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…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- For those that aren’t aware, high school baseball and softball games are always scheduled for seven innings. After game one of a doubleheader Thursday night at Fort Madison High [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARD PCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – The following link is a video preview of tonight’s FMHS girls softball game against Washington at home. First pitch is at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Hounds suffered [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC STAFF WASHINGTON- Fort Madison has lost the first game of a doubleheader five out of the six times this year. The good news is in half of those games, the Bloodhounds have [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DAVENPORT – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds tallied three wins in less than six hours on Tuesday as part of a Quad Cities tournament. The Hounds got the best of Davenport Central [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds put up 13 runs in the top of the fourth inning in Game 1 of a double header in Keokuk on Monday night, to [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS KEOKUK – Coming into Monday night’s matchup against Lee County and Southeastern conference foe Keokuk, Fort Madison softball sat three games under the five hundred mark at 3-6. After Monday’s double-header [Read More…]
BY PCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- Fort Madison’s softball team came into Wednesday’s home contest against Wapello having lost four of its previous five games and looking for a hero. They found that person in the [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS MEDIAPOLIS- Since the 2014-2015 season when Fort Madison and Mediapolis starting playing on a seasonal basis, the Bulldogs have got the best of the Bloodhounds, winning all six contest. That half [Read More…]
BY COLIN MAGNESUNRadioKeokuk News/Sports Director DONNELLSON – Typically, when a baseball team wins a game via a walk-off, it means that it’s been a thrilling affair. A game-ending RBI to break a tie or a [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Burlington may have recorded the first run of Tuesday’s nights softball contest between Fort Madison and the Grayhounds, but it was the Bloodhounds who would get the runs [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Fort Madison baseball hadn’t been swept in a double header yet this season. Monday at home against Fairfield, the Bloodhounds looked to continue that trend as they took [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF Wilton High School scored the first run of the game Friday against Fort Madison’s softball team. Wilton also scored the last run, picking up the 6-1 victory over the Bloodhounds. Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – Fort Madison dropped two games of a double header on the road at Mt. Pleasant Thursday night 6-4, 9-2 in girls softball action. In the first game, Maycee Featheringill [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS BURLINGTON- Fort Madison’s girls soccer team finished regular season play with the least amount of goals ever allowed over the course of the regular season, holding opponents to an average of [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS WEST BURLINGTON – Fort Madison’s staved off a seventh inning rally to get their first win of the season on the road at West Burlington, 7-6. West Burlington recorded three runs [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR CEDAR RAPIDS – It was a short-lived affair and the Fort Madison Bloodhound keepers had their hands full as Cedar Rapids Xavier ended the Bloodhounds season 10-0 in Class 2A District [Read More…]
Pen City Current Sports WEST POINT – The anticipated cross-town matchup for Fort Madison and Holy Trinity girls’ soccer teams turned a bit one-sided Friday evening at South Park in West Point. The Bloodhounds had [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 CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FAIRFIELD – The fun story of a couple of twins from Holy Trinity Catholic continues to unfold as Jason and Vasin Thurman earned a return trip to the Byrnes Park Tennis [Read More…]
FORT MADISON 3rd, Holy Trinity 4th at Green Acres in Donnellson Saturday BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Jadon Hawk shot a 14-over 86 at Saturday’s Central Lee Invitational at Green Acres Golf Club in Donnellson [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – The clouds opened up after Fort Madison swept all six singles matches at Keokuk Thursday night, cancelling any doubles action. But the Bloodhounds took all six singles matches from [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…]
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…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s Josh Barr and Ali Robu both shot a 45 on the front nine at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course to lead the Crusaders over Van Buren in the dual [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…]
PCC STAFF WEST POINT – A strong second half pushed Holy Trinity Catholic to a 3-1 win over previously unbeaten Mt. Pleasant at South Park to highlight girls soccer action. Sophomore Claire Pothitakis continued her [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…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – For Fairfield senior Anatta Charoenkul, Tuesday’s matchup with Fort Madison appeared to be much like any other. For Fort Madison’s Lanie Kuntz, Tuesday was going to be the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Sophomore Claire Pothitakis scored four goals in HTC’s 10-0 win over Central Lee Tuesday night in girls high school soccer action. The Lady Crusaders got two goals from Elle Rashid and [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 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…]
PCC STAFF BLOOMFIELD – The Lady Hounds girls tennis team struggled in blustery conditions on Friday night in rural Davis County and dropped their first dual meet of the year 4-5 to Davis County. Fort [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…]
PCC STAFF WEST POINT – Holy Trinity’s Claire Pothitakis continues to rack up goals in the fresh high school soccer season. The sophomore has back-to-back three-goal performances for six on the season for the 2-0 [Read More…]
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