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Stanley Cooper, a senior running back at Southeast Polk, had the defining performance of September in Class 5A. On Sept. 18 he carried 29 times for 196 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-28 win over defending 5A champion Dowling Catholic. His last score was a 52-yard run in the fourth quarter, and his brother Adrian ran in the two-point conversion that tied the game. Cooper came into the season after rushing for 1,311 yards and 17 touchdowns at 8.5 yards per carry, and he has the Rams back in contention for the 5A title.
Ginger Fay became the first eighth grader in Iowa to earn an automatic state qualifying time, and she now holds automatic cuts in both the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard individual medley. She ranks fourth in the state in the 100 breaststroke against swimmers up to four years older, swims on a 200 freestyle relay ranked No. 1 in the state, and has become one of the top point scorers for the back-to-back defending state champion Maroons.
