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Thursday game for Gaels

RUTHVEN - The St. Edmond football team begins what amounts to a three-game playoff push starting here on Thursday night. The Gaels return to action following a bye week with a trip to GTRA. Due to a shortage of officials, the game was moved up a day and will kick off at 7 p.m. St. Edmond (2-3 overall, 2-1 in district) controls its own destiny for a return to the postseason with games against the Titans (2-3, 2-1), Harris-Lake Park (0-5, 0-3) and No. 9 Kingsley-Pierson 5-1, 4-0) on the schedule. “Our goals are still right there for us to achieve,” SEHS head coach Matt Dillon ...

No. 19 Tritons tie Marshalltown

The 19th-ranked Iowa Central men’s soccer team battled to a draw with Marshalltown here on Wednesday, 1-1. The Tritons (7-2-1 overall, 3-0-1 in the ICCAC) remain tied with Northeast and Iowa Lakes atop the conference standings after four matches. Ignacio Chayle had a goal in the first ...

Dodgers ousted at Dowling

DES MOINES - The Fort Dodge girls tennis team ran into a perennial state contender here Wednesday in Class 2A regional action. West Des Moines Dowling claimed the six singles matches to advance to a regional final over the Dodgers, 6-0. The Maroons (10-3 overall) will now play Urbandale (11-5) on Saturday for the Region 4 title. Fort Dodge (5-9) advanced with a 5-2 win over Sioux City West on the road last week. The Dodgers had reeled off four consecutive dual victories before the loss to Dowling. “That is the best team we have faced all year,” FDSH head coach Julie Astor ...

A SENIOR SALUTE

Tuesday night was about honoring Chloe Palmer, Abby Huss and Morgan Lewis for the St. Edmond volleyball program. On the court, the Gaels dropped a North Central Conference match to 15th-ranked (Class 2A) and unbeaten Garner-Hayfield/Ventura. Scores were 25-16, 25-13 and 25-21. Before the ...

On sports, memories and the twilight years

Maybe it’s the growing old man in me. Or being a father. Could be a little of both. In the midst of another frantic sports weekend, there were a few moments that made me pause and think about days gone by recently. I saw Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz tear up after an ...

Another sweep for Iowa Central

The fourth-ranked Iowa Central volleyball team picked up its sixth ICCAC sweep of the year here Tuesday over Iowa Lakes. Scores were 25-17, 25-23 and 25-19. Only NIACC has been able to take a set off the Tritons (22-2 overall, 7-0 in the conference) in league matches so far this ...