Local Sports

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Pleasant Hill, IA – Humboldt Volleyball opened their 2024 season in a quad at Southeast Polk Thursday night, going 0-3. The Wildcats began the night with a 2-0 loss to Indianola (19-25, […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – Camp opened for the Humboldt Wildcats football team on Wednesday night as the team prepares for its 2024 season. The Humboldt football team went 5-5 in 2023, ending their […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com (KHBT) – The North Central Conference (NCC) is adding a ninth school for the 2025-26 school year. In a press release on Tuesday, the conference announced that the Charles City Community […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com (KHBT) – The All-Conference selections for softball in the North Central Conference for the 2024 season were released today. 1st Team  P – Delainey Bargfrede (Webster City), Senior * P – Kaili Henning […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com (KHBT) – The All-Conference selections for baseball in the North Central Conference for the 2024 season were released today. 1st Team  P – Aiden Ulrich * (Algona), Junior P – Carson Nesheim […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – Humboldt softball fell 4-1 Friday night in a home non-conference matchup with the Emmetsburg E-Hawks. Emmetsburg would get on the board in the first inning with Saige Brown reaching […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt baseball and softball teams hosted the Spencer Tigers in non-conference play Wednesday night, with baseball picking up a 9-6 win and softball falling 12-7. In baseball, Humboldt […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt baseball team fell to the Clear Lake Lions 3-1 Wednesday night to split the season series. The Lions would break a scoreless tie in the top […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt Softball team defeated the Clear Lake Lions 10-3 Wednesday night to split the season series. In the circle, Humboldt’s Elsie Hubbell pitched a complete game with seven […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Clarion, IA – Humboldt’s baseball and softball teams swept Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Wednesday night in Clarion. Humboldt softball defeated Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 19-1 in six innings. The Wildcats would score six runs in the first, three […]