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Late rally pushes Dodgers past Tigers in ranked clash

CEDAR FALLS — The third-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team showed their resolve here on Monday night. Down 5-3 to No. 10 (5A) Cedar Falls in the seventh with two outs on the board, Macy Wills stepped to the plate and delivered a two-RBI double to tie it. One batter later, Calliegh Zimmermann gave the Dodgers a 6-5 lead that proved to be the game-winner over the Tigers. “These girls just never give up,” FDSH head coach Andi Adams said. “They are always doing whatever they need to do to find success. (Monday) it was Macy and Calliegh.” Wills drove in Ellie Doster ...

Full Swing Financial again sponsoring Par-3 contests

Full Swing Financial Planning of Fort Dodge will be the title sponsor for the par-3 contests during this year’s Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Webster County golf tournament. The four holes at the Fort Dodge Country Club — 2, 8, 11 and 13 — will see $100 each go to the players who land ...

SAFE AND SECURE

Jordan Miller believes his St. Edmond baseball team has established the foundation for the future success of the program. At the same time, though, Miller is looking to continue putting up walls with this current group of players. The Gaels added one of those walls here Friday night, ...

Women’s division has rotated champs in recent years

Samantha Kuhn returned to the top of the women’s open division at the Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Webster County golf tournament last summer. Kuhn, a former Fort Dodge Senior High standout, won her second overall title and first in six summers. Ex-Manson Northwest Webster all-stater ...

Dodger ties run deep in Iowa City West baseball program

IOWA CITY — Tom and Joan Tibbitts are like most proud grandparents. For well over 20 years, the Fort Dodge couple has traveled all across Iowa — and even the midwest – to watch their nine grandchildren compete and perform. Their story took a unique twist this summer, though, as a ...

SENIOR LOVE

The delay was worth the wait for the third-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team here Thursday night. With rain hitting the area, the non-conference contest between the Dodgers and Ballard was shifted to the turf field at Rogers Park. That wasn’t enough, though, to keep the contest ...