The Hampton-Dumont-CAL softball team comes into the season missing some familiar faces and will look to rebuild around a young core of players.  The Bulldogs have a new pitcher for the first time in four seasons, with sophomore Malie Ott taking the mound for the Bulldogs.  Several returning starters along with some players moving up from JV will look to form a strong core for the Bulldog softball program to build around for the next couple sea

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL baseball team is still searching for that first win of the season.  It has have been close a couple of times in the early season, but has struggled to get the outs they need to prevent a big inning.  The Bulldogs have led in almost evey game this season, yet have yet to find themselves in the win column.  The Bulldogs’ pitching has been the strong point early in the year, but the bats and defense have not yet come around

SHEFFIELD — West Fork scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning Thursday on its way to a 2-1 victory over Iowa-Falls Alden, highlighting a strong first week of the season.
The Warhawks went 4-0 on the week, including 2-0 in the Top of Iowa Conference West Division, also scoring victories over Clear Lake, 2-1, Rockford, 12-0 and Northwood-Kensett, 12-0.

SHEFFIELD — The West Fork High School baseball team dropped the first three games of its season last week, including its Top of Iowa Conference opener.

ORANGE CITY - The Hampton-Dumont-Cal boys’ golf team finished runner-up in the North Central Conference and runner-up at the sectional golf tournament, qualifying for the May 15 district meet at Orange City.

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs return to the baseball diamond after a 23-9 season that ended in a first round exit from the class 3A district tournament the year before. The Bulldogs must replace some key players to their success the season before. A younger core of players has emerged and will look to fill the shoes of the graduated players.

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs sent three events on the girls’ side and seven events on the boys’ side to Drake Stadium Des Moines for the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union State Track and Field championships Thursday through Saturday. 

DES MOINES – Leah Weaver ran a personal-best 1 minute, 8.61 seconds on her way to ninth place in the 400-meter hurdles, leading the West Fork track and field teams at the State Meet last week at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
The Warhawks competed in six events at the meet, five on the girls' side and one on the boys. Weaver's finish was the best of the meet for the team and one of two that finished inside the top 10.

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL golfers have been battling mother nature all spring, but when they have been able to play they have had success on the course.  The girls have shown consistent growth throughout the season and this past week competed in the North Central Conference golf meet at the Mason City Country Club.  The Bulldogs headed into the conference meet with junior Madision Lindaman having the best average on the team at 58 for a 9 hole av

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL soccer teams have had success and failures during the year.  As postseason match-ups have been released, it is time for the teams to be at their best if they want a shot at qualifying for the state tournament.  The girls soccer team begins their march for the postseason Wednesday against the Clear Lake Lions at Clear Lake.  The match will begin at 7:00 pm and tickets can be purchased online as the Bulldogs have wrapped u

The Bulldog boys and girls track teams would run at the North Central Conference track meet this past Thursday.  The boys would travel to Webster City, while the girls would head to Fort Dodge.  Boys team would be looking to continue the strong performance and finish the season strong before heading into the district track meet.

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL boys’ and girls’ track and field teams ran at the North Central Conference track meet this past Thursday.  The boys traveled to Webster City, while the girls headed to Fort Dodge.  The Boys team was looking to continue their performance streak and finish the season strong before heading into the district track meet.

The Hampton-Dumont boys’ soccer squad has come a long way under coach Danielle Arana, but still has some distance to go before finishing the season. Going into Saturday the Bulldogs still had at least four games to play, two games in the Waverly tournament Saturday, one against Sumner-Fredericksburg and another against Waverly Shell Rock Go-Hawks, and two more matchups this week, May 8 against Webster City and May 12 against Clear Lake.

DES MOINES — If one is good, two would be even better. 
That was the attitude for Hampton-Dumont/CAL sophomore Charlee Morton who became the school’s second-ever Drake Relays champion with a victory in the discus Thursday and then doubled-up with a win Friday in the shot put.

The cold and wet weather has set in on Iowa and caused the postponement of some highly anticipated soccer matches. The H-D-CAL boys’ soccer team looked to bounce back with a couple of conference matches against Clear Lake and Humboldt, but mother nature prevented that from happening by bringing cold, wet and windy conditions. An idle week did not hurt the Bulldogs in the rankings, as they continue to climb to eighth place.