OTTUMWA — The Fort Dodge wrestling team is finding its stride at the perfect time. The Dodgers claimed the Iowa Alliance Conference championship on Saturday, capturing five individual championships. “Overall we performed well and that’s huge going into the regional dual, districts ...
Former Eagle Grove standout Jessie Whitmer will be inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame Iowa this coming summer. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum announced the Class of 2026 which includes three NCAA champions, 18 individual state championship titles, multiple collegiate and freestyle national champions and All-American, a coach who won 13 national titles and one of the most dominant high school teams in Iowa state wrestling history. “Being inducted into the Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame is truly humbling,” Whitmer said. “I think with any ...
AMES — The Fort Dodge boys basketball squad hung tough with sixth-ranked (Class 4A) Ames for most of the opening period here on Friday. Trailing only 13-11 in the final minute of the quarter, the Dodgers were outscored 7-0 to end the frame and then 20-10 until the intermission as Ames began to pull away for a 74-41 victory. The Little Cyclones pushed their Iowa Alliance Conference Northern Division win streak to 23 over the last three-plus years and improved to 14-2 overall this season. Senior post players Brandon Johnson and DJ Bijiek combined for 36 points, proving to be too much ...
AMES — For the first 12 minutes of game time here on Friday, the Fort Dodge girls basketball team played arguably their best stretch of the season. The Dodgers led Iowa Alliance Conference North division leader Ames by six points on the Little Cyclones’ home court and were clicking offensively in doing so. That’s when Ames ramped up the full-court pressure and frustrated the visitors into a tailspin of mistakes, which ultimately turned into a 54-36 victory for the Little Cyclones. Fort Dodge (6-12 overall, 0-8 in the IAC North) led by a point after the opening quarter, then ...
One night after setting the new career scoring record at St. Edmond, Hunter Horn posted his single-game all-time best point total, leading the fourth-ranked (Class 1A) Gaels to an 84-61 victory over Hampton-Dumont/CAL here Friday night. Horn scored a career-high 44 points — including 25 in ...
The St. Edmond girls used a suffocating defense to secure a 48-26 victory over Hampton-Dumont/CAL here on Friday night. Eden Horn scored 23 points with 11 rebounds, two steals, two blocks and two assists, as Chloe Palmer added 10 points with 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals to lead ...
