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Take a look at the Riverview Baseball diamond in Le Mars. The view is from just inside the gate to the yard waste site.
Thanks to Dena Marienau (
@allirish40
) for sharing this incredible video with us!
Dave Irwin has spent the last 21 years in the head coaching role for
@lemars_hoops
. Now, the program’s all-time winningest coach is stepping away from the role at the end of the season. You can hear snippets of our chat with Irwin in our story below.
.
@lemars_hoops
alum
@Coach_CCline
promoted to full-time position in University of Arkansas MBB program. Cline is now the assistant director of operations for the Razorbacks.
Cool moment to end the St. Mary’s and Gehlen JV game.
@RSMbasketball
’s Blaine Arens hits this basket to end the game on a high note. His goal this year was to score more than one point, and he got that done!
BULLDOGS WIN!!!
@DogsFB_LCHS
finishes off
#8
SB-L by a final of 17-14. The fourth quarter got crazy, but the Bulldogs held strong and finished off the game with a fourth down stand to upset the Warriors. It's their first win over SB-L since September 13, 2013!
Dawn sure knew what she was talking about when she said this would be the "best year ever!" On an emotional night, and under the bright lights, Carlene made her presence felt with 10 kills, 10 digs, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and an ace.
Last night was senior night for
@lemars_hoops
who won 62-30 over Sioux City North. Bulldog seniors Zach Hoffman and Brady Williams had to miss this season due to injury. They both suited up one final time last night and both hit threes in the win.
🎥Le Mars Livestream
Final:
@lemarsboysbb
59
Sioux Center 58
After trailing by 23 points, the Bulldogs come all the way back to take the lead at the last second and pull off the win. Wanding Hosnyang with the steal down two and three in the corner wins it for the Bulldogs.
🚨STATE CHAMPION ALERT🚨
@LeMarsCommTrack
's Sione Fifita wins the 3A High Jump title by tiebreaker. He cleared 6'6" on his first jump while his opponent got over it on his second jump. Fifita is Le Mars' second boys high jump champion and first since 1953!
Gehlen Catholic eighth-grader Sherry Wittkop made it out to tonight’s Gehlen Catholic and South O’Brien boys basketball game to thank the school for their love and support during her battle with cancer.
Final:
#10
@DogsFB_LCHS
44
Fort Dodge 16
In just two years under Ken Vigdal, the Bulldogs went from 1-6 in 2020 to the playoffs and a 6-3 record in 2022. The Bulldogs will find out their opponent at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning.
.
@RSMHawkFootball
senior lineman Wes Galles suffered a major injury at the end of the game in RSM’s win over K-P last night.
@RSMSchools
announced there will be a prayer service at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. Please keep Wes and the Galles family in your thoughts and prayers today.
Congratulations to longtime KLEM Sports Director, Denny Callahan, on being inducted into the Iowa Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame earlier this morning!
Final:
#7
@LeMarsGirlsBB
50
#5
Bishop Heelan 46
For the first time in seven years, Le Mars defeats the Crusaders and hands them their first loss of the year. The Bulldogs were down 16 at the break, and outscored Heelan 34-14 in the second half. Zoe Wittkop had 13 points.
Not 1, not 2, but 3 Plymouth County baseball teams are going to state!!!
Baseball in this area is so darn good!
We will see all three of you next week in Carroll!
Our sympathies go out to the family, friends, and players of LCHS girls soccer head coach Nikki Green who tragically passed away on Friday.
Linked is a GoFundMe that will go directly toward funeral costs and future expenses for her husband and daughters.
Gehlen Catholic and Harris-Lake Park basketball teams joined together hand-in-hand in a moment of silence and prayer in between varsity games to honor the life of MMCRU freshman Boston Colling.
A great show of support from some fellow conference members.
Final:
#3
@RSMBaseball
7
#9
Lisbon 4
For the first time since 2016 and eighth time overall, the Hawks hoist the state champion trophy in Class 1A. This senior class went to state five years and a row, went 141-16, and won a state title to finish their careers.
Very cool photo of the pregame gesture by
@RSMHawkFootball
ahead of last night's win over Don Bosco.
RSM captains Alex Schroeder, Sean Cronin, Austin Jensen, and Jaxon Bunkers brought Wes Galles' jersey out to midfield pregame for the coin toss.
📸: RSM Hawks Facebook Page
Final:
@lemars_hoops
62
#6
Bishop Heelan 49
THE UPSET IS COMPLETE! The Bulldogs snap their eight-game losing streak with a 13-point victory over a ranked team in Class 3A. The Dogs 54% from the field with three in double figures led by Andrew Fifita's 18 points.
Final:
#10
@GehlenBaseball
9
#7
West Harrison 6
The Jays are on to the state tournament for the first time since 2014 after scoring six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Before this season, only Marty Kurth had led the Gehlen Catholic baseball team to a state tournament, and he did it 6 times winning 2 titles before stepping away in 2017.
Last night, he gave the
@GehlenBaseball
team a rousing pep talk before they go to back to state on Monday.
Our condolences go out to the entire MMCRU community on the loss of Boston Colling.
We echo the sentiments below from the MMCRU basketball team. Everyone’s life is precious and valuable.
A wonderful kid, son, brother, student, teammate, athlete. Right now we hurt. We hurt for the Colling’s. We hurt for each other. We have the best communities and surrounding communities pouring in love and support. Thank you.
.
@lemars_hoops
Alum
@Coach_CCline
Reflects On Coaching Journey That Led to the Elite Eight.
We had the pleasure of chatting with Cline for over 20 minutes about his journey so far. Hear our full interview and some of the highlights in the link below.
Final:
@lemars_hoops
62
Sioux City North 30
Caleb Dreckman put up 22 points, Konnor Calhoun added 13. Injured senior Brady Williams gets in and hits a three late to celebrate senior night. Dave Irwin is now tied with Coach Carey on Le Mars' all-time wins list with 298 wins.
Pending approval at tomorrow's school board meeting, Le Mars girls basketball has its new head coach, and it is an alum of the program.
Sidney Baumgartner, who coached Sheldon's program last year, is anticipated to take over Cody Dyhrkopp's spot with his move to the boys team.
A Le Mars shoutout in this afternoon's Twins telecast in reference to new Twins pitcher Austin Davis. His wife and her family are from Le Mars area and were mentioned on the broadcast.
Congratulations to
@LeMarsDogsGolf
’s Dylan Susemihl who signed to golf collegiately at Grand View University in Des Moines. Susemihl finished 3rd at the state golf meet to end his high school career.
📸
@BulldogPride14
Wow! The Blackhawks just rolled through a tournament that featured the
#12
and
#15
teams in 5A, the
#5
and
#13
teams in 4A, and the
#11
team in 3A. They are now 16-0 heading towards the final couple of weeks of the regular season.
Somehow, they're still only ranked
#10
in 2A...
Last night,
#1
@RSMBaseball
threw a six inning perfect game against Hinton to win 13-0.
Through four games, the Hawks are 4-0, outscoring opponents 49-0, and still have not allowed a hit.
Final:
@lemars_hoops
74
Sioux City West 65
Dave Irwin wins his 299th game at Le Mars breaking Eugene Carey's 298 from 1926-1954. Caleb Dreckman goes off for 33 points while David Leusink adds 12. Le Mars is 12-7 and 9-4 in the MRAC.
Final:
@DogsFB_LCHS
41
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 13
Le Mars starts the year off the year 1-0 with a dominant win that featured 27 unanswered points. Teagen Kasel rushes for 130 yards and 2 TDs while passing for another 138 and 2 scores. Beau Wadle scored on offense and defense.
A big thank you to
@Hawks_Wrestling
's Real Woods who took time to surprise Dylan DeRocher with a birthday call! Dylan, a wrestler from Le Mars, Iowa, is one of Real's biggest fans. Dylan is fighting acute myeloid leukemia at Nebraska Medical Center.
#Hawkeyes
Congratulations to long-time
@RSMBaseball
head coach Jim Wesselmann on being inducted in the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame!
.
@RSMBaseball
head coach Dean Harpenau earned three awards over the weekend at the IHSBCA clincic for his work in coaching the Hawks to a 35-1 record and a state runner-up finish.
Final:
@DogsFB_LCHS
28
Bishop Heelan 0
The Bulldogs have beaten SB-L and Bishop Heelan to start the 2022 season 2-0. Le Mars records 348 yards of total offense with the bulk of that coming in the second half. Le Mars is at East next Thursday.
🚨STATE CHAMPION ALERT!
@RSMSchools
’s Shuttle Hurdle team of Halle Galles, Mya Bunkers, Whitney Jensen, and Claire Schroeder run a time of 1:07.96 and are your state champs in 1A! It’s RSM’s first state title in the SHR and fourth overall in program history!
And there it is!! The first ever
@LeMarsSoccer
varsity goal is a bender from outside the 18-yard box by Zoe Wittkop in the 14th minute. 1-0 Bulldogs with 26 minutes to go in the first half.
Congratulations to
@LeMarsGirlsBB
's Sarah Brown who became the fourth member of the Bulldog 1,000-point club. She joins Madison Dreckman, Beth Swift, and Katie Sponder in the club.
She scored seven points as Le Mars leads CB TJ 34-5 with 6:36 left in the third.
@BulldogPride14
Final:
@DogsFB_LCHS
24
#7
MOC-Floyd Valley 22
Jovany Kabongo is the hero nailing a new program-record 41-yard field goal with 5 seconds left in regulation. The Bulldogs take a 3-1 record into district play next week.
Final/4:
@Hinton_Vball
25, 25, 18, 25
#5
Denver 20, 22, 25, 13
The Blackhawks dominate the fourth and final set for their first state win since 2005. Bailey Boeve recorded 22 kills and 7 digs. Ashlyn Kovarna had 42 assists. Hinton faces
#1
Dike-New Hartford tomorrow.
The fan reaction to the news that long time Gehlen Catholic volleyball coach Mike Meyer will be inducted into the IGHSAU volleyball hall of fame this season.
Final/3:
#2
@Hinton_Vball
25, 25, 25
#3
Grundy Center 16, 21, 18
For the first time ever, the Hinton Blackhawks will play for a state championship! The Blackhawks, behind their 14 ace serves, will take on unbeaten and top-ranked Dike-New Hartford for the state title tomorrow.
Let's see, a Hilbrands who is really good at scoring the basketball, I feel like we've seen this before somewhere.
Congratulations, Ellie, on reaching 1,000 points! Pretty awesome to do it on a big stage too against a ranked 5A team!
Ellie saw all these people in the crowd tonight and decided to score her 1,000th point. She truly is the baller of the family! Proud of you!
@EllieHilbrands
.
@MMCRUBBALL
’s Jace Colling and Lucas Braun were part of the halftime fun playing some tic-tac-toe.
Jace will be the first to tell you now that defense does win championships. (Or at least it wins a game of tic-tac-toe.)
Really cool tradition that
@DogsFB_LCHS
has for their annual “Influential Men Night.”
All the dads write a note to their son who reads it right before they take the field for Week 1.
Big shoutouts to
@lchstrackfield
’s Brandon Vander Sluis. The Senior throws a mark of 60’10.75” in the shot put at the Dan Lennon indoor meet at USD today. That throw breaks his school record of 58’0” from last year.
🚨STATE CHAMPION ALERT! Gehlen Catholic’s Keaten Bonderson runs a 22.05 in the 200m Dash Finals and is your state champion in Class 1A! Bonderson is Gehlen’s 2nd ever boys 200m dash champion in program history. (Steve Arens - 1978 - 22.70)
What a pair of stat lines for
@BlackhawksFB
tonight!
Beau DeRocher: 15 carries, 223 yards, 5 TDs
Dylan Hartman: 15 tackles and a rushing TD
Hinton ran for 369 yards and 7 TDs! 👀👀
Gehlen Catholic’s Keaten Bonderson wins the 100m Dash. Scoreboard shows a time of 10.65. If it stands, it would be the second best time in the state of Iowa this year.
Le Mars libero Sarah Brown was recognized tonight for reaching 1,000 career digs in the Bulldogs weekend tournament in Cherokee. Brown joins an exclusive 1,000 dig club and now sits about 100 away from the school’s career record of 1,126.
We did a little digging over the weekend, here is the complete list of IA BBB teams who have made 7+ consecutive state tournaments:
IC West (10 from 2011-2020)
Linn-Mar (9 from 2004-2012)
@RSMbasketball
(7 from 2017-2023)
North Linn (7 from 2017-2023)
CR Regis (7 from 1989-1995)
The Akron-Westfield boys basketball program has its new head coach.
Steven Husk is the new head coach of the Westerner boys basketball program following Chad Clay who led the program to a 13-8 record last year.
Husk has been an assistant coach at Hinton and Le Mars Community.
Final/5:
#1
@RSMBaseball
12
West Harrison 2
It is the Hawk’s seventh consecutive state tournament appearance and 19th overall. The Hawks take a perfect 33-0 record to Carroll.
Le Mars' Ayden Hoag punches a ticket to state!
He defeats Spencer's Logan Huckfeldt once again to move on to state at 220 pounds. Hoag won an 8-4 sudden victory in overtime thanks to a takedown and 2 back points midway through OT.
Final:
@GCMensBball
79
#10
Newell-Fonda 77
The Mustangs turn the ball over on their inbound with 5 seconds left and the Jays hang on to move on. Keaten Bonderson with an all-time performance of 40 points to set the single-season scoring record at Gehlen Catholic.
Congratulations to Gehlen Catholic’s
@CarterDeRocher
on reaching the 1,000 point club. He becomes the fifth member of the 1,000 point club joining teammate Keaten Bonderson who reached the mark earlier this year.
📷:
@ajderocher
Final:
#10
@LeMarsGirlsBB
74
Spencer 29
Sidney Baumgartner records her first win as the head coach of Le Mars basketball thanks to three Bulldogs in double figures. Jaelyn Marienau had 21 points, Metta Skov had 17, and Sarah Brown had 13. Le Mars hosts Spirit Lake next week.
Congrats to a couple of Plymouth County athletes who earned a national title with Iowa Western football tonight.
@DogsFB_LCHS
's Aisea Toki and
@GehlenFootball
's Derek Von Arb were both part of the Reiver program that finishes the year 10-2.
Final/5:
#3
@RSMBaseball
8
Don Bosco 2
The Hawks win back-to-back Spalding Tournaments in a weather-shortened final game. Hunter Pick’s and Jaxon Bunkers’ home runs highlight the win.
Congratulations to the Le Mars Little League Junior Girls All-Star team who beat Westside last night to win the District 6 title and the State Championship and will advance to the regional tournament in Pendleton, Indiana on July 20-23.
Final:
#5
@kphsbaseball
7
#1
Remsen St. Mary’s 4
The Hawks got the tying run on first, but Boston Doeschot saves the day with three quick outs to take down the
#1
team in the state. This loss snaps RSM’s 41-game regular season winning streak.
You won't want to miss the 2022 NABC-NAIA Shoot & Slam Contest this year! Meet your 3-Point Contestants competing Saturday, March 19th at 3 PM at the
#NAIAMBB
National Championship.
More information >>
#NAIAHoops
Normally, we give shoutouts to athletes on their performances in the game. Tonight, we’re giving a huge shoutout to the folks of the Akron-Westfield school district.
They took a huge curveball, and they hit it out of the park as the Westerners usually do!
Final:
@lemars_hoops
54
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 47
The Bulldogs snap SB-L's 5-year state tournament streak with the win and advance to the substate semifinals. David Leusink scored 19, and Caleb Dreckman added 16. Le Mars is at
#4
Humboldt on Thursday night.f
Jovany Kabongo has broken his own record again!
He drills a 45-yard field goal besting his 44-yarder from earlier tonight.
27-10 Le Mars with 5:58 left in the 3rd.
Final:
#9
@LeMarsGirlsBB
63
#9
Sioux City East 58
Le Mars makes an early statement improving to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the MRAC as they start a busy week with a big win. Le Mars is at Western Christian on Thursday and hosts
#7
Heelan on Friday.
Championship moment. 🎓 🏆
Iowa State’s Scott Ferguson birdies 18 for a one-stroke win to take the College Disc Golf DII Singles National Championship!
#discgolf
#collegediscgolf
.
@LeMarsCommTrack
's 4x200m Relay team of Ryan Sadoski, Sione Fifita, David Leusink, and Cael Kass finish 3rd in the state in Class 3A with a time of 1:30.63.
Not since 1978 has a Le Mars Little League team competed for a World Series berth at the regional tournament. This year's Junior League All Star softball team will do just that next week in Pendleton, Indiana. Hear how you can help with the experience.
Final:
#9
@DogsFB_LCHS
49
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 42
The Bulldogs led by 20, gave up the lead in the fourth, and survive to improve to 3-0 on the season. Le Mars runs the ball for 379 yards in the win. The Bulldogs will wrap up non-district play at home against MOC-Floyd Valley.
The 2023
@RSMBaseball
team receives their state champion rings and plaques at halftime of the girls game.
An announcement during the ceremony reveals that longtime coach Jim Wesselmann will be inducted into the Iowa High School Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
Members from the 1973
@DogsFB_LCHS
state championship team are back in town honoring the 50th anniversary of that tremendous team. They spoke to the 2023
@BulldogPride14
football team at practice today and will be a big part of homecoming festivities tomorrow.
Congratulations to
@lemarsxc
's Trace Obbink who won the cross country meet at Cherokee in a time of 16:25.23. It's his second meet win of the year, and he did it by 21 seconds.
Final:
#4
@RSMbasketball
51
Exira-EHK 43
For the first time in program history, the Hawks are going to the girls state basketball tournament in Des Moines. The Hawks ride a huge third quarter to a win thanks to 15 points from Whitney Jensen.
Congratulations to Kingsley-Pierson senior Beau Goodwin who signed his National Letter of Intent this morning to play football at Iowa State University this fall. Goodwin was a first team All-State selection this year at K-P/RV.