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Another tough task for Iowa Central

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The 15th-ranked Iowa Central football team understands just how close they are to being 3-0. Instead, the Tritons are sitting at 1-2 overall following back-to-back narrow defeats. They return home to Dodger Stadium this Saturday tasked with another difficult opponent in the form of No. 2 ...

Area football roundup

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Birkey puts on a Homecoming show for Manson NW in win MANSON — A battering ram of an offensive line plus a steady diet of senior running back Kamden Birkey sent Manson Northwest Webster to a Homecoming victory on Friday night. The Cougars (3-1 overall, 1-0 in the distirict) earned a Class ...

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

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Heather Seeden has no issue with challenging her St. Edmond volleyball team. Seeden, in her first season as head coach, made sure to let the Gael players know that had lost the last 19 meetings with Clarion-Goldfield/Dows. She also put them through the grind in practice of working on some ...

Fort Dodge hits the road at Waterloo East

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WATERLOO — The Fort Dodge football team is feeling much better about itself after last week’s thrilling home victory over Dallas Center-Grimes. In order to keep the good times rolling, though, the Dodgers must bring the same focus and intensity to the table on Friday at long-time rival ...

St. Edmond hosts top-ranked Audubon

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There might not be a hotter team in all of eight-player football than St. Edmond at the moment. Coming off back-to-back games in which they scored at least 70 points, the Gaels return home to host Audubon, who is tied for first with Bishop Garrigan in the Associated Press poll. Kickoff is set ...

Teams work on resumes

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There’s one more week for fine tuning offensive and defensive schemes, then the chase for district championships begins. Class 2A squads will join 1A, A and eight-man in district play, while Class 3A and 4A will begin next week. The big matchup in the area, let alone the state, will be ...