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Sandoval named SEISC South Player of the Year

LEE COUNTY - Central Lee’s Kenna Sandoval was named the Southeast Iowa Super Conference South Division’s player of the year, as chosen by the conference’s coaches. Holy …

Crusaders ousted in gut-wrenching regional semis

ALBIA – Holy Trinity’s Emily Ross is the only senior leaving the Lady Crusaders softball team this year. But that made Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Seymour in the Class 1A Region 1 …

HTC wins first-ever 20th game

WEST POINT — The three runs Holy Trinity scored in the bottom of the fifth inning of Wednesday’s Class 1A Region 1 quarterfinal against Wapello did more than give the Crusaders the lead. …

HTC earns 19th win of the year

MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds got a Southeast Conference win on the road at Mt. Pleasant Thursday night. Brylie Lorence homered again for the Hounds in the 10-2 win over the …

Crusaders wallop WACO 23-4

WAYLAND – The Holy Trinity Catholic softball team had their biggest offensive output of the season Tuesday night in a 23-4 win over WACO in a four-inning affair. The Crusaders put up a whopping …

Lorence homers three times in Danville win

FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison softball team was shut out by Burlington Thursday night in a Southeast conference game after a six-run top of the 6th. The Lady Hounds downed Danville 17-2 on …

Central Lee, HTC start post-season play at home

FORT MADISON - Central Lee and Holy Trinity will get early home games in their respective regional softball tournaments. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released pairings for all five …

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Central Lee boys improve to 12-3

DONNELLSON – The Central Lee baseball team improved to 12-3 on the year with a 15-5 six-inning win over West Burlington Tuesday night. The Hawks put up six runs in the bottom half …

Lady Hounds roll behind Lorence's sixth homer

KEOKUK – The Fort Madison Lady Hound rolled Keokuk 16-4 in just four innings Thursday night behind senior Brylie Lorence’s five RBI night. The senior homered, her sixth of the year, in …

HTC win starts busy week for Crusaders

WEST POINT — The postseason might seem far off for the Holy Trinity softball team, given the regular-season schedule the Crusaders have to face this week. But Monday’s 7-5 win over …

Crusaders get back in the win column

DANVILLE — Holy Trinity’s softball team needed a response after suffering back-to-back losses. The Crusaders got that, and then some, in the 12-0 win over Danville on Thursday night. Holy …

Hawks flex muscle in late win over HTC

WEST POINT – Central Lee Head Coach Jason Hawk and Holy Trinity Catholic Head Coach Loren Menke played a little chess on Wednesday night at South Park in West Point. Hawk was able to get …

Zwielbohmer spins shutout over HTC

CHECK THE CUTLINE ON THE SECOND PICTURE WEST POINT – It may have been tough to pronounce her name, but it certainly won’t be tough for the Holy Trinity Crusaders to remember Quinn …

HTC girls extend win streak to five games

PEKIN – Holy Trinity Catholic won its fifth game in a row in big fashion with an 18-1 win over Pekin Monday night on the road. The Crusaders got two homeruns from Sydney Jarvis and the …

Hounds caught in one-run slump

The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys dropped two games each by just one run in the midst of a seven-game week. On Wednesday, the Hounds fell 3-2 to Van Buren County at the Field of Dreams site in …

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