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Dodger girls back in action on the court

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DES MOINES - The Fort Dodge girls tennis team closed out the first week of the season here Thursday with a pair of duals. The Dodgers fell to Ottumwa, 9-2, and Des Moines Lincoln, 11-2. In the matchup with Ottumwa, two doubles teams for Fort Dodge earned wins. Paisley Smith and Evie Piton secured a victory in a super-tiebreaker set. Leah Myer and Daphne Groff swept their opponents. “Paisley and Evie dominated their super-tiebreaker set,” FDSH head coach Julie Astor said. “We have had some long matches this week and the girls are tired, but they continue to do whatever is ...

MIDWEST VALUED

Iowa Sports

DYERSVILLE — Kyle Schwarber grew up in Middletown, Ohio, played college ball at Indiana and spent his first six major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs. The 33-year-old Philadelphia Phillies slugger added another thoroughly Midwestern highlight to his well-decorated career Thursday ...

Senior semifinals are set

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The semifinals are set in the Iowa Golf Association State Senior Match Play Championships at the Fort Dodge Country Club. In the senior division, 25th-seeded Curtis Holck of Ankeny continued his surprising run by knocking off top-seed J.D. Anderson in the quarterfinals on Thursday, 1-up. ...

'Field of Dreams' ghost players preserve passion

Iowa Sports

Nearly four decades after "Field of Dreams" brought a group of dead baseball players to life with a homemade diamond on an Iowa farm, Keith Rahe and his traveling troupers are still dedicated to keeping the cornfield mystique alive. Once the long days of filming had passed and the fantasy ...

STATE'S FINEST

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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

Iowa Sports

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 ...