Maddie Manning and the Oklahoma women's basketball team closed out January with a successful matinee. Manning, a former Ankeny star, scored six points in 23 minutes of action to help the Sooners to a 68-49 victory over Kansas State on Wednesday morning at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. The game was played in front of thousands of local elementary school … [Read more...] about Manning helps Sooners to 800th victory in OU program history
Archives for January 2018
From 1-10 to 5-3, Ankeny girls’ bowling team enjoying remarkable turnaround
A dramatic turnaround for the Ankeny girls' bowling team continued on Tuesday as the Hawkettes rallied to defeat Valley in a CIML Central Conference dual meet, spoiling the Tigers' Senior Night at Val Lanes. Ankeny erased a 32-pin deficit to post a 2,461-2,434 victory. The Hawkettes are now 1-1 in the conference and 5-3 overall under first-year coach Jim … [Read more...] about From 1-10 to 5-3, Ankeny girls’ bowling team enjoying remarkable turnaround
Blimpie Sub of the Week: Logan Scheer, Ankeny boys’ basketball
Senior Logan Scheer of the Ankeny boys' basketball team is the Ankeny Fanatic Sub of the Week sponsored by Blimpie. Scheer has helped the Hawks to a 5-11 record. He is averaging 0.9 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. Scheer is also one of the top players on the Ankeny boys' tennis team. … [Read more...] about Blimpie Sub of the Week: Logan Scheer, Ankeny boys’ basketball
Hawks fall to Fort Dodge in preview of potential substate matchup
A four-game winning streak put the Ankeny boys' basketball team into position to possibly host a first-round game in next month's Class 4A substate tournament. The final 5 minutes of Tuesday's CIML non-conference game against visiting Fort Dodge probably negated all of those wins. The Dodgers used a 19-5 run to rally for a 65-61 victory that likely had … [Read more...] about Hawks fall to Fort Dodge in preview of potential substate matchup
Centennial girls rally past East in OT, celebrate Senior Night with victory
Down by seven points with less than 4 minutes left to play, the Ankeny Centennial girls' basketball team was in danger of suffering a rare home-court loss on its Senior Night. But Chloe Olson refused to let it happen. The senior forward scored four points down the stretch to help force overtime, then added a pair of free throws in the extra period as … [Read more...] about Centennial girls rally past East in OT, celebrate Senior Night with victory