Iowans can buy 2024 resident hunting, fishing and other licenses on Dec. 15.   Licenses purchased for 2023 expire on Jan. 10. The menu of license options includes the popular Outdoor Combo … more

The Wilton Beaver girls’ basketball team opened the 2023-24 season last week with two ball games.  more

Durant’s girls’ wrestling team turned in another solid result last Monday (Nov. 20) after taking seventh place in the West Liberty Girls Invitational before the Thanksgiving holiday break. more

The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association has released their 2023 All-State football teams after holding a meeting on Sunday, November 19.  On the list was Wilton junior Jordan Dusenberry.  Dusenberry was picked for the first-team defense in Class 1A as a defensive back. more

The Wilton girl’s wrestling team traveled to Iowa County where Belle Plaine is located to take part in the Plainsmen Girl’s Wrestling Invitational last Saturday.  more

Randy Austin won Week 12 of the Advocate News Football Contest. He missed one, and will receive the $25 first prize. more

Lainey Shelangoski is picking up right where she left off. more

The Wilton Beavers rolled into their home girl’s wrestling invitational on Saturday, November 18 already with one meet under their belts.  more

The postseason honors are being announced statewide as all-district teams are being released as teams end their seasons.  more

The River Valley Conference South Division recently released its all-conference honors list after the regular season wrapped up last month.  more

The Wilton and Durant fall sports seasons have come to a close, and there was a lot to cheer for during the myriad of football, volleyball and cross-country events over the past two and a half months. more

A frigid Friday night last week made for true football weather for the second round of the Class 1A playoffs.  more

Wilton sophomore Audra Coss ended her cross-country season on the grandest stage at the Iowa High School cross-country state meet in Fort Dodge last Saturday.  more

Wilton sophomore Audra Coss punched her ticket to the 2023 Class 2A state meet this coming Saturday after placing in the top-10 finishers at the Williamsburg state qualifying meet last Thursday.  more

The Wilton Beaver football coaches, players, and fans may have had to look up where Woodward-Granger High School was after Class 1A playoff pairings were released on Saturday, October 21, but after last Friday’s big 49-21 win, they will most definitely want to return there.  The Beavers made themselves at home in the game scoring at least seven points in each of the four quarters and taking the District 7 runners-up out of the game early in the win.  The win gives Wilton a record of 8-1 and a date with Iowa City Regina Friday night in the next round of the playoffs.  The trip to Woodward-Granger High School was two hours and 35 minutes from home, one of the longest distances traveled for a Class 1A team in the first round. more

This season has been filled with ups and downs for Durant’s volleyball team. And Wednesday’s regional quarterfinal match seemed to encapsulate the season in 90 minutes. more

The drought is finally over — Durant is in the win column. more

Wilton volleyball saw their season come to an end on Monday night in Burlington. There, the Beavers played Class 2A No. 13 West Burlington in a Region 8 semifinal.  more

It is cliché, but often so true: sports are games of inches and seconds. more

The Wilton football team knew that win or lose last Friday at home, that they would be playing this week in the Class 1A playoffs.  more