Friday, February 28, 2014

FRIDAY DAILY REPORT

ONLY 1 BELOW THIS MORNING.
HEATWAVE TODAY...HIGH OF 25.
NEARLY AN INCH OF SNOW TONIGHT.
TWO INCHES TOMORROW.
TWO INCHES  TOMORROW NIGHT.
SUNDAY, NO SNOW AND HIGH OF 7.
MONDAY, MOSTLY SUNNY AND HIGH OF 11.
AND A LITTLE WARMER BY MID-WEEK.

THE MAQUOKETA SCHOOL BOARD HIRED CHRISTOPHER HOOVER, AGE 42, AS THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT THIS AFTERNOON.     HE WAS OFFERED  A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT AT $132,000 A YEAR.     HE IS CURRENTLY SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE TURKEY VALLEY AND SOUTH WINNESCHIEK DISTRICTS.   BOARD PRESIDENT MIKE HAYWARD SAID THE BOARD HAD TWO EXCELLENT FINALISTS AND IT TOOK THE BOARD TWO HOURS TO MAKE A DECISION.   HOOVER AND HIS WIFE KAREN HAVE ONE ELEMENTARY-AGED SON.

IN SPORTS, A PAIR OF TALENTED SOPHOMORES HAVE BEEN NAMED TO THE ALL-CONFERENCE GIRLS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM.    CHIARA ATIENZA OF MAQUOKETA  AND AMANDA BRAINERD FROM CENTRAL DEWITT WERE BOTH SELECTED BY COACHES.    SENIOR AUBREE TAYLOR OF MAQUOKETA WAS NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM.      CENTRAL OF DEWITT HEAD COACH MARK KURTZ WAS NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

DENNIS VOY


LOCAL BASKETBALL NEWS

LAST NIGHT....
BOY'S TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL....
DEWITT 56
MAQUOKETA 43
DEWITT PLAYS AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND IF THEY WIN, THEY WILL BE
IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.   KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE GAME.
TWO OTHER AREA TEAMS NEED ONE MORE WIN TO GO TO STATE.
EASTON VALLEY (PRESTON AND MILES)
AND
NORTH CEDAR (STANWOOD)
EASTON VALLEY AND NORTH CEDAR BOTH PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE EASTON VALLEY GAME AGAINST DANVILLE WILL BE BROADCAST
ON KMAQ TOMORROW NIGHT STARTING AT 6:40 WITH LEIGHTON HEPKER
AT THE PLAY-BY-PLAY MIC.

IN BASEBALL, THE SPRING TRAINING GAMES  ARE UNDERWAY.   THE CUBS
LOST THEIR FIRST ONE YESTERDAY AND THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS HAVE
THEIR FIRST GAME TODAY.    KMAQ WILL BROADCAST THE GAME TOMORROW AGAINST THE MARLINS AND THE SUNDAY GAME AGAINST THE METS.
BOTH GAMES START AT 11:45 A.M.    AGAINST THIS YEAR, IN MARCH, KMAQ
WILL BROADCAST ALL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SPRING TRAINING GAMES.
COMING UP....KMAQ'S 30TH SEASON OF BROADCASTING ST. LOUIS CARDINAL GAMES.
 

AND IN LOCAL WRESTLING....READ BELOW.

THE THURSDAY DAILY REPORT IS BELOW.