The Union boys wrestlers continue to dominate the mats this season traveling to Cascade on Saturday and coming away with a team title and six champions. Jace Hedeman (106), Brayden Bohnsack (113), Caleb Olson (132), Keegan Ellsworth (138), Hunter Worthen (152), and Stone Schmitz (160) all ...
The Union girls hosted the No. 1 team in Class 2A girls basketball – Dike-New Hartford – last Saturday evening, just barely making it to double digits before succumbing to the Wolverines 69-16. The game had been previously scheduled for Friday night but was rescheduled due to the ...
The final fervent 40 seconds of the of the Knights boys basketball game against Dike-New Hartford last Saturday night were everything that makes high school basketball great – excitement, intensity, suspense, performance under pressure, and a buzzer-beater attempt to ultimately decide the ...
The Redhawks wrestlers returned to the mats following winter break in a big way last week with two ranked wrestlers, team wins over Hartwick-Ladora-Victor (HLV) and Lynnville-Sully, and a fourth place finish at the North Mahaska Invite. As of Tuesday, Jan. 4, sophomore Case Monat at 106 was ...
Following the winter break, Union boys basketball made the windy, icy trek north to Parkersburg on Tuesday, Jan. 4 for a matchup with the powerhouse Class 2A Aplington-Parkersburg Falcons – but despite giving it their best shot, the Knights succumbed to the Falcons 93-33. Going into the Jan. ...
On Saturday, Jan. 8, the Class 2A No. 8 ranked Union Knights made the quick trek down to Van Horne for the much anticipated Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational, coming away with a fifth-place team finish and several individual titles despite medical difficulties. Several medical forfeits due to ...
North Tama was discounted early and often ahead of the 2021 football season. After going 2-6 in the first season of head coach Taylor Wurth’s tenure, the Redhawks were picked to finish fifth in Class A District 3 and not be much of a factor come playoff time. Indeed, a turnaround of the ...
North Tama wrestlers were on their home mats Tuesday, Dec. 21 in their final dual before winter break – hosting West Marshall and Dike-New Hartford – and as has been the case thus far this season, senior Aiden Zook and freshman Kolt Knaack did not disappoint. The Redhawks ultimately lost ...
Basketball is a game of runs — and the fickleness of the game was on full display Tuesday, Dec. 21 in Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball’s 47-42 victory over visiting North Tama. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (5-5) led 11-10 after the first quarter but gave up a 19-5 run across the second and ...
A slow first quarter did nothing to halt Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s progress during the Tuesday, Dec. 21 non-conference matchup with North Tama, as the Rebels claimed victory 73-39 over the Redhawks in the final game before the winter break. G-R (8-0) scored just 12 points in the first quarter, ...