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The Nonpareil is the daily newspaper in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Website: https://t.co/2xvbN1icoJ.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Joined June 2009
Jill White of Council Bluffs, an athletic trainer who worked with thousands of students during her 22-year career, died early Monday at her home.
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Eight years ago, Chris Hanafan stepped away from the sidelines as girls basketball coach at Lewis Central in order to watch his kids grow up and play sports.
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Iowa Western head football coach Scott Strohmeier is being inducted into the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Hall of Fame.
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The overlooked girl from Council Bluffs was the Big Ten player of the week, the first for an Iowa player in four years. And likely the first ever for an Iowa walk-on. @IowaVolleyball @LewisCentralCSD .#collegiatesports .
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Iowa Western Community College baseball and softball are receiving a new home after a large donation from a retired Council Bluffs doctor and his wife.
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Two Council Bluffs sisters wanted to buy gifts for sick children for Christmas. They raised more than $2,200 by baking and selling their own cookies
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A longtime Council Bluffs wrestling staple is back as a head coach with a new team.
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Three overtime, a long delay caused by the stadium lights going out and a goal line stand made a memorable night for Lewis Central football on Thursday night in the Class 4A state championship game in Cedar Falls.
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After 20 years, 934 wins, 12 trips to the NJCAA JUCO World Series and three National Championships, Iowa Western head baseball coach Marc Rardin in moving on to the NCAA Division I level.
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Abraham Lincoln’s basketball season changed dramatically on Jan. 21.
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It’s always exciting when an athlete from a city school gets to continue playing their sport collegiately at the Division-I level.
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Treynor is getting $25,000 grant to help make streets safer in honor of the teen killed while running last year
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Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh endorses Nikki Haley in Republican caucuses | Tap on the picture to learn more 🔽
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NEW: “There are a lot of people in this volleyball community who know him. Their hearts will be hurting.” #SWIowa
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Meet the elite talent that comprises this year's All-City Girls Basketball Team
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Gail Hartigan’s stamp on western Iowa athletics began on the hardwood playing 6v6 girls basketball and eventually morphed into a legendary coaching career.
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After an already successful career at Lewis Central JC Dermody graduates from Lewis Central as the 2022 All-City Baseball Player of the Year.
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Beto O’Rourke, a former congressman from El Paso, Texas, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of about 200 people in the Wilson Middle School gymnasium #SWIowa
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Lewis Central junior quarterback Braylon Kammrad was no stranger to success this season. He completed 169 passes for 2506 yards and 25 touchdowns and rushed for 358 yards and 11 touchdowns on 81 carries, to help lead the Titans to…
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Josh Dix becomes the sixth A.L. player in the past seven years to win the award and the 11th Lynx player to win in the 33 years the honor has been awarded
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When Mark Royer accepts a challenge, his commitment is enduring.
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Abraham Lincoln girls basketball entered this season knowing that it would be somewhat a rebuilding year. The Lynx lost eight seniors off the previous year’s roster, including two of the leading three scorers.
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Nearly 100 members of St. Albert Catholic Schools’ staff and families gathered Friday at the school parking lot to show their support to the family of 8-year-old Quintin Brownfield, who was fatally injured when he was struck by a vehicle April 15 ne…
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Abraham Lincoln girls soccer is on to the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament after scoring three goals in the second half against West Des Moines Dowling on Tuesday at James W. Cownie Soccer Park.
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Some players hit for average or power, maybe they’re a defensive wizard, a blur on the base paths or a flame thrower from the mound. In 2020, Cy Patterson pretty much did it all.
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He has a 4.15 GPA, attended space camp the past five summers and expects to have his private pilot’s license by the end of February
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Clara Teigland has excelled in the classroom, on the basketball court, on the soccer field and in several other areas, but she may soar to even greater heights in the future.
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Chuck Skokan is a friendly face known across many generations of Lewis Central staff and students.
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Abraham Lincoln softball rallied back at the last moment to advance to the regional semifinal after beating Des Moines Roosevelt 3-2 at Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex on Thursday.
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2017 Nonpareil Year In Review: You can't talk about 2017 without talking about our No. 1 sports story of the year @LewisCentralCSD #SWIowa #prepsports
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Class 5A No. 14 Abraham Lincoln volleyball swept Southeast Polk in Thursday night’s Class 5A region 1 semifinal to return to the regional final for the second straight season (25-16, 26-24, 25-13).
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Max Duggan, a Council Bluffs Lewis Central grad, began the season as TCU’s backup quarterback. He’ll end it as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.
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Q&A with Glenwood's Jeff Bissen: I miss the day-to-day interaction with kids at school and being able to watch our kids compete and perform at night
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White column: No. 1 on the list, No. 1 in our hearts
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Lewis Central sophomore Ethan Eichhorn and St. Albert junior Colin Lillie, two of the top runners in the city, trained together almost every morning during the summer.
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Molly Allen, incoming Underwood sophomore, always looked at the Fargo National Championship as one of the biggest tournaments there is.
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Lewis Central is still enjoying a football state championship it won on Nov. 18 in Cedar Falls, but the Titans may have never won if it wasn’t for two huge plays from senior punter Lane Feierfeil in the championship game.
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Lewis Central wins overtime thriller against Ballard at Class 4-A girls state basketball tournament @LCGirlsBB
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The disappointment of losing in the substate final a year ago was replaced with pure joy Tuesday night for the Abraham Lincoln boys basketball team, as they topped Southeast Polk 58-43 at Thomas Jefferson High School to earn the school’s…
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His dedication to getting better on the diamond and domination he put on display as a junior are why he is The Daily Nonpareil’s 2018 Area Baseball Player of the Year #SWIowa
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After playing a physical and tough 80 minutes in the Class 3A state semifinal game, No. 2 Abraham Lincoln girls soccer and No. 3 Ankeny went into overtime on Thursday afternoon at James W. Cownie Soccer Complex.
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The Iowa Western women’s soccer team has won its second national championship in program history. The Reivers beat Salt Lake College 1-0 in the NJCAA Division-I Championship game in Evans, Georgia on Saturday evening.
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Brent Hoesing has been chosen as the next superintendent of Lewis Central Community School District.
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Titans explode in fourth quarter to take down Glenwood, advance to state championship @LCGirlsBB
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St. Albert athletic director Ken Schreiber graduated from St. Albert high school in 1974 and has been a part of the school almost every year since.
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Petersen dominates, fans 15 as Treynor heads back to state
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DES MOINES - For the second time in three seasons, Lewis Central boys soccer has climbed the mountain to win a state championship. The Titans won the title in 2019 before the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID. L.C.…
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Sometimes it takes time to find the right fit, but Matt Mathok found his fit this year at Abraham Lincoln.
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The team placed second and won a banner for Coed Excellence #SWIowa #prepsports @ALHSathletics @ALHSCheerTeam
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$5 million gift to Pottawattamie County Community Foundation will fund scholarships for Underwood, Treynor students
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This week, the Iowa Restaurant Association announced through a news release that Matt Johnson, owner and operator of Barley’s Bar & Grill, 114 W. Broadway, has been named this year’s Iowa Hospitality Operator of the Year.
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Hattie Bracker got to see her big sister on high school soccer’s biggest stage Tuesday, and as an avid soccer player and future Lynx, she hopes to be there herself someday.
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Alisa Roth, owner of Bloom Works Floral in Council Bluffs, won the state Deb Dalziel Woman Entrepreneurial Award
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St. Albert sophomore Landry Miller and junior Allison Narmi made history on Wednesday during the first day of the Iowa high school 1A state tennis tournament in Waterloo.
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Faces of Sports & Recreation: Student-athlete. Teacher. Coach. Role model. May has enjoyed each role in the L.C. hallways.
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AJ Schiltz is a Cardinal at heart, but when he’s rolling he dons the Titan blue.
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In her final state swim meet, @LewisCentralCSD's Mykenzie Leehy won two titles, state athlete of the year honors.
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The Hughes family shined bright at Glenwood’s home track invitational on Thursday with a trio of sisters, Abby, Emma and Lauren, leading the Rams to a team title.
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Class 1A No. 6 Underwood girls soccer dominated the possession and shut down the Saintes offense to defeat St. Albert on a chilly and rainy Tuesday afternoon 5-0 at Lewis Central’s Titan Stadium.
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Iowa Western freshman linebacker Jacob Ellis has been named the NJCAA’s co-defensive player of the year for the fall 2021 season.
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Class 4A No. 4 Abraham Lincoln boys basketball took the court for the first time since losing their leading scorer and Iowa commit Josh Dix.
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That willingness to risk his bright future in service of his teammates and his school, all while competing at an elite level as a junior, is why Duggan is repeating as the Daily Nonpareil’s City Male Athlete of the Year #SWIowa
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Underwood freshman Georgia Paulson drilled a shot into the back of the net from 20 yards out and scored the game-winning goal late to lead a 3-2 win against St. Albert on Friday in the Thomas Jefferson Invite at Wickersham…
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St. Albert’s Allie Petry capped off a stellar prep volleyball career by helping lead the Saintes to the state semifinals, while also being named Class 1A first-team all-state and the 1A player of the year by the Iowa Girls Coaches…
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IOWA CITY – Logan Jones has a blueprint to follow, but ultimately he will forge his own path as the first-year starting center on the Iowa football team.
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Lewis Central senior Will Devine remembers growing up with the game of soccer from around the time he could walk. He and his brother, Paul, use to practice in the backyard.
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Treynor senior Clara Teigland won a gold medal in the 2A girls 400-meter hurdles, setting a class state meet record, and ran the fastest qualifying time in the 100 hurdles during the second day of action at the IHSAA Track…
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Abraham Lincoln senior Paige Bracker grew up in an athletic family that always competed for everything. Her battles with her brother, Creighton, to sit in the front seat of the car eventually led to her mother, Becky, having to create…
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History made: Eagles clinch first-ever state tournament in routing of Hawks
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Seventh-inning grand slam lifts A.L. past L.C. in 4-A substate play
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Teachers, mentors helped @LewisCentralCSD student go from failing classes to college dreams. http://t.co/nefO8mUfJK
http://t.co/7bZJt12FuN.
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Abraham Lincoln senior Liam Lutz made history on July 7 when he and other members of the High Flyers U18 volleyball club won the national championship in Las Vegas in the USAV Boys Junior National Championship.
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For the second consecutive season, Iowa Western football is heading to the NJCAA National Championship Game after defeating Northwest Mississippi 33-12 on Sunday evening in Senatobia, Mississippi.
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Even without the journey that preceded it, St. Albert senior Brendan Monahan had a special concluding season to his Falcons career.
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CHIBA, Japan — Council Bluffs native Thomas Gilman won two matches late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning to claim a bronze medal in the freestyle 57-kilogram class in the Olympics.
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Lewis Central sophomore Ethan Eichhorn punched his ticket to the state cross country meet on Wednesday at the Class 4A District Meet in Ankeny, finishing in fourth place with a time of 16 minutes and four seconds.
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The No. 8 A.L. Lynx commanded a 60-51 victory over the No. 1 Papillion-La Vista Monarchs at @BackAtTheMac's tourney
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When Abraham Lincoln junior Molly Romano first started playing volleyball when she was six years old, she looked up to the older players in high school and college as role models. Romano now finds herself one of those role models…
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As the interview was about to end, Lewis Central softball coach Hannah Cole wanted to add one more thing.
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Former Lewis Central Titan goalkeeper Cole Jensen, just days after being drafted, will have his high school jersey and number “0” retired.
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The win leaves Iowa Western as the only unbeaten team left in the double-elimination tournament
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Patterson earns 100th coaching victory, St. Albert tops Exira-EHK 16-2
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St. Albert junior Colin Lillie was a man on a mission in Monday’s Class 1A District 14 quarterfinal over Tabor Fremont-Mills, scoring 42 points and hitting seven 3s. The Falcons won 75-49.
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Lynx alumni Tyler Brietzke has been named the new coach of the Abraham Lincoln Lynx baseball program.
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Underwood outscored Treynor 12-2 down the stretch to earn their first trip to the state tournament since 2004 with a 35-21 victory in the Class 2A Region 8 final at Lewis Central High School.
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It wasn’t quite Temperature Tuesday yesterday, but it was a Runza kind of day as Abraham Lincoln High School senior Grace Schoening was named Student of the Week by the regional fast food chain.
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"I am so excited for the girls. They have worked all season. And they just beat a really good team,” Treynor coach Kim Barents said. @TreynorNation
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Rev. Monahan's conviction reversal will not be challenged by Iowa AG office
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The “Zombies” films are like time capsules for stars Milo Manheim and Meg Donnelly.
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A new @IowaWestFdn initiative has resulted in planning for a new indoor turf facility for southwest Iowa athletes of all ages. #swiowa .
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