WEBSTER CITY — The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced on Friday a revised schedule plan for the 2020 football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has held the country hostage since mid-March. Adopted by the IHSAA Board of Control, the new plan reduces the regular season ...

WEBSTER CITY — Webster City went undefeated in North Central Conference play and won its second straight league title and third in four years this summer. That’s impressive. And what’s even more impressive? The statistical dominance the Lynx showed throughout the course of the ...

WEBSTER CITY — Inside the North Central Conference, there were a few hitters that made opponents groan whenever they stepped inside the batter’s box. Webster City sophomore Kelly Stoakes was one of those chosen few. And she was rewarded accordingly. Following a shortened 2020 ...

WEBSTER CITY — Tyler Olson is a pitcher who lives at the knees. He nibbles at the outside corner until that part of the plate is a gnarled mess too. It’s how the Webster City junior won 11 straight decisions over a 13-month period and put together one of the finest resumes for a pitcher ...

WEBSTER CITY — It was Gamblers Night presented by Seneca Foundry at the Hamilton County Speedway driven by Spangler Automotive on Saturday. Four racers made their second trip to Integrity Trucking Victory Lane this season, while two others paid a fourth visit. Action in the Super Late ...

WEBSTER CITY — Ty McKinney smears eye black all over his cheeks prior to each baseball game. It’s his war paint, and his attitude between the lines matches the intensity in those eyes that the black goop protects. Webster City has many talented players, but when it comes to the ...

WEBSTER CITY — Coaches say it all the time, but it usually falls on deaf ears. Records. Mean. Nothing. Take Ballard, for instance. Its 9-7 record entering Saturday’s Class 4A Region 2 semifinal at Lynx Field was solid, but nothing to quake in your cleats about, right? But dig for the ...

JEWELL — Lightning didn’t strike twice for the South Hamilton baseball team. Two days after they knocked off seventh-ranked Roland-Story in the Class 2A district semifinal round, the Hawks were unable to pull off a second consecutive upset on Saturday at the Mike Penning Athletic ...

STORY CITY — Quinton Grove is like a knuckleball pitcher without the knuckleball. He doesn’t throw hard, a fact he readily admits, and his curve is a borderline eephus pitch with the way it slowly loops into the zone. Would his off-speed style be effective over eight or nine starts in a ...

GRUNDY CENTER — Kyah Luhring came to the ballpark to play Wednesday night, and her Grundy Center teammates followed the senior’s lead. Consequently, the Spartans’ season continues to suck in oxygen for the time being. Luhring, the daughter of former Webster City High School head ...

WEBSTER CITY — Think of it like a game of euchre — Webster City and Algona have been slow-playing it all season, just waiting for the perfect moment to let the trump cards fly. The fireworks will begin soon enough. The North Central Conference rivals will meet for a third time this ...

WEBSTER CITY — The regular season didn’t end exactly like the Webster City softball team envisioned. The remedy for that disappointment? A strong run in the postseason. And that begins this weekend. Looking to rebound from back-to-back losses, the Lynx (7-6) will host a Class 4A ...

IOWA FALLS — Tyler Olson wants that trophy and he thinks he and his Webster City baseball teammates deserve it. But what if the Lynx don’t receive it? Oh well. “Even if they don’t give us a trophy or crown us a champion, we’re conference champions,” Olson, Webster City’s ...

WEBSTER CITY — This was a lemon, there’s no other way to put it, and the Webster City softball team now has only a few days to turn it into lemonade. Senior Night didn’t go according to plan for the Lynx on Monday, as they struggled at the plate during six of the seven innings and ...

STATE CENTER — South Hamilton completed the season hat trick and advanced in postseason play here Monday evening. Resuming their suspended Class 2A District 13 quarterfinal against Heart of Iowa Conference rival Prairie City-Monroe, the Hawks rallied from a 5-4 deficit to prevail, 8-7, ...

WEBSTER CITY — After staying dark for the Fourth of July holiday, the Hamilton County Speedway driven by Spangler Automotive returned to action Saturday with Carload Night presented by NAPA Auto Parts. Fans witnessed 83 entries compete on the high-banked half-mile clay oval, including a ...

WEBSTER CITY — Bob Howard takes a loaded question and immediately returns a loaded answer. How confident is Webster City’s Hall of Fame football coach that there will be prep football in the state of Iowa this fall? “As confident as I am that every kid is doing what they’re ...

WEBSTER CITY — Surprise, surprise — Carlisle can still hit the ball. Hard. That’s always been the hallmark of the Jim Flaws’ led program, one that has been a constant at the top of the state rankings over the past two-plus decades. The Wildcats feast on pitching, any pitching ...

STATE CENTER — South Hamilton’s Class 2A District 13 quarterfinal baseball game against Heart of Iowa Conference rival Prairie City-Monroe got started here Saturday evening. It just never finished. Weather forced the suspension of the game with two outs in the bottom of the third ...

WEBSTER CITY — With a river of sweat pouring down from his forehead, Webster City head baseball coach Adison Kehoe turned to William Shakespeare to offer a glimpse into the psyche of his all-state pitcher, Tyler Olson, as darkness enveloped Lynx Field Wednesday evening. “Heavy lies the ...