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Redhawk XC races to first place at South Hardin

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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!

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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 ...

Weather delays Union’s homecoming game to Monday

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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

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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 ...

Warriors run past Redhawks, 45-0, in rain-soaked road game

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FAIRBANK – A formidable Wapsie Valley defense proved too much for North Tama this past Friday in Fairbank with the Warriors notching their fourth shutout of the season by striking down the Redhawks, 45-0, in District 3 play. Conditions on Wapsie Valley’s Jerry Southmayd Field were not ...

Knights, Redhawks run at Grundy Center

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GRUNDY CENTER – Both the Union and North Tama cross country teams competed last week Thursday at the Grundy Center-hosted Sam Iverson Invitational held on the grounds of the Town and Country Golf Club. North Tama’s girls placed ninth overall with 237 points, while Union’s girls posted ...

North Tama sweeps aside Colo-NESCO, 3-0

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COLO — The Class 1A No. 2 (Week 4) North Tama volleyball team trampled Colo-NESCO to the tune of a 3-0 sweep, winning last Tuesday’s (Sept. 19) Iowa Star Conference South Division match 25-3, 25-13, 25-12. Kruiz Ewoldt led the way with 10 kills for the Redhawks (14-10, 2-0). Setter ...

Redhawks fly past Comets for homecoming win, 36-6

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TRAER – Amid the backdrop of Homecoming 2023-24, Redhawk football flew past the BCLUW Comets last Friday night to claim their second win of the season — and cement running back Josh Dostal’s status as a player to watch. Barely two minutes into the game and on the Redhawks very first ...

Knoop notches 2,000th career assist against Wapsie Valley

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FAIRBANK – On Sept. 12, the Union Knights volleyball team took on Wapsie Valley in a road matchup, beating the Warriors in five intense sets, 3-2, that saw junior setter Avery Knoop record the 2,000th assist of her high school career. In the conference matchup against 2A No. 11 Wapsie ...