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MAGWED winners on 50th anniversary

MAGWED hosted its 50th annual fishing derby on Saturday at Triggs Bay Resort in Arnolds Park. Youth winners were (first photo, left to right): Quinn Christie (Roger Brown Youth Largest Walleye, 1 lb., 12 oz. and 17.75”); Eli Searcy (Largest Northern Pike, 8 lb., 9.5 oz. and 33.5”); ...

SETTLING FOR SILVER

BOONE — The Iowa Central softball team ran into a buzzsaw in 10th-ranked DMACC during the Region 11-B tournament over the weekend. The Tritons (40-18 overall) lost 4-1 to the Bears (52-10) on Sunday in the championship round. Iowa Central still has a shot at making the national tournament, ...

Triton baseball closes regular season with sweep

The Iowa Central baseball team faced a familiar foe over the weekend, and that won’t change once the postseason begins on Thursday. In their final regular-season game at Rogers Park on Saturday, The 18th-ranked Tritons (43-9 overall) drubbed Ellsworth for the third straight time, earning a ...

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 ...

Big weeks for ex-local talent Henning, Elsbecker

Two former local standouts have had memorable weeks competing in the American Rivers Conference. St. Edmond graduate Kaili Henning tossed a perfect game for the Loras College softball team just days after Fort Dodge Senior High’s Eli Elsbecker had a six-RBI performance in a win for Coe College on the baseball diamond. Henning, a sophomore, struck out seven without a single Buena Vista player reaching base in a 12-0 victory in five innings Friday afternoon. She recorded seven flyball outs and one groundball out, helping her own cause with two hits, two runs and an RBI. An ...

Gael teams in action at Hampton

HAMPTON — The St. Edmond boys and girls track and field teams wrapped up the week by competing here on Friday at the Jim Basye Co-Ed Relays. Anthony Valles had a big night for the Gaels, placing in the Top-5 in the three individual distance events. The senior was third in both the 3,200-meter and 1,600-meter runs, adding a fifth in the 800. Valles went 10:09.2 in the 3,200 and finished the 1,600 in 4:49.40 behind only fellow cross country standouts Knute Rogne and Hayden Thompson of Lake Mills. Aaron Hindt took third in the 200-meter dash in 22.76 and was fourth in the 100-meter ...