Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 12, 2013

King and queen candidates for the 2013 Diagonal high school Homecoming celebration have been announced. Candidates include (second row, L-R) Jaylee Boganand Shelby Comer; (back row, L-R) KennethWeaselhead, Ismail Omar and Blake Butler.

Sanding in front are attendants Abby Larson and E. J. Allee.

Students has been busy participating in the annual Spirit Days with Monday as Opposite Day, Tuesday as Black OUt day, Wednesday was Favorite Fairytale Character Day, Thursday is Nerd Day and Friday is the traditional Spirit Day.

(Not pictured - candidate Leigh Davis.)

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Queen and king for the 2013 Diagonal high school Homecoming celebration are Jaylee Brogan and Ismail Omar. They were crowned following Friday's basketball games against Moravia.
~ Photo by Daria Sobotka

The Diagonal Maroons picked up a Homecoming win over the Moravia Mohawks by a 68-30 score.

The Maroons were never headed in the game, breaking out to a 23-4 first-quarter lead and never looked back. They stretched the lead to 22 by half at 37-15, then held Moravia to three points in the third period to maintain a 56-18 lead.

The Maroons set a respectable 47 percent from the field, including 21 percent from the three-point arc and 67 percent from the line.

The Maroons were led by Blake BUTLER as he had a double-double, hitting a season-high 24 points, shooting 61 percent from the field and adding 12 rebounds, three assists and four steals in a good all-around game.

He was followed by Jacob TAYLOR with 17 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals. Gerad NAILL had six points, five rebounds, one assist and two steals. Colter PICKERING had five points and five rebounds. Kenny WEASELHEAD had four points and four rebounds, and Levi JARRED have five points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals while Leigh DAVIS had three points.

Returning to action after an extended illness was Ryan PARROTT. In brief action he added four points and four rebounds.

The Maroons moved their record to 3-2 overall, 1-1 in the conference.

Homecoming was not extra special for the Diagonal Maroonettes as they fell to the Morvaia Mohawks 48-30 in a game that was much closer than the final score indicated.

The game was even at eight after the first quarter, but Moravia was able to score several inside baskets to take a 19-13 lead at the half. The third quarter was basically a draw as Moravia still led 31-23. Twice the Maroonettes were able to cut into the lead, at one time trailing by only one point in the fourth quarter before Moravia was able to pull away for the win.

Coach KNOX praised the defensive job by Kaitlyn KLOMMHAUS as she held Moravia's leading scorer to only seven points. "We needed a better performance defensively as a team," she said.

The Maroonettes shot well from the field, hitting on 15-of-34 shots for 44 percent. Cassidy BECKER again led the team with her third double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while shooting 50 percent from the field.

Kaitlyn KLOMMHAUS had nine points, five rebounds and three steals. Kasydi KLOMMHAUS tossed in six points, and Allison NORRIS added five points and five rebounds. Jaci HAIDSIAK knocked down three points and had four steals.

Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2013