BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds got nine first-place finishes including two each from juniors Quentin Schneider and Matt Hellige in individual events en route to 1st place B Division [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison School board voted Monday night to approve an agreement to allow Holy Trinity Catholic student athletes to play baseball for the Bloodhounds this summer. At [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – At one point it was Holy Trinity 17, the girls “Home” All Stars 13 in Saturday night’s Senior All-Star Classic at Father Minnett Gym at Notre Dame High School Holy [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONMOUTH – Junior Quentin Schneider captured 3rd place in the boy’s 400 meter run to lead the Fort Madison Bloodhounds at the Silver Streak Last Chance Invitational Saturday in Monmouth. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Bloodhound boys track squad has some of the best numbers they’ve seen in quite a few years and co-head coaches Mike Schneider and Chad Hannum think the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR FALLS – The 2019 version of the Bloodhound boys’ track season got underway Tuesday at a loaded A.D. Dickinson Relays where the top runners in the state gathered to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s Jacob Mohrfeld took three titles and set a state YMCA record over the weekend. Mohrfeld’s just a couple weeks out from placing at the Iowa High [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Registration is now open for the 2019 Youth Baseball & Softball Leagues at Baxter Sports Complex. Last year was the inaugural season for the league through Baxter Sports Complex after [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Another post-season honor was handed down to FMHS’s Jayden Fedler. Fedler, a junior on this year’s Bloodhound basketball team, was named to the substate 5 bracket All-Substate team this week. [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds, who finished the conference wrestling season at 4-0 put three wrestlers on the 1st Team in the Southeast All-Conference list released Thursday. Those wrestlers included Sam [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls’ basketball teams finished their seasons undefeated last night with two wins at home against Washington. The ‘A’ team won by a score of 36-15 [Read More…]
WASHINGTON – Jamiah Williams poured in 18 points and pulled down four rebounds in a 55-47 loss to Washington in the 8th grade boys final ‘A’ game of the year Tuesday night. Kane Williams scored [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Several area basketball players were named to their respective all-conference teams in lists released this week. Holy Trinity Catholic High School senior Emily Box was a first team Southeast Iowa [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is the weekly fishing report for southeast Iowa provided by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Big Hollow Lake Ice is in pretty good shape; the edges might degrade this [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls’ basketball teams picked up a pair of wins Tuesday at home against Mount Pleasant. In the A game, Fort Madison won by the score [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He’s hung medals around the necks of some of the best wrestlers to go through Fort Madison. And now the ISHAA is hanging one around his. Fort Madison’s [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls’ basketball team played a make-up game last Friday on the road against Fairfield. The A team ran their record to 6-0 on the season [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Jordan Simpson put up 12 points Tuesday night in Mt. Pleasant as the Fort Madison 8th graders split two games with the Panthers. Jamiah Williams had 10 points and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Bloodhounds chased and nipped at the heals of the Washington Demons Monday night in Class 3A substate boys basketball, but couldn’t come up with the right play [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – The best stories are those that come with happy endings, but sometimes stories deserve to be written even when the end is met with heartbreak. Fort Madison’s Sam [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – If there were points given for disrupting offenses, the Fort Madison girls basketball team might have made it game Saturday night. But since points are only given for the [Read More…]
DES MOINES – It wasn’t the same match Danen Settles had with Jacob Murry a week ago at districts, but despite the outcome, Settles is now the 8th best heavyweight in the state. In the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Fort Madison junior Danen Settles will step on the podium at Des Moines’ Wells-Fargo arena on Saturday in his second trip to the state wrestling tournament. But exactly [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR SIGOURNEY – If it wasn’t the turnovers that did them in, the poor shooting didn’t help. The Holy Trinity Lady Crusaders committed 24 turnovers, shot 31% from the field and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR PACKWOOD – It got out of hand early, and despite a solid third quarter, the Holy Trinity boys basketball team’s season ended Thursday night at Pekin 74-42 in Class 1A districts. [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A fan bus that will take students, staff and adults to the Fort Madison Bloodhound basketball game in Oskaloosa Monday is being proposed, but a minimum of 20 riders will [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Despite a disappointing first round of wrestling Thursday at the state wrestling tournament, Fort Madison will send two Bloodhounds after a spot on the podium Friday. Junior Danen [Read More…]
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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison girls basketball team couldn’t have picked a better time to find their second win of the season. The Lady Hounds held on for a 46-44 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s becoming an annual trek for the family that is Fort Madison High School wrestling. On Friday, Head Coach Ryan Smith thanked about 70 people who showed up [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Emily Box may have summed it up best after the Crusaders ended Burlington Notre Dame’s season Tuesday night. “I’ve never played a game that rough [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fairfield Lady Trojans capped the season for the Lady Hounds with a 74-35 loss on the road Friday. The loss sets the regular season mark for the Lady Hounds at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Holy Trinity boys are undefeated in day games this year. The Crusaders played a make-up game Saturday morning at Central and held on for a 55-53 win in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR IOWA CITY – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Jacob Mohrfeld said he was hoping to get a top five finish at the state swim meet on Saturday. And then the junior who [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds didn’t come away with a title at the district state qualifying meet on Saturday, but the Hounds will be sending Elton Kruse, Sam Hayes, [Read More…]
106: Owen Kruse (Fort Madison) – 4th Varsity – Quarterfinals – Owen Kruse (Fort Madison) over Jayden Massey (Clear Creek-Amana) (Fall 0:30) Varsity – Semifinals – Ethan Wood-Finley (Iowa City, City High) over Owen Kruse [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s getting tougher and tougher to find ways to send Holy Trinity athletes off to state, but they found a way again on Friday as juniors Wyatt [Read More…]
3A DISTRICT WRESTLING PREVIEW – Settles, Cordray looking for return trips to state; 6th-ranked Hayes poised for run BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds have had an undulating regular [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Jamiah Williams scored 12 points and hauled in six rebounds as the Little Hounds rolled Keokuk 37-18 in the “A” game on Feb. 1. Jordan Simpson and Nick Fullencamp [Read More…]
PCC STAFF ELDRIDGE – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds managed just three wins in a 61-12 dual meet loss to North Scott Wednesday night. Senior Dayne Cordray scored a 6-4 decision over the Lancer’s Cael Bredar [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls basketball A team moved to 4-0 on the season with a 27-13 road win over Keokuk. Aija Jenkins led all scorers with 10 points, followed [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – Anna Kester and Braxtyn McGhghy led the Fort Madison Lady Hounds with 11 points in a 46-40 loss to the Burlington on Monday night. The Hounds managed just [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Fort Madison senior Logan Rashid put up 26 points in a losing effort Monday night as the Fort Madison boys basketball team fell to Burlington 67-61 Monday night. Rashid was a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A gritty first half wasn’t enough for the Crusaders as Burlington Notre Dame rolled to an 80-49 win in Southeast Iowa Superconference boys basketball action Monday. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR OTTUMWA – The Indian Hills Community College men’s track team finished last year rated 28th in the country at the junior college level. This year, the Warriors are rated 10th in [Read More…]
PCC STAFF CEDAR RAPIDS – Fort Madison’s Jacob Mohrfeld has qualified as the third seed for Saturday’s State Swim meet in the 100-yard breaststroke. Mohrfeld broke a Burlington High School record with a :59.66 mark [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders dropped two games in two days as regional action looms next week. The Crusaders fell 62-55 Friday night in the boy’s edition of the Southeast [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – Fort Madison spotted Washington a three-point first quarter lead and couldn’t find the streak to catch the hosts falling 73-64 Friday night. The Hounds (7-11) on the season, got 19 points [Read More…]
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