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Gael boys at the nets

The St. Edmond boys tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to Storm Lake on Friday at Dodger Courts. “We were playing without our No. 1 Andrew Horrell, who was out with an ankle injury,” said St. Edmond head coach Shawn Neverman. “That really hurt, because everyone had to play up a ...

St. Edmond’s Crimmins selected for advisory committee

Greenlee Crimmins stays active throughout the year by being involved in multiple athletics and extracurricular activities at St. Edmond. Crimmins, though, will take on another role during the coming 2026-27 school year after being selected to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union ...

Swisher earns runner up honors

TWIN LAKES — In only her second nine-hole round ever, St. Edmond’s Ashlyn Swisher finished as runner up against South Central Calhoun on Friday. Swisher shot a 58 to finish second in the dual. “Ashlyn just finished her first nine hole round on Tuesday,” said St. Edmond head coach Maury Ruble. “It was pretty cool to see her earn silver medalist honors on Friday.” South Central Calhoun’s Sophia Wuebker had a 51 for medalist honors. Rounding out St. Edmond’s scoring was Irelyn Derrig (65), Abby Webster (69), Ann Veneziano (70), Azalya Hill (72) and Abby Tofolin ...

Dodgers drop 4-1 decision

COLFAX — The Fort Dodge girls soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision to 15th-ranked Colfax-Mingo on Thursday night. The Dodgers (1-3 overall) couldn’t slow the unbeaten Tigerhawks (3-0). “We just didn’t have the energy we needed for a (road match),” said FDSH head coach G Myers. “It was a little warmer and we just had to play through that. “It was a hard-fought game.” The Dodgers did see the return of junior all-conference player Addie Lentsch, who came back from an injury. Lentsch scored the lone goal for the Dodgers. Sophomore Meadow Lane had a hat trick for the ...

FDSH wins consecutive soccer matches for first time since '17

Fort Dodge head coach Nic Huse kept a little secret from his soccer team on Thursday night. The first-year head coach knew exactly the last time the Dodgers had won consecutive matches on the pitch, thanks to the research of assistant and former player Parker Schillerstrom. Huse didn’t let his squad know until the opportunity became a reality. After the Dodgers (2-4 overall) knocked off Waterloo East by a final score of 5-1, Huse relayed the message to his group. This became Fort Dodge’s first win streak in boys soccer since 2017. “Parker told me right before the game,” ...

Unique turn of events gives Dodgers 4x2 win

CEDAR FALLS — After Thursday night’s crazy ending, the Fort Dodge 4x200 team maybe seeing blue. In what can only be described as a rare occasion, the Dodger quartet went from defeat to elation in the event. After taking second in the 4x200 to Mason City at 1:31.4 — short of the Drake Relays standard qualifying time — the Riverhawks coach talked to an official about his runner having to leave the lane because blocks had inadvertently been left on the track. Fort Dodge head coach Nik Moser’s team, which was in next lane over, had also been affected. So the official decided to ...