DIKE – One of North Tama’s most experienced wrestlers, top-ranked Case Monat earned the 100th win of his high school career last week Thursday during a quad hosted by Dike-New Hartford. The senior Redhawk wrestler secured the milestone win in a bout with DNH’s Karson VanHeiden – a ...
STATE CENTER — Redhawk wrestler Briar Blake closed out 2023 on the mats by taking runner-up at the Trojan Tangle tournament hosted on Dec. 19 by West Marshall. Blake’s final match against Trojan Averie Wittkop for the 170 pound title was one of the marquee matchups of the tournament – a ...
REINBECK — Extra effort went a long way for Drew Eilers and the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball team on Thursday. Eilers scored a career-high 25 points and the Rebels sprinted past North Tama, 83-39, at G-R High School. G-R moved to 6-3 and North Tama dropped to 4-6. The Rebels never ...
REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck galloped past North Tama in a 61-21 girls basketball blowout at G-R High School last Thursday night ahead of the Christmas holiday. G-R improved to 8-3 overall while North Tama slipped to 4-6. Kennedy Brant scored a career-best 28 points to lead the Rebels and ...
LA PORTE CITY – Earlier this month, Union senior Sydney Anton – a track star in hurdles and standout cross country runner – signed with Minnesota State University to continue her athletic and academic careers next school year. “[The Minnesota State] environment clicked immediately and ...
SUMNER – The final score last Friday night in Sumner mattered less than usual to many of those in attendance for the girls varsity basketball game between the Sumner-Fredericksburg Cougars and the Union Knights – rather, it was the tremendous life of one of their own that was top of mind ...
BROOKLYN —The night of Dec. 12, 2023, is a night Redhawk wrestler Kolt Knaack is sure to remember for a long time as he notched the 100th win of his high school wrestling career that evening on the mats at BGM High School. “It feels good to have 100 wins. It’s a big confidence ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights top-ranked boys wrestling team had two more members hit a varsity milestone last week. Senior Keegan Ellsworth (on right, 144 pounds) and junior Brayden Bohnsack (113 pounds) each earned their 100th career victory. Congratulations!
FORT DODGE – Briar Blake recorded her first loss of the season to the current No. 1 at 170 pounds, reigning state champion Naomi Simon of Decorah last week Friday at the Fort Dodge Girls Invite but not before slapping down two pinfall wins over Emmetsburg and Clear Lake ahead of the title ...
TRAER – The North Tama girls basketball team is sporting a whole lot of one family this season. Assistant coach Nicole (née Schlichting) Hemann – a 2012 North Tama graduate and starter on the only Redhawk girls basketball team to make a state appearance (2011-12) – is currently ...