OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa Bulldogs and the Indianola Indians each came into Thursday night's game at Shafer Stadium with 2-11 records and a great deal of pride at stake.
OTTUMWA — The 2020-21 Ottumwa A-Club banquet will be held on Monday, May 17. This year's banquet will take place inside the Ottumwa High School auditorium at 6:30 p.m.
FAIRFIELD — At first, they came out for tennis just to have some fun.
FAIRFIELD — How would Steve Briggs and Mark Hanson have matched up Saturday on the tennis court?
OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa boys soccer team was looking to break through on Tuesday night, seeking to snap an eight-match losing streak and seeking to earn the first CIML Metro conference win of the season.
OTTUMWA — About the only thing missing on Tuesday night was the CIML Metro conference championship trophies.
OTTUMWA — Des Moines Roosevelt made the most of their trip to Wapello County on Tuesday, bringing home three CIML Metro Conference team championships.
PELLA — Beverly Bishop split a pair of singles matches on Saturday at the Pella Invitational, finishing fourth in the tournament for the Ottumwa High School girls tennis team.
BURLINGTON — The Ottumwa boys tennis team doubled it's season dual win total in the span of 48 hours, scoring a third win in two days with a 8-1 triumph in a non-conference dual over Burlington at Dankwardt Park.
OTTUMWA — Ottumwa High School will host a football parent-player meeting on Sunday evening.
DES MOINES — The Ottumwa High School boys tennis team made the most of their long day in Des Moines.
WEST DES MOINES — The closest 11-0 dual Mark Hanson has ever seen.
CEDAR RAPIDS — Jesus Jaime threw for two more wins on Tuesday for the Ottumwa High School boys track and field team.
OTTUMWA — There will be an old-school feel to the early weeks of the area high school football season in 2021 and 2022.
NEWTON — The Ottumwa High School boys track and field team got back on the winning track just one day after several athletes took part in the 2021 Drake Relays.
OTTUMWA — Ottumwa's O.B. Nelson Post No. 3 came within one win of clinching a trip to the Iowa American Legion state baseball tournament on Saturday.
OTTUMWA — Something had to give in the second half on Friday night at Schafer Stadium.
WAUKEE — Quintin Hull and Cason Palm produced an impressive early-season win for the Ottumwa High School boys tennis team on Friday.
OTTUMWA — Three teams will battle Saturday for a trip to the Iowa American Legion state baseball tournament in Ottumwa.
DES MOINES — It took the best runners in the state to beat Isaac Eaton to the finish line for the first time this season in the 400-meter hurdles.
PELLA — Isaac Semini scored his 12th and 13th goals of the season for the Little Dutch while Ike Held converted a decisive penalty kick in the 61st minute, helping Pella hold off Ottumwa in boys soccer action 3-2 on Thursday night.
IOWA CITY – Jesus Jaime would have been happy to stick around and receive two very special awards on Saturday at the Hollingsworth Relays.
RUNNELS – Southeast Polk took advantage of a late foul called on Ottumwa in the second half, scoring on a penalty kick in the final 15 minutes to secure a 1-0 win over the Bulldog boys soccer team on Friday.
OTTUMWA — After a year without a season, just being out competing this season has been reason enough to celebrate for the Ottumwa High School track and field program.
WATERLOO — The Indian Hills men's soccer team tasted defeat for the first time this season.
OTTUMWA — Ethan Vasconez's diving save with 18:37 left seemed to be just the spark the Ottumwa boys soccer team needed to make a run at a potential upset against 13th-ranked Ankeny.
FAIRFIELD — After being rained out midway through the first dual of the season, the Ottumwa boys tennis team was able to make it to the finish line on Monday at Fairfield.
IOWA CITY — Jesus Jaime became the newest member of the Ottumwa High School track and field hall-of-fame on Monday. The Bulldog senior won the shot put with a hall-of-fame throw of 53 feet, 3.5 inches during the Eastern Iowa Track and Field Festival.
DES MOINES — The Ottumwa High School boys tennis team officially opened the 2021 season on Thursday at Des Moines East.
URBANDALE – The streak continues for Isaac Eaton.
OTTUMWA – There may not have been a high school tennis season last spring.
NEWTON – Anderson Williams scored his first two goals for the Ottumwa High School boys soccer team on Saturday, helping the Bulldogs pick up their second win of the season at the Newton Tournament.
OTTUMWA – One point away.
OTTUMWA – Andy Maw didn't know where to start.
INDIANOLA – Three meets into the season, no one has been able to beat Isaac Eaton to the finish line in the 400 meter hurdles.
OTTUMWA – Second-year Ottumwa boys' soccer coach Andy Maw has high expectations for the 2021 edition of Bulldog soccer.
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OTTUMWA – It's official. Ottumwa will have a new league to call home starting with the 2022-23 academic year.
DES MOINES – Austin Fountain might describe the field events for the Ottumwa boys track and field team as 'pretty good.'
WASHINGTON – It had been almost two years since the Ottumwa boys track and field team had competed in an outdoor event.
OTTUMWA – When it comes to previewing an upcoming season, most coaches look to prior year to see what their teams can build on.
OTTUMWA – For the second straight season, the landscape of the high school football season will look different for the Ottumwa Bulldogs.
OTTUMWA — For the second straight year, Ottumwa High School boys basketball player Trae Swartz was a unanimous selection for the all-CIML Metro team. Swartz, who reached 1,000 career points this season, was one of five players to earn all-Metro honors as the area conferences released their a…
OTTUMWA – Two weeks after first being approached with the possibility of leaving the Central Iowa Metropolitan League, the Ottumwa Community School board made it official.
OTTUMWA — It has been an unconventional season of archery for the Ottumwa Bulldogs.
Ottumwa may be on the verge of leaving the Central Iowa Metropolitan League in favor of a brand-new 10-school league starting with the 2022-23 academic school year.
CEDAR RAPIDS – Trae Swartz was hoping to prevent history from repeating itself on Friday night.
WATERLOO — Clayton Morris is confident a state championship trophy will be brought home some day by the Ottumwa High School boys bowling team.
DES MOINES — The last two minutes on the mat Saturday night felt like a life time for Matthew Lewis.
OTTUMWA — From here on out, it will take the best effort every night for the Ottumwa boys basketball season to continue.
Ottumwa junior Trevor Summers rushes in looking for a double-leg takedown during a 170-pound second-round consolation match against Ankeny junior Nate Nessa on Friday during the Class 3A portion of the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
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BLOOMFIELD [mdash]Edward Allen Ware, 79, died at 11:28 a.m. April 19, 2021 at home. A time to celebrate his life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 22nd at his home, 13071 20th St. Bloomfield.
