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Gael boys march into state semifinals

DES MOINES - The St. Edmond boys basketball team is back in the state semifinal round. The top-ranked and top-seeded Gaels defeated Woodbine in a Class 1A quarterfinal matchup at the Casey's Center on Tuesday afternoon, 60-44. Senior all-stater Hunter Horn had 17 points and nine rebounds ...

Bishop Garrigan boys looking forward to next state challenge

DES MOINES — The Bishop Garrigan boys have the chance to make it 2-for-2 in terms of major state championships here this coming week. Back in the fall, the Golden Bears won their second eight-player state football title in three seasons. Now, several key members of that squad are set to ...

Class 1A is loaded with elite talent

DES MOINES — Half of the Class 1A state tournament field consists of returning teams this week, led by top-ranked and No. 1 seed St. Edmond. Joining the Gaels from a year ago is their quarterfinal round opponent, Woodbine, Bellevue Marquette and Boyden-Hull. St. Edmond (23-2 overall) and Woodbine (17-8) hit the Casey’s Center floor for the first quarterfinal here on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Newcomers Burlington Notre Dame (24-2) and Bellevue (22-3) meet next, with those winners playing in the semifinals on Thursday. In the bottom half of the bracket, No. 2 seed MMCRU (25-1) meets ...

Area players reign on all-TLC girls squads

Reigning Class 1A state champion Newell-Fonda placed two on the all-Twin Lakes Conference first team, the league announced. Sophomore Ellie Sievers and freshman Quinn Sievers were on the top squad, along with Emmetsburg’s Dylan Fiene and Rachel Schany. Khloe Mefferd of Pocahontas Area, Avery Wilson from Sioux Central and GTRA teammates Caitlyn Hough and Kamryn Hough rduonded out the honor squad. Fiene, a junior, and Schany, a senior, led the E-Hawks to an 11-0 record in the conference, winning the regular season title. They ended Newell-Fonda’s run atop the standings and also ...

Iowa Central competes at nationals

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The Iowa Central swim team concluded the season here this past weekend at the NJCAA Championships, as the men placed fourth overall and the women were eighth. Indian River State, the host school, swept both team titles once again. Rasmus Skyving had the top individual finish for the men, placing fourth in the 1,650 free. Daniel Gonazles Jimenez was fifth in the same event. Iowa Central’s 200 medley relay finished fourth while the men’s 400 free, 200 free, 400 medley and 800 free all were fifth. For the Triton women, Maysen Smith was fourth in the 200 ...