By Kristi Nixon EAGLE GROVE — Once again, the Class 2A top-ranked Osage boys wrestling team completed an undefeated Top of Iowa Conference season, capped with a 3-0 night at Eagle Grove on Thursday, Jan. 11. And, just in time, senior 175-pounder Max Gast got his first mat time of the season since the 2023…
ELKADER — Christian Michels won all three of his matches by first period fall to win the 120-pound weight class at Central Elkader on Saturday, Jan. 6. Michels improved to 18-4. Coach Barry Kittleson’s Saints also had four runner-up finishes, including Regan Witt, who earned his 100th career win with a 49-second pin over Dubuque…
TRIPOLI — With only two wrestlers competing, Riceville finished 10th out of 11 teams at the Tripoli Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 6. Both Will Felper, wrestling at 138, and Andrew Pridgen, at 190, finished sixth to score 10 points for the Wildcats. Each lost in the quarterfinal round after receiving a bye with Felper pinning…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Going from no points at halftime to 18 by game’s end, St. Ansgar senior guard Tyke Remster helped the Saints pull off a huge 61-58 home win on Friday, Jan. 5. He scored 13 alone in the fourth quarter, hitting three of his four three-pointers. It was a full…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — St. Ansgar girls basketball coach Scott Cakerice knew that Mason City Newman would be bothersome in his team’s 54-47 triumph on Friday, Jan. 5. It was only a matter of handling their swarming full-court pressure defense, something he said they managed much better after half. “Better the second half…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — Even minus a few of its regular lineup, the Class 2A top-ranked Osage boys wrestlers showed how formidable it is with a double-dual sweep of a Class 1A ranked Nashua-Plainfield team and St. Ansgar at home on Thursday, Jan. 4. The Green Devils topped the Class 1A fifth-ranked Huskies in…
NASHUA — Riceville’s boys basketball team stepped out of conference play to eke out a 58-57 victory over Nashua-Plainfield on Tuesday, Jan. 2. N-P failed to complete an old-fashioned three-point play on a basket and foul on Landon Foelske, and Gunnar Smith took the ball and scored with about five seconds left to pull out…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — With the flip of the calendar, Osage 110-pounder Gable Hemann (30-1) made the necessary changes it took to defeat an opponent who topped her handily less than two weeks ago. The junior, who was ranked second at 105 pounds by the Iowa Wrestling Coaches Association, suffered her only loss to…
Due to an omission in the print edition, this article is running online only. OGDEN — Gable Hemann was Osage’s lone champion at the Ogden Girls Wrestling Tournament, taking the 110-pound title with a win by fall over Nevada’s Ashlyn Leslie. She pinned her way to the title, leading coach Ryan Fank’s Green Devils to…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — Two previously unbeatens tangled in Top of Iowa East Conference boys basketball action and, fittingly, the game was decided in overtime. After a slow start, Osage and West Fork came out firing in the second half, and the Green Devils had to rally from a flurry by the visiting Warhawks…
