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Union golfers tee off at Anamosa

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ANAMOSA – Our boys kicked off the season with the Anamosa Invite on Wednesday, April 9. The tournament for boys and girls is played at both the Fawn Creek Country Club and the Wapsi Creek Golf Club. The two courses are a contrast to one another requiring you to pull off all the shots. The ...

Calderwood runner-up at Don Bosco Invite in golf season opener

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WATERLOO – North Tama’s Kylie Calderwood opened her senior golf season on Thursday, April 3, with a runner-up finish at the Don Bosco Invite held at Gates Park Golf Course in Waterloo. Calderwood recorded a 9-hole low of 53 — three shots behind the medalist, Don Bosco senior Grace ...

Union Knights golf 2024-25 season preview

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LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights golf teams are back and ready to roll! Head coach Ryan Slater and assistant coach Holden Caloud lead the young Knights into the upcoming season. The boys return all but one member at the Varsity level. Seniors Tyler Gates and Harrison Bistline will be ...

Union-North Tama soccer kick off with clean sheet vs. Vikettes

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LA PORTE CITY – The Union-North Tama girls soccer team marked the season opener on Monday, March 31, at home with a 1-0 win over area rival Vinton-Shellsburg. The lone goal of the game was scored by Knights sophomore, center defensive back Scarlette Duclos who managed the clutch shot ...

Redhawk boys compete at Comets’ Early Bird meet

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CONRAD — The BCLUW boys track and field team scored 76 points to finish third as a team at the Comets’ Early Bird meet at BCLUW High School on Thursday, April 3. Jesup won the team title with 124 points, followed by Des Moines North with 94 points. GMG placed eighth with 21 points, North ...

Blake blazing new trail for North Tama by signing with Simpson

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TRAER – Redhawk Briar Blake is headed to Indianola next season to join the Simpson College Storm NCAA Division III women’s wrestling squad. On Friday, March 21, with her family by her side in the North Tama gym commons, Blake signed her letter of intent with Simpson, making history as ...

Knaack commits to wrestle at Wisconsin-La Crosse

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TRAER – Next season, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL) head wrestling coach Dave Malecek, an Iowa native, will add a slightly familiar face to his Division III men’s wrestling roster – North Tama High School senior Kolt Knaack. That is, if Knaack bears any resemblance (spoiler: ...

Knights close chapter on historic season at state tournament

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LA PORTE CITY – A new chapter began for the Union Knights boys basketball program this season under first-year head coach Eric Jesse who coached the junior-heavy team all the way to the state tournament for only the second time in school history. In the lead-up to the postseason, the ...

Knights UPSET Knights

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DES MOINES – Most predicted the Knights would prevail in last Saturday’s Class 2A Substate 6 final played at Drake University’s Knapp Center, they just didn’t think it would be Union’s Knights. “Heading into the game I would say we were extremely confident. We talked in the ...