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Kriegel trophy stays in Grinnell

For the fourth year in a row, the South Tama Trojans have not found an answer for the rival Grinnell Tigers. Grinnell took a convincing 48-20 victory over STC last Friday by scoring two unanswered touchdowns in the third quarter and knocking starting quarterback Kyler Smith out of the ...

Trojans outlast Montezuma

The South Tama Trojans earned their first non-tournament victory Tuesday evening against Montezuma in a five-set overtime marathon match. Montezuma took the first set 27-25, but South Tama responded in the second, winning 25-22. The teams traded blows in the third and fourth, with South Tama ...

South Tama shuts out Saydel

The first win of the season is always sweet, and the South Tama County football team bounced back from a humbling Week 1 defeat to West Marshall with a 33-0 road win over Saydel last Friday night. The Trojans (1-1) leaned on a clinical ground game to score 19 points in the first half and 14 ...

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 ...