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Redhawks lead locals at volleyball tourney

North Tama couldn't solve Vinton-Shellsburg in a pair of match-ups but still finished the highest amongst a trio of area teams at the Meskwaki Settlement Tournament.North Tama and Colo-NESCO each sported 2-3 records to claim fourth and sixth respectively, while Meskwaki Settlement lost all five ...

Lightning ends tough opener for NT football

North Tama was held to 25 yards of total offense in a lopsided loss at home to East Buchanan in Friday's season opener.Redhawk quarterback Cael Kopriva ran for 15 yards and was 1-for-5 passing for 7 yards. North Tama ran just 22 plays in the loss.Kopriva led the defense with 5.5 tackles, and ...

Bevy of former Knights at Wartburg

Four former Union High School football players have joined Sr. Cole Hinders at Wartburg College.In 2014 Wartburg matched its best ever ranking in the final Division III football polls of the season at No. 4. The Knights (12-1) were also ranked No. 4 at the end of the 2003 season. NCAA champion ...

G-R knocks off Knights in opener

Eric Stoakes ran for 113 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown in the second quarter, as Gladbrook-Reinbeck avenged its only regular-season loss from a year ago by beating Union Community 13-6 on Friday night.The Rebels, ranked No. 1 in the Des Moines Register's preseason poll, struck first on ...

Bockholt joins Limestone basketball squad

GAFFNEY, S.C. Looking to rebuild and reload after graduating a bulk of talent that helped guide the program to back-to-back Elite Eights appearances, the Limestone College women's basketball team and head coach Corey Fox have announced the addition of six players for the upcoming 2015-16 ...

Volleyball scrimmage Aug. 24

The North Tama volleyball team will kick off the year with an Intersquad Scrimmage on Monday, August 24 starting at 6 p.m. in the High School Gym. Please note this change of date (the scrimmage was originally scheduled for the following day).A free will donation of Gatorade for the Volleyball ...

Two athletes with local connection on state championship team

Two players from the Waverly-Shell Rock Class 3A State Baseball Champion Team have a connection to Traer. Jake Velky (senior) pitches and plays center field. Josh Buresh (junior) pitches and plays first base. Both received First Team All Conference, First Team All-district, and All-State ...

North Tama to kick off fall with Redhawk Recognition

Celebrate the start of the school year at the Redhawk Recognition and Fall Sports Kickoff Friday August 21st at the North Tama Football Field. Admission is a free will offering of Gatorade for the football team. The recognition program will start at 6:45 pm followed by the football Red and ...

Driscol named to All-State baseball team

Senior Brady Driscol was recently named to Second Team All-State by the Iowa Newspaper Association as a pitcher. Brady helped the Knights to a 20-13 record this year and a second place finish in the NICL-East. He was one of a solid pitching staff that helped set the school record this year for ...

Noecker honored as Coach of the Year

For most coaches. being recognized by one's peers is a thrilling reward. Hartington-Newcastle girls track and field coach Laura Noecker is just the opposite.Noecker is like one of her favorite former coaches. She believes her just rewards are watching her student-athletes do the best they ...