If you can’t find Francis Lee on the North Polk girls soccer sidelines, just listen. Lee isn’t bashful about cheering her team on. In fact, she encourages it. Lee, a 2014 Fort Dodge Senior High graduate, wears her emotion on her sleeve. She’s unapologetic about it. “I’m ...
The wheels are in motion for eighth graders to participate in Iowa high school athletics as soon as this fall. Two months ago, Iowa lawmakers passed House Bill 2591, giving the go-ahead to eighth-grade students to join high school programs a year early. Governor Kim Reynolds signed that bill ...
Blake Utley believes every game reveals a little more about his ninth-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge baseball squad. Monday’s doubleheader loss to rival Mason City didn’t produce the outcome his Dodgers had hoped for, but it did give them plenty of homework — and a little bit of brutal ...
Things don’t always go as planned for the third-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team. Even a rivalry that’s become as lopsided as the series with Mason City will produce a surprising turn of events every once in a while. Head coach Andi Adams reminds her Dodgers it isn’t the ...
HAMPTON — For the 30th time in her high school career, St. Edmond’s Faith Shirbroun hit a ball out of the park here on Monday. This time, it was a record breaking shot. Shirbroun’s three-run dinger against Hampton-Dumont/CAL in a 12-1 win on Monday night put her atop the charts as the ...
HAMPTON — The night didn’t start as Jordan Miller would have liked it, but it did finish with a victory. The St. Edmond baseball team (12-8 overall) lost the opener of a North Central Conference doubleheader with Hampton-Dumont/CAL (5-13), 8-6. The Gaels bounced back with an 8-1 victory ...