Marquette senior ace Grace Tath tossed a complete-game and delivered the game-winning two-run double in the first inning, as Marquette Catholic defeated Calamus-Wheatland, 3-1 a week ago Tuesday in a Class 1A Region 8 first-round matchup at Cole Park.

Join Dwier Brown, star of Field of Dreams and two Ghost Players from the movie for a book signing event at Gary Dolphin’s Iron Bar in Dubuque on Thursday, July 22 starting at 5 p.m. and going until who knows. (Perhaps until Joe Jackson shows up to take Dwier back into the corn).

Marquette had a six-run second inning that turned into an 8-6 victory over Calamus-Wheatland in the team’s Class 1A District 7 baseball quarterfinal Saturday.

Marquette 14-18, East Buchanan 3-6 —At Winthrop, Iowa: Elise Kilburg and Megan Kremer had five hits apiece, while Grace Tath homered and earned the pitching victory in Game 1. The Mohawks erupted for 30 hits in a conference sweep on Monday.

The Bellevuye girls placed 2nd out of 30 teams in the 13U GOLD division at Iowa Regional Volleyball Tournament held in Des Moines April 10 and 11. The local team came up short in the championship match, but the young athletes continually surprised other teams with their effort and heart.

TEAM KETTMANN: The five Kettmann brothers of Bellevue recently marked 20 years of golf outings at the Bellevue Golf Club last week. From left are Mike Kettmann, Russ Kettmann, Steve Kettmann, Jim Kettmann and John Kettmann. This year, the brothers played in honor of former golfing mate, the …

State Track at Drake Stadium:

Marquette’s Allison Kettmann ran well to capture a Class 1A top eight finish in the 400 meter hurdles in a time of 1:09 .12. at last week’s State Track meet held at Drake University in Des Moines.

District Track

Results of last Thursday's (5/6/21) boys high school soccer game between Marquette Catholic and Prince of Peace.

Here is the game report for the HS Girls Varsity game of Marquette Catholic vs West Branch at Felderman Park, April 29.

Bellevue High School’s 1600 meter record holder Brady Griebel broke his own school  record with a third-place finish on the blue oval at the 2021 Drake Relays in Des Moines last week.

Marquette Catholic Girls Varsity soccer.

 Saber Relays

Comet Dual

Comet boys golf

Casey Tath and Jack Hiland recently competed in the AAU 9th/10th Grade National Dual Tournament as members of the Iowa Blue squad.

It was both cold and windy on the night of Tuesday, March 30, when the Marquette girls and boys track teams traveled to Tipton for their Early Bird Coed Invitational, but that did not stop them from starting out hot.

Monticello  Boys & girls Track Invitation

NAIA  Basketball

ANDREW— Fifteen Jackson County 4-H basketball teams competed in three divisions in the annual 4-H Basketball Tournament held March 13 in the Andrew School gym.

The season for the Bellevue Comets 4th Grade Basketball team began in November 2020 and was halted by Covid-19 and officially started back up in December 2020.

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Marquette Catholic High School in Bellevue has signed onto a cooperative agreement to play football this fall with the Northeast Goose Lake School District.

Girls Basketball - Teresa Paulsen- Elite All-Conference (also named to All District Team); Audrey Wedeking- North Division Team; Kalesia DeShaw- North Division Team; Juliana Penniston- Honorable Mention

While achieving an incredible 20-2 winning season, the Bellevue girls basketball team played its final game of the post-season last Wednesday night, losing the Iowa Class 2A regional final to defending state champions North Linn.

Six members of Coach Courtney Boyd's Clarke University women's basketball team have been named to the 2020-21 Heart of America Athletic Conference All-Conference Team.

The Bellevue High School Lady Comets Basketball team were one game away from their first appearance at the Iowa Girls High School State Basketball Tournament in nearly a decade.

The Marquette girls had their successful 2021 season ended last week by Prince of Peace. The final score was 61-37. Holly Kremer led the team with 22 points.

The Bellevue girls basketball program made history last Thursday night during the 2021 post-season opener.

After being off the court for several weeks due to a combination of Covid protocals and bad weather, the Marquette girls basketball team came back to the hardwood and blew out their first opponent in 2021 post-season play. The lady Mohawks defeated Cedar Valley Christian, 65-12 last Thursday…

Jake Hiland represented Bellevue and the Dubuque Wrestling Club at the AAU East District Tournament  on Sunday, Feb. 7. Hiland had a great day and finished fourth in a pretty tough bracket. In the shortened middle school season, he finished undefeated and competed at the USAW State Tournamen…

The Bellevue lady Comets continued to flourish on the hardwood last week. Last Tuesday, Bellevue defeated conference rival Camanche 58 to 28 in another road victory.

Last week brought a heart-breaking one-point loss for the Marquette boys basketball team, as Prince of Peace defeated the Mohawks 51-50.

The wrestling team had been competing with one of its most formidable opponents, the weather.

The Marquette boys basketball team fell short of a non-conference win over city rival Bellevue last Saturday in the MEC gymnasium, as Bellevue’s Colby Sieverding came up big in the final period to lift the Comets to a 53-46 victory.

Jim Kettmann, head coach for the Marquette Catholic girls basketball team for the past 18 years, was honored for his 300th career victory a week ago Tuesday night.

The Bellevue wrestling team is smack dab in the middle of a busy two week schedule. The team did pick up a couple dual victories, but the busy schedule is forcing small changes to practice plans to deal with the increased wear and tear associated with the heavy competition load.

The Marquette boys basketball team defeated Midland-Wyoming with a solid 63-37 victory last Tuesday night at home, with Carson Michels leading the way with 29 points. Caden Kettmann dropped in another 10 points for the Mohawks, while Evan Scott scored 8. Aza Berthel and Trevor Klein add 6 each.

The Bellevue lady Comets contiued their winning streak by defeating Wilton last week 51- 41 on the road. Bellevue continues to be ranked in the top 10 in Class 2A.

The Bellevue girls basketball team is continuing a quite successful 2021 season on the hardwood. Now ranked No. 10 in Class 2A, the lady Comets continued their winning ways, upping their record to 14-1 after defeating Monticello last Friday night at home, as well as a 60-30 win over North Ce…

Marquette 49, Easton Valley 33 —  Elise Kilburg scored a game-high 15 points, Delaney Banowetz and Holly Kremer chipped in 14 each, and the Mohawks beat Easton Valley.

Last week was the beginning of a busy two and a half week stretch for the Bellevue wrestling team. Coach Dave Ripperberger is expecting the wrestlers to pick up to 22 matches during this stretch, which will nearly double our number of matches so far this season. “This has already been a grea…

Marquette’s Carson Michels scored 35 points to lead the Mohawks to a 69-47 victory over Cedar Valley Christian last Friday during Marquette Catholic’s 2021 Homecoming game.

BASKETBALL: The Bellevue girls basketball team defeated Camanche 56-23 in a home court victory last week.

It was great to get back on the mat last week for some competition following our winter break. Lots of time to focus on improvement for the team as a whole. Despite the lack of numbers, this squad has an excellent work ethic as it is showing throughout this season. We are starting to hit a r…

The Bellevue wrestling team won over Wahlert and lost to Midland and Assumption Davenport last week at the annual Bellevue Quadrangular meet.