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SEASON PREVIEW: Union Knights Boys Basketball

LA PORTE CITY – Coach Eric Jesse is back for his second season coaching the Union boys basketball team. Last year, Jesse led the Knights to a 17-win season including a trip to the state tournament. Seniors this season include Caden Sorensen, Cam Mullen, Maddux DeWinter, Tate Van Dyke, ...

SEASON PREVIEW: Union Knights Girls Basketball

LA PORTE CITY – Coach Matt Craft is back for his second season at the helm as the Union girls basketball program continues to grow and gain experience. Seniors this season include Bailey Brown, Addie Engel, Reagan Glenn, Alivia Keegan, and Addie Pospisil. Juniors include Sophia Byrnes-West, ...

Murty sets personal record at state cross country meet

FORT DODGE – North Tama junior Rachael Murty raced her way to a personal record on Saturday, Nov. 1, in Fort Dodge while competing in the 2025 Iowa High School Cross Country Championships Class 1A girls race held at Lakeside Golf Course. Amid cloudy skies and temperatures hovering in the ...

Spence finishes 30th at state cross country

FORT DODGE – Union senior Sawyer Spence ended his high school cross country career last week Friday on Halloween morning by finishing among the top quarter of runners in the 2025 Iowa High School Cross Country Championships Class 2A boys race held at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge. Amid ...

‘There’s not a better feeling in the world’

TRAER – For the sixth time in program history, North Tama volleyball is state-bound and in search of its first state title after thrashing Cedar Ridge Christian 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-20) last Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the Class 1A Region 3 championship match played at Waterloo West High ...

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 ...