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St. Edmond returns to field for Homecoming

What amounts to a three-game run to the playoffs begins on Friday night for the St. Edmond football team. The Gaels host GTRA for Homecoming inside Dodger Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. St. Edmond (3-2 overall, 3-0 in the district) currently shares the eight-player, District 1 lead with ...

October brings more pivotal grid matchups

For the 109th time on the football field, Humboldt and Algona will meet on Friday night. The “Battle of Highway 169” will take place on the Bulldogs’ home field. Both the Algona (3-2, 0-1) and Humboldt (2-3, 0-1) lost their district openers last week and need to get back on track this week. The Bulldogs enter the matchup with a 54-51-3 advantage all-time in the series. Webster City opened district play with a victory last Friday, and will now take on seventh-ranked Sioux Center (4-1, 0-1). The Lynx, Warriors and Sioux City Heelan prevailed in district clashes a week ago. It ...

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Nik Moser wants his Fort Dodge football team to quickly move on from Friday’s 38-0 loss to Sergeant Bluff-Luton with one caveat: that the Dodgers also let the postgame feeling linger just long enough to really sting. The Warriors used an opportunistic flurry of first-half points to set up ...

Garrigan strolls to victory

ALGONA — Bishop Garrigan didn’t want to take a week off. In fact, the top-ranked Golden Bears (6-0 overall, 3-0 district) had an open spot after a forfeit was left on their schedule and actually picked up two victories on Friday night. The Golden Bears beat Turkey Valley (3-2) by a final of 51-0. Quarterback Tate Foertsch accounted for four touchdowns. Foertsch was 11-for-15 passing for 211 yards and three touchdown passes. He had seven carries for 123 yards. Foertsch connected with Hayden Miller for a 62-yard score, Kyle Bormann (11) and Michael Joyce (32). He also scored on a ...

Lynx get back on track

HUMBOLDT — The 108th meeting all-time between North Central Conference rivals Humboldt and Webster City turned into a classic on the football field here Friday night. The Lynx converted a key fourth-down on a run by Jaxon Griffith that allowed them to run the clock out and secure a 21-14 ...

Cougars stay unbeaten in district play

POCAHONTAS — Manson Northwest Webster kept its recent theme of a dominating defense going in a clash between Class 1A, District 2 rival Pocahontas Area here on Friday night. Head coach Zach Noffsinger’s Cougars pushed their win streak to three and remained unblemished in district action, toppling Pocahontas Area by a final of 21-0. MNW has now won seven straight district contests after going undefeated and winning the district championship last fall. The Cougars limited the Indians to four first downs and just 75 yards of total offense. “We knew we had something going with our ...