As Libby Perkins rounded the first and second turns leading to the backstretch of the Carroll Athletic Field track, she seemed to be a lone runner on the circuit.
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One little tap of the foot was all it took for a pair of Kuemper Catholic teammates to get the better of their cross-town rivals on Monday afternoon.
There was no question. On Monday night, there was no better team in the 800-meter events than the IKM-Manning boys track teams.
It took just a couple of jumps for Cole Corey to deliver the first win for the South Central Calhoun boys track team Monday night.
Wins in the No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles brackets helped propel Kuemper to a second-place finish at the annual Spencer tennis tournament on Saturday.
For the second-straight meet, the final score wasn’t clear until all the scorecards could be counted.
Rain and wind threw the Carroll and Kuemper girls golf teams for a bit of a loop on Thursday afternoon.
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A day delay in the running of the meet didn’t seem to slow Carroll down.
Carroll’s girls track team finished fourth at the Nevada meet held Thursday. The Tigers finished with 108 points. Roland-Story won the meet with 129 points.
Kuemper was met with some success when the Knights traveled down to Missouri Valley on Friday afternoon.
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There was more than a bit of uncertainty heading into Monday’s meet.
The two local teams had a strong showing at the Richard Ryan Relays held Tuesday afternoon in Gowrie.
The Kuemper tennis teams could not have asked for better starts to the season.
The first golf meet for the Kuemper boys in almost two years was one that came down to the final holes.
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When wind is a factor, control of the ball is what teams strive for.
So far this year, blue tracks have been a good charm for at least one local track team.
Spring has arrived, and that means that the 2021 16” softball season will begin soon.
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Facing a headwind that made it hard to walk at times, let alone get a decent stride going, it seemed nearly impossible for a new personal record to be set.
As of press time, there is no one faster in the 200-meter dash than Glidden-Ralston senior Brigham Daniel.
Cole Corey started his final high school track season with plenty of confidence.
IKM-Manning’s track teams had plenty of success at Monday’s Chelsey Henkenius Early Bird track meet held in Lake City.
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The basketball season didn’t slow him down, and he wasn’t afraid to show it.
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For the first time in more than a year, the Carroll Tigers track and field teams were able to take to the track last Thursday.
As a sports fanatic, I’ve never cried after a game.
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It was a challenging year that was made just a little harder before the first game even started.
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The cagey, steel-nerved pilot who finessed the Minneapolis Lakers’ twin-engine DC-3 through a 1960 wintery whiteout to an emergency landing in a cornfield on the north side of Carroll recalled seeing Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor standing in the snow minutes later, looking into the sky, seeming…
When an entire starting five squad makes the All-Conference team, you know that team had a special year.
Spring has arrived, and that means that the 2021 16” softball season will begin soon.
In what was a tougher-than-usual season in the Raccoon River Conference, the Carroll girls were able to land three of their best on the conference team.
The winners of bracket pools are almost always people who don’t follow the sport of basketball. So I came up with a foolproof plan to win it all this year.
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Throughout the season, the Kuemper Catholic boys basketball team only seemed to get better.
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Three area players were named the best of the best in high school basketball this season.
DES MOINES: The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) announced the 2021 boys basketball all-state teams on Tuesday. The teams were selected by print sports writers in Iowa during a virtual meeting on Saturday, March 13.
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DES MOINES: Playing as the eighth seed against the defending champions, it wasn’t expected that they do much of anything.
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Two Kuemper Catholic girls basketball players were recently honored for their work on the basketball court this season.
I didn’t see it coming.
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DENISON: Success of this kind hasn’t been seen in nearly a decade, yet the memories of this class, this run, will be tainted.
MARSHALLTOWN: When senior Brennan Holder broke the 40-40 tie with a three-pointer early in the fourth quarter, he wasn’t just breaking a tied ball game. He was sending his team on a collision course with history.
For the second-straight game, a three-pointer by a key senior was the final spark.
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JEFFERSON: South Central Calhoun’s Eli Wheelock found serenity in a moment of chaos.
Neither team started the way they wanted, but the finish was what left everyone talking.
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It took one pass, one shot and one steal for the Carroll Tigers to save their season.
Early on, there was no doubt that the upset streak was going to continue.
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