The eighth-ranked North Tama volleyball team goes to Baxter tomorrow night for the first meetup of the Redhawks and the Bolts. This, of course, is because Baxter broke off its athletics relationship with Collins-Maxwell. Both schools then joined the Iowa Star Conference.
One week after that, the NT volleyball team hosts the CAL Cadets. This is CAL’s last year as a high school. Every Iowa Star school that plays both this year will have a combination of opponents that’s never been seen before and will never be seen again.
To follow up with the directions booklet I’ve maintained to the schools North Tama travels to, I’ve made a supplement page with both Baxter and Collins-Maxwell. Football, meanwhile, has North Tama in the same district with Colfax-Mingo, creating a lovely little spot of confusion.