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Another Shutout HUMBOLDT — Top-ranked Humboldt remained perfect on the season and on defense. The Wildcats (4-0 overall) earned their fourth straight shutout, knocking off Boone (0-4) 37-0. The Humboldt defense held the Toreadors to 135 yards of total offense, while racking up 400 yards of their own, 268 coming on the ground. Both Will Orness and Lance Coon rushed for over 100 yards. Orness was behind center on Friday for the Wildcats, going 14-for-21 for 132 yards and a touchdown. Orness hooked up with Corey Dettmann for a 25-yard touchdown in the first quarter. He also ...

POWER PLAY

For the second straight season, Class 2A, District 2 is stacked with ranked teams. The power struggle will only get more intense from here on out. Four district squads are ranked in the Week 3 Associated Press poll, and five have cracked the Top-10 now at one time or another. OABCIG is ...

A TEAM-FIRST MENTALITY

Connor Carver is on the verge of joining an elite statistical club of Fort Dodge quarterbacks. Forgive the Dodger senior if he only celebrates passing the 3,000-yard mark for his career in victory. Carver doesn’t pay much attention to his personal numbers, even as he continues to climb the ...

A NEW NO. 1

Fresh off a third consecutive shutout to begin the season, the Humboldt football team finds themselves sitting atop the Class 3A poll. Head coach Derrick Elman’s Wildcats received two first-place votes and share that billing with Adel-ADM, which had four. Both teams have accumulated 98 ...

SECOND EFFORT

Matt Dillon called it one of the better halves of football he has seen from St. Edmond since taking over the program. The Gaels scored 21 third quarter points and kept North Iowa out of the end zone over the final 24 minutes of play to secure a 48-18 victory here Friday night inside Dodger ...

Dodgers are on the board

WATERLOO — For the first two weeks of the season, the Fort Dodge football team was painfully close to tasting victory. On Friday night against Waterloo East, the Dodgers finally had their feast. Hungry and determined FDSH dominated the first half, scoring 44 points before the break at ...