Staff Report
DES MOINES — Running out of the first of four heats on a rainy Friday morning in Drake Stadium, Osage’s Michael Johnson ran to 26th out of 30 in the 110-meter high hurdles preliminary race.
He was in lane two and crossed the finish line in 15.55 seconds for his place.
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’…
“You’re not expecting that call to your own house…” St. Ansgar reserve officer John Beyer (left) receiving his award from St. Ansgar Polic…
By Kristi Nixon CHARLES CITY — Even as she handled the medallion around her neck received for qualifying for the state volleyball tournament, St. Ansgar sophomore Lindsay Kruse found it hard to believe she and her teammates had pulled off a minor upset of Janesville. In fact, the No. 9-ranked Saints made it look easy…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Capping a busy week of ups and downs, the Saint baseball team had their own share of ups and downs against Charles City and fifth-ranked 1A team Kee, Lansing at their own Cedar River Classic tournament on Saturday, June 12. Freshman Gus Walk was solid in 6 1/3 innings…
By Kristi Nixon ROCKFORD — When something works well, you keep going back to it. During Osage’s 25-14, 25-11, 25-12 volleyball sweep at Rockford, Taylor Klobassa kept feeding Jacey Johnston, who tallied 16 kills as the Green Devils improved to 14-12 overall, 7-0 in the Top of Iowa East. “Taylor and Jacey had a lot…
By Kristi Nixon CLEAR LAKE — Rain was the winner in the Osage boys tennis team’s efforts to finish off this match at Clear Lake on Thursday, April 11. Only one singles match, No. 3 Brady Nicholson, was able to finish before rain first delayed it, and, when the two teams were warming up and…
