Author: Amy Montgomery

By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — St. Ansgar volleyball keeps on rolling. The Saints (17-9) earned their 11th straight match victory in a 25-17, 25-6, 25-11 sweep of Northwood-Kensett on Monday, Oct. 18. Bri Minnis led a well-rounded offense with 10 kills as coach Tyler Johnson’s team advanced to the Class 1A Region 5 quarterfinal…

By Kristi NIxon MASON CITY — Make it a three-peat for St. Ansgar senior Riley Witt. The Class 1A top-ranked runner for the Saints navigated the NIACC cross country course in the Top of Iowa Conference meet in 16 minutes, 14 seconds to earn his fourth first team all-conference finish, the last three on top….

By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — From a three-win season to clinching a playoff spot on homecoming night, the Osage football team gave the home team plenty to cheer about in a 36-10 win over Garner-Hayfield-Ventura. The Green Devils used a physical offense and a tough defense to earn their first home win of the season…

By Kristi Nixon MANLY — New PR, school record and course record. Check, check and check. St. Ansgar senior Riley Witt ran to 15 minutes, 48 seconds, breaking 16 minutes for the first time to easily win the Central Springs Invite on Thursday, Sept. 23. “That was definitely the goal,” Witt said, “to drop a…

By Kristi Nixon GREENE — St. Ansgar turned around a first set deficit behind the serving of Emma Hicken and then found the momentum it needed to serve up a 3-0 sweep of North Butler at Greene on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Hicken took over serving in the opening set with the Saints trailing 14-13, putting…

By Kristi Nixon WAVERLY — The Riceville senior girls placed 12th out of 13 teams at the 2021 Dick Pollitt Go-Hawk Classic on the Max Cross Country Course at Wartburg College. O’Malley Fair had the top finish for coach Bryce Conway’s team, crossing the finish line in 43rd place in a time of 24 minutes,…

By Kristi Nixon SHEFFIELD — Offense, defense, special teams, you name it, St. Ansgar football excelled at it against West Fork. The Saints scored seven offensive touchdowns, one of which was the result of a turnover, two interception returns for senior Griffin Carlson and a punt return for a TD in the 67-0 shutout of…

By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — A match after celebrating her 500th career kill, Osage’s Kaebre Sullivan added 10 more in a 25-18, 25-7, 25-10 win over St. Ansgar on the road on Thursday, Sept. 2. While head coach Bryan Tabbert knew his senior outside hitter was in line for the milestone, it came as…

By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Four first-half turnovers, one for an 88-yard interception return by Cole Jeffries that proved to be the winning touchdown, aided Osage to a 20-13 win against Osage on Saturday. The game was delayed several times for a grand total of 20 hours due to weather, leaving the field soupy…