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North Central Conference 2014

Scores from Opening Night:
Clear Lake 7 Charles City 3
Hampton-Dumont 11 Belmond-Klemme 1
St. Edmond 14 Newell-Fonda 4 (5)
St. Edmond 14 West Marshall 4 (5)
Iowa Falls-Alden 11 South Hamilton 0
Iowa Falls-Alden 4 Denver 3
North Union vs Algona postponed
Estherville-Lincoln Central vs Bishop Garrigan doubleheader postponed

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5/27 scores:
#2 (1A) Newman Catholic 4 #4 (3A) Clear Lake 1
Bishop Garrigan 9 Emmetsburg 3
Central Springs 4 Iowa Falls-Alden 1
Mason City 7 Algona 4
Webster City 7 South Central Calhoun 3
Eagle Grove 10 Northeast Hamilton 2
Humboldt 10 East Sac County 2
Hampton-Dumont 11 Forest City 9 (8)
Clarion-Goldfield @ Garner-Hayfield/Ventura is cancelled.

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5/28 scores:
Bishop Garrigan 6 North Iowa 1
Algona 14 Emmetsburg 0

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5/29 scores:
Algona 8 Boone 7
Bishop Garrigan 4 North Union 3
Eagle Grove 3 Pocahontas Area 1
Hampton-Dumont 4 Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 1
St. Edmond 10 Manson Northwest Webster 0 (6)
Webster City 7 Carroll 5
Clarion-Goldfield 9 South Hamilton 5
West Fork 11 Iowa Falls-Alden 6
Humboldt 8 Cherokee 5


This post was edited on 6/1 8:37 PM by vikesfan13147
 
Good night for the NCC. Maybe the conference is going to be better than we think. I read somewhere that St. Edmond is starting one senior, three juniors, four sophomores and a freshman and they are winning pretty easily..
 
I hope it is better than a lot of people are thinking it is going to be. A lot of talent gone from last year, but still plenty of quality players and teams all over the conference.
 
5/30 scores:
Clear Lake 8 Charles City 1
Bishop Garrigan 5 Clarion-Goldfield 1
Eagle Grove 9 Hampton-Dumont 1
Humboldt 11 Ogden 0
St. Edmond 15 Iowa Falls-Alden 2

5/31 scores:
Belmond-Klemme 8 Bishop Garrigan 5
Bishop Garrigan 8 Rockford 3
East Marshall 10 Eagle Grove 6
Gilbert 17 Eagle Grove 2 (4)
Osage 6 Hampton-Dumont 2
 
6/2 scores:
Clear Lake 12 Iowa Falls-Alden 0
Bishop Garrigan 7 Humboldt 3
Clarion-Goldfield 6 Webster City 4
Algona 17 Hampton-Dumont 4 (5)
Eagle Grove 5 St. Edmond 4 (8)
This post was edited on 6/3 11:56 AM by vikesfan13147
 
Rain washed out most of the games last night.
St. Edmond @ Southeast Valley was suspended in the bottom of the 2nd.
West Fork @ Eagle Grove will not be made up.
Bishop Garrigan @ West Hancock was postponed with no make-up date yet announced.
No word on whether Clear Lake @ North Union was played last night or not.
 
6/4 scores:
Clear Lake 15 Eagle Grove 0 (4)
Webster City 4 Bishop Garrigan 2
Algona 5 St. Edmond 1
Humboldt 10 Hampton-Dumont 5
Iowa Falls-Alden 9 Clarion-Goldfield 0


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6/5 scores:
Clear Lake 14 Central Springs 0 (5)
West Fork 11 Clarion-Goldfield 1 (5)
Humboldt 9 Southeast Valley 3
Belmond-Klemme 7 Eagle Grove 3
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6/6 scores:
Clear Lake 9 Sioux City East 8
Hampton-Dumont 2 Webster City 0
Algona 3 Iowa Falls-Alden 2
Humboldt 5 Eagle Grove 2
St. Edmond 2 Clarion-Goldfield 1



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6/7 scores:
Clear Lake 4 Ames 3
Humboldt 12 Central Springs 9
Clear Lake 15 Kee 5 (6)
Don Bosco 2 Webster City 1
Remsen St. Marys 9 St. Edmond 1
Bishop Garrigan 3 Carroll Kuemper 0
Ogden vs Eagle Grove- Cancelled
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6/9 scores:
Clear Lake 8 St. Edmond 1
Algona 11 Clarion-Goldfield 1
Hampton-Dumont 8 Bishop Garrigan 2
Humboldt 5 Iowa Falls-Alden 0
Webster City 17 Eagle Grove 10

6/10 scores:
Clear Lake 6 West Fork 3
Saydel 10 Webster City 0 (6)
Clarion-Goldfield 10 Belmond-Klemme 0
 
6/11 scores:
Clear Lake 6 Hampton-Dumont 1
Algona 6 Eagle Grove 2
Bishop Garrigan 16 Iowa Falls-Alden 5 (5)
Humboldt 7 Clarion-Goldfield 2
St. Edmond 5 Webster City 2

6/12 scores:
Clear Lake 14 Garner Hayfield-Ventura 3 (5)
Boone 16 Humboldt 3 (6)
Estherville Lincoln Central 10 Algona 9
Hampton-Dumont 15 Rockford 5 (5)
St. Edmond 9 Southeast Valley 5 (9)
Bishop Garrigan 4 West Bend-Mallard 1
West Bend-Mallard 10 Bishop Garrigan 6
 
6/13 scores:
Clear Lake 6 Clarion-Goldfield 0
Bishop Garrigan 6 Eagle Grove 1
Algona 1 Humboldt 0 (11)
St. Edmond 12 Hampton-Dumont 9
Iowa Falls-Alden 6 Webster City 5
 
6/13 scores:
Clear Lake 15 Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 5 (6)
Sioux City North 11 Clear Lake 5
Bishop Garrigan 4 Don Bosco 1
Beckman Catholic 10 Bishop Garrigan 3 (8)
Iowa City Regina 13 St. Edmond 1
Don Bosco 4 St. Edmond 1
Algona 13 Logan-Magnolia 5
Carroll Kuemper 11 Algona 7
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4 Hampton-Dumont 0
 
Weather suspended all of the games in the conference last night.

Clear Lake @ Algona
St. Edmond @ Bishop Garrigan
Webster City @ Humboldt
Clarion-Goldfield @ Hampton-Dumont
Eagle Grove @ Iowa Falls-Alden
 
6/17 scores:
Iowa Falls-Alden 8 Forest City 5
Humboldt 10 Pocahontas Area 0 (5)
North Union 10 St. Edmond 9 (10)
Bishop Garrigan @ Central Springs was postponed with no make up date announced.
 
Class 1A and 2A district pairings were released and are as follows for NCC teams:
Bishop Garrigan is in Class 1A District 3 along with the following schools:
Alta/Aurelia
Clay Central-Everly
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
Harris-Lake Park
Newell-Fonda
North Union
Storm Lake St. Marys
West Bend-Mallard

Newman Catholic (Defending Class 1A State Champions) is in District 4, which could set up a potential Substate 2 final between the Golden Bears and Knights. Unlike last year, the Substate final would be in Algona instead of Mason City.

St. Edmond is in Class 2A District 4 along with the following schools:
Manson Northwest Webster
Pocahontas Area
Sioux Central
South Central Calhoun
Southeast Valley

All games in this district will be played on the Gaels' home field in Fort Dodge, but the winner of this district will have to travel to Carroll Kuemper for the Substate final.

Iowa Falls-Alden is in Class 2A District 5 along with the following schools:
East Marshall
Roland-Story
South Hamilton
South Hardin
West Marshall

Games in this district will be played in Story City.

Hampton-Dumont is in Class 2A District 6 along with the following schools:
Aplington-Parkersburg
Columbus Catholic
Dike-New Hartford
Hudson
Union

Games in this district will be played in Parkersburg.

The winners of Class 2A District 5 and 6 will square off in the substate final in Marshalltown.

Eagle Grove and Clarion-Goldfield are in Class 2A District 7 along with the following schools:
Central Springs
Forest City
Garner-Hayfield/Ventura
West Fork

Games in this district will be played in Forest City.

The winner of this district will play the Class 2A District 8 winner in the substate final in Mason City.
 
6/18 scores:
Clear Lake 5 Webster City 0
Hampton-Dumont 1 Iowa Falls-Alden 0
Humboldt 8 St. Edmond 1
Algona 2 Bishop Garrigan 1
Clarion-Goldfield @ Eagle Grove was postponed.


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The gap between the top teams and the bottom teams has narrowed since St. Edmond used to dominate the NCC. There aren't any really super teams and no really bad teams. Garrigan and St. Edmond both are not the teams they used to be. Both appear to be very young. For that matter Clear Lake and Humboldt are young also, but they seem to be the best teams right now. There aren't any really good Senior dominated teams. Clear Lake, Humboldt and St. Edmond only two Seniors on their rosters. I don't think Garrigan has any Seniors.

Algona's Weston Shaw makes Algona a good team when he is pitching, otherwise I think they will struggle in the post season when is not pitching.

Humboldt might be a year away from making some noise in the post season. Their pitching looks pretty solid, but I don't know if they have enough beef in the lineup. Its too bad that Kole Kampen was recruited away by Fort Dodge. They would even be better.
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Originally posted by GoingDeep410:
The gap between the top teams and the bottom teams has narrowed since St. Edmond used to dominate the NCC. There aren't any really super teams and no really bad teams. Garrigan and St. Edmond both are not the teams they used to be. Both appear to be very young. For that matter Clear Lake and Humboldt are young also, but they seem to be the best teams right now. There aren't any really good Senior dominated teams. Clear Lake, Humboldt and St. Edmond only two Seniors on their rosters. I don't think Garrigan has any Seniors.

Algona's Weston Shaw makes Algona a good team when he is pitching, otherwise I think they will struggle in the post season when is not pitching.

Humboldt might be a year away from making some noise in the post season. Their pitching looks pretty solid, but I don't know if they have enough beef in the lineup. Its too bad that Kole Kampen was recruited away by Fort Dodge. They would even be better.
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Like you said with Algona, I think some of that "balance" has to do with most teams not having more than 1 or 2 real solid pitchers. After that, on any given night, a team that hits the ball well has a chance. And I know it sounds like what I'm suggesting is unique to this season, but I've seen some of the top teams in the conference in the past with 2, 3 or even 4 quality guys in their rotation.

St. Edmond is definitely young, but that youth is especially evident on the mound. They have some young guys who I expect will be pretty good in the next year or two, but they're gonna take their lumps now.

That and if they can just find a way to hit the ball more consistently/scoring runs like they were at the beginning of the season, they'll be alright. I think part of their issue is that they're facing most teams' top guys in conference play, but you still gotta find a way to get on base and score if you want to win.

Perhaps they can start putting things together and go on another run like they did in the postseason last year. I felt that if they could've gotten by Roland-Story in the district finals last year, that they could've made the state tourney. From what I remember they came very close to knocking off R-S in that game.

Their district is certainly manageable. There's a few other decent teams in district 3 and Kuemper is always solid, but they're also listed at 8-11 overall and they lost 3-0 to Garrigan, so it's not an impossible draw for the Gaels.
 
Mother Nature once again reigns supreme tonight and washed out all the NCC games tonight.
Clear Lake @ Forest City
Algona @ North Iowa
Webster City @ Boone
Iowa Falls-Alden @ Gilbert (Possible make up 6/26)
Pocahontas Area @ Bishop Garrigan
 
6/20 scores:
Clear Lake 2 Humboldt 1
Bishop Garrigan 4 Clarion-Goldfield 1
St. Edmond 7 Iowa Falls-Alden 1
Algona 8 Webster City 6
Hampton-Dumont 5 Eagle Grove 1
 
NCC Standings going into play tonight:
Algona 13-4 (8-0)
Clear Lake 16-2 (7-0)
Humboldt 12-4 (5-3)
Bishop Garrigan 12-9 (5-3)
St. Edmond 10-9 (5-4)
Hampton-Dumont 9-7 (4-5)
Eagle Grove 4-9 (2-5)
Webster City 5-8 (2-6)
Iowa Falls-Alden 5-11 (2-7)
Clarion-Goldfield 3-8 (1-7)

Surprises/Disappointments???
 
6/23 scores:
Clear Lake 5 Iowa Falls-Alden 2
Webster City 7 Clarion-Goldfield 4
Humboldt 12 Bishop Garrigan 1
St. Edmond 5 Eagle Grove 2
Algona 4 Hampton-Dumont 1
 
6/24 scores:
Clear Lake 5 Saint Ansgar 1
Clear Lake 6 Saint Ansgar 1
Hampton-Dumont 9 West Fork 5
Webster City 14 South Central Calhoun 7
Algona 8 Storm Lake 0
St. Edmond 13 Pocahontas Area 1 (6)
Bishop Garrigan 12 Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 5
Bishop Garrigan 6 Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 5 (9)
Clarion-Goldfield 10 CAL 0 (6)


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Class 3A substates were released this afternoon. All 3A NCC teams are in the same substate, Substate #2. Along with Clear Lake, Algona, Humboldt, and Webster City, the substate also includes Ballard, Boone, Gilbert, and Nevada. Boone and Clear Lake are the district hosts, while the host of the substate has yet to be determined.
 
6/25 scores:
Clear Lake 10 Eagle Grove 7
Iowa Falls-Alden 4 Clarion-Goldfield 0
Webster City 6 Bishop Garrigan 2
Humboldt 4 Hampton-Dumont 3
St. Edmond 8 Algona 6

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I agree it is better this year, however, games from the 24th aren't the indicator. Look who they played. West Fork is the only team I would have given a chance to win that day. Looks like some quality juniors in the conference, so hopefully next year could be good as well, even a few sophs.
 
There are a lot of quality underclassmen in the NCC. The cores of the top tier teams are mostly sophomores and juniors (CL, Algona, Humboldt), and these guys are getting key experience that will only help them next year as juniors and seniors.
 
6/26 scores:
Clear Lake 13 Lake Mills 6
Webster City 12 Northeast Hamilton 4
Eagle Grove 14 Manson Northwest Webster 0 (5)
Iowa Falls-Alden @ Gilbert was cancelled due to weather.
Forest City @ Algona was suspended in the top of the 3rd inning tied at 3.
 
6/27 scores:
Clear Lake 11 Bishop Garrigan 1
Algona 10 Iowa Falls-Alden 0
Humboldt 7 Eagle Grove 1
Webster City @ Hampton-Dumont was postponed due to weather and is rescheduled for July 1st.
St. Edmond @ Clarion-Goldfield???
 
Rain washed out the entire docket of NCC games Monday night.
Clear Lake @ St. Edmond (Postponed to July 2 at 1:00)
Webster City @ Eagle Grove (Postponed to July 10)
Algona @ Clarion-Goldfield (Make-up TBD)
Hampton-Dumont @ Bishop Garrigan (Make-up TBD)
Humboldt @ Iowa Falls-Alden (Will not be made up unless needed for conference race)

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7/1 scores:
Clear Lake 7 Mason City 0
Lake Mills 7 Bishop Garrigan 1
Hampton-Dumont 9 Webster City 2
Algona 10 Clarion-Goldfield 0
Forest City 6 Algona 3
Forest City 12 Clarion-Goldfield 2 (5)
Humboldt 10 North Union 0 (5)


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