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FD girls at Ballard in regional opener

HUXLEY — The Fort Dodge girls start postseason play here Wednesday night at Ballard in a Class 4A, Region 2 opener. Tip is set for 7 p.m. The Dodgers (7-14 overall) and Bombers (8-13) are meeting for the first time. The winner advances to play Pella (12-9) on Saturday in a regional semifinal, with No. 2 Dallas Center-Grimes, Webster City and Boone on the other side of the bracket. Led by FDSH all-time 5-on-5 leading scorer LJ Maehl, the Dodgers will look to find the same rhythm that carried them to a 4-2 mark late last month. Maehl, a Northwest Missouri State commit, is averaging ...

LUCKY SEVEN

For one final time, Fort Dodge’s Dreshaun Ross will make a trip to the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines. The icing on the cake for the top-ranked 285-pounder? He’s going with his friends. Ross and three senior classmates — along with three other Dodgers — will try to make ...

All Gael boys in postseason opener

Even a well-oiled machine needs to a tune-up every now and again. The top-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond boys used halftime here Monday night as a pit stop on their way to a 75-36 victory over West Hancock in Class 1A district play. With the win, the Gaels (20-2 overall) advance to face ...

St. Edmond’s Crimmins punches his state ticket

HOLSTEIN — For the second consecutive season, St. Edmond’s Matthew Crimmins secured his spot in the upcoming state wrestling tournament at a Class 1A district event. This time, though, Crimmins claimed his first district title with a dominating performance at 144 pounds. Crimmins was ...

Fort Dodge boys wrap up bowling season

LE MARS — The Fort Dodge boys bowling team competed at a state-qualifying meet here on Monday. The Dodgers finished fifth with a total of 2,554. Denison-Schleswig was the winner at 3,034. Lewis Central (2,918) was next in line, followed by Le Mars (2,906) and West Sioux (2,670). In the singles competition, Blake Seeman was the top Dodger, shooting a 556. Seeman had games of 157, 196, and 203. Kody Van Valkenburg was next in line for the Dodgers with a 535. He had games of 211, 159, and 165. Seeman placed 14th and Van Valkenburg was 18th. Lium Powers (145-182-168—495), ...

1A area wrestlers bound for state

HOLSTEIN — Three Pocahontas Area and two East Sac County wrestlers earned bids to the Class 1A state tournament here on Saturday at districts. Pocahontas Area’s Jakob Lawson, William Lawson and Adam Marsh advanced, as Marsh earned a district title while the other two placed second. Marsh, competing at 215 pounds, claimed a fall followed by two close decisions to win gold. He pinned Kyson Turnquist of Ridge View; downed Clay VanAenam of Audubon in the semifinals, 1-0; and slipped past Jason Bremer from Lawton-Bronson in the finals, 3-2. Jakob Lawson scored a victory in the true ...