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Three decades of former Panther football players gathered Saturday night to pay tribute to "coach."

Jake Marlin may not have won the national title he wanted at the Asics/Vaughan Junior & Cadet National Championships last week in Fargo, N.D, but the Creston freshman accomplished something no other wrestler did during the six-day event.

Two area athletes were part of the South team that suffered a 24-0 defeat in the Iowa Shrine Bowl Saturday, but both say the experience goes well beyond the field of play.

Despite falling short of its state-tournament goal, it was a record-setting season for the 28-4 Creston softball team.

It seemed like a collapse.

AMES — A combined group of area athletes playing under the name Mix and Match won the Women’s Volleyball Open Division July 18 at the Iowa Games in Ames. This division is open to all women athletes above 12th grade for the 2010-2011 school year.

Creston’s undefeated run through the Hawkeye 10 Conference softball schedule this summer resulted in several league honors announced today.