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Redhawks rattle off sweep of GMG netters

GARWIN — The Class 1A No. 10 North Tama volleyball team handed GMG its first Iowa Star Conference South Division loss, defeating the Wolverines in three sets on Thursday, Sept. 19. The visiting Redhawks (12-12, 3-1) ran away with a 25-18, 25-19, 25-14 victory. Kruiz Ewoldt led North Tama ...

‘Win It For Keegs’

ACKLEY – Sometimes a high school football game is more than just a high school football game, and that was certainly the case last Friday, Sept. 13, in Ackley when the AGWSR Cougars hosted the North Tama Redhawks as part of a District 3 matchup. While the Redhawks got their first win of ...

No. 13 Knights win North Tama tourney title

TRAER – The 3A No. 13 Union Knights volleyball team came out on top in the Redhawks Nest last Saturday, Sept. 7, winning the North Tama Volleyball Tournament in a sweep of all five teams including the top-ranked hosts. The Knights were led on Saturday by senior setter Avery Knoop who added ...

​​Redhawks dropped by Huskies’ ground game

TRAER — The North Tama football team dropped to 0-2 with a 27-6 loss to Nashua-Plainfield in last Friday’s non-district clash on Dennis Field The visiting Huskies (2-0) led 13-6 at the half and put the game away with a pair of fourth-quarter scores. Nashua-Plainfield rushed for 375 ...

Redhawks sweep through home triangular

TRAER – North Tama volleyball defeated Colo-NESCO and Belle Plaine in a triangular at North Tama High School on Thursday, Sept. 5. The Redhawks, ranked ninth in Class 1A at the time, swept the Royals, 25-10, 25-7, 25-6 and vanquished Belle Plaine, 25-9, 25-10, 25-11. Cayleigh Heller had ...

Knights netters open season runner-up at Indee

LA PORTE CITY – Union volleyball served up a quartet of wins while taking just one loss at the Independence Varsity Volleyball Invite last weekend, coming away with a second place finish overall and setting the tone for what is most likely to be another high performing season for the ...

Redhawks split in Bondurant tourney

BONDURANT — The North Tama volleyball team went 2-2 at the Skip Anderson Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 31, defeating a pair of Class 5A schools in the process. The 1A No. 3 Redhawks (4-5) defeated Ames in three sets (21-13, 18-21, 15-13) and swept Southeast Polk (21-6, 21-16), but lost in ...

Knights kick off season at home against A-P

LA PORTE CITY– The Union Knights football team returns to the gridiron this Friday with head coach Jared Pospisil in his sixth season at the helm. “Our preseason has started on a strong tone,” Pospisil told the newspaper in mid-August. “Our guys have approached every day of practice ...

Redhawks ready to reverse fortune in close games

TRAER — North Tama football thinks it has the experience to tip the scales in its favor this fall. The Redhawks return several key components on both sides of the line of scrimmage and hope that experience can carry them back to their first playoff berth since 2021’s state quarterfinal ...

Racing is in her blood

TRAER – Olivia Youngblood was quite possibly born to race. While the straight-A, North Tama High School sophomore spends much of her time during the week focused on school – from academics to extracurriculars including volleyball, wrestling, track, and softball – on the weekends, at ...