SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – Michael Rapaglia struck out seven over four-plus innings and Vincent Quinn slugged a three-run homer as Staten Island, N.Y., advanced at the Little League World Series with a 8-3 win Monday night over Urbandale, Iowa.
New York will play either California or Texas in the U.S. semifinals Wednesday. Rapaglia limited Iowa hitters until the fourth, when he struggled with his control and loaded the bases. But the 12-year-old got pinch-hitter Robert Vanderlinden to strike out to end the jam.
New York …

DES MOINES (AP) – The mother of Ames basketball star Harrison Barnes says he has narrowed his list of potential college choices to six schools.
Shirley Barnes says her son, considered by many the top basketball player in the Class of 2010, is considering North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Oklahoma, UCLA and Iowa State.
She says Barnes will make an official visit to North Carolina on the first weekend of September and to Duke the weekend of Oct. 23.
Barnes’ visits to Kansas, Oklahoma and UCLA are still being arranged. Barnes, a senior at …

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT – Everything about Meskwaki football is new.
The high school is new, the equipment is new, many of the players are new to the sport.
Coach Todd Dale has 18 high school players out for the team that will initially play 8 man football.   Six of the players played at South Tama in past years as part of a program sharing setup.
KCRG-TV9’s John Campbell

Because they are starting in an “off year”, the Warriors will play all of their games on the road and shortest trip is two hours away. Next …

CLASS 1A DISTRICT 3
2008 champion — Aplington-Parkersburg (11-1, 7-0) Also reached the postseason — Gladbrook-Reinbeck (8-3, 5-2), Nashua-Plainfield (6-4, 5-2), South Winneshiek (6-4, 4-3)
Players to watch — QB/CB Jordan Andrera, sr., South Winneshiek; QB Clint Dinsdale, sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck; RB/DB Alex Hornbuckle, sr., Aplington-Parkersburg; WR/DB Logan Einck, sr., South Winneshiek; WR Trevor Hook, jr., Grundy Center; OT/DT Ryan Lockhart, sr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck; OL Nathan Lyman, jr., Grundy Center; DE Jimmy Clark, sr., Aplington-Parkersburg; OG/DT Caleb Wilken, sr., Nashua-Plainfield; OG/LB Jordan Simon, sr., Aplington-Parkersburg.How they’ll finish — 1. Aplington-Parkersburg, 2. Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 3. South …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Those were the days.  It was the mid-1960s, and Kingston Stadium was the place to be.  Especially when Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Cedar Rapids Washington were playing one another.
“I can remember walking out of the tunnel into the stadium,” said longtime Washington coach Wally Sheets, who is now retired. “And there were not very many empty seats.”  That includes the horseshoe on the north end of the stadium. Kingston held about 15,000 folks back then, and you’d get about 15,000 folks when Cedar Rapids’ two public schools …

Three defending state champions are ranked No. 1 in the preseason volleyball rankings by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.
Ankeny (40-1) returns five starters from its Class 4A title team. The Hawkettes are followed by Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Iowa City West, a pair of 2008 semifinalists.
Western Christian (47-4), the winner of seven of the last eight 2A crowns, is top-ranked in that class. Mount Vernon, the 3A runner-up in 2007 and 2008, is No. 2, followed by Unity Christian.
Small-school champion Tripoli (29-11), led by sophomore Megan Gilbert, is No. …

They used to take the football field side-by-side and now they’re staring each other down face-to-face.
Central City and Springville and Lone Tree and Highland High Schools once merged into consolidated prep football programs. Central City and Springville competed in Class A with Highland and Lone Tree in 2A.
All four are independent, squaring off against the programs they formerly called partners in strong rivalry games.
About a decade has past since the Catbirds suited up, so consolidation doesn’t fuel the fire for the Wildcats and Orioles. Instead, motivation comes from both being …

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DES MOINES, Iowa – The 2009 Iowa high school football season kicks into full schedule this weekend and so will the Iowa Sports Connection production of “Friday Night Live”. Friday night the show moves to its…
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DES MOINES, Iowa – This week the Iowa Sports Connection Radio Show continues their talk with Iowa high school football coaches across the state.  Over the past three weeks we have already talked with 36…
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