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Union/North Tama girls soccer rebukes Huskies 4-0 in season opener

Union/North Tama girls soccer took on Cedar Valley Christian on the road last Thursday night, coming away with a season opening win 4-0 over the Huskies courtesy of a hat trick by junior Molly Grote and a single from sophomore Avery Knoop. The team – playing this season with a new head ...

State announces 2023-24 football district pairings

Schools across Iowa including North Tama and Union found out on March 20 who they would play the majority of their regular-season games against in the 2023 and 2024 seasons as the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) released the pairings and districts to the public. Redhawk ...

Gladbrook Greats: 1962 Gladbrook Panther Football

Expectations were high as the Gladbrook football squad approached their 1962 season. Coming off an Iowa River Valley Conference (IRVC) championship, the Panthers had a new head coach, Paul Kellerhals, but they had only six returning lettermen. Several seniors, a transfer and some ...

North Tama AD, football coach resigns

Redhawk football will be in need of a new head coach next season following the resignation of North Tama Athletic Director Taylor Wurth who has been head coach of the Class A team since joining the program in 2020. During Monday night’s school board meeting, Wurth’s resignation was ...

Hawkeye Community College announces new wrestling program

Hawkeye Community College is adding men's and women's wrestling to its slate of intercollegiate athletic programs. "Providing opportunities is what we are best at, and these new sport offerings will serve as a great pathway for high school students to compete and continue their education," ...

Union soccer adds new program, new coaches

The Union high school soccer program will be sporting at least two new faces this season including a new girls head coach and a new coach of the fledgling boys junior varsity program. “The school board did decide to start a boys soccer program [this season]. We will have JV soccer this ...

Skopec to be inducted into Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame

It’s been nearly 50 years since Michael Skopec wrestled for the University of Northern Iowa Panthers, but come this June it might seem like only yesterday as the longtime North Tama science teacher and his fellow 1974-75 Panther wrestlers are inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of ...

Union boys basketball ends season on a high note

The Union boys basketball team finished the 2022-23 season on a high note, reaching the substate semifinal and earning the second most wins (10-15) in a season since 2008-09. Union faced Hudson (18-6) last Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the final round of Class 2A District 6 play. While the Knights ...

Knights crown two state wrestling champions

Union wrestlers Brayden Bohnsack and Jace Hedeman both earned spots at the top of the Class 2A medal podium during last week’s boys state wrestling tournament in Des Moines with Bohnsack taking first in the 106 pound bracket and returning champion Hedeman again taking first in the 113 pound ...

North Tama’s Knaack ends with a flourish to score fifth place

Only a few wrestlers every season get to say they ended their season with a win. North Tama sophomore Kolt Knaack made sure he was one of those few early Saturday afternoon with a 34-second pin of Myles McMahon of Don Bosco at 138 pounds in Class 1A, locking up fifth place with a commanding ...