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STATE'S FINEST

Many of the state’s top players started their journey toward the Iowa Golf Association Senior Match Play championship on Wednesday. After a two-hour morning delay due to overnight storms, the action began at the Fort Dodge Country Club. In the senior bracket, Pocahontas native J.D. ...

MLB making Field of Dreams return

Major League Baseball 's growth goals have taken the game from a military base in North Carolina to a racetrack in Tennessee, with numerous stops for photo ops around the globe in between. But there's nothing quite like turning the bright lights on an Iowa cornfield, where home runs ...

Dodgers get girls tennis season started

DES MOINES — The Fort Dodge girls tennis team stepped on the courts to begin the 2026 season here Tuesday evening vs. Des Moines Roosevelt. The Roughriders picked up a 10-1 dual victory over the Dodgers. The FDSH doubles pairing of seniors Teagan Loots and Brooklyn Kaloupek picked up a win in a super-tiebreaker set. Loots and Kaloupek downed Benneau Pourain and Mya Cullenwars at the No. 2 position, 6-1, 2-6 (10-6). Paisley Smith and Evie Piton, a pair of ninth-graders for the Dodgers, pushed their opponents to a super-tiebreaker, coming up just short at the No. 6 spot, 4-6, 7-5 ...

AUSPICIOUS START

The St. Edmond girls tennis team opened defense of its North Central Conference title with a 5-4 victory over Iowa Falls-Alden at home on Tuesday evening. Chloe Palmer, Abby Huss, Sophia Schlienz and Olivia Andrew claimed four points in singles wins, as the doubles team of Schlienz and ...

Indiana sprints past Liberty

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 20 of her 28 points in the first half, and Caitlin Clark added 22 points and 10 assists to lead the Indiana Fever to a 106-92 victory over the New York Liberty on Tuesday night. Indiana has won seven of its last nine, and this one came after coach ...

Gaels eager to keep building momentum

The St. Edmond girls tennis team enters uncharted territory this coming season. Winners of four consecutive North Central Conference championships, the Gaels are targeting a school-record fifth straight league title while also looking to make an impact on the state level. Chloe Palmer, Abby ...