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Garrigan ousted by Woodbine

WOODBINE - There was no magical second half rally for Bishop Garrigan this time around. Down by 22 at the half, the fifth-ranked Golden Bears were eliminated from the eight-player playoffs by No. 3 Woodbine here Thursday night, 50-22. Last year, Bishop Garrigan (9-2 overall) rallied by the same halftime score of 36-14 to defeat the Tigers for its second state championship in three seasons. Now, it will be Woodbine (10-0) marching on to the UNI-Dome next week. Cal Pryor threw three touchdown passes to three different wide receivers in the second quarter after the Golden Bears had ...

No. 1 Audubon pulls away from North Union

AUDUBON - The North Union defense was up for the challenge for most of the game here on Thursday night against top-ranked Audubon. Unfortunately for the eighth-ranked Warriors, the Wheelers proved to be too much to handle. Audubon used several big plays from quarterback Aiden Kjergaard to secure a 59-34 victory in an eight-player quarterfinal, advancing to the UNI-Dome next week. The Warriors (9-2 overall) recorded turnovers on the first two possessions of the game for the Wheelers and forced a punt on their third. They converted one of those when Carson Crouch got into the end ...

Humboldt bows out in semifinals

CORALVILLE - The rubber match went to mighty Western Christian, but upstart Humboldt did not go down without a fight. The Wildcats were unable to pull off a second straight upset of the top-seeded Wolfpack here on Wednesday, bowing out in the Class 3A state volleyball tournament semifinals ...

REGION ROYALTY

Third-ranked Iowa Central wrapped up another regional volleyball championship in dominating fashion here Wednesday night. The Tritons picked up a three-set sweep over Hawkeye to earn the Region 11-B Tournament title. Scores were 25-17, 26-24 and 25-21. Iowa Central (32-3 overall) now ...

Garrigan, North Union target Dome

For Bishop Garrigan, playing on a Thursday in November is nothing new. For North Union, this is all uncharted territory. Both the defending state champion Golden Bears and Warriors compete in eight-player state quarterfinals on Thursday night. No. 5 Garrigan (9-1 overall) heads to third-ranked Woodbine (9-0) in a rematch of the 2025 state championship game won by the Golden Bears, who have won two titles and reached the final four in three straight seasons. Despite the loss of starting quarterback Michael Joyce to an injury, Bishop Garrigan had no trouble eliminating Remsen St. ...

Iowa Central women roll in season opener

MOLINE, Ill. - The No. 17 Iowa Central women opened the season with a convincing 86-53 victory over Black Hawk here Tuesday evening. Dylan Peterson scored 21 points to lead five players in double figures for the Tritons (1-0 overall). Trista Ohlmeier added 17, Izzy Bassett and Shakani Murray each had 11, and Niamh Smith finished with 10 points. Iowa Central made 11 three-pointers and s hot 33-for-63 from the field. The Tritons head to Wisconsin Dells for three games over three days. They face Blackhawk Technical on Friday at 4 p.m., Milwaukee Area Tech on Saturday at 1 p.m. and ...