ALBURNETT — A sea of orange filled the stands and field Wednesday night when Alburnett and North Linn decided to play their double header in honor of something more than a win or a loss.An “Orange Out” was held Wednesday in honor of 3-year-old Gavin ...

Mid-Prairie is the top-ranked softball team in Class 3A in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union preseason rankings, released Wednesday.The Golden Hawks were 31-13 last season and finished sixth in the 3A state tournament. They return seven starters from that team, including pitcher Olivia ...

  Area teams to watch for the 2013 softball season: ALBURNETTCoach – Kevin Johnson (15th year, 482-325)         2012 record – 29-142012 postseason – Class 2A regional quarterfinalistReturning starters (10) – SS Taylor Huber (fr.), LF Madison Harger (jr.), 2B Kaitlyn Boline (jr.), 1B Danica Windfield (sr.), DH Amber ...

Final team standings in Class 1A, courtesy TrackWrestling.com1. Alburnett 138.02. Emmetsburg 76.03. Eddyville-Blakes-Fre 68.54. Woodbury Central, Moville 66.55. W Marshall, State Center 63.06. Wilton 59.07. Underwood 55.58. West Hancock, Britt 54.09. Wapello 44.010. St. Edmond, Fort Dodge 43.511. EHK-Exira 41.012. Clarion-Goldfield 40.012. North Butler, Greene ...

Alburnett 113-pounder Hunter Washburn won his second straight championship Saturday with a pin of Jack Walker (Wapello) at 1:30 of the first period. Here's video of the first period and the win.

DES MOINES — The clock ticked toward zeroes, but Iowa Valley’s Logan Lofthus failed to flinch.The score: 4-2, in favor of his foe, Taylor Lehman of Clarion-Goldfield, in Friday’s 138-pound Class 1A state wrestling tournament semifinal.The rousing comeback: Complete after the unranked, but undaunted Lofthus ...

Alburnett's Dylan Windfield pinned West Marshall's Dale Hilleman in 5:41 on Friday to advance to the 1A-160-pound finals, where he'll face Jake Haberman of Clarion-Goldfield. Here's video of Windfield's fall.

Alburnett 132-pounder Conner Shulista lost earlier Friday to Blake Marolf of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont in the quarterfinals, but rebounded to beat Derik Bailey of Maple Valley and guarantee himself a spot in the top-eight. Here are the second and third rounds:Round two:Round three:

DES MOINES - Alburnett's Hunter Washburn said he feels at home in Wells Fargo Arena.Might as well, since the top-ranked Pirates acted like they owned the joint.Alburnett blitzed the field in the opening round of the Iowa High School Athletic Association Class 1A state wrestling ...

Results courtesy of TrackWrestling.comAlburnett1A-106 - Zach Fowler (41-2) place is unknown and scored 4.00 team points.Champ. Round 1 - Zach Fowler (Alburnett) 41-2 won by pin over Logan Johnson (Aplington-Parkersburg) 30-13 (Pin 3:25)1A-113 - Hunter Washburn (46-2) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.Champ. ...