ALLEMAN — It would be easy for Fort Dodge football fans to turn the page and begin looking to 2025 after Friday’s Class 4A opening-round playoff loss to top-ranked North Polk. The Dodgers (7-3 overall) were a relatively young team this season, and despite the 36-6 setback last night, ...
HUMBOLDT — Battle tested. Those were the two words Humboldt football coach Derrick Elman shared with his Wildcats following a white-knuckle ride in Class 3A state playoff action at Mason Maach Field on Friday night. “These guys just love playing for each other and together,” Elman ...
ALGONA — The Bishop Garrigan football team continues to pile up wins, advancing to the eight-player quarterfinals with a 47-12 victory over Riceville here Friday night. Behind their physical style of play, the Golden Bears (10-0 overall), who have now won 22 straight since a Week 1 loss in 2023 to St. Edmond, advanced to meet Edgewood-Colesburg next Thursday for a return bid to the UNI-Dome. The Vikings (10-0) knocked off Janesville last night, 70-48. Ethan Marso had two early rushing touchdowns while Trayton Cink added two after the break. The pair combined to rush 25 times for 144 ...
MANSON — The dream season came to an end for ninth-ranked Manson Northwest Webster, but not without a fight. The Cougars (8-2 overall) fell to Sumner-Fredericksburg (7-3) in Class 1A second round game by a final of 14-0 on Friday night. “I’m extremely proud of our guys and the season they had,” said third-year MNW head coach Zach Noffsinger. “We knew we had a good team and they showed it.” The playoff opponents went scoreless through three quarters before S-F got on the board. S-F scored on a four-yard run with 9:30 left in the fourth quarter and added the two-point ...
ALGONA — The Algona football team showed they are still a Class 3A threat, even without star quarterback Alex Manske. Nathan Manske, the sophomore brother of the Iowa State University commit, tossed two first-half touchdown passes as the Bulldogs crushed one of the more storied programs in the state, Harlan, to advance on Friday by a final of 49-6. With the win, Algona (9-1 overall) will now face Mount Vernon this coming Friday for a spot in the semifinals and the UNI-Dome. Manske threw for almost 200 yards with two scores to University of Iowa baseball commit Tate Slagle in the ...
E-Hawks fall to South Hardin ELDORA — The Emmetsburg football team suffered a heartbreaking 27-20 loss to South Hardin here Friday night in a 1A contest. South Hardin (8-1 overall) will now meet Dike-New Hartford in the Pod B final, after the Wolverines handled South Hamilton, 55-22. With the game tied at 20-all late in the fourth, South Hardin’s Sam Benson picked off a pass and returned it for a score, pushing the Tigers ahead for good. The E-Hawks (8-2) had an early lead before Peyton Welch fired off back-to-back passing TDs to put South Hardin ahead. Emmetsburg reclaimed the ...
