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Webster City girls compete at Humboldt

HUMBOLDT — The Webster City girls track and field team claimed a third-place finish here Monday at a meet hosted by North Central Conference rival Humboldt. Algona placed first overall, with the Wildcats second. The Lynx were followed in the team standings by Pocahontas Area, Southeast Valley, Hampton-Dumont/CAL, Estherville-LC and St. Edmond. Isabel Grossoehme won the 400-meter dash, going 1:04.60, while also anchoring both the sprint medley and 4x400 relays to gold medals. Kali Hartnett, Isabel Weinschenk, Tessa Hansen and Grossoehme went 1:56.16 in the sprint medley, as the ...

Lynx boys fall to Clear Lake

The Webster City boys tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to Clear Lake on Monday afternoon. Nathan Wardell pushed his match to a super-tiebreaker after splitting two sets with Walker Willams at the No. 1 singles spot. Wardell dropped the first set, 6-3, bouncing back to take the second, 6-2. Williams, though, won the match with a 13-11 victory in the super-tiebreaker. Max Anderson and James Elliott both won four games in their singles matches, as did the doubles pair of Wardell and Sage Bock. Blake Arjes picked up three games, with both Bock and Vincent Bittner each winning ...

TIGHT AT THE NET

The Webster City boys tennis team secured a dual victory over Iowa Falls-Alden here last Friday behind three singles wins and two more doubles triumphs for a 5-4 win. Nathan Wardell and James Elliott had their hand in four of those, as Wardell scored a straight-set victory at No. 1 in singles over Carter Zollar, 6-4, 6-2. Elliott, meanwhile, picked up a forfeit at No. 5, as did Vincent Bittner, for the Lynx. In doubles, Wardell and Sage Bock were victorious, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 1 over Tristen Kappel and Isaiah Nelson, with Elliott and Fabian Ferto-Holdgrafer picking up a forfeit at ...

Lynx quartet runs at Drake

DES MOINES — Kali Hartnett, Tessa Hansen, Isabel Weinschenk and Isabel Grossoehme got the chance to experience the Drake Relays here this past Saturday. The Webster City quartet competed in the first round of the 4x100-meter relay from inside Drake Stadium, finishing in a time of 51.63. That was good enough for 83rd overall and fifth in the second heat. Hartnett, Hansen, Weinschenk and Grossoehme came into the meet seeded 93rd overall, moving up 10 spots, while also taking time off their qualifying effort of 51.77. Two former South Hamilton standouts were also in action during ...

CLARION — The Webster City girls golf team finally got on the links for North Central Conference action, defeating both Clarion-Goldfield/Dows and Hampton-Dumont/CAL here Friday. The Lynx had a score of 217 led by a 53 from Mylie Keller, which earned the junior runner-up medalist honors. Claire Kirstein of Clarion-Goldfield/Dows was medalist, claiming the tiebreaker over Keller. “It was just great to get a meet in,” WCHS head coach Jeff Lyons said. “The weather has kept us off the course, but the girls came out and played well.” Alleyna Dawson and Carli Jessen both added ...

Webster City boys run at Pocahontas

POCAHONTAS — The Webster City boys track and field team capped off last week by competing here at the Pocahontas Area Invitational. The Lynx claimed three relay titles and several other Top-5 individual finishes while nearly setting a five-decade old school-record. In the distance medley, the quartet of Jaxon Griffith, Kaleb Hansen, Rylan Stroner and Justin Callahan won in 3:34.62, including a 1:57 anchor by Callahan. Gabe Thumma, Kaleb Draeger, Jack Barner and Arlen Lake won the 4x800 relay in 9:03.04, as Daniel Murillo-Delfin, Stroner, Hansen and Callahan came together to ...