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STC girls tennis falls to Marion

MARION — The STC girls tennis team traveled to Marion on Friday, Aug. 15, to compete in their first meet of the year against a fellow WaMaC opponent. Playing in their third meet in four days, the Trojans had to battle the elements as the heat index rose to around 100 degrees at the time of ...

The Champions in the Park

They fought like warriors in the scorching heat. With sweat glistening skin the teams ran around the field battling it out for the championship trophy. In the end, the Bobcats won 3 to 2 over Villchuato. The Marshalltown Premier League’s soccer at Toledo Heights Park saw an amazing turnout ...

Mount Vernon tops STC in Season Opener

The STC girls tennis team had the honor of kicking off the 2025 fall sports season when they hosted Mount Vernon on Tuesday, August 12. Playing in the first official competition of any sport this fall, the Mustangs traveled to the STC tennis complex to take on a new-look Trojan squad. ...

STC football joins ‘Midnight Madness’

In what has become a growing tradition across the country — including in Iowa — the STC football program officially kicked off their season with a midnight first practice on Monday, Aug. 11. Often dubbed ‘Midnight Madness’ by many schools, teams in Iowa were able to legally practice ...

STC fall sports begin

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 ...

A Good Ol’ Slobberknocker

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 enters new territory

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 ...

Wiese, Hitchcock earn WaMaC honors

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 ...

South Tama wrestlers find success at Fargo Nationals

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 ...

Meet STC’s new head harrier, Edgar Tapia

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 ...