Local Sports

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats opened postseason play in the 3A-Region 2 First Round with a sweep of the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Cardinals. The Wildcats won in straight sets 25-16, 25-18, and 25-19 […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Clear Lake, IA – For the third time in the last four years, Humboldt’s football program clinched a district title, doing so Friday night at Lions Field in Clear Lake with a […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats’ volleyball team wrapped up regular season play on Thursday with a sweep over St. Edmond 3-0 to clinch an outright North Central Conference title. Humboldt […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Battle of HWY 169 trophy was on the line between RPI No. 1 (3A) Algona Bulldogs and No. 2 (3A) Humboldt Wildcats, with the Wildcats winning a 21-20 […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – Humboldt defeated Webster City 3-1 Monday night to clinch a share of the 2024 North Central Conference title for a second consecutive season. Webster City took the first […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats defeated the Charles City Comets 42-0 on Humboldt’s homecoming to win their second district game of the year. Humboldt got the scoring started on a big […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Hampton, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats football team won their 3A-2 district opener at Hampton-Dumont-CAL 28-10 over the Bulldogs Friday night. Humboldt opened the scoring on their first drive that started on […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Radio Iowa No.6 (3A) Humboldt Wildcats football team fell 26-17 to the No.4 (4A) North Polk Comets in a battle of two top-10 teams at Mason Maach Field […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Van Meter, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats came into the night ranked as the No. 6 team in 3A and delivered the performance of the season so far in high school football […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Hampton, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats volleyball team defeated Hampton-Dumont-CAL in four sets Tuesday night in Hampton 3-1. The Bulldogs would win the first set 25-22 before Humboldt rallied to win the […]