×

Local Sports

Ridout grabs runner-up in WaMaC 100 hurdles

MOUNT VERNON — The South Tama girls track and field team traveled to Mount Vernon High School on Thursday, May 8 to participate in the annual WaMaC conference meet. Leading the way for the Trojans was freshman Scout Ridout, who took home a second place finish in the 100 hurdles. With a ...

Trojan alums see collegiate success

Indianola — Over the past five years, South Tama has seen record numbers of athletes continuing their careers in the collegiate ranks. Over the weekend four STC track and field alums competed at the American Rivers Conference track and field championships hosted at Simpson College in ...

STC boys, girls tennis teams compete at WaMaC meets

The STC tennis programs both competed in the 2025 conference tennis meets last week. The boys and girls teams both finished in fourth place as a team in the challenging WaMaC conference. On Monday, May 5, the boys team had the privilege of hosting this year’s conference meet at the STC ...

Upperclassmen lead STC boys to home championship

The STC boys track and field team won their annual home Coed Invite on Tuesday night, April 29. Finishing with a total of 152 team points, the Trojans finished ahead of Hudson (106) and BGM (95). STC was led by standout performances from four of their upperclassmen. Junior Barrett Jesina ...

Girls take third at home invite

The South Tama girls track and field team finished in third place at their annual home Coed Invite on Tuesday night, April 29. The Trojans ended with a total of 98 points and finished behind meet champion North Mahaska (134) and runner-up Hudson (125). Once again, the Trojans received a ...

JoJo Tyynismaa’s four event frenzy at Drake Relays

Rarely in track and field are things guaranteed, but with STC alum JoJo Tyynismaa two things are: An appearance at Drake Relays and competing in multiple events. With the 115th edition of the Drake Relays upon us, JoJo came through once again. Kicking off her busy Friday, was a spot on ...

STC girls tennis tops Marion

The STC girls tennis team hosted Marion on Tuesday, April 22 at the South Tama High School Tennis Complex. By the end of the night, the Trojans had secured a key win by defeating the Wolves by a score of 6-3. STC grabbed four of six singles matches to take control of the meet early. In #1 ...

Chandonia’s Drake debut

South Tama junior Timmothy Chandonia competed in the Drake Relays shot put competition last Thursday. Qualifying with a mark of 53 feet, 10 1/2 inches. In an attempt to launch a record setting throw Chandonia scratched in all three of his attempts in competition. He was one of two shot put ...

Brant and Tyynismaa

DES MOINES - South Tama has never seen distance runners quite like Tommy Tyynismaa and James Brant. Both graduating in 2024, things have looked different this year for the duo. Tyynismaa signed to run at Iowa State beginning training in the summer after sorting out a stress reaction after ...

Welsh signs with BVU

STC senior Macy Welsh has announced her commitment to play volleyball at Buena Vista University. Signing her letter of intent recently, Welsh will go to Storm Lake in the fall and compete for the Beavers in the highly competitive American Rivers Conference (ARC). Welsh has been a constant ...