WATERLOO – The Union Knights boys wrestling team competed in the 15th annual Dan Gable Museum Battle of Waterloo held Dec. 18-20, 2025, taking sixth place in bracket play on Friday, followed by a gold finish in pool play on Saturday. The three-day dual wrestling tournament (girls compete on ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union senior guard Caden Sorensen scored his 1,000th career point during the Knights’ season-opening 68-53 win over Don Bosco on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, becoming only the third student-athlete in school history to reach the milestone, per the Union’s Booster Club. As ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union boys and girls basketball teams were in action against Waterloo Columbus Catholic here on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, and looking to treat a home crowd to some entertaining games. The evening started with the Knights girls JV team earning a 44-38 victory as well as the ...
REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck PTO is partnering with eight current members of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Panthers volleyball team in an effort to raise funds for a new, inclusive elementary school playground. “We were trying to think of (fundraising) ideas. We’re pretty ...
INDEPENDENCE – Union junior wrestler Coy Mehlert, a two-time state medalist, secured not only a bracket title on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, but also his 100th career win while on the mats during the Cliff Keen Independence Invitational. Mehlert, ranked No. 2 by IAWrestle as of press time, is ...
North Tama basketball played just one game last week due to winter weather postponing the scheduled conference match at home versus GMG on Tuesday, Dec. 9. In between snow events, both the Redhawk boys and girls notched decisive conference wins over Collins-Maxwell on the road on Friday, Dec. ...
Union basketball played two games last week amid the winter weather cancellation chaos, including at home against South Tama on Monday, Dec. 8, followed by Sumner-Fredericksburg on the road Friday in a rescheduled game from Thursday evening. The lady Knights dropped Monday’s ...
MANCHESTER – Redhawks senior wrestler Maxon “Max” Monat, a two-time state qualifier, secured not only a bracket championship last Saturday but also his 100th career win while on the mats during the Bob Murphy Varsity Tournament on Dec. 6, 2025. Monat (center) is pictured with his ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union High School will begin inducting the 2025 Hall of Fame honorees on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. Honorees this year include Coach/Sponsor: Tim Mitchell; Team/Groups: 2015 Knights Wrestling; Individual: Max Thomsen; Distinguished Graduate: Garrett Gingrich; and Friends of ...
DES MOINES – Following a two-year absence, members of the North Tama Dance Team competed on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the 2026 Iowa State Dance Team Championships at EMC Expo Center in Des Moines, bringing home a Division 1 rating in Class 1 Pom for a seventh-place finish out of 12 teams. The ...