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The 12u Rampage baseball squad from the Webster City area brought home more first-place hardware from the 12AA United bracket at the Great 8 CIS Tournament. The event was at the Prairie Trail Complex on Ankeny. Pictured here are team members, front row (left to right): Kellen Walstrom, Jacob ...

EARLY CHALLENGES

FORT DODGE — The Webster City softball team concluded a tough week with a 9-1 loss to No. 7 (Class 1A) St. Edmond last Friday night at Rogers Park. Alivia Burns recorded an inside-the-park home run for the lone run of the game for the Lynx. Cloe Savitski recorded two hits and stole a ...

Adams headed to Arizona

It didn’t take long for Jalen Adams to find her new home. The former Fort Dodge all-state pitcher announced over the weekend that she has committed to the University of Arizona softball program. Adams, a second team all-Big Ten and all-region selection for the Iowa Hawkeyes this past season, has one year of collegiate eligibility remaining. “The coaches (at Arizona) were very good with their communication through this whole process,” said Adams, who had entered the transfer portal less than a week ago. “I was up front about the fact that (transferring) was all very new to me, ...

Lynx in action at N-F

FONDA — The Webster City baseball team was in action here Saturday at the Newell-Fonda Tournament. After falling to Council Bluffs St. Albert, 10-1, the game with the host Mustangs was called off due to weather after two innings. Alex Staley had two hits and Matthew Tesdahl one vs. St. Albert. Jamey Stansfield scored the lone run after being driven in by Braylon Dyvig. Staley also stole a base. Gordon Bargfrede had a hit vs. Newell-Fonda. Dyvig struck out one in two innings of work. Webster City hosts Algona in North Central Conference play for a doubleheader on Monday ...

South Hamilton gets on the board

THE SOUTH HAMILTON SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL TEAMS picked up their first wins of the season this past weekend. Emma Lammers and the softball squad defeated Dunkerton on Saturday in Hudson; Braden Young and the Hawks topped Perry on Friday. (DFJ photos by Angela Hewitt)

A TEAM FOR THE AGES

DES MOINES — What a run. The season didn’t end the way the Webster City boys soccer team wanted it to, but they forever etched their names into the school’s record books. The No. 7 Lynx (17-1 overall) lost to top-ranked Gilbert, 1-0, in a Class 2A state semifinal on Wednesday night ...