Behlers led the Black Raiders with 20 points.  The guard got hot in the 2nd quarter, hitting 3 straight 3 pointers, finishing with 11 points in the quarter.  Behlers was active all [...]

McCabe named KSCJ Football Player of the Year

On Friday night, Heelan opened up defense of their 3A basketball crown with a 84-66 win over South Sioux City.  Before the game, we announced that Zach McCabe has been awarded the 2009 McClintock Insurance Football Player of the Year.
It was not an easy decision and it clearly boiled down to 2 choices — McCabe [...]

Heelan wins wild game at SB-L; Playoffs Announced

What a crazy game!
Zach McCabe set a new Sioux City passing record, throwing for 465 yards as Bishop Heelan survived a scare from Sergeant Bluff-Luton, winning 42-35 in overtime.  The Warriors were playing for their season, needing a win to get a shot at the post-season for the second consecutive season but SB-L came up [...]

Playoff Scenerios are Clear (Sort of)

It took overtime but East was able to clinch a playoff spot and the Missouri Rivers Activities Conference crown with a 20-17 win over West on Friday night.  That moves the Black Raiders into the playoffs in Bob Goodvin’s first year as head coach.  The Black Raiders clearly did not play their best football game [...]

Big Win for East

The Black Raider football program is not yet a powerhouse but East took a huge step forward with a big road victory on Friday.  Ben Moes threw for 4 TD’s and East topped Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 30-25 and now has the upper hand in winning the MRAC.
It didn’t look like East would win in [...]

Monday’s Random Thoughts

Congratulations to Andy Yost for getting his first win as Head Coach of West High.  It took awhile — 15 games in fact — but the win was well deserved.  The Wolverines beat Thomas Jefferson 37-34 last Friday night.  Trailing 34-31 with about a minute and half left, QB Ethan Turner directed the final drive, [...]

Monday’s Random Thoughts

College football continues to be a little crazy this season.  Or it may just be the fact that the pollsters do not know how to rank the teams in the pre-season.  Ole Miss, Penn St., and Cal all lost this week and all three were in the top 6 in the nation.  All three lost [...]

Random Thoughts

So much to talk about, I have to do another random thought segment.  This might just turn into a weekly thing every Monday.
Iowa looked really good on Saturday.  I did not realize that Arizona had such a good offense but the Hawkeyes do have a good defense.  The Wildcats did not score an offensive touchdown [...]

Random Thoughts

We just had our first full week of football.  That is high school, college and pro in the same weekend.  Here’s a few observations:
The favorite to win the MRAC right now is East.  The Black Raiders nearly upset Indianola last Thursday, only losing in overtime.  I have to give Bob Goodvin a ton of credit [...]

A Big Win for East

The Bob Goodvin era started off with a bang on Friday night as the East Black Raiders did what they do best — throw the football.  New QB Ben Moes threw for 293 yards and East topped Des Moines Roosevelt 46-21.
East got off to a slow start but Moes finally hit his stride late in [...]