IAHSGCA RANKINGS
CLASS 4A
School
1. Ames, 2. Ankeny, 3. Valley, 4. Waterloo West, 5. Marshalltwon, 6. Ottumwa, 7. Johnson, 8. C.R. Xavier, 9. Western Dubuque, 10. Hempstead.
Individuals
1. Sarah Boss, Sr. Waterloo West; 2. Ali Daly, Jr., Western Dubuque; 3. Beth Wagner, So., Ankeny; 4. Katie Purcell, Jr., Ames; 5. Alex Zenor, Sr. C.R. Kennedy; 6. Erica Thompson, Sr. Ames; 7. Anna Robinson, Sr. Valley; 8. Andrea Beard, Sr., Ankeny; 9. Liz Burnett, Sr., Valley; 10. Lauren Schwab, Sr. Ames; 11. Jennider Gaffney, Sr., Waukee; 12. Madelyn Mauk, So., Valley; 13. Kelsi Sawatzky, …

IAHSGCA RANKINGS
CLASS 3A
School
1. Spencer (56-0); 2. Washington (40-0); 3. Decorah (20-3); 4. Clear Lake (31-9); 5. Carroll (41-13); 6. Western Dubuque (48-11); 7. Mount Vernon (40-15); 8. Central DeWitt (23-2); 9. Fairfield (26-10); 10. Harlan (41-16).
Individuals
 1. Jay Monahan, So., Spencer; 2. Braden, Sr., Washington; 3. Andrew Peter, Jr., Decorah; 4. Craig Cunningham, Sr., Spencer; 5. Jake Thomas, Sr. Independence; 6. Michael Clark, Sr., Spencer; 7. Nick Nelson, Fr., Decorah; 8. Kyle Blakeney, Sr. Washington; 9. Brett McGranahan, Jr., Central DeWitt; 10. Joseph Harris, So., Washington; 11.Jordan Azbell, So., Western …

Before I start on myself, make sure you check out the last post I made. ISU just doesn’t seem to grasp the idea an Iowa program needs an Iowa guy in the program to succeed (Even though it sounds like they tried to wrangle an Iowa guy this time around before hiring Jackson).
I’ve been released from the hospital and begin follow-up checkups this week. Still taking plenty of meds at home and don’t have an official word of how long I’ll have to be on them.
Thanks for all the support, …

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Led by Karly Cochrane (maroon uniform), Mount Vernon-Lisbon's girls are ranked in the top two in five relays in Class 3A. MV-L will compete at the 3A district/regional at Marion on Friday.

Is it better to be in a stronger track district, or a weaker one?
Depends on your situation. And your gender.

“In girls, I think the stronger, the better,” said Bill Thomsen, girls’ coach at Mount Vernon-Lisbon. “If I was a boys’ coach, and they only took the top two or three or four from each district, I’d probably …

CEDAR RAPIDS — The tennis teams at Cedar Rapids Kennedy are still making quite a racket.
The defending state champion boys moved to 13-0 with an 8-1 win over Cedar Rapids Jefferson on Tuesday. The girls defeated the J-Hawks by an identical score, improving to 12-1.

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Charles City’s girls tennis team was playing well in the season’s second matchup with Oelwein Tuesday afternoon at Sportsmen’s Park.
Mother Nature, however, dictated that the matches would not be completed, at least on Tuesday.
Rain halted play as the fifth and sixth singles matches were just starting. No doubles matches had started when the rains began coming down.
"We played pretty well at all four spots I thought," said Charles City coach Steve McGrew. "We had a tough match at the third spot. They don’t have any letdown between the …

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BOONE, Iowa – The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the 2009 Iowa High School Boy’s State Soccer Tournament pairings.  The tournament trail begins on May 26th in all three classes with…
Source: Iowa Sports Connection