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Change doesn’t stop these kids!

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TRAER – In December 2023, the Steel Shooters of Traer faced a major hurdle – they lost access to their home shooting range. Months of uncertainty followed, but that didn’t stop these young athletes. With grit, determination, and strong community support, they secured a temporary ...

No. 5 Lynx scratch out Redhawks 10-1 in district final

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TROY MILLS – The North Tama baseball team had its season ended by North Linn for the second time in the last three seasons, falling 10-1 to the fifth-ranked Lynx in the Saturday, July 12 Class 1A District 7 title game. The Redhawks (14-10) managed just three hits, while the host Lynx ...

Redhawk softball team can’t catch Tigers

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MADRID — The North Tama softball team saw its season draw to a close with a 4-1 loss to Madrid in the Monday, July 7 Class 1A Region 8 opening-round game. The Redhawks (5-14) managed just a solo run in the sixth inning, which at the time cut their deficit in half. Madrid (9-20) didn’t ...

Gwen Wical of Steel Shooters of Traer takes top spot

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POLK CITY – The Scholastic Action Shooting Program held the Iowa State Championship match on June 28-29, at the Olofson Shooting Range, near Polk City, where more than 55 athletes from grade school through high school competed. Lucas Reising, from Carroll Action Shooting Sports, was the ...

Redhawks roll into district final

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Telegraph Note: This story will publish as part of postseason ball coverage in the Friday, July 18 print edition of the North Tama Telegraph. It is being published online now to coordinate with the Times-Republican’s schedule. TRAER — North Tama senior left-hander Josh Dostal pitched a ...

Redhawks rip Prince of Peace in first round

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Telegraph Note: This story will publish as part of postseason ball coverage in the Friday, July 18 print edition of the North Tama Telegraph. It is being published online now to coordinate with the Times-Republican's schedule. TRAER — The North Tama baseball team broke free from Prince of ...

Iowa Star South clash makes for night of great softball

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GREEN MOUNTAIN – It was a great night of softball last Friday evening in Green Mountain as the GMG Wolverines (8-7) hosted conference rival North Tama (3-10). And while GMG ruled the mound after six-and-a-half innings to more than earn the 10-5 win, superb moments from both teams, ...

Fifth inning rally helps Wolverines best Redhawks in walkoff win

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GREEN MOUNTAIN – For much of the June 20 Iowa Star South clash between in-county rivals GMG and North Tama, Redhawk baseball retained control of the game, but a fifth-inning surge of the bats helped deliver the Wolverines to a narrow 7-6 walk-off victory. Heading into the bottom of the ...

North Tama takes down No. 8 Don Bosco, 2-1

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TRAER — Clayton Williams drove in two runs with a sixth-inning single and Josh Dostal went the distance on the mound as the North Tama baseball team knocked off Class 1A No. 8 Don Bosco in the Thursday, June 12 Iowa Star Conference showdown at J.L. Lister Field. Kolt Knaack and Dostal ...

No. 8 Spartans forced to forfeit after defeating Union

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LA PORTE CITY — The Grundy Center baseball team defeated Union Community on the scoreboard, but the Spartans were forced to forfeit the victory. Class 2A No. 8 Grundy Center used an illegible pitcher during their 8-5 win over the host Knights (5-6) on Wednesday, June 11, forfeiting the win ...