Category Archives: Tama County

Mar 04

‘The exact same measurements’

North Tama plays Ankeny Christian at 3:45. Related: Class 1A has smallest percentage of teams in state finals (Des Moines Register) (Yes, the movie clip is about the state final, but this is the NT boys’ first game at the … Continue reading

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Mar 01

Traer is the winner in final storm totals

The National Weather Service’s compilation of results from the snowfall lists Traer at 16 inches, 15.5 near the 63/96 intersection, and 14 near Evansdale and State Center. For a piece of visual confirmation, see this picture from Tricia Detje Zeis.

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Feb 24

NT boys to state!

In part of what is unquestionably the best all-around three-year period ever for North Tama sports, the boys’ basketball team advanced to the state tournament for the first time Saturday. The trip comes a year after the girls did the … Continue reading

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Feb 17

KWWL story on Max Morrison benefit

Story here. KWWL.com

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Feb 05

NT boys beat Dunkerton

Iowa Star Conference leaders! Look at all the people in the gym! (Waterloo Courier) This game was postponed twice because of weather, hence the Big Monday matchup. NT now has 20 wins and has beaten the team ahead of it in … Continue reading

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Jan 22

The NICL bracket

The girls’ basketball pairings are out, and for the first time, North Tama is in the postseason as a 2A team. This is the only time of the year it matters, since the regular season is played in conferences and … Continue reading

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Jan 11

One hundred and one!

North Tama 101, CAL (Latimer) 21. The NT boys’ coach used the entire bench. CAL only had eight players on both the boys’ and girls’ teams. The North Tama boys have never reached the century mark. The 1996-97 substate team … Continue reading

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Dec 27

Tama County upgraded to “severe drought”

The U.S. Drought Monitor map for Iowa shows a batch of central counties along US 30, plus Polk, Dallas, and Guthrie, in Stage D2 (“severe”) instead of D3 (“extreme”). The Register explains why the snow helped.

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Dec 26

Half a Pizza Hut

More than a decade after losing a full-service Pizza Hut, Toledo has one again, sort of. A small standalone building west of US 63 that was originally for a Subway (that moved beside Hardee’s) and then became a Sub City … Continue reading

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Nov 30

Tama County plane crash

The injured passenger, Max Morrison, is my cousin. Thoughts and prayers appreciated. Same for the family of the pilot, Bill Konicek. Multiple videos from KWWL Waterloo Courier article Des Moines Register blog post

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