The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Wrestlers lost another event due to a winter storm, but were able to get out and wrestle at the beginning of the week. The Bulldogs finished up their NCC dual slate with a matchup against Algona and West Hancock in Britt on Tuesday night. The Algona Bulldogs would prove to be a tough matchup for the H-D-CAL grapplers. Although H-D-CAL had beaten them in the NCC tournament, Algona would hand the Bulldogs another conferenc

The West Fork Warhawk girl wrestlers were invited down to Hampton to compete in the NCC Girls Invitational.  The team took full advantage of the opportunity to compete in the NCC against the four teams that have girls wrestling.  The Warhawks would enter nine wrestlers into the field and walk away with four NCC girls champions.  At 110 pounds, H-D-CAL student Teaghan Bird would claim an NCC title.  She would go 4-0 with four pins in her lone o

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL girls’ and boys’ basketball teams have experienced many different types of ups and downs this season.  Through all of this adversity the teams have continued to develop throughout the season.  

Tuesday night the West Fork High School boys’ basketball team welcomed Central Springs to Sheffield.  
The JV team continued their winning ways with a 26-point victory where they were able to get all players into the game, and everyone played a hand in this decisive victory.

 
The Hampton-Dumont-CAL girls basketball team might not being seeing the results in the win column, but they are improving on the court.  This past week was the toughest week of competition they have faced all year.  The team has not shied away from competition all year.  Although it can be tough to not see the results in the win column the girls have made tremendous growth this season.

Friday 1/20/23
 

 
#9 (1A) Warhawk Girls Basketball picked up 2 wins against the Warriors of Rockford Friday evening 74-15 and the Saints of St. Ansgar Saturday afternoon in a tight one 49-46. Leading scorers against Rockford were Emma Martinek with 17 and Ellie Weaver with 17 and leading rebounders were Emma Martinek with 10 and Keelee Sheriff with 6.
 

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL girls basketball team is a young team that has been growing and learning all season.  As the calendar turns over and a new year begins, the high school basketball season also begins to heat up.  The Bulldog girls must continue to grow up quickly to be competitive in the NCC.  Accordingly, Coach Stafford will look to the few upperclassmen and the sophomore class to lead the team the rest of the season.

The Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs begin the new year with a rescheduled game from 2022 against the Osage Green Devils.  Looking forward to the second half of the season and with the weather from the beginning, the Bulldog boys have a lot of basketball to play.  They have continued to grow together as a group and look to be playing their best basketball in 2023.  Coach Neisen has to like the growth he has seen from his athletes.

Mother nature will not leave the Hampton-Dumont-CAL wrestlers alone this winter.  The Bulldogs were supposed to host a quadrangular this past Tuesday, but the ice storm forced the meet to be canceled.  The Bulldogs would wrestle two more tough events though against a few of the top teams in class 2A.  Coach Hansen says the wrestlers are preparing for the final stretch of the season and many are ready for a breakout.

The one word to use to sum up the first half of the season for the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldog winter athletes would be weather. The Bulldog athletes had a lot of games and meets in the first half of the season canceled or postponed due to mother nature. The three winter sports teams head into winter break with some momentum to carry them into a busy second half of the season for all the teams.
 
Girls Basketball

The end of a year is a time for reflection of the successes and failures from the past year.  As lists become more and more popular, it was time for a top 10 sports moments from 2022 for the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldog athletes.  From a boy’s conference championship for the first time in over a decade to reaching milestones and breaking records the Bulldog athletics program had a lot to celebrate in 2022.