WAVERLY — A total of 387 runners — 198 boys and 189 girls — toed the line and completed the 5K course at Waverly College here on Saturday. The third annual Steven Johnson Invite brought together a slew of quality teams, big and small, from across the state, as well as competitors from ...

WEBSTER CITY — Storms will have to be weathered by Webster City on several different fronts when district football gets underway this evening. For starters, the Lynx (3-1) are one of the key players in the spotlight match-up in Class 3A District 2, as they’ll host defending district ...

WEBSTER CITY — Jess Howard doesn’t unleash the “glare of scare” during every match, but when she does you know she’s somewhere between unhappy and smoke close to pouring out of her ears. Webster City’s head volleyball coach gave her players the look several times last night ...

JEWELL — South Hamilton will begin its Class 1A District 2 journey this evening on the road against Madrid. Coming off back-to-back wins over Woodward-Granger and Manson-Northwest Webster, the Hawks (2-2) will be out to take what they hope will be a first step towards a third consecutive ...

ROLAND-STORY — The South Hamilton girls’ and boys’ cross country teams both placed seventh, while the Webster City boys’ squad was eighth at the massive Roland-Story Invitational here yesterday evening. Nearly 20 teams were in the field at River Bend Golf Course. The Hawk boys ...

Boys are dumb. From right around the age of 10 until they are, oh, let’s say 21 or 22, boys are just really dumb. That’s the running joke I have with my oldest daughter. Anytime a school dance rolls around, I remind her. Whenever the subject of dating is broached, I fall back on my tried ...

WEBSTER CITY — One play with the ball sitting three yards shy of the goal line to win the game — Bob Howard doesn’t just like those odds, he loves them much the same way he loves his dog and John Wayne. That one play didn’t go his way Friday night and the Hall of Fame coach ...

JEWELL — Coming out of his stance at a stocky 231 pounds, South Hamilton fullback Cade Flaugh gives as good as he gets when contact is made. Defenders might not flinch the first time they meet Flaugh. They might handle it just fine on the fifth meeting too. But by collision Nos. 10, 11, 12 ...

FOREST CITY — Match by match, Webster City sophomore Alayna Finucan backs up the idea that she is an elite libero. And looking at the numbers, it’s hard to argue with that theory. With 77 more digs in her back pocket following Saturday’s Forest City Invite, Finucan has 280 on the ...

WEBSTER CITY — The numbers scream PlayStation, not reality with flesh and blood players and a 48-minute clock. There’s no way they’re real, right? That’s the story Wyatt Wegener’s resume tells through three weeks. Algona’s 6-foot, 200-pound wingback who has drawn interest from ...

HAMPTON — It might have taken a few points to kick the rust off the tires, and there was also a Set 4 hiccup, but for the most part the Webster City volleyball team did what it wanted in its first match in nine days here last night. The Lynx opened up a 2-0 lead and went on to knock off ...

JEWELL — It’s homecoming week in the hallways at South Hamilton and the Hawks will attempt to end it with a celebration at Taylor Field this evening. Following a 28-14 victory over Woodward-Ganger a week ago, South Hamilton (1-2) will battle for a second straight win this evening when ...

VENTURA — Quinton Grove earned himself a spot on the first page of the leaderboard and the South Hamilton boys’ cross country team sat in the bronze medal position at yesterday’s Clear Lake Invite. Running at the Iowa Regular Baptist Camp, the Hawks received strong runs from Grove, Ty ...

HUXLEY — Emma Peck had the right idea as she walked straight from the finish line towards a group of her Webster City teammates at Monday’s Ballard Invitational. Less than 30 seconds after she completed the 5-kilometer course on the sometimes flat, sometimes hilly Ballard Golf and ...

WEBSTER CITY — Webster City sophomore wrestler Camron Phetxoumphone will take his shot at many of the nation’s best 106-pound grapplers later this fall when he takes part in the Super 32 Challenge in Greensboro, N.C. Widely regarded as one of the top preseason folkstyle tournaments in ...

WATERLOO — There’s no dome around Memorial Stadium, but it sure looked like an arena game broke out on the turf field Friday night. Defensive stands were as rare as a bloody steak, as Webster City and Waterloo East combined for 757 yards of offense — the total topped 1,000 yards if ...

JEWELL — Corey Klemp was being sarcastic, but there was plenty of truth in what he was saying. “Oddly enough, we create four turnovers and don’t give up any turnovers and we win a game,” Klemp, South Hamilton’s head coach, said. “Our thing has always been we control the ball and ...

JEWELL — When Hailey Cavan smiles, South Hamilton succeeds. And her pearly whites were on full display on Coach Jim Marsh Court last night. It’s been a long road back for the senior outside hitter, who suffered an ankle injury in preseason practice and wasn’t quite her normal bubbly, ...

WEBSTER CITY — Let’s be honest, not a lot of people expected the Webster City football team to be 2-0 at this early juncture of the season. And let’s add another layer to that storyline: reaching 3-0 will be more difficult than many people probably believe as well. Coming off a mildly ...

JEWELL — A two-game home stand comes at the perfect time for a South Hamilton football team looking for answers following back-to-back road setbacks early in the season. The Hawks will make their 2019 debut at Taylor Field this evening when they host Woodward-Granger in non-district play ...