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Matthew Dickinson/West Branch Times West Branch sophomore Brooks Seydel picks off a Bellevue pass in the first quarter of West Branch’s final game of the regular season. Seydel intercepted a second pass and contributed five solo tackles and seven assisted tackles in the action-packed thriller of a game.

West Branch senior Grace Hamann had another solid performance in her fourth and final Class 4A girls’ state cross country meet for Iowa City High, which took eighth with 225 points Saturday afternoon in Fort Dodge.

Tiebreaker nudges runners to 15th place
by Matthew Dickinson, sports editor · Sports · November 06, 2026
A young Iowa City High boys’ cross country team wrapped up its season with a 15th-place finish with 338 points after a sixth-runner tiebreaker at the Class 4A state meet held Saturday afternoon at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course in Fort Dodge.

Hamann leads cross country to qualify
by Matthew Dickinson, sports editor · Sports · October 28, 2026
Led by a fourth-place effort from West Branch senior Grace Hamann and a strong pack, Iowa City High’s Class 4A No. 12 girls’ cross country team rolled to a team win with 35 points at the Little Hawks’ Oct. 21 home state qualifying meet.

West Branch's top bowlers place in Special Olympics
Sports · October 28, 2026
Three West Branch High School students took part in the Oct. 9 Regional Special Olympics Bowling tournament at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center.

Bears came close to upsetting #10 team
by Gregory Norfleet · Sports · October 28, 2026
When Sawyer Jeffries picked off a pass, setting up West Branch’s late touchdown, the Bears came within five points of the No. 10-ranked Osage Green Devils.

RVC rival Durant ends West Branch’s season
by Matthew Dickinson, sports editor · Sports · October 28, 2026
The West Branch volleyball team’s season came to a close Oct. 21 as the Bears fell 3-0 to Durant in a road Class 2A-6 regional quarterfinal.

7th closes season with 4-1 record
Sports · October 28, 2026
West Branch Middle School’s seventh-grade football team saw its undefeated season come to an end on Oct. 24 when the team fell in their last game to Mid-Prairie, 28-18.

8th falls in season closer
Sports · October 28, 2026
West Branch Middle School’s eighth-grade football team lost to the Mid-Priaire Golden Hawks, 24-0, in their final game of the season.

Bears launched into playoffs with win
by Gregory Norfleet · Sports · October 21, 2026
It came down to a field goal attempt.
And as West Branch players turned to watch the ball take flight for the Bellevue attempt with 1 second to go, time seemed to slow down.

Girls runners win back-to-back MVC titles
by Matthew Dickinson, sports editor · Sports · October 21, 2026
Bolstered by a second-place finish from West Branch senior Grace Hamann, Iowa City High’s Class 4A No. 12 team captured its second straight Mississippi Valley Conference championship out of the Mississippi division with 35 points.

No. 8 boys second in MVC divisional meet
by Matthew Dickinson, sports editor · Sports · October 21, 2026
Iowa City High’s Class 4A No. 8 boys’ cross country team placed second with 77 points at the Oct. 15 Mississippi Valley Conference’s Mississippi divisional meet at Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids.

7th controls West Liberty, 32-0
Sports · October 21, 2026
West Branch Middle School seventh-graders defeated West Liberty, 32-0, to improve their football team’s record, 3-0.