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STC Archery Club competes at State

Sixty-two archers from the STC Archery Club competed at the State Archery Tournament on March 8 and 9 in Des Moines.The Tournament was held at the Jacobson Center on the Iowa State Fair Grounds.Some top results from the STC Archery Club included Timm Chandonia, an STC 5th grader who finished ...

Meskwaki Warriors earn All-Conference Honors

Meskwaki senior Tate' Bear has been named a unanimous selection to the Iowa Star All-Conference elite team.Bear is the only member of the elite team from the Iowa Star South Division, and this was the second elite-team honor of his career.Bear averaged 23.4 points per game in Iowa Star South ...

Fritz All-American, All-Academic

ROANOKE, Va.- It has been a good freshman season for South Tama alum, Brady Fritz. He just finished his first season with the Wartburg Knights Wrestling team as an All-American and he also received All-Academic honors.Fritz finished 6th at 141 after a win by 9-7 dec vs. Brendan Ladd ...

Tyynismaa earns All-American

BOSTON, Mass. The No. 21 Wartburg College women's indoor track and field team tied for 27th at the NCAA Championships with nine points on Saturday.Sophomore Cassidy Christopher (Cedar Falls) placed sixth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:50.70, earning her first All-American honors. ...

LepBARchaun dash goers in good spirits for annual 5K

There was no luck of the Irish for the weather on Saturday, March 9 but that didn't stop the faithfuls from joining in for the 5th annual LepBARchaun Dash. Temps hovered around 26 degrees and it rained most of the morning including during the race.This year the race began at Bumblebees Pizzeria ...

Tom Keating selected as IHSAA’s sixth executive director

BOONE, Iowa The Board of Control of the Iowa High School Athletic Association has selected Tom Keating to serve as its next executive director, starting July 1, 2019.Keating is currently the president at Xavier, Cedar Rapids and will be the sixth executive director in IHSAA history. He will ...

STC wrestling celebrates season at banquet

The South Tama wresting team held the annual end of season banquet on Sunday, March 2. Coaches, team members and families gathered for pizza at the STC Elementary cafeteria.Head Varsity Coach Nate Van Dyke spoke about the season and about moving forward into next season.STC sophomore, Kalem ...

Tama-Toledo 6th annual Lepbarchaun Dash is Saturday

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. at Bumblebees and the Lepbarchaun Dash begins at 10:30 a.m. this Saturday, March 9, from downtown Toledo.The finish line for the 5K event is at the Tama-Toledo Country Club on West 13th Street in Tama.Whether you run or walk the colorful (green) participants ...

Two honored at 100th year of Iowa Girls Basketball

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) celebrated the 100th year of girls state basketball tournaments last weekend. The Iowa Girls' State Basketball Tournament is the nation's oldest girls' high school state tournament. The first tournament was in 1920 when Correctionville ...