DES MOINES -- Josh Evans suffered through a bout of insomnia in a Des Moines hotel Thursday night."I couldn't sleep," he said. "I kept thinking back to that (3,200-meter) race."That one got away. This one didn't.Evans closed with a 1:55.9 anchor and outkicked the pack ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - On a cold, windy day, Jayne Heinrich proved to have ice water in her veins.The senior goalkeeper usually is the last line of defense for Iowa City West's girls' soccer team, but she coolly stood front and center Tuesday.Heinrich batted down a ...

MARION – When rivals come together for a common cause, it’s only fitting that it doesn’t end in regulation.A diving save by Linn-Mar sophomore goalkeeper Rylie Frese clinched a 7-6 penalty-kick advantage as Class 3A seventh-ranked Linn-Mar Lions downed No. 5 Kennedy in a double-overtime ...

CEDAR FALLS -- Marisa Estelle has stopped growing and stopped hurting.Knock on wood."I've got to be cautious now. I stretch a lot more," said the senior from Cedar Rapids Kennedy.Once upon a time, Estelle was a state placewinner, earning fifth-place honors in the 100-meter hurdles ...

CEDAR FALLS -- Instead of pounding the miles this winter, Joe Berry hit the pool."It's something I've wanted to do, to go out for swimming," said Berry, a senior at Cedar Rapids Washington. "At our school, swimming isn't a sport. It's a religion."So Berry diminished ...

DES MOINES — It’s insignificant now. But if you remember, the vagaries of the IHSAA’s seeding system for the boys’ state basketball tournament had Iowa City West behind Bettendorf.Seems pretty laughable, doesn’t it?Inpenetrable defense and the offense of Wyatt Lohaus, among many other things, lifted ...

DES MOINES — Wyatt Lohaus drove hard baseline, drawing two interior defenders. Deftly, he bounced a pass just inside the out-of-bounds line, past those defenders and to teammate Jason Stewart for a layup.It was a beautiful basketball play, one that caused Iowa City West head ...

DES MOINES - You can have all the talent in the world, the best game plan ever and be completely locked in mentally. But if you don't shoot, it doesn't make a lick of difference.Testify, MFL MarMac."We just didn't make shots, and that's the story ...

DES MOINES — All in all, North Tama played infinitely better Thursday afternoon than it did in its first state basketball tournament game Monday. More the real Redhawks, you might say.Problem was the opponent played infinitely better, too. It’s back to the Class 1A state ...