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Lynx ready to take the next step

For now, the Webster City girls track program welcomes back one returning state qualifier. Lynx head coach Tyler Mosbach hopes junior Cloe Savitski will have plenty of company, though, before this season is said and done. Mosbach likes the makeup of his squad for 2024, as Webster City ...

Drivers ready to hit the track in Hamilton County

An unusually-warm spell of early-spring weather has race fans ready to see the green flag drop at Hamilton County Speedway. The 2024 season at the 1/2-mile semi-banked track is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 6, with what is being called the “Ice Breaker” — complete with a chili ...

Howard will be honored Saturday

The Webster City community will honor Bob Howard this Saturday. A special reception honoring the recently-retired head football coach will be held in the West Lobby of the Webster City High School Competition Gym. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. A pulled pork sandwich meal ...

OLD SCHOOL

T.J. Otzelberger’s Iowa State roots run deep, first established in 2006 when then-Cyclone men’s basketball coach Greg McDermott hired him as a 29-year-old assistant. Otzelberger’s philosophies, meanwhile, have even more of a throwback ISU feel. He cut his teeth with McDermott and Fred ...

Moon named track athlete of the year

Former South Central Calhoun standout Spencer Moon was named the USTFCCA Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year. Moon picked up his 13th and 14th career all-region honors in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, leading the region in the 5,000 and placing second in the 3,000 for Simpson. The Lake ...

Stuhr earns state honor

Webster City senior Joleah Stuhr was named a 2023-24 recipient of the E. Wayne Cooley “You Can” Award. The honor, named in honor of the longtime executive director of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, E. Wayne Cooley, illustrates the qualities of determination, character and the ...