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Albertsen, Pippert capture state baseball championship

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DYSART – When they head back to the classroom at DG Elementary next week, rising fourth-graders Axton Albertsen and Brody Pippert of Dysart should have no trouble recounting something exciting that happened to them over summer after winning a state baseball championship in July. As ...

Murty wins Winding Stairs Festival 5K

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TRAER – More than 50 people took to the streets as part of the annual Winding Stairs Festival Run/Walk 5K this year, setting off from Dennis Field early in the morning on Saturday, Aug. 9. With a portion of the race’s proceeds earmarked for the new Our North Tama Girls Scholarship, it ...

Redhawk trio named to all-Iowa Star South first team

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TRAER – The North Tama Redhawks baseball team scored three first-team all-Iowa Star Conference South Division picks this season. Junior Kayler Morris returned to the first team as an outfielder, while seniors Gavin Rausch (infield), and Josh Dostal (utility) both got promoted after ...

Pool party payoff for Redhawk Youth Rec League

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TRAER – The Redhawk Youth Recreation League capped off its successful 2025 ball season with a pool party payoff on Wednesday, July 9, at the Traer Municipal Swimming Pool. After spending roughly an hour and a half swimming with their family, friends and coaches that evening, league ...

Iowa Star selects local preps

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The BCLUW softball team claimed its first Iowa Star Conference South Division title this summer, and the Comets were recognized accordingly in the all-conference selections with four first-team honorees and seven total award-winners in a vote of the conference coaches after going 14-2 in Iowa ...

Change doesn’t stop these kids!

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TRAER – In December 2023, the Steel Shooters of Traer faced a major hurdle – they lost access to their home shooting range. Months of uncertainty followed, but that didn’t stop these young athletes. With grit, determination, and strong community support, they secured a temporary ...

No. 5 Lynx scratch out Redhawks 10-1 in district final

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TROY MILLS – The North Tama baseball team had its season ended by North Linn for the second time in the last three seasons, falling 10-1 to the fifth-ranked Lynx in the Saturday, July 12 Class 1A District 7 title game. The Redhawks (14-10) managed just three hits, while the host Lynx ...

Redhawk softball team can’t catch Tigers

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MADRID — The North Tama softball team saw its season draw to a close with a 4-1 loss to Madrid in the Monday, July 7 Class 1A Region 8 opening-round game. The Redhawks (5-14) managed just a solo run in the sixth inning, which at the time cut their deficit in half. Madrid (9-20) didn’t ...

Gwen Wical of Steel Shooters of Traer takes top spot

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POLK CITY – The Scholastic Action Shooting Program held the Iowa State Championship match on June 28-29, at the Olofson Shooting Range, near Polk City, where more than 55 athletes from grade school through high school competed. Lucas Reising, from Carroll Action Shooting Sports, was the ...

Redhawks roll into district final

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Telegraph Note: This story will publish as part of postseason ball coverage in the Friday, July 18 print edition of the North Tama Telegraph. It is being published online now to coordinate with the Times-Republican’s schedule. TRAER — North Tama senior left-hander Josh Dostal pitched a ...