Osage eighth, Saints 10th at competitive North Iowa Indoor

CLEAR LAKE — Osage set new meet records to win a pair of events at the second annual North Iowa Indoor Championships hosted by Clear Lake on Friday, March 22. The Green Devils notched the marks with a 400-meter performance by Quinn Street and the shuttle hurdle relay team of Parker Kisley, Sevryn Dodd, Noah […]

Saints take fourth as team, smash SHR record in win

By Kristi Nixon CLEAR LAKE — St. Ansgar girls track looked already in mid-season form in the last indoor meet and their only competition so far this season, showing they were the best small school at the second annual North Iowa Indoor championships hosted by Clear Lake on Thursday, March 21. They were fourth overall, […]

Cole relays experiences in mission with Morningside University football teammates

SIOUX CITY — Morningside junior Ryan Cole is not only gifted on the gridiron. The St. Ansgar High School graduate, from Plymouth, recently made a mission trip with his football teammates to Uganda during the school’s spring break. Experiences abounded from the very start, he said. “We arrived on Monday and then immediately went out […]

Kohl looking forward to joining Osage community

By Kristi Nixon DUBUQUE — Incoming 2024-25 Osage athletic director Keith Kohl is up for the task of taking over all activities for the Green Devils. The Dubuque native has lived most of his life there and is coming in after completing the 2023-24 season at Dubuque Senior High School. “I’m from Dubuque, born and […]

Area girls score well at Wartburg Indoor No. 2

By Kristi Nixon WAVERLY — The Osage and Riceville girls track and field teams scored eighth- and 11-place finishes, respectively, at the second of three Wartburg Indoor high school meets of the season last week. The Green Devils earned a pair of individual victories with Scarlett Byrnes claiming the 3,000-meter run as the Wildcats’ Claire […]

Osage girls get first indoor meet experience

By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — The Osage girls track and field team competed in the inaugural girls Riverhawk Indoor Invitational on Tuesday, March 5. Coach Adam Brinkman’s Green Devils had a trio of top-10 finishes among the 24 teams in attendance at Mason City High School. “I feel our first indoor meet went really […]

Saints compete at Dickinson Relays

By Kristi Nixon CEDAR FALLS — St. Ansgar held its own against some of the top teams in the state in the first day of competition in the 2024 indoor spring season as the Saints recorded a handful of top-35 finishes in the Dickinson Relays. The top finish overall for coach Drew Clevenger’s team at […]

Stangel claims Mr. Wrestler in 2A

By Kristi Nixon BOONE — Getting sage words from the man whose name is brandished on the prestigious Mr. and Ms. Wrestler Award, the 2A recipient, Osage’s Tucker Stangel, took legendary wrestler and coach Dan Gable’s words to heart. During the course of Gable’s speech to those who were in attendance, which included family and […]

Third time not so charming:

Garrigan ends Riceville state bid By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — In a heartbreaking third straight attempt to advance to the girls state basketball tournament, Algona Garrigan once more turned away the Riceville Wildcats in the Class 1A regional final on Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Mason City High School. The Golden Bears, who have won […]

Devils go back-to-back, claim four individual titles

By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Osage coach Brent Jennings is sure his father is smiling down on him and his Green Devils. Capping an emotional week in which the soon-to-be Hall of Fame coach lost his father, Gerald “Jerry” Jennings, the night before the Class 2A district meet, Jennings coached four individual champions on […]