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Softball squad breaks out of slump

UNION 1, JESUP 7On Tuesday, June 16, the Union Knights Softball Team traveled to Jesup and lost to the J-Hawks 7-1 in NICL action. Jesup started off the scoring by scoring 1 run in the bottom of the 2nd inning on a hit and 2 Union errors. The J-Hawks then scored 3 more runs in the 3rd inning ...

Soccer squad makes it to state quarterfinals

The sixth-ranked Union Knights winning streak came to an end last Thursday afternoon with a 3-2 loss to No. 4 Iowa City Regina in state quarterfinal action. The Knights, winners of seven straight, were without future Iowa State Cyclone Courtney Powell. Pictured here is the state quarterfinalist ...

Stuart pitches no-hitter, Hoeg strikes out 17

Cameron Hoeg notched the second-highest single-game strikeout performance for a pitcher in Iowa this season, retiring 17 would-be Northeast Hamilton hitters himself in North Tama's 4-1 win over the Trojans Friday night in Iowa Star Conference play.Hoeg surrendered just three hits in the ...

Seven NT girls batting over .300

Freshman Tessa Dvorak has been leading the Redhawks offensively this season, and is currently batting .529 with 22 RBI and 14 stolen bases. Junior Madison Howard has also been a potent offensive weapon for North Tama, batting .479 with two home runs and a team-high 24 RBI.Production from the ...

Knights baseball sits at 8-6

Union jumps on Oelwein early and coasts to 15-4 winUnion jumped out to an early lead on Oelwein and captured a 15-4 victory on Friday.With 11 runs in the first three innings, the Knights left no doubt about the eventual outcome.An RBI single by Derek Holschlag, an RBI single by Justin Carey, a ...

Union softball drops four in a row

The Union Knights softball team traveled to Conrad for the BCLUW David Lee Softball Classic on Friday, June 12 and lost a hard fought battle to class 5A Cedar Falls Tigers 7-3. The Tigers scored 2 runs in the top of the first inning on 3 Knight's errors. Union settled down and played good ...

Baseball team off to hot start

Hulme Leads the Way in NT Opener WinSenior Brody Hulme leads a young North Tama baseball team, made of six underclassmen starters to victory over a veteran team, GMG to a score of 8 to 2. GMG is currently 6-1 as of June 8th. The game was played Tuesday, May 26 at J. L. Lister Field. The ...

Softball team off to hot start

The Knights softball team, winners of their last seven contests, currently sit at 8-1 with a lone 0-2 loss to Jesup early in the season. Here are receps from the team's most recent contests:UNION 3, WAPSIE VALLEY 2The Union Knights began the 2015 summer softball season on the right foot with a ...

Central’s Boerm lands on football academic squad

Central College football player Brendon Boerm (Traer, North Tama HS) was one of nine Dutch players named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society for academic achievement.The Hampshire Society, in its ninth year, recognizes senior football players who are starters or ...

Union boys tennis results

Results of Union Boys Tennis Meet of Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Aplington-Parkersburg. Weather=Cold, windy.Position Union's Player Opponent Score(Union's score 1st)#1 Singles Matt Vogeler Austin Maske 1-8#2 Singles Grant Mullen Morgan Uhlenhopp 3-8#3 Singles Trevor Krug Dick Ellis 0-8#4 Singles ...