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, ...
The Union girls basketball team endured another loss 56-42 Friday night at home against the previously ranked (No. 13) Class 2A Jesup J-Hawks and are now 2-4 for the season ahead of their scheduled Tuesday, Dec. 21 game against Hudson. Earlier in the week, the Knights lost on the road Dec. 13 ...
The Redhawks boys basketball team displayed a strategic and smart offense against the Spartans in the Redhawks Nest on Tuesday, Dec. 14 but still came up short losing 77-73 to Collins-Maxwell. “I thought we played really hard and we got it going offensively [in the second half],” North ...