I am getting ready for my curriculum fair. I have to pick the classes I want to take for next year. This fair will give me the opportunity to speak with any department concerning curriculum and any other questions I have. All teachers and guidance counselors will be there. The classes I choose for next year will be very important, because I want to continue challenging myself through my senior year. I have some hard decisions to make.
Former Ames boys basketball coach Dennis Cullinan was a fighter. Its not surprising that it took years before cancer finally claimed his life Friday.
Memorial services for Cullinan will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls.
He won 362 games. He died early Friday morning, school officials said.
Cullinan also coached at Decorah, North Fayette of West Union, Nashua and Southeast Polk.
He will be remembered for his coaching success and developing strong players.
Hell also be recalled for being involved in a controversial situation that ended his coaching career. He was dismissed as Ames coach and fought that decision all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Denny, to those who knew him, was a career teacher and coach.
I dont think he would want the court action to be much more than a footnote. Its worth discussing that he believed strongly in the rights of coaches and his case added to Iowas laws concerning contracts. W
Here are a few of my favorite images from the finals of the Iowa State Wrestling Tournament Championships Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena.
To see all the photo galleries from all the championship matches follow these links.
Class 1A
Class 2A
Class 3A
It can be very hard balancing schoolwork, school activities, social lives, and athletics. At times, our schedules can be overwhelming and it may seem that academics is our only focus. We are going through a very important time in our lives, deciding where we will go to college and what we want to do with our lives. Our junior and senior years are vital to paving the way for our college career. It may be necessary to put our priorities in order, and if that means missing some social activities and focusing on our grades and the ACT, then so be it.
Class 1-A takes the mats first this season at Wells Fargo Arena. Class 2-A goes tonight.
You can follow these brackets throughout the four-day tournament.
4:04 p.m.
They just announced the team leaders after the first day of the state Class 1-A wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.
Logan-Magnolia is on top with 26.5 points, followed by defending champion Don Bosco of Gilbertville with 16 — one point ahead of third-place Martensdale-St. Marys.
There is a three-way tie for fourth place, with Alburnett, Lisbon and Manson-Northwest Webster all having 14 points.
I will start a new blog later for tonights Class 2-A action.
3:21
Top-ranked Brendan Ter Wee of West Lyon improved his record to 34-0 with a 3-2 overtime victory against Luke Bird of East Buchanan at 285 pounds.
Ter Wee, a senior, will face Caleb White of Tri-Center of Neola in Thursdays quarterfinals. Whi
