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Grundy Center alum Willis settling into Upper Iowa Football
Grundy Center alum Wes Willis is gearing up for his first season in the Upper Iowa football program. A 2021 Spartan graduate, he spent three seasons at Northwest Missouri State before transferring to the only Division II program in Iowa. Willis, a defensive lineman, hopes to bring his skills in...
New Hampton, Sumner-Fredericksburg to Square Off in State Baseball Semis
Chickasaw County will be represented in Thursday’s (07.25) semifinals of the Class 2A State Baseball Tournament in Carroll. Sumner-Fredericksburg advanced Tuesday (07.23) night with a 6-2 defeat of Wilton. The Cougars scored three runs in both the third and fourth innings as they upped their record to 24-4. Davis...
S-F-T Falls in Extras; One More Game
Monday night on Y99.3 the Sumner-Fredericksburg-Tripoli softball team lost a thriller in the State Quarterfinals to Dubuque Wahlert. The 6-seeded Cougars led 5-1 before the 3-seeded Golden Eagles stormed back to take the lead 8-5. S-F-T then scored 3 runs in the 6th to tie the game which eventually went into extra innings. In the bottom of the 8th inning with two outs Julia Roth hit a walk-off home run to right to give Wahlert the win 9-8.
From Louisville to Waterloo: Badin’s Moore finding success and grinding toward a big-league dream
WATERLOO, Iowa — Lucas Moore has immersed himself in the grind, playing in nearly 100 baseball games since February. That’s a lot of competition for a guy who just turned 19 in April, and the summer isn’t over. But Moore, a 2023 Badin High School graduate, is happy to press on.
UIU Baseball Snags Sixth Consecutive ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
The American Baseball Coaches Association is proud to recognize the over 800-member college and high school programs from across the country that have been awarded the 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award, which is presented by Sports Attack. Teams from every level of college and high school baseball were honored...
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