The national media will tell you that Thursday’s “Field of Dreams” contest between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees is the first of its kind in the state of Iowa. Technically, that’s true. A regular-season Major League Baseball game has never been played in our state. But ...

Long after the celebration reached its crescendo and most of the crowd had filed out of Rogers Sports Complex late Friday night, Fort Dodge softball coach Andi Adams was saying her final goodbyes to friends and family members who have been a part of her inner circle all along. The park sat in ...

The power struggle for state softball supremacy begins on Monday with the first pitch of another championship tournament at Rogers Sports Complex. Forty teams visit from schools representing all corners of the Iowa landscape. Only five will be crowned queens of the diamond later this week. Our ...

The victories come with the power of an avalanche, and often, in rapid-fire fashion. If you blink, you’ll miss a Fort Dodge softball win streak. In the last 24 days, the second-ranked Dodgers have prevailed 22 times in their last 23 games. A run of 14 in a row before a 1-0 setback against ...

The pressure will be on Brody Brecht soon enough. For now, Ankeny’s senior star is having fun with his teammates as they pursue a high school state baseball championship to try and match their football trophy from the fall. The 18-year-old Brecht helped secure the 2020 title on the ...

Last week, Fort Dodge and St. Edmond played in baseball for the first time since 2014. The Dodgers won the game in the Gaels’ annual Memorial Day Tournament at Rogers Park, but the final score wasn’t as newsworthy as the mere fact that the matchup had finally been resurrected on the ...