The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Cherokee Washington Braves (Cherokee, IA) and the visiting Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union Royals (Marcus, IA), observed Cherokee Washington's football squad defeat Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union by a count of 51-23.

The Braves now own a 1-0 record. They play next when they travel to Sioux Central for a non-league contest on Friday, September 1. Cherokee Washington will play a Rebels squad coming off a 20-9 non-league win over South O'Brien (Paullina, IA). The Rebels record now stands at 1-0.

Coming up next, the Royals play the Gehlen Catholic Jays (Le Mars, IA) in a A District 1 contest, on Friday, September 1. Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn/Remsen-Union will attempt to upgrade on its 0-1 season record. The Jays go into the contest with a 0-1 record after their 10-0 non-league loss to Hinton (Hinton, IA).