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Redhawks fall to Regents in regional opener, cap best season in a decade

TRAER — The North Tama girls basketball team saw its 2025-26 campaign come to a close last week on Thursday, Feb. 12, falling to Cedar Ridge Christian, 40-28, in a Class 1A Region 2 first round contest on their home court. The Redhawks (12-9) and Regents (11-10) entered the postseason ...

Knights’ season ends at South Hardin in regional opener

ELDORA — The Union girls basketball team closed out its 2025-26 campaign on the road Saturday, Feb. 14, falling to the South Hardin Tigers, 45-38, in a Class 2A Region 8 first-round contest. South Hardin (10-12) took control early, building an 11-7 lead by the end of the first quarter and ...

Short-handed Knights take care of undefeated Spartans, 74-65

LA PORTE CITY – Mid-February in Iowa means high school basketball teams are preparing for the postseason. It is a time of year where the cream rises to the top and teams hitting their stride entering the postseason can do the most damage. All roads were leading to the match-up in La Porte ...

Six Knights qualify for state wrestling

INDEPENDENCE – It was a truly sweet Valentine’s Day for six members of the Union Knights boys wrestling squad who qualified for the 2026 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament after finishing top-2 in their respective brackets at the Class 2A District 6 state qualifier hosted by Independence last ...

Morris, Monat punch tickets to state wrestling

OGDEN – It was a truly sweet Valentine’s Day for a pair of North Tama grapplers who qualified for the 2026 IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament after finishing top-2 in their respective brackets at the Class 1A District 7 state qualifier hosted by Ogden on Saturday, Feb. 14. Sophomore Chase ...

Morris scores 1,000th career point, leads Redhawks to victory over Comets

TRAER – North Tama senior guard Kayler Morris not only led his team to a 57-41 conference victory here over the visiting BCLUW Comets on Tuesday, Feb. 3, he also scored his 1,000th career point. Morris scored a game-high 23 points – including five 3-pointers! – for the Redhawks that ...

Sienknecht holds her own at state wrestling

CORALVILLE – Redhawk freshman Alaney Sienknecht made her state wrestling debut on Thursday, Feb. 5, in a first-round morning bout with the No. 1 seed at 155 pounds, Western Iowa’s Marlee Pittet. And while she was eventually pinned in the second period, Sienknecht more than held her own ...

Dvorak, Monat grapple to gold at Iowa Star Wrestling Tournament

CONRAD – The North Tama Redhawks boys wrestling squad took fifth place at the 11-team Iowa Star Wrestling Tournament hosted by BCLUW in Conrad on Saturday, Feb. 7, propelled by medalists Max Monat (ranked No. 4 in Class 1A by IAwrestle at 126 pounds) and Berkley Dvorak (150) who both took ...

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 ...