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Gaels pick up win over Gehlen in CYO tourney

LE MARS — St. Edmond head baseball coach Jordan Miller asked his players what they thought their record this week could wind up being with five games on the docket. The players came to a consensus that they could go 4-1, which is exactly what they did with a thrilling 5-4 victory over Le Mars Gehlen here Saturday at the CYO Tournament. “It’s so great to see them put something out there like that and go and achieve it,” Miller said. “The coaches thought that might be tough to achieve, but they wanted it. This group is focused and playing with a lot of confidence right ...

Dodgers split in Sioux City baseball double dip

At the end of a busy stretch, the Fort Dodge baseball team knew where they wanted to be. The week ended with a split doubleheader on Friday against two very different opponents: second-ranked (Class 4A) Sioux City East (15-1 overall) and Sioux City West (1-13). After falling 11-0 to the ...

Iowa Central baseball team went deep by going deep

Before we turn the page on another historic Iowa Central baseball season, I want to do a double take on the statistics and numbers the Tritons put up because I certainly did while thumbing through the updated record books from head coach Eric Stein. Iowa Central reached the “final four” ...

FLEX PLAYERS

WEBSTER CITY — The St. Edmond softball team pushed their win streak to eight in a row, earning their first shutout of the season here on Friday night. The Gaels (8-0 overall, 3-0 in the North Central Conference) posted a 10-0 victory over Webster City (2-4, 1-3). Sophomore Toryn Helle ...

No. 3 Dodgers pummel Sioux City North

SIOUX CITY — Andi Adams knows it’s still too early in the season to draw many conclusions, but on Friday, the third-ranked Fort Dodge softball team put on another hitting clinic against one of Class 5A’s leading pitchers to date. The Dodgers (9-1 overall) blitzed Sioux City North (10-6) by a final of 22-1. North pitcher Joslyn Vogt (10-2) came into the contest leading 5A with 78 strikeouts. She also had more victories than any other 5A pitcher so far. Vogt had sported an earned run average of 1.65. That all changed on Friday. Fort Dodge pounded out 18 hits in the contest and ...

MARATHON KIDS

For a high school student, getting up at 5 a.m. isn’t an ideal morning. When Simeon Roberts challenged himself to do it, though, the end reward was well worth the effort. Roberts and 14 other Fort Dodge Senior High students took the half marathon class at school, where they trained for ...