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Tritons hammer Ellsworth twice, improve to 42-9

The No. 18 Iowa Central baseball team began the final homestand of the season with a sweep over Ellsworth here Friday at Rogers Park. Scores were 16-6 in six innings and 15-3 in seven. The Tritons (42-9 overall, 20-6 in the ICCAC) scored in all six innings of the opener, highlighted by an eight-run fifth. Sawyer Stein blasted two home runs, with Ben Jones, George McIntyre and Will Specht each hitting one. Iowa Central was able to overcome a brief deficit with the big inning. Maddox Sullivan relieved starter Carter Giesen and recorded the final five outs — four of which came by ...

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The ocean water had never felt so refreshing to the Iowa Central cheer squad. The Tritons had just clinched a second consecutive National Cheerleaders Association championship on the biggest stage of all in the Intermediate Large Co-Ed division. The reward wasn’t ...

Horn headed to Upper Iowa

Hunter Horn went on plenty of visits and met with numerous college basketball coaches throughout his senior season for St. Edmond. But Horn wanted to wait until he had put the finishing touches on his Gael career before making his decision. That time came earlier this week when Horn ...

Tritons open postseason play

BOONE — The Iowa Central softball team begins postseason play here Friday in the Region 11-B Tournament. The Tritons (38-16 overall) open with Hawkeye at 4 p.m. following No. 10 Des Moines Area and Northeast squaring off. Winners of those two games will play on Saturday at 2 p.m., with the finals set for Sunday starting at noon. The tournament is double-elimination. During the regular season, Iowa Central and Hawkeye (23-31) split four meetings. The RedTails won the first, 4-2, before the Tritons responded at Rogers Park with an 8-0 win in five innings. When they met in ...

Crockett grabs four medals

Jerry Crockett scored four medals to lead the Fort Dodge eighth-grade boys track and field team here at the Dodger Relays Thursday night. Fort Dodge placed fourth overall behind Iowa Falls-Alden, Ames and Dallas Center-Grimes. Humboldt was fifth, with Marshalltown, St. Edmond and Webster ...

Foy, Porter win for 7th grade Dodgers

Branden Foy and Brantley Porter each won events for the Fort Dodge seventh-grade boys track and field team here Thursday night at the Dodger Relays. Ames won the team title, as Humboldt was second. Dallas Center-Grimes, Fort Dodge, Webster City, Marshalltown, Iowa Falls-Alden and St. Edmond ...