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E-Hawks win 1A-2 crown

WALL LAKE — Emmetsburg needed a rally to claim the Class 1A, District 2 championship on Friday night. The E-Hawks (5-3 overall, 4-1 district) fought back from a 14-0 deficit against East Sac County (6-2, 3-2) for a 15-14 victory. Beckam Shirk scored the game-winner with a little over 10 minutes remaining from one-yard out to tie it at 14-14. The E-Hawks made the extra-point for the victory. Trailing by 14 points to start the second half Brennan Hasbrouck scored a touchdown and the E-Hawks scored the two-point conversion to cut it to 14-8. Shirk finished the night with 122 yards ...

Jaguars can’t stop OABCIG

GOWRIE — The Southeast Valley football team couldn’t find an answer for OABCIG on Friday night. The Jaguars (5-3 overall, 2-3 in Class 2A, District 2) dropped a 35-0 contest to the Falcons (7-1, 4-1). The Jaguars, who placed fourth in the district and earned a playoff spot had 272 yards of offense to 373 for OABCIG. Casey Hansen led the ground attack with 70 yards. He was 10-for-17 passing for 68 yards and Mason Bahr was 5 of 7 for 107. Bryce Harrison caught three balls for 61, Logan Jaeschke had seven grabs for 53 and Alex Berger had two for 50. Wyatt Muench recovered a ...

Fort Dodge heads to Le Mars

LE MARS – Fort Dodge’s postseason on the gridiron ostensibly began last week. In order for the Dodgers to stay in contention for a berth in the official Class 4A playoff field later this month, head coach Nik Moser’s squad knows the margin for error remains almost zero as they head to Le Mars here on Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. With its back against the wall, Fort Dodge responded and snapped a two-game losing skid in a resounding Homecoming victory over Storm Lake. Now, the degree of difficulty increases as the Dodgers (5-2 overall, 1-2 in District 1) square off ...

Finale for SE coach Dillon

For one final time, Matt Dillon will lead the St. Edmond football team into action here Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Gaels host ninth-ranked (eight-player) Kingsley-Pierson beginning at 7 p.m. Dillon, in his ninth and final season as head coach for St. Edmond (3-4 overall, 3-2 in the district), owns a record of 36-38 with the program and 223 career wins in 40-plus years on the sidelines. That includes back-to-back state titles with Dowling in 2000 and 2001. “It’s definitely a surreal feeling,” Dillon said. “After 45 years of doing something that you love, you’ll no ...

Balanced Jaguars earn TLC crown

POCAHONTAS - Behind five Top-16 finishers, the Southeast Valley boys took home the Twin Lakes Conference cross country championship here Thursday for the fifth time in school history. The Jaguars finished with 55 points, 16 better than runner-up Sioux Central. Manson Northwest Webster was ...

Manson NW Webster golden in TLC girls race

POCAHONTAS - It has been a strong fall season for the Manson Northwest Webster girls cross country team. That run continued here on Thursday, as the Cougars picked up team and individual gold at the Twin Lakes Conference championships. Maddie Wittrock was the race winner, as the sophomore ...