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Area teams look to make district push

As postseason looms in the near future, bigger classes look to make separation, while the smaller schools aim to solidify their spot at the top of the charts. With three more weeks of district play in Class 3A and above and the smaller classes with two left, district championships can clear up or even get more muddy. Class 3A, District 2 has two frontrunners in Humboldt and Clear Lake, which are both unbeaten in two district tries. The rivals will meet next Friday. Webster City and Algona are both 1-1 and will square off in a week. Hampton-Dumont/CAL and Charles City are both 0-2 in ...

OFFENSIVE SLUGFEST

Matt Dillon has seen this movie play out before involving his St. Edmond football team. And it doesn’t have a happy ending. The Gaels, playing short-handed from the start, were unable to overcome Coon Rapids-Bayard here Friday night on Homecoming inside Dodger Stadium, falling ...

Fort Dodge all over Tornadoes

STORM LAKE — Statistically speaking, Storm Lake came into Friday’s football game against Fort Dodge ranked as the most prolific passing offense in all of Class 4A. That may not technically change much on paper after the Dodgers’ 49-14 rout of the Tornadoes. Senior quarterback Carson Lullmann ultimately did throw for over 200 yards and multiple touchdowns by the end of the night. Empty numbers are about all that Storm Lake was able to manage against a swarming, menacing FDSH defense, though. The Dodgers chased Lullmann around from start to finish, pressuring the burly senior into ...

Area football roundup

Lynx back in win column HAMPTON — After two straight losses Webster City broke back into the win column. The Lynx (4-2 overall, 1-1 in district) beat Hampton-Dumont/CAL 35-6. Jaxon Cherry rushed for 104 yards and three touchdowns, eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark on the season. Cael Nixon ran for 132 yards and Keegan Hisler had 95. Nixon had a nine-yard touchdown run. Hisler connected with Luke Estlund for a 35-yard touchdown. Five in a row for Bears ALGONA — The Bishop Garrigan football team has found its stride. The Golden Bears (5-1 overall) have now won five straight and ...

FRUSTRATIONS MOUNT

The sting of a close Homecoming loss tends to linger past the night of the actual football game. Fort Dodge must now prove it can move on — and forward — from a frustrating 15-12 setback against Denison-Schleswig. The Monarchs gained the upper-hand with a go-ahead touchdown early in the ...

Gaels break the GTRA hex

RUTHVEN — Each of the last two seasons failed to produce the kind of results the St. Edmond football team wanted when visiting GTRA. That changed here Friday night in a big way as the Gaels posted a convincing 46-36 victory over the Titans to get back in the win column. JT Laufersweiler accounted for 366 yards of total offense and six touchdowns, running for three in the first half while throwing for three in the second. Grant Galles had a career-high 14 catches for 156 yards and a touchdown while Sam Myer had 83 yards of offense and two TDs. Dominic McClain had the other receiving ...