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Thompson reaches 300-win plateau

MARSHALLTOWN — Bobby Thompson was born a Dodger and will always be a Dodger. For the 20 past seasons, Thompson has been a mainstay of Fort Dodge wrestling, linking its past to the present and future student-athletes at FDSH. On Thursday, the veteran head coach reached a career milestone ...

FDSH wrestling team takes care of Bobcats on the road

MARSHALLTOWN — After earning career win No. 300 here on Thursday, Fort Dodge head Bobby Thompson didn’t want to talk much about the achievement. Thompson was too focused on his team and what they can still do better. The Dodgers (7-4 overall) defeated Marshalltown, 45-27, before ...

TRITON TRAIN

The sixth-ranked Iowa Central wrestling team served notice inside Hodges Fieldhouse on Thursday. The Tritons (10-5 overall) rolled to a 36-4 victory over ICCAC foe and No. 10 NIACC. “Our team is close,” said ICCC head coach Luke Moffitt. “They cheer each other on and care about what ...

Triton women easily handle NIACC, 51-8

Iowa Central left no doubt in their conference win over NIACC on Thursday night. The third-ranked Triton women (3-2 overall) lost only one match, picking up five falls. NIACC also handed the Tritons five victories via forfeit in Iowa Central’s 51-8 rout of the Trojans that took only 25 ...

Dodger girls in action at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN — The Fort Dodge girls wrestling team picked up four victories in a dual against Marshalltown on Thursday. The Dodgers dropped the match by a final of 48-23. Alivya Rokes earned a fall in 3:10 over Marshalltown’s Patricia Mateo Merita at 120 pounds. “Alivya wrestle ...

FOCUSING ON A LEGACY THAT LASTS

Meah McCaleb has plenty of personal goals for the final six months of her time as a Fort Dodge Dodger. She also keeps a much bigger picture in mind, though, which extends far beyond what happens inside the lines of competition the rest of the way. “I want to be the name people (think ...