Led by returning medalist Anthony Valles, the St. Edmond boys cross country team will look to complete a new group that will help get the Gaels back to the state meet. Valles, a senior, placed sixth overall in Class 1A a season ago. He enters his final high school season as the No. 2 ranked ...

The Fort Dodge volleyball team is ready to get to work. With her first season under her belt as head coach, Beth Wilder must replace a strong senior class. She has experience returning, though. “For me as a coach it has been more comfortable this year, knowing the girls more,” Wilder ...

Both the Fort Dodge and Humboldt football teams enter 2025 with lofty expectations on the gridiron. Friday night, the two schools — who are separated by just 17 miles — got together inside the recently-renovated and historic Dodger Stadium for a preseason scrimmage. Nik Moser, a former ...

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net URBANDALE — The Fort Dodge girls tennis team dropped a pair of duals here Friday. The Dodgers fell to Norwalk, 10-1, and Urbandale, 11-0. Picking up the lone win for Fort Dodge was No. 1 Manuela Rodriguez, as the senior downed Logan Geisler of ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. — The ninth-ranked Iowa Central volleyball team kicked off the 2025 season here Friday with two matches against fellow Top-10 teams at the OWT hosted by Rockford. After falling to No. 6 Gulf Coast State, 3-1, the Tritons lost a five-set thriller to third-ranked Heartland, ...

The Iowa Central men’s soccer team opened the season with a convincing 6-0 victory over Riverland here Thursday night. It marked the first time since 2021 that the Tritons have won their season opener, as they bested St. Louis that year, 6-1. Enzo Joly had two goals as Luka Vasiljevic, ...