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High expectations for Triton wrestlers

COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Iowa Central men’s and women’s wrestling teams enter the NJCAA National Tournament with high expectations. Preliminary first round matches begin the two-day event from the Mid-America Center at 9 a.m. here on Friday and run through quarterfinals on the championship and consolation sides. Saturday begins at 9:30 a.m. with the championship semifinals, followed by consolation matches and placement bouts. Opening ceremonies for the championship finals start at 5:30 p.m. ICCAC rival Indian Hills swept the men’s and women’s team titles a year ago, as the ...

No. 8 Tritons pick up two more wins

The eighth-ranked Iowa Central baseball team picked up two more victories here Thursday at Rogers Park, sweeping a doubleheader vs. Minnesota West. Scores were 11-1 in five innings and 21-5 in seven. The Tritons (11-1 overall) have now scored at least 10 runs in nine straight and 11 of 12 to start the year. Ethan Biggar, Jaren Lauver and Sean Stewart combined on a two-hitter, as Biggar struck out seven with two walks, throwing 41 of his 64 pitches for strikes. The lone run scored was unearned. At the plate, Mitch Seykora — the No. 8 hitter — was 2-for-3 with three RBI and a ...

GARRIGAN BACK IN FAMILIAR SPOT

DES MOINES — Sometimes the final score of a game isn’t indicative of what took place on the court. That’s exactly how the Bishop Garrigan girls (23-2 overall) felt after their 64-42 victory over Lansing Kee (17-8) in the opening round of the Class 1A basketball tournament on Wednesday ...

ALMOST AUTOMATIC

DES MOINES — Make it 13 straight. If you are a Class 1A girls state basketball qualifier, when the brackets come out, you better hope you are not paired with Newell-Fonda. The second-seeded Mustangs 23-2) have now won 13 consecutive quarterfinal games and are 18-4 overall in school ...

The big stage

Success seems like a foregone conclusion for a lot of local athletes and programs these days, but only because they’ve made it look so seamless at such a steady pace for years now. In the last two weeks alone, we’ve witnessed Fort Dodge superstar Dreshaun Ross fulfill what always ...

Dodger senior Maehl unanimous first team all-IAC

Fort Dodge’s LJ Maehl added one more honor to her basketball resume, as the senior was one of three unanimous selections to the all-Iowa Alliance Conference North first team for 2025-26. Maehl’s teammate, freshman Brooklyn Gilliland, was the only other Dodger selected. She was placed on ...