A Tama native and Air Force veteran who was taken as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after flying a bombing mission over Hanoi in 1972 was honored as the University of Iowa’s “Military Hero of the Game” during last Saturday’s win over Northwestern. Duane Vavroch, who was released from ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                    
                                                                        
                        
                        
The South Tama varsity football team returned home last Friday night for a matchup with the class 3A #9 rated Benton Bobcats. Despite the Trojans hanging tough in the first quarter, and getting their second-highest scoring output of the season, Benton was able to pull away for the victory, ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        MARION — The South Tama cross country team competed at the WaMaC Conference meet on Thursday, Oct. 17. The team traveled to Marion for the annual event.
The Trojans boys were led by junior Barrett Jesina, who finished 7th overall with a time of 16:58. The finish earned Jesina a spot on the ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        The South Tama varsity volleyball team traveled to Marion High School on Thursday night, Oct. 17 to participate in the annual WaMaC Conference Invite. The Trojans ended up splitting their two matches and earned a fourth place finish in the western division. 
STC’s first match was a 2-0 loss ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        South Tama’s Freshman/Sophomore football team completed their season with a 42-21 win over the Benton Bobcats last Friday night, Oct. 18.
The offenses for both teams came out strong. Freshman running back Izak Schroeder exploded for a 64-yard touchdown on the Trojan’s first possession of ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                    
                                                                        
                        
                        
MONTEZUMA — It has been a year of change for the South Tama boys cross country team. But one of the things that has remained the same is victory at Montezuma. For the seventh consecutive year, the Trojans won the team title at the Montezuma Cross Country Invite on Thursday night, Oct. 10. ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                                        
                        
                        FAIRFIELD — The South Tama football team was hungry for their first win of the season when they traveled to Fairfield last Friday, Oct. 11. And on that night, they came ever-so-close before squandering a 29-13 halftime lead and falling 33-29. 
The Trojans came roaring out of the gate, ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                    
                                                                        
                        
                        WAVERLY — On a rather hot Saturday morning, the STC cross country team came to Waverly to compete in the Steve Johnson super meet. Named after Wartburg’s former coach Steve Johnson, who played a hand in coaching STC alum Joe Hughes to multiple All-American finishes in cross country and ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                    
                                                                        
                        
                        
GRINNELL — The South Tama football team traveled to Grinnell last Friday night to face the Tigers in a District 5 matchup. Grinnell came into the game with a record of 4-1 and having recently dropped out of the Class 3A Top 10 rankings.
The defensive units for both teams came out strong ...
                        
                    
                                                            
                    
                                                    
                                                                        
                        
                        
NEWTON — The South Tama Cross Country team traveled to Newton on Tuesday night, Sept. 24, to compete at the annual Steve McDermott Invitational. Once again, junior Brady Jesina led the way for the Trojan varsity boys’ team. Jesina came into the meet as the 21st ranked runner in Class 3A. ...