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Two IAC records for Dodger boys track

MASON CITY — The Fort Dodge boys track squad established two new meet records at the Iowa Alliance Conference Indoor championships here on Friday. Dodger senior Noah Daniel set a new mark in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.94. Daniel was also on the sprint medley relay quartet — joining junior Jamarius Echols, junior Sam Moser and junior Jayce Point — that went an IAC-best 3:50.6. Point took the 800-meter run in 2:08.2, and the 4x200-meter relay squad of Echols, Moser, Daniel and senior Taevon Feeley won as well with a time of 1:35.5. Senior Dalton Eckley was second in the ...

Osorio, shuttle hurdle relay victorious for Dodger girls

MASON CITY — The Fort Dodge girls secured eight Top-6 finishes here on Friday at the Iowa Alliance Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, led by a pair of gold medal performances. The Dodgers were third overall in the team race. Freshman Ava Osorio made her arrival in a big way for the Dodgers, capturing the long jump title while also running on the first-place shuttle hurdle relay squad. Osorio went 15 feet for her individual crown, and paired up with Charlotte DeJong, Addison Friesth and Maeleena Meyer to capture the shuttle hurdle relay race in 42 ...

NEW TERRITORY

DANVILLE, Ill. — March madness lives on for the Iowa Central men, as they secured a spot in the NJCAA Div. II Final Four for the first time ever with a thrilling 78-77 victory over Pima here Thursday evening. Down by as many as eight points late in the second half, the Tritons (28-6 ...

Ayala in quarterfinals after dominant opening day

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Drake Ayala is a man of few words, and after reaching the NCAA quarterfinal round with two decisive victories here on Thursday, the message was simple: keep move forward. Ayala, the sixth seed at 133 pounds and a two-time defending national finalist, was all business in ...

Impressive sweep for Triton softball

Bo Tjebben knew once the Iowa Central softball team hit conference play, the schedule would ramp up and the competition only get tougher. That’s exactly what the Tritons (17-3 overall) saw in their ICCAC opener against 16th-rated NIACC on Thursday. The Tritons answered the bell, sweeping the twinbill at Rogers Park. Scores were 2-1 and 8-0 in favor of Tjebben’s red-hot squad. Fort Dodge Senior High graduate Cadence Touney had a strong day at the plate, with a double, a home run and six RBI. “I’ve told the girls, once we start conference play don’t get too high or get ...

34 more runs for No. 14 Triton baseball squad

The No. 14 (NJCAA Div. II) Iowa Central baseball team picked up another sweep here on Thursday, this time besting Anoka-Ramsey at Rogers Park. Scores were 17-2 in five innings and 17-15. The Tritons (21-1 overall) have now won games 17 in a row, scoring over 10 runs in seven straight and 20 of 22 times this year. They are 13-1 at home to begin the spring season. In the 13 innings that Iowa Central came to the plate in the doubleheader, they scored runs in nine of them, including seven in the fourth of the opener and five in both the fourth and seventh frames of the nightcap. Will ...