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North Tama AAU volleyball teams statebound

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Four of North Tama’s AAU Volleyball teams punched their tickets to state recently and will be competing across Iowa on Saturday, March 26, for state titles including fourth grade at Lake City, sixth grade at Marshalltown, seventh grade at Ankeny, and eighth grade at Cedar Falls. The Traer ...

Redhawks earn all-conference awards

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Following a successful 14-9 season, the North Tama Redhawks boys team was awarded with two players named to the Iowa Star South All-Conference basketball teams. Senior Gabe Kopriva was named a first team all-conference selection. Kopriva finished his season as the conference’s leading ...

As Knights’ postseason voyage ends, Coach Lorenzen reflects

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Helmed by first-year head coach Corey Lorenzen, the Union boys’ basketball team made it to Round 2 of the postseason this year – putting in a good finish against a dogged Jesup team, but ending the story there, losing to the J-Hawks 50-70. “We got off to a slow start,” Lorenzen said of ...

Union’s Hedeman brings home state wrestling mantle

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Between the 2021-2022 Union Knights’ boys and girls wrestling seasons, there’s now two state champions among their ranks with freshman Jace Hedeman capturing the 106 pounds championship title Saturday evening in Des Moines, thereby joining Union freshman Jillian Worthen who did the same in ...

Redhawks’ Zook, Monat end 22-year medal drought

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Andrew Knaack couldn’t fight back the tears any longer on Friday evening. Envisioning two North Tama wrestlers on the Iowa High School Individual State Wrestling Tournament podium Saturday night was more emotional than he could bear. After reviving the North Tama wrestling program four years ...

Redhawks roll into the quarterfinals

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Aiden Zook pointed to the contingent of North Tama fans in Wells Fargo Arena right after the official signaled that he won his first-round match at the 2022 state wrestling tournament. The North Tama senior is one of two Redhawks headed to Friday’s quarterfinals in Class 1A, but it wasn’t ...

Knights have strong showing in state quarterfinals

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Through nearly two sessions at the Iowa High School State Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, the Union Knights have held their own. After Thursday’s opening round at Wells Fargo Arena, all six wrestlers including Jace Hedeman (106), Brayden Bohnsack (113), Caleb ...

Redhawks back at state after 20 years

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The drought at North Tama Schools is officially over. It’s been two decades since North Tama wrestling sent anyone to the state tournament in Des Moines but all that came to a halt this past Saturday afternoon in Jesup at the Class 1A District 4 tournament when not one, not two, but three ...

Union boys basketball seals sweet win against Sailors

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Valentine’s Day was particularly sweet for the Union boys’ basketball team this past Monday in La Porte City with the Knights beating the Columbus Catholic Sailors, 45-37, for the team’s first postseason win since 2015-2016 season where they advanced out of the first round. During Monday ...