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Spence state-bound!

OELWEIN — Union senior Sawyer Spence is headed to state for the second year running after finishing fourth at the Class 2A District 2 state-qualifier meet held in Oelwein on Wednesday, Oct. 22. He clocked in at 16 minutes, 46.6 seconds to earn a spot in Fort Dodge. Last season, Spence ...

Redhawk makes it to state

COGGON — North Tama junior Rachael Murty qualified for the state cross country meet by finishing ninth at the Class 1A District 7 invite on Thursday, Oct. 23, at North Linn High School. Murty clocked in at 21 minutes, 18.8 seconds to finish comfortably inside the top 10 as North Linn’s ...

SPORTS SHORT: Sixth-ranked Knights charge through postseason opener

LA PORTE CITY — The No. 6 Union Knights volleyball team breezed through its postseason opener, beating Pleasantville 3-0 in last Wednesday’s (Oct. 22) Class 2A regional quarterfinal. The Knights (36-12) won 25-16, 25-11, 25-14, to advance to host Grand View Christian (17-19) in this past ...

SPORTS SHORT: Union Knights finish season 6-2

LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights football team finished the regular season with a 6-2 (3-2) record – the Knights’ best regular season record dating back to the 2016 season. Union earned a first-round playoff matchup against Cascade. The Friday, Oct. 24 game in Cascade was full of ...

Redhawks fall to unbeaten Gladbrook-Reinbeck in Week 8 finale

TRAER — The North Tama football team was unable to close their inaugural 8-player season with a win, falling 55-2 to undefeated District 6 foe Gladbrook-Reinbeck in last Friday’s Week 8 finale played in front of a hometown crowd. Dennis Field took quite the beating that evening between ...

North Tama girls finish second at Iowa Star XC meet

WAVERLY — The North Tama girls finished in second place out of five scoring teams to lead the locals at the Iowa Star Conference cross country meet on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Wartburg College. Rachael Murty placed sixth to lead the Redhawks with a time of 21 minutes, 26.7 seconds. Shawna ...

Hochstetler cranks out 2,000th career dig!

GARWIN – North Tama volleyball senior libero Addison (Addy) Hochstetler collected her 2,000th career dig on Saturday, Oct. 18, at GMG High School while playing in the Iowa Star Conference Volleyball Gold Bracket Tournament. The Class 1A No. 3 Redhawks earned silver in the tournament by ...

Union knocks off G-R to earn NICL tournament bronze

LA PORTE CITY – After succumbing to Class 2A No. 2 Dike New-Hartford here on Thursday evening to open the second night of play in the NICL Tournament, the 2A No. 6 Union volleyball team swept 1A No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck to earn third place in what has been coined ‘the toughest conference ...

Spence medals at Dike-New Hartford Invite to lead local runners

DIKE — Both the Union and North Tama cross country teams traveled to Fox Ridge Golf Course in Dike on Tuesday, Oct. 7, to compete in the stacked Dike-New Hartford Invite. In the boys race, senior Sawyer Spence cruised to a 10th place medal finish with a season-best time of 17 minutes, 7 ...