Four Messenger-area softball players were named first team all-state by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association this week. Algona’s Reagan Haynes, Pocahontas Area’s Lauren Hoover, and Newell-Fonda’s Jocee Walsh and North Union’s Brylie Deim were joined by five others on second squads, a ...
St. Edmond’s Blake Bartlett has been selected to compete alongside some of the best high school baseball players from around the country. Bartlett, who will be a sophomore this coming fall, was picked for the 2026 Midwest Super Sophomore Games, which will be held from Friday through Sunday ...
Faith Shirbroun, Toryn Helle, Rihanna Myers and Ella Vandi were all integral pieces to the St. Edmond softball team getting within one win of the Class 1A state championship game this summer. And for their efforts, the quartet was named all-state this week by the Iowa Girls Coaches ...
The all-Twin Lakes Conference baseball first team featured three members from regular season league champion Emmetsburg, in addition to five from runner-up Pocahontas Area. The E-Hawks went 10-0 in the league, finishing one game ahead of the Indians. MJ Bay, Brennan Hasbrouck and Cooper Chizek all made the TLC first team for Emmetsburg. Pocahontas Area had Karson Welander, Xander Small, Blake Bunda, Brayden Hudson and Adam Marsh on the top squad. Southeast Valley’s Evan Bintz, Mason Bahr and Casey Hanson were also first-team honorees, with Newell-Fonda’s Andrew Greenfield and ...
More winners emerged in the heat at Sports Park Raceway for the Hobby Stock Special on Sunday. With temperatures in the mid-90s and heat indices soaring above 110, Carson Hayes of Guthrie Center was the IMCA Sport Compacts A feature winner over Drew Stanek of Buckingham. The 4.6 Crown Vics champ was Fort Dodge’s Nick Sawdy, with fellow Fort Dodger Nate Hogan taking second place. Brent McClendon of Ames took the Vintage Cars A feature event, with Geneva’s Rex Jansonius crossing in the runner-up position. The IMCA Mod Lite A feature went to Port St. Lucie of Florida’s Dylan ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers says there's "zero debate" that this season will be his last. The future Hall of Fame quarterback's status beyond 2026 is seemingly one of the few certainties for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where the only thing familiar about their annual pilgrimage to Saint Vincent College for training camp might be the venue. Having a new head coach for the first time in a generation will do that. While native son Mike McCarthy's Pittsburgh roots run deep, he also brings a career full of experiences built coaching elsewhere to a franchise that has done certain ...
