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Union/North Tama drops ‘hard fought’ home finale

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The Union/North Tama girls soccer team ended their regular season last week with a road game loss 5-2 to Columbus Catholic on Thursday followed by a close overtime loss 4-3 at home to No. 12 Marion on Friday. Against the Sailors, junior Molly Grote sank the Knights’ two goals in the net ...

Knights end inaugural JV soccer season at home

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The Knights boys soccer team ended its inaugural junior varsity season at home on Friday, May 5, losing to South Tama 2-1 in what ended up being a scrimmage due to no-show referees. Union finished this new first season as a singular, non-sharing team – Union’s previous agreement with ...

North Tama selects Andrew Knaack as next Redhawk football coach

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The North Tama County Community School District announced last week that Andrew Knaack has been selected as the district’s next Varsity Football Coach. Knaack is currently a physical education teacher at Janesville Community School District. He is also North Tama’s head wrestling coach, ...

Trio of area girls golf teams to regional final

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Three area girls golf teams qualified for regional finals in Class 1A and 2A after high finishes at regional first-round tournaments on Friday. Regional finals for all four classes are scheduled for Wednesday, May 17; golf teams in Class 3A and 4A do not play regional first-round meets. West ...

Area teams compete at 1A district golf

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MASON CITY — BCLUW freshman Zaden Eggers shot a 3-over-par round of 75 to claim medalist honors at Monday’s Class 1A district boys golf meet at Highland Park Golf Course, advancing to next week’s state tournament at Ames Golf & Country Club. The Comets finished fourth as a team with ...

Knights girls track crowned district champions

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DIKE – The Union girls track and field team swept the competition Thursday night in Dike to take the district crown at the Class 2A state-qualifying meet hosted by Dike-New Hartford. The Knights automatically qualified eight entries across seven events with first place finishes from Kate ...

Redhawk runner Grace Lidgett qualifies for state track

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Belle Plaine – Redhawk runner Grace Lidgett has ensured her final high school track and field season ends on a high note by qualifying for the 2023 Iowa High School Track and Field Championships in the 1,500-meter run after taking bronze last night in the event at the Class 1A ...

Vikings vanquished

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Following an arduous loss 4-0 to the ninth-ranked Denver Cyclones on the road May 1, the Union/North Tama girls soccer team roared back on May 4 with a scrappy overtime win at home, 6-4, over the Decorah Vikings. With nine minutes remaining, the Knights were down 0-2 to Decorah. Summoning ...

Redhawk runners win two Iowa Star titles

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MESKWAKI — BCLUW’s track and field teams claimed both team titles in the 15-team fields at the Iowa Star Conference Meet at Meskwaki Settlement School last Thursday night. The BCLUW boys scored 144 points to beat out Baxter for the top spot; the Comet girls racked up 115.75 points to ...

Union boys golf competes at NICL conference meet

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When you look at the team and especially the individual results from last Thursday’s North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) boys golf conference meet held at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, it's evident that the NICL is one of the premier conferences in the state of Iowa in Class 2A. ...