TIFFIN - James Wenzel gave his best impression of a caged jaguar.The Mount Vernon senior paced back and forth, anxiously awaiting his turn to take the mat. He turned that nervous energy into a little revenge and a district berth.Wenzel avenged an earlier loss to Clear ...

Give the Iowa High School Athletic Association credit. They seem to have gotten this one right.The IHSAA released boys' basketball substate pods for Class 3A and 4A Monday and have split up all of the 4A Metro schools. There were rumors the six Metros would ...

 The Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association, through the Iowa High School Athletic Association has released its first installment of state dual team rankings for all classes.Southeast Polk is top-ranked in Class 3A. West Delaware is No. 1 in 2A. Alburnett is 1A's top-rated team.Cedar ...

CEDAR FALLS - Practice makes perfect.For Iowa City Regina, it was practice that led to the perfect call to maintain its perfect record.The top-ranked Regals converted a 4th-and-19 play to open the final quarter, igniting a 21-point explosion that secured a 42-21 win over No. ...

CEDAR FALLS - A sweet season came to a bitter end.No need for the BGM Bears to hang their heads.The ninth-ranked Bears watched a momentuous football season come to an end with a lopsided 40-18 loss to No. 2 Wapsie Valley in the Iowa High ...

At one time the BGM football program had run out of ammunition.Now, the Bears are reloading every year.They will take their biggest shot in program history when they face second-ranked Wapsie Valley in an Iowa High School Athletic Association Class A state football semifinal today ...

IOWA CITY - They came. They saw. They conquered.And, Cedar Rapids Prairie Coach Mike Morrissey led the Hawks in their routine battle cry one more time.Prairie earned the chance to shout it with a 49-28 upset over second-ranked Iowa City West in an Iowa High ...

An IHSAA Release . . . for immediate use. IHSAA, IOWA CUBS EXTEND STATE TOURNAMENT CONTRACT The Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Cubs also have announced that the State Baseball Tournament will remain at Principal Park through 2015. ...

From the Iowa High School Athletic Association:

CLASS 1A DISTRICT QUARTERFINALS Area Alburnett vs. Cedar Valley Christian at Troy Mills, 5 p.m. Belle Plaine at BGM, 7 p.m. Edgewood-Colesburg at East Buchanan, 7 p.m. Garwin GMG at North Tama, 7 p.m. Iowa Mennonite at Highland, 7 p.m. Iowa Valley vs. English Valleys at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Keota at Pekin, 7 ...