Helliges earn top honors; Cresswell, Gehling, and Wyrick all 1st-team

LEE COUNTY – The father-son duo of John and Luke Hellige got top honors in the SEI Superconference South All-Conference honors. John Hellige, who took the Crusaders to their first-ever Class 1A …

Riddle, Smith get top honors in Southeast Conference awards

FORT MADISON – The winter sports accolades keep pouring in and several Fort Madison athletes have received honors from Southeast Conference coaches. Senior Nolan Riddle was named Wrestler of …

Second chances give Raiders district win over Hounds

WILLIAMSBURG — The same emotions that Fort Madison’s boys basketball team carried out of last season will be the ones the Bloodhounds carry into next season. Fort Madison was …

Riddle 4th, Thacher 8th as season wraps in Des Moines

DES MOINES – Fort Madison put two Bloodhound wrestlers on the podium in Class 3A wrestling at the IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament this weekend., but both felt they left a lot on the mat. The …
Early Chiefs' start dooms Hounds in regionals

KEOKUK — Landon Bentley showed the emotions from the end of his first season as Fort Madison’s girls basketball coach. Keokuk eliminated the Bloodhounds from the postseason, taking a …

Riddle hot after 3rd place

DES MOINES –  It was a day to walk up to podiums for the remaining two Bloodhounds at the IHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines Friday. Both Nolan Riddle (157 lbs.) and Ike …

Hounds lose four on Day 2

DES MOINES –  It was a rougher second day of wrestling for the Fort Madison Bloodhounds at the IHSAA State Wrestling meet in Des Moines. After going 4-2 on Day 1 wrestling, the Hounds were …

Bloodhounds find a way in regional win

FORT MADISON - Dayonna Davis had to be helped back to Fort Madison’s locker room after the Bloodhounds’ 50-41 win over Burlington in a Class 4A Region 1 quarterfinal on Wednesday night. …

Riddle, Thacher advance to quarters as Hounds go 4-2

DES MOINES – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds wrestling team was upbeat after the first day of wrestling at the IHSAA Boys State Wrestling Tournament Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. …