By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net WAUKEE - Sometime this week, Chloe Palmer’s career as a tennis player will conclude. But for the St. Edmond senior, the memories she has made will stay with her for much, much longer. Palmer secured a spot in the Class 1A state field by ...
EAGLE GROVE — Algona placed three runners inside the Top-10 and placed third at the Eagle Grove Invitational on Tuesday. The Bulldogs (78) finished third and Webster City (123) was fourth. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura (51) was the champion and North Iowa (76) was the runner up. Brooks Morgan (18:19.26) and Axton Hood (18:37.44) were sixth and seventh for Algona. Landon Becker (18:50.66) was 10th and Grandon Dahlhauser (19:29.24) was 16th. Caden Harms was the final counter for the Lynx (20:41.59) in 40th. Webster City’s top finisher was Daniel Murillo-Delfin (19:08.09) in 12th place. ...
DES MOINES — The Fort Dodge swim team came away with seven victories in a triangular on Tuesday night. The Dodgers beat Ottumwa (111-54) and lost to Des Moines Roosevelt (94-76). “It's hard with a three team dual scoring wise,” said Fort Dodge head coach Ashley Beaumont. “My girls swam great and we won a lot of events.” The Dodger 200 medley relay team of Kylen Lubensky, Karlee Pearson, Clara Brown and Makayla Knox, captured gold in a time of 2:10.58 to start the evening. “We haven’t had a meet in a while, but we have been working hard in practice,” Beaumont said. ...
LE MARS - The Fort Dodge boys golf team wrapped up play this season here on Monday at a Class 4A district meet. The Dodgers tied for 10th overall with a 337 with Sioux City East. Council Bluffs Lincoln claimed the team title with a 293, finishing two shots ahead of Waukee and four ahead of Dallas Center-Grimes. Brody Sneed of Council Bluffs Lincoln fired a 7-under for medalist honors at Willow Creek Golf Course. Fort Dodge was led by senior Mason Frevert, as he fired an 80. Classmate Trace Rial followed with an 82, as sophomore Cameron Beck shot an 85, a new career-best. Junior ...
The Fort Dodge football team is ranked 14th in the first official Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) released by Iowa High School Athletic Association. The RPI is one of the determining factors for playoff qualifiers in Class 5A, 4A and 3A. District champions and runners-up automatically qualify ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Iowa Central cross country teams were in action here this past weekend at the Chile Pepper Festival. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, the teams ran in pink uniforms while competing in the Prairie Fire section of the meet, which was co-hosted by the University of Arkansas. Overall, the Triton men finished second out of 22 teams while the women were 10th. Teshager Kassa was third while Beyon Prins finished 19th and Lee-Hanro Arendse was 20th. “We were without our typical fourth and fifth runners due to injuries,” ICCC head coach Dee Brown said. ...
