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Marshalltown fends off North Tama, 5-1

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MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown senior Zander Stupp pitched a three-hitter and drove in two runs with a two-out single in the sixth inning to lead the Bobcat baseball team to a 5-1 win over North Tama on Friday, May 23, at the MHS diamond. Stupp needed just 83 pitches to get through the ...

‘I don’t think we have played our best game yet’

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LA PORTE CITY – They may only have played for roughly 35 minutes, but Union-North Tama girls soccer certainly made those minutes count. Following multiple weather delays due to lightning which led to more time spent in the high school weight room seeking shelter than actually on the ...

‘Great moments are born from great opportunity’

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CRESCO – Multiple Union athletes from both the boys and girls squads earned state berths on Thursday, May 15, during the Class 2A district meet hosted by Crestwood in Creso including members of nine different Knights relay teams. “The night started out amazing,” boys head coach Scott ...

North Tama’s Luker, girls 4×800 qualify for state meet

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SULLY – Several members of the North Tama track and field team will be competing this week in the 2025 Iowa High School Track & Field Championships held on Drake University’s famed Blue Oval after qualifying during the Thursday, May 15 Class 1A district meet hosted by ...

Union golf records busy week including NICL Conference tourney

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LA PORTE CITY – Last week was loaded with meets and the Union boys golf team competed in four of them. On Monday, May 5, both the Knights boys and girls participated in BCLUW’s Comet Invitational with the boys playing in Conrad and the girls competing in Union. The boys had a strong ...

Union-North Tama soccer adds pair wins, shuts out Decorah 8-0

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LA PORTE CITY – The Union-North Tama girls soccer team notched a pair of wins at home last week – including against winless Decorah in an 8-0 shutout – improving to 5-6-3 as the season heads into the final stretch. Freshman forward Ellie Pospisil led the Knights against the Vikings ...

Tama County Turtles place first in State WHEP competition

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AMES – The Tama County Turtles took first place in the State Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) senior team division, including Josey Wacha, Levi Murty, Rachael Murty, and Wyatt Silhanek. The State WHEP Competition was held on April 12 in Ames. The Iowa 4-H WHEP competition provides ...

Murty leads Redhawk girls at Harry Dole Classic Coed

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GRUNDY CENTER — The North Tama girls’ track and field team finished 11th out of a dozen teams at the competitive Harry Dole Classic Coed last Friday night in Grundy Center with distance runner Rachael Murty leading the way with 11 points. North Tama totaled 25 points in the meet, just ...