North Girls Win; Boys Lose at Hull

It was an easy night for the #5 North Star Girls Basketball team.  Not so for the boys.
First, the good news.  North rolled over Hull Western Christian 76-43 on Tuesday night.  Josee Jansen got hot from the outside, hitting 3 three-pointers in the second half, leading North with 20 points on route to a 33 [...]

4th Quarter run helps North beat West

The North Stars went on an 8-0 run to start the final quarter and a 4 point lead turned into a 12 point advantage.  West never recovered and the Stars topped the Wolverines 66-54 at the North gym on Thursday night.
Wesley Staten led all scorers with 38 points but no other West player scored more [...]

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

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 [...]

It’s official: Hanks resigns at North

Well, it took the Sioux City school system awhile but today they called a press conference and Superindent Dr. Paul Gausman announced that they had accepted the resignation of Keith Hanks as Head Football Coach at North High.
Of course, we knew about this since last week.  KSCJ had numerous sources tell us that Hanks had [...]

North wins on Homecoming

With their football coach nowhere to be seen, the North Stars did not miss a beat in a 42-6 thrashing of Hoover at Olsen Stadium on Friday night.
Both teams struggled early in the game, making mistakes, committing turnovers, and fumbling and bumbling their way across the Olsen turf.
However, early in the 2nd quarter, North (1-3) [...]

What is next for North football?

With the news today that Keith Hanks is on his way out as Head Football Coach for North High, I am wondering what is next for the Stars.
So far, the nicest thing you can say about this year’s team is that they have underachieved.  There is a lot of experience on this football squad and yet [...]