PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison Middle School 8th grade boys basketball team dropped two of three games to Edward Stone on Thursday. Jamiah WIlliams poured in a dozen points for Fort Madison in [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MEDIAPOLIS – The Fort Madison varsity girls again found scoring difficult as they fell 69-12 Thursday night to the Lady Bulldogs on the road. Maddie Rashid hit a three-pointer in the first quarter [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF The Fort Madison 7th grade girl’s basketball teams opened up their season with two wins over Edward Stone Thursday night. In the A game, Fort Madison won 39-4. Aija Jenkins led all [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the first time since 2013, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds will put some numbers on the wrestling conference champion banner hanging in the HoundDome. Despite taking advantage [Read More…]
PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – Holy Trinity got 20 points from junior Quentin Schneider, but couldn’t hold up high-octane New London Tuesday night in Southeast Iowa Superconference boys basketball action. The Class 1A 4th-ranked Tigers [Read More…]
PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls basketball team has won four in a row and five of their last six including a 63-34 win at New London on Tuesday night. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic had five players in double figures as they rolled cross-town Fort Madison 69-22 Monday in girls high school basketball action. Holy Trinity’s Taylor Boeding [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Something was burning and there was cake all over the place, but the Holy Trinity Crusaders boys basketball team worked a 50-49 overtime win over visiting Fort [Read More…]
PCC STAFF CEDAR RAPIDS – Seniors Elton Kruse and Dayne Cordray, and junior Diego Lozano all captured second place finishes for the Fort Madison Bloodhound wrestlers at Saturday’s J-Hawk Invitational at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The 2018 Fort Madison High School Bloodhound Hall of Fame was a mixed bag of those who made significant contributions to the school’s athletic department. The school elected [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s girls basketball team had eight players score in Friday’s 21-56 loss to Keokuk, but the leading scorer had just four points. The Lady Hounds went scoreless [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s Jayden Fedler just has the Keokuk Chief’s number on the basketball court. The junior post player scored 23, including knocking down two free throws with 1.1 [Read More…]
FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison Bloodhound wrestling team moved one step closer to a conference title with a lopsided 66-6 win over host Fairfield on Thursday night. The Hounds battled their way to several close [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Area youth wrestlers competed in several tournaments over the weekend beginning on Friday Jan. 4th at Van Buren where Bo Brecount, Rainer Johnson, Wyatt Day, Bo Herdrich and Shawn Watkings [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Crusaders struggled to get anything going on the perimeter Tuesday against Danville in a 65-46 loss that snapped a three-game winning streak that started before the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Senior Emily Box was held scoreless for three and a half quarters Tuesday night, but the Holy Trinity girls basketball team rallied for a 29-26 win over [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity girls basketball coach Tony Johnson said the Crusaders still aren’t playing their best basketball, but Monday’s 60-43 win over Mt. Pleasant was pretty darned close. [Read More…]
PCC STAFF CEDAR RAPIDS – Several Lee County swimmers helped the Burlington High School swim team to a 6th-place finish at the highly-regarded Linn-Mar Invitational on Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Central Lee’s Blake Wyrick has [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School honored it’s 2017-2018 All-State performers between the varsity girls and the varsity boys basketball games Friday night. Eight athletes were honored with drawn renderings from Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s Anna Kester scored a season-high 18 points as Fort Madison got their first win of the season Saturday at home against Albia. The junior went [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Christmas break has been good for the Holy Trinity boys basketball team. The Crusaders ended the first half of the season with a win over Cardinal of Eldon prior [Read More…]
This article was updated at 7 p.m. Sunday to reflect Fort Madison’s dual win over Mediapolis. The results were inadvertantly omitted from the story and Pen City Current apologizes for the omission. PCC STAFF IOWA [Read More…]
Fedler leads Southeast Conference in scoring and rebounds, Rashid tops in assists PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison freshman Dayton Davis scored 19 points and 17 points, respectively in Friday and Saturday losses by [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders got five three-pointers from senior Taylor Boeding in the second half, but couldn’t catch up to Central Lee, falling 50-46 Friday night at home. Boeding, who [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A string of three falls in a row and a dramatic pin by Chance Hocker at 170 lbs were enough to give the Bloodhound wrestlers a big [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Area youth wrestlers competed in two different wrestling tournaments over the the past weekend. On Friday, Beau Wagner, Wyatt Day, and Tate Green all earned first place titles at a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic 8th grade girls finished the season even at 6-6 with a 29-27 loss to WACO at home Thursday before the holiday break. Mary Hellige led [Read More…]
BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison Wrestling Club captured seven first-place finishes at the Burlington Notre Dame/West Burlington Youth Wrestling Tournament on Friday. Those taking first place include Bo Brecount, Beau Wagner, Keelynd Ross, Clifford Stewart, [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Anna Kester led the Lady Hounds with 16 points as Fort Madison just missed getting their first win of the year Friday night in Southeast Conference girls high school [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – You had to go back to Miles Wentzien’s senior year in 2015 to find a Fort Madison boys basketball win over Mt. Pleasant. And the streak almost continued Friday night, [Read More…]
PCC STAFF ELDON – It wasn’t wrapped in a bow, but Holy Trinity packaged up a nifty second half to help snap an eight-game skid with a 68-52 win over Cardinal of Eldon on the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison didn’t get a single player in double figure scoring on Tuesday as they dropped their ninth straight this time a 46-23 loss to Washington at home. With the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Washington got 16 points from Trashaun Willis in the second half and pulled away from Fort Madison 73-60 Tuesday night at the HoundDome. Fort Madison had staked itself to a [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – FMMS hosted a quadrangular wrestling meet Monday with Keokuk, Washington, and Fairfield. The Little Hounds won 16 matches against four losses. Aiden Pennock had three pins and Daniel Sokolik also [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WAYLAND – HTC Head Coach John Hellige is hoping the fourth quarter of Friday’s loss to WACO is sign of things to come. HTC has struggled from the field for most of the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WAYLAND – The Holy Trinity Crusaders girls basketball team held off a wild last minute rally from WACO to hold off for a 42-37 win Friday night on the road. The Lady Crusaders [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – It wasn’t the same team that pulled away from Danville earlier this week when Fort Madison junior Jayden Fedler hit a career high 41 points. The Bloodhounds boys [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – Fort Madison Head Coach Todd McGhghy said with a smile after his Lady Hounds dropped a 60-42 loss to Burlington Notre Dame Saturday night, “We’re close.” When pushed [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A title match at 195 lbs pitting the Nos. 3 and 5 wrestlers in the state highlighted the 17-team Fort Madison Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Bloodhounds’ senior [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School boys 7th grade basketball team wrapped up its season with a couple wins at home against Mt. Pleasant on Thursday. In the ‘A’ game, Leif [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison eighth grade girls ‘A’ team fell to Mt. Pleasant 27-22 Thursday night on the road. Leading scorer for the Bloodhounds was Isabella Boeding with 10 points followed [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURINGTON – The Burlington Grayhounds swim team, featuring several athletes from Lee County schools, won a dual meet Thursday against Clinton at the Burlington High School pool. Holy Trinity Catholic junior Jacob Mohrfeld [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds downed Mt. Pleasant 45-31 Thursday night prior to Friday and Saturday’s Fort Madison Invitational Tournament at FMHS. Senior Sam Hayes down the Tigers’ Trevor Wellington in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A strong second half that saw Fort Madison outscore visiting Danville 23-18 wasn’t enough to overcome a sluggish start as the Bloodhounds fell to 0-7 on the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR – FORT MADISON – Fort Madison post Jayden Fedler may have established himself as one of the dominant inside players in southeast Iowa Thursday night. The 6’4″ junior shattered his [Read More…]
NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity Junior varsity boys basketball team knocked off New London at New London last Thursday behind 12 points from Chandler Rung. Rung converted four field goals and went 4-of-6 from [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade boys basketball squad took two games from Fairfield at home last Thursday, and tied a game. Leif Boeding led the ‘A’ team with 21 points including two [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound freshman basketball team posted a 58-18 win over Burlington Notre Dame Monday night. Dayton Davis who played in just the first half alone, led the Hounds with [Read More…]
WEST POINT – Mary Hellige poured in 16 points as the HTC girls 8th grade team rebounded from a loss last week to Central Lee. The Lady Crusaders downed Danville 35-6 in West Point. Alexa [Read More…]
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