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West Marshall downs South Tama

Preston Pope ran for 126 yards and four touchdowns to help lead West Marshall to a 45-6 blowout victory over South Tama on Friday night. Pope needed just 12 carries to accrue 126 yards and four scores, three of which came during West Marshall’s 33-point second-quarter outburst. West Marshall ...

​​Janesville blows out Meskwaki

A slow start was the death knell for Meskwaki football in its 68-30 season-opening loss to Janesville last Friday. A staggering 54-point first quarter from the Wildcats put the game out of reach early on, and no points were scored in the second quarter. Meskwaki (0-1) scored 14 points in the ...

South Tama baseball celebrates Senior Night

The South Tama baseball team celebrated Senior Night during their home game against rival East Marshall on July 6. Senior players pictured with their families ahead of the varisty game are (from left): Mickey Wanatee, Gavin Jimenez, Brayden Smith, Matt Wiese and Lane Lekin. The Trojans got the ...

Trojans sneak by HLV, end regular season on five game skid

South Tama ended its week with a win against HLV Wednesday and a doubleheader defeat to Benton Community Thursday. The Trojans (10-21) went down early against the Warriors, trailing 9-0 after the first two innings of play. In the bottom of the third inning, junior Kyler Smith took the mound ...

South Tama sees ups and downs on the diamond

The STC baseball team broke a four-game losing streak late last week with a 9-5 win over Prairie City-Monroe on the road June 4. The Trojans earlier dropped losses to Beckman Catholic, Union Community and Center Point-Urbana before meeting up with the PCM Mustangs. Senior Mickey Wanatee ...

STC’s Tyynismaa just misses medal in 200

DES MOINES — Before the afternoon rains swept through Drake Stadium, JoJo Tyynismaa and South Tama County took to the track Thursday in the first day of the co-ed state meet. Tyynismaa ran two of her four scheduled events — the 200-yard dash preliminaries and the 100 dash ...

Track & Field: Attendance Limits Removed at State Meet

Attendance limitations have been removed for this week’s Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships following updated public health guidance and coordination with Drake University and Polk County Health Department. The three-day IHSAA and IGHSAU meet at Drake Stadium will be ...

South Tama, Meskwaki tracksters on to State

South Tama boys and girls track will be sending one relay and four individual events to the State Track and Field meet at Drake Stadium. The Trojans traveled to Pella for Districts Thursday, May 13. On the boys team Payton Vest qualified in the Long Jump after winning the meet with a jump ...

Garcia’s goals propel STC/EM

A two-goal lead is generally referred to as the most dangerous lead in soccer. It’s easy then for teams to let their guard down and let goals in. But the two-goal cushion South Tama County/East Marshall held at halftime of Friday afternoon’s win over Maquoketa was more than enough for the ...