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Region XI Tourney: ECC's season ends on day one

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

The Ellsworth Community College baseball team entered the Region XI Tournament with 31 regular season wins and a realistic chance of competing for the championship versus the other contenders in the conference. Head coach Kirk Clark had his pitching staff organized to run the team's top two starters - Brock Adamson and Jordan Dahlof - for the first two contests of the double elimination tournament. But in the span of roughly 12 hours, the Panthers' season came to an abrupt end.
Kalous battles with elite at WC Invite; earns runner-up spot

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

Thursday's deep and talented Webster City Boys Invitational gave the Iowa Falls-Alden boys another chance to prep for postseason play against some of the top programs in the state of Iowa. Multiple squads in the field have recently qualified for state tournament play in the recent past, and are favored to punch their ticket again this spring. While the Cadets were not able to hang with the team leaders through 18 holes, one individual was right there contending for the top spot.
Scholte is runner-up medalist; IF-A wins triangular in Saint Ansgar

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

A 48 card turned in by Olivia Scholte earned her runner-up medalist at Thursday's non-conference meet in Saint Ansgar. Coming off an NCC Meet that saw the Iowa Falls-Alden girls tie their season team low score with a 214 on Tuesday, the Cadets followed that with a 216 to win the triangular over Saint Ansgar and Northwood-Kensett. SA finished five strokes back with a 221, while N-K tallied a 244. The meet medalist was Saint Ansgar's Maci Mayer, who carded a 45 to top Scholte by three strokes.
NCC Girls Track: Cadets earn two golds, finish sixth

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

Thursday's North Central Conference girls meet was expected to be a two-team race at the top with deep and talented teams from Clear Lake and Algona squaring off for league supremacy. That's exactly what transpired, as the Lions left Iowa Falls with their fourth consecutive conference title, amassing 194 points to easily outdistance the Bulldogs' tally of 153. Those two squads were the only ones in the field to eclipse 100, as third-place Humboldt finished with 74 points.
NCC Boys Track: two relay school marks fall in Clear Lake

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

The Iowa Falls-Alden boys wrapped up the 2025 North Central Conference Championships with an upper division finish and a pair of school records. Algona and Clear Lake were the class of the field, with the Bulldogs outgaining the Lions by 14 points to win the title, 184-170. Humboldt was third with 110 points, and the Cadets were fourth with 91. The highlights were turned in by a pair of relay foursomes, as new school benchmarks were set by the sprint medley and 4x200.
5-9-25 Pineview Elementary Field Day

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Falcons score three unanswered goals, hand IF-A girls second loss

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

It only took roughly two minutes for the Iowa Falls-Alden girls to record a goal versus its opponent, but that early score was not a sign of things to come over the course of Thursday's 80-minute contest. The Cadets grabbed an early 1-0 leading following a well-executed corner kick from Demi Beaubien to Adessa Gillespie, but that goal would be the only one of the game for the hosts.
5-8-25 NCC Girls Track

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

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NCC Tennis: IF-A doubles teams place in Fort Dodge

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

The Nevada and Clear Lake boys grabbed the top three spots in each of the singles and doubles brackets at Wednesday's North Central Conference Tournament, and those results were reflected in the team standings. When the matches were finished in Fort Dodge, it was the Cubs winning the NCC team title with 28 points, clearing the runner-up Lions (22) by six points. The Iowa Falls-Alden boys were third in the six-team field, tallying a total of 12 points.
IF-A boys slip to bottom half of NCC; finish third at triangular

1 week ago | timescitizen.com | Justin Ites

A third place finish following Thursday's triangular with Algona and Webster City also cost the Iowa Falls-Alden boys rungs in the North Central Conference regular season standings. The Cadets finished with a 175 score bout could not keep pace with the Lynx or Bulldogs, who both waged a close battle for the top spot. Webster City earned the win by three strokes, claiming victory with a 152-155 gap with runner-up Algona.