CORALVILLE — Humboldt’s Danica Diedrick is using last year’s state tournament as motivation and a boiling point. The Wildcat junior will now compete in her third straight state trip and past experience has been what is driving her. Last year Diedrick went 1-2 and that has been ...
DES MOINES — The Fort Dodge boys bowling team picked up a 2,434-2,319 victory over Des Moines Roosevelt here on Tuesday. Kody VanValkenburg led the way for the Dodgers with a 397 series. Slade Babb added a 382 and Lium Powers surpassed 300 with a 317. VanValkenburg had games of 151 and 246, Babb went 212 and 170, and Powers had 161 and 156. Blake Seeman added a 295 series. Orrin Rurup finished with a 282 and Leland Sassman had a 251 for Fort Dodge. “It was nice to wrap up our dual portion of the season with a win against Roosevelt,” FDSH boys head coach Julie Ulrich said. ...
INDIANOLA — The Fort Dodge wrestling team will now turn all of its attention to the upcoming individual district tournament after being eliminated from team duals by Johnston here on Tuesday night. The 18th-ranked (Class 3A) Dragons won eight matches to top the No. 15 Dodgers, 44-33. Second-rated Indianola went on to qualify for state duals on Saturday in Coralville with a 60-9 win over Johnston in the finals. It was a quick start for the Dodgers in the opening dual with Johnston, as freshman Knox Ayala earned a fall in just 80 seconds over Samuel White at 106 pounds. Sophomore ...
CLARION — The second-ranked (Class 2A) Clarion-Goldfield/Dows wrestling team punched a ticket to the upcoming state dual tournament with a resounding 70-9 victory over No. 20 Humboldt here Tuesday night. The Cowboys won all but two matches, as the Wildcats opted to forfeit at four weights. State duals are scheduled for Saturday from the Xtream Arena in Coralville. Cole Wibholm, Estuardo Lopez, Paxton Redenius, Adrian Phetxoumphone, Linden Phetxoumphone, Ryan Hartwig, Reed Campbell, Dawson Beyer, Colin Sesker, Ryland Morgan and Easton Beyer reeled off 11 consecutive wins before ...
CORALVILLE — Mariaha Benedict felt something had to change after walking away from the state tournament last season. She had won her fifth-place match, but the Fort Dodge standout wrestler has much higher goals. “My placement at state last year left me very disappointed — especially ...
The fourth-ranked (Class 1A) St. Edmond boys basketball team has the skill set and court intelligence to take down an opponent in a multitude of ways. On Monday, the Gaels caught fire from behind the three-point arc on their way to a 56-38 victory over Humboldt. Starters Hunter Horn, Jakob ...
