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Jaguars win TLC crown

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GOWRIE — With their 17th win of the season, Southeast Valley claimed the Twin Lakes Conference championship out right. The Jaguars (17-1 overall, 11-0 TLC) finished unbeaten with a 68-42 victory over East Sac County on Friday night. “It was really special to win it with this group,” said Kyle Johnson, who is in his 16th year as head coach. “The thing is I didn’t expect to win it coming into the season. “We just kept looking at it during the season after wins that they were just big conference wins. Once we got a lot closer we thought we could do it.” Johnson, a Fort ...

Myers, Bennett come up big for Iowa

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Tallahassee, Fla. — The University of Iowa softball split day one of the JoAnne Graf Classic with two five-inning games at JoAnne Graf Classic on Friday. Iowa defeated Samford 9-1 (five innings), before falling to No. 7 Florida State, 12-3 (five innings). Iowa used a three-run first inning and a five-run fourth to secure a 9-1 win over Samford in the season opener, marking the first meeting between the two programs. Senior Echo Mattiello led off the game with a single and scored on a double by freshman Mariah Myers in her first collegiate at-bat. Myers, a St. Edmond ...

FD girls win in Maehl's home finale

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Comfortably ahead at halftime, Fort Dodge head coach Scott Messerly didn’t want his girls basketball team to simply be content with a lopsided victory here on Friday. “I challenged them to get after it more — especially on defense,” Messerly said. “We just weren’t playing with ...

Gaels stun No. 7 Clear Lake

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The St. Edmond boys rode the wave of momentum that started before tip here Friday night. Playing in front of a maximum-capacity crowd inside the Gael gym, St. Edmond honored legendary head coach Adolph Kochendorfer by ending Clear Lake’s 49-game North Central Conference win streak with a ...

Algona crowns two champs

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CORALVILLE — Ruby Roof may have been a rookie at the state tournament, but the Algona freshman is very familiar with the big stage. The top-seeded 125-pounder entered Xtreme Arena as a three-time AAU state champion, and left as a high school gold medalist. Roof (46-1) pinned her way to the state title, earning the fall over Waverly-Shell Rock’s Camilla Schult in 5:26 on Friday. In the semifinals Friday morning, Roof handled Ellie Hancock (50-7) of Raccoon River-Northwest by fall in 2:52. Roof and five other Bulldogs helped Algona to the second place team trophy in Class 2A ...

Gael girls nearly pull off upset

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The St. Edmond girls nearly secured their first win over Clear Lake since 2015 here Friday night. Down early, the Gaels fought back to within a point late, but were unable to take the lead, falling 43-42 inside the SEHS gym. St. Edmond (14-5 overall, 9-4 in North Central Conference) was ...