BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS BURLINGTON — The start was perfect. And then it turned into a wake-up call. Fort Madison High School’s volleyball team struck early and often in Tuesday’s Class 4A regional semifinal against [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Athletic Director Jeremy Swink got a chorus of “boooos” from a disgruntled Hound student section as he carried the “county seat” out and set it on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – This one means more than just the battle for Lee County. With the Keokuk Chiefs sitting at 5-3 and guaranteed a winning season, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds are [Read More…]
Dennis finishes 35th for the Lady Hounds, who take 9th place BY PCC STAFF SOLON – Despite a year where the Bloodhound boys captured several cross-country titles with smart team running, the neither the boys [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MEDIAPOLIS – The Lady Hounds struggled with some stiff competition at Thursday’s quadrangular at Mediapolis. The girls fell to Class 2A’s second-ranked Mediapolis 12-25, 11-25 and then lost to Class 1A No. [Read More…]
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…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – A bit of a battle is brewing between Fort Madison junior Anthony Barnes and sophomore Will Gager, but the end result has been solid team finishes for the Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – The Mediapolis volleyball team had given up just seven games all year and has amassed a 35-1 record. The Class 2A 2nd-ranked Bulldogs moved to 39-1 on the year [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Fort Madison finished second at the Southeast Conference volleyball tournament after falling to the 15th-ranked Burlington Grayhounds in the finals. The Bloodhounds knocked off host Keokuk 21-17, 21-16 before falling [Read More…]
BURLINGTON, Iowa – The Fort Madison High School building and trades students have added another feather to their caps. The Fort Madison team took first place at the Carl A. Nelson & Company HIgh School [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – A radio station said it was the first time since 2000 that Fort Madison High School has won a football game over Fairfield. Head Coach Derek Doherty said “it’s [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds haven’t beaten Fairfield in a dozen years. But this Friday’s matchup probably presents the best chance for a Hounds’ win, and could put Fort [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds moved to 3-2 in Southeast Conference play with a four-game win over Washington on the road Tuesday night. The Hounds won the first game 25-18 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys cross country team continues lofty performances half way through the fall season. At Tuesday’s Washington Invitational, the Hounds had their five scoring runners finish [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds salvaged one win a five match invitational Monday night at Iowa City Liberty. Fort Madison managed to split two games with Fairfield 25-22, 21-25 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR SOLON – Head Coach Derek Doherty said the Bloodhounds took a back seat in the first half to one of the state’s best football programs. But out of the lockerroom, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s probably gonna be wet. It’s surely gonna be physical and it’s definitely the toughest test of the year. But as Fort Madison Head Football Coach Derek Doherty [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A 1st quarter safety by Fort Madison’s Henry Wiseman was all the scoring that would take place in the Hounds 2-0 win over Burlington on Tuesday night. Wiseman and [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School’s defense wanted the shutout. But Friday’s 28-6 win over Burlington at Richmond Stadium was more than good enough. “We were so close (to the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Burlington Grayhounds fired off a lot of canons in 2018 and shut out the Bloodhounds 31-0 at Bracewell Stadium But this year, the Grayhounds (1-2) won’t have [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Kent Bailey saw his Fort Madison High School volleyball team down one game, and behind by 11 points in the second. “I figured, ‘Well, it’s going to take [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison has been here before. For the last two years, the Hounds have come out of the gate 2-0 with hopes of finding a winning formula against [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls volleyball team dropped it’s second straight conference match Tuesday night on the road to Burlington, 17-25, 16-25, 21-25. Head Coach Kent Bailey said the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – “Wholly smokes”. Those were the words of Fort Madison Bloodhound head coach Derek Doherty after Friday night’s 26-14 win over West Burlington on the road. Not because the [Read More…]
Dennis, Kester, and McVey finished 2-4 in girls run BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – Anthony Barnes captured eighth place at the Keokuk Cross Country meet on Thursday, but it was a pack of Hounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – As has been the case for the past three years, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds will be looking to go 2-0 to start the year. Standing in the way [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – Fort Madison took the first set off perennial foe Fairfield Tuesday night, but couldn’t hold off the 13th-ranked Lady Trojans in the final three sets dropping the conference opener [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BONDURANT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds dropped three games in pool play and were sent to the consolation bracket where they rebounded to take two of three to end the day. [Read More…]
Lozano goes for 140 yards and a score in 17-0 win over Central Lee BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Had it not been for an untimely fumble out of the back of the [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- Heading into the fourth-consecutive season of the Lee County rivalry between the Hounds and the Hawks, Central Lee has a chance to even the series between the two programs [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – It was just the first day of summer camp, but the enthusiasm and excitement could be felt from the Fort Madison players and their coaching staff. Monday marked [Read More…]
Bloodhounds Cordray, Vasin Thurman, and Chiefs Dalton Boecker selected for 2nd team BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS The 2019 Southeast Conference all-conference teams have been released and Fort Madison and Keokuk were well represented across the [Read More…]
Former Central Lee and Stritch varsity coach picks up program in rebuilding mode BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- Typically a coach that has a coaching record of 144-42 with a program is someone that [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FAIRFIELD- Never underestimate your opponent, a saying that has been engraved in the minds of any person who has every competed in athletics. For a Fairfield squad that wrapped up the [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds finished the regular season 16-14 on the year, the first winning season in more than a decade and a half. Bloodhound players and coaching [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS BURLINGTON – Energy. By the time the dust settle on Wagner Field at Burlington High School, energy was the one word both teams used to describe the outcome of Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS IOWA CITY- Fort Madison’s baseball team got to experience something not many will ever get the chance to. Wednesday the Bloodhounds traveled to Iowa City to play on the Iowa Hawkeye’s [Read More…]
Walker takes field in honor of father who died earlier in the day BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- The little yellow lineup card that holds Fort Madison’s starting roster doesn’t change much, but Tuesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A couple of back-to-back errors to start the sixth inning triggered a six run, third inning that the Fort Madison Lady Bloodhounds couldn’t recover from Tuesday night. The [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – New London came away with the 11-7 win against Fort Madison baseball Monday night at Fort Madison High School. On the surface the matchup was just like any [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Fort Madison’s Cassie Powers had one of her best outings of the year in a 1-0 make-up win at West Burlington Monday night. Powers retired the first 12 hitters [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – It happened. With most of the season now in the rearview mirror, Fort Madison’s baseball team pushed one game over the .500 mark on the season, coming out with a 9-4 win [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- Twenty-four games into the season and Fort Madison baseball is now at the .500 mark, sitting at 12-12 after coming away with both games of a doubleheader Monday night [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Maycee Featheringill lifted a solo home run to lead off the sixth inning in the opening game of a doubleheader Monday night as Fort Madison swept Keokuk 10-0 and [Read More…]
GOOSELAKE – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds salvaged the middle game of a three-game outing Saturday as part of the Northeast High School tournament in Goose Lake, Iowa. The win came against Calamus-Wheatland in the [Read More…]
Finish 24th out of 50 without even touching plumbing segment of national competition BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The best building trades students in the country lined up in the West Wing of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – A four-run third inning in the opener and three-run first inning in the night cap led to a sweep on the road for the Fort Madison girls softball team Monday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LOUISVILLE, Ken. – Four of Fort Madison High School’s finest are in Louisville right now getting ready to represent Fort Madison and the state of Iowa in US Skills competition against [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS DAVENPORT- For the first time this season, Fort Madison baseball dropped three games in a row after falling in game one of a doubleheader 8-1 to Davenport North. The Bloodhounds then [Read More…]
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