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Iowa Central squads thinking big on the pitch

The Iowa Central soccer teams enter 2026 with high expectations on the pitch. For the Triton men, they finished last year ranked in the Top-20 in the country and boast several key returning players, including Lautaro Brunig Leites, Elliot Day, Dariush Shokri, Lautaro Real, Juan David ...

Dodger girls blank DM Hoover

The Fort Dodge girls tennis team scored a dual victory here Tuesday over Des Moines Hoover, 11-0, at Dodger Courts. Mia Carpenter, Evah Nostrom, Brooklyn Kaloupek, Teagan Loots, Leah Meyer and Lily Sheeder were all singles winners, with all six sweeping their matches for Fort Dodge. Loots and Sheeder did not drop a game. Kaloupek and Myer lost just one each. In doubles, freshmen Paisley Smith and Evie Piton won at No. 1 in a super-tiebreak, 6-0, 2-6 (10-4). Izzy Lara and Charlotte Breeser, Ja’Nique Price and Daphne Groff, Calliegh Zimmermann and Taylor Martin, and Onika Acosta ...

Gaels double up Clear Lake in tennis

CLEAR LAKE - The St. Edmond girls tennis team took care of business here Tuesday on the road, besting Clear Lake in North Central Conference action, 6-3. Chloe Palmer, Abby Huss, Sophia Schlienz and Olivia Andrew accounted for all six points, earning four singles victories and a pair of victories in doubles, as the Gaels (3-0 overall, 3-0 in the league) have now won 24 straight NCC duals. Huss and Schlienz earned matching 8-0 victories in singles, while Palmer and Andrew won by identical scores of 8-3. Palmer and Huss scored an 8-1 triumph in doubles, with Schlienz and Andrew pulling ...

STAYING FOCUSED

The Fort Dodge boys golf team got their first taste of regular-season competition on Tuesday, as they hosted a triangular at the Fort Dodge Country Club. The Dodgers shot a 177 to easily prevail. Des Moines North (237) placed second and Des Moines East (293) was third. “I thought the ...

Even with their first meet of the season slated for Tuesday, Fort Dodge boys golf coach Nick Vinson is preaching a wait-and-see approach to the 2026 campaign. Vinson doesn’t expect anything to be permanently resolved when the Dodgers hit the course for a triangular against Des Moines East ...

A SECOND HOME

Arizona may be home to Nathan DeRagon, but this summer, the race car driver followed his heart to Iowa. The 27-year-old has lived much like a traveling musician since spring, competing across the state to gain more experience and exposure for his growing racing career. DeRagon is from ...