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Lynx can’t stop Urbandale

ANKENY — The Webster City baseball team dropped a tough 7-6 decision to Urbandale here Saturday at the Prange Classic. The Lynx took a quick 5-0 lead, scoring three in the first inning and two more in the second. The J-Hawks rallied, tying it in the fifth. But Webster City (16-8 overall) was able to regain the lead in the bottom of the fifth before Urbandale won it with a run in the seventh. Matthew Tesdahl finished with two doubles, driving in a run and scoring once. Braylon Dyvig and Kaleb Hansen each added an RBI, as Jaxon Griffith finished with two hits and a run ...

JUST OUT OF REACH

FORT DODGE — The Webster City softball team went on the road here on Wednesday night and nearly added another ranked victory to their resume. In the end, a key two-run homer by the Fort Dodge St. Edmond career longball leader helped the third-ranked (Class 1A) Gaels secure a 5-4 victory at ...

EXTRA EFFORT

The Webster City baseball team split a North Central Conference doubleheader with Clear Lake on Monday before falling to Pocahontas Area on Tuesday night. The Lynx (16-7 overall) picked up a 6-3 victory in the opener, but the Lions rebounded to take the nightcap, 3-2. Pocahontas Area then ...

Lynx take down No. 11 Clear Lake

The Webster City softball team picked up another signature win on Monday, knocking off 11th-ranked (Class 3A) by a final of 3-2. With the victory, the Lynx (10-9 overall) went over the .500 mark on the season, handing the Lions (18-4) just their second North Central Conference loss. “Our ...

EARLY ENTRY

The wheels are in motion for eighth graders to participate in Iowa high school athletics as soon as this fall. Two months ago, Iowa lawmakers passed House Bill 2591, giving the go-ahead to eighth-grade students to join high school programs a year early. Governor Kim Reynolds signed that bill ...

ON THE TRACK

Nearly 80 drivers were in action at the Bob and Dean Flaws Memorial competition on Saturday night at the Hamilton County Speedway. Ben Nading of Ankeny won the USRA Modifieds feature race, with Lee Beemer of Fairmont, Minn. finishing as the runner-up. In the USRA Stock Cars event, Derek Green ...