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By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Algona, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats overcame an early deficit with a five-run fourth inning and leaned on dominant relief pitching to defeat Algona 8-5 Friday night in the opening round of […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats picked up one of their biggest wins of the season Tuesday night, rallying for a 7-6 walk-off victory over No. 15 (2A) Pocahontas Area at Humboldt […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Clarion, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats softball team also picked up a convincing road win, defeating Clarion-Goldfield-Dows 9-1 to complete a season sweep of the Cowgirls. Humboldt set the tone early, […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Clarion, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats baseball team closed out North Central Conference play in dominant fashion, sweeping Clarion-Goldfield-Dows with a 16-4 win in seven innings and a 10-0 shutout in five […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Charles City, IA — The Humboldt baseball team continued its strong play Thursday night, rolling past Charles City 17-6 in a non-conference matchup. The Wildcats scored in six of seven innings, plating […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA — Humboldt built an early four-run lead, but Forest City rallied with 11 unanswered runs to defeat the Wildcats 14-7 in a non-conference softball game Thursday night. The Wildcats took […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Fort Dodge, IA – The Humboldt softball team scored first but couldn’t keep pace with fifth-ranked St. Edmond, falling 11-1 in four innings Wednesday night at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex. The Wildcats […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt baseball team dropped a 12-3 non-conference contest to No. 9 (4A) Fort Dodge on Tuesday night. The Dodgers struck quickly, scoring five runs in the opening inning, […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – Webster City erased two Humboldt leads Monday night to defeat the Wildcats 9-5 in a North Central Conference softball matchup. Humboldt jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Webster City, IA – Humboldt dropped both games of a North Central Conference doubleheader against Webster City on Monday, falling 10-8 in eight innings in the opener before losing 9-8 in Game […]