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Bennett and Myers go deep but ISU fights off Hawks

IOWA CITY — Tory Bennett and Mariah Myers both hit home runs, but it wasn’t enough to get Iowa past rival Iowa State on the softball diamond here on Wednesday. The Cyclones scored two runs in the seventh to secure a 9-7 victory over the Hawkeyes from Pearl Field. Bennett, a 2022 ...

Triton softball squad rallies twice to sweep

Twice on Wednesday, the 21st-ranked Iowa Central softball team found themselves facing a deficit against Iowa Lakes. And in both games, the Tritons rallied, sweeping the Lakers at Rogers Park. Scores were 3-2 and 10-5. Following a Monday split with Northeast Iowa at home, the focus for ...

KOOPMAN KEPT FIGHTING BACK

The athletic career of Jakob Koopman at St. Edmond could best be summed up with one word: perseverance. By definition, perseverance is persistence in doing something, despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Koopman broke into the high school ranks as a freshman football player on ...

Dodger girls rout Hoover on the road

DES MOINES — The Fort Dodge girls soccer team gave head coach G Myers an early present on Monday night. The night before her birthday, Myers saw her club come together in an 8-2 rout of Des Moines Hoover on the road. “Our offense really turned it on and did the things I know they can ...

No. 16 Tritons plate 67 runs in three-game sweep

MARSHALLTOWN — The No. 16 Iowa Central baseball team secured a three-game sweep of Marshalltown here Monday by scoring 67 total runs. After besting the Tigers this past Saturday, 29-14, the Tritons claimed a doubleheader by scores of 8-1 and 30-7. In the series opener, Sawyer Stein was ...

Tritons fare well on the track in two locations

The Iowa Central track and field squad saw action in two different meets last weekend. The Tritons sent athletes to both the Husker Spring Kick Off in Lincoln, Neb. and the Emporia State Midwest Classic in Kansas. Abbigail Hutchinson qualified for nationals in the 1,500. Osmond Holt secured ...