John Bohnenkamp

1 week ago | pencitycurrent.com | John Bohnenkamp

AREA SOFTBALL Posted Friday, May 30, 2025 12:09 am DONNELLSON — Last season’s run to the Class 3A regional final, and the fact that just about every player is back from that team, has led to plenty of optimism around Central Lee’s softball program. Optimism is one thing, pressure is another. Which is why coach Jason Hawk told his team in this opening week of the season to just relax. “They know we’ve got a good shot at doing something,” Hawk said after Thursday’s 6-1 win over Holy Trinity. “I...

2 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | John Bohnenkamp

HTC SENIOR DAY Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2025 10:19 pm FORT MADISON - Cornell College’s men’s basketball program was the first to take an interest in Holy Trinity senior Luke Hellige.

3 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | Kevin Wellman |John Bohnenkamp

HOUND SOCCER Posted Saturday, May 17, 2025 6:59 am As far as soccer goes, they’re probably going to hate me. I’m going to push them hard. They’ll have some days to rest in there. But we’ve got to be ready — Mount Vernon is going to come after us.” FORT MADISON - Fort Madison’s 7-0 boys soccer win over Newton on Friday night had the Bloodhounds’ coaching staff wishing for an accelerated schedule. The dominating victory at the Baxter Sports Complex concluded the regular season for the...

3 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | Caleb Larson |John Bohnenkamp

CENTRAL LEE BOYS GOLF Posted Thursday, May 15, 2025 11:16 am Maybe one or two people don’t have the best day, but everyone else stepped up. Just like today, we went out there, guys did what they needed to do, and we got third.” WAPELLO — The score might not have been what the Central Lee boys golf team wanted, but it was good enough to get the Hawks one step closer to their goal of getting to the state meet. Central Lee finished third in Wednesday’s Class 2A sectional meet at Heritage Oaks...

3 weeks ago | pencitycurrent.com | Carrie Burken |John Bohnenkamp

LADY HOUNDS SOCCER Posted Thursday, May 15, 2025 10:23 pm So hopefully today's game motivates us to do more work in practice next week to get better at those things that we didn't look so great at.” FORT MADISON - Davenport North handed Fort Madison’s girls soccer team its second loss of the season and also provided the Bloodhounds with something to work on for the upcoming postseason. The 5-2 loss at the Baxter Sports Complex on Thursday night was an education for the Bloodhounds (12-2-2),...