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Hawks set to face Jaguars

GOWRIE — The South Hamilton football team hits the road this week, taking on Southeast Valley here Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Hawks (0-2 overall) and Jaguars (1-1) are both coming off one-possession defeats, as South Hamilton fell at Panorama last week, 28-22. Wyatt Gelder leads the Hawks with 241 yards rushing and four touchdowns, as Titus Herrick also has a rushing TD. Kaden Dean has 60 yards on the ground, Maddux Becker has 56 and Herrick 47. Garrett Johnson has completed 4 of 5 passes for 88 yards, with two completions each going to Dean and Lyndon ...

GOING THE DISTANCE

The Webster City volleyball team dropped a heartbreaking five-set North Central Conference match to Clear Lake here Tuesday night. Scores were 16-25, 25-20, 18-25, 26-24 and 15-12. Avery Poppen had 10 kills, Jaylyn Bahrenfuss and Tristyn Wright each added nine and Evie Davis eight for the ...

Webster City in action at W-SR

WAVERLY — The Webster City cross country team was in action here Tuesday at the Dick Pollit Invitational hosted by Waverly-Shell Rock. Instead of running the meet with varsity and junior varsity races, each grade level has its own race. Justin Callahan placed fifth in the senior division for the Lynx, as did Aiden Wardell in the freshman race. Junior Izzy Grossoehme was 12th in her event. “Really proud of the progress our athletes have made with some huge jumps in the first few meets of the year,” WCHS head coach Derek Turner said. “Things are starting to click and we are ...

Mixed results for South Hamilton volleyball

DES MOINES — The South Hamilton volleyball team took part in a triangular with Saydel and Nevada here Monday night. After sweeping Saydel, the Hawks dropped a Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference match to No. 15 (Class 4A) Nevada. South Hamilton (9-10 overall) used a strong closing run vs. Saydel to take the opening set, 25-20, before winning the second, 25-12. Nevada posted three straight set wins by scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-13 for the win. Tessa Skartvedt recorded 10 kills and seven aces in the two matches to lead the way for the Hawks. Fiona Rott added six kills. Claire ...

SENIOR SEND-OFF

The Webster City girls tennis team honored the senior class here Monday night, dropping a tough 5-4 decision to Osage. Allie Severe and Alivia Burns, both members of that senior group, were winners in singles. They also paired up for a doubles victory. “It was a great chance to celebrate ...

Webster City edged in slugfest with Dodgers

The Webster City football squads went toe-to-toe and play-for-play with one of the top teams in Class 4A at home on Friday night. After 48 minutes of hard-nosed football, the Lynx came up just short against Fort Dodge in a 7-6 clash. All 13 points were scored in the second quarter, as Cal ...