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Cougars fall at home MANSON — The Manson Northwest Webster football team saw their season come to an end here Friday night, falling to Dike-New Hartford, 51-6, in the first round of the Class 1A playoffs. The Cougars secured the home game thanks to a runner-up finish in the district race. Manson Northwest Webster finished 3-6, giving them a third three-win campaign in the last five seasons. The Wolverines jumped out to an early 21-0 lead and led 44-0 at the half. In the fourth, the Cougars got on the board after a short TD run by Matt Condon that was set up off a Caydin Anderson ...

TOUGH ROAD

As Matt Dillon took in the conditions here Friday night inside Dodger Stadium, the St. Edmond head football coach knew his team was in trouble. One of the top passing attacks in eight-player, the Gaels were unable to overcome driving rain and constant winds, falling in the season finale to ...

Fort Dodge takes care of business

SIOUX CITY — It was cold. It was wet. It was windy. It didn’t matter to the Fort Dodge football team. The Dodgers tuned out the miserable conditions Friday at Olsen Stadium on the campus of Morningside University, putting on a clinic in the trenches and defensively in a 48-6 drubbing of Class 4A, District 1 foe Sioux City West. Sophomores Dreshaun Ross and Noah Daniel rushed for 119 yards a piece in the first half as Fort Dodge (4-4 overall, 2-2 in the district) caved in the Wolverines (0-8, 0-4) with a flurry of second-quarter points. The Dodgers rushed for 267 yards and picked ...

Bears are district champions

ALGONA — Marty Wadle knew it was going to take a while to get Bishop Garrigan football back to where it used to be. On Friday night the Golden Bears resurgence was solidified as they claimed the Eight-player, District 2 championship. The Golden Bears (7-1 overall, 6-0 in districts) scored with 29 seconds remaining to end Harris-Lake Park’s (5-3, 4-2) upset bid with a 20-14 victory. “We knew it was going to take awhile,” said Bishop Garrigan head coach Marty Wadle. “It’s a great thing to see guys contribute and restore our culture and do a great job. “It’s been fun and ...

Webster City shocks Algona

WEBSTER CITY — Wind, rain and Algona couldn’t Webster City out of the endzone on Friday night. The Lynx (6-2 overall, 3-1 in district) shutout Algona’s (5-3, 2-2) prolific offense, 47-0 to set up a showdown with district title implications on the line next Friday. Humboldt (5-3, 3-1) stunned top-ranked Clear Lake, handing the Lions their first overall and district loss of the season. In Webster City the Lynx burst out to a 35-0 heading into the locker room, forcing a running clock the entire second half. Jaxon Cherry returned to the backfield and picked up where he left off. He ...

PLAYOFF METTLE

Messenger-area teams will jockey for playoff positioning on Friday and teams from Class 2A on down will make their final push. Class 5A, 4A and 3A have two regular season weeks remaining, while the smaller classes will have one more regular season contest and then begin the postseason. The ...