BY JON SWISHER – SPORTS DIRECTOR:

In week three of the high school football season, seven of our eleven coverage area teams in play won on Friday night. With Western Dubuque, Independence, Cascade, Anamosa, Maquoketa Valley, North Linn and Ed-Co all posting W’s. Four of those seven, Indee, Anamosa, North Linn and Ed-Co remain unbeaten at 3-0.

The Class 3A 9th-ranked West Delaware Volleyball team improved to 17-1 with a 4-1 record at the Aplington-Parkersburg Tournament in Parkersburg on Saturday. The Hawks defeated Ankeny Christian and A-P 2-1. They took down AGWSR and Wapsie Valley 2-0, then fell to Denver in the finals 2-1.