It was early, but a one-point loss in Week 2 was a reality check for the Clarion-Goldfield/Dows football team. The Cowboys had dropped a 7-6 contest to Hampton-Dumont-CAL and were then tasked with familiar foe Estherville-Lincoln Central, which had won the last seven games in the series. It ...
ALGONA — Top-ranked Bishop Garrigan already knows how to play inside a dome, and they want to keep figuring out how to get better on the UNI-Dome turf. In only their fifth season of eight-player football, head coach Marty Waddle has led the Golden Bears (9-0 overall) to three straight ...
As disappointing as Friday night’s loss was for Matt Dillon, it was his senior St. Edmond football players that the veteran coach felt for. Dillon gave hugs to the six seniors that helped lead the program to back-to-back state playoff appearances and 14 wins over the last three years, as ...
SIOUX CITY — Fort Dodge huddled together near the end zone at Olsen Field Friday night, kneeling in a position only three other Dodger football teams have experienced since 1946. A 35-6 victory over Sioux City West had assured head coach Nik Moser’s squad of eight regular-season wins – a total matched by just the 1974, 1981 and 2010 Dodgers over the last 80 campaigns at FDSH. Yet there wasn’t much pomp and circumstance afterward for a group floating in such rarefied air. Moser kept his Dodgers grounded, reminding them that there are bigger days ahead. “I couldn’t be more ...
WATERLOO — The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows football team ended a 14-year drought. The Cowboys (6-3 overall) won their first postseason contest since 2011, rolling past Waterloo Columbus (5-4), 48-27 on Friday night. Selvin Gonzalez was the groundhog for the Cowboys, running for 182 yards on 19 carries and two scores. Joel Meier had 10 carries for 75 yards, and Colin Sesker had eight carries for 96 yards and two scores. Five different CG-D backs reached the end zone as the Cowboys built a 20-6 lead and never looked back. Kolton Hefti scored the first touchdown on an eight-yard run. ...
SIOUX CENTER — The Humboldt football squad didn’t go away quietly in their final regular season game here on Friday. The Wildcats (4-5 overall, 2-3 Class 3A, District 1) trailed 20-0, but pieced together two straight scoring drives to cut the lead to one possession. The fifth-ranked Warriors (8-1, 4-1) scored two touchdowns within one minute to close out the 34-13 victory and the runner up spot in the district. Quarterback Ezra Hibma scored the opening touchdown on a 10-yard run. Sioux Center used a 16-play 95-yard drive for the first points. Cody Sandbulte put the Warriors up ...
