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Gael girls run into a buzzsaw

ALGONA — The St. Edmond girls ran into a red-hot Bishop Garrigan here Friday night. The top-ranked (Class 1A) Golden Bears scored the first 10 points of the game on their way to a 59-18 victory and spot in a regional championship. Bishop Garrigan (21-2 overall) will face Lake Mills (17-5) on Wednesday in Mason City. During the regular season, the Golden Bears won both games vs the Bulldogs. For the Gaels (17-6), the season comes to an end, along with the careers of seniors Anna Lursen, Maggie Flaherty, Ava Underberg and Ava Andrew. “Those four seniors were freshmen during our ...

SENIOR SHOCKWAVES

DES MOINES — Rylee Brown is the underdog on paper, but the Fort Dodge senior is quickly flipping the script. The 10th-seeded Dodger senior pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament so far, beating second seed Noah Hawk-Erwin (25-5) of Linn-Mar in the Class 3A quarterfinal round on ...

Crimmins punches quarterfinal ticket

DES MOINES — Matthew Crimmins showed his ability to finish matches on his way to winning a district championship and qualifying for the state wrestling tournament. That continued here on Thursday, as the St. Edmond sophomore earned a technical fall victory over Kendrin VanBeek of West ...

5 Cowboys, Hendricks, Schafer, Limbaugh in quarters

DES MOINES — Half of Clarion-Goldfield’s 10 qualifiers are still alive for state championships, and four more are in medal contention in Class 2A. The Cowboys went 12-6 in matches and had a strong day on the backside, going 3-1 there. Paxton Redenius (120), Adrian Phetxoumphone (126), ...

Six 1A wrestlers from area advance on winner’s side

DES MOINES — Six Messenger-area wrestlers moved into the quarterfinals at state wrestling here on Thursday in Class 1A, with all six scoring falls in their lone matches. West Bend-Mallard’s Hunter Lester and Mason Knapp, South Central Calhoun’s Karson Wuebker and Jace Pedersen, and ...

Andersons turn state into family affair for MNW

DES MOINES — Josh Anderson’s children continue to one-up him on the wrestling mat. Anderson, the head wrestling coach at Manson Northwest Webster, was a state qualifier in high school. Three of his four children have achieved the same feat. But Brodie, Ellisa and Mason all did ...