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Shots don’t fall for Warhawks
SHEFFIELD – West Fork shot just 35 percent from the field in a 45-36 Top of Iowa cross-divisional loss to Forest City on Monday, Jan. 11. Rylie Akins once again led the Warhawks off the bench with eight points as coach Rodney Huber’s team fell to 6-5 overall. Madisyn Bonner had eight points at halftime, […]
West Fork wraps up regular season with a win over North Butler
ROCKWELL — The West Fork Warhawk football team wrapped up the regular season in style Friday night with a 35-22 Class A, District 3 win over the North Butler Bearcats. This was the first varsity football game played at the Rockwell facility since 2009. West Fork finished in a three-way tie with Lake Mills and […]
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Coaches vs. Cancer games will take place Jan. 23
HAMPTON — The annual Coaches vs. Cancer basketball games between Hampton-Dumont-CAL and West Fork are slated to be held Saturday, Jan. 23 at Hampton. Here is the schedule of games for that day: • 11 a.m. — 9th grade boys • 12:15 p.m. — JV girls • 1:30 p.m. — JV boys • 2:45 p.m. […]
Making up for lost time: Petersen misses bouts before winning Cougar title
ACKLEY — West Fork’s Kale Petersen have missed part of this season due to COVID-19 exposure, however, he has returned has been tearing up the competition, winning the 106-pound weight class at the Cougar Invite, hosted by AGWSR on Saturday, Jan. 16. “Yeah, I missed quite a few matches, probably like six or so, so […]
Warhawks choose out-of-season sports
SHEFFIELD — Even though both West Fork’s Kayden Ames and Levi Janssen excel in Winter sports, both made the choice to invest their future in football. Each made their college choice to pursue the next level with Ames signing to play at Iowa Western Community College while Janssen opted to go with Division III school, […]
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Warhawks snap skid, rebound against CGD and St. Ansgar
In any sport, including baseball, it’s hard to shake off a losing skid. To alleviate this, players and coach engage in small superstitions or rituals to convert the bad juju back into good fortunes. Whatever happened within the West Fork baseball team, it surely worked, as the Warhawks snapped a three-game skid and countered with […]
Stonecypher 2-2 at girls’ state wrestling
CORALVILLE — West Fork 132-pounder Autumn Stonecypher was one match away from making the podium in her first appearance at the girls’ state wrestling tournament. Stonecypher went 2-2 and scored seven team points for the Warhawks at the new Xtream Arena in Coralville for the third-ever girls’ state meet. She won her first match by […]
WF softball snaps skid, splits at home tournament
At the beginning of last week, the West Fork softball team had a rough patch, winning just one of their last three games. Even though the skid continued, the Warhawks were able to return to the win column and gain back some lost ground. PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to […]
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West Fork Esports’ state title hopes fall short due to tiebreakers
It could have went either way for the West Fork Esports team, but it was the small things that kept the Warhawks from coming home with a Iowa High School Esports Association championship in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Team Competition. Despite pushing top-ranked Linn-Mar to their limits, the Warhawks came up short due to a […]
Warhawks final post-season tune-up
SHEFFIELD — A spirited second-half rally by Forest City gave West Fork’s boys’ basketball team a taste of what it could face in the Warhawks’ post-season. Leading by 15 heading into the final quarter, particularly with a half-court prayer that went for the Indians’ Andrew Snyder, the visitors outscored coach Frank Schnoes’ squad, 17-8, in […]