Editing Mason City, Iowa (section)

==Sports==
Mason City has some history of minor league and amateur sports teams despite its relatively small size.

The [[North Iowa Bulls]] are a [[junior ice hockey]] team that first began play in 2011 as member of the [[North American 3 Hockey League]] (NA3HL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globegazette.com/news/local/article_cf5cc754-781c-11e0-8ac3-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Junior hockey – The Bulls – coming to Mason City|first=KIRK HARDCASTLE|last=kirk.hardcastle@globegazette.com|website=globegazette.com|date=May 6, 2011 |access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> The Bulls won the league championship in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2021, while also winning the Tier III National Championship in 2013 and 2015. The Bulls moved up to the Tier II [[North American Hockey League]] (NAHL) and rebranded the Tier III team as the [[Mason City Toros]] in 2021. The [[North Iowa Outlaws]] junior hockey team previously played in the NAHL from 2005 until 2010, when they relocated to [[Onalaska, Wisconsin]], to become the [[Coulee Region Chill]]. The [[North Iowa Huskies]] played in the [[United States Hockey League]] from 1983 to 1999 and then moved to Cedar Rapids.

Mason City was home to [[minor league baseball]]. The Mason City Cementmakers (1912) and [[Mason City Claydiggers]] (1915–1917) played as members of the [[Iowa State League]] (1912) and [[Central Association]] (1915–1917). The teams played at Hanford Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iagenweb.org/cerrogordo/history/MasonCity/MCCentennialEd/cg_hist_CentSports.htm|title=IAGENWeb ~ Cerro Gordo Co. ~ Mason City's Centennial ~ Champions in the Sports Field|website=iagenweb.org}}</ref>

The [[Mason City Bats]] of the short-lived [[Great Central League]] played baseball here in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=1994 Mason City Bats Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/stats/t-mb12854/y-1994 |publisher=Stat's Crew}}</ref>

College Football Hall of Fame coach [[Barry Alvarez]] led Mason City High School to the 1978 Class 4A state football championship with a 15–13 victory over Dubuque Hempstead.

River City Rugby Football Club was established in Mason City in 1972. The club competes in two separate two-month seasons, April and May, and September and October. The club celebrated its 40th anniversary in June 2012. Over 250 players have played for the club since it first began. The club competes against teams from Iowa, [[Minnesota]], and [[Nebraska]] in the Midwest Division 3.