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SENIOR LOVE

The delay was worth the wait for the third-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball team here Thursday night. With rain hitting the area, the non-conference contest between the Dodgers and Ballard was shifted to the turf field at Rogers Park. That wasn’t enough, though, to keep the contest ...

Senior competition approaches 30-year mark

Senior golfers have played a pivotal role in defining the Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Webster County tournament landscape over the last 30 years. The initial senior field was set in 1997, with Bob Wallentine winning back-to-back titles the first two years the competition was offered. ...

Gaels ready for districts

The road to the state baseball tournament will begin here Friday night at home for St. Edmond. The Gaels (12-11 overall) are set to host Glidden-Ralston (5-13) in a Class 1A, District 6 quarterfinal at 7 p.m. AGWSR (11-12) and Colo-Nesco (8-11) square off before at 5 p.m. Under first year ...

HAVE FAITH

The St. Edmond softball program recognized lone senior Faith Shirbroun here on Wednesday. Shirbroun, who will hold virtually every Gael career hitting record by the time she is finished playing, earned the win inside the circle and recorded two hits with two RBI and a run scored as No. 3 ...

Dodgers eclipse 30-win mark

WATERLOO — The Fort Dodge baseball team surpassed the 30-win mark for the first time in 14 seasons with a sweep of Waterloo East here on Wednesday. Scores were 11-0 in six innings and 14-1 in five. The Dodgers (31-8 overall, 13-3 in the Iowa Alliance North) scored 10 runs in the sixth to ...

Beat goes on for No. 3 Fort Dodge softball squad

With the postseason right around the corner, the Fort Dodge softball squad is trying to position itself to have a very special ending. Head coach Andi Adams wants her team to know what is ahead of them, and to play with the same demeanor night in and night out — never taking their foot off ...