Oelwein’s Anna Benneke earned the top spot in the Class 3A girls cross country individual rankings released by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches on Monday.She is joined in the top five of 3A by Benton Community’s Madison Weekley, who is third.Iowa City West’s Frank ...

University of Northern Iowa wrestler John Simon was still processing the tragic events in Parkersburg Wednesday morning. The former Aplington-Parkersburg football player was still in a state of disbelief, like many in the community, about the shooting death of long-time football coach Ed Thomas.Police have ...

The Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints staked their claim as the Dan Gable wrestling Hawkeyes of Class 1A girls' soccer with their fourth consecutive state title last weekend in Muscatine. Kathryn Mettenberg, seen here in the interview portion, scored the Saints' goal in a 1-0 victory ...

DES MOINES -- The first time Sara Stoakes tinkered with hurdling, she did so without her coach's permission."(Coach Kent Hanser) wasn't very happy about it," Stoakes said. "He didn't want me to get hurt."It didn't take long to get Hanser's blessing."I really liked it and I ...

  By Marc Morehouse The Gazette DES MOINES — For every shot Tyler Betz made, Jesse Ney had an answer. And vice verse and vice versa and vice versa. The stars did a lot of the heavy lifting in Monday’s Class 1A state quarterfinal at the Wells Fargo Arena, ...

By Jeff Johnson The Gazette DES MOINES - He was Center Point-Urbana's first wrestling state finalist last year, and he's Alburnett's first wrestling state champion this year.Christopher Halblom capped a perfect sophomore season with a 4-3 decision over Brandon Welter of Don Bosco in last night's Class ...

By Jeff Dahn  The Gazette   Class 1A district tournament first-round games are tonight, and four area schools enter the postseason ranked in the AP top 10.   Second-ranked Keota (19-1) leads the field, followed by No. 4 Iowa Mennonite School (201), No. 5 East Buchanan (18-1) and ...