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STC girls end 46-game skid by beating Union

TAMA — South Tama County girls basketball ended a 46-game winless streak on Monday, Dec. 9, with a 34-28 win over Union Community at STC High School. It’s the first win of the season for the Trojans (1-3), and the program’s first win since a 37-35 win over Marshalltown on Nov. 22, ...

Knights, Redhawks wrestle in La Porte City to start season

LA PORTE CITY – Top-ranked local talent dominated the mats on Thursday, Dec. 5, during Union’s quad with North Tama, Vinton-Shellsburg, and Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center with the Class 2A No. 2 Knights sweeping the meet 3-0 to open the season. Union’s roster Thursday evening ...

Redhawk basketball teams open season with wins over Belle Plaine

TRAER – Both the girls and boys North Tama basketball teams marked their respective season openers on Monday, Dec. 2, by beating Belle Plaine at home in the Redhawks Nest with the girls blitzing the Plainsmen 51-31 and the boys winning 55-44. Redhawk girls After taking turns with the ...

Cochran signs with MCC esports

TRAER – North Tama senior Johnathan Cochran signed a Letter of Intent on Monday, Nov. 25, to continue his esports and academic careers at Marshalltown Community College (MCC). With his friends – including former teammate Landon Kucera, a member of the North Tama Class of 2024 who now ...

Redhawk wrestlers crown three champs at Belle Plaine

BELLE PLAINE – It was another successful Saturday for the North Tama girls wrestling squad as they competed at the Belle Plaine Girls Invitational, tying for fourth place out of nine teams and crowning three champions in the process including senior Briar Blake, junior Addison ‘Addy’ ...

Knights netters drop season opener at home to No. 12 Hudson

LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights girls basketball team dropped its season opener at home on Tuesday, Nov. 26, to 2A No. 12 Hudson, 57-14. Led this season by a new head coach – La Porte City’s Matt Craft who took over from Robert Driscol – the Knights’ roster features just three ...

North Tama tackles football classification issue; board votes to go 8-Player

TRAER – In the end the decision was quick and without much fanfare. During the Monday, Nov. 18 regular monthly meeting of the North Tama school board, a majority of members decided the time had finally come to drop from Class A varsity football to 8-Player. Following a very brief ...

Redhawk football earns 10 all-district selections; Kolt Knaack named MVP

TRAER – Under second year head coach Andrew Knaack, 10 North Tama football players were named to all-district teams this season including senior Kolt Knaack who was named the Class 1A District 3 MVP. "I am glad to see these guys get the recognition they earned this year," Coach Knaack told ...

Redhawks fall in five-set state quarterfinal heartbreaker

CORALVILLE — The North Tama volleyball team opened the state tournament at Xtream Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in heartbreaking fashion – falling to No. 4 Riverside in the Class 1A quarterfinals after what had been a glorious regional run. Fifth-seeded North Tama started hot, fell behind, ...