BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – It didn’t take long for Mt. Pleasant to set the tone Friday night in handing the Bloodhounds their sixth straight loss. The Panthers scored quick and often [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – FMHS freshman Katelyn Dennis took fourth place and senior Dayne Cordray took fifth to highlight Bloodhound cross-country action at the Southeast Conference boys and girls meet Thursday night [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – It took 30 points to avoid a tiebreaker third set, but Holy Trinity Catholic was able to find that point Thursday night on a Taylor Boeding kill to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – The Lady Bloodhound volleyball team secured a share of the Southeast Conference title Tuesday night with a three-set sweep of the Washington Demons on the road. The Hounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – What started out with flowers and laughter ended with frustration and disbelief as Holy Trinity suffered it’s first home loss in more than a year Tuesday night. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Holy Trinity Crusaders breezed to a four-match sweep at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday. HTC senior Emily Box dominated at the net in the tournament with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – Glimmers of what could have made this year a winning season, flashed like the lightning that forced three delays in a 32-7 Bloodhound loss Friday night on the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – It took some doing, but the Fort Madison Lady Bloodhounds overcame an emotional night for Keokuk volleyball and swept the Chiefs in three games Thursday on the road. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF CENTERVILLE – FMHS freshman Katelyn Dennis captured third place overall at the Centerville Big Red Redette Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday, leading the Bloodhounds to a 3rd place team finish as well. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – At 2-4, the Hounds will be hard pressed to find a winning season in Head Coach Tony Shiffman’s second year. The pass-happy Bloodhounds who only have about [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds squandered a 2-0 lead Tuesday night and fell in five sets to visiting Fairfield in Southeast Conference high school volleyball action. Class 4A [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF URBANDALE – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls volleyball team went into heavy waters Saturday at the Class 5A dominated Urbandale Invite and came away with a four-match split. The No. 3 Class [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the second year in a row, Fairfield spoiled a hopeful homecoming in Fort Madison. The Trojans came in with the same record as the Hounds at [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WINFIELD – Holy Trinity junior Matt Hellige set the pace at the Winfield-Mt.Union Cross Country meet Thursday evening. Hellige’s time of 17:14.50 was best at the meet by 5.5 seconds. Danville-New London’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Last year a winning season for the Bloodhound football team may have hinged on a homecoming game against a 1-5 Fairfield team on Oct. 7. But prior [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FARMINGTON – The Holy Trinity cross country team earned second place at the Indian Lakes Cross Country Invitational Tuesday night at Farmington. Junior Matt Hellige continues to lead the Crusaders at invitational [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MEDIAPOLIS – The FMHS Lady Bloodhounds lost Tuesday night at Mediapolis and are an even 3 and 3 in their last six volleyball matches after winning seven straight. The Hounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The best thing that can be said about Friday’s Bloodhound football game is that the Solon Spartans are on a bus headed out of town. It was [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Every game the Hounds have played this year has been a shut out. Twice the Hounds held their opponents scoreless and twice the tables were turned. Fort [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – Fort Madison freshman Katie Dennis is quickly establishing herself as one of fastest girls cross country runner in the area. Dennis took 3rd place in the large class run [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison Bloodhound volleyball squad rebounded from a 2-2 performance at Monday night’s Holy Trinity Classic with a straight set win over Mt. Pleasant on the road Tuesday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – Holy Trinity Catholic junior runner Matt Hellige took first place in the small class 5K at Mt. Pleasant Tuesday evening. Hellige’s 18:05.62 was the best time of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The beat goes on….and the beat goes on. The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team is marching to a steady tempo of wins, stacking up five more in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – On Friday night at Bracewell Stadium the Hounds ran into too much Taven Harris, too much DJ Pugh, and too much purple and gray. The Burlington Grayhounds threw [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Holy Trinity volleyball team battled through a tough 2nd set against 11th-ranked Class 2A Van Buren at Shottenkirk Gym Thursday. The Crusaders, still ranked #4 in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s gonna be a game of here’s what we do, see if you can stop us. The Fort Madison Bloodhounds will travel to Bracewell Stadium Friday to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team has yet to lose a set this season as they rolled over Burlington-Notre Dame 25-17, 25-19, 25-5 on the road Monday night. That record [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite what looks on paper to be an easy win for the FMHS volleyball team, the Hounds ran into several slumps in fighting off Keokuk at home [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The 4th-ranked HTC Crusaders fought off the tenacious defense of New London in a three-set sweep Monday night in girls volleyball action. The Crusaders were coming off [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – Dayne Cordray took 5th place to lead the Fort Madison Bloodhounds at the Fairfield Cross Country Invitational Thursday evening at the Waterworks Park. Cordray’s 17:32 led the Hounds in the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR TIFFIN – As it was in 2017, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds took a 2-0 record on the road and found themselves overmatched trying to get a third win. FMHS went [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a two clipboard night for head coach Kent Bailey’s Bloodhound volleyball team. Bailey, who’s been known to toss a clipboard or two in his day, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s deja vu all over again as the Fort Madison Bloodhounds enter week 3 with a 2-0 record and facing a stiff test. In 2017, the Hounds, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison girls volleyball team is on a five-match win streak taking four out of five contests on Saturday at the Quincy Tournament and then going to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Hounds put on an offensive juggernaut against a broken down West Burlington-Notre Dame football team Friday night, but it might have been the defensive effort that [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DANVILLE – While some teams in the state have played as many as a dozen matches, the wait for the Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball girls came to an end Thursday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – One would think facing a West Burlington opponent that was just drubbed 0-44 at home last week would give the Fort Madison Bloodhound football team a reason [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BONDURANT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds volleyball team took 7th place out of 16 teams at this weekend’s ballyhooed Skip Anderson Classic in Bondurant-Farrar High School. The Hounds opened the tournament [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – For the second year in a row, the Fort Madison Bloodhound football team is starting 1-0. And for the second year in a row, the Hounds opened with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Inheriting a program that has won just nine games in the past four years combined screams you have nowhere to go but up. Fort Madison’s Ron Walker, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School girls volleyball team will be looking to fill some big holes left by departing seniors from last year’s squad. The Bloodhounds need [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A six-run fourth inning that started with a hit-batsman and two errors gave the Fort Madison Bloodhounds what they needed to down Holy Trinity 6-1 on Wednesday [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds dropped a pair of games to Fairfield at home Monday night on senior night. Senior Tony Fortado took the loss in a 20-0 five-inning first game for Fort [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 CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – The Bloodhounds baseball team managed just three hits in two games as Mt. Pleasant pounded FMHS 16-1, 12-0 in a doubleheader Monday night on the road. Dayne [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DAVENPORT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds softball team dropped a doubleheader on the road Wednesday night at Davenport North 11-3 and 12-2. FMHS looked to make a game of the opener [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Junior hurler Waylon Weirather pitched a complete game shut out Monday night for Central Lee as the Hawks rolled over Holy Trinity 6-0. It was shaping up to [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 WEST BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders need to find a way to get a third out. The boys had upset on their minds again Tuesday night in West Burlington [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders had the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning, but couldn’t get a runner around and dropped a 7-8 extra inning affair Friday against [Read More…]
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