DES MOINES — Garrett Whitmore and Max Harfst stepped onto the blue oval inside Drake Stadium at different times, but with the same goal. It was all about the medal. Whitmore walked off it with a smile on his face and a sense of accomplishment. A little less than 24 hours later Harfst ...
DES MOINES — Logan Peters lingered on the Drake Stadium infield Saturday afternoon. He looked around the stadium, he approached and congratulated fellow runners — anything to make the moment last a little bit longer. Because once he walked away, it was for good. A ...
DES MOINES — The excuses were there for the taking, but no one bit. With the conditions being what they were Friday morning — water-logged would be a good way to put it — it would have been easy for South Hamilton thrower Lily Skartvedt or Webster City jumper Ashlyn Hay to blame the ...
WEBSTER CITY — As senior years go, Dylan Steen doesn’t have much to complain about. Football — All the Webster City standout did last fall was lead Class 3A District 2 in rushing, challenge Iowa’s all-time interception record and earn his second straight first-team all-state ...
DES MOINES — Conner Hill left every ounce of energy he had on the blue oval inside Drake Stadium yesterday afternoon. A few minutes later the South Hamilton senior left every ounce of liquid in his stomach inside a trash can on the infield, just a few feet from the finish line. Hill ...
DES MOINES — It takes an average human being 300 to 400 milliseconds to blink. What does that have to do with the State Track and Field Championships? Bear with me. Not one of the favorites to contend for a spot in the Class 3A 100-meter dash final, Webster City junior Garrett Whitmore ...
DES MOINES — There was a smile on Hailey Cavan’s face, but a tint of sadness in her eyes as she stood outside Drake Stadium yesterday morning. On one hand, the South Hamilton junior was pleased with her group’s performance in the Class 2A shuttle hurdle relay on the opening day of the ...
SPENCER — If you play golf, then you’ll completely understand this: Golf is oftentimes unfair. It can be mean too. All of the above might come close to explaining why one of the best players in Class 3A will not be in the state tournament field next week. Webster City senior ...
LYNX BOYS BLANK ’CATS: Isaac Bernard scored two goals in his final match at Lynx Field, as he led the Webster City boys’ soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Humboldt yesterday evening in Webster City. Jorge Alvayero fed Bernard a through ball in the 20th minute to stake WCHS (10-7) to a ...
WEBSTER CITY — Garrett Whitmore is a Webster City school-record-holding hurdler. He’s actually one of the best hurdlers in all of Class 3A and a favorite to leave the state track and field meet on Friday with a hurdle medal. There’s just one catch: The WCHS junior is adamant that he ...
WEBSTER CITY — Hit. The Board. As a long jumper, how hard can it be, right? Perfect your steps, sprint down the runway, take off as you hit the board and let gravity take care of the rest. Yeah, advanced trigonometry, that should be easy too. Not quite. Webster City junior Ashlyn ...
WEBSTER CITY — Looking too far into the future is the last thing Zoey Woodle wants to do right now. It’s too hard, too raw to think about what life will be like outside of a Webster City sports uniform. That’s who Woodle is, that’s what she knows. Four seasons, four sports, and ...
GARNER —The Webster City boys’ soccer team made a foul in the box and subsequent penalty kick stand up and the result was the end of a three-match losing streak here on Tuesday. Jorge Alvayero blasted the penalty kick past Garner-Hayfield/Ventura goalkeeper Landon Dalbeck in the 25th ...
WATERLOO — The Webster City girls’ tennis team saw its season end at yesterday’s Class 1A Region 4 singles and doubles tournament hosted by Waterloo Columbus. The Lynx were unable to come up with a victory, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort. The freshman doubles team of Kayley ...
JEWELL — Logan Peters quietly chuckled as Quinton Grove shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other as they stood just inches from one another on the South Hamilton High School track Monday afternoon. Grove, a junior, didn’t want to answer the question, even as Peters prodded him ...
JEWELL — The middle of April was filled with frustration for Lily Skartvedt, South Hamilton’s senior discus thrower who just couldn’t quite put it all together. The Bengal Relays in Gilbert on April 15: 92 feet, 7 inches. South Hamilton’s own George Abell Hawkette Relays on April ...
STATE CENTER — Cortney Harris has ridden in the backseat as Krista Swenson and Katelyn Sogard drove the car and rode shotgun all spring for the South Hamilton girls’ golf team. That changed on Monday and it was exactly what the Hawks needed. Harris had arguably her finest round of ...
WEBSTER CITY — For the second time in as many meetings this season, Chloe Johnson turned the Webster City defensive zone into her personal playground. After piling up five goals in a victory over the Lynx last month, Johnson, a sophomore, erupted for seven in the second encounter and she ...
LYNX GIRLS TENNIS FALLS: Freshmen Kayley Wibholm and Mackenzie Burney had the best performances of their budding careers in the regular season finale for the Webster City girls’ tennis team Monday afternoon in Fort Dodge. The Lynx dropped a dual meet to St. Edmond, 8-1. Wibholm, ...
CHARLES CITY — Chad Hisler didn’t hide his focus on the team championship banner in the days leading up to Friday’s Class 3A State Qualifying Meet. It was important to the Webster City boys’ track and field head coach, and he made sure it was important to his athletes as well. That ...