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Dvorak becomes third Redhawk grappler this season to reach 100 wins

VINTON – North Tama senior wrestler Drayke Dvorak became the third Redhawk wrestler this season to reach the coveted 100 career wins milestone after competing on Thursday, Jan. 29, in a multi-team dual hosted by Vinton-Shellsburg that also included Grinnell, Iowa Valley, and Regina ...

Union wrestling pair narrowly miss cut at girls state-qualifying tourney

DENVER – The Union/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ wrestling team ended the 2025-26 season in Denver on Friday, Jan. 30, coming up short at the Class 1A Region 4 qualifying meet of advancing any individual wrestlers to the state tournament set for this week. The closest Union came was ...

Knights girls knock off Mustangs, 47-36

LE GRAND — Union Community used a fast start to fight off the East Marshall girls’ basketball team, winning 47-36 in the Tuesday, Jan. 27, North Iowa Cedar League clash. Per the Union Booster Club, the team’s “continued improvement has given the Knights their best season dating back to ...

No. 7 Union bounces East Marshall boys

LE GRAND — The East Marshall boys’ basketball team suffered consecutive losses for the first time this season, falling 67-45 to Class 2A No. 7 Union Community in the Tuesday, Jan. 27, NICL showdown. Caden Sorensen scored a game-high 22 points to lead Union (14-11, 11-1) to its ...

Hochstetler signs with Mount Mercy volleyball

TRAER – Her days on the volleyball court are not quite done yet. Between a brief lull in winter weather events on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 22, North Tama’s Addison “Addy” Hochstetler gathered with her family, coaches, and fellow Redhawk student-athletes in the high school gym ...

Union’s Bergmeier bags 100th win on the mats

LE GRAND – Knights senior wrestler Brock Bergmeier, a 2025 state qualifier, bagged his 100th career win Saturday, Jan. 24, while on the mats during the East Marshall/Meskwaki Duals. Wrestling at 165 pounds this season, Bergmeier defeated Benton Community’s Kaden Mitchell by 16-3 major ...

Knights boys notch NICL wins over Warriors, Huskies while breaking records

LA PORTE CITY — The Class 2A No. 8 Union Knights boys’ basketball team lambasted Oelwein here last Friday night (Jan. 16), taking down the Huskies 82-36 for their 12th win of the season and second North Iowa Cedar League win of the week to improve to 12-1 overall and 9-1 in the ...

North Tama girls wrestle to third at Perry Tournament

PERRY – The Lady Redhawks wrestled their way to a third-place finish out of a dozen teams at the Perry Girls Wrestling Tournament held on Friday, Jan. 16. North Tama senior Addison “Addy” Hochstetler earned a runner-up finish in the tournament’s 145-pound bracket, while three of ...

Local MCC student-athletes achieve Academic All-Region honors

MARSHALLTOWN – The Marshalltown Community College athletic department has been informed by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) that 84 MCC student-athletes qualified for Fall Academic All-Region honors, including three local to northern Tama County. Among the teams ...