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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They had a couple days to put it together, but the Timm Lamb Invitational Cross Country Meet went off without a hitch after being moved from its [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s gonna be a game of here’s what we do, see if you can stop us. The Fort Madison Bloodhounds will travel to Bracewell Stadium Friday to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite what looks on paper to be an easy win for the FMHS volleyball team, the Hounds ran into several slumps in fighting off Keokuk at home [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR TIFFIN – As it was in 2017, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds took a 2-0 record on the road and found themselves overmatched trying to get a third win. FMHS went [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a two clipboard night for head coach Kent Bailey’s Bloodhound volleyball team. Bailey, who’s been known to toss a clipboard or two in his day, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s deja vu all over again as the Fort Madison Bloodhounds enter week 3 with a 2-0 record and facing a stiff test. In 2017, the Hounds, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison girls volleyball team is on a five-match win streak taking four out of five contests on Saturday at the Quincy Tournament and then going to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Hounds put on an offensive juggernaut against a broken down West Burlington-Notre Dame football team Friday night, but it might have been the defensive effort that [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – One would think facing a West Burlington opponent that was just drubbed 0-44 at home last week would give the Fort Madison Bloodhound football team a reason [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After a tough Saturday tournament where the FMHS girls volleyball team played six matches in one day, the Hounds looked fresh in a three-set win over Mt. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BONDURANT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds volleyball team took 7th place out of 16 teams at this weekend’s ballyhooed Skip Anderson Classic in Bondurant-Farrar High School. The Hounds opened the tournament [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – For the second year in a row, the Fort Madison Bloodhound football team is starting 1-0. And for the second year in a row, the Hounds opened with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With school ready to open, a group of about 14 building trades students will have a “large” task awaiting them. Inside the workshop of Fort Madison High [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Inheriting a program that has won just nine games in the past four years combined screams you have nowhere to go but up. Fort Madison’s Ron Walker, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School girls volleyball team will be looking to fill some big holes left by departing seniors from last year’s squad. The Bloodhounds need [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The intensity is palpable on the Fort Madison High School football practice field during this third day of official practice. Shouting of missed assignments, dropped balls and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Bloodhound Youth football camp wrapped up Wednesday with more than 65 youth participating in annual summer football drill camp. Head Coach Tony Shiffman said numbers are comparable to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fairfield Trojans completed a five-game sweep of the Bloodhounds on the year with a 12-0 win in Class 3A District baseball action on Saturday The Trojans’ Jackson Wheaton went [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A six-run first inning proved to be too much Thursday night as Fort Madison’s Lady Bloodhounds bowed out of Class 4A regional softball action with a 14-2 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR GOOSE LAKE – Despite a six-run first inning in the final game of the three-game tourney, the Lady Hounds had things pretty well under control at the Goose Lake Tournament [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A six-run fourth inning that started with a hit-batsman and two errors gave the Fort Madison Bloodhounds what they needed to down Holy Trinity 6-1 on Wednesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – The Bloodhounds baseball team managed just three hits in two games as Mt. Pleasant pounded FMHS 16-1, 12-0 in a doubleheader Monday night on the road. Dayne [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DAVENPORT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds softball team dropped a doubleheader on the road Wednesday night at Davenport North 11-3 and 12-2. FMHS looked to make a game of the opener [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison softball team helped end a streak at FMHS that had lasted almost 11 years. The FMHS softball and baseball teams both swept home doubleheaders [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A familiar face is back working with the FMHS girls basketball team. Former Bloodhound football and girls basketball coach Todd McGhghy will be back coaching the Fort [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is the 4th quarter honor roll as submitted by Fort Madison High School guidance office. Academic Distinction 3.75-4.00 GPA Seniors: Kammy Booten, Christopher Brown, McKenna Fehseke, Alyssa Gilpin, David Goebel, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WAPELLO – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds got two hits from Maycee Featheringill and a two-run double from Sadie Smithburg in a rain-shortened 11-3 loss to Wapello on Wednesday night. The Arrows [Read More…]
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