If Friday was the final time competing inside Dodger Stadium for six St. Edmond football seniors, they definitely made it a memory they’ll never forget. The Gaels clinched a second consecutive playoff bid with a convincing 64-12 victory over Harris-Lake Park. Grant Galles, one of those six ...
STORM LAKE — It took a while for the scoreboard to reflect what was happening at the line of scrimmage, but the seventh-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge football squad eventually landed the knockout punch in a 35-0 victory over Storm Lake here on Friday night. The Dodger defense made life miserable for quarterback Cameron Boyd and his Tornado teammates, as Fort Dodge set a single-game program record by holding Storm Lake to negative-103 yards rushing. Senior linebacker/defensive end hybrid Dreshaun Ross and his fellow front-three teammates — juniors Jayon Preston-Grady and Alex Beekman ...
MANSON — Four weeks ago, Manson Northwest Webster head coach Zach Noffsinger was hoping to see his Cougars buy into the system and culture that the 2024 Class 1A, District 2 champions had created. On the same spot where last year’s group locked up a district title for the first time in 30 years, the Cougars made it two in a row, running their current win streak to five straight with a high-octane 31-14 victory over South Central Calhoun. “We got a new system going with our offense at the start of district play, and this team started to believe they could accomplish what last ...
NORTHWOOD — The streak continues to grow. The top-ranked Bishop Garrigan (7-0 overall, 5-0 8-player-1) football team won their 22nd consecutive regular season game. Garrigan clinched its third straight district championship with a 61-13 win over Northwood-Kensett (4-3, 1-3), 61-13. CJ McGregor and Ethan Marso had big nights on the ground as they went for 87 and 88 yards respectively with two touchdowns each. McGregor had scoring runs of 13 and 55 yards. Marso reached the end zone form 10 and 32 yards. Quarterback Tate Foertsch threw two touchdowns and scored on the ground. ...
SPIRIT LAKE —Spirit Lake put Southeast Valley’s backs against the wall in front of their Homecoming crowd on Friday night. The Indians (2-5 overall, 1-3 Class 2A, District 2) built a 39-7 halftime lead over the Jaguars (3-4, 1-3), holding on for a 56-27 victory. Southeast Valley will have a shot at the playoffs with a victory next week. If it’s a two-way tie with OABCIG, the Jaguars are in; if it’s a three-way tie, it will go to IHSAA ranking or alphabetical. Casey Hanson and Mason Bahr both had a rushing and throwing touchdowns. Bahr ran from 74 yards out and connected with ...
ORANGE CITY — The Humboldt football team kept their playoff hopes alive with a 21-7 victory over MOC-Floyd Valley here Friday night. Jackson Flaherty had a pair of rushing touchdowns, hitting paydirt from 5 and 39 yards out, as Cash McIntire scored the other touchdown. The Wildcats (4-3 overall, 2-1 in district) scored a touchdown in the second, third and fourth quarters. Chase Flaherty picked off two passes and Jaxson Kirchhoff caught two key first-down passes from Jackson Flaherty to keep scoring drives alive. For MOC-Floyd Valley (4-3, 1-2) Carson Carmichael had a rushing ...
