Sports

Multitude of Warhawks net TIC All-Conference honors

Published by editor on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 10:01am

Despite early postseason exits, the West Fork baseball and softball teams came out with several positives. One of those accomplishments is the development of youth, and the other achievement is bringing home several honors from the Top of Iowa Conference.

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Bulldogs softball falls to Mount Vernon

Published by editor on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 9:58am

Hampton-Dumont/CAL softball met the end to their season in a 12-0 loss at Mount Vernon in the Class 3A Regional Championship on July 12.

The Bulldogs were unable to record a single hit in the loss to the 34-4 powerhouse.

Mount Vernon, a program that has great experience in the postseason, showed that advantage over a young HDC team.

“To be competitive in this game, we were going to have to have one of our strongest performances and Monday night that just wasn't the case,” coach Kelsey Enslin said.

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HDC baseball season finished in 0-6 loss

Published by editor on Wed, 07/21/2021 - 9:57am

Hampton-Dumont/CAL baseball finished the regular season and played in the first round of districts.

Unfortunately, this would mark the end of the season for the Bulldogs, who would fall to Waverly-Shell Rock on the road on Friday in a 0-6 loss.

On July 12, HDC hosted Humboldt and was defeated, 1-3.

On July 13, the team traveled to Boone and lost, 2-12.

Against Waverly-Shell Rock, HDC struggled at bat.

The Dogs didn’t have a hit in the contest, and had one batter walked.

On the mound, Brayden Johnson let up six hits and four walks.

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HDC baseball faces four opponents heading toward postseason

Published by editor on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 9:41am

Hampton-Dumont/CAL faced four opponents this week with postseason quickly approaching.

On July 5, the home game against North Butler was declared a no contest when lightening forced the game to be called off; HDC led 6-2 at the time.

On July 6, the team was defeated by Clear Lake on the road, 4-5.

The Bulldogs lost to Webster City, 3-13, on the road on Wednesday.

Finally, HDC defeated Forest City at home on Thursday, winning 12-10.

Against Clear Lake, it was a dramatic game.

The two teams failed to put a run on the boards for five innings.

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Bulldogs softball advances to Regional finals

Published by editor on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 9:40am

Hampton-Dumont/CAL defeated two opponents in Class 3A Regionals to advance to regional championship.

The Bulldogs defeated Garner-Hayfield-Ventura, 5-3, at home on July 6.

Then on Friday, the team hosted Clear Lake and blew them out 12-2.

Against GHV, the Dogs put in two runs to start the game and built upon that lead in the fifth inning.

Up 5-0, HDC was met with resistance from the Cardinals in the sixth inning.

But, the Bulldogs defense stopped the bleeding and held GHV to three runs.

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WF girls knock off No. 8 Newman Catholic, drop three straight

Published by admin on Wed, 06/30/2021 - 9:43am

The beginning of last week was looking pretty good for the West Fork softball team. The Warhawks had won two of their last three, and were ready to take on some tough competition in the form of ranked teams such as Newman Catholic and Central Springs.

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Warhawks use three-game win streak to rise above .500 mark

Published by admin on Wed, 06/30/2021 - 9:40am

Six games in seven days. With the end of the regular season fast approaching, the West Fork baseball team is beginning its final push for the postseason.

Despite some hiccups at the beginning and end of their week, the Warhawks were able to put together a three-game winning streak. After falling to Newman Catholic on June 21, West Fork rattled off wins against Hampton-Dumont/CAL on June 22, Central Springs on June 23 and St. Ansgar last Friday, before dropping games to Lisbon and Woodbury Central on Saturday at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo.

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Bulldogs softball plays down to the wire

Published by admin on Wed, 06/30/2021 - 9:33am

The Hampton-Dumont/CAL softball team had three games decided by two runs or less.

On June 21, the Dogs lost, 4-6, to Iowa Falls-Alden in Hampton.

The team would secure a win on June 22 at home, defeating West Fork, 4-2.

On Wednesday, the week came to a close with a home loss to Webster City, 3-4.

Against Iowa Falls-Alden, HDC found themselves down 0-4 leading into the sixth inning.

The Bulldogs put up a single run in the bottom of the sixth and then let up two more runs to the Cadets.

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Bulldogs baseball competes in four close games

Published by admin on Wed, 06/30/2021 - 9:32am

Hampton-Dumont/CAL baseball went through four close matchups this week.

On June 21, the Bulldogs defeated Iowa Falls-Alden, 7-5, in Hampton.

On June 22, HDC hosted West Fork and fell, 3-7.

The team faced Webster City on Wednesday at home and was defeated, 9-15.

Finally, on Thursday, the team played Nashua-Plainfield in Hampton and lost to the Huskies, 3-5.

In the Iowa-Falls-Alden game, HDC took a commanding 6-1 lead after scoring five runs at the bottom of the fifth.

The Dogs held improved to seven runs the next inning.

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Trask promoted to WF head boys’ basketball coach

Published by editor on Wed, 06/16/2021 - 3:45pm

After wishing Hall-of-Fame head coach Frank Schnoes farewell, the West Fork boys’ basketball program has found their new coach. Fortunately for the Warhawks’ athletic department, they didn’t have to go very far to find their guy.

In an announcement made via the West Fork School District’s social media on June 9, Trent Trask was called up to take over the program. Trask is not new to the Warhawks or coaching duties, having served as the junior varsity coach for the past five seasons.