If you can’t find Francis Lee on the North Polk girls soccer sidelines, just listen. Lee isn’t bashful about cheering her team on. In fact, she encourages it. Lee, a 2014 Fort Dodge Senior High graduate, wears her emotion on her sleeve. She’s unapologetic about it. “I’m ...
The wheels are in motion for eighth graders to participate in Iowa high school athletics as soon as this fall. Two months ago, Iowa lawmakers passed House Bill 2591, giving the go-ahead to eighth-grade students to join high school programs a year early. Governor Kim Reynolds signed that bill ...
Blake Utley believes every game reveals a little more about his ninth-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge baseball squad. Monday’s doubleheader loss to rival Mason City didn’t produce the outcome his Dodgers had hoped for, but it did give them plenty of homework — and a little bit of brutal ...
Things don’t always go as planned for the third-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team. Even a rivalry that’s become as lopsided as the series with Mason City will produce a surprising turn of events every once in a while. Head coach Andi Adams reminds her Dodgers it isn’t the action, but rather, the reaction that matters most. Despite falling behind 3-0 and 6-4 early, Fort Dodge calmed the waters and ultimately swept the Riverhawks by scores of 9-6 and 9-0 to extend the program’s win streak over Mason City to 10 seasons and 36 games overall. The Dodgers (24-3 ...
HAMPTON — For the 30th time in her high school career, St. Edmond’s Faith Shirbroun hit a ball out of the park here on Monday. This time, it was a record breaking shot. Shirbroun’s three-run dinger against Hampton-Dumont/CAL in a 12-1 win on Monday night put her atop the charts as the school’s all-time home run leader. “It’s an honor to be the home run leader,” Shirbroun said. “I’ve had tremendous support from my family, coaches and friends so it just makes it so much more fun when I have so many people cheering me on along the way. “The team has put in so ...
HAMPTON — The night didn’t start as Jordan Miller would have liked it, but it did finish with a victory. The St. Edmond baseball team (12-8 overall) lost the opener of a North Central Conference doubleheader with Hampton-Dumont/CAL (5-13), 8-6. The Gaels bounced back with an 8-1 victory in the nightcap. In the second contest the Gaels got a strong performance from the top of their lineup, as the top five hitters in their lineup combined for five hits. “When the top of the lineup, even one through six is hitting, it’s great for us,” Miller said. “They put their foot ...
