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Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · 2 item(s) in this section.
Cross Country
Pike fielded a complete girls’ scoring team for the first time since 2023 at its own home meet, two weeks after the volleyball coach asked her players in this newspaper to give up their Saturdays. Two of them did.
Read the full story →Loon Ridge Men’s League
A motion to strike the smoke-week asterisk from the league record failed Thursday when the season points winner — who did not play that night — objected to having it removed, and the head pro ruled in his favor using a procedure that does not exist.
Read the full story →Pike Football
Pike opened with an eighty-yard drive and led 7–0 into the second quarter against a team that had outscored two opponents 62–14. The rest of the evening went the way the arithmetic said it would.
Read the full story →Pike Volleyball
Pike beat Sandstone at home last Tuesday and plays at Hinckley tonight. The coach is nine deep on Saturdays now and has opinions about that which she has already expressed in print.
Read the full story →At the Home Meet
A cross country finish needs a funnel of rope, a stack of popsicle sticks, and six adults who are not allowed to cheer. Here is the job.
Read the full story →Fall Sports
Results from the past week and the schedule into the first week of October, as of Monday.
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