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By Lindsay Mueller
SECTIONALS- This past weekend wrestlers from 8 schools competed for a chance to move on to districts.  Team scores from Sectionals are as follows:
Nashua-Plainfield 263, Turkey Valley 173, Riceville 165, Saint Ansgar 159, South Winn 121, Valley 84, Postville 81, and Rockford 63.  Although no Pirate wrestler will be advancing, the team and individuals put in some great effort all season long said their coach after competition on Saturday.

By Gary Simmons. Sr.
POSTVILLE - The Pirates hosted the West Central Blue Devils last Tuesday (February 8th) in a contest between two schools that have struggled most of the season but lately have found their way into the win column. Both teams had 11 game losing streaks this season and both teams needed a win. Postville put together four quarters of solid basketball to defeat West Central 63-41.

By Gary Simmons, Sr.
POSTVILLE - The Lady Pirates hosted the Blue Devils from West Central last Tuesday (February 8) night in their final regular season home game. The Blue Devils, winning 4 out of their last five contests, came in to play a Postville team that had lost 4 out of their last five games. These were two teams heading in different directions. West Central got off to a great first quarter lead, 11 to 5, and shot 52% from the floor on the night to defeat the Lady Pirates 58-31.

Surprisingly, the pace of the Iowa Legislature seems to be moving swiftly for the moment. Discussion continues on a wide range of issues, but centered this week on meth, property taxes and cigarettes.
I am sure that if legislation is passed to restrict access to pseudoephedrine, some will feel they will be inconvenienced because of it. The bottom line is that we have to get these products off the shelves and shut down the meth cookers. Even though this is a small source of the meth supply in the state, it will be a start to addressing the other 80%.