Senior night sweep for C.C. softball

Charles City’s offense needed some time to finally warm up during Tuesday’s Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader with Oelwein. The Comet pitching and defense kept the hometown nine in both games long enough for the offense to score timely runs as Charles City earned a sweep on senior night at Sportsmen’s Park. Click to read the rest of the article from the Charles City Press.

Golf postseason hits stride today

Prep golfers hit the course for Iowa High School Athletic Association championship meets today as 35 sectional meets in all three classes across the state. Decorah senior Andrew Peter will look to defend his individual state title, and help lead the Vikings back to the Class 3A state meet. The Vikings, who placed fourth at state last season, travel to Charles City for a sectional with Clear Lake, Crestwood, Forest City, Hampton-Dumont, Iowa Falls-Alden and New Hampton. The top four individuals and top two ...

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McAllister & the 400 hurdles: A late-blooming love

Mother begged. Mother pleaded. "Please try it just one time," Ronda McAllister said. "If you hate it, I won’t say another word.’ We’re not talking lima beans or liver. We’re talking the 400-meter hurdles, one of the most challenging events in track and field. Daughter finally relented, to get Mom off her back as much as anything. Now a senior, Oelwein High School’s Tashina McAllister is a two-time state champion in that event. She will compete in it — and three other events — ...

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Denver-Tripoli rolls to 2A sectional crown

DYERSVILLE — The celebratory meals and the congratulatory pats on the back will have to wait, because the Denver-Tripoli wrestling team wasn’t wasting any time to get back to work. The Titans had practice scheduled just hours after they powered their way to a team title in what was considered one of the tougher sectional fields. Denver prevailed in fine fashion, advancing 10 to next week’s district meet and winning the Class 2A sectional wrestling tournament at Beckman High School. The Titans ...

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Prep wrestling results (Saturday, 12/19)

NORTH LINN INVITATIONAL At Troy Mills Teams — 1. Davenport Assumption 235, 2. Denver-Tripoli 234, 3. Independence 215, 4. Williamsburg 184, 5. Valley Community 87, 6. Center Point-Urbana 86, 7. Wapello 68.5, 8. North Linn 58, 9. Dyersville Beckman 40, 10. Edgewood-Colesburg 20. Championship matches 103 pounds — Dylan Peters (DT) pinned Austin Evens (IND), :52; 112 — J.C. Vercande (WIL) pinned Grant Rosenboom (DA), 2:53; 119 — Brandon Sorensen (DT) tech. fall Bradley McDermott (DA), 4:59; 125 — Levi Wolfensperger (DT) pinned Logan ...

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Area runners earn IATC ranking

Oelwein’s Anna Benneke earned the top spot in the Class 3A girls cross country individual rankings released by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches on Monday. She is joined in the top five of 3A by Benton Community’s Madison Weekley, who is third. Iowa City West’s Frank Canady and Iowa City High’s Chris Robertson are third and fifth, respectively, in the boys’ 4A rankings. Linn-Mar sophomore duo Carolyn Newhouse and Brooklynn Kascel are fourth and fifth among 4A girls. Connor Smock (3A) of ...

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Substate Baseball Preview

MARION — Somebody’s going to wear Cinderella’s slipper. It happens every prep baseball postseason.  So why not the Marion Indians? “Yeah, it would be nice if it would fit us,” Marion Coach Steve Fish said. “This is the game you want to be in.” That game is a Class 3A substate final Wednesday at Kennedy. Marion takes a less-than-auspicious 19-21 record against mighty Benton Community (34-6). The Bobcats won the Wamac Conference’s West Division by seven games (Marion was second) and are ...

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Mount Vernon-Lisbon dominates 3A

DES MOINES -- Karly Cochrane was sick of second. Second at state volleyball -- twice. Second at state track. "I was so sick of it," she said. "To finally get what we deserve, it's a great feeling." Mount Vernon-Lisbon racked up five event titles Saturday, sweeping the final three events, and won the Class 3A girls' title going away at the state track meet at Drake Stadium. The self-proclaimed Mermaids tallied a 3A-record 98 1/4 points. Dubuque Wahlert was second with 78. "It's really amazing," ...

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