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Lady Hounds suffer first game jitters in loss to Notre Dame

BURLINGTON — Fort Madison’s girls soccer team was playing its first game of the season.Notre Dame-West Burlington already had played once.And that made a difference.The Bloodhounds’ …

Lady Hounds bring most back from 12-4 season

Carrie Burken started planning for this season within days of last season ending. But the Fort Madison High School girls soccer coach had to change those plans when she started losing players to …

Hounds end football sharing deal with HTC

 FORT MADISON – Officials at Fort Madison High School have announced the sharing program with Holy Trinity Catholic, specific to the Bloodhound football team, will not be renewed for the …

Morrison, Bendlage, and Hellige named 1st team All-SEISC South

LEE COUNTY – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Luke Hellige led the list of SEI Superconference South All-Conference student athletes released this week. Hellige was the only area player to be …

HTC girls cool off in season-ending loss to No. 8 Wolves

WINFIELD — Winfield-Mount Union has been a postseason thorn for Holy Trinity’s girls basketball team.The Crusaders came into Tuesday’s Class 1A regional quarterfinal against the …
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HTC boys run streak to four games

KALONA — It will be a while before Holy Trinity’s boys basketball team plays again. But the Crusaders take plenty of momentum into the break. Holy Trinity extended its winning …

Crusaders wake up in win over Wapello

WEST BURLINGTON — Tony Johnson told his Holy Trinity girls basketball team to “wake up” a few times in the first quarter of Friday’s SEI Superconference Shootout game against …

HTC ruins Central Lee's senior night

DONNELLSON - Central Lee's bench was dancing earlier this week on a last-second win over Danville. That dance almost continued Tuesday on Senior Night. The Lady Hawks trailed by 12 points with …

Girls' post-season pairings released

Holy Trinity and Central Lee open the Iowa girls high school basketball postseason with home games, as the Class 1A, 2A and 3A regional pairings were announced on Tuesday by the Iowa Girls High …

Lady Crusaders get 10th win of the year

Allowing just three points in a half? “I’ll take it,” Holy Trinity girls basketball coach Tony Johnson said. The Crusaders’ offense has been working well lately. Now the …