Never discount a victory. Those were the Braves’ feelings following an up-and-down Week 1 contest against the Central Heights Vikings. A much-improved Vikings team showed up to play Friday night and made the game quite interesting through three quarters.
It was a good start to the season for the Council Grove Braves at the Mission Valley Cross Country Invitational on Thursday. The season began with the Jr. High race. Carter Bremer got out to a slight early lead which became what looked like a pretty comfortable lead halfway through the race, but then came a trio of contenders behind him that came on. Bremer held them off with a strong last half-mile and a strong kick to the finish line to finish first in the boys Jr. High race. Hayden Horton finished 20th in the boys race and Haylee Neilsen finished 14th in the girls Jr. High race.
Have you ever wondered about the building on U. S. 56 in Delavan that is now known as the Grandview Township Community Center, which was once a school? The article below was written by the late Warren Dix and tells of how the Morris County community saved the building from ruin.