PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison Middle School 8th grade boys basketball team dropped two of three games to Edward Stone on Thursday. Jamiah WIlliams poured in a dozen points for Fort Madison in [Read More…]
The Fort Madison YMCA’s Winter Sports Sampler registration deadline is coming up on Jan. 25. This 4-week sampler is a great opportunity for children ages 3 to 6 years old to be introduced to basketball, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Something was burning and there was cake all over the place, but the Holy Trinity Crusaders boys basketball team worked a 50-49 overtime win over visiting Fort [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Crusaders struggled to get anything going on the perimeter Tuesday against Danville in a 65-46 loss that snapped a three-game winning streak that started before the [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity girls basketball coach Tony Johnson said the Crusaders still aren’t playing their best basketball, but Monday’s 60-43 win over Mt. Pleasant was pretty darned close. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s Anna Kester scored a season-high 18 points as Fort Madison got their first win of the season Saturday at home against Albia. The junior went [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Christmas break has been good for the Holy Trinity boys basketball team. The Crusaders ended the first half of the season with a win over Cardinal of Eldon prior [Read More…]
Fedler leads Southeast Conference in scoring and rebounds, Rashid tops in assists PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison freshman Dayton Davis scored 19 points and 17 points, respectively in Friday and Saturday losses by [Read More…]
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…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic 8th grade girls finished the season even at 6-6 with a 29-27 loss to WACO at home Thursday before the holiday break. Mary Hellige led [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – You had to go back to Miles Wentzien’s senior year in 2015 to find a Fort Madison boys basketball win over Mt. Pleasant. And the streak almost continued Friday night, [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison didn’t get a single player in double figure scoring on Tuesday as they dropped their ninth straight this time a 46-23 loss to Washington at home. With the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Washington got 16 points from Trashaun Willis in the second half and pulled away from Fort Madison 73-60 Tuesday night at the HoundDome. Fort Madison had staked itself to a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The West Burlington Lady Falcons have a curse on the Holy Trinity girls basketball team. In the past two years, the Crusaders have held leads in the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A sluggish second quarter from the field is what separated Holy Trinity from an upset bid of West Burlington Tuesday night. The Crusaders scored just four points [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WAYLAND – HTC Head Coach John Hellige is hoping the fourth quarter of Friday’s loss to WACO is sign of things to come. HTC has struggled from the field for most of the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WAYLAND – The Holy Trinity Crusaders girls basketball team held off a wild last minute rally from WACO to hold off for a 42-37 win Friday night on the road. The Lady Crusaders [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School boys 7th grade basketball team wrapped up its season with a couple wins at home against Mt. Pleasant on Thursday. In the ‘A’ game, Leif [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison eighth grade girls ‘A’ team fell to Mt. Pleasant 27-22 Thursday night on the road. Leading scorer for the Bloodhounds was Isabella Boeding with 10 points followed [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A strong second half that saw Fort Madison outscore visiting Danville 23-18 wasn’t enough to overcome a sluggish start as the Bloodhounds fell to 0-7 on the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR – FORT MADISON – Fort Madison post Jayden Fedler may have established himself as one of the dominant inside players in southeast Iowa Thursday night. The 6’4″ junior shattered his [Read More…]
NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity Junior varsity boys basketball team knocked off New London at New London last Thursday behind 12 points from Chandler Rung. Rung converted four field goals and went 4-of-6 from [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade boys basketball squad took two games from Fairfield at home last Thursday, and tied a game. Leif Boeding led the ‘A’ team with 21 points including two [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound freshman basketball team posted a 58-18 win over Burlington Notre Dame Monday night. Dayton Davis who played in just the first half alone, led the Hounds with [Read More…]
WEST POINT – Mary Hellige poured in 16 points as the HTC girls 8th grade team rebounded from a loss last week to Central Lee. The Lady Crusaders downed Danville 35-6 in West Point. Alexa [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison 8th grade girls downed Fairfield Thursday night 34-15. The leading scorer for the Bloodhounds were Isabella Boeding and Camille Kruse with 13 points each. Rounding out the scoring [Read More…]
PCC STAFF CENTERVILLE – Bloodhound freshman Dayton Davis had a season high 14 and junior Jayden Fedler poured in 18 as the Hounds got back to winning ways with a 61-52 win over Centerville on [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BLOOMFIELD – Senior Jassmine Bass put in 13 points and Davis County had to overcome a 12-point first half deficit as Fort Madison fell 52-49 on Friday night in girls high school basketball [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Nikes put up 81 points for the second time this season in an 81-48 win over Holy Trinity Catholic on Homecoming Night Friday in Southeast Iowa Superconference [Read More…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s 8th grade girls downed Mt. Pleasant in a close game Tuesday night at FMMS. Fort Madison A-Team won 25-23. Leading scorers for the Bloodhounds were Molly Knipe and [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Leif Boeding and Henry Wiseman each scored eight points to lead FMMS’s 7th grade boys basketball team to a win over Edward Stone 34-27. Carson Rashid had seven points to go [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A smothering West Hancock defense kept Fort Madison out of any rhythm and spurred a 40-69 Bloodhound loss in boys non-conference basketball action Tuesday night. The Hounds [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Reed Fehseke fired in 14 and Quentin Schneider had 10 to lead Holy Trinity in a 67-39 loss to New London at home Tuesday in boys Southeast Superconference basketball action. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Junior Ashlynn Haas hit four 3-pointers in a row in a two-minute stretch over the third and fourth quarter to lead Holy Trinity to a 58-28 win [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School 7th grade boys basketball team continued it’s winning ways by knocking off Burlington’s Aldo Leopold 36-12 in the “A” game Thursday at FMMS. Leif Boeding [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Iowa City High outscored Fort Madison 18-4 in the second quarter to set the Bloodhounds back 34-14 at half, en route to a 76-32 loss Saturday night at the HoundDome. [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – Despite 12 points from junior Anna Kester, the Fort Madison girls basketball team couldn’t recover from a dismal start and lost on the road Friday to Keokuk 51-28. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – It certainly wasn’t scripted that way, but an 18-foot jumper by FMHS center Jayden Fedler with :09 on the clock in overtime, gave Fort Madison it’s first win [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison girls 8th grade basketball team routed Aldo Leopold of Burlington 38-11 in the “A” game, but fell 8-2 in the “B” game on Thursday night. Isabella Boeding led [Read More…]
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