All the resources are there."Decorah is a community for runners," said Patrick Larson, a top runner for the boys' cross country team at Decorah High School. "We've got great trails. We've got (Luther College), which is a great college with a great team. And we've ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 7:WILTON at IOWA CITY REGINATime and site: 7 p.m. Friday, at ReginaRecords and rankings: Wilton is 5-1 overall, 4-0 Class 1A District 6; No. 1 Regina is 6-0, 3-0.Notable: Wilton already has a playoff berth wrapped up, and ...

Josey Jewell compares Decorah football to a family.It might be hard for him to differentiate between the two, following in the footsteps of his own relatives to wear the Vikings jersey.Jewell is a third-generation player and fourth family member in the Decorah football program. He has made ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 5:DUBUQUE SENIOR at IOWA CITY WESTTime and site: 7:15 p.m. Friday, at Trojan FieldRecords and rankings: Both teams are 4-0 overall, 1-0 MVC Mississippi Division. West is ranked No. 2 in Class 4A.Notable: Four-and-0 is 4-0, but these ...

A dozen key area football games for Week 2:CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER at CEDAR RAPIDS JEFFERSONTime and site: 7:15 pm. Thursday, at Kingston StadiumTV: KCRG 9.2Records and rankings: Class 4A No. 7 Xavier is 1-0; Jefferson is 0-1.Notable: Jefferson's losing streak reached 23 with a 28-7 ...

Iowa City Regina and Decorah are overwhelming choices as No. 1 football teams in the first Associated Press poll of the season.Regina carries a 29-game winning streak and has won the last two Class 2A state championships. The Regals are in Class 1A this year, ...

Area boys cross country teams to watch for the 2012 season:CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTONCoach -- Will Harte2011 state finish -- 4th in Class 4AReturning state participants (5) -- Etienne Nzoyisaba, sr., 11th; Joe Berry, sr., 47th; Jon Rockwell, sr., 64th; Trevor Luebe, sr., 77th; Matt Wittman, ...

Area girls cross country teams to watch for the 2012 season:DECORAHCoach -- Cristy Nimrod2011 state finish -- 5th in Class 3AReturning state participants (6) -- Shana Kelly, sr., 10th; Amanda Taylor, soph., 22nd; Gara Lonning, soph., 32nd; Shelby Varney, sr., 64th; Alica Gullekson, sr., 85th; ...

Defending Class 2A state champion Monticello and 2011 3A runner-up Decorah are ranked No. 1 in their respective classes in the Iowa Association of Track Coaches preseason cross country rankings.Monticello returns all of its top five runners from last year's title team -- all five ...

DES MOINES — Maybe it should have kept raining. Ah, that would have just delayed the inevitable.Decorah’s run the second half of the prep baseball season was ended by a team that was out and out better, certainly last night. Few doubts about Dallas Center-Grimes ...