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Category Archives: Sports
Sep
11
A football prediction, unmade
Throughout the summer and until Saturday, I was predicting that the losing coach of this week’s Iowa-ISU game would be fired at the end of the season. This past week, I haven’t been so sure. Iowa State looked good (i.e. … Continue reading
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Sep
04
We’re Number 118!
Iowa State is the ununoctium of the Associated Press football poll, according to a compilation at College Football News/Scout. CFN created a point system for final rankings in every Associated Press poll since 1936 — 25 points for first place, … Continue reading
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Aug
28
Class A football, 2002: Where are they now?
In 2002, North Tama was knocked down a peg in the football classifications, from Class 1A to Class A. The Redhawks bounced all over eastern Iowa in football districts, often ending up as the corner school in a far-flung region. … Continue reading
Aug
21
Top of Iowa Conference takes effect
Superconferences (and the threat of them) aren’t just for the college level. This fall, the North Iowa Conference and Corn Bowl Conference come together as a 16-team Top of Iowa Conference, spanning the north-central part of the state from Armstrong … Continue reading
Aug
18
Catching up with Chris Hassel
Those who watched local TV sports in the Quad Cities or central Iowa markets may be familiar with Chris Hassel, a notorious Hawkeye homer* who has taken his work (but not Cooter Ray Cornholer) to the ESPN SportsCenter desk. WQAD … Continue reading
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Aug
15
ISU makes it into College Football Playoff trailer
ESPN starts the hype train. Check out the vintage Big Eight logos in the upper right corner at the 30-second mark. Also note the arrow drawn from Herky to Cy, and then from Cy to Brutus, which doesn’t make sense … Continue reading
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Aug
02
Mason City Newman. Again.
The semi-tradition of “the team that beats North Tama, or the team that beats the team that beats North Tama, wins it all” came true again this year in baseball, as Mason City Newman shut out Pleasantville Saturday to win the Class … Continue reading
Jul
27
Can we PLEASE do something about Iowa’s postseason trophies?
November 19, 2010: What do you want on your tombstone trophy? (Center: Sara Stoakes, one-woman championship.) The state high school softball tournament was last week — AGWSR won its first title in that sport — and the baseball tournament is this … Continue reading
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Jul
21
CAL unable to continue football
The tiny Coulter-Alexander-Latimer school district, known as CAL, has played its last football game. The numbers were no longer there to support a varsity team, KLMJ Radio reports. (Thanks to Austin Draude for the report.) The district will be sharing … Continue reading
Jul
18
That time of year already?
On Thursday, Grundy Center beat GMG, 24-17. In GMG’s previous game, the Wolverines beat AGWSR 14-10. In baseball. GC plays Monday today in Traer, but not against North Tama. In an unfortunate twist that mirrored the one that befell the girls’ … Continue reading
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