Sports

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor des moines       On an Anamosa boys’ wrestling roster filled with bigtime names, it’s easy for Raider sophomore Andrew Tjaden to sometimes get a littl…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor   SPRINGVILLE       Coming off what was, by their lofty standards, a somewhat lackluster effort in a class 1A regional quarterfinal three days earlier…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor des moines       For Anamosa junior Dane Owen, wrestling at the high school level was something that seemingly was never going to come to fruition.   …

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor   SPRINGVILLE       It wasn’t like Springville girls’ basketball fans were on the edge of their seats watching their beloved and seventh-ranked Oriole…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor MAQUOKETA       It’s been a gradual learning process all winter long for the first-ever Anamosa boys’ and girls’ bowling programs in 2024-25, but when…

BRADEN SIGNS TO PLAY FOOTBALL AT CORNELL COLLEGE: Anamosa senior Coy Braden signed his National Letter of Intent to play his collegiate football at Cornell College during a ceremony We…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE       There was a lot of buzz surrounding the Anamosa boys’ wrestling program heading into the class 2A district meet in Independence Fri…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa       It didn’t take Anamosa boys basketball fans, who braved the dangerously frigid temperatures Monday, Feb. 17, to figure out it was going …

SPRINGVILLE       Springville girls’ basketball fans were barely nestled into their seats when they quickly realized something extremely special was happening early in the Orioles’ 202…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor TIPTON       Having just played in Tipton a week earlier, the Anamosa girls’ basketball team knew they were more than capable of avenging a narrow 36-…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor MONONA       Coming into the class 1A district tournament at MFL-Mar Mac, where state meet invitations were being handed out Saturday, Feb. 15, Midlan…

springville       Taking to the regular season tournament stage for the final time Saturday, Feb. 15, in Springville, ahead of the state meet, the Anamosa archery teams once again turn…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor anamosa       It was an emotional night inside the Anamosa High School gym Thursday, Feb. 13, and not just for the Raider boys’ basketball program who…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor ANAMOSA       Without putting too much pressure on his group of girls playing in the 2024-25 regular season finale Tuesday, Feb. 11, off the record, A…

By Daryl Schepanski Sports Editor SPRINGVILLE       Playing their final regular-season home game against visiting Iowa Valley Monday, Feb. 10, Springville boys’ basketball coach Nick J…