For a high school student, getting up at 5 a.m. isn’t an ideal morning. When Simeon Roberts challenged himself to do it, though, the end reward was well worth the effort. Roberts and 14 other Fort Dodge Senior High students took the half marathon class at school, where they trained for ...
Cael Adams was a dependable spot starter on the mound for the Fort Dodge baseball team a year ago. Adams isn’t just picking up where he left off last season, but taking his pitching to a whole new level so far as a sophomore in 2026. The right-hander worked five effective innings at ...
Some may see the third-ranked (Class 4A) Fort Dodge softball squad’s run output on Wednesday against Marshalltown and think all offense. The Dodgers did, after all, score 33 times on 29 hits in extending the program’s win streak against the Bobcats to an almost-surreal 45 games spanning ...
For the second straight night and third consecutive game, the sixth-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond softball team claimed a run-rule victory. Toryn Helle hit her third home run in the last two games, Faith Shirbroun and Ella Vandi had a combined four hits, four runs scored and three RBI, and the Gaels remained undefeated on the young season with an 11-3 victory in five innings over Hampton-Dumont/CAL on Wednesday night at Rogers Park. After hitting a pair of homers on Tuesday versus Southeast Valley, Helle went deep in her second plate appearance of the night vs. the Bulldogs. The ...
As the Fort Dodge baseball team’s record climbs and its reputation grows, head coach Blake Utley is making a point to remind his ballclub that most of their successes and failures will come from within their own camp. The Dodgers picked up their second Iowa Alliance Conference Northern ...
HARCOURT — The eighth-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond softball team picked up another run-rule victory, besting Southeast Valley here Tuesday night, 12-2 in four innings. Faith Shirbroun and Myrah Lemon both hit home runs for the Gaels (6-0 overall), as Shirbroun added a double. Shirbroun finished 2-for-2 with four RBI, three runs scored, a walk and a stolen base, as Toryn Helle drove in two and earned the win inside the circle. St. Edmond scored two in the first, four in the second, one in the third and five in the fourth, as 10 different batters scored runs. Sophia Schlienz, Jade ...
