Sports

Three second-half goals lift GHV over Bulldogs

Published by editor on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 1:16pm

HAMPTON – Garner-Hayfield-Ventura broke open what was a close 2-1 boys soccer match at halftime to take a 5-1 win over Hampton-Dumont/CAL on Thursday, April 22.

What appeared to be a frantic pace to start, both teams opened with penalty kicks against each other in the first 5 minutes, 32 seconds of the match.

However, it was all Cardinals after that.

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Bulldogs fourth at S. Hamilton Relays

Published by editor on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 1:15pm

JEWELL – Jordan Severs won the 400-meter hurdles and took second in the 110-meter high hurdles as the Bulldog boys’ track team finished fourth out of eight teams at the South Hamilton Hawk Relays on Thursday, April 22.

Tomas Cavazos also earned a runner-up finish in the 100-meter dash as well as running the anchor on the runner-up placing 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams. The 4x100 also included Max O’Dell, Tate Schmitt and Tony Valenzuela and the 4x200 ran Bryan Flores, Schmitt and Valenzuela.

Tate Schmitt also placed second in the high jump.

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Shafrath honored by IFCA Hall of Fame

Published by editor on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 9:14am

DALLAS CENTER – Long-time former Hampton-Dumont football coach Jerry Shafrath officially entered the Iowa Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Sunday, April 18 during a ceremony at Dallas Center-Grimes High School during a private ceremony.

Shafrath said he’d heard about his induction about a year ago following the IFCA clinic in Des Moines.

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Bulldogs fall to Clear Lake

Published by editor on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 9:10am

HAMPTON -- The Bulldog girls tennis team lost 8-1 to Clear Lake on Thursday, April 15.

Earning the lone win for the home team was Aspen Harlan at No. 2 singles.

Official scoring was not available by press time.

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AGWSR second in own triangular

Published by editor on Wed, 04/21/2021 - 9:05am

ACKLEY – Hannah Homeyer was the medalist runner-up in leading AGWSR to a runner-up finish at its own triangular at Ackley Rec Club on Tuesday, April 13.

High winds and cold marked the meet that had some area schools cancel otherwise.

Homeyer carded a 47, one shot back of IF-A’s Rana James as the Cadets won the meet with 202. The Cougars shot 220 as a team.

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Bulldog freshman adapting to 400 hurdles

Published by editor on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 9:26am

HAMPTON – Bulldog freshman Teaghan Bird has never run 400-meter hurdles before this season, so her early success so far has been eye-catching.

She finished third at the Lady Bulldog Classic in a highly-competitive field which included Osage, which won the meet with 123.5 points; Humboldt, second at 118; Nashua-Plainfield, third at 104; Charles City and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, to name a handful.

Hers was the top finish for the Bulldogs, which scored 9.5 points for 12th out of 13 teams.

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Low numbers mean no team score for Bulldogs, Grundy Center

Published by editor on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 9:14am

HAMPTON – Since Grundy Center had only two members on hand and the Bulldogs four, no team scores were kept in this non-conference boys’ tennis competition at Progress Park on Tuesday, April 6.

Senior Jonah Bollhagen rolled through his No. 1 singles match, 10-1, over Jeff Harris for his first career varsity victory and No. 2 singles player Logan Miller, a junior, played to a 6-6 tie against Julian Lamp.

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Warhawks open golf season

Published by editor on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 9:09am

SHEFFIELD – West Fork’s girls’ and boys’ golf teams opened the season at the Warhawks’ home golf course, Ridge Stone, on Monday, April 5 under beautiful, sunny but windy conditions.

The boys team finished second in the home triangular, shooting 200 to finish behind Lake Mills’ 186. The Bulldogs had the overall medalist in Garrett Ham and runner-up, both shooting 42, but Ham won the tiebreaker.

Lake Mills made it a sweep as the Bulldog girls won their portion of the triangular. The Warhawk girls finished third with 245 behind Lake Mills (228) and Central Springs (240).

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Pfaltzgraff wins distance event for Cougars in season-opening meet

Published by editor on Tue, 04/06/2021 - 8:31am

LE GRAND – AGWSR’s Jeffrey Pfaltzgraff won the 1,600 as the Cougars finished fifth in a six-team meet held by East Marshall on Tuesday, March 30.

He claimed the victory by three seconds, coming in at 5:08.52 to top 3,200 winner Joe Terrones of the host school.

It was the first action for AGWSR’s boys since 2019 due to COVID-19.

His was the only individual victory for the Cougars, but Cale Culver earned a runner-up finish in the 100 in 11.78 seconds and several others placed third as they accumulated 60 points for their finish.