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 ...

Success seems like a foregone conclusion for a lot of local athletes and programs these days, but only because they’ve made it look so seamless at such a steady pace for years now. In the last two weeks alone, we’ve witnessed Fort Dodge superstar Dreshaun Ross fulfill what always appeared ...

Fort Dodge’s LJ Maehl added one more honor to her basketball resume, as the senior was one of three unanimous selections to the all-Iowa Alliance Conference North first team for 2025-26. Maehl’s teammate, freshman Brooklyn Gilliland, was the only other Dodger selected. She was placed on ...

The 11th-ranked Iowa Central men have relied on their offense all season. But on Wednesday night with the season on the line, it was the defense that made all the big plays. Iowa Central erased a 15-point deficit and claimed the Region 11-B Tournament title inside a jam-packed Hodges ...

DES MOINES — The Bishop Garrigan girls do not take qualifying for the state tournament for granted. The top-ranked (Class 1A) Golden Bears punched their seventh consecutive trip to the elite eight with a defensive-minded approach vs. Lake Mills in the regional championship. Now, they look ...

DES MOINES — When the girls state tournament brackets come out in March, it’s become common practice to see what line Newell-Fonda is on. The second-ranked Mustangs have been to nine straight tournaments, and this year, they enter as the second seed in Class 1A. “We have strong solid ...