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Adams set to step foot back in Iowa

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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

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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 ...

Joyce, South Dakota lose in WNIT semifinals

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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, ...

Strong nucleus returns for Dodgers

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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 helps South Dakota reach ‘Fab Four’

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VERMILLION, S.D. — Postseason basketball has always been a time for Molly Joyce to raise her game to another level. She did it first at Bishop Garrigan, helping the Golden Bears to back-to-back Class 1A girls state basketball championships. Now, she’s doing it at the NCAA Div. I ...

Sievers goes back-to-back as player of year

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SIOUX CENTER — Macy Sievers put the final touches on an incredible college career with Dordt University recently. Sievers, a Newell-Fonda graduate, was named the NAIA Women’s Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. She was also placed on the All-American first ...