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Tritons fare well on the track in two locations

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The Iowa Central track and field squad saw action in two different meets last weekend. The Tritons sent athletes to both the Husker Spring Kick Off in Lincoln, Neb. and the Emporia State Midwest Classic in Kansas. Abbigail Hutchinson qualified for nationals in the 1,500. Osmond Holt secured spots in the Decathlon and Eden Brouwers and Ella Homawoo in the Heptathlon. “In Nebraska, the conditions were very tough being cold, windy and rainy; a midwest trifecta of bad weather,” said ICCC Director of Track and Field, Dee Brown. “While it is hard to get a lot accomplished on a day ...

No. 16 Tritons plate 67 runs in three-game sweep

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MARSHALLTOWN — The No. 16 Iowa Central baseball team secured a three-game sweep of Marshalltown here Monday by scoring 67 total runs. After besting the Tigers this past Saturday, 29-14, the Tritons claimed a doubleheader by scores of 8-1 and 30-7. In the series opener, Sawyer Stein was 6-for-7 with 10 RBI and four runs scored, belting a pair of home runs with two doubles. Will Specht drove in four, as George McIntyre, Parker Studtmann and Brayden Mayer each hit a home run. Wyatt Myers was 3-for-4 with three RBI, recording a double and a triple, in the first game on Monday. Studtmann ...

Dodger girls rout Hoover on the road

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DES MOINES — The Fort Dodge girls soccer team gave head coach G Myers an early present on Monday night. The night before her birthday, Myers saw her club come together in an 8-2 rout of Des Moines Hoover on the road. “Our offense really turned it on and did the things I know they can ...

KOOPMAN KEPT FIGHTING BACK

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The athletic career of Jakob Koopman at St. Edmond could best be summed up with one word: perseverance. By definition, perseverance is persistence in doing something, despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. Koopman broke into the high school ranks as a freshman football player on ...

No. 21 Tritons split with Northeast

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A strong start for the 21st-ranked (NJCAA Div. II) Iowa Central softball squad here on Monday led to some complacency in the eyes of head coach Bo Tjebben. That allowed Northeast Iowa Community College to leave Rogers Park with a split. Scores were 15-4 in favor of the Tritons and 6-2 ...

Ruble takes over for Gaels

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Maury Ruble does his best to simplify a very complicated game for his St. Edmond golfers. “I go by ‘P.G.A.’ — posture, grip, alignment,” said Ruble, who takes over as head coach of the girls program this spring. “It has to all start there. Before any player can move on or expect ...