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Region 11 baseball tourney up next for Iowa Central

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CARROLL — The No. 16 Iowa Central baseball team head into the Region 11 Tournament with momentum after concluding the regular season strong. In fact, the Tritons open play here Thursday from Merchants Park with Ellsworth, who they took three games from this past weekend at Rogers Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. following Des Moines Area vs. Northeast. Seventh-ranked Southeastern is the top seed, while No. 4 Kirkwood awaits the winner between Iowa Central (43-9 overall) and Ellsworth (21-31). The tournament is double elimination. With the sweep of the Panthers, the ...

Adams named 2nd team all-Big 12

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Jalen Adams has not skipped a beat making the move from the Big Ten Conference to the Big 12 this spring on the softball diamond. The former Fort Dodge Senior High all-stater was named her new league’s second team, it was announced on Wednesday. Adams spent her first ...

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The Fort Dodge girls golf squad had their best nine-hole round of the season on Tuesday at the Fort Dodge Country Club, firing a 180 to defeat rival Mason City by 43 strokes. Junior Emma Lloyd was meet medalist with a personal-best round of 40. The Dodgers secured the top six spots on the individual leaderboard, with Lloyd being followed by freshman Kinsley Nelson (43), senior Brielle Crouch (47) and freshman Emersyn Lara (50). Senior Gracie Harvey (51) and freshman Allison Baade (54) were next in line for FDSH. On Monday, the Dodgers were at the challenging Turk Bowman ...

Area athletes dominate at TLC girls track meet

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POCAHONTAS — In a closely-contest team race at the Twin Lakes Conference girls meet, Sioux Central came out on top on Tuesday, just ahead of Alta-Aurelia and Pocahontas Area. The Rebels scored 89 points, six ahead of the Warriors. The Indians were third at 81. Emmetsburg and Southeast Valley finished tied for fourth with 74. East Sac County and Newell-Fonda each tallied 70 for sixth. GTRA had 63 and placed eighth. Manson Northwest Webster was ninth at 58. Sioux Central vaulted to the top spot thanks to winning the final race of the night, the 4x400 relay. Pocahontas Area’s ...

Dodgers compete in IAC girls meet

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MARSHALLTOWN — The Fort Dodge girls track and field team got a small glimpse into what to expect at the upcoming state-qualifying meet by competing here Tuesday night in the Iowa Alliance Conference championships. The Dodgers placed eighth overall, as Ames claimed team honors. Des Moines ...

Southeast Valley boys do it again at TLC meet

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POCAHONTAS — Just like they have done all season, the Southeast Valley boys track and field team struck gold at a meet on Tuesday. This time, it resulted in the Jaguars claiming the Twin Lakes Conference championship. Southeast Valley scored 170 points, using a strong late finish to the meet to hold off Sioux Central. Manson Northwest Webster was third followed by GTRA, East Sac County, Alta-Aurelia, South Central Calhoun, Pocahontas Area and Emmetsburg. The Jaguars won six events, including individual first-place finishes by Colin Johnson in the 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles. ...