Tuesday's area regional final volleyball matches for Class 5A, 4A and 3A:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY vs. DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (Class 5A)Time and site: 7 p.m., at MonticelloRecords and rankings: Kennedy is 24-12 and ranked ninth; Hempstead is 28-6 and No. 3.Notable: Kennedy is a win away from ...

Center Point-Urbana goal keeper Kaylee Weems defends against a shot by Assumption's Maddie Irmen (5) during their quarterfinal game at the 2012 Iowa Girls High School State Soccer Championships Thursday, June 7, 2012 at the Muscatine Soccer Complex in Muscatine. Assumption won the game 5-0 ...

DES MOINES -- Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG previews the girls' portion of the state track meet Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium.CLASS 4AIndividuals to watch -- Erin Hawkins, who spearheaded Des Moines Roosevelt's sprint brigade that ran roughshod through the Drake Relays three weeks ...

 EPWORTH -- The original guess was Grinnell. The answer was (gulp) Davenport Assumption.After his team's win over Vinton-Shellsburg in last week's Class 3A substate final, Western Dubuque boys' basketball coach Dennis Geraghty was asked what kind of seed he figured his Bobcats would get at ...

Prepare to bite your nails and take a Tums when the Cedar Rapids Washington girls' basketball team takes the floor.More likely than not, you're in for a wild ride.Twelve of the 13th-ranked Warriors' 21 games have been decided by single digits, and it will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

The area's top dozen football games for the first round of the playoffs Wednesday:CEDAR RAPIDS KENNEDY at IOWA CITY HIGH (4A)Time & site: 7 p.m., at Bates FieldRecords & rankings: Kennedy is 5-4; No. 9 City High is 7-2.Notable: City High picked up a 34-13 ...

MUSCATINE - Following postgame tradition, they formed a circle around Noel Mahood near midfield.As the girls leaned forward with arms around each other, Mahood - a junior midfielder - hesitated with her head down and hands on her hips. Finally she said "We are ..."Her teammates ...

 MUSCATINE - There were smiles instead of tears, whoops instead of silence.The Center Point-Urbana girls' soccer team believes it'll be back to state again soon. This was just the beginning."Our first year ever at the state tournament," said Brianna Heineman, as she proudly carried a ...