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Tritons open postseason play

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BOONE — The Iowa Central softball team begins postseason play here Friday in the Region 11-B Tournament. The Tritons (38-16 overall) open with Hawkeye at 4 p.m. following No. 10 Des Moines Area and Northeast squaring off. Winners of those two games will play on Saturday at 2 p.m., with the finals set for Sunday starting at noon. The tournament is double-elimination. During the regular season, Iowa Central and Hawkeye (23-31) split four meetings. The RedTails won the first, 4-2, before the Tritons responded at Rogers Park with an 8-0 win in five innings. When they met in ...

Tritons rough up NIACC, 31-9

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MASON CITY — The No. 18 Iowa Central baseball team bounced back in a big way here on Wednesday. The Tritons posted a 31-9 victory over North Iowa Area, snapping a three-game losing streak in their final regular season road game. Iowa Central (40-9 overall, 18-6 in the ICCAC) has scored over 30 runs three different times this year, sweeping the three games with the Trojans. This marks the fourth straight season they have reached the 40-win mark. George McIntyre hit a pair of home runs for the Tritons. Ben Jones, Wyatt Myers, Tate Perrin and Mitch Seykora also went deep. Iowa ...

ON A ROLL

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Ty Mericle took advantage of competing on his home course and near-perfect golfing conditions to secure a Top-5 finish here on Wednesday at the CYO boys tournament. Mericle led St. Edmond, which was fourth overall. Carroll Kuemper claimed the team title with a 305 followed by Le Mars Gehlen, ...

MAGWED AT 50

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It didn’t take long for Bob Brown to land a big catch with his grand idea of a major northwest Iowa fishing event 50 years ago this spring. Brown, the late Hall of Fame Sports Editor and creator of the Messenger Area Great Wall-Eye Derby (MAGWED), knew he had a winner in the early stages ...

Dodger girls in action at ADM

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ADEL — The Fort Dodge girls track and field team went up against several different strong teams here Tuesday night at the ADM Invitational. The Dodgers picked up four individual Top-6 finishes and were second in a relay. Ky’Mariana Mosley and Ava Osorio had third-place finishes in events, as Mosley scored bronze in the discus with a throw of 102-5 while Osorio did the same in the long jump at 15-4.25. “We’ve been running against some of the top teams in Class 4A most of the year,” FDSH head coach Todd Constable said. “ADM is the real deal, as they could compete with ...

Area athletes shine at MNW’s Jepson Relays

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MANSON — A number of area squads competed in the Mike Jepson Relays here Tuesday night. St. Edmond scored a pair of relay victories, winning the sprint medley and distance medley relays. Carroll finished first overall ahead of Southeast Valley, as the host Cougars were third. Eagle Grove, East Sac County, South Central Calhoun, Pocahontas Area and the Gaels rounded out the final standings. Jack McElroy, on the track for the first time while also competing on the Gael golf team this spring, was part of both winning relays along with Grant Galles and Aaron Hindt. McElroy ran the ...