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Iowa Central men ousted by Dakota County

WATERLOO - The Iowa Central men’s soccer team was eliminated from the Region 11 Tournament here on Tuesday, falling to Dakota County, 2-1. With the win, Dakota County advances to face Hawkeye here on Wednesday. The winner of that match gets Northeast on Saturday in Norfolk, Neb. For the Tritons, their season ends with a record of 8-7-1 overall. Iowa Central went unbeaten in September, finishing 6-0-1, but lost its last five.

Humboldt headed back to state

HUMBOLDT — It took some work, but Humboldt is back. It wasn’t just a goal to return to the state volleyball tournament for the Wildcats, but rather, was a mission. Last year the fifth-ranked Wildcats (38-4 overall) shocked the field with an upset over perennial power Western Christian ...

HOME SWEEP HOME

Hodges Fieldhouse has become quite the home environment for the Iowa Central volleyball team under head coach Sara Horn. Horn’s third-ranked Tritons put a cap on the regular season here Tuesday night, sweeping Western Iowa Tech to secure second place in the ICCAC and the right to host ...

Walk-off victory for SIU vs. UNI

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Walk-on freshman Weston Schofield kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired to give Southern Illinois a 20-17 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday. The Panthers (3-4, 2-2 Missouri Valley Football Conference), ranked No. 21 in the Stats Perform poll, had tied the game on Jaxon Dailey's 6-yard TD pass to Cyrus Courtney with just over two minutes to go. Quarterback DJ Williams and running back Quade Chatmon then accounted for all but 3 yards in the Salukis' winning drive that started on the SIU 35 with 2:10 remaining and reached the Northern Iowa 17 before ...

Gaels one match from state

ST. ANSGAR — Lindsay Heffernan put everything in perspective at a crucial juncture on Monday night. The St. Edmond volleyball team led two sets to one in a Class 1A regional semifinal, and St. Ansgar (19-17) just rallied to tie the contest at 12-12 when Heffernan called a timeout. “I ...

INTERNATIONAL FLAIR

The Fort Dodge-area community helped get Nalayna Knuths to Thonon-Les-Bains, France for the International Combat Organization World Championships earlier this month. Knuths made sure the trip was well worth her while. The 15-year-old Southeast Valley freshman secured two silver medals and ...