By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — The Osage volleyball team may have a lot of new faces in different positions, but they played like the same old Green Devils to open the 2023 season. Coach Bryan Tabbert’s team has a new setter – the third new one in as many seasons – and, for the first…
By Kristi Nixon RICEVILLE — Due to the sweltering heat, the Riceville volleyball team opened its season at the Riceville Activity Center instead of the high school gym due to the fact it had air conditioning on Tuesday, Aug. 22. After a slow start, the Wildcats pounced on Northwood-Kensett in this non-conference match, which also…
By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — It’s not often you get a second chance in baseball. The St. Ansgar Saints kept getting them in a 2-1 Class 1A sub-state 2 upset win over top-ranked Mason City Newman on Tuesday, July 11 at Roosevelt Field in Mason City. “They didn’t come away with that big hit…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Tate Mayer started the season with a shortened perfect game and he started the postseason with another perfecto. The St. Ansgar senior lefty struck out 10 Rockford batters, allowing just two balls in play, and got plenty of support offensively with 11 hits and 10 stolen bases in the…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — There is something about the confidence Riceville’s baseball team exudes when Ryder Fair is on the mound. The Wildcat junior is among top-six in the entire state in pitching starts and top-two in Class 1A with 10 and he helped lead his team to a Class 1A District 4…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — St. Ansgar needed a little longer to dispatch Rockford than it did earlier in the week, but the Saints will play another day after a 12-1, five-inning victory over the Lady Warriors in the Class 1A Region 6 opener on Friday, June 30. Aspen Falk hit 3-for-3, only a…
Saint girls 4×400 reach final By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Tom Petty made the phrase, “Waiting is the Hardest Part,” popular more than 40 years ago. St. Ansgar’s girls 4×400 made it known that it is still true today. With a delay due to starter sound technical issues, the foursome of Lila Powers, Amelia…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Giving everything he had, St. Ansgar’s Ryan Hackbart finished fourth in the shot put, just missing a top-three spot. Second after the preliminaries, a few had some of their best throws of the year by a lot, pushing him down to the fourth-place finish even though he improved on…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Most of the faces have changed, but the result during the last few years has remained the same. The Saint Ansgar girls shuttle hurdle relay will be racing in the Class 1A final on Saturday, May 20. The quartet of Kenzie Peterson, Brylee Wynia, Maria Michels and Aspen Falk…
By Kristi Nixon GREENE — The Osage boys’ golf team won the 2023 Top of Iowa East Conference title at Round Grove Golf Course hosted by North Butler on Monday, May 8. A new school record for 18 holes by the Green Devils of 313 included all six golfers for coach Eric Goddard’s team among…
