PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — Emotions are raw, but perspective is key. A day after finishing second in the nation at 133 pounds, Fort Dodge graduate Drake Ayala was hurting, but also looking at the bigger picture. “It is obviously pretty fresh right now, and this hurts bad,” Ayala said in an ...

Todd Constable loves where the Fort Dodge girls track program is headed. With 12 letterwinners returning the 19th year head coach has balance right now from sprints to distance. “This is as balanced as we’ve been (sprints and distance),” Constable said. “I wouldn’t say that we are ...

PHILADELPHIA — Drake Ayala had to stand and wait a few extra moments before hitting the mat here Friday night in the NCAA Wrestling Championships inside Wells Fargo Center. But the former Fort Dodge Senior High three-time state champion and current University of Iowa junior wasn’t ...

Nik Moser is a track guy. Moser, Fort Dodge’s football coach, and former Iowa State defensive back, knows all about track. In high school Moser was a four-time state champion. He won the 200-meter dash twice and 400-meter low hurdles twice. Now Moser will head back to his roots on the ...

PHILADELPHIA — Drake Ayala had no trouble securing two wins here Thursday, as the former Fort Dodge Senior High standout advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships. Ayala, a junior at Iowa who earned the No. 2 seed, picked up a technical fall and a major decision at 133 pounds. ...

HUMBOLDT — The St. Edmond girls track team continued their week here with another indoor event on Thursday. Mariah Myers and Josie Harvey both won individual titles, as Myers was first in the shot put and Harvey in the 60 hurdles. Myers broke her own school record with a throw of 39-4 ...