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There is a new head volleyball coach for the St. Mary’s Panthers this season as Marissa Promes will take over the duties after the departure of former coach, Beth Bjorkgren. Promes, a Jefferson native, has seen coaching flow in her family’s veins. How she got the coaching gig was pretty simple...

There are many times where people wonder what kind of legacy they will be left behind when their days are through. For Alta-Aurelia graduate Abby Kraemer, she, along with others, will leave behind a lasting legacy for the Warrior softball program as the first team to reach the State Championship...

Last week the Iowa Girls Coaches Association released their All-State teams with the 2019 season now in the rear view. In total, seven Pilot-Tribune area players got a spot on the first, second or third team in their respective class. In 1A: Newell-Fonda led the way with three players making an All-State team this season. ...

Last week the the Iowa Girls Coaching Association released the 1A through 5A All-District teams. The Pilot-Tribune area saw seven players earn a spot on one of the All-District squads, and one of the coaches earned Coach of the Year honors. In 1A-Northwest District: Newell-Fonda saw three players pick up the honor as Ella Larsen, Olivia Larsen and Bailey Sievers were all named to the team. ...

With the season coming to a close last week, the Twin Lakes Conference released their postseason honors list. Seven area softball players were named to the first team this season. From Alta-Aurelia: Senior Abby Kraemer and senior Jessica Flaherty. Kraemer went 8-3 in the circle and had an ERA of 1.67 while striking out 118. Batters only had an average of .169 against her. Flaherty had 19 hits in conference play, good for third and added 16 RBIs on a .559 average...

With the end of the 2019 baseball year for the 12 teams in the Twin Lakes Conference, the All-Conference teams were announced last week. A total of seven Pilot-Tribune area players took home first team honors. From Newell-Fonda: Junior Bryce Coppock and senior R.J. ...

FORT DODGE - Alta-Aurelia peaked at the right time, knocking off a pair of higher seeds to earn a spot in the 2A championship game at the State Softball Tournament in Fort Dodge Thursday, but they didn’t have quite enugh magic to knock off number one seed North Linn and its dominant pitching. They fell 3-0...

FORT DODGE - Time ran out on Newell-Fonda Thursday night, as they fell 6-2 to #2 seeded Lisbon in the 1A third place game at the State Softball Tournament at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex. The 90-minute time limit was called after five innings of play, giving the Mustangs the fourth place trophy in their 11th trip to State, all since 2005...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Results of the 2019 American Rivers Conference Football Preseason Poll (as voted on by the league’s head coaches): 1. Wartburg (7) t-2. Central (2) t-2. Dubuque (1) 4. Simpson 5. Coe 6. Loras 7. Nebraska Wesleyan 8. Luther 9. Buena Vista...

The new football season is underway for the Buena Vista Beavers as Head Coach Grant Mollring returns for his third season. Last year was a difficult one for the Beavers as they struggled to a 1-9 record, winning their first game and then bowing in the final nine. Mollring has four wins in his first two seasons on the sideline, but hopes that his junior class can lead the way to a better year for BVU...

STORM LAKE - The American Rivers Conference’s league office released its 2019 Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll this afternoon just ahead of the start of preseason camp later this week. Buena Vista was picked to finish in ninth after totaling eight points...

STORM LAKE - The Buena Vista University athletic department has announced its 2019 Fall Kick-off Event for Tuesday, August 27 at Lake Avenue Lounge in downtown Storm Lake. The event is free and open to the general public. It will begin with a social hour at 5 p.m. followed by the program starting at 5:30 p.m., where each of BVU’s fall coaches will give a brief preview to the crowd regarding their upcoming season...

STORM LAKE – A group chat for the entire Buena Vista University baseball team often dives into discussion of the 2019 season, a campaign that reached its conclusion in the NCAA Division III National Tournament. “We always talk about it,” says Devon Van Houten, a junior to-be. “It’s almost like we can’t believe it happened.”...

Hailing from Pickstown, South Dakota, which he describes as, “Just a tiny, rural town of 150 people and a nine-hole golf course,” University of Sioux Falls soon-to-be senior JJ Cooney came from seemingly nowhere to win the 97th Northwest Amateur Tournament Sunday at Spencer Golf and Country Club at 17-under par after finishing his first round on Friday just 1-under...

The 97th Northwest Amateur Golf Tournament in Spencer, Iowa is just a couple of days away. The NW Am has been held at the Spencer Golf and Country Club since 1921. It was the 2nd golf tournament ever played in Iowa, with the Iowa Amateur being first. ...

In Iowa, sports are about community just as much as they are about competition. Susan Kies, 2019 IGHSAU Softball Hall of Fame inductee, has embodied that mentality since she began her career at Newell-Fonda High School in 2006. “Once we reached eighth grade, we were given the option of going to high school softball or staying in the major league, and I chose to go to high school softball where I started varsity my eighth grade year,” Kies said...

Local gymnasts from Le Mars and Storm Lake got the experience of a lifetime by attending a three-day gymnastics camp hosted by The Turn Around Dance and Gymnastics Studio. The camp was organized and setup by Mike Copeland and Samantha Rasmussen who are owners of The Turn Around. Three guest coaches were hired to work the camp, Jeremy Mosier, Wendy Bruce and Jerry Blakely...