Bears are 1-2 to start season

  WEST BRANCH - The defending River Valley Conference South champion West Branch Bears begin the new season 1-2 as the second week of the regular season begins.  The Bears won their 2017-18 season opener at home against Wilton, 58-18, but have lost their last two at Monticello (68-58) and home against Tipton Tuesday (59-57).

  The Bears play at Winfield Mt. Union tonight, Thursday December 7 before starting a big week next week.  Next week, West Branch plays two RVC teams that will likely at minimum flirt with being in the class 2A rankings when they are released.  Those teams are Iowa City Regina and Cascade.  Both come to West Branch with the Cougars on Tuesday and the Regals on Friday.  Also a road game at West Liberty next Saturday waits.  A rematch of last year’s class 2A substate game with Camanche will take place at Camanche before home games with Mid-Prairie finishes off the pre-Christmas break schedule.

Wildcats Looking For First Win Of Season

  DURANT — The Durant Wildcats will travel to Tipton Friday night looking for their first victory of the season.  The Wildcats sit 0-6 overall and 0-4 in River Valley Conference play.  The Wildcats nearly pulled off their first win of the season this past Tuesday in a 54-48 overtime loss at West Liberty.  The Wildcats outscored the Comets in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 41 after regulation, but the Comets outscored them 13-7 in overtime.

  Through five games, stat leaders for the Wildcats are - Scoring - Kamryn Meyer 7.6 ppg, Ruby Kappeler 7.0 ppg; 3-pointers made - Ruby Kappeler 3; Rebounds - Kamryn Meyer 25, Amanda Wiese 24, Ruby Kappeler 20; Assists - Hannah Happ 7, Kamryn Meyer 6; Steals - Kamryn Meyer 7, Amanda Wiese 5; Blocked Shots - Kamryn Meyer 6, Lauren Ralfs 5.

  The Wildcats game with West Liberty Tuesday started a three-game road stretch for Durant with a game at Tipton this Friday and at Mid-Prairie Saturday afternoon.  The Wildcats host Bellevue, Mid-Prairie and Wilton to finish off their pre-Christmas schedule.

State Volleyball Preview Podcast 2017

The state volleyball tournament starts this week and the Tipton Tigers are in the class 3A field for the first time in school history.  Here is a special Podcast this week.

On this podcast are:

- Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rep Jason Eslinger
- Cedar Rapids Gazette prep reporter - Jeff Linder
- Mason City Golbe Gazette prep reporter - Leah Vann
- Tipton volleyball coach Amy Calonder
- Tipton student athletes and volleyball captains - Allie Ryan, Amanda Smith, Jamie Kofron and Sommer Daniel

Podcast - Coaches Corner Podcast Special Announcement

This special Coaches Corner Podcast has some exciting news in it for Tipton High School Athletics. 

Coaches Corner Podcast - October 27th

Due to some technical difficulties, this episode for last week was not loaded right.  Here is the podcast for Friday, October 27th...A week late. - RS.

Coaches Corner Podcast - Friday, November 3rd

Ryan sat down with three area coaches.  Wilton football coach Ryan Hetzler as the Beavers are preparing for their quarterfinal game with Iowa City Regina tonight.  Durant football coach Joel Diederichs to wrap up the Wildcats season and Tipton cross-country coach Eric Walsh to talk about the state cross-country meet.

Coaches Corner Podcast - October 20th

Ryan sat down with a host of area coaches this week to get comments about their respective teams.  On today's show are:

Tipton football coach Joe Zeutenhorst
Wilton football coach Ryan Hetzler
Durant football coach Joel Diedrichs
Tipton cross-country coach Eric Walsh
Tipton swimming coach Whitney Gehrs

Then, I have some comments from Tipton volleyball coach Amy Calendar after the Tigers opening region 8 win over Williamsburg.  Also, I have comments from Williamsburg coach

CCP - October 13th

Ryan catches up with three Tipton and one Wilton coach this week in the latest Coaches Corner Podcast.  The fall season is quickly coming to an end with week 8 of 9 for football and upcoming postseason cross-country volleyball and swimming.  Catch all of the action in the Tipton Conservative newspaper, online at Tipton Conservative Sports on facebook, on twitter - @Consports, on instagram - Ryan Stonebraker.  If you have questions or comments please e-mail - ConservativeSports@gmail.com

Hawkeyes Announce Start Times for Home Duals

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team announced Wednesday starting times for home duals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in 2017-18.

The Hawkeyes host Oklahoma State (Jan. 14) in a Sunday matinee beginning at 3 p.m. (CT). Iowa hosts Michigan on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 5 p.m., and Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m.

Friday night duals against Rider, Illinois, and Michigan State will start at 7 p.m. (CT).

The Iowa City Duals begin at 10 a.m. with three consecutives duals against Iowa Central, Buffalo (11:30 a.m.), and North Dakota State (1 p.m.).  The Hawkeyes host Northwestern on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m., in their final home dual of the season (early start time in account of Super Bowl Sunday and a UI women’s basketball afternoon tipoff at Carver-Hawkeye Arena).

Season tickets are $80 and available for purchase at hawkeyesports.com or by contacting the UI Athletics Ticket Office at 800-IA-HAWKS. Season tickets include a $25 savings when compared to single-dual pricing, and season ticket holders get priority for April's UWW World Cup.

The UWW World Cup is the annual international dual meet championship that features the top eight men's freestyle wrestling teams in the world. Team USA, the 2017 UWW World Champion, is represented by Iowa All-American and world silver medalists Thomas Gilman, and Olympic and World medalists Jordan Burroughs, J'Den Cox, Nick Gwiazdowski, and Kyle Snyder.

The UWW World Cup will be contested April 7-8 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
  

CCP - September 29th

Coaches Corner Podcast - September 8th

This week's Coaches Corner Podcast is here.  Ryan sat down with five area coaches this week to talk about how their seasons were going.  On the show are:

Tipton football coach Joe Zeutenhorst
Wilton football coach Ryan Hetzler
Durant football coach Joel Diederichs
Tipton cross-country coach Eric Walsh
Tipton volleyball coach Amy Calonder

Thanks for listening.  If you have questions or comments about this program, please contact Ryan at ConservativeSports@gmail.com

CCP - September 1st

Week 1 of the fall season is in the books.  In football, Wilton and Durant got wins, Tipton and North Cedar took losses.  Games for week two are - Wilton at Durant, Louisa-Muscatine at Tipton and Lisbon at North Cedar.

In volleyball, the River Valley Conference has started out with a 56-14 record combined by their 13-member schools.  Four schools remain unbeaten and five schools are ranked by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.  Ranked 3A schools are - #3 Tipton, #9 West Liberty and #15 Monticello.  Ranked 2A schools are - #9 Wilton and #15 Iowa City Regina.

Cross-Country and Swimming continue along with meets.  The four conservative area teams ran at iowa City last night and the Tipton swimming team competes at the Muscatine Invitational tomorrow.

I have a busy show today with many coaches.  On today’s show are:

Tipton football coach Joe Zeutenhorst

Wilton football coach Ryan Hetzler

New Wilton athletic director Marc Snavely

Durant football coach Joel Diedrichs

And -

Tipton swimming coach Whitney Gehrs

I hope you are having as much fun this fall season as I am keeping up on our area sports teams. Thanks for listening! - RS.

CC-Swim-AD Podcast

This episode of the Coaches Corner Podcast sees Ryan catch up with Tipton cross-country coach Eric Walsh, Tipton swimming coach Whitney Gehrs and new Tipton athletic director Matt Fouch.

Coaches Corner Podcast - Volleyball 2017 Preview

On this episode of the Coaches Corner Podcast, Ryan sat down with the volleyball coaches from the four area schools - Tipton, North Cedar, Wilton and Durant to preview the upcoming 2017 season.  The CCP reached a new high of 737 listeners with that total coming from the football preview podcast.  If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact the podcast at - ConservativeSports@gmail.com

Podcast Link to Volleyball Preview

Coaches Corner Podcast - Football Preview 2017

The Coaches Corner Podcast is back after a break.  Ryan gets back in the swing of things by talking to the football coaches from Tipton, North Cedar, Wilton and Durant.

Preview podcast link - Football

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PODCAST: January 25th

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