PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison High School building trades program continues to stack up awards. On Friday, the Bloodhound Construction won the SCC regional skills competition with a team consisting of Elton [Read More…]
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…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Nike soccer juggernaut rolled over Fort Madison 10-0 Tuesday night in Burlington. Javier Trejo was busy at the net recording 15 saves in the game, while allowing 10 goals. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls tennis team swept six singles matches to open the season Tuesday night on Fort Madison’s courts. The Lady Hounds took down Burlington-Notre Dame 8-1 [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With Fort Madison Head Football Coach Tony Shiffman announcing his resignation on social media this morning, school officials are already in full recruitment mode. Fort Madison High School [Read More…]
Submitted release FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School Student Government is coordinating a Color Fun Run for the community. Proceeds will benefit the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital and the FMHS student government. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Packed coffee houses and sandwich shops in Lee County were the springboard of a national news cycle introducing Beto O’Rourke to the 2020 Presidential race, as well as [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Bloodhound boys track squad has some of the best numbers they’ve seen in quite a few years and co-head coaches Mike Schneider and Chad Hannum think the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A familiar face graced the ever-buzzing rooms of the Fort Madison High School Music Department Thursday night. With the 30th edition of the FMHS Show Choir Invitational this [Read More…]
William “Bill” Hoskins, 85, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away at 10:38 a.m. on Monday, February 18, 2019 at The Madison. He was born on October 29, 1933 in Kansas City, MO to Frank & [Read More…]
DES MOINES – It wasn’t the same match Danen Settles had with Jacob Murry a week ago at districts, but despite the outcome, Settles is now the 8th best heavyweight in the state. In the [Read More…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Anna Kester led the Lady Hounds with 16 points as Fort Madison just missed getting their first win of the year Friday night in Southeast Conference girls high school [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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A title match at 195 lbs pitting the Nos. 3 and 5 wrestlers in the state highlighted the 17-team Fort Madison Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Bloodhounds’ senior [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 – A partnership could be in the works that could result in some properties in Fort Madison getting a rehab. Fort Madison Mayor Brad Randolph and Fort Madison [Read More…]
PCC STAFF DES MOINES – The FMHS Bloodhound Construction Crew took home yet another state carpentry championship for the third year in a row. The crew consisted of two returning members (Elton Kruse & Brandon [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 – 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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls high school basketball team got 13 points from sophomore Maddie Rashid in a 66-30 loss on Wednesday. Braxtyn McGhghy converted a couple 3-pointers to finish with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Coming off a year where the Fort Madison girls varsity basketball squad won just one game, first year Head Coach Todd McGhghy said it’s back to the [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 – With the Thanksgiving holiday just around the corner, the Fort Madison Community Thanksgiving Dinner Committee is busy finalizing last minute details. With over 900 meals served to [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 – 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 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 FORT MADISON – At 2-4, the Hounds will be hard pressed to find a winning season in Head Coach Tony Shiffman’s second year. The pass-happy Bloodhounds who only have about [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…]
ANAMOSA – The Fort Madison cross-country boys and girls teams both finished 12th at the high-caliber Anamosa Invitational on Saturday. In even more of a parallel, the top two FMHS runners on each team finished [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 – 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…]
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