Top-ranked Humboldt will meet a familiar foe in the opening round of the Class 3A playoffs, while Algona will face a perennial power. The Wildcats (8-1 overall) fought through one of the toughest districts (3A-2), going 5-0. They will meet their district’s third-place team again, Clear Lake ...
Good teams come and go in sports. Successful programs withstand the test of time. Teams rely on the specific talent of individuals or classes to succeed. Programs develop a system that stabilizes and sustains. Teams aren’t always necessarily about chemistry, unity or other intangibles. ...
Despite being a three-year state cross country qualifier coming into her senior season, distance running was not something Ellie Knox had particularly enjoyed through the years. That is until recently, when the St. Edmond senior found her love for putting in the miles. “Distance running ...
MANSON — The ninth-ranked Manson Northwest Webster football team has put together a season to remember so far, but they don’t want it to end. Gone are the mental hurdles and moral victories. The Cougars are here to win. For the past two weeks MNW (8-1 overall) has been the underdog, but ...
As they have done 25 times over the past two seasons, the Iowa Central volleyball team walked off the court winners here Wednesday night at Hodges Fieldhouse. With a sweep over Iowa Lakes, the eighth-ranked Tritons secured a second-place finish in the ICCAC and honored their sophomores in the ...
The eighth-ranked (NJCAA Div. II) Iowa Central women’s soccer team saw their chase of a regional championship come to an end here in the rain Wednesday night. After delaying the start of the Region XI semifinal between the Tritons and 16th-ranked Iowa Lakes multiple times due to weather ...