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Football classification changes approved by IHSAA for 2023-34

A football classification amendment approved by the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s (IHSAA) Board of Control and a December vote of member schools was approved Thursday, Jan. 12, by the Iowa State Board of Education. The proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation will add a ...

Warriors overwhelm Knights in second halves

Both the Union girls and boys basketball teams dropped games to Wapsie Valley in La Porte City last Friday evening with each Knights team watching early leads dissipate due to strong second half performances by the Warriors. Union girls The Union girls (2-8) began their home court matchup ...

Redhawk wrestlers lock up Top 10 finish in New Sharon

The North Tama boys’ wrestling team secured a Top 10 finish at the North Mahaska Wrestling Invitational in New Sharon last Saturday thanks to a series of notable performances including from Class 1A No. 5 Kolt Knaack who captured the championship in the 138 pounds bracket. The boys took ...

2022 T-R All-Area Volleyball Teams announced

The Times-Republican newspaper recently announced its 2022 All-Area Volleyball Team selections which include North Tama head coach Channing Halstead as Co-Coach of the Year alongside Gladbrook-Reinbeck head coach Paula Kelley. Both coaches received the same honor in 2021. Several Redhawk ...

Baxter Bolts zap Redhawks in Traer

The girls’ and boys’ Redhawk basketball teams both lost to the Baxter Bolts in an Iowa Star South Conference Division match-up last Friday night, Dec. 16 in Traer. Both Bolts’ teams currently lead the conference with five wins apiece. While North Tama’s girls’ team lost by 18 ...

Following board vote, Redhawks to remain at Class A – for now

Following a month of uncertainty, it was decided during a Dec. 13 special meeting of the North Tama Board of Education to keep Redhawk varsity football at Class A/11-Player for at least the next two years. During the meeting which was held in the Junior High Commons and attended by all ...

Redhawks recognize shot clock sponsors

In the wake of a joint decision announced in August 2021 by the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) to introduce a 35-second shot clock for varsity basketball beginning with the 2022-23 season, North Tama held a dedication ...

Redhawks host triangular – continue to rack up individual wins

The Redhawk boys’ wrestling team hosted a triangular to an exuberant crowd in Traer last Thursday, Dec. 8, taking on AGWSR and Waterloo Christian while the Redhawk girls dualed AGWSR with all three wrestlers coming away with fists raised. Despite the North Tama boys’ team coming up short ...

North Tama Dance Team receives Division 1 rating at state

Members of the North Tama Dance Team competed Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the 2023 Iowa State Dance Team Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, bringing home a Division 1 rating in Class 1 Pom. Coach Dylan Rohlfsen – a 2021 North Tama High School graduate in her second year of ...

Redhawks fly past Warriors in season openers on the hardwood

The North Tama girls’ and boys’ basketball teams took on the Meskwaki Warriors Tuesday, Nov. 29 at home during both squads' season openers with each team winning their respective hardwood match-ups. Both Redhawk teams have new head and assistant coaches this season, new athletes in the ...