Here Comes the Cold

Now that winter is around the corner the winter sports are starting up and you all need to know when and where.

Here are the links to the winter sports for Alburnett and this year we will give you the schedule for:
~Girls & Boys Basketball
~Wrestling
and for the first time
~Hockey

Boys Basketball

Varsity- http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Basketball/Varsity/Boys/

JV-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Basketball/Junior%20Varsity/Boys/

Jr. High-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Basketball/Junior%20High/Boys/


Girls Basketball

Varsity-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Basketball/Varsity/Girls/

JV-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Basketball/Junior%20Varsity/Girls/

Jr. High-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Basketball/Junior%20High/Girls/


Wrestling

Varsity-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Wrestling/Varsity/Boys/

JV-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Wrestling/Junior%20Varsity/Boys/

Jr. High-http://www.highschoolsports.net/team/Alburnett-Community-High-School-Alburnett-IA/Wrestling/Junior%20High/Boys/


Hockey-

http://www.midwesthighschoolhockey.com/CR/CRmain.htm

ir you can't get connected just copy and paste these into your URL and if nothing else fails just Google it.

Have a nice day, be ready for an extra hour of sleep next saturday, and get ready for winter sports.

Record Broke at State Meet

The boys cross country state meet is today, October 30th. We have Jason McVay running at 2:30, so check back about 3:00 and should have results posted. The meet is Fort Dodge and we wish Jason the best of luck. Run fast! Go Pirates

Jason McVay placed 24th at the boys state cross country meet with a time of 17:23, which is a school record! Jason is only a sophomore and will be back for two more years of running!

football Night

great night for football.
Alburnett won the flip and deferred
D stopped Starmont on 3 downs but faked punt for first down

Volleyball at Columbus

Alburnett is playing a tough Waterloo Columbus volleyball team tonight. Just got a result from the first game Alburnett lost 12-25, but looking for a strong second game. Keep checking and will post information as it becomes available.

The second game was closer but we still were a little short 22-25.

Alburnett gets game 3!!! 25-19..

We lost the fourth game 18-25.

Good job tonight & Great season girls, we are proud of you all.

Football Team Preparing for Playoffs

The Alburnett football team lost a close game with Wapello Friday, October 22nd, 26-22. The team has a quick turnaround on Wednesday, October 27th the Pirate football team will travel to Starmont for a 7p.m. playoff game. The Pirates end the regular season with a 4-4 record, which is a great improvement from last year. Go Pirates, lets get a win Wednesday.

We will be blogging the game live from Starmont on Wednesday, so if you can't make the trip to Starmont log on your computer and follow the game.

Cross Country boys run at Districts

Our boys placed 4th at Starmont in the district cross country meet. Alburnett scored 157 points, but had to be the top 3 to run at state as a team.

Jason McVay placed 6th overall individually advancing to the state meet on October 30th. Great job JASON! His time was 17:45.

1st Round of District Volleyball

The had to fight hard all five games last night. The Pirates hosted the 1st round of districts against the North Cedar Knights. The Pirates lost the first game 32-30. The Second game was a Pirate vicorty 25-21. It was a Knights victory in the third game 25-12. Another Pirate victory in the fourth 25-23. And the Pirates finally win it in the fifth 16-14.

The Pirates will play again next Tuesday @ Waterloo Columbus and against Columbus
~the game will start @ 7:00

The football teams will play Friday against Wapello
~JV 5:00
~Varsity 7:00
~This game will determine our seed in playoffs

Conference Volleyball Tournament Updates

After a great football win last night 28-0 that qualifies the Pirates for the substate game. Also, makes the Wapello game this Friday big as it determines the #3 & #4 seeds. A Pirate win, we are #3 with a Wapello win we are #4 seed.

Pirate volleyball team travels to Cascade today, Saturday, October 16th to play in the tournament. The Pirates are grouped with Maquoketa Valley, Springville, North Linn & Central City for pool play with the top 2 advancing the tournament finals. The other group includes Cascade, EDCO, East Buc, Starmont & Monticello.

The Pirates lost the first match against Maq Valley 19-21 and 18-21. With Springville being the favorite in the Pirates group-just got a text showing North Linn beating Springville. So our group is still wide-open for us to make the top two and advance. Check back for updates through out the day as I receive results will get them posted. Go girls bounce back!

Starting last night this is a big week for Pirate sports! Keep the good scores coming in!

This Tuesday, October 18th at 7p.m. the Pirate volleyball team starts districts against a tough North Cedar team, but the game is at the Pirate gym-we will need everyone there cheering for a Pirate victory.

Cross country team runs at Starmont districts on Tuesday, Oct 20th.

Perfect night for football at Pekin!

Game will be starting in about 10 minutes! Pirate JV lost 35-30, but the varsity is looking for a win!.

Pirates run at Tri-Rivers Conference Meet

Alburnett boys cross country team placed fifth at the conference meet on Thursday, Oct 14th

Jason McVay placed 6th overall
Jordan Neighbor placed 14th overall

with Drew Renberg running his personal best

Our JV girls didn't have enough runners for a team but individually the girls placed:

Anna Slife 4th
Courtney McNulty 9th
Kathy Sorensen 10th

Districts are next Thursday, October 21st at Starmont

Outcome of Homecoming

This year's Homecoming was very successful all week long. There were a lot of students participating in daily events.

*Monday the JV football team traveled to Lisbon

*Tuesday the igh School volleyball teams hosted the Edgewood-Colesburg Vikings for their Cancer Night (Aiming for a Cure) and Fr-So and JV won but Varsity lost

*Wednesday was our first ever community bonfire at Midway

*Thursday the high school volleyball teams hosted the Monticello Panthers for Senior Night and all the teams won

**Friday the Varsity football team defeated the Highland Huskies for the Homecoming Victory

Homecoming WIN

Alburnett football team evened their record at 3-3 with at 41-28 win over the Highland Huskies on Friday, October 8th. Next week Alburnett travels to Pekin with JV starting at 5p.m. and the varsity to start 30 minutes after the JV ends. GO Pirates!

Mitch Harger led the way on offense rushing for 251 yards on 26 carries and 4 touchdowns. Colton Martin & Jacob Sevening each had a rushing touchdown as the team rushed for 354 yards on the night. The defense was led by Colton Martin with 14 tackles, Mitch Harger with 11 and Colton Shadden with 10.

Long Night for the Pirates

The Pirates had a long Friday night against the North Cedar Knights. They Knights scored within the first 15 seconds and the Pirates broke down and lost 36-0.

Better Luck for Homecoming Boys

Volleyball at Starmont

Thursday night the high school volleyball teams traveled all the way to Starmont High School and it was a well deserved trip

The Fr-So team started off slow but won in two games

The JV team also started off slow bout won in three games

The Varsity fought hard and won in five games and beat the undefeated Stars.

Tonight the high school football teams will host the North Cedar Knights
~The JV game will begin at 5:00 and the Varsity game will begin at approximately 7:00