sitting left to right are father Mark Bear and MaCael Bear are STC Head Wrestling Coach Nate Van Dyke and Hawkeye Head Wrestling Coach Dan Lovell Senior MaCael Bear signed his letter of intent to wrestling next year at Hawkeye Community College Bear is a two time state qualifier for the Trojans and won over 100 varsity wrestling matches during his impressive high school career He is a three sport athlete at South Tama — along with wrestling he also competed in cross country and soccer When asked about why he decided to commit to Hawkeye “It was a good opportunity for me and Dan Lovell Bear also showed his appreciation to those around him who have helped him to this point in the sport “The STC community has really been great I have learned a lot since I started wrestling and the coaches were always there to help me put in the extra work,” he said Bear additionally commented on what he has enjoyed in the past few years competing in wrestling as a Trojan “I enjoyed spending time with my teammates and training with them Bear shared what some of his goals are at the next level — he hopes to transfer to the University of Northern Iowa after his two years at Hawkeye The whole STC wrestling community congratulates Bear on his accomplishments and has enjoyed watching him wrestle the past few years South Tama will look forward to seeing what Bear will achieve on the mat at the collegiate level in the coming years The STC girls tennis team hosted Marion on Tuesday April 22 at the South Tama High School Tennis Complex Today's breaking news and more in your inbox Copyright © Tama-Toledo News Chronicle | https://www.tamatoledonews.com | 220 W. 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Box 118, Tama, IA 52339 | 641-484-2841 | Terms of Service head coach Dan Lanning confirmed on Thursday "Yeah he medicalled," Lanning said following Oregon's first spring practice Afaese's name was not included on the updated spring roster released by the Oregon Athletic Department Thursday morning Oregon Football releases updated roster on the first day of spring practice. pic.twitter.com/d8wnLBy5Vt 259-pound defensive lineman was entering his redshirt sophomore season with the Ducks in 2023 He missed the entire 2022 season due to injury Afaese signed with Oregon as a three-star (0.8896 per 247Sports Composite) recruit from Kapoeli High School in Hawaii as a member of the 2020 class under former head coach Mario Cristobal During his three years in Eugene he played in three games and logged 22 total snaps His departure brings the Ducks to 91 total scholarships six more than the 85 each school is allotted per NCAA rules Oregon's defensive line is a crowded room ahead of next season with numerous veterans including Brandon Dorlus The Ducks also prioritized signing plenty of players along the defensive line in the 2023 recruiting class with Tevita Pome'e and My'Keil Gardner among the early enrollees that are on campus for spring practice Jersey numbers for new Oregon Ducks as spring practice begins WATCH: Dan Lanning recaps spring practice No. 1 Elite 2024 Oregon RB Target Nate Frazier says recruitment is "Getting real" The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only Betting and gambling content is intended for individuals 21+ and is based on individual commentators' opinions and not that of Sports Illustrated or its affiliates All picks and predictions are suggestions only and not a guarantee of success or profit If you or someone you know has a gambling problem crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER DES MOINES — It’s been a long wait for Gavin Bridgewater to get back to the state wrestling finals The South Tama County senior intends on using that pent-up energy on his opponent for Saturday night’s 215-pound championship in Class 2A at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines after punching his ticket with a 5-2 decision in the semifinals on Friday Bridgewater makes it to Saturday night for the second time in the last three years after finishing second two years ago only to come up short last season in the semifinals before eventually climbing back to third place He’ll wrestle in the tail end of Saturday’s final session that begins at 5:30 p.m. taking on New Hampton/Turkey Valley’s Braden McShane in the championship McShane defeated Henry Christensen of Ballard by 3-2 decision in the other semifinal on Friday “I know that I belong in the state finals,” Bridgewater said and nothing’s going to stop me.” In the semifinal with Glenwood’s Mason Koehler Bridgewater grabbed the first takedown with 21 seconds left in the first period Koehler reversed out of bottom position to start the second the first two-point move scored on Bridgewater this tournament Koehler briefly had Bridgewater rolled over into a pinning predicament but Bridgewater busted out and got a reversal of his own for a 4-2 lead after two “We knew he was going to try and do some stuff I was going to be all right,” Bridgewater said Bridgewater escaped from bottom and kept Koehler from getting any further offense “There’s no reason to go out there and be scared with the lead because there’s always something that can happen,” Bridgewater said because you’re the one in control and you know where you want to be.” South Tama coach Nate Van Dyke admits things got “a little hairy” in the semifinals but believes Bridgewater wouldn’t be denied on Friday “I think he’s on a mission,” Van Dyke added “He was so close last year where it boiled down to one bad match or one bad situation and that’s wrestling but I had no doubt he’d make it back this year and now he’s got one more.” lost to Webster City’s Carson Doolittle by 14-3 major decision Chavez can still earn as high as third place for his third state medal of his career a process that begins Saturday morning in the consolation semifinals against CJ Davis of Burlington Notre Dame but I think he ran into a pretty good kid,” Van Dyke said it was time to move forward and get the next best thing and now we’ve got 24 hours to get that mindset.” MaCael Bear did not advance beyond the “blood round” fourth-round consolation losing a 7-4 decision to West Marshall’s Shane Hanford at 138 pounds “I think that 138 bracket is one of the deepest brackets here,” Van Dyke said “It always hurts when someone wrestles the last match of their season or career It’s gonna hurt a little bit because he’s going to see some people that he beat earlier in the season on the award stand great career and was right there in those matches.” Shane Hanford had to get back to doing what he is uniquely equipped to do The returning state medalist for Trojans boys wrestling defeated MaCael Bear of South Tama County to clinch his second state medal in a fourth-round consolation match on Friday “I didn’t wrestle how I’d like these past few days,” said Hanford Hanford caught an incidental knee to the face trying to take a shot in the match with Bear which led to some stop-start action from the second period on as they tried to stop nose bleeding but was able to get a takedown in the second period then answered a takedown from Bear in the third period with a reversal into two back points that helped him stave off the STC senior “I definitely wasn’t moving on bottom yesterday,” Hanford said “I just realized that I needed to keep moving Hanford also scored his 100th career win with the victory over Bear Hanford kept it moving with a dominant 14-5 major decision against Barrett Morgan of Algona he really returned to some bully wrestling and showed some true character in that second match,” West Marshall coach Stephen Adams said “It’ll be good for him to get multiple matches so that he can prove who he is and what he’s capable of.” Hanford wrestles Solon’s Jordan Schmidt in the consolation semifinals tomorrow morning a loss places him in the fifth-place match ran into Webster City’s Linden Phetxoumphone who defeated Gonzalez for the third time this season with a 12-2 major decision I loved that Jon fought all the way to the end he went for a big move late and had him on his back for a moment but just not quite enough to get points out of it,” Adams said “Can’t respect enough what he’s done so far down here at state and he’ll have two big matches tomorrow.” Gonzalez takes on Crestwood’s Mitchell Schmauss in the 113 consolation semifinals tomorrow State week has been tough on Trent Cakerice and the Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center senior heavyweight had the strength to wrestle down Dubuque Wahlert’s Michael Bormann for a second-period pin and secure his first state medal in a 2A 285-pound fourth-round consolation match “I’m relieved now,” Cakerice said Cakerice lost his fourth-round consolation match last year but looked like the better wrestler on the mat on Friday against Bormann Cakerice grabbed a leg and drove into Bormann bowling him over and pinning him down late in the second period “I knew he’d be a little lighter than most heavyweights I’d have to be a little smarter,” Cakerice said he was trying to use the same stuff and he just gave it to me and I took it.” His next match was a setback against Creston’s Max Chapman Cakerice appeared to have the pin with time expiring in the first period but time ran out just before the official slapped the mat Chapman was able to wrench Cakerice over with a reversal into a pin Cakerice will wrestle Webster City’s Landon Griffin for seventh on Saturday morning he’ll end the day on the podium at 285 pounds “It’s a sign that hard work pays off anything’s possible,” Cakerice said LLC | https://www.timesrepublican.com | 135 West Main Street The dates displayed for an article provide 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The 588-bed project makes the school among fewer than 20 of 116 community colleges in the state to offer student residences Construction of Napa Valley College’s 588-bed student housing complex is about halfway complete the three-building River Trail Village is slated to be finished in about a year the college will be among fewer than 20 of 116 community colleges in the state to offer student residences the college’s assistant superintendent and vice president of administrative services said the project is on track to be completed for the 2024-25 school year That’s despite several work stoppages earlier this year due to rainstorms and by the time a groundbreaking ceremony was held two months later the site had already been leveled into a construction-ready field of dirt talked about how the complex would benefit students — a project aimed to provide affordable living as local rents rise and to attract new students amid the college’s declining enrollment said at the time the housing — which will be offered below market-rate costs — represented a major effort to help cover students’ basic needs It marked an important step toward providing stability for students to focus on academics “Research consistently shows the correlational impact housing and food security have on student success,” Powell said during the groundbreaking “Students are more likely to be successful and complete college when they live on campus particularly when their campus experience builds learning relationships and encourages student engagement.” those words were reiterated during a “topping-out” ceremony held by the college to celebrate the work of about 150 construction workers and other staffers The housing’s affordability for low-income students — who make up about 40% of the student population — remains a major focus of the project That affordability is set to be bolstered by $31 million from California’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program Though monthly rental prices have yet to be released school representatives previously estimated rent could start at about $600 per month Students generally can’t afford to live in Napa an area with high rents and low apartment availability Monthly rent in Napa County averaged about $3,118.20 from January to May according to the most recent data from real estate company Zillow many students commute to the school from nearby communities — adding the burden of travel School officials also hope having on-campus housing will help boost the school’s declining enrollment which college officials previously said was partially a result of housing insecurity There were 4,021 full-time students enrolled at the college during its 2020-21 school year Enrollment then dipped a year later to 3,509 students the total dropped to 3,073 enrolled students in 2022-23 The school anticipates the number of students enrolled in the upcoming 2023-24 school year to be comparable to the most recent year offer a greater chance for students to become connected to the school and one another would allow students a greater chance to take part in Napa’s local industries and potentially improve the college’s connection with the larger community “I think Napa has a great opportunity to be viewed as a destination for students,” Reeves said Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Group Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente S.A. a solar energy company present along the PV value chain from solar module manufacturing to power generation has completed the final connection of a 1MW rooftop project located in the municipality of Macael in the province of Almería (Spain) the project consist of ten industrial rooftop installations enough to supply energy to more than 430 homes avoiding the annual emission of more than 700 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere The company continues to bet on the Spanish market where thanks to its efficiency and competitiveness Solaria is still present developing its business the most significant increase in sales remains in the Power Generation business line representing 61% of the sales mix in the first half of 2012 Privacy policy   I   Legal notice   I   Cookies policy We only use our own cookies, which are technically necessary to enable and optimize your navigation. 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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO — STC senior Macy Welsh holds her signs her letter of intent to play volleyball at Buena Vista Pictured in the front row (L to R): mother Audra Donnelly STC senior Macy Welsh has announced her commitment to play volleyball at Buena Vista University Welsh will go to Storm Lake in the fall and compete for the Beavers in the highly competitive American Rivers Conference (ARC) Welsh has been a constant presence in the STC volleyball program over her four years Welsh was named as one of three team captains this last fall during her senior year Welsh ranked high in several statistical categories for the Trojans during her senior season Welsh led the team in blocks (36) and finished fourth in assists (18) Welsh received honorable mention on the WaMaC all-conference team She was also named to the All-Academic Conference team following both her junior and senior seasons Welsh will join head volleyball coach Will Baumann who has coached the Beavers since the fall of 2022 the Beavers have had 11 top-five finishes in the ARC They have also had 27 players selected to the ARC All-Conference first or second teams in that same time period The South Tama 6th Grade YSF Football team brought their season to a close this past weekend at the Corridor Classic in Cedar Rapids They finished their regular season 6-0 defeating South Hardin and they hosted three home games at STC High School Stadium The last weekend in October they traveled to Cedar Falls to play in the Corridor Classic They were able to defend their “0” as they walked off the field as tournament champs They defeated Cedar Falls (30-0) and a combined Waterloo West team (16-6) These boys have come a long ways with the help of their parents