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…]
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 CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LONE TREE – Back to back singles by Collin Thornton and Vasin Thurman with two outs in the top of the eighth inning set the stage for Zander Schweiss’ two-run [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds dropped two games to Washington Friday night 1-7, 8-13. In the opener, sophomore Brandon Reichelt spotted the Demons three runs in the bottom of the first [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – It’s another very young team for head coach Albert Schinstock’s Holy Trinity Catholic baseball squad. Five freshman and two sophomores help anchor a team that includes two juniors and [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 FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys soccer team finished its season 4-13 after a 7-0 shutout at the hands of Clear Creek Amana last Monday night in boys high school [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 CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Central Lee’s shuttle hurdle relay team made a quick exit from the Iowa State Track and Field meet in Des Moines on Saturday after disqualifying in the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Brody Rung scored on assists from Austin Sexton and Gavin Ransdell with about four minutes left in the game to lift the Fort Madison Bloodhounds over Holy Trinity 2-1 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DES MOINES – With personal records falling all over the place and medals being thrown around people’s necks, it’s been a pretty darned good day for Fort Madison at the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Fort Madison senior Leigh Johnson’s wearing a medal around the grounds at Drake Stadium with a big smile on her face. With a 37′ throw, which bested [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 – Each of Holy Trinity Catholic High School’s three seniors put up a goal Monday night as the lady Crusaders cruised past Wapello 10-0 on Senior Night at South Park. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A late-match offensive push by the Bloodhounds wasn’t enough to avoid a shutout as Danville beat Fort Madison Monday night 2-0 at the Baxter Sports Complex. The Hounds were [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 PCC STAFF WINFIELD – Holy Trinity Catholic senior Collin Thornton is playing some of his best golf of the year at the perfect time. The three-sport athlete qualified for state district golf action with [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison boys soccer team was shut out Thursday night by Fairfield 10-0 with the game-ending goal coming at the 18-minute mark in the second half. The Trojans scored [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 FORT MADISON – Junior Brody Rung threw a hat trick at Washington Monday in boys high school soccer action at the Baxter Sports Complex, but the Hounds couldn’t hold on for the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Junior goalkeeper Javier Trejo had 16 saves in a 5-1 Bloodhound loss to Mt. Pleasant Friday night. The Hounds held the Panthers to a 1-0 lead with the only [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…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison boys tennis team fell in a tight match that came down to the No. 3 doubles match. Blake Feuerhammer and Gage Hind, who play at Nos. [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison boys soccer team fell to Iowa City Liberty Friday at home 2-1. The Hounds gave up two goals in the first half as they fell to the Lightning and [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 CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Brett Schneider runs track for Fort Madison High School. Next year she’ll run for UNI, but this Saturday, she’s running at Drake University in [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – FMHS’s Brett Schneider had the best finish at Tuesday’s Keosippi Relays at Keokuk’s Calvert Stadium. Schneider’s 2:29.30 mark in the 800-meter run was less than one second off the pace of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MEDIAPOLIS – The Fort Madison boys track team took fourth place at the Mediapolis Invitational on Tuesday evening, but several Hounds brought home titles. The Bloodhounds captured 113 points. Mediapolis won the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite facing some very tough high seed tennis, the FMHS girls were able to avenge a lost last week to Fairfield with a 5-4 win at home [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 FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison boys tennis team won their second match in two days and are now over .500 for the season at 4-3 with a 5-4 win over Fairfield on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison boys tennis team edged Mt. Pleasant 5-4 in a make up game from the wintry weather a couple weeks ago. The Bloodhounds got four wins in [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison boys soccer team went into OT for the second straight match, but this time came out on the wrong end of a 2-3 decision at Washington. Carson [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…]
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