DES MOINES – The following is the weekly fishing report for southeast Iowa provided by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Central Park Lake The lake is currently drained as a renovation project is finishing up. [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Lee County Conservation and Pheasants Forever are hosting a family fishing derby this Saturday, July 21 at 9 a.m. at Riverview Park in Fort Madison. There will be no charge for this [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fairfield Trojans completed a five-game sweep of the Bloodhounds on the year with a 12-0 win in Class 3A District baseball action on Saturday The Trojans’ Jackson Wheaton went [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He has a knack for art, and his canvass is paint, but Ian Hauck has found a new interest that may have him sculpting some muscle. Hauck [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DES MOINES – The following is the weekly fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the week ending July 18th. It would appear early morning or deep fishing is [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR NEW LONDON – The Burlington Notre Dame Nikes held HTC to just one hit in a 4-2 loss Tuesday ending the Crusaders’ season. The twos team played for the third [Read More…]
PCC STAFF DES MOINES – The following is the Iowa Department of Natural Resources weekly fishing report for Southeast Iowa for the week ending July 11, 2018. Iowa River (Columbus Junction to Mississippi River) The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A six-run first inning proved to be too much Thursday night as Fort Madison’s Lady Bloodhounds bowed out of Class 4A regional softball action with a 14-2 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR IOWA CITY – Maycee Featheringill drilled a three-run homer in the top of the fifth inning to help FMHS to its first road win of the year with an 8-4 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR GOOSE LAKE – Despite a six-run first inning in the final game of the three-game tourney, the Lady Hounds had things pretty well under control at the Goose Lake Tournament [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The HTC junior high softball girls played their final two games this past week against New London and Van Buren. HTC finished with a record of 12-10. On Tuesday, June 19th, the [Read More…]
DES MOINES – The following is the weekly fishing report for Southeast Iowa from the Department of Natural Resources for the week ending July 4, 2018. Big Hollow Lake Channel Catfish – Fair: Try down [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A six-run fourth inning that started with a hit-batsman and two errors gave the Fort Madison Bloodhounds what they needed to down Holy Trinity 6-1 on Wednesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – West Burlington jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead and went on to a 13-7 win over Holy Trinity Tuesday night. Jason Thurman went 2-for-3 with three [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds dropped a pair of games to Fairfield at home Monday night on senior night. Senior Tony Fortado took the loss in a 20-0 five-inning first game for Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOSAUQUA – Van Buren’s Jacob Plecker went 4-for 4 with three doubles and two RBIs to lead Van Buren to 11-7 win over a heartbroken Holy Trinity boys baseball team. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison pinned their hopes Monday night of a third home doubleheader sweep this year on one of their youngest players. Eighth grader Katie Dennis went into [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A local third grader was able to play a little baseball in the outfield at Wrigley Field on May 31. Jay Ellison, an eight-year-old in the Holy [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DES MOINES – If you applied for deer tags in Iowa this year, you can now look and see if you were successful in the drawing! Drawing results have been posted as of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Cole Thornton threw four innings of shutout baseball giving up just one hit as HTC unleashed a 16-0 rout of Burlington Notre Dame Thursday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders continue to get great pitching, but couldn’t get going at the plate in a 3-0 loss to 9th-ranked New London Tuesday night on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – The Bloodhounds baseball team managed just three hits in two games as Mt. Pleasant pounded FMHS 16-1, 12-0 in a doubleheader Monday night on the road. Dayne [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds were swept by Mt. Pleasant in a doubleheader Monday to highlight girls softball action. Fort Madison’s Cassie Powers took the loss in [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Catholic junior high softball team dropped four of its last six games in three doubleheaders. On June 7, the Crusaders lost to Van Buren 11-1 and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic boys baseball team ended a heavy week of baseball on a good note After a five-game stretch that started Monday, the Crusaders downed [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DAVENPORT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds softball team dropped a doubleheader on the road Wednesday night at Davenport North 11-3 and 12-2. FMHS looked to make a game of the opener [Read More…]
The following is this week’s fishing report for southeast Iowa as provided by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the week ending Jun 20, 2018. Big Hollow Lake Water had cooled down some, but [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Junior hurler Waylon Weirather pitched a complete game shut out Monday night for Central Lee as the Hawks rolled over Holy Trinity 6-0. It was shaping up to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison softball team helped end a streak at FMHS that had lasted almost 11 years. The FMHS softball and baseball teams both swept home doubleheaders [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A familiar face is back working with the FMHS girls basketball team. Former Bloodhound football and girls basketball coach Todd McGhghy will be back coaching the Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A dramatic ninth inning including three straight singles by Holy Trinity Catholic gave the Crusaders a 4-3 win over hot Cardinal of Eldon Monday night at South [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison head baseball coach Ken Steeples was sort of lost as to how many years it’s been since his Bloodhound baseball team has won a doubleheader [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DAVENPORT – Fort Madison lost two games on Saturday as part of a day trip to an invitational at Davenport West. The first game of the day, the Hounds went up against [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – HTC’s junior high softball team split a pair of games on June 1st, with Cardinal in West Point. In the first game, the Crusaders won 13-9. Paige Wasielewski went [Read More…]
DES MOINES – The following is the fishing report for local lakes, ponds and rivers for southeast Iowa for the week ending June. 13. Big Hollow Lake Water temperature are in the 80’s. Largemouth Bass [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Registration is now open for the annual Fort Madison Wrestling Camp of Champs. The event will be held July 10-13 at the Fort Madison High School Wrestling Room and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WAPELLO – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds got two hits from Maycee Featheringill and a two-run double from Sadie Smithburg in a rain-shortened 11-3 loss to Wapello on Wednesday night. The Arrows [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MONTROSE – Lee County Conservation will hold a Duck Blind Drawing on Thursday, June 21st at 6:30 p.m. at the Lee County Conservation Center. The blind locations will be located on the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – If Burlington joins the Southeast Conference in 2020 it’s almost certain to ramp up the level of competition in softball. The 16-0 Grayhounds slapped two 11-1 five-run affairs [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders need to find a way to get a third out. The boys had upset on their minds again Tuesday night in West Burlington [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DAVENPORT – If Holy Trinity Head Coach Michael Sheerin had his way, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union would just give automatic bids to the top two girls soccer [Read More…]
SOUTHEAST Big Hollow Lake Water temperature are in the 80’s. Largemouth Bass – Fair: The spawn has wrapped up; adults have moved out to deeper water to cool off. Work the flooded trees with soft plastics. Bluegill – Fair: Warm [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning, but couldn’t get a runner around and dropped a 7-8 extra inning affair Friday against [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity junior high softball team split a pair of games at New London Thursday night. In game one, New London edged the Crusaders 12-11 with Anna Sobczak [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Kamryn Bailey homered for the third time this year and Hounds put up 20 runs against Wilton Friday to snap out of a 5-of-6 losing stretch. The Hounds [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – Holy Trinity will make the trek to Davenport Assumption Monday night to face the No. 1 Class 1A team in the state after knocking of Mediapolis in the semifinals [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WATERLOO – Fort Madison’s Katie Larson and Miho Shirai captured 8th place at the Iowa High School Girls state doubles tennis tournament at the Byrnes Park Tennis Center Thursday in Waterloo. Larson, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team needed three goals in the second period to get past Columbus Junction in the first round of Region 8 district soccer Tuesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LONE TREE – Back to back singles by Collin Thornton and Vasin Thurman with two outs in the top of the eighth inning set the stage for Zander Schweiss’ two-run [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds dropped two games to Washington Friday night 1-7, 8-13. In the opener, sophomore Brandon Reichelt spotted the Demons three runs in the bottom of the first [Read More…]
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