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Representing Iowa on the pitch

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Addison Lentsch and Reese Trimble love playing soccer, and recently, the Fort Dodge teammates got a chance to work on their skills in a select tournament. The two were selected by the Iowa Soccer Association to a team of 17 girls statewide to represent Iowa at the ...

Bears, Mustangs play for title spots

DES MOINES — The last time Bishop Garrigan and Newell-Fonda squared off in the girls state tournament was for the Class 1A championship in 2023. Audi Crooks and Molly Joyce led the Golden Bears to their second consecutive title with a 68-57 victory as Crooks scored a tournament-record 49 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...