West Fork’s Brett Weaver splits the Meskwaki defense during the Class 1A District 11 final. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon PARKERSBURG – Kayden Ames remembers the pain he felt walking off the gym floor at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in 2019. He was determined that wasn’t going to happen again when West Fork played in […]

West Fork’s Brett Weaver splits the Meskwaki defense during the Class 1A District 11 final. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon PARKERSBURG – Kayden Ames remembers the pain he felt walking off the gym floor at Aplington-Parkersburg High School in 2019. He was determined that wasn’t going to happen again when West Fork played in […]

West Fork’s Kale Petersen wrestles in the consolation semifinal match in front of his coaches, Jarel and Jared Arbegast. Petersen was injured in the match and eventually finished sixth. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES – Kale Petersen’s sixth-place finish in the Class 1A 106-pound state wrestling meet made him only the third […]

West Fork’s Kale Petersen wrestles in the consolation semifinal match in front of his coaches, Jarel and Jared Arbegast. Petersen was injured in the match and eventually finished sixth. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon DES MOINES – Kale Petersen’s sixth-place finish in the Class 1A 106-pound state wrestling meet made him only the third […]

West Fork’s Colin Martinek defends as Clarksville’s Ethan Schmidt brings the ball up the court during the Class 1A district quarterfinal at Sheffield last week. (Dick Fridley/Mid-America Publishing) By Dick Fridley SHEFFIELD — West Fork’s fifth-ranked Warhawk cagers passed their opening boys’ postseason test in style with last Thursday’s 93-34 Class 1A district quarterfinal win […]

West Fork’s Colin Martinek defends as Clarksville’s Ethan Schmidt brings the ball up the court during the Class 1A district quarterfinal at Sheffield last week. (Dick Fridley/Mid-America Publishing) By Dick Fridley SHEFFIELD — West Fork’s fifth-ranked Warhawk cagers passed their opening boys’ postseason test in style with last Thursday’s 93-34 Class 1A district quarterfinal win […]

West Fork’s Levi Janssen, right, wrestles Riceville’s Chris Eastman in the third-place match during the Class 1A District 1 meet at Denver on Saturday, Feb. 15. (Curran McLaughlin/Mid-America Publishing) By Staff Report West Fork freshman Kale Petersen earned his first state trip by finishing runner-up at 106 pounds in his third straight weekend of dropping […]

West Fork heavyweight wrestler Levi Janssen picks up AGWSR’s Tate Miller during the Class 1A Sectional 2 meet at Nashua on Saturday, Feb. 8. Janssen advanced as the runner-up in his weight class. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon NASHUA — Both of West Fork district qualifiers reached it in different ways, but the thing […]

West Fork heavyweight wrestler Levi Janssen picks up AGWSR’s Tate Miller during the Class 1A Sectional 2 meet at Nashua on Saturday, Feb. 8. Janssen advanced as the runner-up in his weight class. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon NASHUA — Both of West Fork district qualifiers reached it in different ways, but the thing […]

West Fork’s Ian Latham drives around the Central Springs defense. Latham scored 13 points in the first quarter alone en route to a 16-point night. (Kristi Nixon/Hampton Chronicle) By Kristi Nixon SHEFFIELD – Once the starters have exited, there is no let-down for Class 1A No. 3 West Fork. The bench picks up where the […]