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Jaguars can't stop OABCIG

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GOWRIE — The Southeast Valley football team couldn’t find an answer for OABCIG on Friday night. The Jaguars (5-3 overall, 2-3 in Class 2A, District 2) dropped a 35-0 contest to the Falcons (7-1, 4-1). The Jaguars, who placed fourth in the district and earned a playoff spot had 272 yards of offense to 373 for OABCIG. Casey Hansen led the ground attack with 70 yards. He was 10-for-17 passing for 68 yards and Mason Bahr was 5 of 7 for 107. Bryce Harrison caught three balls for 61, Logan Jaeschke had seven grabs for 53 and Alex Berger had two for 50. Wyatt Muench recovered a ...

Le Mars prevails in thriller vs. Dodgers

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LE MARS – The Le Mars football team got the last score, the last stop and the last laugh in a dramatic 24-21 victory over Fort Dodge here on Friday night. A touchdown with four minutes left in regulation capped the go-ahead 84-yard drive for the Bulldogs (4-4 overall) in a back-and-forth ...

Wildcats are NCC champions — again

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HAMPTON – The Humboldt volleyball squad’s reign atop the North Central Conference was extended here on Thursday. The fourth-ranked (Class 3A) Wildcats recorded their 19th consecutive NCC sweep to clinch the outright league crown for a third consecutive season, easily handling ...

Iowa Central returns home

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Forgive first-year Iowa Central head coach Colby Kratch if he looks a little lost this Saturday when he leads his team into Dodger Stadium. It will have been 42 days since Iowa Central (4-2 overall, 1-0 in ICCAC) last played at home when it kicks off with third-ranked Iowa Western at 1 p.m. this weekend The Tritons posted a convincing win over Ellsworth back on Sept. 5, 63-7, going 3-1 during an extended four-game stretch of road games vs. Kansas junior college programs. “We’ve told the guys it’s a big game (vs. Iowa Western), but it’s just the next game on our schedule,” ...

Balanced Jaguars earn TLC crown

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POCAHONTAS - Behind five Top-16 finishers, the Southeast Valley boys took home the Twin Lakes Conference cross country championship here Thursday for the fifth time in school history. The Jaguars finished with 55 points, 16 better than runner-up Sioux Central. Manson Northwest Webster was ...

Finale for SE coach Dillon

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For one final time, Matt Dillon will lead the St. Edmond football team into action here Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Gaels host ninth-ranked (eight-player) Kingsley-Pierson beginning at 7 p.m. Dillon, in his ninth and final season as head coach for St. Edmond (3-4 overall, 3-2 in the district), owns a record of 36-38 with the program and 223 career wins in 40-plus years on the sidelines. That includes back-to-back state titles with Dowling in 2000 and 2001. “It’s definitely a surreal feeling,” Dillon said. “After 45 years of doing something that you love, you’ll no ...