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Gael boys are headed back to state

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DES MOINES - The St. Edmond boys basketball squad will be making an encore appearance at the Class 1A state tournament. The top-ranked Gaels defeated Riverside on Saturday night at the Knapp Center on the campus of Drake University, 71-54, to advance to the quarterfinal round next week at the ...

ON THE VERGE

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DES MOINES — The top-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond boys hope to make Des Moines their home for the next four games. The Gaels (22-2 overall) look to secure a return trip to the state tournament here Saturday night when they face Riverside (14-10) in the Substate 7 final. Tip is set for 7 ...

Tritons plate 46 in sweep

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For the third time in the last decade, the eighth-ranked Iowa Central baseball team put up 30 runs in a game. The Tritons scored a dominating sweep over Mott here Friday at Rogers Park. Scores were 14-1 in five inning and 32-9. The run total in game two were the most for Iowa Central (9-1 ...

Local boxing fixture Williams, friend to Ali, dies at 81

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Charles Williams, who brought his vision for a prodigious boxing gym and his precocious son back home in the late 1980s, died on Tuesday at the Grandview Care Center in Dayton. He was 81. Williams had been a long-established trainer, promoter, manager and coach in the boxing world on the ...

Iowa Central hosts regional openers

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Saturday will feature a full day of regional tournament basketball action inside Hodges Fieldhouse, as both Iowa Central teams compete. Up first will be the Triton women (22-8 overall) vs. Des Moines Area in the Region 11-A semifinals at 1 p.m. The No. 11 Iowa Central (23-6) men tip vs. North ...

Jaguars fight for state spot

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STORM LAKE — For the first time as Southeast Valley, the Jaguars will compete for a spot in the Class 2A state tournament. Southeast Valley (21-1 overall) takes on second-ranked Unity Christian (21-2) here Saturday night at 8 p.m. for the Class 2A, Substate 1 title. The Jaguars punched ...