CEDAR RAPIDS -- The shuttle hurdle relay is full of potential mishaps."There's 10 hurdles, four starts, four guys," said Linn-Mar's Mike Keiser. "It's definitely my favorite race."Linn-Mar moved into the state lead in Keiser's favorite race Tuesday night. Perrion Scott, Rhys Davis, Tristan Freese and ...

The 2013 Eastern Iowa All-Star Game is slated for Wednesday at Iowa City West High School.The game is actually games, with a girls' contest first at 6 p.m. The boys' game is at 7:30, with a 3-point shooting contest and dunk contest in between.Iowa ...

DES MOINES - One Iowa university is all over the 2013 Iowa Newspaper Association's all-state boys' basketball teams. Nope, it's not the Iowa Hawkeyes.The Northern Iowa Panthers have three signees or commitments who are on the first team in their respective classes. Iowa City West ...

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 — Win number 50 in a row was a steal. In more ways than one.Outhustled and outplayed most of the way, Iowa City West somehow rallied from absolutely dire circumstances, forced overtime and escaped West Des Moines Dowling, 63-59, in a Class 4A ...

IOWA CITY – In the beginning, there was Ryan Baumgart. About a decade later, along came Ali Farokhmanesh.Now there’s Jeremy Morgan.The 6-foot-6 senior wing has officially joined the pantheon of great leaders in the history of Iowa City West boys’ basketball under veteran head ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Linn-Mar is hot and playing well, but Iowa City West is Iowa City West. At another level.“That’s clearly, without a doubt, the best team in the state,” said Linn-Mar coach Chris Robertson after a 57-37 West win Thursday night “They know how ...

IOWA CITY — These teams played a one-point game in their lone meeting last season. Let’s just say this wasn’t a one-point game.More a clinic than anything else.“What they’re doing, and what they weren’t doing earlier this year or last year, was getting a lead ...

IOWA CITY — You weren’t just seeing things. That really, truly was a zone defense the Iowa City West Trojans were playing in the fourth quarter last night.A 2-3, to be specific. What in the world is going on anyway?“I don’t think they were ready ...