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FORT DODGE - The clock struck midnight for the Cinderella team of the 2A state tournament field on Tuesday. Ridge View, coming in at the eight seed in the 2A bracket, found themselves against the buzzsaw of the North Linn Lynx. The Raptors were held without a hit and fell in a 10-0 decision in five innings...

FORT DODGE - The Newell-Fonda softball team came into their 1A quarterfinal on Tuesday night ranked second in the state and had plenty of momentum after rolling through regionals. However, they met their match against the Lisbon Lions once again, the Lions sending them packing out of the 1A tournament for the second consecutive season after a 3-0 decision...

FONDA - It was a showdown between #2 Newell-Fonda and #9 Extra-EHK on Monday night in the 1A-Region 2 finale. The Mustangs came out of the gates hot once again and used that to take a 10-0 victory against the Spartans in five innings, advancing on to the 1A state tournament...

LARCHWOOD - Through the first three innings on Monday night, it appeared as if Ridge View and #8 West Lyon were in for a pitcher’s duel with nothing to show for their efforts on the scoreboard. A big fifth inning pushed the way for Ridge View to upend the Wildcats to punch their ticket to the 2A state tournament after a 5-0 victory...

LE MARS - It was a defensive contest on Tuesday night in the 1A-Substate 1 championship between Newell-Fonda and unbeaten Remsen St. Mary’s. The pitching of Hawks’ ace Blaine Harpenau shut down the Mustang bats as the N-F season ended one game short of making it to state, 2-0...

ORANGE CITY - It was a pitcher’s duel on Monday night as Storm Lake took on MOC-Floyd Valley for the second time this season. This time, in a 3A-Substate 1 semifinal, the Tornadoes kept it close against the Dutchmen. However, a one hit contest for the Tornadoes led to a 3-0 setback to bring their year to a close...

ALTA - It was the first time this season that the Alta-Aurelia and Newell-Fonda baseball teams met up this season and it was in perhaps no bigger situation on Saturday night. The two competed against one another for the right to be the 1A-District 2 champions and to advance to Tuesday night’s Substate Championship contest. The Mustangs were able to hang on to take a 7-5 decision against the Warriors...

STORM LAKE - It was the end of the line on Thursday night when the Storm Lake softball team welcomed in the Spencer Tigers in a 4A-Region 1 opening round contest. An early hole was inescapable for the green and white as their rivals downed them by 11, 14-3...

SIOUX CITY - On paper Friday night, the Storm Lake Tornadoes were underdogs against the #7 Bishop Heelan Crusaders, who had been struck with COVID-19, saw six of their starters remain in quarantine. The green and white played tough and upended the shorthanded Crusaders, 2-0 to advance on in district play...

FONDA - It was another quick start for the Newell-Fonda softball team on Friday night when they welcomed in the Audubon Wheelers for a 1A-Region 2 semifinal contest. The Mustangs took an early lead and never really looked back to take an 8-1 victory to advance to the regional final on Monday night...

Buena Vista University head softball coach Mandie Nocita has announced the hiring of Kylie Bengston as her new top assistant beginning in the fall of 2020. Bengston has experience coaching softball at a variety of levels. She had been serving as a volunteer assistant softball coach at the University of Northern Iowa since September 2019 and before that was an assistant coach and admissions counselor at Indian Hills Community College (2018-19)...

Megan Morenz made one of the most famous shots in the long and storied history of Newell-Fonda High School basketball. Her shot, a running bank shot from about 10 feet, capped a furious rally by the Mustangs as they clipped Bishop Garrigan High School, 65-63, in the Class 1A girls’ state title game a couple of months ago. It ended Newell-Fonda’s second straight undefeated state title campaign...

ALTA - Wednesday night was the first time of the year seeing the races at the Buena Vista Raceway. Despite the social distancing conditions, and a rain out a week earlier, the five classes put on a show for spectators. IMCA Sport Compacts by Plowboy’s Smoked Meats: 1. Caine Mahlberg of Dunlap; 2. Kaytee Devries of Spencer; 3. Corey Nammany of Alta; 4. Tyler Fiebelkom of Extra; 5. Jade Lange of Humboldt...

Jack Evans sank a 13-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to claim the 2020 Lake Creek Amateur title played at Buena Vista University Golf Creek at Lake Creek on Sunday. Evans, who returned to the 18th tee after finishing the 2-day tournament at even par and knotted in a tie with competitors John Spellerberg and Jonny Douglas, drove a 4-iron to the center of the fairway. ...

Community Education is partnering with BVU Men’s Head Golf Coach Joe Powell and Storm Lake High School boy’s head golf coach Andrew Zinn to offer Jr Golf. Jr Golf will consist of 4 skills sessions July 2, 9, 16 and 23 with instruction provided by Joe Powell and Andrew Zinn. There will also be four play dates July 6, 13, 20 and 27. Participants will need to provide their own clubs. Parent volunteers are also welcome and encouraged to assist...