FMHS’s Hellige takes 12th in the mile run BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Keokuk’s Miracle Ailes and Fort Madison’s Matt Hellige wrapped up the final day of the 2019 Iowa State Track meet [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS HOBBS, New Mexico – Elijah Barnes knows how to save his best for last. Friday at the National Junior College Division I outdoor championships, the Fort Madison High School graduate became [Read More…]
Pen City Current Sports WEST POINT – The anticipated cross-town matchup for Fort Madison and Holy Trinity girls’ soccer teams turned a bit one-sided Friday evening at South Park in West Point. The Bloodhounds had [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Keokuk High School’s Miracle Ailes added to her 2019 medal count, while teammate Braylon Edwards and Fort Madison’s Quentin Schneider grabbed their first medal ever during Friday action [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – Senior Alyse Schmidt was the only Fort Madison’s girls tennis player to advance in Wednesday’s individual regional competition at Fairfield High School. Out of the two singles matches and the [Read More…]
Sophomore clears 5’7″ on 3rd attempt for schools first state title in a track and field event BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports DES MOINES – Keokuk’s Miracle Ailes is the best Class 3A girls high jumper [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC Editor DES MOINES – Just moments after taking 5th place in the 3200 meter run, Fort Madison’s Matt Hellige was already thinking about what’s next. Hellige, who was running in the top [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS DES MOINES – After running in the second heat of the girls class 3A 4×100-shuttle hurdle relay Thursday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, each girl on Fort Madison’s team took [Read More…]
Ten area athletes to compete in Thursday’s opening session of the 2019 State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Here’s what on tap at Drake Stadium [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – For the third time in a four game stretch, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds shut out an opponent and came away with the win, this time taking down Davenport [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School Red team won 10-1 on the road at Keokuk in the Little Hounds final game of the season. Xander Wellman, and Nathen Bowen both recorded [Read More…]
BY BRIAN NEALLee County Speedway DONNELLSON – After having a week off due to the saturated grounds, the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa returned to action on Friday, May 10th. Even though mother [Read More…]
PCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls tennis team competed at team regionals Monday at Fort Madison High School. The Bloodhounds were able to collect an opening round victory over Southeast conference foe [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DANVILLE – Austin Sexton and Brody Rung each scored goals Monday night as Fort Madison edged Danville on the road 2-1 to move the Bloodhounds back to even play on the year. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity boys soccer squad gave West Burlington/Notre Dame all they could handle, but dropped the fourth contest of the year to the Nikes 2-1 in the Southeast Iowa [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Ali Robu shot a 113 around Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in the Class 1A girls regional Monday afternoon, while HTC’s senior Kyle Bredemeyer finished 7th in boys [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – It was a bittersweet day on Friday afternoon for the Fort Madison Bloodhound boys and girls track team…but a bit more on the sweet side. The Hounds qualified [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – The fun story of a couple of twins from Holy Trinity Catholic continues to unfold as Jason and Vasin Thurman earned a return trip to the Byrnes Park Tennis [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Fort Madison’s Tommy Wade and Keokuk’s Alex Wolter each shot 89s to tie for 13th at the Iowa Class 3A sections held at Flint Hills in Burlington Thursday. Mt. Pleasant’s [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Sophomore Claire Pothitakis and junior Ashlynn Haas each scored Thursday night at Bracewell Stadium, but the two goals weren’t enough to subdue the Grayhounds as HTC fell 3-2. Holy Trinity [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys soccer team is even on the year at 7-7 with a 2-1 loss to Fairfield on a chili Thursday evening. Javier Trejo put up a [Read More…]
Robu ties for 6th in SEISC girls meet BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – Fort Madison junior Blake Algrim shot an 88 and carded and tied for the second best score on the back nine at [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – For the second-consecutive game, Fort Madison keeper Josie Pumphrey recorded a shut out, this time blanking Mount Pleasant Tuesday night at Baxter Sport Complex. It’s a good thing [Read More…]
EDITOR’S NOTE – The following story has been edited to reflect Fort Madison played Washington and not Fairfield as previously reported. Pen City Current regrets the error and apologizes to readers and coaching staff. BY [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team is finding their groove as the regular season winds down. HTC knocked off Canton, Mo., 5-1 on Monday night behind two second half [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s girls tennis team placed second out of the four teams that competed at Monday’s Southeast Conference tournament at Fort Madison High School. Larissa Ferrill started strong [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPen City Current Sports FORT MADISON – Coming into Monday’s contest at Baxter Sport Complex, Fort Madison’s girls soccer team was sitting at No. 2 in the Southeast conference (Mount Pleasant sits at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Jadon Hawk shot an 85 good enough for 9th place and the final 1st team position at Monday’s Southeast Iowa Superconference boys high school golf meet. West Burlington/Notre [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison boys tennis team’s No 1-4 players didn’t drop a set all year in conference play and carried that streak into Monday’s conference meet in Fairfield. The Hounds won [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The 2nd annual HTC Pajama Run 5K Fun Run/Walk is set for June 8 in West Point. Funds raised from the event will go to the Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball [Read More…]
FORT MADISON 3rd, Holy Trinity 4th at Green Acres in Donnellson Saturday BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Jadon Hawk shot a 14-over 86 at Saturday’s Central Lee Invitational at Green Acres Golf Club in Donnellson [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School soccer teams split two matches the past week with the Red team winning both games and the Black team losing both games. The Fort Madison [Read More…]
Girls 4×100 team places second at conference meet in Fairfield BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FAIRFIELD – Fort Madison’s team scores might have been towards the bottom of the standings by the end of the Southeast [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s girls tennis team had a combined 16-2 record over its past two contests coming into Thursday’s matchup with Camanche. Playing on their home court, the Bloodhounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s girls soccer team went through the roughest stretch of the season over the past four games, but despite dropping 3 of 4 matches the Crusader’s moved [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS Fort Madison’s boys soccer team was ready for what was supposed to be a big week when it came to conference play. Mother Nature had other plans, cancelling the Bloodhounds first [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – Pending school board approval, long-time assistant coach Derek Doherty will be the new head football coach for the Fort Madison High School football team. As head coach, Doherty’s [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORT FORT MADISON – It’s been a couple of years, but the Fort Madison Bloodhounds (6-5) are back sniffing around the top of the Southeast conference leaderboards in boys soccer. Taking on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – The clouds opened up after Fort Madison swept all six singles matches at Keokuk Thursday night, cancelling any doubles action. But the Bloodhounds took all six singles matches from [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports KEOKUK – Football players are known to get into a warrior-esque mindset when they step on the field. Playing on a football field Thursday, Fort Madison’s girls soccer team adopted that [Read More…]
DES MOINES – The following is the weekly fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the southeast portion of the state. Big Hollow LakeA few more anglers out this last week on [Read More…]
PCC STAFF OSKALOOSA – Out of the 15 teams that competed at the Oskaloosa Invitational Tuesday, Fort Madison finished 12th with a combined team score of 362. Nevada won the meet with a team score of [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The last time Fort Madison’s girls tennis team faced Fairfield, the Bloodhounds were swept on their home court 9-0. Tuesday the Hounds took to the road to face Fairfield on their [Read More…]
Hellige breaks 10-minute mark in 3200 for 2nd place BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS KEOKUK – Fort Madison’s boys track and field team placed second out of the seven boy’s teams that competed at the Keosippi [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – It took an extra hour to get started, but the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ soccer team was raring to go in a 2-0 shut out of Columbus Tuesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Claire Pothitakis scored another hat trick, her third of the season, and Sam Pothitakis threw a shut out in the net as Holy Trinity moved to 6-1 on [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – After facing some stiff competition at the Pella Invitational this past weekend, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds are back to winning handily against local competition. On Tuesday, at the Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS Fort Madison’s girls soccer team (4-3) had averaged 2.33 goals scored per game on the season coming into Monday’s home match against Iowa City Liberty (4-3). That average dipped to an [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s Josh Barr and Ali Robu both shot a 45 on the front nine at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course to lead the Crusaders over Van Buren in the dual [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – One of the Bloodhounds’ goals at the beginning of the season was to at least reach the .500 mark on the year. After coming away with a 4-2 [Read More…]
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