ALGONA — The St. Edmond girls ran into a red-hot Bishop Garrigan here Friday night. The top-ranked (Class 1A) Golden Bears scored the first 10 points of the game on their way to a 59-18 victory and spot in a regional championship. Bishop Garrigan (21-2 overall) will face Lake Mills (17-5) ...

DES MOINES — Rylee Brown is the underdog on paper, but the Fort Dodge senior is quickly flipping the script. The 10th-seeded Dodger senior pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament so far, beating second seed Noah Hawk-Erwin (25-5) of Linn-Mar in the Class 3A quarterfinal round on ...

DES MOINES — Matthew Crimmins showed his ability to finish matches on his way to winning a district championship and qualifying for the state wrestling tournament. That continued here on Thursday, as the St. Edmond sophomore earned a technical fall victory over Kendrin VanBeek of West Sioux ...

DES MOINES — Half of Clarion-Goldfield’s 10 qualifiers are still alive for state championships, and four more are in medal contention in Class 2A. The Cowboys went 12-6 in matches and had a strong day on the backside, going 3-1 there. Paxton Redenius (120), Adrian Phetxoumphone (126), ...

DES MOINES — Six Messenger-area wrestlers moved into the quarterfinals at state wrestling here on Thursday in Class 1A, with all six scoring falls in their lone matches. West Bend-Mallard’s Hunter Lester and Mason Knapp, South Central Calhoun’s Karson Wuebker and Jace Pedersen, and ...

DES MOINES — Josh Anderson’s children continue to one-up him on the wrestling mat. Anderson, the head wrestling coach at Manson Northwest Webster, was a state qualifier in high school. Three of his four children have achieved the same feat. But Brodie, Ellisa and Mason all did something ...