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BCLUW fends off frantic North Tama comeback

CONRAD — Sometimes victory is as simple as survival. The BCLUW girls basketball team rode the razor’s edge last Friday night against North Tama but outlasted the Redhawks, 31-28, in Iowa Star South action at BCLUW High School. The Comets improved to 2-2 overall and North Tama dropped to ...

Knights wrestler Caleb Olson signs with Upper Iowa

LA PORTE CITY – Union High School senior Caleb Olson recently signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his academic and wrestling career at Upper Iowa University in Fayette next year. Olson was a seventh place state medalist for the Knights last season at 145 pounds.

Redhawk wrestlers boast cohesive team this season

TRAER – Last week Thursday, Redhawk wrestling hosted its first home meet of the season, a quad featuring Union/Union-GR, Vinton-Shellsburg boys, and AP-GC. Union's varsity boys team took all three duals, while the North Tama varsity girls did the same on their end – providing a preview of ...

Redhawk wrestler Briar Blake secures third tournament title

BELLE PLAINE – While most folks were still in recovery mode last Saturday following the Thanksgiving holiday, the North Tama girls wrestling squad was back on the mats at the Belle Plaine Girls Invite where they added several more accolades to their already top-notch season including a ...

Redhawk wrestler Briar Blake opens season with a bang and an upset

TAMA – Last Thursday was an exciting night for many girls wrestlers as they took to the mats for the first time this season including Redhawk junior wrestler Briar Blake who in a huge upset took down a top-5 ranked, 2022-23 state qualifier for the 170 pound championship at the STC Girls ...

Trio of Knights netters commits to the college court

LA PORTE CITY – Fresh off their state appearance in Coralville, three All-Conference Union Knights volleyball players have signed letters of intent to continue their respective volleyball careers at the collegiate level beginning in the fall of 2024. Earlier this month, the senior trio of ...

Redhawk volleyball trio named to Iowa Star Conference All-South first team

TRAER – A trio of immensely talented North Tama student-athletes were selected to the 2023 Iowa Star Conference All-South Division first team including Kruiz Ewoldt, Addison Hochstetler, and Izzy Hallett. Ewoldt, a sophomore outside hitter, led all South attackers with 3.7 kills per set. ...

Knights end decorated season as State Semifinalists

CORALVILLE – The top-ranked Knights volleyball team capped off a decorated season in Coralville last week by advancing for the fifth time in school history to the semifinal round of the 3A Iowa high school state volleyball tournament where they deftly took down No. 2 seed Cherokee ...

Redhawk football wraps season with a dozen All District selections

TRAER – Under first year head coach Andrew Knaack, Redhawk football received a dozen All District team selections this season, proving that sometimes a losing record fails to tell the whole story. “My first season was definitely a learning experience,” Coach Knaack told the Telegraph ...

North Tama alumna named AbbVie Thriving Scholar

TRAER – Last Thursday, Nov. 2, North Tama High School Class of 2023 graduate and former standout Redhawk runner Grace Lidgett was chosen as an AbbVie Thriving Scholar based on a submitted essay, her accomplishments, a creative project, and a public vote. All 40 candidates who made it to ...