Matt Marbach recalled a visit from his brothers as he recovered in the hospital a little more than five years ago.The new wing of the hospital had rooms complete with a video game system so Marbach, and his brothers, Wes and Tony, played a game ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — If Tanner Werner wasn’t front and center for the Waverly-Shell Rock wrestling poster then coaches may want to schedule another shoot.At the very least, he made a strong case for himself to be the program’s poster boy Saturday.Werner knocked off the top ...

MANCHESTER - Linn-Mar Coach Doug Streicher saw the potential coming up through the ranks.The potential is turning into results.The Lions crowned five champions to captured the team title Saturday at West Delaware's Hawk Invitational. The Lions scored 223.5 points, 22.5 more than New Hampton, which had four champs.A ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Jayden Flege had someone special watching him kick off his sophomore wrestling season. Arlo Flege, a Hall of Fame official, made the trip down from Waverly and likely was impressed by his grandson’s performance on his trip back home. Flege scored ...

We're opening with one of the better duals (in my opinion) in the Metro this season. Prairie and Kennedy should be two of the top three teams in the Metro with Linn-Mar joining them.Right now, C.R. Prairie is beating Waterloo East, 54-0, through 145 and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Zach Witte went from wrestling on the state's biggest stage to needing a ticket to watch the show.The r Rapids Prairie junior doesn't want to revisit his role as spectator anytime soon.After reaching the state finals as a freshman, Witte suffered a ...

CEDAR FALLS - West Delaware's gameplan was to play a physical and grinding football game.The Hawks carried it out perfectly, but it wasn't enough to over come their own miscues and what little Sioux City Heelan had left in its gas tank.Heelan quarterback Paul Jacobson sandwiched a ...

MANCHESTER - Brandon Domeyer remembers how much his father loved watching him play athletics.No matter what sport Carl Domeyer was always there supporting his kids."He never missed a football game. He never missed a baseball game," said Domeyer, a West Delaware senior and youngest of his family's ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - The West Delaware Hawks were comfortable staring up at the pedestal that defending Class 3A state champion Waverly-Shell Rock was placed, because it made it easier for them to knock them off.The third-ranked Hawks cherished the role as underdogs as they dethroned the Go-Hawks, 25-17, ...

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH3x5ijfDfQDYERSVILLE - The North Fayette football team doesn't need Mapquest to find its way to the UNI-Dome. The Hawks have become quite familiar with the road to Cedar Falls.Monday night the second-ranked Hawks earned another reason to make that trek.For the fourth-time in the last ...