Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Cardinal Sports

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS:

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD DURING THE COURSE OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND THEN INTO THE POST SEASON THAT THERE WAS AN IOWA CONNECTION TO CARDINAL'S ROOKIE PITCHER MICHAEL WACHA..  I HAVE DONE A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK TO DETERMINE THAT MICHAEL'S GRANDMOTHER, ELAINE WACHA FARRINGTON LIVES IN ELMA, IOWA, A SMALL NORTHEAST IOWA TOWN OF ABOUT 600 NEAR CRESCO..  MICHEAL'S DAD, TOM, GREW UP IN ELMA AND ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN CRESCO..
MICHAEL'S MOM, KAREN, IS A NEVADA, IOWA NATIVE.. SHE AND TOM MET AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND THEY WERE LIVING IN IOWA CITY WHEN MICHAEL WAS
BORN.. THEY NOW LIVE IN TEXAS..  MICHAEL WACHA WAS THE 19TH OVERALL PICK
BY THE CARDINALS IN THE 2012 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT..  IN 2013 HE STARRED ON
BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STAGE.

MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS:

FOUR WAMAC CONFERENCE TEAMS WERE IN ACTION YESTERDAY AT THE STATE
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN CEDAR RAPIDS.. IT WAS A SPLIT DECISION AS TWO WON AND TWO LOST..  IN CLASS 4-A, SOLON BEAT INDIANOLA 3 GAMES TO 1.. BUT WEST
DELAWARE LOST TO DAVENPORT ASSUMPTION 3-2..  IN CLASS 3-A, MOUNT VERNON
TOPPED SHELDON 3-0, BUT INDEPENDENCE LOST TO MOC-FLOYD VALLEY 3-1..
BOTH SOLON AND MOUNT VERNON WILL PLAY AGAIN THURSDAY.

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