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Southeast Valley girls a runner-up at home

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GOWRIE — The Southeast Valley girls track team came away with four championships at their home co-ed meet on Monday night. Ogden (136) was the girls winner, while the Jaguars (112) were second. Newell-Fonda (109) placed third and South Central Calhoun (102) was fourth. Sage Lane was the lone individual gold medalist for SV, capturing the 400 hurdle title in 1:15.11. The Jaguars also won the 4x800 (11:55.50), 4x200 (1:56.34) and the 4x100 (52-31). Southeast Valley was second in the sprint medley (2:03.83). Avrie Hanson had two runner-up showings: in the 100-meter dash (13.89) ...

Iowa Central splits twinbill at Hawkeye

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HUDSON — It wasn’t what the 24th-ranked Iowa Central softball team wanted in their doubleheader opener, but the finale was a bit of redemption here on Monday. The Tritons (36-12 overall, 21-9 in the ICCAC) dropped their first contest to Hawkeye (21-27, 14-16), 3-2, but fired back with a ...

THE NEXT STEP

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Fort Dodge native and former Humboldt standout Kevin Dresser built something special at Iowa State. The former Iowa State head coach hopes to do the same thing now within the wrestling program — just in a different capacity. After 20 years of coaching at the Div. I level with Virginia Tech ...

Crooks is headed to Oklahoma State

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Audi Crooks will remain in the Big 12 Conference. Crooks, an all-stater from Bishop Garrigan, announced on social media late Sunday night that she has committed to the Oklahoma State University women's basketball program. The former Iowa State star's announcement came in a video posted to ...

No. 24 Tritons lose ranked twinbill

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BOONE - The Iowa Central softball team dropped a pair of ICCAC games to No. 11 Des Moines Area here Sunday. Scores were 9-2 and 11-10. The 24th-ranked Tritons (35-11 overall, 20-8 in conference) held a 10-5 lead going into the bottom of the seventh in the nightcap before the Bears rallied, scoring six to secure the sweep instead of a split. “We had them there in the second game,” ICCC head coach Bo Tjebben said. “We just couldn’t get those final three outs to end it. The girls played well enough to win. It’s so tough in this conference to win on the road.” Natalie ...

Gael boys at the nets

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The St. Edmond boys tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to Storm Lake on Friday at Dodger Courts. “We were playing without our No. 1 Andrew Horrell, who was out with an ankle injury,” said St. Edmond head coach Shawn Neverman. “That really hurt, because everyone had to play up a ...