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 ...
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 ...
WATERLOO — The Fort Dodge baseball team surpassed the 30-win mark for the first time in 14 seasons with a sweep of Waterloo East here on Wednesday. Scores were 11-0 in six innings and 14-1 in five. The Dodgers (31-8 overall, 13-3 in the Iowa Alliance North) scored 10 runs in the sixth to break the opener wide open and end it early in the process. Tru McBride, Bo Marsh and Will McElroy were a combined 7-for-10 at the plate with seven RBI and three runs scored, as Davis Underberg and Tanner Peterson each had two hits and drove in a pair. On the mound, Cael Adams allowed just three ...
With the postseason right around the corner, the Fort Dodge softball squad is trying to position itself to have a very special ending. Head coach Andi Adams wants her team to know what is ahead of them, and to play with the same demeanor night in and night out — never taking their foot off ...
The St. Edmond softball program recognized lone senior Faith Shirbroun here on Wednesday. Shirbroun, who will hold virtually every Gael career hitting record by the time she is finished playing, earned the win inside the circle and recorded two hits with two RBI and a run scored as No. 3 ...
ANKENY — The Fort Dodge baseball team found out what stands between them and a spot in the Class 4A state tournament on Tuesday. A few hours later, the Dodgers went on the road and picked up a convincing 7-2 victory here over Ankeny Centennial. Fort Dodge (29-8 overall) pounced on the Jaguars in the second, plating three runs. Davis Underberg drove in Cal Pederson for the first, Jaxson Dencklau’s bunt single scored Will McElroy and Underberg came around to score on a wild pitch. “No doubt (scoring early) that was huge,” said Fort Dodge head coach Blake Utley. “We got ...
