CEDAR RAPIDS -- Leading can take several forms.It can mean mentoring young, talented players. And it can mean stepping forward and, well, leading the team.Sara Koch has done a lot of the former this season. Friday night, she did the latter.The fourth-leading player on her ...

Class 2A state volleyball team capsules. Teams listed in bracket order. SHELDON Orabs Coach -- Michele Hoogers (5th year, 161-22)Record & ranking -- 36-3, No. 7Tournament history -- 3rd appearance. 2A runners-up in 2009.Starting lineupNo. Name Ht. Yr. Pos.2 Paige VanWyk 5-10 Sr. OH6 Michelle Fischer 6-0 Sr. OH7 Crystal Rodger 5-11 Sr. MH8 Kaitlin Jongewaard 5-8 Sr. S9 Kellie Goedken 6-1 Sr. MH10 Jessica VanBeek 5-11 So. OH           GRUNDY CENTER Spartans Coach -- Darwin Sents (14th ...

They've got an all-new lineup and a brand-new coach.But they're still defending state champions. And they're still alive.The Mount Vernon Mustangs are in a familiar spot -- on the brink of the state volleyball tournament. They'll face fourth-ranked Grundy Center in a Class 2A regional ...

CEDAR FALLS — Many Iowa prep football teams would have gladly trade places with West Branch Saturday.Dike-New Hartford likely isn’t one of them.As many teams’ seasons ended before reaching playoff contests at the UNI-Dome, the Wolverines extended its season for one more game with a ...

West Branch returns to the Class 1A state semifinals for the second straight season, facing an unranked Dike-New Hartford squad with a state finals berth on the line.The Bears (11-0) reached the semifinals with wins over Clayton Ridge (35-13), Wapsie Valley (28-9) and North Cedar ...

You’ve got to say Darwin Sents has a definite grasp of the obvious. When asked the difference between his team’s regular-season encounter with neighborhood rival Dike-New Hartford and last night’s dual at the state tournament, the Grundy Center volleyball coach responded with ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — You’ve got to say Darwin Sents has a definite grasp of the obvious. When asked the difference between his team’s regular-season encounter with neighborhood rival Dike-New Hartford and last night’s dual at the state tournament, the Grundy Center volleyball coach responded with ...

2A Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Ridge View (29-14) 12 17  11     **Western Christian (45-3) 25 25 25    2A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4   Dike-New Hartford (35-9) 16  25 20 19   **Grundy Center (38-5) 25 22 25  25   2A Quarterfinal 1 2 3 4   Clarinda (26-6) 20 19  26  25   **Mediapolis (43-3) 25 25  24  27  2A  Quarterfinal 1 2 3    Pella Christian (26-12) 23 20  22     **Lake Mills (44-1) 25 25 25      CEDAR RAPIDS -- Slide another record into Western Christian's folder.The Wolfpack advanced to the semifinal round for a state-record 10th consecutive time, sweeping Ridge View, 25-12, 25-17, ...

A look at the state football semifinals for games involving area teams:NORTH TAMA vs. WACO (Class A)Time & place: 10:30 a.m. Friday, at UNI-DomeRecords: Both teams are 12-0.Notable: When third-rated North Tama last stepped foot on the UNI-Dome turf last Friday, the Redhawks put forth ...

(Teams listed in bracket order)RIDGE VIEWNickname: RaptorsRanking & record: Unranked, 29-13.Coach: Scott Mitchell (14th year, 340-149)State-tournament history: 1st appearance in its first year of existence. Schaller-Crestland qualified the last two years.Probable startersNo. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.16 Brooke Wiese OH 5-7 Sr.8 Egypt Clayton S 5-8 Sr.4 Shannon Rohlk MB 5-9 Sr.1 Roxanne Grundmeier OH 5-9 Sr.10 Beth Schwanz DS 5-4 Sr.5 Gretchen Kistenmacher OH 5-6. So.         WESTERN CHRISTIANNickname: WolfpackRanking & record: No. 1, 44-3.Coach: Tammi ...