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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES — Although all three area Class 1A wrestlers fell short of their goal of reaching the podium, all of them earned at least one win to take away positive memories from the 2024 state tournament. St. Ansgar seniors Regan Witt and Christian Michels both won their openers and then had…
By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — Shooting lights out compared to the regular season loss to Mason City Newman, the St. Ansgar girls basketball team handed the Knights a 59-40 season-ending loss in the Class 1A Region 6 quarterfinal on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Kinsey Anderson, who led all scorers with 17, had 10 points by…
