Articles by Quinn Douglas

Webster City football kicks off their 2023 regular season with a renewed rivalry matchup between the Lynx and their Highway 20 neighbors in the Fort Dodge Dodgers. Prior to 2021, the two programs had not […]

The Eagle Grove Eagles volleyball team opened their 2023 season on the road on Tuesday night, as they took on a non-conference foe in the Southeast Valley Jaguars at Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie. […]

Webster City, South Hamilton and Roland-Story’s volleyball teams kicked off their seasons on Monday night with their annual quad matchups at Roland-Story High School. Webster City started off their night with a 2-1 win over […]

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released their initial volleyball poll for all 5 classes on Monday morning, just one KQ-Radio team was ranked, as Roland-Story sits #15 in Class 3A entering the season. […]

Radio Iowa released their preseason poll on Monday afternoon for Week 1 of the high school football season. Hamilton County was well represented as Webster City is ranked #5 in Class 3A in the initial […]

2022 was seen as a year of transition for Roland-Story, graduating key seniors from a stout 2021 squad. Despite the losses, the Norsemen managed to grind-out yet another 20+ win season and finish 3rd in […]

The Eagle Grove Eagles program saw a building year in 2022, with a 3-17 record, after winning just one match in the prior 3 seasons. There’s a new coach at the helm with Elliott Sigala […]

The pre-eminent volleyball program over the last 5 years in the North Central Conference has been the Cowgirls of Clarion-Goldfield-Dows. CGD captured their 4th conference title in 5 years in 2022, and in that span, […]

It’s the dawn of a new era of South Hamilton volleyball as 2023 marks the beginning of the Shannon Skartvedt era in Jewell. Skartvedt takes over for Kayla Schafenbuel, who stepped down following a 13-19 […]

The Webster City Lynx volleyball team has put together a pair of highly successful seasons in 2021 and 2022, with a total record of 43-28, the best 2-year record for the Lynx since a 46-23 […]

Class 2A, District 8 sees a couple of familiar faces that have been commonplace in the district the last couple of seasons: A Greene County program that has been one of the most consistent in […]

The 2022 football season showcased a big step forward for the Roland-Story program under Matt Finn, as the Norsemen finished the regular season with their first .500 or better record since 2016. Even a first-round […]

For the last two seasons, Class 1A, District 2 included some of the regulars in North Central Iowa, while also mixing some teams from the Central part of the state. South Hamilton and Woodward-Granger were […]

For the 2nd consecutive season, the Eagle Grove football program qualified for the Class 1A State Playoffs, albeit a short one with a 56-8 loss to a loaded Aplington-Parkersburg team. However, the appearance gave Eagle […]

For the previous 2 years, Class 2A, District 2 was one of the most competitive, hard-hitting districts in the entire state, with many teams holding high-level talent. Returners to the district include CGD, who made […]

Clarion-Goldfield-Dows overcame a big obstacle in 2022, qualifying for the playoffs in Class 2A for the first time since 2014 by grabbing the 4-seed out of District 2. The Cowboys were led by a sizable […]

The previous incarnation of Class 1A, District 7 included today’s preeminent dynasty in Iowa High School Football in the Van Meter Bulldogs, a rising AC/GC program, and promising prospects from West Central Valley and Interstate […]

The South Hamilton Hawks football team returned to top form in 2022, with an 8-2 record and their 2nd district title in 3 years. Paul Skartvedt’s initial run as head coach picked up where his […]

2023 marks the 2nd cycle of the 6-class format the IHSAA adopted prior to the 2021 season, which added the largest class of 5A to Iowa High School Football. Class 3A saw some departures of […]