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By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Des Moines, IA – Friday marked the second day of the Class 2A sessions of wrestling from the 2026 Boys Wrestling State Tournament from the Casey’s Center in Des Moines. The Humboldt […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Des Moines, IA – Thursday marked the first day of the Class 2A session of wrestling from the 2026 Boys’ Wrestling State Tournament from the Casey’s Center in Des Moines. The Humboldt […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – Humboldt split a doubleheader of girls’ and boys’ basketball with Algona from Humboldt High School Tuesday night. In the girls’ game, No. 13 (3A) Algona recorded a season […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Coralville, IA – The second day of the 2026 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) State Wrestling Tournament wrapped up from Xtream Arena in Coralville Friday. Junior Danica Diedrick started the […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Coralville, IA – The first day of the 2026 Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) State Wrestling Tournament wrapped up from Xtream Arena in Coralville Thursday. One Humboldt wrestler, junior 170 […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt girls’ and boys’ basketball teams split a non-conference doubleheader with future North Central Conference member Charles City Monday night at Humboldt High School. In the girls’ […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Gilbert, IA – The Humboldt boys’ wrestling swept their season-opening quad at Gilbert High School on Thursday. The Wildcats registered wins over Ballard 38-27, a 79-0 shutout over Gilbert, and a […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Eagle Grove, IA – Humboldt’s girls’ wrestling program swept their quad at Eagle Grove Elementary School Tuesday night. The Wildcats registered two dual wins in which their opponents only scored six points […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Manson, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats girls’ and boys’ basketball teams swept Manson-NW Webster on the road to begin their seasons in non-conference play Tuesday. The girls’ basketball program won 66-28 win […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Emmetsburg, IA – The Humboldt girls’ wrestling team took third in the 2025 Lady E-Hawk Wrestling Tournament in Emmetsburg on Saturday. The Wildcats had a team score of 168 in the field of […]