SPENCER — Regardless of what happens here on Friday night, Fort Dodge football coach Nik Moser has already deemed the 2024 season a success. Why? “I don’t think any of us want it to end,” Moser said. “And that’s a great sign. It’s flown by. It feels more like Week 6 than Week ...
JANESVILLE — The St. Edmond football team will make eight-player program history Friday night against an opponent with an impressive resume. The Gaels head to Janesville for first-round action in the state playoffs, with kickoff set for 7 p.m. St. Edmond (5-3 overall) secured its ...
It’s been a special football season for Manson Northwest Webster, and now, the Cougars get another chance to prove they belong among the very best. MNW (7-1 overall) secured a district championship a week ago, knocking off perennial power and third-ranked Emmetsburg (7-1) to seal its first outright title since 1994. “It took us a little bit to get grounded after an upset like that and such an emotional win,” Cougar head coach Zach Noffsinger said. “We had a good week of practice...we’re refocused and ready to go.” No. 10 MNW now looks to do something their predecessors ...
WEST BEND — Koy Goodchild created a culture that everyone bought into and everyone believed in. It was about so much more than football. It stood for relationships he cultivated with teenage student-athletes that extended through to when they became men in their 40s and 50s. Goodchild ...
WEST BEND — Faith, family and football went hand-in-hand for Koy Goodchild. The Hall of Fame legend and first head coach for West Bend-Mallard as a combined program passed away on Sunday. Goodchild was 67 years old. Goodchild is survived by his wife of 46 years, Lori, and their four ...
MANSON — Corey Birkey stood on the Manson Northwest Webster sidelines grinning from ear to ear. He and his fellow 1994 Cougar teammates had been honored during the regular-season finale against No. 3 (Class 1A) Emmetsburg for winning the football program’s last district title. The capacity crowd gathered cheered as the former standouts waved. But when the clock hit zeroes and this year’s MNW squad knocked off the perennial power E-Hawks, 20-14 in an overtime classic, none of that mattered to the elder Birkey. He was watching his son, senior Kamden Birkey, celebrate a District 2 ...
