By Kristi Nixon BOONE — Getting sage words from the man whose name is brandished on the prestigious Mr. and Ms. Wrestler Award, the 2A recipient, Osage’s Tucker Stangel, took legendary wrestler and coach Dan Gable’s words to heart. During the course of Gable’s speech to those who were in attendance, which included family and…
Garrigan ends Riceville state bid By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — In a heartbreaking third straight attempt to advance to the girls state basketball tournament, Algona Garrigan once more turned away the Riceville Wildcats in the Class 1A regional final on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Mason City High School. The Golden Bears, who have won…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Osage coach Brent Jennings is sure his father is smiling down on him and his Green Devils. Capping an emotional week in which the soon-to-be Hall of Fame coach lost his father, Gerald “Jerry” Jennings, the night before the Class 2A district meet, Jennings coached four individual champions on…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Although all three area Class 1A wrestlers fell short of their goal of reaching the podium, all of them earned at least one win to take away positive memories from the 2024 state tournament. St. Ansgar seniors Regan Witt and Christian Michels both won their openers and then had…
By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — Shooting lights out compared to the regular season loss to Mason City Newman, the St. Ansgar girls basketball team handed the Knights a 59-40 season-ending loss in the Class 1A Region 6 quarterfinal on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Kinsey Anderson, who led all scorers with 17, had 10 points by…
By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — Mason City Newman freshman Westley Cole came off the bench and scored a career-high 32 points to help hand Riceville’s boys basketball team an 80-46 season-ending loss in the Class 1A District 4, Substate 2 first round game. Cole had 21 points in the first half, not missing from…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Osage assistant wrestling coach Ryan Kittelson sees many similarities with his high school wrestling career and his son, Anders’. Both lost in the final their junior years and now that the younger Kittelson won by 6-2 decision over PCM’s Tucker Wheeler, he is aiming to match his father’s state…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — With Mac Muller relaxed as can be, he capped off a 5-for-5 quarterfinal round for the top-ranked Osage wrestling team with a pin of Glenwoood’s Trent Patton in three minutes, 11 seconds. He got past the round that hung him up a year ago, recently made his college commitment…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Nothing about Osage 165-pounder Max Gast’s senior year has gone according to plan. When he had elbow surgery shortly before the start of the 2023 baseball season, he had no idea how much time he was going to miss. “I just thought if I did it before baseball so…
Two Saints, Riceville wrestler punch tickets to state By Kristi Nixon LAKE MILLS — Any way possible. For both senior St. Ansgar wrestlers who are making their way back to the boys state wrestling tournament, and for the lone Riceville wrestler to make his first trip, it meant a battle to get there. The Saints’…
