For all the things that went wrong early on, the Meskwaki girls’ basketball team still had its chances to make it right by the end of the night. It’s just a lot harder to win when the ball isn’t going in. The Warriors’ frigid start gave way to a frantic comeback, but Waterloo ...
A strong group of district qualifiers produced a strong group of state qualifiers for South Tama this weekend. The Trojans will send three district champions including Amare Chavez (120), Logan Arp (138) and Gavin Bridgewater (220), along with district runner-up Rudy Papakee (195) to represent ...
West Marshall’s strength in numbers edged out South Tama’s five champions to win the Class 2A Sectional 6 wrestling tournament on Saturday at Grinnell High School. West Marshall racked up 218.5 points to South Tama’s 218, driven by one sectional champion and seven runners-up. South Tama ...
South Tama hosted West Delaware on Friday, Feb. 4 for a WaMaC West versus WaMaC East matchup. The Hawks took a 19-6 lead in the first quarter and never faltered from there on out. West Delaware won the contest 87-37 on the same night South Tama boys basketball, cheerleading and the dance team ...
The South Tama County wrestling team finished in the center of the WaMaC Conference Tournament on Saturday, placing seventh out of 13 teams with 110 points. Class 2A’s top-ranked West Delaware Hawks dominated the field for 278 points and first place. Independence finished second (236.5), ...
A tight game heading into the second half quickly became a comfortable win for the Meskwaki girls’ basketball team Monday night against GMG. A 14-2 third quarter run pushed a five-point halftime lead to a 33-16 gap, and the Warriors kept GMG at bay in the fourth quarter to earn a 44-24 ...
A standout showing from GMG senior Mykel Ratliff kept Meskwaki boys’ basketball from staging a comeback Monday night, as the Wolverines held on for a 56-46 victory to improve to 7-10 and 5-6 in Iowa Star South play. With the loss, Meskwaki drops to 2-14 and 2-10 in ISS play. Back and forth ...
South Tama County sophomore Maeley Elsbury reached the podium for the second time in as many years, placing third in her bracket at the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association’s State Championships over the weekend at Xtream Arena. Elsbury was one of four area girls to compete in ...
Meskwaki senior Shye Johnson couldn’t help but smile Thursday afternoon in the Meskwaki High School commons. It was easy to understand why. After years of making history for the Warriors and spending time as a four-sport varsity athlete in cross country, track and field, basketball and ...
After a disappointing loss Tuesday night to Urbandale, Marshalltown head bowling coach DJ Wilder had frank remarks for his boys’ team. “I told the guys, ‘You guys needed that, you needed to realize you can’t just walk in the door and win,'” DJ said. “Coming into today, you go out ...