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Cain named All-American

The 2025-26 Iowa Central men’s basketball team left quite a mark on the history books for the storied program. That continued with the release of the NJCAA Div. II All-American teams, as Jordan Cain and Aleix Sempere were both honored. They are the first Tritons to be selected to the elite ...

THE EXTRA MILE

The No. 16 Iowa Central baseball team remained unbeaten in the month of April here Wednesday, sweeping Northeast at Rogers Park. Scores were 14-4 in five innings and 22-7 in seven. The Tritons (31-4 overall, 10-3 in the ICCAC) have won six straight since the calendar flipped from March, ...

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 ...