Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A real-life Hamburglar



I don't know if many of you have heard of this yet, but there was a real-life Hamburglar that broke into, of all places, a McDonald's. Overnight Saturday into early Sunday, Whitley Teslow, a Wartburg College student, had a little bit of a late-night food craving after having a few drinks in the downtown Cedar Falls bars, so he went to the Micky-D's on First Street. However, that location closes at midnight, so when he went to the drive thru window, no one answered.

Allegedly, Teslow broke the forward drive-thru window and climbed into the restaurant. He fired up the grill and frier and cooked himself a burger, some fries and had a drink. He's even shown pumping ketchup in one shot. After he was finished, he left through the same window he broke to get in. Odd thing is, there was another McDonald's location two miles away near the intersection of Main Street and University Avenue that is open 24 hours.

Teslow now faces third-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal mischief and fifth-degree theft. The most serious charge, burglary, carries a maximum five-year prison sentence and $7,500 fine. I guess this will turn out to be a truly unhappy meal.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Bettendorf 35, Cedar Falls 7



The No. 6 Cedar Falls football team ended its season in the Class 4A semifinals Friday night, Nov. 11, with a 35-7 loss to Bettendorf in the UNI-Dome.

Barkley Hill ran for 65 yards before being knocked out of the game in the third quarter with a left-leg injury. Ike Boettker, who was sidelined for three weeks with a back injury, returned to the line-up and threw for a touchdown to James Harrington.
The Tigers end the season with an 11-2 record. Bettendorf will face top-ranked West Des Moines Valley next Friday in the Class 4A title game.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Janesville beats Bellevue Marquette in 5 sets



The Janesville volleyball team will return to the Class 1A state volleyball tournament after defeating Bellevue Marquette in five sets, 20-25, 25-17, 26-24, 20-25, 15-9, at West Delaware High School.

The Wildcats had 20 kills by Kendyl Sorge, followed by 10 from Shelby Shnurstein and Natalie Brace. They will face Trinity Catholic of Fort Madison in the first round of the state tournament Nov. 9 at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Cedar Falls 21, Iowa City High 7



The sixth-ranked Cedar Falls football team reversed its fortunes Monday night against No. 9 Iowa City High in winning the second round of the Class 4A football playoffs, 21-7, in the UNI-Dome.

After giving up two touchdowns in the first minute of last year's quarterfinal game at Bates Field in Iowa City, the Tigers were able to keep the Little Hawks out of the end zone until very late. City High was 1-for-5 on fourth-down conversions, while Barkley Hill paced the Tigers' rushing attack, gaining 149 yards and scored two touchdowns. Brayden Longnecker added a six-yard score to break the ice.

The Tigers will play Friday night at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids in the quarterfinals against Cedar Rapids Washington, a 28-26 upset winner over eastern-half top seed Linn-Mar in Marion.