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Algona boys 3rd at EG

EAGLE GROVE — Algona placed three runners inside the Top-10 and placed third at the Eagle Grove Invitational on Tuesday. The Bulldogs (78) finished third and Webster City (123) was fourth. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura (51) was the champion and North Iowa (76) was the runner up. Brooks Morgan (18:19.26) and Axton Hood (18:37.44) were sixth and seventh for Algona. Landon Becker (18:50.66) was 10th and Grandon Dahlhauser (19:29.24) was 16th. Caden Harms was the final counter for the Lynx (20:41.59) in 40th. Webster City’s top finisher was Daniel Murillo-Delfin (19:08.09) in 12th place. ...

Dodgers ranked 14th in RPI poll

The Fort Dodge football team is ranked 14th in the first official Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) released by Iowa High School Athletic Association. The RPI is one of the determining factors for playoff qualifiers in Class 5A, 4A and 3A. District champions and runners-up automatically qualify ...

Dodgers compete in district meet

LE MARS - The Fort Dodge boys golf team wrapped up play this season here on Monday at a Class 4A district meet. The Dodgers tied for 10th overall with a 337 with Sioux City East. Council Bluffs Lincoln claimed the team title with a 293, finishing two shots ahead of Waukee and four ahead of Dallas Center-Grimes. Brody Sneed of Council Bluffs Lincoln fired a 7-under for medalist honors at Willow Creek Golf Course. Fort Dodge was led by senior Mason Frevert, as he fired an 80. Classmate Trace Rial followed with an 82, as sophomore Cameron Beck shot an 85, a new career-best. Junior ...

Tritons run in Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Iowa Central cross country teams were in action here this past weekend at the Chile Pepper Festival. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, the teams ran in pink uniforms while competing in the Prairie Fire section of the meet, which was co-hosted by the University of Arkansas. Overall, the Triton men finished second out of 22 teams while the women were 10th. Teshager Kassa was third while Beyon Prins finished 19th and Lee-Hanro Arendse was 20th. “We were without our typical fourth and fifth runners due to injuries,” ICCC head coach Dee Brown said. ...

Titans hand ESC first loss

WALL LAKE - The South Central Calhoun football team bounced back with a dominating performance here Friday night over East Sac County, 35-12. Garrett Krause ran for 150 yards and three touchdowns, as Cooper Nattress added 131 and two scores for the Titans (5-1 overall, 2-1 in district), who never trailed. For the Raiders (5-1, 2-1), Beckem Kluver had a touchdown catch from Weston Julin as part of a wild finish to the first half. After 20 minutes of scoreless action, the two teams combined for 33 points in the final four minutes, including two TDs in the last 41 seconds of the ...

TOUGH TASK

The Spencer football team had been quietly flying under the radar as a Class 4A, District 1 contender through the first five weeks of the season. On Friday, the eighth-ranked (Bound) Tigers announced their presence with an impressive 29-0 road victory over No. 9 Fort Dodge. Spencer (4-2 ...