BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic had five players in double figures as they rolled cross-town Fort Madison 69-22 Monday in girls high school basketball action. Holy Trinity’s Taylor Boeding [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 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 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…]
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…]
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…]
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 – 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 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…]
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…]
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 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 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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 8th grade girls basketball teams took two games from Keokuk Tuesday night. The A-Team won 34-22 and the B-Team won 8-7. Scoring leaders for Fort Madison A-Team [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DANVILLE – The Holy Trinity girls basketball team overcame a 2-point second quarter to get it’s first win of the season in a 44-33 Southeast Iowa Superconference win Tuesday night in Danville. [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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The FMHS girls basketball team lost it’s season home opener on Friday night falling 51-44 to Centerville. The Redette’s sophomore Claire Mathews heated up in the second half with four [Read More…]
PCC STAFF The Fort Madison Middle School 8th grade girls took two games from Fairfield in Fort Madison on Monday. Fort Madison A and B teams both won their games. The ‘A’ team won 52-34 [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Girls basketball team swept a junior high matchup with Van Buren on Tuesday night. In the 8th grade game, Brooke Mueller scored 15 as the Crusaders went [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – A storybook season came to an end Friday amidst the tears and anguish of a Goliath that David couldn’t slay. Janesville sent the Holy Trinity Catholic Crusaders [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – A two-point error in favor of the Holy Trinity girls volleyball team was the catalyst for a return trip to the Class 1A state championship. The Crusaders, [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison junior high girls basketball team swept Ottumwa at home Tuesday night. In the “A” game, Fort Madison won 41-4. Isabella Boeding had 13, Molly Knipe 10, Camille [Read More…]
DANVILLE – The Holy Trinity girls junior high basketball squad swept Danville in two games Monday night and are now 4-0 on the year. In the 8th grade game, Mary Hellige put up seven points [Read More…]
PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison Middle School girls A team downed Edward Stone Monday 37-15. Leaders in scoring were Camille Kruse with 26. Isabella Boeding threw in seven points, and Molly Knipe added [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 – After a hiccup in the second set, the Holy Trinity volleyball team moved on to the Region 8 Class 1A semifinals with a win over WACO at [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The HTC junior high softball girls played their final two games this past week against New London and Van Buren. HTC finished with a record of 12-10. On Tuesday, June 19th, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison pinned their hopes Monday night of a third home doubleheader sweep this year on one of their youngest players. Eighth grader Katie Dennis went into [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DAVENPORT – Fort Madison lost two games on Saturday as part of a day trip to an invitational at Davenport West. The first game of the day, the Hounds went up against [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – HTC’s junior high softball team split a pair of games on June 1st, with Cardinal in West Point. In the first game, the Crusaders won 13-9. Paige Wasielewski went [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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – If Burlington joins the Southeast Conference in 2020 it’s almost certain to ramp up the level of competition in softball. The 16-0 Grayhounds slapped two 11-1 five-run affairs [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DAVENPORT – If Holy Trinity Head Coach Michael Sheerin had his way, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union would just give automatic bids to the top two girls soccer [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity junior high softball team split a pair of games at New London Thursday night. In game one, New London edged the Crusaders 12-11 with Anna Sobczak [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Kamryn Bailey homered for the third time this year and Hounds put up 20 runs against Wilton Friday to snap out of a 5-of-6 losing stretch. The Hounds [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – Holy Trinity will make the trek to Davenport Assumption Monday night to face the No. 1 Class 1A team in the state after knocking of Mediapolis in the semifinals [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WATERLOO – Fort Madison’s Katie Larson and Miho Shirai captured 8th place at the Iowa High School Girls state doubles tennis tournament at the Byrnes Park Tennis Center Thursday in Waterloo. Larson, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team needed three goals in the second period to get past Columbus Junction in the first round of Region 8 district soccer Tuesday [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity wrapped up its regular girls soccer season with a 9-2 win over Mid-Prairie Wellman in a sweltering game Thursday night on the road. Senior Maya Rashid pulled [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Holy Trinity girls soccer team is ending the season on an uptick winning four of their last five including a 6-2 win over Keokuk Monday night. Elle Rashid and [Read More…]
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