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…]
PCC STAFF CEDAR RAPIDS – Seniors Elton Kruse and Dayne Cordray, and junior Diego Lozano all captured second place finishes for the Fort Madison Bloodhound wrestlers at Saturday’s J-Hawk Invitational at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The [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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School honored it’s 2017-2018 All-State performers between the varsity girls and the varsity boys basketball games Friday night. Eight athletes were honored with drawn renderings from Fort [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…]
This article was updated at 7 p.m. Sunday to reflect Fort Madison’s dual win over Mediapolis. The results were inadvertantly omitted from the story and Pen City Current apologizes for the omission. PCC STAFF IOWA [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A string of three falls in a row and a dramatic pin by Chance Hocker at 170 lbs were enough to give the Bloodhound wrestlers a big [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 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 Bloodhounds downed Mt. Pleasant 45-31 Thursday night prior to Friday and Saturday’s Fort Madison Invitational Tournament at FMHS. Senior Sam Hayes down the Tigers’ Trevor Wellington in [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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – FMMS hosted a triangular meet on Tuesday with Keokuk and Ottumwa. Fort Madison won 18 matches and lost only four. Joe Hartman, Hayden Woolever, Tanner Settles, Christian Vincent, Teague Smith, [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…]
PCC STAFF PONTIAC – Owen Kruse lost in a 9-5 decision in the championship match at 106 lbs and senior Sam Hayes suffered his first loss of the year in the title match at 195 [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…]
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…]
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 QUINCY, Ill. – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds started the season on a winning note edging Quincy High School on the road 40-35 Wednesday night. Senior Sam Hayes, who was rated as high as [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The FMHS boys basketball team dropped it’s home opener Tuesday night despite having three players in double figures. Ottumwa came to the HoundDome in non-conference action and downed the Bloodhounds [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A project less than a year in the making became a testament Friday to about a dozen trade students at Fort Madison High School. The new Richmond [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Senior Josie Pumphrey was named co-Player of the Year in the Southeast Conference volleyball on Tuesday. Pumphrey played libero for the Bloodhounds, who finished the year 20-12 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – All-district football honors were released this week and Bloodhounds Diego Lozano and Dom Frantz garnered 1st team Class 3A District 6 honors. Lozano was second in the district in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds won’t be making their annual trip to Cedar Rapids Xavier this year as Fairfield threw a wrench in those plans Tuesday night in [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – FMHS freshman Katelyn Dennis took fourth place and senior Dayne Cordray took fifth to highlight Bloodhound cross-country action at the Southeast Conference boys and girls meet Thursday night [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Head coach Tony Shiffman, with the football season winding down, now wants the Fort Madison Bloodhounds to play to have fun and for their legacy. But tonight’s [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – The Lady Bloodhound volleyball team secured a share of the Southeast Conference title Tuesday night with a three-set sweep of the Washington Demons on the road. The Hounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DURANT – The Lady Hounds volleyball team worked a split in a four-match Durant Tournament on Saturday. The Hounds dumped Davenport West 21-13, 21-10 but then lost to Grinnell 14-21, [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – It took some doing, but the Fort Madison Lady Bloodhounds overcame an emotional night for Keokuk volleyball and swept the Chiefs in three games Thursday on the road. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF CENTERVILLE – FMHS freshman Katelyn Dennis captured third place overall at the Centerville Big Red Redette Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday, leading the Bloodhounds to a 3rd place team finish as well. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds squandered a 2-0 lead Tuesday night and fell in five sets to visiting Fairfield in Southeast Conference high school volleyball action. Class 4A [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the second year in a row, Fairfield spoiled a hopeful homecoming in Fort Madison. The Trojans came in with the same record as the Hounds at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – The FMHS Lady Bloodhounds lost Tuesday night at Mediapolis and are an even 3 and 3 in their last six volleyball matches after winning seven straight. The Hounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The best thing that can be said about Friday’s Bloodhound football game is that the Solon Spartans are on a bus headed out of town. It was [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Every game the Hounds have played this year has been a shut out. Twice the Hounds held their opponents scoreless and twice the tables were turned. Fort [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – Fort Madison freshman Katie Dennis is quickly establishing herself as one of fastest girls cross country runner in the area. Dennis took 3rd place in the large class run [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison Bloodhound volleyball squad rebounded from a 2-2 performance at Monday night’s Holy Trinity Classic with a straight set win over Mt. Pleasant on the road Tuesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – Holy Trinity Catholic junior runner Matt Hellige took first place in the small class 5K at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday evening. Hellige’s 18:05.62 was the best time of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The beat goes on….and the beat goes on. The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team is marching to a steady tempo of wins, stacking up five more in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – On Friday night at Bracewell Stadium the Hounds ran into too much Taven Harris, too much DJ Pugh, and too much purple and gray. The Burlington Grayhounds threw [Read More…]
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