The eighth-ranked Iowa Central baseball team picked up two more victories here Thursday at Rogers Park, sweeping a doubleheader vs. Minnesota West. Scores were 11-1 in five innings and 21-5 in seven. The Tritons (11-1 overall) have now scored at least 10 runs in nine straight and 11 of 12 ...

DES MOINES — Sometimes the final score of a game isn’t indicative of what took place on the court. That’s exactly how the Bishop Garrigan girls (23-2 overall) felt after their 64-42 victory over Lansing Kee (17-8) in the opening round of the Class 1A basketball tournament on Wednesday ...

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 ...