CORALVILLE — Humboldt’s Danica Diedrick is using last year’s state tournament as motivation and a boiling point. The Wildcat junior will now compete in her third straight state trip and past experience has been what is driving her. Last year Diedrick went 1-2 and that has been ...
When Mariaha Benedict started wrestling as a freshman, she had no idea where the sport would take her. The Fort Dodge senior is now headed back to the state tournament and has a scholarship waiting to Northwestern College. “As a freshman, I just kind of went out for fun,” Benedict said. ...
The Iowa Central women’s basketball team burst out of the gate on Wednesday night, winning their fifth contest in the last six games. The Tritons (18-6 overall, 11-5 in the ICCAC) started on a 21-8 run and never looked back, defeating Northeast (14-8, 9-7) by a final of 66-48 inside Hodges Fieldhouse. “It was a great bounce back after a tough Saturday performance,” said ICCC head coach Graham McFall. “We were happy with our offensive execution, I thought we shared the ball really well. “Shakani Murray lead the way for us, scoring it all three levels. Defensively we did ...
The 12th-ranked (NJCAA Div. II) Iowa Central men’s basketball team held on for a 92-89 victory over Northeast at home on Wednesday night. The Tritons (19-5 overall, 11-4 in the ICCAC) built a 44-35 lead at intermission, but the Hawks (10-11, 6-9) hung around. Iowa Central hit a free throw to go up three with little time left. Northeast missed a three-point attempt and Iowa Central held on to the ball until time expired. The Tritons had a balanced scoring attack, as six players reached double digits. They got 27 points from their bench. Aleix Sempere had a big effort with a ...
Following a short break, the Fort Dodge basketball teams return to the court with back-to-back home doubleheaders to close the week. Up first is a twinbill with Storm Lake here on Thursday night, followed by a visit from Des Moines North inside the FDSH gym Friday. Both varsity girls games begin at 6:15 p.m., with the boys to follow. The Dodger girls (6-12 overall) have gone 4-6 over their last 10 games, dropping the last three. All-time leading scorer LJ Maehl is averaging a double-double at 15.5 points and 10 rebounds, with freshman Brooklyn Gilliland adding eight points a ...
MASON CITY — The second-ranked Iowa Central wrestling team put an exclamation point on the regular season here Wednesday. The Tritons (14-1 overall) crushed NIACC 42-3 in their final dual of the year. “Our guys have done a nice job so far,” said ICCC head coach Luke Moffitt. “They have to continue to take care of themselves, and hopefully now, we springboard into the postseason. “We have to focus on all 10 guys getting healthy and ready to compete at another level now.” Iowa Central won nine of the 10 matches against the Trojans, coming away with four falls. Webster ...
