DES MOINES — Two top-seeded wrestlers derailed North Tama’s wrestlers during Friday’s Class 1A session of the boys state wrestling tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Kolt Knaack took his first loss of the season against defending state champion Corbin Reisz of Logan-Magnolia in the ...
DES MOINES — No matter what position Kolt Knaack was in on Thursday, the North Tama senior was determined to keep his championship dreams alive. Alburnett’s Reece Klostermann landed a rare takedown on Knaack, but it was a footnote in Knaack’s 11-7 decision to reach the semifinals for ...
STATE CENTER — Lily Zahnd was, as the kids say, “cookin’.” When a young West Marshall girls’ basketball fan yelled out to her during last Saturday’s Class 3A Region 3 quarterfinal game against Union Community, Zahnd most certainly was. The Trojan senior scored her team’s first ...
DES MOINES — Kolt Knaack isn’t leaving anything behind when he’s on the mat this week. The North Tama senior is determined to make his final state tournament his most lucrative, and claimed victory in a 150-pound second-round match to start down the path at the Class 1A session of the ...
WEBSTER CITY – The No. 7 Union boys wrestling team crowned four district champions and two runners-up on its way to second place at the Class 2A District 11 tournament hosted by Webster City last Saturday, thereby qualifying six for the 2025 state boys wrestling tournament set for Feb. 19-22 ...
JEWELL – For the second-consecutive year, North Tama’s Kolt Knaack and Max Monat qualified for the boys wrestling state tournament with top-two finishes at the Class 1A District 9 meet at South Hamilton High School in Jewell last Saturday. It was a particularly exceptional day for ...
CORALVILLE – For All-American Jillian ‘Monster’ Worthen, last week’s girls state wrestling tournament ended on a triple high with the Union High School senior taking home her third state wrestling title – a feat that places her among the best of the best wrestlers in not only the ...
CONRAD — Josh Dostal scored a game-high 20 points and North Tama boys basketball broke free of a hard-working BCLUW team for a 63-47 win at BCLUW High School on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Brayton Cibula added 18 points and Kayler Morris scored 10 for the Redhawks (11-8, 8-4 Iowa Star South); Aiden ...
ROCKFORD — North Tama’s Kolt Knaack won Iowa Star Conference gold at the conference meet held at Rockford High School on Saturday, Feb. 8. The senior Redhawk wrestler secured the title in the 150-pound bracket. Knaack was 4-0 in a round robin at 150 pounds, winning three matches by fall ...
CORALVILLE - Briar Blake bounced back from a disappointing loss in the quarterfinals to quietly dominate her blood-round match as the North Tama senior assured her second state medal Thursday evening at the IGHSAU state wrestling championships. She’ll have some company on the podium this ...