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Horn, Koopman earn top honors

Hunter Horn and Jakob Koopman barely knew each other as freshmen four seasons ago. The St. Edmond duo made history as seniors, leading the Gaels to their second-ever state championship while being named first team all-state by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association and Iowa Basketball ...

Tritons end long drought at nationals

DANVILLE, Ill. — For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Iowa Central men’s basketball squad has scored a victory at the NJCAA National Tournament. The 11th-ranked Tritons received a double-double from Aleix Sempere and used a big first half to top No. 13 Schoolcraft here in the second ...

REDEMPTION

DES MOINES — Redemption for the St. Edmond boys exactly 365 days after they walked off the state basketball court heartbroken. The top-ranked and No. 1-seeded Gaels captured their second championship in school history when they rallied from a second-half deficit to stun Bellevue Marquette ...

No. 16 Tritons win 15th straight

The Iowa Central baseball team’s offensive onslaught continued in a weekend series with Dakota County, and as a result, so did the winning. The 16th-ranked Tritons plated 44 runs in sweeping DCTC at Rogers Park, prevailing on Friday in a 17-16 slugfest and then rolling on Saturday, 11-0 and ...

COURT KINGS

DES MOINES — For the second time in program history, the St. Edmond boys are state basketball champions. And just like the first in 2000, this one had an incredible rally. Down by seven points late in the third quarter, the Gaels found their rhythm, using an incredible 19-0 run to defeat ...

Gaels send Coach K out in style

DES MOINES — The parallels were nearly impossible to ignore, and it all led to the most fitting conclusion possible for a legendary coach and his final senior class. Over two decades ago, the St. Edmond boys were willed to victory in a state championship game to remember thanks in large ...