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Three area teams ranked

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Three Messenger-area teams remain ranked after Week 3 in prep football action. After a win over then No. 5 North Polk, Webster City jumped up to No. 6 after beating the Comets 21-20. The Lynx (3-0 overall) earned the victory behind a 161-yard effort and two touchdowns from Jaxon Cherry and ...

Gael girls capture Thomas title

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HOLSTEIN — For St. Edmond cross country coach Mike Szalat, wins are nice — but getting better is the main goal each time out. The sixth-ranked Gael girls earned gold at the Tim Thomas meet on Saturday. St. Edmond (51 points) beat fifth-ranked Alta-Aurelia (89), who has been rated as ...

Tritons can’t stop No. 1 Hutchinson

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For the second straight week, the Iowa Central football team took the field against a Top-5 opponent. On Saturday, it was top-ranked Hutchinson (3-0 overall) who visited Dodger Stadium. The Tritons (2-1 overall) couldn’t find an offensive rhythm and the Blue Devil defense kept Iowa ...

Dodgers finish up busy week

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MARION — It wasn’t as much about the medals or team finish for Fort Dodge during the Linn-Mar Invitational on Saturday. It was all about time. The Dodgers may have not registered any Top-3 performances in their third meet of the week, but they had over a dozen PRs during the competition ...

Slugfest

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Despite coming up on the short end of a thrilling overtime loss, St. Edmond head football coach Matt Dillon had plenty of positives to tell his players afterwards. Baxter scored the game-winning conversion in the first extra session, escaping with a 36-34 victory here Friday night to remain ...

HOME COMFORT

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The Fort Dodge girls swim team made their home debut on Thursday in a triangular against Sioux City Metro and Algona. The Dodgers defeated the Bulldogs, 71-30, but came up short versus SCM, 66-32. Junior Julia Eastman earned Fort Dodge’s lone victory with a gold medal in the 500 freestyle. ...