By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Most of the faces have changed, but the result during the last few years has remained the same. The Saint Ansgar girls shuttle hurdle relay will be racing in the Class 1A final on Saturday, May 20. The quartet of Kenzie Peterson, Brylee Wynia, Maria Michels and Aspen Falk…
By Kristi Nixon GREENE — The Osage boys’ golf team won the 2023 Top of Iowa East Conference title at Round Grove Golf Course hosted by North Butler on Monday, May 8. A new school record for 18 holes by the Green Devils of 313 included all six golfers for coach Eric Goddard’s team among…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Two of the three area track and field Drake Relays representatives were throwers, with both Ericka Power of Osage and St. Ansgar’s Ryan Hackbart not reaching the final out of the first flight in the discus and shot put, respectively, on Thursday April 27. Power, who earned the final…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — On a night when the five Osage seniors were honored at the final regular season home meet, a couple of rival underclassmen battled it out in the sprints. Osage freshman Quinn Street and St. Ansgar sophomore Dylan Brumm had a couple of sprint battles, trading off finishes ahead of the…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — An improved effort for the Osage boys’ tennis team, the Green Devils did better on the scoreboard, but the 10-2 Decorah Vikings pulled out the 5-4 win on Tuesday, April 25. During the first match of the season, Osage dropped the road match, 6-3. “The improvement comes from playing a…
By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — Even though a lot of the Osage boys’ golf team members weren’t happy with their performances, it was still good enough to top both the host school, Mason City Newman, and Central Springs on Monday, April 24. In fact, the Green Devils had the four lowest scores of the…
By Kristi Nixon IOWA CITY — Ryan Hackbart was aiming for the Drake Relays. He may have accomplished that with his first shot put attempt in the finals during the Eastern Iowa Track & Field Festival at Iowa City West High School on Saturday, April 15. Hackbart put out an effort of 52 feet, 8…
MITCHELL COUNTY — It was a very windy day for trapshooting, and some fared better than others as all three area teams competed at the Mitchell County trapshooting range on Thursday, April 13. Osage’s Franklin Bielecki shot nearly-perfect right out of the chute, hitting all 25 targets in the first round and 24 out of…
By Kristi Nixon HAMPTON — Osage boys tennis may be in the infancy of its program, but with a 9-0 road win over Hampton-Dumont last week at Progress Park, the Green Devils sure didn’t look like it. Coach A.J. Francis’ team showed patience and good serving in sweeping the Bulldogs and winning back-to-back matches on…
By Kristi Nixon GREENE — St. Ansgar couldn’t have asked for a nicer first day of golf action when they traveled to Greene’s Round Grove Golf Course on Monday, April 10. A few of the boys’ golfers, who finished fourth in the quad meet, are also participating in track and field this spring, but the…
