Category: sports
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Cardinal Football, Volleyball Seasons End
October 27, 2026 Football Earlham’s season came to an end with a 48-14, 1st-round playoff loss to Riverside last Friday in Oakland. The Bulldogs are ranked #9 in the state, and just about everything they did for 48 minutes lived up to that billing. “They were fast,” said Coach Caskey.…
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Cross Country: Cardinal Boys Win Conference
October 20, 2026 The Cardinal cross country teams have accomplished some extraordinary things over the years. What they did last Wednesday at the West Central Activities Conference meet can be added to that list. All 14 Cardinals—10 boys and four girls—ran personal records at a challenging course with a steep,…
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Cards Crush Panorama
September 15, 2026 After two weeks of up and down football and two losses, the Cardinals showed put it all together Friday, thumping winless Panorama, 42-7, on the road. Earlham has better athletes than the Panthers, sure, but the Cards’ nearly flawless execution made the difference in this game. “We…
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Earlham Cardinals Fall ’26 Sports Preview
August 25, 2026 Football There are only seven Cardinal seniors on the team this season and a large percentage of the roster is made up of underclassmen. While that may bode well for the future, nobody on this year’s team is thinking about that right now. For 2026, the Cardinals…
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Golf: Record-Breaking Week for Cards
April 21, 2026 The Cardinals literally re-wrote the school record book last week. At a conference quadrangular meet in Pleasantville on April 13, four records were broken or tied. Piper Koberg set a new girls’ 9-hole individual record when she carded 43, and the team set a new 9-hole record…
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Spring ’26 Sports Preview
March 31, 2026 Track & Field Earlham has been one of the top track and field programs in Class 1A for a long time. That should continue this year, though the boys’ and girls’ teams will have a different look. The girls’ team has a slew of established returners competing…
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District Wrestling Preview
February 10, 2026 Every high school wrestler wants to make it to the state tournament, but to get there, you must get the job done at districts first. Finish 1st or 2nd in your weight class and your ticket is punched. Anything less than that and you go home. After…
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Basketball: Cards Sweep Chargers
January 20, 2026 The Cardinals traveled to Guthrie Center on January 16 and swept a conference doubleheader from AC/GC. Girls The Cardinals have had some quality wins this season, but their resume got even more impressive when they went into a hostile environment and beat a hostile team, handing the…
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10-Year Anniversary
Earlham Cardinals Boys’ Basketball Team Finishes 3rd at State Parts 1-3 January 2, 2026 Part 1 For young adults, the ten years right after high school are action packed. When you’re busy getting your career rolling, starting a family, and just generally finding your way in the world, things are…
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Girls’ Basketball: Cards Beat Bulldogs
December 23, 2025 The Cards played two conference games early last week and didn’t pass the ‘eye test’ in either one. They won both but didn’t look good doing it. In Van Meter last Friday, the Cardinals passed every test there was and beat the Bulldogs, 47-41. To beat a…
