John Burbridge

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With mom at the helm, fishing pair wins Iowa Bass Team Championships

1 week ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] SOLON — If you want to win a fishing tournament held during the Mother’s Day Weekend, you can do worse than having your mother as your boat captain.
CC/NP/RRMR trap shooting team celebrates 20th year with awards banquet

1 week ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypressCHARLES CITY — In its two decades of existence, the Charles City/Nashua-Plainfield/Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock trap shooting team has grown three-fold. That’s already referenced by the team’s expanding name, which was recently christened to include all three of the schools it draws from.
Comets lose to Riverhawks 11-0 in baseball opener

2 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John [email protected] CITY — Time was running out for Charles City during Thursday’s baseball opener against Mason City at Comet Field. It’s not that the game was under the dominion of a clock or stopwatch like it is at some of the higher levels.
Bulldogs close the door on Comets with 7-1 boys soccer substate win

2 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] HAMPTON — Senior midfielder Fernando Mota scored 5 goals while leading the Hampton-Dumont-CAL boys soccer team to a 7-1 win over Charles City, Tuesday in the first round of the Class 2A-Substate 2 bracket. HDC had previously defeated CC (8-0) in a regular-season match at Comet Field. The Bulldogs (10-3-3) advance to the semifinal round next Tuesday (May 27) to face Aplington-Parkersburg (10-3-1) at A-P — the Falcons received a first-round bye.
Carson Gallup advances to Class 3A Boys State Golf Tournament

2 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] — It was the type of day that had you looking skyward for funnel clouds with the half-baked hope that a tornado may actually cause the wind to die down a measure. But for senior Carson Gallup, the gale-level turbulence that whipped through Monday’s Class 3A District Boys Golf Tournament at Waverly Municipal Golf Course was just another day at the office. A good day at the office.
Comets Calpito and Ward each earn a pair of automatic berths at Class 3A Track and Field State Qualifier

3 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] — It was the type of day where most everyone could fly like a bird … that is if they weren’t anchored to the ground. But for those who could fly, anyway … the windy conditions that included gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour during Thursday’s Class 3A Track and Field State-Qualifier only made it easier to take to the air.
Sofia Alinea nets historic regional tennis singles title for Comets

3 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] DECORAH — Sometimes an athlete attains enough reverence for people to claim that his or her type “comes around once every century”. Regarding the fortunes of the Charles City girls tennis program, sophomore Sofia Alinea has proven herself to be a player that comes around every quarter of a century. Or even longer.
Comet girls host final NEIC golf tournament, Comet boys place 2nd at New Hampton

3 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] CITY — The final Northeast Iowa Conference Girls Golf Tournament took place Monday at Cedar Ridge Golf Course. And it couldn’t have picked a better morning/afternoon as the 18-hole event was graced with warm sunshine from start to finish … a pleasant departure from the oft-inclement early spring months that have plagued the season.
Final NEIC Track and Field Meet is in the books

4 weeks ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John [email protected] — They scheduled a break in the final Northeast Iowa Conference Track and Field Meet for all the athletes to gather for a group photo after the varsity 800-meter races. It was to commemorate one of the final athletic competitions the conference will host as the more-than-a-century-old NEIC is disbanding after the current school season.
Comet netters edge Green Devils 5-4 in season sweep

1 month ago | charlescitypress.com | John Burbridge

By John Burbridge [email protected] — Comet freshman tennis player Jacy Hall is also a softball shortstop. “Her team did well at a softball tournament,” Charles City girls tennis coach Brian Parrott said. “I asked her how many hits she got, and she said ‘lots’. Then I asked her how many runs she scored … ‘lots’ she said again.”Hall may keep fuzzy personal softball statistics, but she is not nearly as ambiguous when it comes to the rules of tennis.