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Jacobs runs her way to All-Conference

WAVERLY – At Tuesday’s Iowa Star Conference meet held at the Wartburg Max Cross Country Course, senior Redhawk runner Jamie Jacobs raced her way to an all-conference top-10 medal, helping propel the girls team overall to a 2nd-place trophy just behind No. 10 Collins-Maxwell. Jacobs ...

Robb achieves 250th career block, 500th career kill

LA PORTE CITY – Last week Union senior Dena Robb ensured her final high school volleyball season will be one to remember no matter what happens in the postseason by reaching two separate career milestones. On Thursday Robb, a 6-foot-1 middle hitter for the Knights, recorded her 250th ...

Redhawks narrowly lose to South Winneshiek, 34-28 — miss out on postseason

TRAER – It was make or break for Redhawk football last Friday in terms of securing a spot in this year’s postseason. And while North Tama stayed competitive against South Winneshiek up to the bitter end – only succumbing, 34-28 in the final moments of the fourth quarter – without the ...

Victory on Senior Night

LA PORTE CITY – On a night meant to honor many of Union’s fall senior athletes, the varsity football team scored its first win of the season last Friday night against Vinton-Shellsburg, taking down the winless Vikings 38-8 at Union Stadium for a district win. In addition to senior ...

Redhawk XC races to first place at South Hardin

ELDORA – On Saturday, Sept. 30, the North Tama girls cross country team clinched a first-place finish at the South Hardin Invitational held on the grounds of Pine Lake Country Club. Five girls teams were in attendance including Webster City, South Hardin, Baxter, and East Marshall. North ...

Knights crowned NICL East Conference champs!

LA PORTE CITY – Union volleyball was crowned the NICL East Conference champions during a thrilling, five set match against 2A No. 5 (now No. 4) Sumner-Fredericksburg last week Tuesday, Sept. 26. The Knights beat the Cougars 3-2 (25-17, 25-21, 16-25, 19-25, 16-14) while playing in front ...

Knights notch explosive first quarter before succumbing to powerful PCM

LA PORTE CITY – Monday night football appeared to sit well with the Union Knights early in the team’s rescheduled homecoming game against Prairie City-Monroe this week, with the Knights opening the 2A District 6 matchup hot with an 80-yard kickoff return courtesy of a spectacular run by ...

Weather delays Union’s homecoming game to Monday

LA PORTE CITY – A steady barrage of lightning led to a delay and eventual rescheduling to Monday of the Union Knights’ homecoming game against Prairie City-Monroe last Friday night. Prior to the game’s 7:30 p.m. kickoff in Union Stadium, the district elected to cancel the ...

North Tama alumna Grace Lidgett in running for $22K scholarship

TRAER – North Tama Class of 2023 graduate Grace Lidgett – a triple state cross country and state track qualifier – is now running in a different kind of race, a scholarship race for those with Cystic Fibrosis. Currently a freshman at Grace College at Winona Lake, Ind., Lidgett was ...