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Preston Nedved is in his fourth season playing football for the Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) Tigers. Preston is the son of Lindsey Nedved and Jason Kuhlman and Ross and Linda Cimpl. His grandparents are Stan and Janet Nedved, Dan and Kelly Cimpl, and Tom and Mary Jo Kuhlman. His great-grandparents are Tom and Vicki Studelska and Agnes Nedved.
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The 2023-2024 Avon Girls Basketball team will be guided by head coach Brad Poppe and assistant coaches, Becky Haenfler and Don Mudder. ThisisCoachPoppe’s36thyear of coaching and his 29th year coaching the girls’ basketball program.
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Andes Central held their 2023 Fall Sports Banquet Monday, November 20th. The banquet included football, volleyball, cross-country and 2023 spring track. The evening began with Mr. Gordon Hooks giving the banquet welcome. He thanked everyone for coming, explained the order of the program.
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The 2023-2024 girls’ basketball season is soon to be under way with their first game of the season on Friday December 8th in Winner.
Read moreKatelyn Ulmer has been teaching2ndGradeinAvonfor eight years. A day in her classroom typically starts out with the second graders completing a morning paper, followed by calendar,dailynews,andshow and tell. Mrs. Ulmer says that shelovesdailynewsbecause“I get to hear about what’s going on in the lives of my students.” Herclassthenattendsspecialsmusic, library, or computers. The second graders love computers becausetheygettolearn how to type! After specials, the class completes their daily math lesson before enjoying a break at morning recess. The second graders are working on adding and subtracting two digitnumbers.Afterrecess,the second graders go to reading piratetimewhichiswherethey splitintogroupsamongvarious teachers and work on reading. Second grade concludes their morningbypracticingspelling words and then eating lunch andgoingtorecess.Intheafternoon, the second graders work onphonics.Afterphonics,they split into groups again, this time for math pirate time. The rest of the afternoon focuses on reading.
Read moreOn Wednesday, November 8, the Veterans Program was held in the auxiliary gym. The coloredguardPastorRushsaid some prayers and the student body president Kocmich and Mr. Culver did a little speech and a video. The choir sang a song called, There She Stands. The song is about the veterans who protect our country and Mr.Culvershowedsomevideos abouttheaboutformerveteran painted rocks in every county in Iowa. Then Pastor Rush did the closing prayer and then retreated the colored flags.
Read moreOn November 6th the school had its Fall Concert. It began with three musical selections fromtheJuniorhighchoirthen three musical selections from the Junior high band. All of the songs they played were all chosen themselves. After that, was three musical selections fromthehighschoolchoir.Next was three selections from the Highschoolband.Thelastsong at the end of the night was sung by the High school choir as a dedication to Mrs. Schultz’s father, who is battling cancer. The song’s title is “In Jesus Name,” for many people who are sick or have lost a loved one to sickness.
Read moreWhat an amazing season these 26 young men had playing for the Avon Pirates High School Football team. Withanoverallrecordof10-2 and Class 9B State Football Champions title, a first-year head coach and his team could not ask for a better season. The seniors on the footballteamcouldnotagree moreandafewwantedtosay a few things to their coaches, teammates,andcommunity.
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