OXFORD -- Jim White is by no means a neat freak.But he spent the majority of his day housekeeping in his office at school."I tried to keep as busy as I could," he said.Anything to keep his mind from straying toward the inevitable.White returned to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - It was pouring at Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Heco Field on Saturday. Sure, the rain was falling hard and fast, but so were the goals from Saints attackers looking to shoot their team to the boys’ state soccer tournament.And advance they did, shooting ...

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS -- Brian Erbe sported a blue windbreaker at a preseason softball practice. And a broad smile.He's home."To be the head coach at the place I went to school ... it's an awesome feeling," said Erbe, the new head coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson."I had ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- There's not much time to think in the course of a 110-meter hurdles race.But for Connor Ham, there was time to adjust. Time to come from behind. And time to win by the narrowest of margins.Ham won the Class 3A boys' title ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Jared Ganschow redeemed himself. And then some.A runner-up two years ago, Ganschow won the Class 3A boys 400-meter dash at state track and field meet Thursday at Drake Stadium."This is awesome," Ganschow said. "I've been waiting for this for two years."Ganschow, of ...

TIFFIN -- In the "tough-act-to-follow" category, this ranks toward the top.Rachel West has been hired as softball coach at tradition-rich Clear Creek Amana High School."She has a passion for softball," said CCA athletics director Kurt Ronnfeldt. "She has a tremendous background in the sport."She's been around ...

TIFFIN - James Wenzel gave his best impression of a caged jaguar.The Mount Vernon senior paced back and forth, anxiously awaiting his turn to take the mat. He turned that nervous energy into a little revenge and a district berth.Wenzel avenged an earlier loss to Clear ...

MOUNT VERNON -- No fat lips. No lost teeth.Tara Walls left with her face intact and a victory under her belt.Clear Creek Amana made 18 of 21 free throws in the fourth quarter, including two by Walls after taking an elbow to the face, and ...

Rivalry Saturday is taking a one-year leave from Cedar Rapids.Renovation to the U.S. Cellular Center has pushed the ninth installment of the six-game girls' basketball event out of the arena for the second straight year.Cornell College is the temporary host; it was at Cedar Rapids ...