Expectations were high as the Gladbrook football squad approached their 1962 season. Coming off an Iowa River Valley Conference (IRVC) championship, the Panthers had a new head coach, Paul Kellerhals, but they had only six returning lettermen. Several seniors, a transfer and some ...
Redhawk football will be in need of a new head coach next season following the resignation of North Tama Athletic Director Taylor Wurth who has been head coach of the Class A team since joining the program in 2020. During Monday night’s school board meeting, Wurth’s resignation was ...
The Union high school soccer program will be sporting at least two new faces this season including a new girls head coach and a new coach of the fledgling boys junior varsity program. “The school board did decide to start a boys soccer program [this season]. We will have JV soccer this ...
Hawkeye Community College is adding men's and women's wrestling to its slate of intercollegiate athletic programs. "Providing opportunities is what we are best at, and these new sport offerings will serve as a great pathway for high school students to compete and continue their education," ...
It’s been nearly 50 years since Michael Skopec wrestled for the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, but come this June it might seem like only yesterday as the longtime North Tama science teacher and his fellow 1974-75 Panther wrestlers are inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of ...
The Union boys basketball team finished the 2022-23 season on a high note, reaching the substate semifinal and earning the second most wins (10-15) in a season since 2008-09. Union faced Hudson (18-6) last Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the final round of Class 2A District 6 play. While the Knights ...
Union wrestlers Brayden Bohnsack and Jace Hedeman both earned spots at the top of the Class 2A medal podium during last week’s boys state wrestling tournament in Des Moines with Bohnsack taking first in the 106 pound bracket and returning champion Hedeman again taking first in the 113 pound ...
Only a few wrestlers every season get to say they ended their season with a win. North Tama sophomore Kolt Knaack made sure he was one of those few early Saturday afternoon with a 34-second pin of Myles McMahon of Don Bosco at 138 pounds in Class 1A, locking up fifth place with a commanding ...
The Union girls basketball team made it to round two of the Class 3A postseason this year before losing 65-38 to the fourth-ranked Benton Community last Wednesday night in the Class 3A regional semifinal. “We knew going into the Benton game it would be a challenge as they've had a good ...
The pride on Andrew Knaack’s face was evident as the North Tama boys’ wrestling coach jumped for joy once the final whistle blew Friday morning at boys’ state wrestling. His son, Redhawks sophomore Kolt Knaack (No. 8 seed at 138 pounds), had just completed a 2 minute, 43-second pin of ...