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Westercamp TD gives Hawks first win
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Dalton Westercamp broke free for a 19-yard touchdown run with just 1:18 left in the game to give Central Lee its first win of the year Friday night at home [Read More…]
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Bass runs through Hounds for five TDs in 35-10 loss
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – Mt. Pleasant breaks out of each huddle behind imposing 6’6″ 335 lb. tackle Henry Lutovsky. But it was the 5’11 Logan Bass the proved to be too much [Read More…]
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Hellige takes 3rd at Superconference meet
FAIRFIELD – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Matt Hellige was 19 seconds off the pace at the Southeast Iowa Superconference meet Monday at Fairfield’s Waterworks Park. The senior, who’s ranked 16th in Class 1A, as of the [Read More…]
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Hounds can’t keep pace with No. 5 Mediapolis
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It ended as it probably should have with Mediapolis senior Helaina Hillyard recording a kill from the center of the net. The Class 2A fifth-ranked Bulldogs kept Fort [Read More…]
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Lady Hawks take HTC Classic title
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s an odd feeling for a Fort Madison volleyball team to not be on the floor for the championship match of the annual Holy Trinity Classic. But that’s [Read More…]
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Lady Hawks, HTC girls both go 3-1 at Keokuk tourney
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Knoxville proved to a be thorn in the side of Lee County schools at the Keokuk Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday. Holy Trinity Catholic advanced to the championship match against the [Read More…]
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Crusaders find heart in win over BND
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – “These girls are better than they think they are,” said Holy Trinity Catholic girls volleyball coach Melissa Freesmeier Tuesday night. Freesmeier was all kinds of fired up after [Read More…]
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Central Lee’s path not getting any easier
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The road doesn’t get much easier for Central Lee this week after starting the season 0-2. The Hawks are coming off an 82-14 pounding at the hands of Mediapolis [Read More…]
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HTC gets storm-shortened win over Mid-Prairie
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Lightning struck, figuratively, with six minutes left in the first half of 9th-ranked Holy Trinity Catholic’s girls regional soccer game when senior Taylor Boeding blistered in a shot [Read More…]
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Avery suffers early exit after tough draw at state
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WATERLOO – Sam Avery had about as tough a path to try and place at the Iowa State Tennis Tournament as any unseeded player in the draw. But the senior from [Read More…]
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Ailes wraps up state track with two more medals
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…]
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PRs continue to fall as FM boys take Central Lee Invite
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Personal records continue to fall as the boys on the Fort Madison track team brought home another first-place finish in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year with [Read More…]
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FM boys stay unbeaten with win over Keokuk
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison won their fourth match without a loss to open the tennis season. The Bloodhounds made quick work of Keokuk 7-2 at home Monday night taking five of six [Read More…]
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Bloodhounds move to 2-0 with win over Muskies
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison boys tennis team is off to an impressive 2-0 start after knocking off visiting Muscatine 7-2 Monday night at the Fort Madison High School tennis [Read More…]
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FM girls start soccer season with win
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It took about 10 minutes for the Lady Hounds to get their soccer legs, but Fort Madison opened the soccer season with a 3-1 win over Canton [Read More…]
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Hayes suffers injury, Settles will make podium
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…]
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HTC girls go cold in season-ending loss
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…]
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Pekin ends HTC boys’ hoops season
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…]
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Lady Crusaders hold off Nikes in regional tussle
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…]
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FM girls fall to Fairfield to wrap up regular season
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…]
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HTC boys get win at Central Lee
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…]
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Mohrfeld takes 5th in state 100-yard breaststroke
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…]
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No titles, but Hayes, Settles, and Kruse headed to state
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…]
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HTC sends area swimmers off to state
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…]
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Bloodhounds better than Grayhounds on senior night
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was the last night for seniors on the black and red wrestling mat at the HoundDome, and all four seniors got wins, as Fort Madison put away [Read More…]
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HTC girls give Van Buren a run on the road
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR VAN BUREN – Van Buren snapped Holy Trinity’s winning streak at six, but it took all four quarters to get it done. The Crusaders held a four-point half-time lead but surrendered [Read More…]
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Hounds take back conference wrestling title
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the first time since 2013, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds will put some numbers on the wrestling conference champion banner hanging in the HoundDome. Despite taking advantage [Read More…]
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Fedler slays Chiefs…again
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s Jayden Fedler just has the Keokuk Chief’s number on the basketball court. The junior post player scored 23, including knocking down two free throws with 1.1 [Read More…]
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Fort Madison rolls Fairfield Thursday night
FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison Bloodhound wrestling team moved one step closer to a conference title with a lopsided 66-6 win over host Fairfield on Thursday night. The Hounds battled their way to several close [Read More…]
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HTC girls rally in crazy Danville matchup
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Senior Emily Box was held scoreless for three and a half quarters Tuesday night, but the Holy Trinity girls basketball team rallied for a 29-26 win over [Read More…]
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Second half rally falls short for HTC girls
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders got five three-pointers from senior Taylor Boeding in the second half, but couldn’t catch up to Central Lee, falling 50-46 Friday night at home. Boeding, who [Read More…]
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Fort Madison overwhelmed in loss to Notre Dame
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – It wasn’t the same team that pulled away from Danville earlier this week when Fort Madison junior Jayden Fedler hit a career high 41 points. The Bloodhounds boys [Read More…]
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Lady Hounds move to 0-8 with loss at Notre Dame
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – Fort Madison Head Coach Todd McGhghy said with a smile after his Lady Hounds dropped a 60-42 loss to Burlington Notre Dame Saturday night, “We’re close.” When pushed [Read More…]
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Lady Hounds can’t find win at Hamilton
PCC STAFF HAMILTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound girls basketball team is still searching for its first win of the year after dropping a 51-27 loss on the road to West Hancock on Tuesday night. [Read More…]
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Van Buren too much for Holy Trinity girls
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Van Buren junior Taryn Scheuermann has already committed to the University of Northern Iowa and she lived up to the hype on Tuesday at Shottenkirk Gym. The [Read More…]
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HTC boys quiet in 2nd half loss to Van Buren
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After playing some of their best basketball of the year, the Holy Trinity Crusaders went almost silent in the second half as Van Buren pulled out a [Read More…]
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Balanced scoring keeps HTC in the win column
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity girls continue to get balanced scoring and strong inside defense to help keep them in the win column. The Crusaders held off a third quarter [Read More…]
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5th-ranked Hayes takes 195lb title at Keen Invite
PCC STAFF INDEPENDENCE – Fort Madison senior Sam Hayes rolled through a high-octane Cliff Keen Independence Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Independence. Hayes, rated 5th in the state at 195 in the most recent [Read More…]
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Soft second half sinks Crusaders to 0-3
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s young basketball season seemed to be taking shape for the boys in the first half Saturday night, but somebody put a lid on the Crusaders’ [Read More…]
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HTC girls just miss bid for Mepo upset
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity wiped out a six point deficit at the end of the third quarter but fell just :04 seconds short of knocking off visiting Mediapolis Saturday [Read More…]
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Hounds heavy on shooters going into season
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite the loss of two first-team all-conference picks last year, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds boys basketball team may be in a better position to compete for a [Read More…]
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Holy Trinity boys hoops team growing up
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – HTC boys head basketball coach John Hellige must have put something in the water bottles at Holy Trinity Catholic last year as his Crusaders have seen a [Read More…]
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Holy Trinity takes Class 1A runner-up trophy
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – A storybook season came to an end Friday amidst the tears and anguish of a Goliath that David couldn’t slay. Janesville sent the Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders [Read More…]
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HTC one match from title
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – A two-point error in favor of the Holy Trinity girls volleyball team was the catalyst for a return trip to the Class 1A state championship. The Crusaders, [Read More…]
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Hellige improves 32 spots from 2017 state mark
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT DODGE – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Matt Hellige was all smiles after improving almost 32 spots over his 2017 performance at Saturday’s State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge. Hellige, [Read More…]
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HTC girls advance after regional win
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After a hiccup in the second set, the Holy Trinity volleyball team moved on to the Region 8 Class 1A semifinals with a win over WACO at [Read More…]
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Hounds want to keep county seat in Fort Madison
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite a lackluster season from both Keokuk and Fort Madison on the gridiron, the Hounds are highly motivated to keep the one trophy of the year in [Read More…]
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Beason, Panthers too much offense for Bloodhounds
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – It didn’t take long for Mt. Pleasant to set the tone Friday night in handing the Bloodhounds their sixth straight loss. The Panthers scored quick and often [Read More…]
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Crusaders need 30 to stop FMHS at Mepo
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – It took 30 points to avoid a tiebreaker third set, but Holy Trinity Catholic was able to find that point Thursday night on a Taylor Boeding kill to [Read More…]
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Demons hand Hounds fifth straight loss
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – Glimmers of what could have made this year a winning season, flashed like the lightning that forced three delays in a 32-7 Bloodhound loss Friday night on the [Read More…]