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Redhawks secure narrow win over GMG to remain atop ISC South

Redhawk baseball sandwiched a narrow conference win, 10-9, over the GMG Wolverines last Friday among a string of losses to round out an unsteady week of mostly non-conference play. North Tama traveled to Green Mountain for the June 7 win. The Wolverines remained scoreless through the ...

Aiden Zook signs with RedTail men’s wrestling

TRAER – Aiden Zook, a member of the North Tama High School Class of 2023, recently signed his letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Hawkeye Community College. “I am ecstatic to attend Hawkeye Community College in the fall for many different reasons,” Zook ...

Knights pick up a 7-4 win over the Tigers

ELDORA – The Union Knights baseball team headed to Eldora on May 29 to take on the South Hardin Tigers. The Knights entered the evening with a 2-3 record while the Tigers entered 1-2-1. The Knights got off to a fast start right away in the first inning. Sophomore lead off batter Mays Weber ...

Redhawk baseball notches early string of wins to lead the Iowa Star South

TRAER — Under newly minted head coach Dalton Hulme, Redhawk baseball has been on fire practically from the get-go this season – notching a string of eight early wins beginning with an 11-2 trouncing of Gladbrook-Reinbeck during the team’s home opener at J.L. Lister Field back on May 15 ...

Redhawks bolt the door on Baxter, Colo-NESCO for early season wins

TRAER – Under head coach Madonna Merchant, Redhawk softball continues to evolve and thrive this season with not only new uniforms but several new players including GMG transplant, starting pitcher Adelyn Sienknecht who led North Tama to their first win of the season back on May 22: a ...

Union-North Tama soccer teams wrap up 2023-24 season

LA PORTE CITY – The Union-North Tama boys and girls soccer teams both had solid seasons this year. The girls team finished 7-11 overall and advanced to the semifinal round in the postseason, dropping the final game to No. 4 Denver, 3-0, on Wednesday, May 22 in a rescheduled matchup due to ...

Girls wrestling moves to two classes for 2024-25 season

At its May meeting, the Board of Directors of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union approved the move to two classes for the 2024-25 girls’ wrestling season. The move will place the 64 largest wrestling schools into Class 2A, with the remaining schools competing in Class 1A. ...

Hurdler Jailyn Petersen takes 10th to lead Union at state track

DES MOINES – Junior hurdler Jailyn Petersen took 10th place in Class 2A girls 100 meter hurdles at the Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines last Friday morning – just missing out on the finals while leading the Union Knights collective charge at state this ...

Union girls golf achieves goal, earns trip to Districts

ANAMOSA – On Friday, May 10, the Union girls golf team was the 3rd best team on average at the Class 2A Regional 5B meet played at Anamosa’s Fawn Creek Country Club out of the eight teams present. I told the girls if we play our game we will likely advance and we did by 20 strokes over 4th ...

‘Our best game of the year’

LA PORTE CITY – The Union-North Tama girls soccer team took out the North Fayette Tigerhawks 4-2 at Union Stadium on Wednesday, May 15, in a Class 1A Region 7 opener, playing what Knights head coach John Simon called “arguably our best game of the year.” It was the second time this ...