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Adams set to step foot back in Iowa

AMES — Former Fort Dodge Senior High all-stater Jalen Adams returns home this weekend to lead the Arizona softball team into action vs. Iowa State. The Wildcats take on the Cyclones in a Big 12 Conference three-game set beginning Sunday at 1 p.m. The two will play twice on Sunday and a ...

Ayala named Academic A-A

IOWA CITY — Fort Dodge Senior High graduate and three-time state wrestling champion Drake Ayala has been named an academic All-American. Ayala was one of four Iowa wrestlers to be honored by the 2026 National Wrestling Coaches Association as a Div. I scholar All-American. The other three ...

Strong nucleus returns for Dodgers

The Fort Dodge girls soccer team will return to the pitch with experience on their side this spring. The Dodgers have 12 letterwinners returning, 11 of which will be back for at least a second season. “It’s great to be able to have this many girls returning,” said head coach G Myers. ...

Joyce, South Dakota lose in WNIT semifinals

VERMILLION, S.D. — Molly Joyce and the South Dakota women came up short of reaching the WNIT championship game here Wednesday night. After taking an early lead, the Coyotes were unable to rally vs. Illinois State, falling from the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in the Fab 4 round, ...

More national spots solidified by Tritons

PELLA — The Iowa Central track and field program was in action here this past weekend at the Dutch Invitational hosted by Central College. The Tritons earned seven more national qualifiers during the meet, as four athletes scored Top-10 program bests. Janae Dawes landed two of the qualifying bids and two of those bests, as she scored spots at nationals in the long jump and the 400 hurdles. Her leap in the long jump placed her eighth in ICCC history while her 400 hurdles time was good for 10th. Abbigail Hutchinson and Akram Mouaki doubled up, as Hutchinson qualified in the ...

First outdoor meet for Gael boys, girls

EARLHAM — The St. Edmond boys and girls track and field teams battled dropping temperatures to compete Tuesday outside for the first time this spring. Aaron Hindt led the way for the Gaels, as the junior won the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.38. He was also third in the 100 in 11.54. Several others picked up silvers, including Anna Lursen, Anthony Valles and Naomi Valles, along with the SEHS girls sprint medley relay. Lursen was the runner-up in the 400 hurdles, clocking a time of 1:11.49. Naomi Valles finished second in the 3,000 in 12:58. “It was a solid night for our ...