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STC girls end 46-game skid by beating Union

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TAMA — South Tama County girls basketball ended a 46-game winless streak on Monday, Dec. 9, with a 34-28 win over Union Community at STC High School. It’s the first win of the season for the Trojans (1-3), and the program’s first win since a 37-35 win over Marshalltown on Nov. 22, ...

Knights, Redhawks wrestle in La Porte City to start season

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LA PORTE CITY – Top-ranked local talent dominated the mats on Thursday, Dec. 5, during Union’s quad with North Tama, Vinton-Shellsburg, and Aplington-Parkersburg/Grundy Center with the Class 2A No. 2 Knights sweeping the meet 3-0 to open the season. Union’s roster Thursday evening ...

Redhawk basketball teams open season with wins over Belle Plaine

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TRAER – Both the girls and boys North Tama basketball teams marked their respective season openers on Monday, Dec. 2, by beating Belle Plaine at home in the Redhawks Nest with the girls blitzing the Plainsmen 51-31 and the boys winning 55-44. Redhawk girls After taking turns with the ...

Cochran signs with MCC esports

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TRAER – North Tama senior Johnathan Cochran signed a Letter of Intent on Monday, Nov. 25, to continue his esports and academic careers at Marshalltown Community College (MCC). With his friends – including former teammate Landon Kucera, a member of the North Tama Class of 2024 who now ...

Redhawk wrestlers crown three champs at Belle Plaine

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BELLE PLAINE – It was another successful Saturday for the North Tama girls wrestling squad as they competed at the Belle Plaine Girls Invitational, tying for fourth place out of nine teams and crowning three champions in the process including senior Briar Blake, junior Addison ‘Addy’ ...

Knights netters drop season opener at home to No. 12 Hudson

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LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights girls basketball team dropped its season opener at home on Tuesday, Nov. 26, to 2A No. 12 Hudson, 57-14. Led this season by a new head coach – La Porte City’s Matt Craft who took over from Robert Driscol – the Knights’ roster features just three ...

Redhawks fall in five-set state quarterfinal heartbreaker

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CORALVILLE — The North Tama volleyball team opened the state tournament at Xtream Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in heartbreaking fashion – falling to No. 4 Riverside in the Class 1A quarterfinals after what had been a glorious regional run. Fifth-seeded North Tama started hot, fell behind, ...