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Mehlert earns 100th career win, Cliff Keen title at Independence

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 ...

Redhawks Roundball Roundup: Week 2

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. ...

Knights Basketball Digest: Week 2

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 ...

Monat notches 100th career win, bracket championship at West Delaware

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 ...

Union to induct 2025 Hall of Fame class

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 ...

North Tama receives Division 1 rating at state dance championships

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 ...

Knights Basketball Digest: Week 1

The Union girls basketball team entered this week 1-2 after notching a non-conference 59-17 win at home on Monday, Dec. 1, over Don Bosco. Freshman Paige Pipho scored a game-high 12 points off the bench to lead the Knights, while sophomores Reese Anderson and Chloe Sadler (off the bench) ...

Redhawks Roundball Roundup: Week 1

North Tama’s boys and girls basketball teams tipped off their respective seasons last week on Monday, Dec. 1, on the road against Belle Plaine. The boys pummeled the Plainsmen 60-25 with Belle Plaine unable to score more than eight points total in any given quarter. Senior Kayler Morris ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: North Tama boys basketball

TRAER – The North Tama boys’ basketball team has three returning starters in hopes of moving up the Iowa Star Conference’s South Division standings this winter. The Redhawks went 12-10 last season with an 8-4 mark in their division, finishing third behind Collins-Maxwell and Baxter. All ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: North Tama girls basketball

TRAER – The North Tama girls’ basketball leader lost its statistical leader in every category to graduation, but the Redhawks still return three starters and their next four best scorers from a year ago North Tama’s Ava Breakenridge is gone after leading the team in scoring, rebounding, ...