Champions were once again crowned at Sports Park Raceway on Sunday from a field of 123 cars. Humboldt’s Kamdyn Haggard won the IMCA Sports Mods race, followed by Drew Fett of Thompson. Mike Smith (Lake City) and Fett were the heat winners. In IMCA Hobby Stocks, Braden Gifford of Boone ...
Barely 12 hours after scoring a pair of run-rule victories, the 10th-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge baseball team found itself locked in a tug-of-war with Iowa City West here on Saturday at Rogers Park. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh as part of the Iowa Central Invitational, the Dodgers ...
VAN METER — The fifth-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond softball team went toe-to-toe with a defending state champion here on Saturday at the Van Meter Tournament. After taking a 3-1 lead into the fourth, the Gaels were unable to hold off No. 1 (3A) Williamsburg, falling by a final of 7-3. They rebounded with a 5-3 victory over North Central Conference rival Humboldt to end the day 1-1. In the win over the Wildcats, senior Faith Shirbroun connected on the 29th home run of her St. Edmond (13-3 overall) career, tying her with Josie (Heesch) Harvey for the school’s career lead. Shirbroun ...
CLARION — The fifth-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond softball team bounced back in North Central Conference play with a dominating 14-1 win in six innings over Clarion-Goldfield/Dows here Friday night. Rihanna Myers struck out 12, including the first nine batters she faced, adding two runs scored at the plate for the Gaels (11-2 overall, 4-1 in league). Myrah Lemon was 3-for-4 with a double and five RBI, Jade Rock had two hits, drove in three and scored twice, and Sophia Schlienz scored three times with three walks. “We really did a great job throughout the lineup of getting on ...
The 10th-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge baseball team lit up the scoreboard here on Friday evening at Ed McNeil Field. Behind home runs by Will McElroy, Kolton Schiltz and Caiden Fraher, the Dodgers wiped out Waterloo East. Scores were 11-1 in six innings and 17-2 in four. McElroy had a homer in each game, while Fraher’s two-run shot ended the nightcap early in favor of Fort Dodge (18-4 overall). The senior also stole two bases in the opener and scored twice in game two. “Just a special moment for a senior like Caiden,” FDSH head coach Blake Utley said. “He doesn’t always ...
Confidence tends to be a fickle beast in baseball. Right now, St. Edmond definitely has it. The Gaels won for the seventh time in nine games on Thursday night, holding off Emmetsburg by a final of 12-10 to conclude the Iowa Central Invitational just before midnight at Rogers Park. A ...
