FMHS’s Hellige takes 12th in the mile run BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Keokuk’s Miracle Ailes and Fort Madison’s Matt Hellige wrapped up the final day of the 2019 Iowa State Track meet [Read More…]
Sophomore clears 5’7″ on 3rd attempt for schools first state title in a track and field event BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports DES MOINES – Keokuk’s Miracle Ailes is the best Class 3A girls high jumper [Read More…]
Ten area athletes to compete in Thursday’s opening session of the 2019 State Track Meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Here’s what on tap at Drake Stadium [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School Red team won 10-1 on the road at Keokuk in the Little Hounds final game of the season. Xander Wellman, and Nathen Bowen both recorded [Read More…]
BY BRIAN NEALLee County Speedway DONNELLSON – After having a week off due to the saturated grounds, the Pepsi Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, Iowa returned to action on Friday, May 10th. Even though mother [Read More…]
PCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls tennis team competed at team regionals Monday at Fort Madison High School. The Bloodhounds were able to collect an opening round victory over Southeast conference foe [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DANVILLE – Austin Sexton and Brody Rung each scored goals Monday night as Fort Madison edged Danville on the road 2-1 to move the Bloodhounds back to even play on the year. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity boys soccer squad gave West Burlington/Notre Dame all they could handle, but dropped the fourth contest of the year to the Nikes 2-1 in the Southeast Iowa [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Jadon Hawk shot an 85 good enough for 9th place and the final 1st team position at Monday’s Southeast Iowa Superconference boys high school golf meet. West Burlington/Notre [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School soccer teams split two matches the past week with the Red team winning both games and the Black team losing both games. The Fort Madison [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 ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS Fort Madison’s boys soccer team was ready for what was supposed to be a big week when it came to conference play. Mother Nature had other plans, cancelling the Bloodhounds first [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC Sports FORT MADISON – Pending school board approval, long-time assistant coach Derek Doherty will be the new head football coach for the Fort Madison High School football team. As head coach, Doherty’s [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…]
DES MOINES – The following is the weekly fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the southeast portion of the state. Big Hollow LakeA few more anglers out this last week on [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 CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – It took an extra hour to get started, but the Holy Trinity Catholic boys’ soccer team was raring to go in a 2-0 shut out of Columbus Tuesday [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – After facing some stiff competition at the Pella Invitational this past weekend, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds are back to winning handily against local competition. On Tuesday, at the Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – One of the Bloodhounds’ goals at the beginning of the season was to at least reach the .500 mark on the year. After coming away with a 4-2 [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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – The Fort Madison boys tennis team remains unbeaten on the year after knocking off Burlington on the road 6-3 to highlight boys’ tennis action Thursday night. The Bloodhounds move [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Josh Barr was medalist with a 40 in the Crusaders 184-268 win over Wapello on Tuesday at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course. Barr shot 4-over on the part [Read More…]
PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Blake Crabtree recorded 19 saves in Holy Trinity Catholic’s 1-0 win over Central Lee in boys high school soccer action Tuesday night in Donnellson. Audrae Vincent found the net with just [Read More…]
FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys tennis team continues to plow through opponents with a 7-2 win Tuesday night in Fairfield. The Bloodhounds top five players have not lost in singles or doubles action [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Personal records continue to fall as the boys on the Fort Madison track team brought home another first-place finish in what was supposed to be a rebuilding year with [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic boys and girls soccer teams gave the vaunted Burlington Notre Dame squads all they could handle at South Park in West Point Monday night. The girls [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Central Lee’s Jadon Hawk shot a 9-over par 81 on a cold, blustery Friday at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course for medalist honors at the Lee County High School Golf Tournament. [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison boys’ soccer team split two matches this week. On Friday night, the Hounds took on Central Lee in Donnellson and quickly found themselves down 1-0, but Austin Sexton took [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – Despite running in some heavy south winds, rain and at one point even hail, the Bloodhound boys track team set more personal records Thursday night at the Denny [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Senior Audrae Vincent scored a season-high five goals for the subless Crusaders in an 8-1 win over Wapello in the nightcap at South Park Field Thursday night. Head [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 FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders fell to New London Monday on a nine-hole meet at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course, 199-193. The Tigers’ Clayton Phillips was the medalist with 43 on [Read More…]
CEDAR RAPIDS – Holy Trinity Catholic senior Emily Box was named Most Valuable Player at the Iowa Girls Coaches Association’s Larry Niemeyer All-Star game this weekend in Cedar Rapids. Box scored 13 points and had [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds recorded two third-place finishes and finished 14th overall at the 44th Annual Timm Lamb Pen City Relays. Freshman Raquel Schneider finished the 400-meter hurdles with a [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 FORT MADISON – The following is the final results of the 2019 Glo-Crazy For Education 5K run that benefits Fort Madison’s Elliott Test Kitchen. The run was held at the Baxter Sports Complex [Read More…]
DANVILLE – Holy Trinity’s Rachel Menke captured third place in the girls 400-meter dash Tuesday at the Danville Junior High Co-Ed Invitational. Menke’s time of 1:15.27 was eight seconds off the pace of New London’s [Read More…]
BURLINGTON – Junior Blake Crabtree racked up seven saves in Holy Trinity Catholic’s 2-1 win over Burlington Saturday in Burlington. Head Coach Ryan Culbertson said Crabtree probably had his best game from the keeper position. [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – For the second year, Lee County baseball and softball youth leagues are being organized by Baxter Sports Complex. The league is completely free to any child in the tri-state area. [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – T-Ball and Coach Pitch registration is now open at the Fort Madison YMCA. Registration forms can be found online at www.fortmadisony.org and at the Fort Madison YMCA at 220 26th [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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The 49th annual Mick Pickford Freestyle wrestling tournament is set for Saturday, April 13th at the Fort Madison High School. A new novelty to this year’s event will be custom [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Holy Trinity Catholic senior Adam Rauenbuehler had another three goal night Monday as HTC rolled Keokuk 8-0 in high school soccer action Monday night in Keokuk. Audrae Vincent had two goals [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…]
MT. PLEASANT – HTC juniors Matt Hellige and Quentin Schneider led the Fort Madison boys, while Katie Dennis and Reyna Lampe paced the girls at Thursday nights Mt. Pleasant Co-Ed track meet at the Mapleleaf [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – A depleted Bloodhound track team captured 3rd place at the Falcon Relays Monday night. Co-Head Coach Mike Schneider said the squad was without eight or nine runners due [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison School board voted Monday night to approve an agreement to allow Holy Trinity Catholic student athletes to play baseball for the Bloodhounds this summer. At [Read More…]
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