By Kristi Nixon SHEFFIELD — Osage boys basketball team weathered the first quarter onslaught against West Fork to force overtime, but struggled in the extra period, being outscored 10-0 to fall to Top of Iowa East Conference champion Warhawks on Monday, Feb. 5. West Fork got out to a hot start, leading 22-6 after the…
By Kristi Nixon SHEFFIELD — The way the season started for the Osage girls basketball team, just the thought of playing for a Top of Iowa East Conference title on Monday, Feb. 5 was a feat head coach Chad Erickson gladly entertained. However, West Fork played the spoiler, coming out on fire and then withstood…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — Obviously, the ultimate goal for the Osage wrestling team was to repeat the state dual team title. An extremely close semifinal against Sergeant Bluff-Luton ultimately came down to the final match, a close 3-0 decision to launch the Warriors to the final with the 36-33 win, sending the Green Devils…
Area 110-pounders thrive at girls state wrestling By Kristi Nixon By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — With the conclusion of the 2024 girls state wrestling meet, both area 110-pound competitors have to look on the bright side. In the case of Osage junior state runner-up Gable Hemann, it meant the opportunity to wrestle in three state…
By Kristi Nixon WATERLOO — Despite hanging with a potent Waterloo Christian offense in the first half of this Iowa Star North road game, the Riceville boys basketball team couldn’t keep the Regents down in the second half as they emerged with a 90-56 victory over the Wildcats on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Boasting the state’s…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — It’s not the spot that St. Ansgar’s Mariah Michels was hoping for, but the junior 110-pounder for the Saints wrestles for fifth and her third state medal tonight, Feb. 2 at Xtream Arena. Leading 1-0 after a seven-second escape in the second period, Michels gave up an escape to Lauren…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — Facing one of her toughest competitors of the season yet, and not quite feeling her best, Osage junior Gable Hemann gutted out a 5-2 win by decision in the 110-pound state semifinal in an attempt to win her first state title in three tries. In gaining her only takedown of…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — Another year, another state semifinal for Osage’s Gable Hemann. The junior 110-pounder for the Green Devils earned her third first-period fall of the tournament to advance to the 2024 state semifinal, albeit at a new weight class for coach Nick Hemann’s standout wrestler. The feeling is still the same for…
By Kristi Nixon CORAVILLE — St. Ansgar freshman 105-pounder Lakin Evans snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. Trailing 5-2 in her first-round consolation, she threw in a headlock with four seconds remaining in the match to pin Waverly-Shell Rock’s Abby Doyle and remain alive to Thursday night’s second-round consolation. “It was so close,” Evans…
Area sends several back to girls state wrestling By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — Among the nine area girls state wrestling qualifiers, six of them are making a return trip to Xtream Arena in Coralville after state qualifying on Friday, Jan. 26 at Mason City High School. Six Osage girls, among them four returnees, and…
