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Hampton-Dumont-CAL tough season shows teams potential next season

Published by editor on Wed, 11/03/2021 - 1:23pm

Hampton-Dumont-CAL volleyball finished the year 3-25.

In a season that was hopeful for improvement, it ended up being a frustrating year for the Bulldogs.

“I truly feel that even though we may not have won many matches, we as a team never gave up,” coach Sara Miller said.

The team leaned on three seniors this year.

Addyson Showalter, Kortney Dunt and Aja Sheppard.

Sheppard and Dunt were well timed partners on the attack.

Sheppard recorded 271 assists and Dunt had 102 kills.

Showalter led digs on the team with 229.

Bulldogs football defeated by Humboldt in Class 3A playoffs

Published by editor on Wed, 11/03/2021 - 1:20pm

Hampton-Dumont-CAL football met the end of their season on Friday in the first round of Class 3A.

The Bulldogs took on undefeated Humboldt, ranked second in the RPI, on the road.

The game ended in a loss, 6-46.

The Wildcats caught an early lead, scoring 14 points in the first quarter.

By halftime, the game was 0-21.

Humboldt put the dagger in with an additional 19 points.

By that point, HD-CAL managed to score their only touchdown.

Senior Cal Heeran managed to sling the ball to Senior Tate Schmitt for 26 yards.

HD/CAL Football finishes out regular season with home win

Published by editor on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:19am

Hampton-Dumont-CAL finished their regular season schedule facing South Tama at home on Friday.

The Bulldogs put up big numbers with a 48-13 victory.

HD/CAL pulled away in the second quarter after going down 6-7 points, scoring 28 before the half.

The Bulldogs would put up 14 more points before the game’s end.

Senior quarterback Cal Heeren threw 17-24 for 343 yards and four touchdowns.

The team totaled 212 yards on the ground.

Senior Logan Pfeffer, sophomore Karter Janssen and sophomore Brody Walton each scored a touchdown.

HD-CAL Volleyball falls to Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

Published by editor on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 9:00am

Hampton-Dumont-CAL volleyball had their season end on Oct. 18 in the Class 3A Regional at Clarion-Goldfield-Dows.

The Bulldogs were defeated 0-3; 14-25, 13-25 and 9-25.

“We knew going into the game Monday night we needed to be consistent throughout the entire set,” coach Sara Miller said. “We have been struggling this season to play consistently for the entire set and unfortunately for us that is what happened.”

Senior Kortney Dunt had nine kills and 10 digs.

Senior Addyson Showalter had nine digs.

Freshman Abigail Drier had two serving aces.

Maas qualifies for XC Class 3A State

Published by editor on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 8:58am

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL boys and girls track team ran at Decorah for the Class 3A State Qualifying meet on Wednesday.

Sophomore Lydia Maas qualified for state with a seventh place finish.

She finished in 20:08.90.

“It was a great night to run,” coach Traci Moorehead said. “All the kids ran well. Looking forward to watching [Maas] run for a second time at state in Fort Dodge.”

The girls team finished ninth out of 13 teams, the boys finished 12th out of 13 teams.

 

Results:

Girls Varsity:

West Fork harriers shine

Published by editor on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:14am

The West Fork Warhawk girls’ and boys’ cross country teams took part in last Thursday’s Top of Iowa Conference meet in Mason City. The West Fork girls were third in their team competition, while the boys garnered 13th place. Among the standout performers for West Fork were (shown from a meet earlier in the season) Raelynn Nash, who ran 22:03 to place 11th in the girls’ competition and Dylan Sturges, who turned in a 20:21 clocking to earn 57th place in the boys’ race. (Dick Fridley photos)

Lady Bulldogs end regular season

Published by editor on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:10am

The penultimate regular season outing for the Lady Bulldogs saw Hampton-Dumont-CAL take on quad action at Lake Mills before coming back home to finish for the regular season with senior night and a hosting of Clear Lake.

For the week’s opener, Hampton-Dumon-CAL went 0-3 for the day with opponents varying from Lake Mills to Nashua-Plainfield to North Butler.

Thursday brought an end to the regular season for the Lady Bulldogs.

Hampton harriers end regular season

Published by editor on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:08am

The Lady Bulldogs’ Lydia Maas led Hampton girls with a time of 21:10 for fifth place at the North Central Conference cross country meet as the girls took sixth with 120 points.

While a threat of the mercury dipping down close to freezing was on the horizon for the weekend, the conference meet saw sunny/partly cloudy skies with the temperature at 70, capping a pleasant season for runners.

For the day, St. Edmond girls grabbed first place with 61 points with Clear Lake in second place with 64 points.

Bulldogs decimate Center Point-Urbana in regular season finale

Published by editor on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 11:06am

Hampton-Dumont-CAL advanced to 4-4 for the season with a win Friday over the Stormin Points.

"I thought our boys played hard and executed the game plan on offense well,” said Coach Cole Miller. “We wanted to get back to running the ball well more consistently than we had been able to during the past couple of weeks, and we were able to do that tonight.”

A run of 27 unanswered points in the first quarter helped to put the Bulldogs in very comfortable territory.

Former football players visit Hampton to celebrate Coach Shafrath's Hall of Fame induction

Published by editor on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 10:57am

Friends, family, and former students flocked to Rustic Brew on Saturday, October 16 to celebrate Coach Jerry Shafrath's entry into the Iowa Football Hall of Fame.

"Today is a special day because we're able to celebrate with a lot of the people that made it possible for me," said Shafrath. "It's awesome to see a lot of people that you haven't seen in a while."

Last year, Shafrath was nominated for entry in the Hall of Fame for his 31 year career coaching high school football.

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