Cedar Valley Christian - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Valley drubbed by Clarksville

Hand it to the 20 hardy boys on the Cedar Valley Christian 8-man football team: They never give up.

After 22 straight lopsided losses, they won the first game in school history last Friday, 30-20, over Harmony at Farmington. That win had even their parents jumping on the field with joy.

Agony followed ecstasy Friday at home on the LaSalle Field, however, as Clarksville scored on the second play of the game and was hardly touched while taking a 59-6 halftime lead.

“Don’t just roll over and die,” Cedar Valley Christian Coach Ed Betsworth exhorted his young charges from the sidelines at one point. “Go out and get ’em.”

And so they did.

The spunky Huskies scored three touchdowns in a row in the second half, slowed down the continuous clock and ended up losing by a more respectable score of 67-26 to an unbeaten Indians squad that figures to be one of the favorites in its division this year.

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Cedar Valley spikers fall at GMG

GARWIN - The Cedar Valley Christian volleyball team came out clicking in the first set Thursday night, but ended losing to GMG by the count of 18-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-20.

Maria Sequeira collected seven assists and seven aces for the Huskies. Shelby Hembera had six kills and three blocks. Maggie Cach had five kills and four assists.

Cedar Valley Christian enjoys first victory

Cedar Valley Christian took a bold step four years ago when it started a high school football program from scratch with a bunch of inexperienced kids and no field.

The Huskies were determined to have a team at their small school on the southeast side of Cedar Rapids and all their hard work paid off Friday night.

Cedar Valley trimmed Harmony, 30-20, for the first victory in school history in an 8-Player game in Farmington, snapping a streak of 22 lopsided defeats.

"That's great," Coach Ed Betsworth said Saturday morning. "I'm glad it happened, finally."

The Huskies finished with an 0-4 record in 2011, went 0-9 in 2012 and 0-9 again last year. Some of those scores were pretty ugly as the Huskies learned how to play the game, but they got a nice reward Friday.

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Cedar Valley beats Harmony for 1st win

FARMINGTON - Cedar Valley Christian Coach Ed Betsworth knew what he was talking about when he said the Huskies had a good chance to win their first football game in school history this year.

It happened Friday night.

Cedar Valley defeated Harmony, 30-20, in an 8-Player game in Farmington.

Cedar Valley began its football program four years ago and suffered a series of lumps in all of its games, but Betsworth liked the way his guys performed in a 7-on-7 passing league this summer against much bigger schools like Cedar Rapids Washington, Prairie and Solon.

The Huskies have 20 players on the roster this year, giving them much more depth than in previous campaigns. They are also bigger, stronger and faster and have an experienced quarterback in Kenan Ulmer.

Now the Huskies have a victory.

The Harmony Rockets shared a football program with Central Lee in recent years, but they broke away and formed their own team this season.