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High School Football

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Gaels make final push for playoffs

St. Edmond will look to send seniors JT Laufersweiler and Leo Ehn out on a high note and give themselves a shot at a possible postseason bid here Friday night. The Gaels host Glidden-Ralston inside Dodger Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Laufersweiler and Ehn are the only seniors on the ...