By Kristi Nixon GARNER — A red-hot shooting Lake Mills boys basketball team was not to be denied by Osage, handing the Green Devils two of only five losses this season, and this time meant more as the Class 2A eighth-ranked Bulldogs put an end to their 18-5 campaign with a 72-47 defeat at Garner-Hayfield-Ventura…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Blake Fox earned his first title as a freshman. Tucker Stangel completed an undefeated season as a junior. And, last, but certainly not least, Nick Fox became a four-time state finalist and two-time state champion to cap what was already a foregone conclusion that the top-ranked Osage wrestling team…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — With four into the finals, the top-ranked Osage wrestling team clinched the Class 2A team title and won both the state dual and individual team title in the same year for the first time in school history. The Green Devils will seek crowns by Blake Fox (120), Anders Kittelson…
Green Devils dominating 2A field By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Not much went wrong for the top-ranked Osage wrestling team in a dominant quarterfinal round for the Green Devils as they command a 47-point lead heading into day three of the Class 2A state wrestling tournament. Seven of eight quarterfinalists are into the semifinals…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Never count Osage out in a wrestling match. Case in point: Green Devil heavyweight Mac Muller, who found himself on his back in the first period of his second round match against Creston’s Max Chapman. However, his positioning was at the edge of the mat and he said he…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — The St. Ansgar girls’ basketball team set and tied a few marks and came a step closer to breaking another in the Saints’ 83-47 Class 1A Region 1 quarterfinal victory over Mason City Newman on Tuesday, Feb. 14. What’s not to love on Valentine’s Day? “Tonight, we played excellent…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — Osage girls’ wrestling keeps bringing a wrestler to the state tournament who you can never count out. For the second year in a row, the Green Devils boast a wrestler to make an incredible comeback during her state wrestling journey. This year, it is sophomore Annaliese Arciniega, who, after trailing…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — For the second year in a row, the area boasts the same two 100-pound state semifinalists in the girls’ state wrestling tournament. Mariah Michels, now wrestling for the North Central Trailblazers, and Osage’s Gable Hemann, are into the semis, although the two are facing different opponents rather than each other…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — Jalynn Goodale spent countless hours in order to earn win No. 100 in just 20 seconds. The top-ranked senior 110-pounder for Osage pinned her first-round opponent, Isabella Smith of Pella, to become the first Green Devil girls’ wrestler to achieve the career milestone. “I’m a little bit on Cloud Nine…
Osage girls wrestlers benefit from female coaches By Kristi Nixon DECORAH — No doubt head coach Ryan Fank motivates his Osage girls’ wrestling team as the Green Devils claimed the Region 8 title on Friday, Jan. 27 and are sending eight to the inaugural Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union state meet. However, when any…
