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Tritons play for regional title

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CEDAR RAPIDS — The storybook season for the Iowa Central men will take them to Kirkwood here Saturday with a shot at the Region 11 championship. After knocking off No. 3 Des Moines Area in the semifinals this past Wednesday night, 83-76, the Tritons will meet the fourth-ranked Eagles for ...

HALL OF FAMER

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The secret didn’t last long for Pocahontas Area graduate Elle Ruffridge. The state’s most prolific modern-day basketball scorer found out about her 2025 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame honor the way a teacher typically would: in a shared moment with her students. “We ...

Taylor moves into quarters

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WICHITA, Kan. — It’s simple for Carson Tayor. One match at a time. The Fort Dodge state champion graduate cruised into the NAIA national quarterfinals with two convincing wins for Grand View. “I’m feeling great,” Taylor said. “Everything is going to plan and I’m wrestling ...

Iowa Central’s Moffitt headed to Hall of Fame

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Under Luke Moffitt, Iowa Central wrestling has been one of the premier programs in all of NJCAA for the past two decades. The Tritons have won six national championships, finished in the Top-3 at the national meet 14 times and claimed 36 individual crowns with Moffitt at the controls. Now, ...

FD grad Ross earns No. 1 seed

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COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Iowa Central women bring a pack of 24 to the NJCAA Wrestling Invitational led by No. 1 seed Alexis Ross beginning here Friday. Action starts at 9 a.m. with preliminary first round matches and continues through the crowning of champions on Saturday night. Ross, a ...

Bears, Mustangs ready for semis

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DES MOINES — The stage is set for two epic Class 1A semifinals here on Friday inside Wells Fargo Arena. Top-ranked Council Bluffs St. Albert takes on Bishop Garrigan at 1:30 p.m. followed by a championship rematch between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at 3:15 p.m. Winners of both games ...