DES MOINES — The St. Edmond boys have carried the weight of expectations on their collective shoulders throughout the season. That will not change this week when the Gaels begin play in the Class 1A state tournament. St. Edmond (23-2 overall) enters as the No. 1 ranked team and the top ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
