Linn-Mar’s Chelsea Burkle has signed to play volleyball at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, an NCAA Division II program.
Burkle averaged 4.36 kills per game as a senior as the Lions advanced to the state tournament.
Here is more from the UMSL website.

(From Iowa men’s basketball writer Scott Dochtermann)
MARION – Two of Iowa’s three most prolific scorers in school history will boast sons on next year’s men’s basketball team.
Darius Stokes, a 6-foot-8 forward from Linn-Mar, will join the Hawkeyes as a walk-on this fall. Stokes’ father, Greg Stokes, ranks third all-time in scoring at Iowa with 1,768 career points. Darius Stokes will join Devyn Marble, son of Iowa’s all-time leading scorer Roy Marble, on next year’s team.
The thought of following his dad’s Iowa legacy was pivotal for Darius Stokes in deciding to walk on …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Some dreaded the wind. Courtney Fritz embraced it.
“I like it when it’s coming in from the right,” she said. “With the right wind, you can really catch it.”
Fritz caught it.
The Iowa City West thrower broke the Prairie Relays discus record Thursday at John Wall Field, flinging her final attempt 152 feet,  8 inches.
“When it’s windy, you just have to adjust, but you don’t want to change too much,” Fritz said. “If you do, then you’re dealing with a bigger issue.”
A strong wind from the south aided Fritz, but …

By Marc Morehouse, originally published at his blog, “On Iowa”
Austin Blythe’s dance with the University of Iowa began about a year ago, when he received an offer to play football for the Hawkeyes.
Yes, Blythe, 6-foot-3, 280 pounds, grew up in Williamsburg, about a half hour west of Iowa City. His parents, Curt and Mary, took him to Hawkeye football games and wrestling meets pretty much all of his life.
But no, it wasn’t as easy as you’d think to say yes to the Hawkeyes. It’s a life decision, and Blythe wanted …

Carissa Berger, who helped lead Waukon to the girls’ state basketball tournament each of the last two years, has signed to play at William Penn University.
Waukon was the Class 3A state runner-up this year.

Cedar Rapids Washington has canceled the Wilkinson Relays boys’ track meet at Kingston Stadium.
It will not be made up.

The following is a softball schedule for Cedar Rapids Jefferson.
Coach Larry Niemeyer needs 13 wins to reach 2,000 for his career. It’s not a matter of if it will happen this season, but when. A good bet would be sometime around the Jefferson Classic, June 11-12.
There are some challenges before that, most notably double-headers against Dubuque Wahlert, Iowa City West, Cedar Falls and Waterloo West.
Jefferson has a talented, veteran team that likely will be ranked in the top five in Class 4A. Top returners include pitcher Hannah Petersen, shortstop Morgan …

Here are current girls’ soccer rankings.

When Tanner Miller runs at Drake Stadium, he does so with a thin skin.
You may know that Miller was the Drake Relays runner-up in the boys’ 400-meter hurdles Saturday.
But you might be unaware that he did it with a blister on his left foot that would have left most runners on the shelf.
“There’s still a chunk of skin hanging there,” Miller said Wednesday morning. “It’s still sore when you put a lot of pressure on it.”
Miller finished in 53.51 seconds, behind Linn-Mar’s Kyle Dunn.
The blister developed on the bottom of …

A mere appearance wasn’t enough.
“We weren’t happy just qualifying (for the Drake Relays),” said Solon boys’ track coach Mark Sovers.
“It was a great opportunity to be on that kind of stage. But the guys wanted to do something with that opportunity.”
They did. And so did their female counterparts to the north.
The prep portion of the Relays is traditionally dominated by metropolitan schools. But the boys from Solon and the girls from Mount Vernon-Lisbon made an imprint.
Runner-up finishes in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter relays highlighted a weekend for MV-L that netted …