MANSON — It’s simple: win, and a second consecutive district championship will be staying in the trophy case at Manson Northwest Webster. A year after their banner season, where they won eight games and earned a playoff victory for the first time in 30 years, the Cougars have worked ...
With district play approaching the finish line for Class 2A on down, these next two weeks are crucial for a number of reasons as the playoff picture becomes clearer. Prep football squads are vying for postseason spots in each class. Class 5A will take the top 16 teams based on RPI. In 4A and 3A, the district champions and runner-ups are in, with the remaining four at-large bids awarded to the highest ranked teams based on RPI. Class 2A, 1A and A will take the top four schools from all eight districts for 32 qualifying teams. Eight-player has 10 districts, so the top three in each ...
On the heels of a big road win over Spencer last week, the Fort Dodge football team finds itself back in the latest Associated Press Class 4A Top-10. The Dodgers returned to the rankings on Tuesday at No. 10 following their 47-28 victory versus the Tigers. Fort Dodge (5-1 overall) was one ...
The St. Edmond football team battled with a Top-10 opponent for the better part of four quarters here Friday night inside Dodger Stadium on Homecoming. In the end, though, a key injury and some ill-timed penalties led to a 66-44 win for seventh-ranked GTRA. The Gaels (3-3 overall, 3-1 in ...
SPENCER — True to form and completely consistent with his personality, Dreshaun Ross had very little to say about himself after one of the greatest single-half performances in Fort Dodge football history here on Friday. Ross was exhausted. He had just rushed for 207 yards and three long touchdowns — covering 59, 51 and 71 yards — in the final 15-plus minutes of the Dodgers’ 47-28 victory over Spencer at Dale Norton Field. It was the kind of otherworldly effort that will be talked about by those in attendance for years to come. Yet the three-time state wrestling champion and ...
EMMETSBURG — On paper it was an upset, but for Manson Northwest Webster, the gameplan worked to perfection. The Cougars (4-2 overall, 3-0 in the district) won their eighth consecutive district game dating back to last season, knocking off seventh-ranked Emmetsburg (4-2, 2-1), 36-22, to stand alone atop the league standings. “They are pretty traditional in what they run,” said MNW head coach Zach Noffsinger. “They stack the box tight, and we thought if we could get through their initial push, we could do some things with our deception.” The Cougars also had a chip on their ...
