CEDAR RAPIDS -- Brandon Ophoff has adopted a more technical approach to hurdling."Last year, I didn't have any sort of step count," he said. "I just got after it."Now, with the 400(-meter hurdles), I try to be at 15 steps between each hurdle. It helps ...

Pairings for the 2012 Class 3A regional duals isolated for Feb. 8 were released Wednesday. Regional winners will advance to the state duals tournament, which has been move to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, taking place Wednesday, Feb. 15, the day before the traditional ...

Then there was one.Iowa City West’s Jack Hathaway played a role in whittling down the field of undefeated wrestlers going for a fourth state title this season.Hathaway scored a 2-1 victory over Southeast Polk’s Cory Clark in the 126-pound finals of Urbandale’s Ed Winger Classic ...

 IOWA CITY -- It was the headwear under the helmet that symbolized Blake Younkin.He exhibited a sort of black cap, designed with skulls and crossbones.Tough kid. Tough team.Younkin rushed for 246 yards and three touchdowns, and fourth-ranked Bettendorf recorded four takeaways in a 45-13 whipping ...

CLARENCE -- Allie Hutcheson's biggest issue was the blood.Hutcheson reopened a wound near her rib cage early in Wednesday's Class 4A volleyball regional final. As the Kennedy Cougars talked during timeouts, a trainer dabbed at Hutcheson's bright yellow uniform, wiping the blood stain clean.As for the match, ...

Quarterfinal football capsules for area teams:BETTENDORF at IOWA CITY WEST (4A)Time & site -- 7 p.m. Friday, at Trojan FieldRecords & rankings -- No. 4 Bettendorf is 10-1; West is 9-2.Notable -- After beating up on a pair of league foes in the first two ...

This is the byproduct of the strength of Class 3A volleyball in Eastern Iowa.West Delaware and Waverly-Shell Rock are two of the top four teams in the state, according to the final Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rankings. One of them will end its ...

MUSCATINE - One goal provided a lead. Two goals provided a guaranteed spot in the championship.That's the way Iowa City West wins soccer games. Score and rely on a fundamentally sound and disciplined defense.It's a formula that's gotten the Women of Troy to the Class 3A state tournament ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Bigger, faster, stronger? William Griffin is all of that personified.A junior at Cedar Rapids Washington, Griffin won two individual sprints and lent a hand in a victorious relay at the John Ask Relays on Friday night at Kingston Stadium."I've gained a lot ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Iowa City West Coach Mark Reiland might be look for a new suit after Saturday night.The one he wore was a little worse for wear after his team tackled him to the ground and piled on top of the mat in the ...