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…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Taylor Shannan put up four more goals on Friday as the Bloodhounds fell to Holy Trinity Catholic 5-4 at the Baxter Sports Complex. Dezire Kline had two assists [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – FMHS senior Taylor Shannan scored four goals to help the Lady Bloodhounds snap a 10-game losing streak to Keokuk on the road Tuesday night. The Hounds went up 2-0 in [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – Fort Madison’s top girls double tennis team breezed through the bracket at Fairfield Middle School Wednesday to advance to the girls state tennis meet on May 30th and 31st in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds were bounced from regional team tennis action Monday, but took Notre Dame to the limit in the second round. FMHS took five [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team slipped to 5-8 on the season with a 6-2 loss to Burlington on Friday at South Park. Senior Maya Rashid, a large [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – Junior Lanie Kuntz, playing at No. 6 singles was part of two conference championships at Fairfield Monday as the Hounds took 2nd place at the Southeast Conference girls [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team got a hefty dose of big city soccer with three losses at the Adidas Tournament of Champions at the Burlington Rec Plex. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Kearstyn Johnson continued her hot tennis for the Fort Madison Bloodhounds as she won the title at No. 3 singles at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday at Dankwardt Park. But [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WAYLAND – The Fort Madison boys and girls high school track team picked up a meet in Wayland on Thursday night, and picked up eight first place finishes for their efforts. On [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound girls swept Mt. Pleasant Friday night for the second sweep of the season for the tennis team. The Hounds also went 9-0 against Davis County back on April [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF COLUMBUS JUNCTION – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team got four goals from Elle Rashid en route to a 4-2 win over Columbus Junction on the road. Rashid was assisted on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison girls tennis team got back on the winning track Friday night with a 7-2 win over Burlington on the road. The Hounds were close to a full [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls soccer team moved to 1-1 on the year after knocking off previously unbeaten Mt. Pleasant 2-1 Monday on a cold pitch at Baxter [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF HARMONY – The HTC junior high girls track team competed at the Van Buren Junior High Co-Ed Invitational track meet on Thursday at Harmony High School in Farmington. Raquel Schneider ran to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison girls soccer team held 2-0 Burlington to it’s lowest points all year, but fell 4-0 in the Bloodhounds first match of the season. Head Coach Sebastian Seifert [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls tennis team downed Keokuk Monday 6-3 and then turned around and shut out an overmatched Davis County squad Tuesday night. The wins have [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – In frigid temperatures, the Fort Madison girls tennis team sneaked in a meet with Keokuk Saturday morning. What was originally scheduled to be an Invitational, turned out [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison boys and girls track and field squads combined for seven titles at Thursday’s Washington Demon Relays. Elijah Barnes threw 50′-1″ in the shot put to continue his [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MONMOUTH – The Fort Madison girls 4×800 relay team of Lauren King, Sierra Howardson, Brett Schneider and Kamryn Bailey had the highest finish of the day Saturday at the Galesburg Last Chance [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s Abby Steffensmeier took 3rd place in the 25-yard breaststroke at the state girls YMCA swim meet held Saturday. Swimming in the 8 & under division Steffensmeier also [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Princess Tea Party, hosted by Soroptimist International of Fort Madison, will be held on Saturday, April 7th, at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Fort Madison. This yearly fundraiser [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls got their first win of the season in a 48-34 win over Davis County behind sophomore Sara Bernhart’s 15 points. The win moves [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Seniors Brett Schnieder and Madison Mohrfeld each scored in double figures in Holy Trinity’s win over New London Thursday in girls Southeast Iowa Superconference basketball action. Schneider [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s girls basketball team pressed Fort Madison almost the entire game Saturday as the Crusaders evened their season at 8-8 with a 55-24 win over [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF ELDON – Holy Trinity senior Brett Schneider led the Crusaders to their highest offensive output of the in an 80-41 win over Cardinal of Eldon Friday night in girls Southeast Iowa Superconference [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a room of red and blue Wednesday as the Fort Madison Elks Lodge put on a full spaghetti dinner for members of the Fort Madison [Read More…]
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