By Kristi Nixon MANLY — Much like the varsity girls’ game before it, the St. Ansgar boys’ basketball team built a heavy lead and hung on for a two-point win over Central Springs. Co-coaches Jason Squier and Eric Kline’s team got out to an 8-0 lead and extended it to 17-4 after the first quarter…
By Kristi Nixon MANLY — The St. Ansgar girls’ basketball team’s aggressive nature nearly came back to haunt it. Foul trouble led to a pair fouling out in the fourth quarter and two more finishing with four as Central Springs mounted a furious fourth quarter rally only for coach Scott Cakerice’s Saints to hang on…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — A quality East Buchanan team came into St. Ansgar and upset the top-ranked Saints, 30-16, in the Class A quarterfinal round on Friday, Nov. 3. The Bucs took awhile to get going, as they were flagged four times in their first two possessions, including three false start penalties, but…
By Kristi Nixon CORALVILLE — Start to finish, the fifth-seeded St. Ansgar volleyball team showed it wanted to make the first state appearance in 35 years a long one. Coach Tyler Johnson’s Saints won the opener, took extra points in dropping the second and won the third, but eventually fell in five to fourth-ranked BCLUW…
Osage’s Byrnes medals in her second state meet By Kristi Nixon FORT DODGE — Scarlett Byrnes’ favorite number is 10 for so many reasons. “Well, I was born on the 10th of October, which is the 10th month of the year, and I was born at 10:10 at night,” Byrnes said. “And I weighed 10…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Much like the first time the top-ranked St. Ansgar football team played Lake Mills a few weeks ago, coach Drew Clevenger’s team dominated the Bulldogs. This time, with continuing the season at stake, the Saints (10-0) shut out the visitors, 33-0, on the coldest night of the season so…
By Kristi Nixon FORT DODGE — Riceville’s Claire Zweibohmer finished just four places (19th) and a grand total of 18 seconds out of a medal at the Class 1A state cross country meet on Friday, Oct. 27. Wildcat head coach Bryce Conway said that she ran well, and she has new goals for next year,…
By Kristi Nixon CHARLES CITY — Even as she handled the medallion around her neck received for qualifying for the state volleyball tournament, St. Ansgar sophomore Lindsay Kruse found it hard to believe she and her teammates had pulled off a minor upset of Janesville. In fact, the No. 9-ranked Saints made it look easy…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — Amelia Porisch hadn’t had a match like this before. The junior outside hitter put down a season-high 14 kills, adding three blocks, including two big plays in the fifth and deciding set during the Class 1A No. 9 St. Ansgar volleyball team’s five-set regional semifinal victory over Tripoli. “I…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — With key players either out with an injury or limited in playing time, the St. Ansgar football team took a ‘next-man-up’ attitude and shook off a tough defensive Sibley-Ocheyedan team to advance to the round of 16 in the Class A playoffs on Friday, Oct. 20 with a 23-6…
