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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 ...

Student-athletes honored during Redhawk Recognition ceremony

TRAER – Stellar student-athletes were honored this past August during North Tama’s annual Redhawk Recognition ceremony. Four awards recognizing outstanding freshman/sophomore and junior/senior athletic achievement were given out as part of the ceremony including the Kent Vesley and Tonja ...

Braving the streets

TRAER – On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 10, this year’s Winding Stairs festivities started with an anticipated yearly event, braved by only the boldest. The annual Winding Stairs Festival 5K provides a hilly course to runners and walkers alike all well helping raise money to support North ...

Under Coach Halstead, Redhawk volleyball prepares to summit

TRAER – As she enters her 11th season as head North Tama volleyball coach, Channing Halstead is poised, ready, determined, hungry – all the adjectives – to take her girls to the pinnacle this year for the first time in school history by playing for the Class 1A state tournament ...

Redhawk softball hosts ‘2024 Softball Olympics’

TRAER – As part of the 2024 Olympic Games which were held in Paris this year, the North Tama softball team hosted its own ‘Softball Olympics’ competition. Winners included: *Briar Blake and Addy Hochstetler who took first in Quik Toss *Faith Dvorak in first, Briar Blake in second, ...

Conference champs!

TRAER – Under first year head coach Dalton Hulme, North Tama baseball ended the 2023-24 season with not only a winning record (15-12) but with the Iowa Star Conference All-South Division championship. The Redhawks went 15-12 overall, and 10-5 in the conference by beating out Baxter (8-7) and ...

NICL to increase ticket price for conference high school athletic events

The North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) has announced an adjustment to ticket prices for high school athletic events, effective at the start of the 2024-25 school year. Beginning with the upcoming season, ticket prices will increase from $5 to $7 for adults and from $5 to $7 for students for all ...