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A TEAM-FIRST MENTALITY

Connor Carver is on the verge of joining an elite statistical club of Fort Dodge quarterbacks. Forgive the Dodger senior if he only celebrates passing the 3,000-yard mark for his career in victory. Carver doesn’t pay much attention to his personal numbers, even as he continues to climb the ...

A NEW NO. 1

Fresh off a third consecutive shutout to begin the season, the Humboldt football team finds themselves sitting atop the Class 3A poll. Head coach Derrick Elman’s Wildcats received two first-place votes and share that billing with Adel-ADM, which had four. Both teams have accumulated 98 ...

SECOND EFFORT

Matt Dillon called it one of the better halves of football he has seen from St. Edmond since taking over the program. The Gaels scored 21 third quarter points and kept North Iowa out of the end zone over the final 24 minutes of play to secure a 48-18 victory here Friday night inside Dodger ...

Dodgers are on the board

WATERLOO — For the first two weeks of the season, the Fort Dodge football team was painfully close to tasting victory. On Friday night against Waterloo East, the Dodgers finally had their feast. Hungry and determined FDSH dominated the first half, scoring 44 points before the break at ...

Area football

Another shutout for Humboldt ESTHERVILLE — Second-ranked Humboldt stayed unbeaten with their third shutout of the season. The Wildcats (3-0 overall) knocked off Estherville-Lincoln Central 17-0 on Friday night. Lance Coon had another strong outing, rushing for 156 yards and two touchdowns. Coon had scoring runs of two and four yards. For the third straight game Trever Beach had a field goal. Beach parted the uprights from 35 yards. The Wildcats had 277 yards of total offense, rushing for 211 yards. Owen Hubbell led the defense with nine tackles and one and half ...

Fort Dodge heads to Waterloo East

WATERLOO — The Fort Dodge football team took a significant step forward last week despite coming up just short on the scoreboard against a Top-10 Class 5A opponent. Now the Dodgers want a win. Head coach Nik Moser’s squad heads to Waterloo East for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium ...