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By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Marshalltown, Iowa — Trailing Dubuque Wahlert by three strokes entering the final day, the Humboldt Wildcat Girls Golf team needed a come from behind performance to capture gold at State Golf today. Consider that […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — Knotted up at zeroes at half, the Humboldt Wildcat (4-10) soccer team poured in four second half goals to defeat Sioux Center 4-1 in the opening regional game of the state […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — Avery Terwilliger followed up Ellie Jacobson’s one hit shutout with one of her own as the Humboldt (3-0) softball team cruised to an easy 7-0 win over Manson-NW-Webster yesterday evening. The […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa — When Humboldt 8th grader Colby Clarken envisioned his first varsity appearance any number of days, weeks or months ago, you’d be hard-pressed to convince anyone that he thought it’d […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Clarion, Iowa — The Humboldt (2-0) softball team used four run 5th and 6th innings to molly-whop C-G-D yesterday evening. The Wildcats jumped out a 5-0 lead after two innings and cruised through the […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa – In rain, wind and otherwise, the Humboldt Wildcat (0-1) baseball team dropped their home and season opener for the second consecutive season to the East Sac County Raiders (1-0), […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa – For most area teams, losing the five-tool, collegiate talents of Brady Shelgren and Chris Witzke could spell impending doom. However, for the Humboldt Wildcats and veteran head coach Jason Thurm, the […]

By: Nathan Bloechl – nathanb@977thebolt.com Denison, Iowa – Even after graduation Sunday, the sublime athletic performances from the Humboldt High School Class of 2017 continue to roll in. The Humboldt Girls Golf team added to the on-going […]

By: Nathan Bloechl — nathanb@977thebolt.com Humboldt, Iowa – Head Coach Doug Van Pelt will once again find himself amidst a North Central Conference race this summer. His Humboldt Wildcat softball team returns every piece from a […]

Des Moines, Iowa – Day 3 of the Iowa High School State Boys and Girls Championships are underway at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The day opened up with the Girls Sprint Medley team of […]