what makes kobey pritchard want to wrestle is pretty simple... sot: kobey "i like to win, i like to be physical with people." his style may be different, but the goal is the same. sot: kobey "i get really aggressive, i fell like i want to beat the crap out of somebody." sot: coach "he found something he loves, something he's good at and he wants to be better. thats the sign of any good wrestler." but kobey pritchard is not the same as kobey "ive never wrestled with 2 legs." nats sot: kristie "1 leg doesnt mean hes a disabled child and cant do anything, right? in our house we dont talk disability, we dont talk disadvantage." standup: in november of 2005 at the age of 5 kobey's life was changed forever he was diagnosed with ewing sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. sot: kristie "i thought it was a death sentence." sot: kobey "i remember one day i was running around outside with my friends and all of a sudden i couldnt run anymore. i didnt know what was happening." the cancer had spread all the way up his leg in to his hip. amputation was the only option

but kobey pritchard is not the same as every other wrestler. kobey "ive never wrestled with 2 legs." kristie "1 leg doesnt mean hes a disabled child and cant do anything, right? in our house we dont talk disability, we dont talk disadvantage." in november of 2005 at the age of 5 kobey's life was changed forever he was diagnosed with ewing sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. kristie "i thought it was a death sentence." kobey "i remember one day i was running around outside with my friends and all of a sudden i couldnt run anymore. i didnt know what was happening."the cancer had spread all the way up his leg in to his hip. amputation was the only option. kristie "they basically told me ultimately its your decision, but if you want to see him alive in 5 years, this is the best course." coach "what takes guts is a kindergarten kid walking through the halls when kids know you with 2 legs now they see you with 1, that kobey "at first i'd go to school and people would feel sorry for me but over time i got used to it and learned to live with it."football, b

indianola's kobey pritchard... also on the mat today... indianola's kobey pritchard... a cancer diagnosis forced doctors to amputate his leg when he was just five years old.... but as you can see it hasn't slowed him down one bit. find out how he did in his first match... and all the results from a big day at the a western iowa police chief was the focus of protests this week... the protestors rallied outside the denison police department yesterday. they are outraged after an investigation found racist and pornographic pictures from police chief john emswiler on a city- owned computer. what he's got on his computer is not right and i think any reasonable person would agree. basically trying to get it out there saying he this is what's going on here this is the reason the things are they way they are and it needs to change." the city says police chief emswiler was disciplined.... but won't say what that discipline involved. the chief has also refused to comment. police say a pair of traffic violations led to a roll over crash in urbandale today... police say the driver o

we check in with kobey pritchard... the indianola teen reaching for a title... even after losing a leg at a young age.. the results from with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. yeah, i miss the rumpled crazy uncle look. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this role. feel like a hollywood insider earlier this week, we introduced you to kobey pritchard... the wrestler from indianola overcoming his disability too make it to the state wrestling tournament. kobey lost his leg when he was five... due to cancer but is still chasing his dream of a state title... channel 13's michael admire joins us live from wells fargo arena... micheal... you were mat side when kobey wrestled today. roll to sot:: to their feet. everywhere he goes he obviously draws attention, usual

kobey battled the odds and is now one of the best wrestlers in the state. pritchard advanced to the semifinals at 106 pounds in class 3a before losing to valley's nick oldham. this season with a 5th place finish, a fall in his final match. kobey is just a sophomore so expect him to make a return to the well 1 year from now. with 12 losses its unlikely uni will receive an at large bid to the ncaa tournament. panthers need towin the valley tourney/ first, a strong finish to the season. home against illinois state. this is how you start a game. opening possession, alley oop to wes washpun. panthers up 2 early. later, outside. paul jesperson. nba rnge for 3. 12 for jesperson uni up 14 at the break. 2nd half. washpun, driving. 2 at the rim. 18 points for wes. lead would balloon to 19. then more above the rim. jeremy morgan on the alley oop. he finishes with 13. panthers win 75-66 the struggle continues for the over in waco...78-41 by number 4 baylor. the iowa state men won't be winning a big 12 regular season title, so these final 5 games are all about tournament seeding

feel good story of the day....we introduced you to him earlier this week...indianola wrestler kobey pritchard lost one of his legs at the age of five took home his first state tournament win yesterday. for scores from more than 500 matches yesterday, check the 13 now app or log on to the home page with 40 megs of internet speed from centurylink, a family of four can all be online at the same time, streaming, gaming, or downloading movies. yeah, the internet's great, but i think hair and makeup went a little too far. yeah, that's not working. i much prefer the two-day beard, horn-rimmed glasses, just-slept-in-his-car kinda thing. okay. be "paul giamatti." that's the essence of this role. feel like a hollywood insider with high-speed internet from centurylink. wake up in your first home. wake up in a home you've made a bit bigger. wake up in a home with a new address. wake up in a home that doesn't even have an address. as your life evolves, your dream home evolves too, and protecting it takes committed support. at american family insurance we support your dreams. see how you can save with toda

indianola's kobey pritchard fell to valley's nick oldham. kobey who lost his leg to cancer 10 years ago, should hold his head high. what an inspiration." championship rounds start at 10:00 this morning. still ahead on kcci, remembering scalia. thousands paid their respects to . the funeral service planned for today. plus, what state leaders are saying about the recent vacancy, and whether or not president next >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning weekends with alyx sacks and meteorologist metinka slater. frank: good saturday morning, welcome back, 8:13. the temperatures yesterday were just perfect. if we could have not had that wind it would have been a great 52 is the high in fort dodge, 60 in des moines, 64 in council bluffs. i asked people on my facebook page, did you like the wind yesterday, and it was unanimous. if it were not for the wind. ames, 36, marshalltown, 34. the wind has definitely dialed back, out of the west, northwest at 10 miles per hour. some changes ahead in your 8 day forecast. today, 60 degree

indianola's kobey pritchard first period pin... pritchard 126. dowling's jake watters recovered from off-season knee surgery.. missed half the season... but he's going to state. 4-0 decision. overtime at 132 pounds... next point wins... in front of his home crowd..ethan ksiazek gets the take down, two points and a walk off win. dragons are district i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for honeysuckle white . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) honeysuckle white . no growth-promoting antibiotics, >>> have you guys been watching the primaries? >> yes. hillary got her but kicked in new hampshire. >> we're all still voting for her, right? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> sure. >> cool, cool, cool, me too. except i think i'm voting for bernie. >> me too. >> you are? >> so am i. >> hillary has every single thing i want in a president, but she's no bernie. turn down the light ss turn down

indianola's kobey pritchard first period pin... pritchard heading to state for first time. 126. dowling's jake watters recovered from off-season knee surgery.. missed half the season... but he's going to state. 4-0 decision. overtime at 132 pounds... next point wins... in front of his crowd..ethan ksiazek gets the take down, two points and a walk off win. dragons are district champs more districts from dallas center grimes. semifinal matches, winners head to state. 152. norwalk's alan mooregets a takedown in extra time to beat dallas miles. 170. valley's austin stotts, no trouble, gets hunter stumpf twisted like a pretzel. stotts your district champ. 182. newtons duncan lee a big 3rd period fall on southeats polk's kameron padavich. lee is a district champ. 195. dcg's logan buck, a fall in the semis. buck then wins the finals be decision. then 2 of the fastest falls you'll ever see. sep's ethan anderson the pin in 10 seconds. valley's rocky lombardi tops that, 5 second fall... anderson would beat lombardi in the finals. [ island music plays ] wheel... of... aloha! aloha! and now

indianola's kobey pritchard at 106 lost his leg to cancer, but he met his match tonight as valley's nick oldham wins 4-2. he'll face waukee's kyle biscoglia for the title. 126, sep's nathan lendt rolls past dowling's jake watters for the 20-5 tech fall. he'll face #1 triston lara of fort dodge tomorrow. 145, defending champ michael zachary will get a chance to repeat with the 10-4 decision. even adding a dab at the end. 170, #1 marcus coleman of ames takes down #3 josh edel of marshalltown 7-4. 220, ethan anderson makes it 3 for 3, getting his 3rd pin of the tournament, 1:57 in. he's one of a few go for a repeat tomorrow. "zachary of dowling and anderson of se let's check out 2a semis now. 138. #2 wyatt thompson of creston- orient maxburg with the takedown he'd go on to grab the 8-1 decision and give both he and his team a shot at a title. "thompson reacts to making 2a champ." jordan: now in 1a-- there were a handful champs looking to keep that hope alive of repeating. here's a look at how everything unfolding this afternoon's semifinals. "we pick things up at 120, 2nd ranked brady kyner

a story to keep an eye on indianola sophomore kobey pritchard lost his leg to cancer but here he is pinning his way , to a win. he's going to state for the first time. indianola's lane runyon gets a takedown against dowling catholics sergio orozco. at 126 dowlings jake watters gets a takedown against johnstons elliott polmeyer. watters wins a 4-0 decision. he is headed to the state tournament as is michael zachary. gets a dominant 21-8 major decision. >> i love the atmosphere. i love the fans and competition. i just love to go there and >> last year i fell really short. i did not a compass my goals at all. this year i feel like i can reach what i am looking for. >> it is indescribable. when you come out of the tunnel and see all is the will. really on her to come back. scott: his team came in 10th and he was honored for a 40 year todd: some of the roads are already snow-covered. >> announcer: three new players. >> buckle up, baby. we're heading to vegas. >> ohh! >> caboose. >> yeah! >> announcer: two beautiful models. >> let's start big. what do we got there? $10,000! >> announcer: one lova

indianola's kobey pritchard first period pin... pritchard heading to state for first time. 126. dowling's jake watters recovered from off-season knee surgery.. going to state. 4-0 decision. overtime at 132 pounds... next point wins... in front of his home crowd..ethan ksiazek gets the take down, two points and a walk off win. dragons are district champs. more from dallas center grimes. semifinal matches, winners head to state. 152. alan moore of norwalk takedown in extra time to beat dallas miles. 170. valley's austin stotts, gets hunter stumpf twisted like a pretzel. stotts your district champ. 182. newtons duncan lee. 3rd period fall on kameron padavich. lee is a district champ. 195. dcg's logan buck, a fall in the semis. buck then wins the finals be decision. then 2 of the fastest falls you'll ever see. sep's ethan anderson the pin in 10 seconds. valley's rocky lombardi tops that, beat lombardi in the finals. sep wins districs state tournament next thursday. with your sports on today in snow continues to fall this mostly snow covered. snow will continue on this area of low pr

"we kick things off at 106 pounds, 4th ranked kobey pritchard of indianola. wrestles better with one leg, than most do with 2. he gets the 3 point near fall en route to with 2. he gets the 3 point the 16-1 tech fall victory. up to 113, #1 brody teske of fort dodge, gets the take down and near fall en route to the pin of joe pins! teske moves to 40-0 this season. 120 pounds, 8th ranked alec clark of ottumwa earns the fall 1:29 in. 126 pounds, #1 triston lara of fort dodge is on to the quarters with the fall at 2:20 over dc-g's bryce murano. 132 pounds, it's 2nd ranked grant stotts of valley taking down #9 drew sams of oskaloosa in a close one, 3-2. 138 pounds, top ranked zach barnes of se polk. grabs the 14-3 major decision on reese hageman of marshalltown. up to 145 pounds, defending champ michael zachary on a mission for a repeat. he grabs the pin in 1:10 and goes from hunter to hunted this year. 160 pounds, top ranked jack koethe of valley, coming off a state dual title wednesday, grabs the pin in 1:57. coleman grab the fall in 1:47, just as he planned. 220

scott: speaking of proud, how about kobey pritchard? the sophomore from indianola made his first career state tournament. he lost his leg to cancer 10 years ago. he made it all the way to friday's semifinals, where he lost to valley's nick oldham. he had worked so hard to make it we put this image on our kcci facebook page. this went viral. it has actually been seen 662,000 times. just under 10,000 likes and 2500 shares. the comments of supprt and congratulations have just come pouring in. it prompted kobey's mother to comment on all this going on. saying "thank you everyone for , your kind words. we certainly didn't expect all this attention he's been getting. most that know him don't see him as having only one leg because that's not what defines him. he's a great kid first and foremost, and hoping to be a future state champion. he'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. cuz that's just who he is." we certainly don't doubt that. as we know, high school wrestling in iowa is among the most elite in the country. so when you are an el

indianola's kobey pritchard fell to valley's nick oldham. kobey who lost his leg to cancer $10 years ago, should hold his head high. what an inspiration." championship rounds started 10:00 this morning. still ahead on kcci, remembering scalia. thousands paid their respects to the late supreme court justice yesterday. the funeral service planned for today.r. mom: seriously? culligan man: problem water. i'm on it. anncr: a culligan whole-house water softening system turns your problem water into culligan water, pure and simple. dad: hey, culligan man. culligan man: hey! anncr: a culligan whole-house water softening system turns your problem water into culligan water, pure and simple. >> this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning weekends with alyx sacks and meteorologist metinka slater. frank: welcome back, 5:13. these temperatures yesterday were nice. did not really feel like february, 60 and the metro, low 60's down around lamoni. look at council bluffs yesterday, 64 degrees. 44 and the metro, ottumwa, 47 degrees. ames at 39

elizabeth: jake childs can probably draw some inspiration himself from kobey pritchard of indianola. he lost his leg to cancer in 2005 and he made the state tournament this year. shaina: wanted to show you one of the sweetest videos we've seen in awhile. this is really cute. a 6-year-old girl knew her big brother wanted a hamster more than anything. so she decided to spend her birthday money to get one for him and here's what happened when she surprised him. >> it's a hamster, i paid for it. eric: so cute. shaina: the embrace lasts so he just burst into happy tears and hugged his little sister for a very long time. daniel had been doing extra chores but abigail told their parents she wanted to surprise him because he had been working so hard. you know those parents are like, we did something right. eric: it just melt your heart. it is 5:47. happy friday, everybody. looking live on downtown des moines another warm day, but 2 diabetes, you may know what it's like to deal with high... and low blood sugar. januvia (sitagliptin) is a once-daily pill that, along with diet and exercise, hel