For the third time in the last decade, the eighth-ranked Iowa Central baseball team put up 30 runs in a game. The Tritons scored a dominating sweep over Mott here Friday at Rogers Park. Scores were 14-1 in five inning and 32-9. The run total in game two were the most for Iowa Central ...
Charles Williams, who brought his vision for a prodigious boxing gym and his precocious son back home in the late 1980s, died on Tuesday at the Grandview Care Center in Dayton. He was 81. Williams had been a long-established trainer, promoter, manager and coach in the boxing world on the ...
Saturday will feature a full day of regional tournament basketball action inside Hodges Fieldhouse, as both Iowa Central teams compete. Up first will be the Triton women (22-8 overall) vs. Des Moines Area in the Region 11-A semifinals at 1 p.m. The No. 11 Iowa Central (23-6) men tip vs. North Iowa Area in the Region 11-B semis at 3:30 p.m. During the regular season, Iowa Central and DMACC (22-8) split two games, with the Tritons winning the first, 51-44 at home, and the Bears posting a 68-35 victory late last month. Trista Ohlmeier leads ICCC at 14 points per game, with Shakani ...
DES MOINES — The top-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond boys hope to make Des Moines their home for the next four games. The Gaels (22-2 overall) look to secure a return trip to the state tournament here Saturday night when they face Riverside (14-10) in the Substate 7 final. Tip is set for 7 ...
STORM LAKE — For the first time as Southeast Valley, the Jaguars will compete for a spot in the Class 2A state tournament. Southeast Valley (21-1 overall) takes on second-ranked Unity Christian (21-2) here Saturday night at 8 p.m. for the Class 2A, Substate 1 title. The Jaguars punched their ticket with the first district title since the inception of the school 12 years ago when they defeated Clarion-Goldfield/Dows on their home floor this past Tuesday night, 50-38. Leading the way for the reigning Twin Lakes Conference champions is a defense ranked No. 1 in points allowed per ...
BRANDENTON, Fla. — Former Iowa Central baseball standout John Klein tossed two perfect innings for the Minnesota Twins in spring training action on Thursday. Klein was called into the game vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth inning, sitting down Billy Cook, Jhostnyxon Garcia and Dominic Fletcher in order. The Pirates went on to win the game, 6-4. In the seventh, Klein retired Nicholas Cimillo and Davis Wendzel before striking out Omar Alfonzo. The 23-year-old from Brooklyn Park, Minn. was making his debut this season for Minnesota. Klein has spent the past four seasons in ...
