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…
By Kristi Nixon MANLY — Riceville sophomore Claire Zweibohmer and St. Ansgar sophomore Lila Powers ran the best times of their careers to reserve a spot in the Class 1A state cross country meet this week at Fort Dodge’s Kennedy Park. Zweibohmer nearly broke 20 minutes, coming across the line in 20:00.1 to finish runner-up, and…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — St. Ansgar keeps coming up against Iowa Star Conference opponents in regional play and the Saints have to keep fighting them off. Coach Tyler Johnson’s squad faced a feisty Riceville team that changed up its lineup a little bit in the last few weeks of the season, but were…
By Kristi Nixon OSAGE — A bid to start the road for an eighth straight state berth had a pack of Lions standing in Osage’s way. Both teams fought tooth and nail with the Green Devils emerging victorious in a five-set marathon in the Class 3A Region 6 quarterfinal on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Jenna Scharper…
By Kristi Nixon ST. ANSGAR — As the Class 1A No. 9-ranked St. Ansgar volleyball team quickly found out, the Saints can’t take any team for granted, no matter the record. A scrappy five-win Clarksville team came into St. Ansgar with an upset in mind, leading for much of the first set of the Class…
By Kristi Nixon MASON CITY — Connor King wanted to make up for his miscue. The senior running back had fumbled on his way to the end zone with the top-ranked Saints leading 7-0. It didn’t hurt St. Ansgar at all, but King wanted to do something, so on Mason City’s sustained second-half opening drive,…
By Kristi Nixon HAMPTON — Scarlett Byrnes’ week couldn’t have gone much better. The Osage sophomore runner topped off a two-win week with a big victory by less than a tenth of a second over the Class 1A No. 4 rated runner, Kadence Huck, at the Bulldog Invitational, held at scenic Maynes Grove south of…
By Kristi Nixon ROCKFORD — When something works well, you keep going back to it. During Osage’s 25-14, 25-11, 25-12 volleyball sweep at Rockford, Taylor Klobassa kept feeding Jacey Johnston, who tallied 16 kills as the Green Devils improved to 14-12 overall, 7-0 in the Top of Iowa East. “Taylor and Jacey had a lot…
