OTTUMWA — It's been over 11 months since Jose Yepez drilled a 26-yard field goal with 23 seconds left in the fourth quarter, giving the Ottumwa football team a thrilling 37-34 win over Des Moines East on Senior Night 2019 at Schafer Stadium.

MARSHALLTOWN — Cale Leonard birdied four holes at Elmwood Country Club to help offset five bogeys and a triple bogey on the 11th hole, finishing in seventh place with a three-over-par round of 73 to lead the Ottumwa High School boys golf team to an eighth-place finish at Marshalltown’s Joe A…

NORWALK — Joe Hammer returned to the course for the Ottumwa High School boys golf team on Monday, finishing just one shot short of matching Johnston Jarred Bowser for meet medalist honors.

WINTERSET — Ottumwa hoped to take advantage of a game that was not originally on the 2020 high school football schedule.

OTTUMWA — It doesn’t matter who the opponent is.

FAIRFIELD — Several local cross-country teams were supposed to be on the course Thursday competing in a pair of different meets.

ANKENY — Cale Leonard may say he doesn’t enjoy playing in cold, rainy weather.

OTTUMWA — Just 12 days after taking three wins on a fun night to open the high school swimming season, the Ottumwa girls got down to business facing one of the top programs in the state.

OTTUMWA — Conditions were not what Cale Leonard would have considered favorable on Tuesday.

OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa volleyball team has its signature win on night that stirred the echoes at Evans Middle School Gymnasium.

OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa football team will take the gridiron on Friday night.

OTTUMWA — Addison Parrott might have felt a little bit like Bugs Bunny on Thursday.

OTTUMWA — On the surface, the scene of high school golfers competing at Cedar Creek Golf Course might not seem that significant.

OTTUMWA — No one can say the Ottumwa cross-country runners won’t be in great shape when they finally toe the starting line for the first time in 2020.

OTTUMWA — When it came to approaching a fall sports season in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Ottumwa High School athletic director Scott Maas knew every team would have to be somewhat flexible.

MARSHALLTOWN — The Ottumwa boys and girls cross-country teams will have to wait a week to open their seasons.

OTTUMWA — Heading into the second day of varsity qualifying for the Ottumwa High School boys golf team, Cale Leonard seemed to have control of earning the No. 1 position on the Bulldogs heading into the first meet of the season.

OTTUMWA — Moments after wrapping up the first night of practice for a sanctioned high school sports since the coronavirus pandemic began, Ottumwa head baseball coach John Jaeger had a simple message for his team.

OTTUMWA – Fall sports are back.

OTTUMWA — The Central Iowa Metropolitan League has released its procedures for spectator admission to the CIML member school fall sports seasons, including the seasons for the Ottumwa High School athletic programs.

OTTUMWA — Cautiously optimistic.

OTTUMWA — Like most events on the Ottumwa Community School District’s calendar, the sixth-annual A-Club golf outing was very much up in the air just a few months ago.

OTTUMWA — Several members of the Ottumwa High School softball and baseball teams were honored as 2020 All-CIML Metro Conference selections this week.

OTTUMWA — The sixth-annual Ottumwa A-Club golf tournament will be held on Friday at Fox Run Golf Course. All proceeds from the four-person, best-position event will directly benefit the athletic programs of Ottumwa Community Schools.

OTTUMWA — Guidelines to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus have been announced for the upcoming Iowa high school fall sports season.

RIVERSIDE – Chris Naegel ran away with the 87th Iowa Open on Sunday, taking over the title won by Ottumwa native Matthew Walker last summer. Naegel carded five birdies in the final round to finish with a scorching three-round 19-under-par total of 197 with rounds of 63, 65 and 69 at Blue Top…

OTTUMWA — Former Ottumwa sports broadcaster and radio announcer Lance Renaud passed away Wednesday at UnityPoint Health in Marshalltown at the age of 73. The announcement was made by KFJB and KIX 101.1 radio, where Renaud had most recently been the station’s news and sports director, through…

ANKENY — Cale Leonard secured his second straight win this summer, rolling to the win at the Iowa PGA Junior Tour’s Mid-Summer Classic on Tuesday.

DES MOINES — Seven weeks of regular season play and the expansion of the postseason to include all teams around the state were the two major changes announced Friday by the Iowa High School Athletic Association for the upcoming high school football season.

OTTUMWA — Ottumwa High School teammates Joe Hammer and Cale Leonard continued a successful summer on the links this week.

School: Ottumwa.

OTTUMWA — Mitch Wood is the first to admit recent trips to the postseason for the Ottumwa baseball team have been somewhat brief.

OTTUMWA — Jesus Jaime wasn’t sure how many grand slams he had hit before Tuesday night’s CIML Metro conference doubleheader with Des Moines East.

ELDON — Lexi Jirak stepped to the plate and delivered a decisive home run for the Van Buren County softball team in a 4-3 postseason win on the road.

MASON CITY — Kacy Nickerson will carry a streak of 15 consecutive scoreless innings pitched into the postseason.

MASON CITY — To paraphrase Yogi Berra, it looked like it was about to be deja-vu all over again for the Ottumwa baseball team.

OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa baseball team was ready to celebrate a thrilling 10-inning win over a top-10 opponent on Friday night.

School: Ottumwa.

OTTUMWA — Dominick Delehoy has a few goals he’d still like to achieve before he hangs up his Ottumwa baseball uniform.

OTTUMWA — Jesus Jaime became just the fifth player in the state to hit his fourth home run of the high school baseball season Thursday.

DES MOINES — Des Moines Roosevelt likely would have taken their chances Wednesday scoring 11 runs in two games against 10th-ranked (5A) Ottumwa.

DES MOINES — Ottumwa’s pursuit of the CIML Metro baseball title got off to a rough start on Wednesday.