08 June 2023

Comets drop 2 to Vikings in NEIC baseball doubleheader


Press Staff Report DECORAH — Scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh to win the first game 4-3, and then rallying for 6 runs in the second in...
 

N-P’s Lane Barlow places 5th among Intermediate boys at State Trap Shooting Meet


Press Staff Report CEDAR FALLS — Nashua-Plainfield seventh-grader Lane Barlow placed fifth in the Intermediate/Middle School boys division at the...
07 June 2023
Comets rebound to 10-run rule Cadets in second game to salvage DH split

Comets rebound to 10-run rule Cadets in second game to salvage DH split


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com CHARLES CITY — Comet senior cleanup hitter Ava Ellis didn’t actually hit it over the fence...
05 June 2023
Comets go 4-0 at NFV Softball Tournament

Comets go 4-0 at NFV Softball Tournament


Press Staff Report WEST UNION — After going through its share of fits and starts while ushering in the new season, Charles City’s offense f...
 
Kayden Blunt hits pair of 3-run HRs, pitches complete-game win as Comets split DH with Indians

Kayden Blunt hits pair of 3-run HRs, pitches complete-game win as Comets split DH with Indians


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com WAUKON — A grizzled sports editor I worked under had a penchant for chewing out cub reporter...
01 June 2023
Comets get back on track with 10-3 win over Chickasaws

Comets get back on track with 10-3 win over Chickasaws


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com CHARLES CITY — Dropping six straight games after winning their season-opener, the Charles Ci...
31 May 2023
Big innings lead to Go-Hawks’ DH sweep over Comets

Big innings lead to Go-Hawks’ DH sweep over Comets


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com CHARLES CITY — It was likened to one of those “Little League Home Runs” … the type of ...
29 May 2023
State champion jumper Ian Collins leaps from Iowa to UNI to play football for Panthers

State champion jumper Ian Collins leaps from Iowa to UNI to play football for Panthers


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com CHARLES CITY — Cats are known to land on their four feet even after falling from great heigh...
 
Slow starts doom Comets during 0-3 weekend

Slow starts doom Comets during 0-3 weekend


By John Burbridge sports@charlescitypress.com Some high school sporting events are divided into two halves. Softball is not one of them. ...
 

Blunt pitches complete-game victory for Comets in 7-4 win over Clinton


Press Staff Report WATERLOO — Charles City senior Kayden Blunt was 2 for 3 with a double, RBI and a run scored; and also earned the complete-game...