BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Last year the Fort Madison girls basketball team lost to Fairfield by a combined 65 points in conference play. In the second quarter Friday, it looked like a [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Claire Pothitakis drove to the basket for a layup early in the third quarter of Holy Trinity’s Homecoming game against Notre Dame on Friday.At that moment, the game [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Burlington Grayhound swim team won a triangular meet over United Township and Wethersfield, 104-67-17 Tuesday at the Burlington High School pool. Three swimmers from Lee County led the boys [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – Holy Trinity wiped out a three-point half time deficit to knock off New London on the road Tuesday night. Chandler Rung led the Crusaders with 14 points on the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF NEW LONDON – The Holy Trinity girls overcame a stagnant second quarter and then tightened the screws in the fourth quarter to down New London 55-43 in girls high school basketball action [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Sophomore Dayton Davis broke out for 21 points, including 15 in the first half as Fort Madison got it’s first win of the year 73-61 over Centerville Saturday at [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – Fort Madison came back from a 4-point deficit to tie Mt. Pleasant at 30 in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t find the basket in the final three minutes in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGEDITOR FORT MADISON – When a basketball team struggles to control the ball and put points on the board, it’s best it happen early in the season. Fort Madison boys have committed 38 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF OTTUMWA – Ottumwa’s 6’4″ Trae Schwartz scorched the Bloodhounds for 31 points Tuesday night in a 75-37 win in both teams’ season opener. Schwartz scored 23 of his 31 in the 3rd [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison jumped out to 16-4 first quarter lead and didn’t allow Davis County a point until seven minutes into the game enroute to a 45-35 win at home [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Senior Ashlynn Haas exploded for 17 points in the second half, including a crucial three-point play with two minutes left to help seal a 50-45 win over Danville [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison boys head basketball coach Ryan Wilson must have found a Metropolis phone booth at an auction somewhere in the offseason. This year’s version of the Bloodhounds [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Dalton Westercamp broke free for a 19-yard touchdown run with just 1:18 left in the game to give Central Lee its first win of the year Friday night at home [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – Mt. Pleasant breaks out of each huddle behind imposing 6’6″ 335 lb. tackle Henry Lutovsky. But it was the 5’11 Logan Bass the proved to be too much [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Central Lee Hawks were shut out by Williamsburg until the final two minutes when Dalton Westercamp got free on a 13-year touchdown run to cap a 47-9 loss at [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – The first half could have set the tone. The second half finished the story. Fort Madison had its chances in the low-scoring first two quarters in Friday’s game [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF ALBIA – Junior quarterback Blake Chance threw for seven touchdowns as the Blue Demons rolled over Central Lee 49-18 Friday night. The Blue Demons (1-5) jumped out to a 21-0 first quarter [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – A radio station said it was the first time since 2000 that Fort Madison High School has won a football game over Fairfield. Head Coach Derek Doherty said “it’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds haven’t beaten Fairfield in a dozen years. But this Friday’s matchup probably presents the best chance for a Hounds’ win, and could put Fort [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds moved to 3-2 in Southeast Conference play with a four-game win over Washington on the road Tuesday night. The Hounds won the first game 25-18 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s probably gonna be wet. It’s surely gonna be physical and it’s definitely the toughest test of the year. But as Fort Madison Head Football Coach Derek Doherty [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Senior Jillian Wiseman registered 18 kills and 15 digs to lead Fort Madison to a 3-game win over Keokuk at home Tuesday night. Wiseman went 32-of-35 hitting and had [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – West Burlington-Notre Dame spoiled Central Lee’s Homecoming Friday night with a 27-6 win in non-district Class 2A football action. West Burlington scored a touchdown in each quarter, three on runs [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School’s defense wanted the shutout. But Friday’s 28-6 win over Burlington at Richmond Stadium was more than good enough. “We were so close (to the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Central Lee Hawks have certainly tested their muster in the opening weeks going up against two top 10 teams and a tough loss at Fort Madison. But head [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Burlington Grayhounds fired off a lot of canons in 2018 and shut out the Bloodhounds 31-0 at Bracewell Stadium But this year, the Grayhounds (1-2) won’t have [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Kent Bailey saw his Fort Madison High School volleyball team down one game, and behind by 11 points in the second. “I figured, ‘Well, it’s going to take [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – “These girls are better than they think they are,” said Holy Trinity Catholic girls volleyball coach Melissa Freesmeier Tuesday night. Freesmeier was all kinds of fired up after [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MARION – The Fort Madison High School volleyball team came away with just one win at the Linn Mar tournament near Cedar Rapids on Saturday, but two of the losses went into [Read More…]
Hawks fall 55-7 to Mt. Pleasant and now face school closer in size to Central Lee BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS DONNELLSON – Nick Ehret looked over at the celebrating Mount Pleasant football team, and 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 CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The road doesn’t get much easier for Central Lee this week after starting the season 0-2. The Hawks are coming off an 82-14 pounding at the hands of Mediapolis [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – “Wholly smokes”. Those were the words of Fort Madison Bloodhound head coach Derek Doherty after Friday night’s 26-14 win over West Burlington on the road. Not because the [Read More…]
Lozano goes for 140 yards and a score in 17-0 win over Central Lee BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Had it not been for an untimely fumble out of the back of the [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – It was just the first day of summer camp, but the enthusiasm and excitement could be felt from the Fort Madison players and their coaching staff. Monday marked [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC STAFF PELLA – Saturday night against Pella High School, Fort Madison baseball wrapped up regular season play with a 3-1 win, finishing with a record over the .500 mark for the first [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS IOWA CITY- Fort Madison’s baseball team got to experience something not many will ever get the chance to. Wednesday the Bloodhounds traveled to Iowa City to play on the Iowa Hawkeye’s [Read More…]
Walker takes field in honor of father who died earlier in the day BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- The little yellow lineup card that holds Fort Madison’s starting roster doesn’t change much, but Tuesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A couple of back-to-back errors to start the sixth inning triggered a six run, third inning that the Fort Madison Lady Bloodhounds couldn’t recover from Tuesday night. The [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – New London came away with the 11-7 win against Fort Madison baseball Monday night at Fort Madison High School. On the surface the matchup was just like any [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Fort Madison’s Cassie Powers had one of her best outings of the year in a 1-0 make-up win at West Burlington Monday night. Powers retired the first 12 hitters [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – It happened. With most of the season now in the rearview mirror, Fort Madison’s baseball team pushed one game over the .500 mark on the season, coming out with a 9-4 win [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- Twenty-four games into the season and Fort Madison baseball is now at the .500 mark, sitting at 12-12 after coming away with both games of a doubleheader Monday night [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Maycee Featheringill lifted a solo home run to lead off the sixth inning in the opening game of a doubleheader Monday night as Fort Madison swept Keokuk 10-0 and [Read More…]
GOOSELAKE – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds salvaged the middle game of a three-game outing Saturday as part of the Northeast High School tournament in Goose Lake, Iowa. The win came against Calamus-Wheatland in the [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS WAPELLO – The great Rocky Balboa said it best, ‘It ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.’ Wednesday at [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FAIRFIELD – The first time Fort Madison took on the Southeast Conference baseball powerhouse that is Fairfield, the Hounds got swept 2-0 in the doubleheader back at Fort Madison High School. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – A four-run third inning in the opener and three-run first inning in the night cap led to a sweep on the road for the Fort Madison girls softball team Monday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After one year and two wins, Fort Madison Head girls basketball coach Todd McGhghy has resigned his coaching position with the district. McGhghy, who was in his third [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS DAVENPORT- For the first time this season, Fort Madison baseball dropped three games in a row after falling in game one of a doubleheader 8-1 to Davenport North. The Bloodhounds then [Read More…]
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