CEDAR RAPIDS - The grass was impeccably manicured, the bleachers sparkled, and the rolling green hills provided a picturesque setting for an early-summer baseball game.But the most impressive thing about the first day at Linn-Mar High School’s new baseball complex was that, after experiencing rainfall ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- The awards ceremony ended, then a lengthy, happy photo session with family and friends began near the finish line at Drake Stadium.The white banner rippling in the breeze was a championship banner.Linn-Mar captured its first boys track and field title in school history, ...

(RESULTS)DES MOINES -- Thirty-eight years, Woodbine held the all-time Iowa best in the girls' 800-meter relay.Thirty-eight years, but no longer.Cedar Rapids Jefferson was No. 1 in the Class 4A girls' race Friday at the state track meet. And No. 1 ever.Maliya Rattliffe, Lucy Schneekloth, Jasmine Blue ...

DES MOINES — The crowd stirred, then roared.Monticello’s Dallas Lumpa responded, amping up an already swift pace.He knew the record — 7:53.67 for Class 2A in the 3,200-meter relay — was well within reach.Lumpa not only heard it, but felt it.And, like the crowd Thursday ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Prairie has rediscovered its early season success just in time for the postseason with a heavy dose of effort and a stingy keeper in the net.Junior Juan Loera scored his fourth goal of the season nearly nine minutes into the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — That was quite a rock Kayla Armstrong was toting around after her soccer game Friday night. One beautiful diamond.“It’s just the right weight and size,” Armstrong beamed, holding up her hand for everyone to admire.Let’s complete the story here before too many ...

MARION -- "Hot stuff" in middle school. Humbled as a freshman.Now, Perrion Scott has it together. And he and his sprinting buddies give the Linn-Mar Lions an added dimension that might push the them over the top.Scott has a hand in four titles as the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — His story is kind of unique. As unique as his name, really.Haakon Wilz started out his prep career at Cedar Rapids Prairie as a distance guy. Then he was switched to sprints.Looking for a true track home, it was suggested to him ...