Spring sports have produced athletes, who have participated in more than one sport during the season. We've seen athletes in the past play soccer and golf, and some have played track and golf. Do you know of any athletes planning on ...

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Linn-Mar junior Kiah Stokes has been selected as the 2010 Gatorade Iowa Girls' Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3 post led Linn-Mar to a 26-0 record and the Class 4A state championship. She averaged 19.5 points, 12.8 rebounds and 5.1 ...

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DES MOINES — Maybe this will turn out to be another Willis Reed deal. For those of you not initiated with the legendary NBA tale, Reed spurred the New York Knicks to victory in Game 7 of the 1970 finals despite ...

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DES MOINES — Their top six players from last season graduated. So did 90 percent of their scoring. But these are the Solon Spartans, and all they do in most sports is win, baby. “There were a lot of doubters who thought ...

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John Sears, Jeff Linder and myself talk a little boys and girls basketball. Thank you John for relating one of the questions to wrestling for me. :)

KCRG-TV's John Sears and The Gazette's K.J. Pilcher and Jeff Linder talk about the basketball tournament.

Sportswriter Jeff Johnson will provide live coverage of today's Class 2A semifinal game between Solon (24-2) and IKM-Manning (25-0). Tipoff is set for 3:45 p.m. Check out the live blog below.

Here is a link to the IHSAA's Web site, where you can find 2010 and 2011 football schedules for each team from 8-man up through Class 3A: http://www.iahsaa.org/football/District%20Information/2010_FOOTBALL_SCHEDULES.txt A couple notes: Solon debuts as a 3A school with a game at DeWitt Central ...

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Marion High School senior Maggie Murphy has accepted an offer from Charleston Southern University to play volleyball. Charleston Southern is an NCAA Division I university and a member of the Big South Conference. Murphy helped lead Marion to the 3A state ...

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