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Eric Pratt

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Eric Pratt

@ByEricPratt

Sports Editor at The Messenger in Fort Dodge, which covers high school and college athletic events across central Iowa. Tweets/thoughts/viewpoints are my own.

Fort Dodge, Iowa

messengernews.net/sports

Joined June 2011

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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Oct 16, 2024
Adults are falling short on the youth sports scene at an alarming rate, and the kids are paying the price. Civility and perspective are desperately needed. It's time to bring a sense of normalcy - and decency - back for the sake of our future. messengernews.net/sports/local-s… @IHSAA
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Jul 9, 2019
Humboldt's Ashlyn Clark with her home run ball from Senior Night. It was the first homer of Clark's career; the senior played between treatments as she continues to battle Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (photo by @hark4UI). @AshlynClark9 @humboldtHS @humboldt_csd @IGHSAU #iahssb
Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Dec 22, 2022
Current temp here in Iowa is -13. Wind chill -40. Yet our paper was on time. Garbage picked up. Mail delivered. Streets plowed. UPS and FedEx trucks all over. Make sure to thank essential workers for their hard work and commitment to our communities - even in desolate conditions!
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Feb 5, 2023
Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, 100 years ago.
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Mar 31, 2025
How about Frankie Fidler in this tournament? Four games...30 points, 13 rebounds +32 on the +/- in just 59 minutes. Great run, @FrankieFidler_. Thanks for choosing MSU. (photo by @nickkingphoto/@LSJNews
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Mar 16, 2025
Good call. Only has 11 Big Ten titles, been to nine Final Fours and is the winingest coach in conference history.
Barry
@BarryOnHere
Mar 15, 2025
Tom Izzo really got the best PR of any coach in sports. He won ONE title back when the Baha Men were on top of the music charts and he's lived off that his entire career.
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Mar 30, 2025
Won't accept any Tre Holloman slander here. Was a true Spartan Dawg all year long. Sacrifices everything for the good of the team. Simply put, NONE of this happens without him. Get lost with that noise. Photo via Abby Parr/@AP
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Nov 10, 2022
Instead of wasting your time watching the garbage CMAs, may I make a few suggestions? Turnpike Troubadours Mike and the Moonpies John R. Miller Arlo McKinley The Wilder Blue Shane Smith & The Saints Stoney LaRue Flatland Cavalry CWG 49 Winchester Drayton Farley Nicholas Jamerson
Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Feb 27, 2024
Have to tell this story (apologize for it being so long)...two years ago, my daughter met her favorite basketball player after a game in Iowa City: Michigan State's Malik Hall. (1/5)
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Jan 16, 2023
Congratulations to Edey, who finished a 40-minute game on the road with 0 fouls and has now been called for 10 total fouls in the last nine games despite being 7-foot-4 and 300 pounds. He's a wizard.
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Mar 7, 2025
Thanks for taking the time, @Coencarr2. Meant a lot to my daughter. She's a basketball player too, but her vertical is significantly less than yours. 😂💚🤍
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Mar 24, 2025
. @WorldofIsaac 💚🤍
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Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Dec 22, 2018
Replying to @ColinCole91 and @NBCNews
Look at the body language and facial expressions of the kid after he won the match. Should haunt every adult in that building.
Eric Pratt
@ByEricPratt
Jan 3, 2024
Caitlin. Clark. Unreal
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