Monday, Aug. 4 was a busy day around the South Tama high school campus. On a bright morning with temperatures hovering around 60 degrees, four STC teams began their fall seasons with team camps and practices. At 7 a.m. this year’s version of STC cross country gathered at the track to ...
They walked out to roaring music and cheers and jeers, as they preened to the crowd. The wrestlers slid into the ring, and what happened next was an all-out slobberknocker of uproarious proportions. Live Pro Wrestling's Scrotched Earth match last Saturday, at the Tama Eagles, saw trained ...
STC girls tennis head coach Steve Bearden has never seen a season quite like this one. After decades of competing in the spring, it was announced last year by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) that girls tennis would be moved to the fall. As Bearden enters this unprecedented ...
The WaMaC conference announced its annual end-of-the-season softball honors on Tuesday, July 8. A pair of South Tama seniors earned a spot on the WaMaC West ‘Recognition’ list of athletes: third-basemen Madison Hitchcock and outfielder Madison Wiese. According to statistics for the ...
FARGO, N.D. — Last week, Autumn Elsbury made headlines by finishing as national runner-up at the USA Wrestling Junior Nationals in Fargo. But she wasn’t the only Trojan to shine on the national stage. Three other South Tama athletes: Kyle Youngbear, Lakyr Peska, and Kinley Jimenez, also ...
For the first time in nearly a decade, South Tama has a new cross country coach. After being led by head coach Robert Tyynismaa for the last nine seasons, the school district announced on May 27 that Edgar Tapia had been hired to lead the program. Recently, the News Chronicle had the ...
FARGO, N.D. - Autumn Elsbury made a statement on the national stage this week, wrestling her way to a silver medal finish in the Junior Women’s 170-pound division at the USA Wrestling Junior & 16U National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. Ranked No. 13 nationally coming into the ...
This past Monday night, June 30, was a special night at the STC softball complex. On a night when STC hosted #3 ranked Mount Vernon for a doubleheader, it was ‘Alumni Night’ — where STC honored all past alumni of the softball program. This year marked the 50th season of South Tama ...
Last weekend, members of the Chicago Bears made the trip to central Iowa for the second time to host the Mini Monsters Youth and High School football camp at the Meskwaki Settlement and donated $5,000 to the Meskwaki Nation Youth Program. Meskwaki Youth Athletic Program Coordinator Stacy ...
DES MOINES — Recently graduated STC Senior Abigail Chyma ended her soccer career by representing the Trojans at the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association Senior Showcase. Chyma was nominated by Coach Morgan McFate, who spoke highly of Chyma after the event. “Abigail has grown as ...