A closer look at the girls' state track meet, Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines:(MEET SCHEDULE)CLASS 4A (Heat/lane assignments)Top individuals -- Without a doubt, the dominant girls' track athlete in any class is Sioux City East's Shelby Houlihan. You can pretty much ...

DES MOINES -- Too many turnovers.Too many missed free throws.Too many inside opportunities left unclaimed.It was all too much to overcome."It just wasn't our night," Mount Vernon Coach Bob Kintzel said after fourth-ranked Davenport Assumption defeated the No. 2 Mustangs, 50-39, to capture the Class 3A girls' ...

DES MOINES -- Too many turnovers.Too many missed free throws.Too many inside opportunities left unclaimed.It was all too much to overcome."It just wasn't our night," Mount Vernon Coach Bob Kintzel said after fourth-ranked Davenport Assumption defeated the No. 2 Mustangs, 50-39, to capture the Class 3A girls' ...

Saturday's games at the girls' state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des MoinesCLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP#2 Mount Vernon (24-2) vs. #4 Davenport Assumption (24-2)Time: 6 p.m.Coaches: Bob Kintzel is 85-13 in four years at Mount Vernon. Jennifer Goetz is in her first year at Assumption ...

DES MOINES -- Todd Borrison is a coach. He's also into construction."I love to build," he said. "And I felt I had one more (project) in me."When Borrison led Southeast Polk to the girls' state basketball tournament, he became the first coach in state history to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - It may have taken one step at a time, but Davenport Assumption climbed back to the top of the hill.After a fourth in 2008, third in 2009 and runner-up finish a year ago, the Knights added to the school's dual titles. Assumption ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Iowa High School Athletic Association is celebrating the 25th year of the State Duals wrestling tournament Saturday.Tournament organizers will honor the top programs, teams and coaches in a ceremony immediately before the finals round at the U.S. Cellular Center, starting at 6 ...

DES MOINES - Coaching seems to be optional for J.C. Vercande.At least that was the case during his latest state tournament contest. Vercande ignored the strategy of his coaches and it working, pinning fourth-ranked Tre Rutz of Humboldt with 10 seconds remaining in their 130-pound quarterfinal match of the ...

DES MOINES - Independence's Austin Evans paced and jumped around before making his state tournament debut.The Mustang junior harnessed the butterflies in his stomach, thought of the basics of wrestling and then used them to his advantage.“I just went out there and looked at it ...

Returning champions: Dylan Peters, Denver-Tripoli (112), Sawyer Farris, New London/Winfield-Mt. Union (119), Brandon Sorensen, Denver-Tripoli (130), Jake Marlin, Creston/Orient-Macksburg (135), Tanner Hiatt, Ballard (145), Aaron Sorenson, Forest City (145), Tanner Weatherman, Ballard (171), Austin Blythe, Williamsburg (Hwt.)Other individuals to watch: Doug Miner, Spirit Lake Park ...