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 PCC STAFF VAN BUREN – Van Buren, ranked No. 4 in the state in Class 2A knocked off Holy Trinity Catholic Thursday night in three games. Sophomore Kassi Randolph led the 9th-rated Class 1A [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s Matt Hellige keeps building his resume for a return trip to the state Cross Country meet in Fort Dodge this fall. Hellige took second in the [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS NEW LONDON — Hit after hit was sailing out of bounds, and Holy Trinity volleyball coach Melissa Freesmeier felt helpless. The Crusaders’ four-game loss to New London on Thursday night was [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPen City Current Sports FORT MADISON- It will forever be a constant in high school sports for teams to lose key players to graduation. How those teams respond to those losses is ultimately [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity girls junior high and junior varsity girls softball teams won three and lost two last week in local softball action. On Friday, the junior high girls [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS BURLINGTON- Fort Madison’s girls soccer team finished regular season play with the least amount of goals ever allowed over the course of the regular season, holding opponents to an average of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity girls softball team started the season with a 16-2 win over New London in just five innings Monday night. Mary Hellige got the win for the [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS WEST BURLINGTON – Fort Madison’s staved off a seventh inning rally to get their first win of the season on the road at West Burlington, 7-6. West Burlington recorded three runs [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – For the third time in a four game stretch, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds shut out an opponent and came away with the win, this time taking down Davenport [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Ali Robu shot a 113 around Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in the Class 1A girls regional Monday afternoon, while HTC’s senior Kyle Bredemeyer finished 7th in boys [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Sophomore Claire Pothitakis and junior Ashlynn Haas each scored Thursday night at Bracewell Stadium, but the two goals weren’t enough to subdue the Grayhounds as HTC fell 3-2. Holy Trinity [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – For the second-consecutive game, Fort Madison keeper Josie Pumphrey recorded a shut out, this time blanking Mount Pleasant Tuesday night at Baxter Sport Complex. It’s a good thing [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPen City Current Sports FORT MADISON – Coming into Monday’s contest at Baxter Sport Complex, Fort Madison’s girls soccer team was sitting at No. 2 in the Southeast conference (Mount Pleasant sits at [Read More…]
Girls 4×100 team places second at conference meet in Fairfield BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FAIRFIELD – Fort Madison’s team scores might have been towards the bottom of the standings by the end of the Southeast [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s girls tennis team had a combined 16-2 record over its past two contests coming into Thursday’s matchup with Camanche. Playing on their home court, the Bloodhounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s girls soccer team went through the roughest stretch of the season over the past four games, but despite dropping 3 of 4 matches the Crusader’s moved [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports KEOKUK – Football players are known to get into a warrior-esque mindset when they step on the field. Playing on a football field Thursday, Fort Madison’s girls soccer team adopted that [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The last time Fort Madison’s girls tennis team faced Fairfield, the Bloodhounds were swept on their home court 9-0. Tuesday the Hounds took to the road to face Fairfield on their [Read More…]
Hellige breaks 10-minute mark in 3200 for 2nd place BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS KEOKUK – Fort Madison’s boys track and field team placed second out of the seven boy’s teams that competed at the Keosippi [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS Fort Madison’s girls soccer team (4-3) had averaged 2.33 goals scored per game on the season coming into Monday’s home match against Iowa City Liberty (4-3). That average dipped to an [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – The last time Fort Madison’s girls tennis team took the court, they came away with one single win, falling to Fairfield 8-1. Back on their own home court [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WEST POINT – A strong second half pushed Holy Trinity Catholic to a 3-1 win over previously unbeaten Mt. Pleasant at South Park to highlight girls soccer action. Sophomore Claire Pothitakis continued her [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – For Fairfield senior Anatta Charoenkul, Tuesday’s matchup with Fort Madison appeared to be much like any other. For Fort Madison’s Lanie Kuntz, Tuesday was going to be the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity girls stayed unbeaten on the year with a 11-1 win over visiting Wapello to highlight girls soccer action Thursday night. Sophomore Claire Pothitakis scored her eight goal [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Fort Madison girls tennis team shut out Keokuk on the road Monday night. The Lady Bloodhounds only gave up four games in six singles matches and 10 games over the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls’ basketball teams finished their seasons undefeated last night with two wins at home against Washington. The ‘A’ team won by a score of 36-15 [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls’ basketball team played a make-up game last Friday on the road against Fairfield. The A team ran their record to 6-0 on the season [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison girls basketball team couldn’t have picked a better time to find their second win of the season. The Lady Hounds held on for a 46-44 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Emily Box may have summed it up best after the Crusaders ended Burlington Notre Dame’s season Tuesday night. “I’ve never played a game that rough [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls basketball A team moved to 4-0 on the season with a 27-13 road win over Keokuk. Aija Jenkins led all scorers with 10 points, followed [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – Anna Kester and Braxtyn McGhghy led the Fort Madison Lady Hounds with 11 points in a 46-40 loss to the Burlington on Monday night. The Hounds managed just [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – Fort Madison sophomore Maddie Rashid scored a season-high 17 as Fort Madison fell to Washington on the road Friday night. The Hounds had an 11-10 lead just before the end [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls basketball team is just one win from tying an HTC record for wins in a season. Thursday’s 78-30 Southeast Iowa Superconference win [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR VAN BUREN – Van Buren snapped Holy Trinity’s winning streak at six, but it took all four quarters to get it done. The Crusaders held a four-point half-time lead but surrendered [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Scoring continues to be a problem for the Fort Madison Lady Hounds as no one scored in double figures in back to back losses this weekend. On Saturday, [Read More…]
PCC STAFF DANVILLE – The Holy Trinity girls basketball team had everything going it’s way for most of the night in a 55-20 win over Louisa-Muscatine Friday night as part of the Southeast Iowa Superconference [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls basketball A team moved to 3-0 on the season with a 24-13 road win over Mount Pleasant Tuesday night. Aija Jenkins led all scorers [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 7th grade girls basketball team defeated Fairfield 30-24 in the A game Monday night in Fairfield. Aija Jenkins led all scorers with 13 points, followed by [Read More…]
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…]
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